233: 【Red Blade Princess】Level 4 to 5

Chapter 233: Red Blade Maiden's Star Ascension from Four to Five

After taking down his opponent, Shi Li successfully claimed the half-health red buff.

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Before the opponent could Revive, he managed to collect an extra group of raptors.

[I'm farming pigs in your jungle.]

After typing this phrase in the public chat, he left the enemy's jungle and returned to his own.

Since he also secured First Blood, Lightning Flash's economy instantly became the highest on the map.

After clearing the top jungle and eating a River Crab in the river, he leisurely recalled to base.

When the opposing Jungler Revived, he immediately rushed to the top jungle, expecting two groups of monsters, only to find just one.

He wanted to grab a River Crab on the way, but discovered that the River Crab had also been defeated, so he could only recall to base sullenly, preparing to head to the bottom jungle.

As the saying goes, one step slow means every step is slow; at this moment, Shi Li had already finished purchasing equipment and was heading straight for his bottom jungle.

[Piglet, I'm coming for you.]

However, he didn't miss the chance to sow confusion.

A single message in the public chat made the enemy Jungler suddenly panic.

He would take two steps then look back, and if he encountered a bush without a ward or a sweep, he wouldn't dare enter it.

After much delay, he finally managed to finish clearing his bottom jungle.

"The River Crab is still here, nice!"

When he arrived at the river, he was pleasantly surprised to find that there was still something to take there.

Just as he was excitedly about to walk over and auto-attack the crab, Shi Li, who had finished clearing his own bottom jungle earlier and was lying in ambush in the bush, directly made his move.

He pre-loaded his auto-attack, and the first strike triggered Fighting Thunder's extra attack.

Then he cast Furious Splitting Flash, resetting his basic attack.

Then he cast Flying Stream Flash, resetting his basic attack again.

Finally, he auto-attacked once more, triggering Fighting Thunder for another extra attack.

In total, this meant he executed a combo in an extremely short amount of time:

A + Fighting Thunder + A + Furious Splitting Flash + A + Flying Stream Flash + A + Fighting Thunder.

A total of 8 attacks!

"What?! Holy crap!"

Before the enemy Jungler could even react to what was happening, he was Stunned.

Then he was completely unable to move and turned into a black screen of death while still under the Stun effect.

[What the hell is going on? How did you die again.]

[Can you manage, brother?]

[If you keep feeding like this, we won't be able to carry you.]

[Farm safely, don't throw.]

Facing the accusations from his teammates, the red team Jungler was practically tearing up.

However, his mood was quickly alleviated.

Because just as he was on the way to the jungle after his black screen and subsequent Revival and Recovery, Shi Li had already taken the River Crab and coordinated with his bottom duo lane to execute a tower dive, sending the red team's bottom duo lane back to the fountain.

[Holy cow, what kind of damage is that!]

[We didn't even move before we were instantly killed!]

The exclamations from the bottom duo lane balanced the red team Jungler's psychological state considerably.

Now you guys know how broken that guy is.

[It's all the Jungler's fault, you made him fat.]

[The enemy Jungler came, why didn't you counter-gank.]

In the end, the bottom duo lane immediately shifted the blame onto the Jungler.

This was typical behavior for a District Four team.

Since everyone was experiencing this duel mode for the first time, coupled with the fact that the Lightning Flash character was truly overpowered.

When killing an opposing character or a large ancient monster, [Yun Lü] (Rhythm) could provide more stacks.

Shi Li, who had collected a pile of kills and essentially controlled all the large jungle monsters, had stacked his attack power incredibly high.

A single triple-hit from Flying Stream Flash was enough to instantly kill the squishy mid lane and bottom lane opponents.

This resulted in the duel losing all suspense shortly after the mid-game began, entering garbage time.

When the blue side won, Shi Li, who had overwhelmingly superior stats in all aspects, was undoubtedly named the MVP.

This meant the rewards he received were much richer than everyone else's.

Excluding points, the cubic coins reward alone totaled 15 million.

"Truly worthy of the God Realm—it's too exaggerated."

Shi Li suddenly felt that he should re-evaluate the value of the [Top-tier Rage Intervention].

That item card and the rewards from this round should be roughly equivalent in value.

He had underestimated the value of that item card.

Thinking about it, it made sense; an item card that could give him hope of clearing the Rampage Trial certainly wouldn't be cheap.

Unfortunately, this item was bound, so even if he genuinely cleared the Rampage Trial, he couldn't sell it.

[All participants have completed this round of duels.]

