147: 【Synchronous Yunshan】

Chapter 147: Synchro · Yunshan

After both sides revealed their cards, the action phase began.

This round, Shi Li played LV2 Isolation.

A Ya Jun, without hesitation, played LV2 Counter.

One LV2 Isolation can restore 3 cards to hand, so using LV2 Counter for a 1-for-1 trade is definitely profitable.

The rest was an exchange of normal attacks and health.

After the end of Round 2, the card situation for both sides was as follows:

Jumping Guard: 0/50+50/50, 45/60, Ignite Cicada Wing Patrol: 95/100, Ignite bo shan: 100/100, 10/100, Ignite cloud river: 100/100, 20/100

VS

Wall of Spreading Flames: 400/500, 40/40

“I always feel like A Ya Jun’s damage output seems to be overflowing.”

“Yes, just these 2 cards are enough to take down Jumping Guard.”

“If he doesn’t plan to attack Cicada Wing Patrol, then revealing more cards would actually lead to an overflow of damage.”

In fact, the problem noticed by the audience was something A Ya Jun was well aware of.

Round 3 arrived, and he was the first to reveal a card.

“Chirp chirp~”

A kingfisher with a feathered crest gracefully flew out of the card.

Kingfisher Leader

Wisdom, 20 points, Two-star Attack 20, 100/100, 60/60

Pleasant Sound - Passive: The Healing skill effects released by the Kingfisher Leader are increased by 10 points. Singing - 20 Energy: The Kingfisher Leader causes 1 target to gain 30 points of Healing (T1)

Three-star does not necessarily mean stronger than two-star; being suitable for the current situation is what makes it stronger.

A Ya Jun playing this card minimized the impact of the current damage overflow while also increasing the Wall of Spreading Flames's survival.

“please teach!”

As for what Shi Li revealed, it was Red Blade Maiden.

The attached Characteristics were Unceasing + Abundant + Crimson Blaze.

There was no other way; the opponent had a giant card, so even if Crimson Blaze's energy cost was twice that of Vast, he Still had to play it.

“Oh?”

When he saw the Red Blade Maiden's Characteristics, A Ya Jun showed a slight surprise.

He had not known about these Characteristics before.

But it was Still good; while accelerating the demise of his giant card, this card would also accelerate her own demise.

This round, the hand cards remained the same; A Ya Jun's LV2 Counter once again interrupted Shi Li's LV2 Isolation.

Wall of Spreading Flames performed Defense, and the Kingfisher Leader healed it, so both sides once again entered a phase of close combat.

After the end of Round 3, the card situation for both sides was as follows:

Jumping Guard: Stasis Cicada Wing Patrol: 90/100, Ignite bo shan: 95/100, 20/100, Ignite cloud river: 100/100, 40/100

Red Blade Maiden: 110/150, Ignite VS

Wall of Spreading Flames: 250/500

Round 4 arrived, and Shi Li had no more cards to reveal.

A Ya Jun, however, Still had 3 cards to reveal.

This round, he Still chose to reveal one functional card.

“The Holy Light Goddess will bless you!”

From a pillar of light on the card, a priestess holding a staff emerged.

Holy Light Priestess

Chasing Wind, 30 points, Two-star Attack 30, 100/100, 10/40

Holy Light Blessing - Characteristic: In the round the Holy Light Priestess is revealed, she can cast a skill once without cost. Child of Light - Passive: The Holy Light Priestess gains 10 energy when revealed. Singing - 20 Energy: The Holy Light Priestess grants 1 target 30 points of Shield (T1)

Another Characteristic card, although only two-star.

“A Ya Jun is right.”

“Lan Shan was wrong.”

“Lan Shan, in order to overly display his rank advantage, chose to send out 3 Rage cards for an aggressive rush.

He tried to overwhelm Shi Li with a large number of damage cards, which resulted in an overflow and waste.”

“Facts have proven that this tactic doesn't work against Shi Li.”

“Both having the advantage of 2 more cards, A Ya Jun chose to minimize the impact of damage overflow and compete with Shi Li in terms of sustainability.”

Under everyone's analysis, the action phase arrived.

This round was Still an exchange of Isolation and Counter hand cards.

The difference was that Shi Li played only LV1 Isolation, while A Ya Jun played LV2 Counter.

“Your LV2 Isolation is used up, right?”

