After the Mu Jianzi incident, Shi Li's life here entered a relatively peaceful period.
Every day, I go from martial arts school to gambling house and back home.
Occasionally, he would follow Chu Shisan who had received the mission to clean up some evil little monsters.
But most of them are guys who can't cause any trouble and can be killed in just a few moves.
Sometimes he would even use the special magical methods of a demon hunter to help the government catch criminals, which surprised Shi Li a little.
Nearly three months of training in the martial arts school has also enabled him to make great progress in his fighting skills. After all, the growth rate from the entry level to laying the foundation is often the fastest.
From being abused by Master Shi in the beginning to now when Master Shi and two deputy directors come together to attack him, he can rely on his physical enhancement to fight them on equal terms.
As for the mahjong table, he helped Chu Shisan win a lot of money.
Except for Thirteen, whose card skills did not improve much, he did learn a lot of ways to show off.
It’s not taboo to sit at the mahjong table, but it is very annoying.
I had just returned from the martial arts gym that day and found that Chu Shisan was already ready to go.
But he was not dressed for going to a gambling house, but was carrying a bag.
"Master, it's time to live."
"Is this... going on a long journey?"
"Well, I've packed your luggage as well."
After following Chu Shisan for so many days, this was the first time Shi Li had seen such a scene.
The two of them went out, and on the way, Thirteen began to introduce themselves to each other.
It turned out that their destination this time was a farm about two hundred miles outside the city.
This geographical location is actually a bit ambiguous.
Their small town is about four hundred miles away from the ancient capital, and the farm is located almost between the two cities.
Monster-hunting missions were usually assigned according to the region. The farm was slightly closer to the small town than to the ancient capital, so the mission was ultimately assigned to Chu Shisan.
"It is said that a few days ago, the farm owner discovered that his rice barn had been robbed."
"After checking, I found out that it was probably not caused by humans but by monsters."
"Following the monster's trail, they found a valley that seemed to be the monster's lair."
"Since we dare not venture into the Monster Valley, we were asked to investigate."
After a brief introduction, Chu Shisan brought Shi Li to the horse shop.
It’s more convenient to take a vehicle to cover such a long distance.
Looking at these tall and handsome horses, Shi Li felt a little regretful.
It's a pity that the quota of his two equipment cards has been used up, otherwise he could have used a sprinkler truck and it would have been easy to just sprinkle water on the two hundred miles.
"If it were the old days, I would have just rented a horse myself."
"But we have plenty of money these days, so let's rent a carriage and let Master sit more comfortably."
Then, Shi Li's eyes lit up again after hearing what Shi Shisan said.
"There's no need for the groom, we can just drive ourselves."
So he said this.
"Oh? Master, you can also ride a horse?"
"Of course, I used to practice in front of the drugstore at least once a month."
"Hmm? A drugstore?"
Soon, Chu Shisan completed the formalities.
The horse racing site was outside the city and faced the main road, but there were no pedestrians on the road at that time.
So Shi Li asked Chu Shisan to sit in the car and he went to the driving seat.
"Master, this is not the way to drive a carriage."
When they saw Shi Li riding on the horse, everyone except Shisan suddenly felt something was wrong.
Hearing this, Shi Li just glanced back at him and turned back.
"Hold on tight, I'm going to make a fool of myself."
Bang!
A crisp slap landed on the buttocks.
"drive!"
“Hiss~~~~!!!”
"Woooaa! Master, slow down!!!"
The carriage moved further and further away amid Shisan's panicked cries.
…
After arriving at the destination, everyone except Shisan rested at the farm for half a day to recover.
Then, under the guidance of the farmer, they came to a valley.
At this time, the entrance of the valley was shrouded in fog, the visual range was extremely small, and the visibility was less than 10 meters.
"The old farmers said that this valley is always covered by thick fog, so they dare not set foot in it easily."
"But I can't detect even a trace of demonic energy now..."
Except for Thirteen, he held his chin and looked inside.
Since no demonic aura could be detected, it meant that either there was no demonic beast inside, or the old farmer was lying.