[Next is the review and rest period.]

[You may return to your room, or select a new room.]

"Perfect, I need time."

Shi Li now considered this to be good news for him.

To save time, he did not return to his previous residence.

Instead, he randomly opened an unoccupied room nearby, regardless of whether its size was suitable for him.

After all, all furniture could be generated by his own will, and there was an endless supply of water and food.

Then he immediately devoted himself to clearing the Rampage Trial.

Two and a half days later, Shi Li finally completely cleared the Rampage Trial, which meant clearing [5-10].

[You have received 5,000,000 cubic coins.]

[You have received 1 unique Rage System grade-up token card.]

[You have received 10 unique Rage System grade-up token cards.]

[You have received — — — —]

[You have received — — — —]

"Wow, there's so much stuff."

The clearance rewards were quite surprising to Shi Li.

First, 5 million cubic coins, that was definitely nice.

Besides various precious Rage System material cards, he also received many Rage System grade-up token cards.

Among them were quite a few unique grade-up token cards.

There were dozens of one-to-two Star Ascension cards, over twenty two-to-three Star Ascension cards, and even ten three-to-four Star Ascension cards.

"So the rewards for clearing the Trial Tower are this generous? Nobody told me before."

With these token cards in hand, Shi Li felt that even if he built a deck entirely of unique Rage System cards, he wouldn't have to worry about the token cards at all.

If he were to cash them out, it would be a considerable amount of capital.

But the most crucial, most crucial thing was that among them, there was 1 token card for four-to-five Star Ascension.

[grade-up token card]: Allows 1 four-star Rage System character card (unique) to undergo a Star Ascension mission.

"This is simply perfect. I can directly start the Red Blade Maiden's Star Ascension mission."

"I don't even have to wait until I clear the third floor of the Hell Trial."

Shi Li believed this was the greatest gain.

Don't look at the unique two-to-three Star Ascension token card being only 100,000, and the three-to-four being 300,000.

But four-to-five Star Ascension is priceless.

It can't be bought with money and simply doesn't circulate on the market.

"Moreover, if I raise the Red Blade Maiden to five stars and also complete the Crimson Trial: Super, then maybe I really can beat the third floor of the Hell Trial."

"However, four-to-five Star Ascension certainly won't be that simple. I should deal with the Crimson Trial: Super first."

"Maybe just relying on it will be enough for me to clear the third floor."

Suddenly, two choices were laid out before Shi Li.

Four-to-five Star Ascension and the Crimson Trial: Super, which one should he handle first?

He decided to first complete the Red Blade Maiden's five-star Star Ascension simulation mission, and then see what the next step was.

Knowing this early would allow him to prepare in advance.

After all, in the current duel mode, his main hand card wouldn't have much chance to appear, and even if he got it, it probably wouldn't become an immediate combat power to enhance his competitiveness in the duels.

However, he currently had around 22 million in funds.

Shi Li didn't know how much the four-to-five Star Ascension simulation mission would cost, but he estimated that just doing a simulation mission should be more than enough.

"Forget it, I'm not in a rush anyway."

After thinking it over, Shi Li decided to proceed with the Star Ascension simulation mission first.

He didn't know until he tried it, and when he finished the first attempt, he was completely stunned.

The simulation mission for four-to-five Star Ascension, just the refresh fee alone, required—100,000!

"Fortunately, I still have quite a bit of money."

Shi Li had no choice but to treat this with greater seriousness and caution.

Refreshing the four-to-five Star Ascension was also very taxing on mental energy; he spent a full three days refreshing.

After spending 20 million, he finally completed it.

[You have completed this simulation. Completion rate is 100%.]

[You can obtain Item Card [Star Ascension Recipe] 1 and [Mission Card] 1.]

[Yes/No to spend 1,000,000 cubic coins to reset this mission.]

"Phew — — — —"

He let out a long breath.

Four-to-five Star Ascension was indeed different; after completing the prerequisite simulation mission, he also had to complete recipe card creation and a mission simultaneously.

He first looked at the card creation recipe; he didn't recognize any of the materials listed, having never even heard of them.

"But they should be available in the points store."

So he opened the God Realm Points Store.

After looking, his face immediately turned green.

Because the several materials required in the recipe were all top-tier materials.

Even the auxiliary materials, when points were converted to cubic coins, cost 50 million cubic coins.

And that was just for one auxiliary material.

He totaled up and estimated all the materials, finding that they required 100,000 points, equivalent to about 1 billion cubic coins.