A Ya Jun smiled.

In his opinion, this was a sign that the opponent's deck was starting to run low.

This round, he took comprehensive measures to protect his cards.

Wall of Spreading Flames performed Defense.

The 30 points of Shield and 30 points of Healing from the other two cards were all directed towards the Wall of Spreading Flames.

The Shield followed the maximization rule, meaning in this situation, it would prioritize offsetting attacks with higher damage.

That is, if it offsets 100 points of normal attack damage from 3 cards, under Defense, it would be (100-30) ÷ 2 = 35 points.

Actually, it only offset 15 points of damage.

Offsetting Red Blade Maiden's 140 points of damage would be 140-30 = 110 points, offsetting 30 points of damage.

So, it prioritizes offsetting the latter.

As the void commentator mentioned, A Ya Jun was in no hurry now; he just wanted to proceed steadily.

The rest was an exchange of normal attacks.

After the end of Round 4, the card situation for both sides was as follows:

Jumping Guard: Stasis Cicada Wing Patrol: 45/100, Ignite bo shan: 90/100, 30/100, Ignite cloud river: 100/100, 60/100

Red Blade Maiden: 70/150, Ignite VS

Wall of Spreading Flames: 130/500

Round 5 arrived, and A Ya Jun revealed his last regular card.

“Extinguish! Extinguish!”

As the card was revealed, a burly firefighter with arms modified into water cannons, propelled by ion thrusters, burst out of the card.

Cyber Firefighter

Chasing Wind, 30 points, Two-star Attack 30, 100/100, 0/60

Beware of Fire - Characteristic: The Cyber Firefighter deals 10 points of Extinguish damage to all targets every round, ignoring obstruction. Professional Ethics - Passive: If Ignite is present this round, the Cyber Firefighter's attack power +10. High-Pressure Water Cannon - 30 Energy: The Cyber Firefighter attacks 1 target, with a Stun effect attached (Extinguish: Immediately attacks a target that has gained the Ignite effect).

“Another unique card!”

“And this card can form a perfect synergy with Wall of Spreading Flames!”

“As long as the opponent triggers Ignite, it will immediately activate a special effect similar to Chasing Wind, called Extinguish.”

“The combined output ability is just too strong!”

For Shi Li, the appearance of this card was definitely not good news.

Because Red Blade Maiden's health was already very tight, and now there was another pursuit-like effect that ignored blocking.

Moreover, the opponent had been using Counter to prevent him from using hand cards, so he couldn't even heal her.

However, the necessary actions Still had to be taken.

“Jump!”

Before retreating, Jumping Guard activated its summon skill.

Behind cloud river, and behind the back-most ace slot of cloud river, only these 2 empty slots could be summoned into.

Big Jump

Persistence, 10 points, No-star Attack 10, 20/20, 0/10

“The talisman falls, and Dark Qi overflows.”

Dead's Talisman: When Jumping Guard retreats, all summoned cards have their attack power doubled.

Then, he played his core hand card, increasing their attack power to 20 points.

After both sides finished revealing cards, it was Still an exchange of hand cards.

Shi Li played LV1 Healing, and A Ya Jun played LV2 Counter.

“Give up, I Still have many Counters.”

“Then show them to me.”

“Uh, no need for that!”

A Ya Jun actually tried to use Shi Li's own tactics against him, but immediately exposed a Flaw.

Then followed the exchange of attacks.

Among them, because of attacking Wall of Spreading Flames and getting new Ignite, Shi Li's cards suffered a large number of 10-point attacks from Cyber Firefighter.

However, 10 points of Extinguish damage couldn't even break through bo shan's damage reduction, making it completely like a Charge treasure.

Even the attacks from Double Blade Mantis on it only dealt (20-10) / 2 = 20 points of damage.

With another 10 points of Shield to offset, it was directly reduced to only 10 points of damage.

10 points of damage reduction is extremely effective against 2-stage attacks.

After the end of Round 5, the card situation for both sides was as follows:

Jumping Guard: Retreat Cicada Wing Patrol: 30/100, Ignite bo shan: 75/100, 70/100, Ignite cloud river: 100/100, 80/100

Red Blade Maiden: 20/150, Ignite VS

Wall of Spreading Flames: 5/500

“I feel like the situation is very clear.”

