208: The sixteenth card

Chapter 208: The Sixteenth unique Card

The early to mid-game of this round was quite brutal.

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The opponent's 10 cards were not all Wooden Man.

And some non-Wooden Man units were hiding behind the Wooden Man.

So, to eliminate them first, Shi Li had to commit a large number of troops.

High-level Abyss stages were like this; under the effect of 10 traits, even a single regular card on the opponent's side possessed extremely strong power.

If not handled carefully, any one of them could become the fuse for a player's team wipe.

When all non-Wooden Man units on the field were finally eliminated, Shi Li's deck only had The Diner, Lotus Succubus, and cloud river left.

And the opponent still had 6 Wooden Man ready to strike.

Following the normal progression, even if Shi Li revived all his regular cards, he wouldn't be able to defeat the BOSS that awakened last.

However, at this point, his plan truly began to be implemented.

First, he slowly revived his fallen cards one by one.

Then, he slowly stacked maximum health for The Diner.

Lotus Succubus could only provide 30 points of Healing each round, so his side's damage output to The Diner could not exceed this value.

Although PVE card games had no hand limit, Shi Li's number of Recovery hand cards was always limited.

For the health Shi Li expected The Diner to have, these few Recovery hand cards were a drop in the bucket.

Fortunately, at such times, there was something called "auto-battle."

Shi Li only needed to set the commands for each card, and they would perform a fixed action cycle.

In fact, the current commands were not difficult to set.

The revived bo shan was set to always attack The Diner.

Lotus Succubus was set to always attack The Diner.

The remaining cards, including The Diner, were all Still.

The opponent, being Wooden Man, were all Still.

So, as soon as "auto-battle" was activated, the card game rounds proceeded quickly.

The Diner's health increased rapidly at a visible speed.

190/300 → 200/310 → 210/320 → 220/330 →.

Time gradually passed like this.

On the other side, also within the 10th-floor space.

The opponent only had 1 low-health BOSS card remaining, and Hang Mei Li also only had 1 trump card left.

【Yellow Pilot】

Listen to the Wind, 30 points, three-star attack 60, 200/200, 0/40

【High-Energy Field - Characteristic】: The Armor value obtained by Yellow Pilot is doubled, stackable.

【Kinetic Cycle - Passive】: When Yellow Pilot's energy is not full, he gains 10 → 15 points of Armor.

【Immovable - Passive】: Yellow Pilot's Still is considered Defense, gaining 5 → 10 points of Armor.

【Spike Thorns - Passive】: When Yellow Pilot is in Defense, he gains 50% → 100% of his Armor value as Counter.

(Thanks to designer Giovanni)

This was a very powerful and rare Listening Wind System damage-absorbing card, also possessing a certain output capability.

After playing his destined hand card, "Potato Sprout," his card stats were greatly enhanced.

Armor was his exclusive special effect, equivalent to Shield, but it could not stack with Shield.

He could gain 50 points of Armor each round and deal 50 points of Counter damage.

The higher the Shield value, the stronger his Counter ability.

Under normal circumstances, his single-card combat ability was actually quite average.

He would struggle against Dispel or True Damage.

But facing the current BOSS, he was the best solution card.

Because the opponent's BOSS had 500 health, 120 attack power, and an additional 20 points of Quantum Entanglement.

Yellow Pilot, in Still each round, could recover 20 points of energy.

This just offset the BOSS's 20 points of Quantum Entanglement, preventing health loss.

And the BOSS continuously consuming his energy value ensured that Kinetic Cycle would continuously trigger.

Then, 120 points of attack power, hitting Yellow Pilot in Defense, would only cause 30 points of damage.

Even if Hang Mei Li didn't play Recovery hand cards, it would take 7 rounds to defeat Yellow Pilot.

What's more, Hang Mei Li held a bunch of Recovery hand cards, so she wouldn't let the BOSS defeat him so easily.

And Yellow Pilot's Counter could deal 50 points of damage, so it only needed 10 rounds to defeat the BOSS.

"Success!"

After 10 rounds, Hang Mei Li saw the BOSS dissipate into blue light and couldn't help but shout excitedly.

Finally, she had finally cleared the 10th floor.

This time, she would be the first to clear this Abyss!

【Congratulations, you have passed Abyss No. 68, Stage 10.】

【The number of 10-evolved individuals killed in this phase has increased to 2.】

【You will receive 10000 cubic coins.】

【You will receive 1 three-star random material card.】

"Huh?!"

