243: 【Red Blade Princess】Super Evolution, Promoted to 【Diamond 1】

Exploding Zombie advanced to four stars, also dropping its destined hand card's token.

Shi Li naturally wouldn't let it go.

Because the money he had on hand was temporarily unusable.

Except for using it to farm the Exploding Zombie's destined hand card's token.

So, he spent 5 million cubic coins and obtained this destined hand card.

Desperate Bomb: When the opponent's normal reveal count exceeds your own by 3 cards, Exploding Zombie can immediately activate a skill in the turn it is revealed. More than 3 cards means the opponent has at least 4 more normal revealed cards than you.

At this point, it was indeed a huge disadvantage.

Honestly, even if Exploding Zombie immediately activated a skill, it might not be able to reverse such a disadvantage.

However, if activating Flesh Bomb could take out two of the opponent's revealed cards, while it wouldn't directly reverse the situation, it could significantly alleviate the disadvantage.

He then had an idea and opened a simulated card table for testing.

“So that's it, there's Still a loophole to exploit here.”

After a series of tests, he reached a new conclusion.

The trigger condition for Desperate Bomb was not as difficult as he had imagined.

He had two breaking points in his hand.

The first breaking point was the giant card, red dragon beast master.

The key to the trigger condition was “normal revealed cards exceeding your own by 3 cards.”

Let's set the scenario to the simplest first-turn, first-row reveal.

If Shi Li revealed the red dragon beast master, and the opponent revealed three 1-slot cards.

Then from the very beginning, it would be as if he already had two fewer normal revealed cards than the opponent, only half the difference from the four cards needed to trigger the condition.

Furthermore, even if it wasn't revealed in the first row.

As long as the 3-slot red dragon beast master was played, he would naturally have two fewer normal revealed cards than the opponent.

In this situation, it would be easy to meet the trigger condition for Desperate Bomb.

The second breaking point.

That is, actively covering cards.

The trigger condition specifically refers to the number of normal revealed cards.

So, if Shi Li actively covered his own cards, he could more proactively make his revealed cards fewer than the opponent's.

Regarding this, Breaker and Fleeing Ink could both achieve it.

“Although it has become stronger, its essence hasn't changed. This card is Still only suitable for special occasions.”

“In fact, the existence of this destined hand card has made the 'special occasions' for Exploding Zombie even narrower.”

Putting away this card, Shi Li looked at his funds.

Only a few million cubic coins were left, and he had nearly 80,000 points, as card crafting had cost him a lot of points to exchange for materials.

However, Shi Li was not in a hurry, because he knew that the time was almost right, and a new round of duels would arrive soon.

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.

Indeed, a new prompt sounded shortly after.

Shi Li walked out of the room and casually chose a light gate.

This time, the light gate was something he both wanted and didn't want.

Search, Fight, Retreat duel mode.

He wanted it because this mode currently offered the most points.

He didn't want it because it carried the risk of losing points.

Unlike last time, the map had changed.

Similar to last time, there were Still four characters.

This time, Shi Li's tactics had a slight new change.

That is, after reaching four stars, the Fennec Fox Girl could actually be additionally included.

This meant that others only had four characters, while he could deploy five.

This situation immediately put Shi Li at ease.

He had survived with four characters, and now with an extra character, there was no reason he wouldn't survive.

The configuration of the other four characters remained unchanged: Red Blade Maiden + hundred mountain vessel + cloud sea vessel +

Lotus Succubus.

As for the Fennec Fox Girl's configuration, Shi Li made some selections.

Fennec Fox Girl

Anywhere Stand - Trait: Fennec Fox Girl's inclusion in the team does not count towards the character limit. Small Animal - Passive: Fennec Fox Girl's size is reduced (500 points).

Listen to the Wind Sound - Passive: Fennec Fox Girl gains extra Energy when Still (300 points).

Enemy Disturbance Scream - 20% Energy: Fennec Fox Girl applies Weakness to 1 target (300 points).

Demonstration Scream - 20% Energy: Fennec Fox Girl casts Dispel on 1 target (500 points).

Soothing Scream - 60% Energy: Fennec Fox Girl casts Healing on all allies (1000 points).