"This is truly outrageous. No wonder five-star cards are so rare and transcendent card masters are few and far between."

"Keep in mind that this is only the material needed for one attempt at card creation. If it fails, the materials need to be replaced."

"The jump from four-to-five Star Ascension compared to three-to-four is too massive."

He finally understood why many high-ranking [Emerald] card masters, who possessed vast connections and resources, could never reach Diamond throughout their entire lives.

This wasn't even something that could be achieved just by having money.

If you want the materials, you can't find or buy them even with money.

How many [Emerald] card masters, even, have the opportunity to enter the God Realm?

Of course, they could find other card masters qualified to enter the God Realm to purchase them on their behalf.

The problem is, who would have that many points to exchange for them?

Even if the points were sufficient, could you offer equivalent bargaining chips that would tempt the other party?

Shi Li looked at his own points, and a glimmer of hope arose.

He had gained a considerable amount of points while in the Mang Domain, and he had also received many points in the first two rounds after entering the God Realm.

His current points had already reached over 10,000.

Judging purely by points, he had already accumulated 1/10 of the required amount.

"As long as there are enough rounds of duels and I can keep winning, there's hope of accumulating 100,000 points."

Setting the card creation recipe aside for now, he continued to look at the other mission card.

The result of this mission surprised him and also made him smile wryly in helplessness.

The mission actually required him to complete the Crimson Trial: Super.

"So, after all that circling, I still have to do this simulation mission."

"But this mission is a bit of a trap."

"First, to obtain the Crimson Trial: Super, I must obtain the prerequisite Crimson Trial · Extreme."

"To obtain the Crimson Trial · Extreme, I must obtain the prerequisite Crimson Trial · True."

"All these cards required me to achieve 100% completion in the previous Star Ascension simulation missions to obtain them; even 99% wouldn't work."

"If it were someone else, who compromised slightly on a difficult simulation mission and gained the Star Ascension card without achieving 100% completion, their path to four-to-five Star Ascension would be completely cut off."

Shi Li felt somewhat fortunate, fortunate that, relying on his cheat, he had always strived for perfection during the unique card's Star Ascension process.

Otherwise, he would be regretting it for the rest of his life right now.

Thus, he took out the Crimson Trial: Super.

As he had guessed before, this mission, like the previous ones in the series, was also in the form of guessing questions and did not involve any card game battles.

However, its mission length was clearly longer than True and Extreme combined.

Based on previous experience, he estimated it would probably cost 5 million to complete.

Sure enough, when Shi Li spent his last 2 million, he still hadn't completed the mission.

"Well, I'm not in a rush anymore. Even if I complete the mission, the Red Blade Maiden won't be able to reach five stars immediately."

For the remaining time, he chose to catch up on rest.

After all, he didn't want mental fatigue to affect his subsequent performance.

[A new round of duels has begun. Please leave your personal room as soon as possible.]

[A new round of duels has begun. Please leave your personal room as soon as possible.]

[A new round of duels has begun. Please leave your personal room as soon as possible.]

Just about when he was fully rested, Shi Li received the urgent notification.

"I wonder what mode I'll encounter this time."

He got up and walked out of the room.

Ideally, he would encounter the MOBA mode or the Hunter-Escape mode again.

After all, he was already familiar with these two modes and could perform better.

After tasting the sweetness of victory twice in a row, he now highly valued winning.

Therefore, this time he wasn't in a hurry. Shi Li planned to filter through the glowing entrances one by one until he encountered the MOBA mode or the Hunter-Escape mode.

While wandering around, he gradually began encountering other card masters.

There were Platinum card masters, Emerald card masters, and even Diamond card masters.

He speculated that all previous participants must have been assigned to several different starting points, all distributed by rank, which was why he hadn't seen Platinum and Diamond card masters earlier.

But as everyone was now moving freely, the convergence of the three ranks became more frequent.

In fact, after experiencing two rounds, he understood that the gap between Platinum, Emerald, and even Diamond was not actually that large in the God Realm.

Because as long as your card attributes were sufficient, and you had enough attribute choices when confirming the character, you wouldn't be affected by the attribute slots the card itself could carry.

However, if Diamond card masters used five-star unique cards, their characters would still have an advantage.

After wandering around for a large circle like this, Shi Li did not encounter his preferred mode.

Instead, he received a notification.

[Time limit has ended. Players who have not made a choice will automatically enter the collective duel.]

[Name]: Land of Ruin [Mode]: Search, Fight, Retreat [Participants]: 21 / ∞

"Hmm?"