20: Favorite character card

The problem now was that Gong Ping and his team seemed to have accidentally stumbled into the Fluorescent Vine's nest.

Every time the current card game hadn't ended, new monsters would rush out, triggering new card games.

One of the main factors in the mental energy consumption for a card player during a game was the duration of the game.

This game alone consumed as much of Gong Ping's mental energy as fighting two or three other types of two-star monsters.

Gong Ping's original intention was to remind Shi Li to be more careful, but Shi Li's attention was currently focused on something else.

“This kind of monster is really a good thing.”

His gaze lingered on the Fluorescent Vine card for a long time.

The Listen to the Wind card, remaining still for 1 turn, could restore 20 energy points.

According to this monster's entry, it was equivalent to a perpetual motion machine for Healing.

Wasn't this exactly the kind of card he was looking for right now?

If he could get a character card drop, that would be perfect.

Thinking of this, he greeted Gong Ping and walked deeper inside.

After walking about 10 meters, he didn't encounter any monsters but instead met another person.

Naturally, it was Xiang Bei, who was also fighting monsters, and her card game had just begun not long ago.

Xiang Bei's rank was 1 level higher than Gong Ping's, and her deck's output ability was also stronger.

Therefore, she dealt with this Fluorescent Vine relatively more easily, though not by much.

“Shi Li?”

Seeing Shi Li's appearance, Xiang Bei also expressed surprise.

“You can do it.”

After a glance at her card game, seeing that there were no major issues, Shi Li did not stop his steps.

“Stop, the monsters here are not something you can handle!”

Seeing his action, Xiang Bei immediately advised him to stop.

“Thanks, I know what I'm doing.”

Shi Li waved his hand, leaving a retreating figure.

So he continued to walk another 20 meters, and a clear green fluorescence appeared in the cave passage ahead.

“Here it comes.”

His eyes lit up, and he went to meet it.

“Vine!”

A green vine flashed out from around the corner, actively initiating an attack.

Buzz...

The card table quickly unfolded, and 4 monster cards appeared before him.

Typically, a 3+1 deck has a total base attack power of 30x3+60 = 150 points.

However, this Fluorescent Vine had 170 health points, which was a bit tricky.

If there were no means to increase attack power, it would be impossible to instantly kill it.

This was why Gong Ping and Xiang Bei were fighting so hard.

But for Shi Li, this was not a problem at all.

Facing this kind of monster, the Red Blade Maiden, as the trump card, could chop off over 100 health points with one skill.

The remaining 70 points could easily be made up by 3 regular cards.

It could be said that it was one slice per monster.

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“Shi Li went in?”

Twenty minutes later, Gong Ping and Xiang Bei met up.

“He's been in there for a while.”

Xiang Bei had also just finished her battle.

“But he came too late, there shouldn't be much danger inside anymore.”

She thought carefully, realizing that she didn't know when, but no more monsters had emerged from the depths.

Before this, they had been coming out one after another, and the card games had almost never stopped.

Xiang Bei believed that by the time Shi Li arrived, most of the monsters in this cave had already been cleared out by their efforts.

“Your record is pretty good, how many more do you need now?”

Gong Ping counted the broken vines scattered around Xiang Bei, estimating how many complete monsters they would make.

“Counting these, I have already hunted 9 two-star LV3 monsters.”

Xiang Bei immediately showed a proud expression on her face.

Her goal was not the same as those Gold 1 guys.

Killing 15 two-star LV3 monsters to get a D+ Grade Contract was her goal.

“But why hasn't he come out after so long?”

Gong Ping looked into the depths of the cave: “Should we go in and look for him?”

“Alright.”

Xiang Bei nodded in agreement.

So the two advanced together.

“There's a monster corpse here.”

They quickly discovered the monster that Shi Li had first encountered.

“Although this guy is only Gold 1, his strength is still pretty good.”

To be able to take down a Fluorescent Vine as a Gold 1, even Xiang Bei had to acknowledge it.

She now somewhat admitted that the other party had the level for a C-Level Contract.

However, when the second monster corpse appeared, Xiang Bei's expression began to turn a little unpleasant.

It had only been about twenty minutes since Shi Li entered the cave.

In that time, she had only dealt with one Fluorescent Vine, but he had taken down two?

Immediately after, the appearance of the third and fourth monster corpses made Xiang Bei suspicious.

“Could it be that other monsters have snuck in?”

She couldn't believe that Shi Li had done this.

After all, even she, a Gold 3, couldn't achieve such a clearing speed.

As they continued to go deeper, the two encountered more and more monster corpses.

Even without counting them one by one, the number probably exceeded ten.

“It must have been other monsters, he couldn't possibly clear them out that fast!”

Xiang Bei had successfully convinced herself.

But when the two reached the end of the cave, they didn't find any other monsters.

Instead, they saw Shi Li, who was in the middle of a card game.

“Vine! Vine!”

At this moment, Shi Li's deck was unleashed, instantly killing a full-health Fluorescent Vine right in front of them.

“This...!”

The facts were before her eyes, and Xiang Bei couldn't help but believe it.

“You two are finally here, wait for me, I'll be done soon.”

Seeing their appearance, Shi Li greeted them.

30 seconds later, the last monster card was taken down.

“Sigh...”

As a result, the monster still didn't drop a character card, which left him slightly disappointed.

“...”

Xiang Bei was silent for a moment, her expression somewhat unpredictable: “I'm leaving first.”

Don't compare yourself to others, compare yourself to yourself.

As long as today's self is stronger than yesterday's self, that's enough.

That's right, that's it.

While giving herself a pep talk, she also didn't forget to secretly curse him as a pervert.

It was a blow, a real blow to her confidence.

“Shi Li, how about we team up?”

Gong Ping didn't leave, but instead, his eyes darted around as he suggested.

“Team up?”

Shi Li was surprised to hear that.

He hadn't expected the other party to make such an invitation.

Normally, only card players within the same major rank could team up with each other.

For example, Platinum + Platinum, Silver + Silver.

To form a Platinum + Silver team, special item cards were needed.

If the gap was large, like Platinum + Bronze, the required item cards would be even rarer and more expensive.

Therefore, strong players carrying weaker players in teams did not easily happen.

“Your Red Blade Maiden's output is very strong, and my deck's survival ability is very strong; combined, we'd be a perfect match.

Don't you want to see the strongest monster in this training ground and challenge the C-Level Contract?”

Hearing Gong Ping say this, Shi Li was immediately tempted.

Anyway, including this batch of Fluorescent Vines, he had already completed the D+ Grade Contract standard of 15 two-star LV3 monsters.

“Alright, then let's go take a look.”

Shi Li said with a smile.

He had long heard of the strongest monster in the center of the training ground, so there was no harm in seeing it.

Moreover, what if, by chance, their decks just happened to counter the opponent?

However, he just didn't know if completing the hunt as a team of two would count as meeting the C-Level standard.

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