40: Blood Cow Tactics

Finally, with the help of Starfall, Gong Ping won by a narrow margin.

He successfully entered the top 16, tying the school's best historical record.

After a few more rounds, Shi Li's turn also arrived.

"Although the strength of my deck isn't as good as yours, I will do my best."

Yang Lai, who was Gold 3, showed no signs of weakness in her aura.

Players in the Gold and Silver ranks generally do not have very complex decks, so their information is relatively easy to collect.

With the entire Fourth High School as her backing, she quickly learned about the decks Shi Li had used recently after the draw was confirmed.

Similarly, Shi Li also had some information about his opponent.

So, very quickly, both sides set up their decks.

As the first round arrived, the card Shi Li revealed first was Stone Demon.

This card is a very competent front-row damage-taker, with damage reduction, and after Charge, it can actively Defense.

And what Yang Lai revealed was also a damage-taking card.

"Quack, quack, quack!"

As the card was revealed, a projection of an owl with iron-colored feathers slowly rose.

Iron Feather Owl

Listen to the Wind, 30 points, Two-star

Attack 30, 100/100, 0/60

Rest - Passive: When Iron Feather Owl is Still, it gains 20 points of Healing (T5)

Self-Rescue - 20 Energy: Iron Feather Owl grants itself 30 points of Healing (T1)

"Damage-taking cards are generally divided into two categories: one is damage reduction, and the other is a tank."

"This Iron Feather Owl is a more obvious tank."

"And it's a Listen to the Wind-type tank card, which is quite rare."

"Damage reduction types are more popular in PVE and multi-card PVP, because the more individual outputs the opponent has, the greater the benefit of damage reduction.

Tanks are not as popular, after all, no matter how much health you have, it's hard to withstand the focused fire of multiple opponent cards.

Conversely, in a game with only 1 initial revealed card, tanks perform better."

As the void commentators analyzed, Yang Lai's Iron Feather Owl has a great advantage in a 3+1 card game.

Moreover, Shi Li's initial revealed card was only a 20-attack Stone Demon; after one round of output, the opponent's Healing would be fully restored.

So after the first round of interaction, both sides' front-row cards were Still at full health.

"Obviously, Yang Lai is currently in the lead."

"Both cards are at full health, but her Iron Feather Owl's energy is already 30/60."

"And because it's at full health, it can continue to be Still next round, completely unafraid of the threat of subsequent output cards being revealed."

"It's really not easy to take down this tank."

The second round arrived, and Yang Lai revealed her card first.

"Holy light will envelop everyone!"

The projection walking out of the pillar of light on the card was a female knight in light armor, holding a steel hammer.

Junior Upper Lotus Holy Knight

Momentum, 20 points, Two-star

Attack 20, 100/100, 0/20

Worship of the Strong - Passive: When Junior Upper Lotus Holy Knight provides Healing to a target with higher attack power than itself, the Recovery effect +10 points

Holy Light Combat - Passive: When Junior Upper Lotus Holy Knight's energy is fully charged, it can release 10 points of Healing while attacking each round

"Recovery-type Momentum card, another relatively uncommon type."

"I heard Yang Lai has a Unique Character Card, it must be this one!"

"The disadvantage of Momentum cards is their warm-up time, but this card's warm-up is very fast, only requiring 2 rounds."

"It seems she's determined to play a tank strategy; the amount of Healing is too much."

"And a 20-point card, this must be preparation for subsequent high-attack output cards."

At the same time, Shi Li revealed his second-row card, also a Momentum card.

A one-star Thunderhorn Deer.

"It seems you don't have any other cards available."

Seeing this, Yang Lai smiled and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

According to her understanding, Shi Li's main deck consisted of Crude Stone Demon, Thunderhorn Deer, Fluorescent Vine, and Red Blade Maiden.

During the top 32 qualifiers, Shi Li was Gold 2, and now he has risen to Gold 4, indicating he added 2 two-star cards.

Now Crude Stone Demon has upgraded from one-star to two-star, but Thunderhorn Deer is Still one-star.

This indicates that the other two-star card Shi Li obtained is not in the deck.

Because the Recovery-sustaining Fluorescent Vine and the powerful ace Red Blade Maiden are essential components of the deck and cannot be replaced.

After some deliberation, she felt she had a good grasp of Shi Li's deck.

Her chances of winning were very high.

However, when the third round arrived, the card Shi Li revealed surprised her quite a bit.

"please teach!"

A red-clad woman holding a long saber stepped out of the card.

It was Red Blade Maiden!

"Hmm?"

Yang Lai was initially quite surprised that Shi Li would choose to use this card as a regular last-row card, but when she saw its detailed traits, her expression immediately changed.

Red Blade Maiden

Berserk, 40 points, Two-star

Attack 40, 100/100

Tenacity - Trait: Red Blade Maiden possesses Overlord Body effect

Unceasing - Passive: Red Blade Maiden gains 10 points of Healing each round (T1)

Crimson Blaze - 50 Health: Red Blade Maiden attacks 1 target, dealing damage equal to 20% of the target's maximum Health (T4)

The trait Crimson Blaze was the first time Shi Li had displayed it in front of everyone.

For a moment, the audience discussed animatedly.

"Good card!"

In the player's lounge, even Fang Jinghai couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this trait.

While admiring it, his envy was also unconcealable.

This skill, based on a percentage of the target's maximum Health, was simply a divine skill for PVE.

He was currently trying to clear the third floor of the Persistence Trial; if he could have a card like Red Blade Maiden, that would be great.

"This card..."

If there was anyone in the entire venue who least wanted to see Red Blade Maiden appear like this, it was naturally Yang Lai.

"Including the LV1 Healing hand card, the amount of Healing you can release in one round is 30+20+30 = 80.

And if I activate my skill, my 3 cards can deal 20+30+60 = 110 points of damage in one round."

Shi Li had already begun to apply verbal pressure.

"..."

Yang Lai knew that what her opponent said was correct.

Her Healing was at T1, while her opponent's output was at T4.

If the character card's health was cleared at T4, it would be considered Withdrawn at T5.

Even Healing, which was also at T5, couldn't save it.

No matter how high her Healing amount was, Iron Feather Owl's health was at most 100 points.

"Hmph, if you want to fight, then fight, why so much nonsense!"

But Yang Lai knew she couldn't show fear.

Moreover, her revealed card this round was also a high-output card with 40 points and 40 attack.

"LV1 Defense!"

So, when the action phase arrived, Yang Lai played 1 Defense card on Iron Feather Owl.

This way, even if the opponent focused fire, it wouldn't be instantly killed in 1 round.

On the contrary, Red Blade Maiden, who lost 50 health, would be at an even greater disadvantage!

However, the focused fire she imagined did not come.

Shi Li also flipped his wrist, drew a card, and slowly uttered a few words.

"LV1 Defense."

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