205: Advance to [Platinum 15]

Chapter 205: Advancing to platinum 15

Finally, Shi Li's score in this round reached over 5700.

This was definitely a huge number, considering that he, ranked 27th, previously only had a little over 400 points.

When the game ended, he opened the Star Ascension mission for Withering Dragon.

Star Ascension Mission: Withering Dragon participates in killing non-duplicate cards, 43287 / 50000

This was absolutely comfortable; it seemed he could complete the Star Ascension very soon.

After checking this, Shi Li saw text information about the Mang Domain pop up before his eyes.

Your score for this round is 5780, ranking first.

You can receive rewards; please choose from the options below.

A. Balance System System random Unique Character Card, Perfect Token Card (Three-Star).

B. Rage System random Unique Character Card, Perfect Token Card (Three-Star).

C. Wisdom System random Unique Character Card, Perfect Token Card (Three-Star).

G. Listening Wind System random Unique Character Card, Perfect Token Card (Three-Star).

"These rewards are good."

Shi Li didn't expect the rewards to be so direct.

A Three-Star Perfect Token Card referred to a token card that, once opened, guaranteed a 100% successful acquisition of a Three-Star Unique Character Card.

However, since it said "random," Shi Li didn't dwell on it too much.

He chose the Rage System Perfect Token Card.

Because currently, his progress in the trial tower was highest in the Rage System and Steadfast System.

He would first add a new Rage System Unique Character Card to see if it could help.

As soon as he finished choosing, Shi Li felt his vision blur.

It was still this pure white space, but all the other card players around him had disappeared.

Score summary, ranking statistics in progress.

Please wait patiently.

The text popped up, putting his mind at ease.

"Since that's the case, let's see what I can get."

Shi Li took out the token card he had just acquired.

He activated and used it directly.

This mission is named: The Diner.

In this world, dragons are considered extremely dangerous creatures.

But there is one kind of dragon that is different; people call them The Diner.

The Diner does not eat flesh and blood, nor does it eat grains.

Their food is pain.

Any injuries or pain will heal under their consumption.

Therefore, The Diner is the only type of dragon welcomed by humans in this world.

"Dragon card?"

Seeing this, Shi Li extracted the key information: "But it looks like another Healing card. This positioning conflicts with Lotus Succubus, doesn't it?"

"It's also a Rage System card, and also a Healing card."

He wasn't entirely satisfied with this outcome.

One day, a Diner encountered an injured traveler.

But it didn't know that this was a trap to capture it.

Please help it make a choice.

Options were displayed one by one, and without Shi Li needing to choose, it automatically jumped to the correct answer.

The steps of the simulated mission proceeded, with card games interspersed within.

If the character card ultimately obtained from this mission was The Diner Dragon, then Shi Li had already seen its projection.

This was a white dragon with the ability to float, and its appearance bore many similarities to an eel.

After the simulated mission introduction, lines of reward text popped up.

You can obtain Character Card: The Diner (Three-Star) x1.

You can obtain Hand Card: Recovery (LV2) x1, Healing (LV2) x1, Healing (LV2) x1.

Yes/No to consume 29000 cubic coins to reset this mission.

"Fortunately, it's a 100% Perfect Token Card. If I choose not to refresh, the refresh cost won't increase."

Shi Li clicked no.

Subsequently, the resonance also changed.

Rage System Resonance: 130% → 140%

A 140% resonance was already the highest among his seven systems.

His personal stat panel also received a further boost.

Rank: Platinum 14 → platinum 15

Stamina: 444 / 444 → 459 / 459

Energy: 447 / 447 → 459 / 459

"platinum 15, my rank will temporarily stop here. It's best not to increase it further."

Shi Li knew that if his rank increased again, he wouldn't be able to enter Abyss No. 68.

It wasn't that no one could clear stages 9 and 10 of Abyss No. 68 without him.

In fact, he recently received news from Director Hou that in some individual abysses, such as Huadu's Abyss No. 45, someone had already cleared the 10th floor and completed all sub-items of the collective mission.

However, if we're talking about right now, Shi Li was undoubtedly the most hopeful to clear Abyss No. 68 entirely.

After all, the first person to clear the 10th floor could receive a huge reward of 10 million.

Shi Li was unwilling to miss out.

But for now, he would first look at the card's face.

