67: 2-star Jump Jump, advance to [Gold 5]

D. Wind-Fire Wheels

A painstaking creation by the Secret Craftsman, but unable to generate wind.

This option was Shi Li's choice.

Tiao Tiao opened the rightmost mechanism box, and a burst of fire immediately erupted from within.

This familiar feeling made Tiao Tiao uncomfortable, as he had suffered many losses from this Spirit Tool in the past.

But because the Secret Craftsman was not present, it had already lost control.

Secret Craftsman's Wind-Fire Wheels have been added to your deck.

"This is the card, one of the essential keys for 100% completion."

Shi Li checked its card face.

Secret Craftsman's Wind-Fire Wheels

Balance, 30 points, Two-Star

Attack 30, 100 / 100

Great Fire Blow - Passive: Secret Craftsman's Wind-Fire Wheels release 5 points of Burn (T2) on each enemy target that enters the field.

Special Core - Passive: The Burn effect released by Secret Craftsman's Wind-Fire Wheels is extended by 1 round.

(Burn: Takes irreducible damage next round, and recovery effects are halved)

The power of this card is a bit outrageous, probably only seen in simulation missions.

Normally, whether releasing positive or negative effects on the enemy, the Outer Card blocking rules must be followed.

But it can ignore blocking and release Burn equally on every target.

This means that at the start of the opponent's turn, all 9+1 cards receive 5 points of Burn for 2 rounds.

Whether it's for AoE damage or suppressing the opponent's recovery effects to weaken their sustain, it's very useful.

Moreover, after acquiring other enhancement Characteristics later, its damage will further increase.

Based on Shi Li's experience of multiple refreshes, he had already confirmed that this character card was an indispensable absolute main damage dealer in the final BOSS battle.

However, the process was still a bit more arduous than expected.

Insufficient mental power detected. Please try refreshing again in 12 hours.

After refreshing several times until the prompt appeared, Shi Li still hadn't achieved 100% completion.

"This makes things difficult."

He could clearly feel the mental fatigue.

In this state, he probably wouldn't be able to hunt Demons.

"Never mind, a good whetting makes a good cutting."

Shi Li knew very well that only by completing this Star Ascension could he possibly achieve better hunting results.

Thinking of this, he simply lay down and relaxed.

The large consumption of mental power made him tired, and soon a slight snore began to sound.

After waking up in the morning, Shi Li went out and casually hunted a few Demons.

Then he found another spot to squat down and continued to grind the simulation missions.

On the third day of the wilderness trial, in a certain valley.

"Finally broke 500 points."

Fang Jinghai looked at the ranking displayed on the drone, a hint of fatigue flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, his ranking had risen from 7th on the second page to 4th on the first page.

He knew that this ranking was his limit.

Because the top 3 people were all B-rank Contractors, instead of fantasizing about surpassing them, it was better to think about how to maintain this 4th position.

"But Shi Li, that guy..."

His gaze moved down the leaderboard, finally resting on Shi Li's name.

145 points, 89th place.

After the first day, Shi Li's score had increased quite slowly.

As for his ranking, it had dropped again and again, almost reaching the bottom.

"Disappointing."

He shook his head.

He had even regarded Shi Li as the unique opponent who might compete with him for the title of Durian City's number one.

Now it seemed he only had a burst on the first day, and then fell silent too quickly.

"It seems Shi Li has already given up."

"Could it be that he admitted he couldn't get first in the group and just gave up?"

The two Recruitment Officers from Qingchuan were also very puzzled by Shi Li's behavior.

In their opinion, something must have gone wrong with his mentality.

A student with such a weak psyche, to be honest, had no observation value at all.

"Dean, should we continue to observe him?"

So one of them asked.

"Let's wait and see, I think his behavior might be related to the Mascot."

Hu Lan still maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

Shi Li's abnormality began after his duel with the Mascot.

"Could it be that he actually lost to the Mascot and his mentality was affected?"

"Even if he really gained some benefit, does he intend to digest it on the spot?"

"Even if he can digest it, with his current score, he probably won't be able to catch up with those ahead."

Clearly, the two Recruitment Officers no longer had any expectations for Shi Li's performance in this trial.

Don't hope for a sudden promotion to the Platinum rank.

After all, this kid is only Gold 4 right now. To be promoted to Platinum, he first needs to advance to the Gold 5 entry line, and then obtain a Three-Star character card.

Hu Lan naturally understood the reasoning behind their doubts, so she did not refute.

However, just then, a golden light suddenly burst from Shi Li in the screen.

"Finally cleared it..."

Shi Li closed his eyes, feeling a warm current surge through his body.

Only when the light faded and the warm current disappeared did he reopen his eyes.

You have completed this simulation with 100% completion.

Obtained character card Jumping Guard (Two-Star) x1.

Obtained hand card Defense (LV2) x1, Isolation (LV2) x1, Counter (LV1) x1.

Although he didn't get an item card like in the Red Blade Maiden's Star Ascension mission, 2 LV2 hand cards were definitely a great harvest.

There was even a relatively rare hand card like Counter.

At the same time, the resonance of the Firmness system also increased from 20% to 40%.

However, what Shi Li was more concerned about was the card face of the Jumping Guardian.

Jumping Guard

Firmness, 30 points, Two-Star

Attack 30, 50 / 50 + 50 / 50, 0 / 40

Multi-Core - Characteristic: Jumping Guard's HP is divided into 2 segments and is not affected by any external positive effects.

Unyielding - Passive: When Jumping Guard's HP reaches 0, it gains 1 round of Stasis.

Tiao Tiao Awakening - 0 ~ 100% Energy: Jumping Guard can summon 1 Small Tiao Tiao for every 10 points of energy consumed.

(Stasis: Delayed exit from the field)

Small Tiao Tiao

Firmness, 5 points, No-Star

Attack 5, 5 / 5, 0 / 10

"Amazing!"

This card perfectly met his current needs.

First, the energy cap increased from 30 points to 40 points.

Then there was this new Characteristic skill, which was actually a summoning skill.

Summoning cards differ from other derivative cards in that: summoned creatures, unless specifically stated by a Characteristic, do not possess the blocking effect of ordinary character cards.

The Small Tiao Tiao with 5 attack and 5 health seems weak, but the key point is one-time summoning.

With full energy, the Jumping Guard can summon 4 Small Tiao Tiao at once.

That would be 20 points of attack power.

Moreover, he had now advanced to Gold 5 and opened a new card column.

So there was no need to worry about not having card slots for summoning.

With the Star Ascended Jumping Guard, he was completely confident in challenging more Three-Star Demons.

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