Protective Scream - 60% Energy: Fennec Fox Girl casts Shield on all allies (1000 points).

Out of 6 entries, he chose Small Animal + Listen to the Wind Sound + Demonstration Scream + Protective Scream.

Small Animal reduced the Fennec Fox Girl's size to 10% of other characters.

This made it less likely to be discovered and also harder to be targeted by ranged attacks.

Listen to the Wind Sound was an Energy Recovery efficiency entry, which was very important.

In Search, Fight, Retreat mode, Listening Wind System's Energy was not easy to recover.

cloud sea vessel also relied on the help of hundred mountain vessel to recover Energy more easily.

Demonstration Scream, based on previous experience, should be very useful for removing enemy buffs.

And paired with Lotus Succubus, he would have both Purification and Dispel, making his logistical support strong.

Protective Scream also strengthened his team's weak points.

Healing was already covered by Lotus Succubus, so a group Shield to offset damage was an excellent choice.

However, what made Shi Li feel a little pained was that this time he spent a lot of points.

In the previous round, each character could only carry 2 entries.

This time, each character could carry a number of entries equal to their star level.

As a result, the points pledged greatly increased.

After configuring five characters, he spent a lot of points.

But he believed that the greater the investment, the greater the return.

Just as Shi Li expected, the points from collectible items this time almost doubled compared to the last time.

But the problem was that the enemies were also more powerful.

It wasn't because they could also carry 4 entries, but because the Card Players after the server merge had already gone through a round of screening.

So, the current opponents were the elite of the elites.

And this time, Shi Li's luck was not as good as last time.

His spawn point was quite far from the extraction point.

By the time he arrived, many of the 'fish' had already escaped.

However, there were a few 'fat fish' that had devoured other fish, which he managed to harvest.

After several fierce battles, Shi Li didn't know the exact percentage of resources he had collected from the entire map, but he estimated it to be over 50%.

Ultimately, facing a joint siege from several teams, he could no longer hold the extraction point.

So he could only reluctantly choose to 'prematurely' Retreat from the extraction point.

For his expectations, not being the last person to evacuate counted as premature.

However, when it came to gains, Shi Li was very satisfied.

This wave alone earned him over 20,000 points.

Coupled with his previous savings, it was enough to exchange for Red Blade Maiden's upgrade materials to five stars.

In addition, there was a reward of 35 million cubic coins.

Adding his previous savings, his assets reached 40 million.

Setting a new personal high.

“With so many resources in hand, I refuse to believe I can't handle this.”

So he spent all his points at once, and materials worth 1 billion cubic coins were thus obtained.

Shi Li got straight to work.

The result, he had to admit, was that he had somewhat underestimated the overall difficulty.

Firstly, the difficulty of card crafting was extremely high; even with full concentration, his error rate was very high.

Secondly, there was the refresh cost.

The refresh cost for upgrading to five stars started directly at 500,000.

It was many times higher than the starting cost for upgrading to four stars.

Hindered by these two factors, Shi Li's 40 million was spent without success.

“1 billion is just the baseline; it seems I won't be able to get it done without 2 to 3 billion.”

Facing this result, he couldn't help but sigh.

If it was this difficult for him, it would be even harder for others.

Even with a guaranteed supply of materials, it might take 10 billion to get a five-star character card.

However, he was not discouraged, because as long as he kept winning in the Divine Realm, cubic coins would never be a problem.

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.

So, a new round began, and Shi Li set out again.

Upon returning from the duel, he gained new points and cubic coins.

Once again, he fully immersed himself in card crafting.

This time, after spending over 20 million, Shi Li finally succeeded.

Buzz!

A dazzling white light descended from the sky, piercing straight through the room's ceiling and striking him.

This anomaly attracted the attention of many nearby Card Players.

A few looked grave, while most others were envious.

Because they knew, another Diamond Card Player had been born.

Yes, another.

Under the abundant resource irrigation of the Divine Realm, Shi Li was not the first person to enter Diamond rank here.

The dazzling light infused his body, and an unprecedented comfort swept through him.

