247: Advance to Diamond 4

Six against five already provided a huge advantage, and combined with superior character strength and team synergy, Shi Li won this duel without much difficulty.

After completing three duels while staying in the Divine Realm and experiencing some personnel eliminations, Shi Li once again received a server merge notification.

Perhaps this time it shouldn't be called a server merge, but rather an opening.

And the place they were staying before, strictly speaking, couldn't be considered the true Divine Realm.

Now, Shi Li had officially obtained access rights to the Divine Realm.

Before the next duel arrived, he could choose to stay in the Divine Realm for free activity or return to the Blue Star to await summons.

Shi Li chose to temporarily remain in the Divine Realm.

Because the resources here were incredibly abundant—unprecedentedly so.

There were no Demon Beasts below four stars, and the items available for Gather were countless.

When they obtained material cards, they even had the privilege of immediately exchanging them for points in the Mall.

Of course, Card Players could also trade among themselves.

After all, for the same card, the purchase price in points was only 80% of the sale price, resulting in a loss.

This group of Card Players also had a dedicated gathering place reserved for themselves: the small town from before.

Furthermore, with a teleportation system similar to the Chess Domain, face-to-face transactions were very convenient.

Shi Li seized this excellent opportunity to efficiently collect points.

Coupled with the points gained from duels along the way, he finally amassed 100,000 points again, enough to exchange for the grade-up material for the [

Jumping Dragon Guard].

After ascending to five stars, the Tiao Tiao's appearance also changed.

It went from the tattered clothes it wore at one star to the fierce armor it wore now.

Moreover, a pair of Dragon Horns had grown on its forehead.

The skin not covered by the yellow talisman now displayed Dragon Scales.

It gained the Dragon Card tag.

Shi Li was not surprised by this.

Because the Tiao Tiao's Star Ascension simulated mission was itself a challenge against the tomb owner of an ancient tomb—a Dragon.

After defeating the Tomb Owner and liberating all the Tiao Tiao trapped in the tomb, it also acquired and consumed the Dragon's Inner Core.

"Quick, let's look at the card details."

Shi Li rubbed his hands together like a fly.

[Dragon Tiao Tiao]

Persistence, 30 points, Five-Star Attack 30, 50/50 + 50/50 + 50/50, 0/60

[Multi-Core - Trait]: Dragon Tiao Tiao's HP +50 and is divided into 3 segments, unaffected by any external buff effects. [Provocation - Passive]: During the turn Dragon Tiao Tiao is revealed, it can [Taunt] 1 row of targets (T2).

[Unyielding - Passive]: When Dragon Tiao Tiao's HP reaches 0, it gains 2 turns of [Stasis].

[Retain Fifth Watch - Passive]: Dragon Tiao Tiao's [Stasis] retirement is delayed until the next turn's T0.

[Corpse Jump Reflection - Passive]: When Dragon Tiao Tiao is attacked, it consumes 10 Energy to perform 10 → 20 points of [Counterattack].

[Tiao Tiao Awakening - 0~100% Energy]: Dragon Tiao Tiao can summon 1 [Small Tiao Tiao] for every 10 Energy consumed.

(T0)

[Tiao Tiao Muster - 15 → 10 Energy]: Dragon Tiao Tiao summons 1 [Big Jump], and this does not affect its action (T0).

[Tiao Tiao Call - 50 → 30 Energy]: Dragon Tiao Tiao summons 1 [Tiao Tiao Bride] (T0).

([Taunt]: Forces the target to attack self)

([Stasis]: Delays retirement)

([Counterattack]: Performs 1 attack against the source of the attack damage)

[Small Tiao Tiao]

Persistence, 5 points, No-Star Attack 5, 5/5, 0/10

[Little Brother - Passive]: When Small Tiao Tiao enters the field, it returns 5 Energy to Dragon Tiao Tiao. [Big Jump]

Persistence, 10 points, No-Star Attack 10, 20/20, 0/10

[Hitter - Passive]: For every Big Jump present on the field, Dragon Tiao Tiao refreshes 5 points of [Shield] every turn.