Or maybe there haven't been any monsters coming in or out of the valley entrance for some time.
"Master, maybe this time I'll have to rely on your dog."
So he turned his attention to the mourning dog.
This strange dog has been instrumental in finding monsters several times recently.
Its nose is sometimes more useful than Moon Shadow.
"Look here."
But at this time, Shi Li pointed to the bottom of a valley wall.
"Wow, it looks like a big thing."
Except for Thirteen, who took a closer look, he couldn't help but sigh.
There, he saw several huge hoof prints, as big as watermelons. Ordinary wild beasts would definitely not be that big, so they must be monsters.
"Let's go in and take a look."
Shi Li took out an iron rod.
In front of this mist, the fairy spirit on the stick is not so conspicuous.
"Well, let's go."
Except for Thirteen, he nodded and walked in first.
He was not worried about Shi Li's safety. In his opinion, unless he encountered some powerful monster, his master's strength was definitely enough to protect him.
As soon as he walked into the fog, he felt something was wrong.
Because of the sounds around, it suddenly became quiet.
This fog is very strange, it actually has the effect of isolating sounds .
However, as a demon hunter, Chu Shisan had seen many strange natural environments, so he was not surprised.
But when he looked back, he found that Shi Li was no longer there.
In fact, it was the same for Shi Li at this moment. When he walked in, his vision was blocked by the fog, causing him to lose sight of everyone except Shisan.
This fog is so strange. In addition to being able to block out sound, the visibility when looking from the outside is completely different from when you are inside it.
Here, Shi Li couldn't even see the zombie dog 5 meters away from him.
However, there is telepathy between the two, so there is no need to worry about getting lost.
"Since we are here, let's explore."
The valley doesn't look very big from the outside, so Shi Li plans to use the hounds to explore the way.
Let’s deal with the monster first.
【Ahhh woof! 】
This was the report sent to him by the Beast Dog. It smelled that Chu Shisan was already a little far away, and it seemed that he wanted to deal with the monster first.
Unfortunately, he chose the wrong direction.
The scent of the monster found by the beast-hunting dog is not on the same path.
So under the guidance of the funeral dog, Shi Li kept moving forward.
After walking in the fog for about 15 minutes, we arrived at the entrance of a huge cave.
"You said that the monster is in the cave?"
He looked down at the hound that had brought him here.
There was no fog near the entrance of the cave, but it was pitch black inside and things couldn't be seen clearly either.
call……
However, without the need for the hound to answer, he heard a strange wind blowing at the entrance of the cave.
Then a pair of red eyes like lamps appeared in the darkness.
The strange wind was quite strong, making Shi Li's hair messy.
At the same time, I also smelled the unique stench caused by irregular cleaning of the animals' mouths.
"What the hell."
He held the stick in his hand and stepped back, trying to see what was inside the cave more clearly.
Buzz!
But a blue light came down and the card table began to be set up.
PVE, triggered.
After this period of experience in exorcising monsters, he discovered that in this copy, if the monsters were too weak, the game would not be triggered.
So that means... this guy is not ordinary.
"What a pity! It would be great if I had a [Explosion Elimination Thirteen] card at this time."
With regret, he laid down the deck.
Just like the previous fight with the Iron-feathered Sparrow, the [Giant Zombie Beast] is placed in the front row.
The number on my side is 6+1, while the number on the opposite side is strange, it also looks like 6+1.
"Is it another card player? No..."
If you look closely, his is two rows and three columns + the last row of trump cards has only one card in the middle.
The opposite side has three rows and three columns.
From this point of view alone, the empty card space on the opposite side looks more like a player.
But after seeing this clearly, he was no longer worried that this would be another PVP.
Because our card is of PVE type.
After the fully unveiled 6+1 was set up, there was movement in the cave opposite.
call out!
A blue light shot out and hit the tablet.
【Yo yo yo! 】
A clear bird-like chirping sound was heard, but just when Shi Li thought a bird demon would appear, he saw a deer that was taller than normal.
There is a pair of jade-colored horns on its head, which are quite conspicuous.
Then, look at its panel.