“A Ya Jun hasn’t lost a single card, while Shi Li has not only lost one but also has two cards at low health.”

“Even if cloud river can instantly kill one card next round, he will Still be at a disadvantage.”

“Next round, if A Ya Jun’s cards all focus fire, even if they can’t instantly kill the bo shan, they can Still reduce it to critical health.”

When the next round arrived, neither side had any cards to reveal.

But the reveal phase paused.

Shi Li looked at his opponent, and after reading his micro-expressions, he immediately felt a bad premonition.

“Shi Li, you’re not the only one with a signature hand card.”

As he spoke, A Ya Jun had already pulled out a hand card.

“Oh, you red demons devouring all things, I shall strike you down one by one!”

“【Heart of Fire Suppression】: When Cyber Fire Alarm accumulates 3 Characteristic triggers in this game, transform it into a Momentum card.”

The hand card transformed into a beam of light and entered Cyber Fire Alarm’s body; its fire-resistant suit immediately began to crumble.

More mechanical prosthetics, like nanorobots, grew out, occupying more parts.

However, its card face didn't change much; the only change was its transformation from a Chasing Wind card to a Momentum card.

“Amazing! Essentially, this is a transformation-type signature hand card!”

“With the help of 【Fire Extinguisher】, Cyber Fire Alarm can quickly Charge!”

“Recovering 30 energy in one round is not a problem!”

“This way, he can almost achieve infinite sustainability for the 【Stun】active skill!”

Amidst the exclamations of the audience, both sides continued to play their regular hand cards.

This time, A Ya Jun played 【LV2 Isolation】, but it was interrupted by Shi Li’s 【LV2 Counter】.

Then, bo shan activated its Barrier, blocking the attack of Wall of Spreading Flames.

Meanwhile, Twin-Bladed Mantis activated its skill 【Lockdown】, sealing the grid where Jumping Guard was originally located.

Red Blade Maiden and Big Jump chose Still to protect themselves.

After the 6th round ended, the card layouts were as follows:

Cicada Wing Patrol: 15/100, Ignite bo shan: 10/100, 100/100, Ignite cloud river: 100/100, 100/100

Red Blade Maiden: 20/150

Big Jump 2: 5/20

VS

Wall of Spreading Flames: Withdrew “It’s over.”

“Shi Li’s card layout is completely unplayable.”

“Even if Cicada Wing Patrol withdraws and reveals an ace card at this point, the outcome will be the same.”

“Three cards at critical health against A Ya Jun’s four cards at full health, there’s simply no way to win.”

Coming into this round, the audience had already sealed the verdict.

However, A Ya Jun didn’t seem to intend to stop there.

This was the most important final, and he wanted to give his all to ensure nothing went wrong.

So, when the new round arrived, another signature hand card appeared in his hand.

“Even when extinguished, it will rekindle; spread, until the firelight covers the ends of the world!”

“【Spark Spreading】: After Wall of Spreading Flames withdraws, all enemy revealed cards gain 10 points of Ignite! (T0)”

The signature card was played, causing all of Shi Li’s revealed cards to be affected by the Ignite effect.

【Fire Alarm!】

The Fire Alarm’s figure immediately rushed out, launching an attack on each target.

“Another signature hand card! A Ya Jun actually has two signature hand cards!”

“And it’s a rare T0-grade Ignite, which means these Ignite effects will deal damage this round!”

“Not only that, but it also triggered Cyber Fire Alarm’s Characteristic.”

“Unfortunately, Cicada Wing Patrol and bo shan already have Ignite, so the effect won’t stack.”

“It’s already enough, after all, after this wave of 【Fire Extinguisher】, Cyber Fire Alarm’s energy will be full at the end of the round.”

“And if you carefully calculate this wave of 10 + 10 points of damage...

The 15-health Winged Messenger will withdraw.

The 10-health bo shan will withdraw.

The two 5-health Big Jumps will withdraw.

The 20-health Red Blade Maiden will be left with 5 health.”

“According to you, Shi Li’s deck is completely destroyed—”

“Indeed, A Ya Jun is truly merciless.”

Desperation; the current card layout was absolute desperation for Shi Li.

Principal Su: “Forget it, the opponent is Platinum 8 after all; getting second place is already very good.”

Huo Guang: “Damn it, why would he mess with the odds!”