[Tiao Tiao Bride]

Persistence, 20 points, No-Star Attack 20, 20/20, 0/10

[Tiao Tiao Love - Passive]: When Tiao Tiao Bride retires, it grants Dragon Tiao Tiao 20 → 30 points of [Healing].

[Bliss of Many Wives - Passive]: When there are more than 2 Tiao Tiao Brides on the field, Dragon Tiao Tiao gains an extra segment of 50 HP. "Major enhancement, comprehensive enhancement."

Shi Li's eyes were wide with amazement.

First, the [Trait] gained an extra 50-point segment.

You have to remember that even the [Jumping Guard], which only had two 50-point segments, was already quite difficult to kill.

Now that [Dragon Tiao Tiao] has 3 segments, that guarantees at least one extra turn of survival.

Coupled with 2 turns of [Stasis] and its signature hand card after [Stasis], [Open Dragon Spine].

It can stay on the field for at least six turns.

Six turns is enough time for Shi Li to unleash the [Red Blade Maiden] to her maximum state.

With these two cards paired together, one for offense and one for Defense, he couldn't imagine how he could lose.

Moreover, even disregarding its synergy with the [Red Blade Maiden], [Dragon Tiao Tiao]'s own combat power is extremely high.

The [Taunt] changing from one target to one row of targets is absolutely incredible.

This is full hard crowd control right from the start.

Three regular cards in the front row deal 90 attack, which would be 45 points of damage if he used [Defense], not even enough to deplete one segment of its HP.

And then it can launch Counterattacks one by one.

The Counterattack damage increased from 10 points to 20 points, directly doubling.

More importantly, with this Star Ascension to five, it essentially gained three new terms.

The three types of summoned cards each gained one new term.

The [Small Tiao Tiao] term helps [Dragon Tiao Tiao] restore Energy.

This means that at full Energy, [Dragon Tiao Tiao] can summon six Small Tiao Tiao at once, then receive 30 points of Energy back.

This means that even if it doesn't take damage, it can summon three more [Small Tiao Tiao] next turn, and one more the turn after that.

Next, [Big Jump]'s Energy cost dropped from 15 points to 10 points, equivalent to the previous cost of [Small Tiao Tiao].

The 5 points of [Shield] provided are refreshed every turn.

Similar to the Recovery effect of the previous [Jumping Girl], this is also counted as an effect originating from [Dragon Tiao Tiao] itself, so it won't be blocked by the [Trait]'s Isolation.

Moreover, this [Shield] is stackable, making it a very powerful self-preservation method for [Dragon Tiao Tiao].

Summoning six [Big Jump] at full Energy in one go is directly equivalent to gaining 30 points of [Shield] every turn.

Under these circumstances, the opponent has no choice but to prioritize clearing the [Big Jump] cards, which indirectly buys [Dragon Tiao Tiao] more turns of survival.

[Jumping Girl]'s Energy cost also dropped significantly from 50 points to 30 points, and her name changed.

Shi Li jokingly said the Tiao Tiao was about to start a Tiao Tiao Harem.

But if he had to say which term [Dragon Tiao Tiao] gained this time was the strongest, it would definitely be [Bliss of Many Wives].

Adding one 50-point segment of HP brings its total HP to 200 points, across 4 segments.

This is absolutely exaggerated, equivalent to two previous [Jumping Guard] cards.

No, the retirement of three [Tiao Tiao Bride] cards alone can restore 90 HP to it, which is even stronger than two [Jumping Guard] cards.

The Star Ascension of the [Jumping Dragon Guard] to five stars certainly started things off well.

Following this, Shi Li's path of point collection and mission completion became quite smooth.

The third card to ascend to five stars was the [red dragon beast master].

Because this card already had a five-star grade-up token card, he didn't need to look for another one.