This guy occupies four square slots, and the third row of slots at the back is completely empty.
【Jade-horned deer】
Wisdom, attack 10, 10000/10000, 100/100
[Yao Qi - Passive]: When the Jade Horned Deer directly attacks a normal creature card, the damage caused is +30
[Lucky Aura - Passive]: For every 1000 HP lost by the Jade Horned Deer, restore 10 Energy Points
[Blue Energy - 15 Energy]: Jade Horned Deer selects a target and gains 500 [First Aid]
[Green Qi - 30 Energy]: Jade Horn Deer selects a target and gains 1000 [Healing]
"???"
Shi Li seriously suspected that his eyes were blurry.
What the hell is this?
1W health points.
And there are two ways to recover health. Although it is a wisdom system, it has a passive function to restore energy.
Lose 1000 points and regain 10 energy points.
After you recover energy three times, you can use 1,000 points of [Healing] once.
This means that this guy's 3000 blood can be used as 4000 blood, not to mention its original 100 points of initial energy.
Without paper and pen, he felt he couldn't even solve the function equation.
Even if the opponent does nothing and just stands there and lets him hit you, with the total attack power of your 7 cards being 180, it will still take you 55 rounds.
Even if this thing's attack power is very low, it should be able to kill me since I have no recovery ability, right?
"Wait, that doesn't count."
But on second thought, he suddenly felt relieved.
[Giant Zombie]: When the Giant Zombie [Defends], damage -10
This guy has a very low attack power of only 10 points.
In other words, as long as the giant zombie keeps [defending], this guy won't be able to break through the defense at all.
"That's easy to do."
He snapped his fingers and began to arrange the card actions.
【Giant Zombie Beast】, defense.
All other cards, attack.
"Die, you rice thief."
【Mee-zha~! 】
A group of cards, led by Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit, rushed towards each other.
【Yo yo yo! 】
"Huh?"
Instead, he saw the jade-horned deer just lie down and bury its head in its arms.
-17.5, -17.5, -15, -15
The damage of all cards was halved, causing only 75 points of damage in total.
The opponent [defended].
"What is going on?"
"It only has one card, and it's not a firm card."
"There's no benefit in [Defending], right?"
Seeing this situation, Shi Li was confused.
Soon, the second round arrived.
【Mee-zha~! 】
【Yo yo yo! 】
-17.5, -17.5, -15, -15
However, the result is still the same.
This made him look at his opponent's cards again carefully to make sure that nothing was missed under his [Absolute Card Sense].
But this situation is obviously very wrong.
"Forget it, let's fight first."
Unable to find the reason, he could only continue to direct the actions of the cards.
Anyway, the other party has been [defending] and we haven't suffered any losses.
But as the round progressed, Shi Li always felt that something was wrong.
It seemed that the jade-horned deer's health was only 60% left, and it was almost reduced to below 50% by himself.
But the opponent was always on the defensive, not showing the slightest aggression.
It's really weird.
When the PVE table is started, it will be framed within a certain range by an air wall.
Players can move freely within this range.
The battles on the card table are all projected battles and will not harm the players.
So he decided to walk around and explore the situation.
To be specific, it is to go into the cave.
He always felt that judging from the monster's behavior at the card table, it had no ill intentions.
Such behavior is clearly not something that would be expected of unintelligent monsters.
It is at least a half-spiritual monster, or a spiritual monster that has completely awakened.
Part of the air wall extends deep into the cave, so Shi Li was able to walk in to a certain extent.
But it's dark inside and the view is obstructed.
After looking for a long time, I could barely see it clearly.
"That's what I said."
All of a sudden, he finally understood what was going on.
"But the PVE game has already started, how do I terminate it?"
Returning to his original position, he thought.
This is the first time I have considered such a question.
Open the system panel and look for some rule manuals.
I didn't expect that it actually stated how to terminate a PVE game.
And there is more than one way.
Shi Li took a look and found that there seemed to be several methods available that were suitable for the current situation.
There are two most feasible ones.
The first is to discard a card that is already on the field.