The Diner

Berserk, 30 points, Three-Star Attack 30, 100 / 100

Self-Devour - Characteristic: The Diner gains +10 to its maximum HP (T5) for every 30 HP it loses.

Satiety - Passive: The Diner's attack power is fixed at 0, and its maximum HP increases by 100.

Nourish Qi - Passive: For every 100 points of The Diner's maximum HP, it gains 10 Healing each round.

Eat Pain - 10 Max HP: The Diner enters Defense state this round (T1).

Burst Qi - 50 Max HP: The Diner deals 30 Fixed Damage to 1 target.

This card was very different from the card face in the simulated mission.

First, it wasn't a Rage System Recovery card like Shi Li had thought, similar to Lotus Succubus.

Instead, it was a very rare Rage System Damage-Bearing card, possessing a very rare active Defense keyword.

It was truly uncommon to see a Rage card with a Defense skill; this was definitely an exclusive keyword.

Moreover, Rage System Damage-Bearing cards followed a different path from Steadfast Damage-Bearing cards, primarily focusing on a tanky, high-HP route rather than a hard-shell route.

He conducted a series of tests on the simulated card table and quickly gained a deeper understanding of this card.

First, this card's damage-bearing capability was definitely quite good.

10 maximum HP would not be added in the form of +0/10, but rather +10/10.

So, it could be said that it also added 1 HP.

Gaining 10 maximum HP for every 30 HP lost could, to some extent, be considered "10 Damage Reduction when facing 30 points of attack."

Compared to a true 10 Damage Reduction, both had their advantages and disadvantages.

For example, with other Damage Reduction bonuses from Shield and Defense, 10 Damage Reduction had an advantage over Self-Devour.

30 points of attack hitting a 10-point Shield, then receiving 10 Damage Reduction, would actually only cause 10 points of damage.

However, 30 points of attack hitting a 10-point Shield, then being affected by Self-Devour, would be equivalent to taking 20 points of damage.

30 points of attack hitting Defense, first 10 Damage Reduction then Defense halved, would leave 10 points.

But if The Diner was in Defense, it would need to take 60 points of attack to gain 10 maximum HP.

In addition, The Diner's Characteristic had a delayed effect and did not have the immediate effectiveness of a true 10 Damage Reduction.

It first took HP damage, and then its maximum HP increased at the T5 settlement.

If there was T5 Healing at this time, it could benefit from the Healing.

If The Diner's HP had already reached 0 at this time, then like Healing, the maximum HP bonus could not be enjoyed.

Of course, Self-Devour still had advantages compared to true Damage Reduction.

First, it was effective against high-damage enemies.

If the opponent had a card with 60 attack, hitting a 10-point Damage Reduction would result in 50 points of damage.

But hitting The Diner would increase its maximum HP by 20, equivalent to 20 Damage Reduction.

Secondly, it was effective against damage that could not be reduced.

For example, Fixed Damage, True Damage, Absolute Damage, which ignore Damage Reduction effects, as well as DOT effects like Ignite, Poisoned, and Bleeding.

They could all trigger Self-Devour, bringing benefits to The Diner.

This was something numerical Damage Reduction could absolutely not achieve.

Finally, this was not simply Damage Reduction.

Its essence was the increase in maximum HP.

Most importantly, this was Shi Li's first card to date with infinite growth potential within a card game.

In other words, theoretically, as long as there was a sufficient environment, its maximum HP could grow endlessly.

However, the problem was that this growth rate was indeed a bit slow.

And the cost of growth was losing HP, which also required pairing it with a large amount of Recovery.

"But with this card, my Rampage Trial should be much easier to beat."

"Three Unique Character Cards, one is a Tank, one is a DPS, one is a Healer; the structure is very healthy."

Having obtained this card, Shi Li even had the confidence to challenge the Berserk Tower's 3-10.

From obtaining The Diner to understanding its mechanics, Shi Li actually didn't spend too much time.

Just then, the score summary information finally arrived.

The score summary for this phase has been completed.

Your total score is 6200.

Ranked 1st in this civilization.

Ranked 1st in the ultimate showdown of the three civilizations.

Detected score exceeding 1000, the exchange store has been opened for you.

"Exchange Store—"

Shi Li knew about this.

Shang Haojia had introduced it to him before he came in.