[red dragon beast master]

Rampage, 100 points, Five-Star Attack 100, 100/100

[Red Lotus - Trait]: For every 30% of maximum HP lost, the red dragon beast master gains 1 hand card [Dragon Flame].

[Dragon Wing - Trait]: The red dragon beast master can choose to occupy 1/2/3/6/9 card slots, and its maximum HP increases by +0/200/300/600/900.

[Dragon Pride - Passive]: If the HP required for the red dragon beast master to trigger a Trait or use a skill is greater than 100

points, it is calculated as 100 points. [Beast Master Majesty - Passive]: When the red dragon beast master attacks a Beast-type card, it inflicts the [Fear] effect. [Bathed in Flame - Passive]: The red dragon beast master is immune to fire-type effects and damage, and receives an equal amount of [Healing] to the total damage dealt by [Dragon Flame].

[Thermal Siphon - Passive]: While the red dragon beast master is on the field, [Dragon Flame] hand cards played will be recycled. [Hellfire Breath - 30% Maximum HP]: The red dragon beast master attacks 1 target, causing it to gain 10 → 30 points of [Burn].

[Blazing Sky Rush - 50% → 30% Maximum HP]: The red dragon beast master doubles the damage of [Dragon Flame] this turn. ([Burn]: Continuously takes damage that cannot be reduced starting next turn, stackable).

[Dragon Flame]: Deals 10 → 20 points of damage to all non-Fire-born revealed cards on the field. "Incredible—"

The card details of the [red dragon beast master]'s Star Ascension to five were unexpected by Shi Li.

If the Star Ascension to five for [Red Blade Maiden] and [Dragon Tiao Tiao] leaned more towards raw power enhancement, then the [red dragon beast master] was different.

It leaned more towards mechanical enhancement.

It was impossible to make a definitive judgment on who was stronger or weaker, but if the [red dragon beast master] was previously inferior to the [Red Blade Maiden] and [Dragon Tiao Tiao] at the same star level, now that they were all five stars, it was definitely no weaker than the latter two.

This was a complete qualitative leap.

It removed the [Colossus] term and gained a [Trait] that was infinitely stronger than [Colossus].

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First, its HP bonus was very high.

Aside from occupying 1 slot, all other multi-slot occupations provided HP bonuses that exceeded the limit of [Colossus].

You have to understand the concept of 100 attack in a single slot.

In terms of pure base attack power, no one in Shi Li's deck could compare to the [red dragon beast master].

Moreover, Shi Li's unique deck contained many 0-point cards and 20-point cards.

This new [Trait] of the [red dragon beast master] could perfectly match them to fill up the point value.

And now he somewhat understood why the [Red Lotus] Trait changed from 100 points to 30% during the Star Ascension to four.

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Because paired with [Dragon Pride], even the 1000 HP [Red Lotus] occupying 9 slots would still trigger by losing 100 HP to gain 1 [Dragon Flame].

When occupying only 1 or 2 slots, [Dragon Pride] would not be triggered.

30% only equals 30 points or 90 points.

When reaching 3/6/9 slots, 30% HP exceeds 100 points, so it only requires 100 points to trigger.

Of course, occupying 9 slots is quite special.

Looking only at HP, 1000 HP is not a loss; it's even 100 points higher than the total base HP of the opponent's nine regular cards.

points.

However, the attack power is a huge loss, as it only has 100 attack.

But Shi Li knew that even so, the [red dragon beast master] still had the confidence to take on 1V9.

Because of [Dragon Flame].

Paired with the new term [Thermal Siphon], the [red dragon beast master] can essentially use 1 [Dragon Flame] infinitely.

It can play 1 [Dragon Flame] every turn, and the more cards the opponent reveals, the more HP the [red dragon beast master] recovers.

Furthermore, the damage of [Dragon Flame] has doubled. If the opponent has 9+1 cards, one breath can deal 200 points of damage, allowing the [red dragon beast master] to recover 200 HP.