That is, any one of the seven appearance cards: [Giant Zombie Beast] and [Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit].
The game then ends, the air wall disappears, and the players gain free movement.
But apart from the players themselves, the time freeze will continue for some time.
This means that enemies and other things in the copy will be temporarily unable to move.
If you want to take advantage of this opportunity to exploit the bug and directly damage the enemy physically, you cannot do so because it is frozen.
It can be used to escape, if you can.
"Discarding a card is too difficult."
"I have so few cards now, every one of them is a treasure."
"It's not like I'm a straw man or a mushroom. I can't bear to part with it."
straw mushroom:?
As for the second termination method, it requires the cooperation of the enemy to a certain extent.
That is, both parties in the PVE game have no intention of fighting and both agree to end the battle.
For example, the enemy may feel that they cannot defeat you and just want to escape, or something similar.
"This method can only be said to be a try."
With this mentality, Shi Li tried to control the table with his mind.
Buzz...
Sure enough, a blue light panel popped up in front of him.
Two panels, to be exact.
One was in front of himself, and the other was in front of the jade-horned deer.
On both panels, there was a sentence: [Abort the current battle, confirm/no]
When the projection of the jade-horned deer saw the panel appear, a hint of doubt flashed across its eyes in a human-like manner.
The cube card is fully functional and does not require translation. A brain wave is transmitted to its mind, and it immediately understands the meaning of the panel.
"Now the decision is up to you."
Shi Li looked at the other party, not knowing whether it could understand him or not.
The rules state that once the opponent rejects the proposal to end the battle, he cannot make it a second time within a certain period of time.
All in all it was a bit complicated, but he managed to understand the rules.
…
Elsewhere in the valley, everyone except Thirteen looked a little embarrassed.
"Bah, bah, bah, what the hell."
He climbed out of a deep pit, stinking all over.
"This damn fog makes it so I can't even see the road clearly."
"This monster is quite intelligent. It actually knows how to dig a hole and poop."
"To be able to store so much feces, it must have been here for quite some time."
Yes, he fell into the pit.
But for a professional demon hunter like me, it’s nothing.
After all, he had once been in the large intestine of a giant monster.
“Ah!!!”
Well, he admitted that neither that time nor this time were good memories.
After lying on the ground and retching for a while, Chu Shisan got up vigilantly.
Rustle...
His ears twitched, as if he heard the sound of something approaching quickly.
【Ahhh woof! 】
“So it’s you.”
When the mourning dogs appeared, he relaxed again.
【Ahhh woof! 】
But just as the zombie dog was about to run over and pull his trouser legs, it suddenly retreated.
"Hey, are you a real dog? Why do you think I smell bad?"
Except for Thirteen, his face was pulled down.
What kind of monster’s feces is this? It’s so smelly that even dogs hate it.
"But then again, you are here, but where is my master?"
【Ahhh woof! 】
"Does this mean... that you want me to follow you?"
"Is Master in danger?!"
"Lead the way quickly!"
With the Zombie Dog as a guide, Chu Shisan finally stopped wandering around like a headless fly.
Soon, he followed the beast-hound to the cave.
But when he took a look at the cave entrance, his eyes were bloodshot.
Shi Li was lying on the ground, and a large deer-like monster was gnawing at his body.
"Master!!! I'll report you...eh?!"
As a result, when Chu Shisan had just rushed halfway with the demon-slaying sword in hand, he realized that something was wrong.
The guy held his head in his hands and crossed his legs. He didn't look like he was dead or in pain at all.
A closer look cleared up the misunderstanding.
The monster was not biting anyone at all, but was nuzzling Shi Li with its head affectionately.
"What are you going to reimburse me for my travel expenses?"
Shi Li raised his head and looked at the other person with confusion.
"no……"
Chu Shisan was relieved for a moment, but then he thought about it and felt something was wrong: "Master, I paid for your travel expenses in the first place."
"Isn't your money earned by me?"
"Oh, what you said makes sense, but what is the situation now?"
【Yo Yo Yo～】x3
Before Shi Li could answer, three young jade-horned deer stumbled out of the cave.