However, the rewards that popped up left Hang Mei Li a bit dumbfounded.

This reward level was much, much less than the reward she received for clearing Abyss No. 56 last time.

And—

She quickly caught the key point—the number of 10-evolved individuals killed increased to 2?!

Realizing something, Hang Mei Li immediately exited the stage.

The leaderboard for the 10th floor was right next to the stage entrance.

At this moment, several lines of text were clearly written on it.

1. 【Wang Defa】, rank at time of kill: platinum 15

2. 【Hang Mei Li】, rank at time of kill: platinum 15

"Big Sis!"

A teammate who happened to be waiting nearby rushed up to greet her: "Just 5 minutes ago, that Wang Defa cleared the 10th floor!"

He hadn't even realized that Hang Mei Li had also cleared it.

"No!!!"

Hang Mei Li let out a roar.

5 minutes?!

Just 5 minutes?!

If she hadn't rested before, hadn't gone to the tavern, wouldn't the top spot have been hers?!

She was furious.

Rewinding a bit, Shi Li had just defeated the BOSS.

"Your attack is not wrong, but it's meaningless before 100,000."

Looking at the blue light the BOSS turned into, he felt very comfortable.

【Congratulations, you have passed Abyss No. 68, Stage 10.】

【The number of 10-evolved individuals killed in this phase has increased to 1.】

【You will receive 1,000,000 cubic coins.】

【You will receive 1 Abyss Token card.】

【You will receive 2 four-star extreme quality random material cards.】

【You will receive 2 four-star extreme quality random material cards.】

【You will receive admission permission to the Abyss True Realm.】

"1,000,000 reward, and an Abyss Token card."

This reward was definitely rich.

One must know that his Snail Walking Lady and Lotus Succubus were both Abyss spoils.

Among them, Lotus Succubus came from an Abyss Token card.

This card held a crucial position in his deck, with a very high play rate.

"But what is this admission permission?"

Shi Li was a bit puzzled.

He immediately exited the Abyss and took an unmanned aircraft to the Show Card Hall.

Because the real big reward was still to come, which was the 10 million subsidy.

He was going to collect his money.

Soon, the aircraft landed on the top floor of the Show Card Hall.

He didn't expect Director Hou to be standing alone on the top floor so late at night.

"You kid! I knew I didn't misjudge you!"

As soon as Shi Li stepped off the aircraft, he quickly and warmly walked up to him.

It turned out that Director Hou had received the news immediately and knew that the other party would definitely come, so he waited here in advance.

The dignified Vice Director of a city's Show Card Hall, waiting alone in the cold wind late at night.

This kind of treatment, even if a direct descendant of the Xiu family came, they might not receive it.

After all, their coming was just coming, while Shi Li's coming added a significant achievement to his political record.

"Brother Hou, let's go downstairs and talk."

Shi Li smiled slightly and immediately started walking.

After getting 10 million, he would have many things to do.

So the two came to Director Hou's office.

Shi Li first asked about the "Abyss True Realm admission permission."

"Well, about that—I'm not too sure either."

Director Hou spread his hands.

"Wait a moment, I'll check."

However, he was not in a hurry and began to enter a series of commands into the internal system.

After such a long period of clearing, all parties knew that the most difficult thing to achieve in these Abysses was the first kill on the 10th floor.

Therefore, as long as someone could complete the first kill, that Abyss would be considered as almost completely cleared.

According to what Director Hou understood, after the Abyss he was responsible for had its 10th-floor first kill completed, he should receive a permission upgrade.

"This—"

Sure enough, he immediately found some information in the new permissions.

"You see for yourself."

Director Hou turned the screen towards Shi Li.

It turned out that Shi Li was not the only one who received the admission permission.

All players who successfully cleared the 10th floor received this permission.

Although the so-called Abyss True Realm had not yet opened on Blue Star, information from other civilizations provided a lot of relevant details.

First, they had to complete all Abyss missions on Blue Star, and then the Abyss True Realm would open.

After the Abyss True Realm opened, players below Diamond rank who wanted to gain admission qualifications had to complete the 10-floor challenge.

Diamond players, however, automatically received admission qualifications.

"According to the current progress, the higher-ups estimate that it will take about half a year for all Abysses on Blue Star to be cleared."

"Half a year—"

Shi Li pondered slightly.