Rank: Emerald 16 → Diamond 1

Stamina: 1070/1070 → 3000/3000

Energy: 1070/1070 → 3000/3000

“This is too exaggerated.”

Looking at the changes in his personal panel, Shi Li couldn't help but exclaim.

He felt that his current self might be comparable to Superman in movies and TV shows.

With a slight focus, card power emerged under his feet, lifting him up.

Ascending into the air without support, these were mere child's play.

At the Diamond rank, these abilities were truly beyond what normal beings could compare to.

All-System Resonance +10%

Then another prompt popped up.

“It can do that?”

Shi Li looked at it, immediately surprised and delighted.

Except for Rage, Momentum, and Wither, which had already reached 200%, all other systems' resonance had improved.

Most importantly, the Balanced system, which was originally 190%, also increased, reaching 200%.

This way, his Hell Trial deck could be strengthened even further.

“If I get a few more five-star cards, can I theoretically get all systems to max?”

Shi Li began to fantasize.

Another point was that, in addition to his originally activated resonance, several new Different Cards (Exotic Card) resonances were also activated.

Warfare: 10%; Birth: 10%

Benevolence: 10%; Guardian: 10%

It was precisely because he gained resonance that even without cards in hand, he Still learned some basic information.

Warfare: When using a hand card on the field, gain 10 Energy. Birth: When a card is revealed on the field, gain 10 Energy. Benevolence: When a card's health is restored on the field, gain 10 Energy. Guardian: When defending oneself, gain 15 Energy. “I've learned a lot.”

This was something Shi Li hadn't expected.

It turns out that besides Wither and Wandering, there were also 4 other types of exotic cards, making a total of 6 types.

However, at the moment, he was more interested in the Red Blade Maiden's card face.

He noticed that the three destined hand cards automatically popped out.

Crimson Liberation: True: When Red Blade Maiden accumulates 4 -> 3 skill releases in this round, skills become cost-free for 3 turns and health is reset to 300/300.

First, Crimson True's trigger condition was lowered again.

3 skill uses, this time it truly wouldn't get stuck.

Crimson Liberation: Extreme: Extends and enhances Crimson Liberation: True's effect for 3 turns, resetting health to 400/400.

(Note 1: Gains permanent Crimson Release - Trait)

(Note 2: Gains permanent Unrestrained - Trait)

This Crimson Release was already present, giving Red Blade Maiden 100% Lifesteal.

But this Unrestrained was new.

Actually, it wasn't entirely new.

Unrestrained - Trait: Red Blade Maiden's skill releases are cost-free. When Crimson Extreme is released, it also becomes a permanent Trait.

Deep Crimson Liberation: Ultra: Extends and enhances Crimson Liberation: Extreme's effect, resetting health to 500/500.

Health resets to 500, and it no longer only lasts for 3 turns.

But is permanent!

Shi Li felt that after playing the 3 destined hand cards, Red Blade Maiden could even take on an entire deck by herself!

If the destined hand cards were this strong, what did the main card face look like?

Red Blade Maiden

Rage, 40 points, Five Stars, Attack 40, 100/100

Tenacity - Trait: Red Blade Maiden possesses Overlord Body and Magic Immunity effects. Liberation - Trait: When Red Blade Maiden's health reaches 0, Crimson Liberation: True is automatically triggered.

Abundant - Passive: Red Blade Maiden's maximum health +50.

Vast - Passive: Red Blade Maiden's attacks deal an additional 10 points of Suppression effect. Surging - Passive: Red Blade Maiden gains 10% Healing and 10% Recovery each turn (T1+T5).

Crimson Blaze - 40 Health: Red Blade Maiden attacks 1 target, dealing Absolute Damage equal to 20% of the target's maximum health (T4).

Vast - 20 Health: Red Blade Maiden attacks 1 target, dealing Absolute Damage equal to 20% of her own maximum health (T4).

Surging - 200 Health: Red Blade Maiden deals 300 points of Execute to 1 target.

(Overlord Body: Immune to all crowd control)

(Resistance: After suffering a negative effect this turn, immune to negative effects next turn)

(Suppression: Deals extra damage to targets with lower maximum health than self)

(Execute: If target's health is less than or equal to this value, it is instantly reduced to 0)