112: The third unique card

During the following period, Shi Li stayed in the base.

His daily task was to clear incoming demonic beasts.

Then, he would Gather materials from the hunted demonic beasts to collect material cards.

Supported by his powerful Vigor and the fast output of Red Blade Maiden, his efficiency in clearing demonic beasts alone was typically 3 to 4 times that of a regular Pioneer Team member.

As the number of cleared monsters increased, his earnings naturally rose.

In 22 days, the demonic beasts he hunted dropped a total of 1 one-star Character Card and 1 two-star Character Card.

As for materials, the combined quantity of high-quality and ordinary ones was considerable.

It was a pity that after 22 days, he still hadn't successfully cleared Wengweng Legend.

Considering that the College Entrance Examination Duel was about to begin, Shi Li applied and chose to temporarily leave the exotic.

A few days ago, the date for the College Entrance Examination Duel was finalized, and Director Hou had sent someone to notify him.

This year's duel was divided into two segments: upper and lower.

The upper segment would determine the top 8 players from each division among all third-year high school students, while the lower segment would determine the provincial rankings from the top 8 players of each division.

Unlike previous years, where each city had its own division, this time the divisions combined two cities.

Shi Li checked the progress of the Weng Weng Clan's formation every day. According to Buzz Grey's explanation, the grand formation was estimated to take another two to three weeks to complete.

There happened to be a half-month interval between the upper and lower segments.

This was enough time for him to finish the first half of the College Entrance Examination Duel and then re-enter to continue the Core Event quest.

After leaving the exotic, Shi Li's first stop was not home, but the Show Card Hall headquarters.

After selling the accumulated material cards, 30,000+ cubic coins went into his pocket.

“Comfortable,”

Sitting in his personal exclusive training room, Shi Li tallied his income.

After 11 attempts, he felt that his mastery of Wengweng Legend had reached about 50%.

At least the early selection steps shouldn't be a major issue.

This quest was indeed quite special. If he chose A at the beginning, Wengweng An would immediately awaken, transforming from a no-star card into a one-star card.

But the problem was that choosing A was not the best option.

The best option should have been C, which he chose the first time.

However, if he chose C, he couldn't defeat the first wave of demonic beasts at all.

Therefore, without the help of item cards like Dimensional Intervention, it would be impossible to clear this simulation quest.

“My current funds are enough to refresh 11 times, so completing this quest shouldn't be a big problem.

If I'm lucky, I might even save some money to try the Crimson Trial · True.”

Before starting, Shi Li ordered a cup of coffee through the Card Hall's internal system.

To help Pioneer Team members stay alert, the base provided cigarettes, coffee, and tea 24 hours a day.

He had recently become addicted to coffee, especially the sugar-free, bitter, concentrated dark kind.

It wasn't that he forced himself to endure the bitterness; he simply liked the taste.

Sipping his coffee through a straw, Shi Li officially began the simulation quest.

Although it was a unique token card, a one-star simulation quest didn't consume much mental energy after all.

After nearly ten hours of intense fighting, he finally reached the final BOSS stage for the first time.

Before him was an unknown object shrouded in black energy.

Evil Energy Descender

Balance System, Attack 500, 3000 / 3000

Evil Energy Field - Passive: Evil Energy Descender reduces the enemy deck's score limit by 30.

Evil Energy Conversion - Passive: After Evil Energy Descender kills a target, it converts it into an Evil Energy Captive (T0).

Evil Energy Invasion - Passive: When Evil Energy Descender attacks cards in the left and right columns, it inflicts 50 points of Pierce (T4).

Evil Energy Explosion - Passive: When Evil Energy Descender attacks cards in the middle column, it inflicts 50 points of Spread (T4).

(Pierce: When attacking a target that is not in Defense, the adjacent target directly behind it takes damage.)

(Spread: Deals damage to 1 adjacent target on its left and right respectively.)

Evil Energy Captive

Balance System, Attack 10, 20 / 20

Evil Energy Faith - Passive: Evil Energy Captive grants Evil Energy Descender 50 points of Treatment each round (T1).

“I brought the wrong cards; I can't win.”

At a glance, Shi Li knew this wasn't Red Blade Maiden's main stage.

He should have had the Jumping Guard intervene.

This BOSS had high attack and summoned creatures; the Jumping Guard was the best choice.

Unlike Red Blade Maiden and Jumping Guard, Shi Li had already noticed during the simulation quest that Buzz Grey was actually a support card.

In the simulation quest, she could gain numerous support Characteristics.

One of these Characteristics allowed her to provide an aura that increased the base attack power of allied summoned cards by +10.

Base attack power bonus is different from attack power bonus; the former is more valuable.

Because there are also interactive relationships between summoned cards.

In a PVP card game, if both sides summon summoned cards in the same card slot, they follow a principle—larger score devours smaller score.

That is, if a 15-point summoned card and a 10-point summoned card are summoned in the same card slot.

Then the final result is that the 15-point summoned card successfully takes its place.

The 10-point summoned card fails, and the skill cost will not be refunded.

If two summoned cards have equal scores, a clash occurs, and neither summoned card can take its place.

Similar situations, such as Revival and displacement effects, also follow the “larger score priority” principle.

In PVE card games, because monster cards do not have scores.

Therefore, only base attack power can be used as the judging standard.

At this time, Buzz Grey's Characteristic effect became significant.

The 15-attack Tiao Tiao would devour the smaller, preventing the 10-attack Evil Energy Captive from appearing.

Now that he understood the final BOSS's card stats, Shi Li felt closer to success.

Indeed, after the 3rd attempt after seeing the BOSS, he finally completed the quest.

You can obtain Character Card Winged Messenger (One-Star) x1.

You can obtain Hand Card Shield (LV1) x1 and Counter (LV1) x1.

Do you want to reset this quest for 3000 cubic coins?

“This is comfortable now.”

Shi Li clicked no.

The moment the cards were acquired, a new line of text popped up.

Balance System Resonance: 0% → 20%

Currently, his Berserk Resonance is 80%, Steadfast Resonance is 40%, and Balance System Resonance is 20%.

“Let's take a look at the card first.”

Buzz, buzz, buzz~

On the card, a female insect girl, very similar to Buzz Grey, even with somewhat similar facial features, flew out, flapping her wings.

Her face was very young, looking about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Clothes made of special leaves wrapped her body, giving her a primitive yet agile feeling.

“Comfortable, another Unique Character Card with a Characteristic.”

Shi Li was quite surprised when he saw the card.

Moreover, the Winged Messenger's Characteristic was exactly the effect he currently needed.

Universal - Characteristic: When Winged Messenger joins the deck, it increases your score limit by +10.

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