In half a year, he didn't know what rank he would reach.

However, since the rewards for Abyss 1-10 floors were so good, the Abyss True Realm, which was stronger than the Abyss, should have even better rewards.

Unfortunately, the 10 million subsidy could only be claimed once per player.

And the rewards for clearing the 10th floor for the second and third time would also be greatly reduced.

Otherwise, Shi Li could really consider being a mercenary in other Abysses.

With that time, he might as well go to the Chess Domain and join some gold groups.

But no matter what, Shi Li had received the 10 million subsidy.

At this time, his personal assets reached a new height: 11.7 million.

Based on a budget of 2 million for Star Ascension a card from three-star to four-star, it was enough to Star Ascension four or five cards.

Plus the materials already gathered for Red Blade Maiden and the rewards from the annual ranking tournament, after digesting all these, he could even reach Platinum 7 rank.

However, before that, Shi Li decided to first deal with that Abyss Token card.

After bidding farewell to Director Hou, he first went to the training room downstairs.

Because Shi Yuan, whom he secretly signed up for the winter hell training class, also lived there.

Having received such a large sum of money, Shi Li still shared it with his younger brother.

If his brother asked, he would be willing to give him a little.

However, Shi Yuan was quite ambitious; he merely expressed congratulations and did not ask for anything.

So Shi Li also opened a private lounge next to Shi Yuan's room, ordered a bucket of coffee, and started refreshing.

He clicked on the Token card, and text popped up.

"Just like this world, the consciousness of the Abyssal Kind is chaotic."

"But there are also very few exceptions that give birth to wisdom."

"Under the leadership of the wise ones, the Abyss experienced countless large and small battles of separation and reunion."

"Finally, three monarchs each suppressed a region, achieving peace."

"Why do I feel like I've seen this text before?"

Shi Li raised an eyebrow; wasn't this the same text as Lotus Succubus's at that time?

"Under the rule of the three great monarchs lived many Abyss races."

"Among them, the Abyss Scarlet Slime is a rare but powerful race, because they possess a super strong Talent."

From here on, the story became different.

"Go for it."

Shi Li continued to read down and then randomly selected an option.

He refreshed repeatedly like this all night, and when the sun rose in the morning, he finally completed the task.

【You can obtain character card: Abyss Scarlet Slime (One-Star) x1.】

【You can obtain hand card: Counter (LV1) x1.】

【You can obtain item card: Balance System Shield x1.】

【Do you wish to reset this mission for 8500 cubic coins?】

"No."

Shi Li clicked no, and text immediately popped up.

【Balance System System Resonance】: 130% → 140%

The Balance System System's resonance caught up with the Rage System's, reaching parity.

That Balance System Shield was a special bound item card for the Balance System Trial.

However, what he cared more about right now wasn't the card face.

The projection of this card was actually quite simple, just a jelly Scarlet Slime.

The color and texture of the jelly were the unique purplish-black of the Abyss.

"Hmm?"

To Shi Li's surprise, this card actually had no traits.

【Abyss Scarlet Slime】

Balance System, 30 points, one-star attack 30, 100/100

【Mimic Jelly - Characteristic】: Abyss Scarlet Slime can carry 1 less trait. Upon entry, it can copy 1 passive trait on the field.

"So that's what kind of card it is—strong."

Although it currently had no traits, this did not prevent Shi Li from being optimistic about its potential.

From the literal meaning, this trait copy was not limited to friend or foe.

Under certain specific conditions, Mimic Jelly would become very powerful.

This also made him more curious about what kind of inherent traits this card would have after Star Ascension.

So he quickly went downstairs and bought the unique Balance System System Token cards for one-star to two-star and two-star to three-star.

After another 48 hours of refreshing, Shi Li finally saw the three-star Abyss Scarlet Slime.

【You can obtain character card: Abyss Scarlet Slime (Three-Star) x1.】

【You can obtain hand card: Movement (LV2) x1, Counter (LV2) x1.】

【You can obtain item card: Scarlet Slime Arcane x1.】

【Do you wish to reset this mission for 29000 cubic coins?】

The total base cost was 980,000 cubic coins, with 10.72 million remaining.

"Comfortable."

Shi Li clicked no, and the card was acquired.

【Balance System System Resonance】: 150% → 160%

The Balance System System's resonance surpassed the Rage System's, taking the lead, and was not far from 200%.