Chang Zhun: “Concept God—was it fake after all?”

Even those on Shi Li’s side had completely lost faith in him.

However, just when everyone thought A Ya Jun had won, the game was slow to proceed to the next stage.

This could only mean one thing.

That is, in this round, there was something with the same priority as the signature hand card 【Spark Spreading】 that hadn’t been played yet.

So, under everyone’s gaze, Shi Li slowly pulled out a card.

“Clouds curl on the mountain’s shoulder, the cold mountain embraces the clouds.”

“【Synchronization · Yunshan】: When cloud river and bo shan’s energy both reach 100 points, transform them into Yunshan.”

As Shi Li played his hand card, cloud river transformed into a sky-blue beam of light and crashed into bo shan’s interior.

Subsequently, bo shan’s mech structure began to change; blue stripes appeared on its originally pristine white shell, and the shadow of cloud river subtly manifested in various parts.

“Wh-what is this?!”

“Shi Li also has a second signature hand card!”

“And it’s an extremely rare linked fusion card!”

The audience couldn’t sit Still, standing up and exclaiming.

And with cloud river’s withdrawal, or rather, after devouring cloud river, bo shan’s card face underwent a huge change.

It should now be called Yunshan.

Yunshan (Ignite)

Persistence / Listen to the Wind, 50 points, Three-star Attack 50, 190/200, 0/100

【Yunshan - Characteristic】: Yunshan is also considered a Listen to the Wind card 【Defense Field - Passive】: Yunshan gains 10 → 20 points of Shield each round (T1)

【Support Protocol - Passive】: Damage taken by Yunshan - 10

【Dimensional Barrier - 40 → 60 Energy】: Yunshan gains 1 → 2 layers of Barrier, and it does not affect action (T1)

(【Barrier】: This round, nullifies the single largest instance of damage)

“This is so broken! What kind of effects, what kind of stats!”

“Two cards merging into one, increased attack power and health, I can understand that.

But to reset health! That’s just too exaggerated!”

“Is this the power of a linked unique signature hand card? It’s terrifying!”

“Especially with two layers of Barrier, how can anyone fight that!”

“It’s completely like a BOSS-level existence in a simulation mission!”

As the audience buzzed with discussion, A Ya Jun’s face turned green.

And Shi Li then spoke.

“I’ve studied micro-expressions; any emotional change at the card table cannot escape my eyes.”

“?”

“You’re feeling very upset right now.”

“Does he really need to study that? Anyone who can’t see it must be blind!”

A Ya Jun’s mentality was messed up; he had broken down.

But Shi Li’s words were merely icing on the cake.

What truly caused his breakdown was the current situation.

This incredibly tough Persistence card wasn’t without solutions, and not just one.

But the problem was that all his regular cards were already revealed, and he couldn’t solve it anymore!

Just as he hadn’t allowed Shi Li to use Isolation before, he could imagine that Shi Li would definitely not let him play Isolation next.

The key was that behind such a tough card, there was also a 5-health high-damage card, Red Blade Maiden.

With such low health, he could only watch her, unable to hit her.

It was so frustrating!

And Cicada Wing Patrol, which was certain to withdraw this round, would cause the opponent’s ace card to be revealed next round.

At that time, if that 40-attack ace card, whatever it was, was revealed, he would probably be in trouble.

He had even foreseen the one-sided slaughter that would follow.

All four of his remaining full-health regular cards would be wiped out, yet he wouldn’t even be able to kill Yunshan!

Wait a minute!

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck A Ya Jun.

A glimmer of hope; he saw a ray of hope.

So, when the action phase arrived, he played a hand card.

“【LV2 Healing】.”

A Ya Jun’s revealed cards were all at full health, so why would he play this hand card?

Because his target was not his own character cards, but—Cicada Wing Patrol!

The damage priority of the Ignite effect was T2.

As long as he played the T1 Healing, he could ensure Cicada Wing Patrol wouldn’t die.

If it didn’t die, Shi Li’s ace card wouldn’t be revealed early.

Then he Still had a sliver of a chance!

However, when A Ya Jun played this hand card, transforming into a beam of light and shooting towards Cicada Wing Patrol...

It was intercepted by another beam of light.

Shi Li’s voice then leisurely sounded.

“【LV2 Counter】.”

“Ugh!”

A Ya Jun was about to vomit blood.