Based on the points obtained in the Mang Domain, corresponding rewards would be received upon leaving.

In addition to this, if the points reached a sufficiently high level, one could also gain the right to open a store.

Many resources could be exchanged in the store.

Points spent in the store would not affect the rewards received upon leaving.

"Let me see what's available."

Shi Li opened the store panel and began to browse.

Upon seeing it, he could only say that the store was far richer than he had imagined.

All kinds of materials, both imaginable and unimaginable, were available.

Of course, the core material "Pure Dragon Related Item" required for Red Blade Maiden's Star Ascension to Four-Star, which he had always been looking for, was also abundant here.

The cheapest item required 1000 points.

With Shi Li's current 6000 points, he could completely afford it.

In addition, he compared the materials and found that items worth 1000 points here were roughly equivalent to 1 million outside.

In other words, Shi Li currently had the equivalent of 6.2 million in wealth.

However, some items were more expensive here than outside, and some were cheaper.

For example, the token card for a direct upgrade of a Unique Character Card from Three-Star to Four-Star only cost 5000 points here.

The so-called direct upgrade meant skipping the simulated mission and subsequent missions, directly achieving the upgrade in one step.

Converted to cubic coins, it was only 5 million cubic coins, which was definitely much cheaper than outside.

However, Shi Li did not intend to buy it, because he had a higher pursuit.

Unique Character Card Four-Star to Five-Star Token Card, 50,000 points.

Unique Character Card Four-Star direct to Five-Star Token Card, 1,000,000 points.

He heard that only unique cards could achieve Four-Star to Five-Star, and the process for Four-Star to Five-Star was almost the same as unique cards' Three-Star to Four-Star.

One simulated mission, plus one follow-up mission.

However, the difficulty would far exceed Three-Star to Four-Star.

Some Platinum card players never managed to obtain a Five-Star character card in their entire lives.

These 50,000 points, to Shi Li, still seemed achievable.

As for Four-Star direct to Five-Star, that was a bit exaggerated.

1 million points could be considered 1 billion cubic coins.

He had never dared to imagine so much money.

"But I don't know if I'll have another chance to enter the Mang Domain and accumulate points later."

This foreign realm opened once every three years, and Shi Li had no hope of waiting for the next three years.

Let alone three years, he might already be a Platinum card player by next semester.

But during the previous national war mode, the system repeatedly mentioned that this was the first phase of the confrontation.

In other words, there should be a second phase and a third phase.

He placed his hopes on this aspect.

"The second phase of this Mang Domain is for Platinum card players."

"And card players who have already participated in the first phase cannot participate in the second phase."

Just then, a Demon Man suddenly appeared in the pure white space.

He seemed to have perceived Shi Li's thoughts.

"I am the divine official responsible for this Blue Star Mang Domain event."

The Demon Man voluntarily introduced his identity; he had specifically come to find Shi Li.

"If you still want to continue accumulating points, I can introduce you to a place—the Divine Realm."

"Divine Realm?"

Shi Li had recently received a definitive answer from Xiu Qingshan about the existence of gods.

Considering various factors and reflecting carefully, he suspected that Ya Ye, whom he had met before, was very likely a god.

"That's right, in this three-civilization war zone, the top three individuals who obtain points in the assessment will receive a chance to enter the Divine Realm."

"There, you can continue to accumulate points."

"What do you do in the Divine Realm?"

Shi Li was more concerned about this.

Abyss, Chess Domain, Divine Realm—the maps opening up were increasing, and he was almost unable to keep up.

"Well, that's a secret for now."

The Demon Man smiled slightly: "I only came to inform you."

"For the subsequent matters, I will contact you directly through a card."

Saying that, he placed a communication card down and disappeared.

"How inexplicable."

Shi Li thought for a moment and still picked up the communication card.

As soon as he put it away, new information popped up.

This Mang Domain has ended.

Based on the points you obtained this time, you will receive rewards for the 6000-point tier.

Three main options appeared before Shi Li's eyes.

Each main option had a corresponding selection quota.

The first main option, Shi Li called the 1 million option.

Because its first option was 1 million cubic coins, followed by some materials with values fluctuating around 1 million.

Besides that, he could also choose 3 times from the 100,000-tier and 10 times from the 10,000-tier.

Adding them up, the value was approximately 1.4 million.

It could be said to be very good.