Coupled with [Dragon Pride], it gains 1 [Dragon Flame] for every 100 HP lost, which is not difficult to obtain.

It's easy to accumulate many [Dragon Flame] cards and deal massive AoE damage through [Red Lotus World Destruction].

Moreover, now with [Thermal Siphon], Shi Li's previous strategy of hoarding [Dragon Flame] cards has become much more flexible.

First, it should be known that the damage of [Dragon Flame] is unrelated to the size of the [red dragon beast master].

Therefore, he can completely opt for just a 1-slot [red dragon beast master].

Then, he just needs to find any 30-attack card to deal 30 damage to it, and he can easily gain 1 [Dragon Flame].

Then, the [Lotus Succubus] doesn't even need to burn HP; she can recover the lost HP purely through normal attacks.

He doesn't even need the [Lotus Succubus] to act; 1 [Dragon Flame] can allow the [red dragon beast master] to recover the HP itself.

Alternatively, taking the opposite extreme: a 1000 HP [red dragon beast master] paired with the Ace Card [Lotus Succubus].

[Lotus Succubus]'s [Burning Emotion] can restore 10% of maximum HP at once, which means 100 HP for the Beast Master.

"If one slot is 100 points, that means I've essentially used 70 extra points."

"[cicada wing brave] adds an extra +20 points, leaving a deficit of 50 points."

"[cloud river], [Lightning Flash], and [Fennec Fox Girl] are 0 points, saving 30 points in total."

"Then [Lotus Succubus], [Snail Walking Lady], and [Breaker] are 20 points, each saving 10 points.

"It's too easy to pair cards with the [red dragon beast master]."

"With its extremely powerful AoE, I can truly swagger through the [Abyssal True Realm] and [Hell Trial]."

The [red dragon beast master]'s Star Ascension to five made Shi Li extremely happy.

Subsequently, he Star Ascended his fourth unique card.

This grade-up token card was obtained from the [Hell Trial].

Shi Li chose one of the Three Elders, [Cicada Wing Patrol], as the target for Star Ascension.

[cicada wing brave]

Balanced, 30 points, Five-Star Attack 30, 100/100

[Universal - Trait]: When cicada wing brave joins the deck, it increases the friendly score limit by +20 → 30, and the number of Ace Cards deployed by +1.

[Prestige - Passive]: During the turn cicada wing brave is revealed, it gains 10 points of [Encouragement] (T0).

[Inspiration - Passive]: When cicada wing brave is revealed, it causes the Battlecry effect of 1 card to trigger again (T0).

[Blessing - Passive]: When cicada wing brave is revealed, it causes 1 revealed card to gain 10 points of [Encouragement] for the current match (T0).

[Last Wish - Passive]: When cicada wing brave retires, it causes the Deathrattle effect of 1 card to trigger again. [Fel Purge - Passive]: cicada wing brave deals 15 → 30 points of damage to all Fel Energy revealed cards every turn, doubled for Derivative Cards (T0).

[Fel Suppression - Passive]: While cicada wing brave is on the field, all Fel Energy revealed cards on the field gain +5 points.

[Fel Conflict - Passive]: While cicada wing brave is on the field, all Fel Energy revealed cards on the field take 10 points of [Quantum Entanglement] damage every turn.

[Spiritual Leader - Passive]: After cicada wing brave retires, it causes a friendly Ace Card to be revealed. [Nerve Slowdown - Passive]: cicada wing brave's Battlecry effect is delayed by 1 turn before triggering. "This is too fierce—"

Shi Li knew that [cicada wing brave] was a Support Card, but he hadn't expected it to provide support in this manner.

It could be said that this enhanced [Trait] greatly increased the deck's ceiling.

Plus 30 points, plus 1 Ace Card.

What kind of concept is this?

It means no matter how you calculate it, you have 1 more card than the opponent!

This is simply too fierce!

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