95: The principal generously funded the finals

“I understand what you mean.”

Xiang Bei nodded: “Bai Jiajia was indeed a coward, and she failed to anticipate that the Red Blade Maiden wouldn't activate her skill, which led to her disadvantage.

If the Alax Horde Cavalry hadn't used Defense, its HP this round would still be 20/130, so it wouldn't have died.

If it had also participated in dealing damage, it could have knocked out the Jumping Guard's second health bar, leading to a mutual destruction in the next round's first turn.

As it is now, the Alax Horde Cavalry will be forced off the field next round, while the Jumping Guard can Stasis for one more round.”

The subsequent card game unfolded exactly as Xiang Bei had predicted.

The Jumping Guard, having Stayed for one extra round, could contribute an immense amount.

It could act as a front-line for one more round and also participate in dealing damage.

On Bai Jiajia's side, using two cards on a front-line with zero HP was utterly meaningless.

She could only hunker down with Defense, letting the opponent attack freely.

The game then moved into a regular card 2V2.

Under the leadership of the Red Blade Maiden, Bai Jiajia's two regular cards were completely helpless.

Its Body of Steel made it immune to Defense-breaking, and it had the dual recovery effects of Unceasing and Healing.

The health recovered from one round of Defense was even more than the health lost from the opponent's focused fire.

How could Bai Jiajia possibly win?

So, the final result was exactly as Fang Jinghai had predicted; Shi Li didn't even reveal his Ace card.

He ended the battle with just the Red Blade Maiden + Holy Fire Believer.

“Good boy!”

In the VIP box, Principal Su slapped his thigh and cheered loudly.

Shi Li, this boy, had once again broken the school's historical record.

And looking at this momentum, he might even win the championship!

He had to admit, he had underestimated Shi Li's growth rate.

The Enhanced Mission he had given earlier was only to hope that the Red Blade Maiden's Abundance would be enhanced.

He never expected such a big outcome, where the Crimson Blaze's excellent attribute was enhanced with Fixed Damage!

One must know that percentage-based health damage is already rare, and Fixed Damage of that type is even more precious.

“…”

In contrast, Principal Chen of Second High School had a somewhat grim expression at this moment.

Fixed Damage was too much of a counter to Fang Jinghai's Yuan Shan First Disciple.

He hadn't forgotten his bet with Principal Su.

Was he really going to have to call the other party 'Big Brother' for a year?

No! Absolutely not!

A thought formed in Principal Chen's mind, but he subtly kept it from showing.

However, as an old friend of many years, how could Principal Su not see through that guy's intentions?

Soon, the 4-into-2 matchups began.

Perhaps fate also wanted to save their showdown for the very end, as Shi Li and Fang Jinghai did not draw each other.

They both smoothly defeated their respective opponents and successfully met in the finals.

After the 4-into-2 matches concluded, Shi Li was called to a private room by Principal Su.

“Principal, you called for me.”

Shi Li was extremely proactive about the Principal's summons.

Because he was already familiar with the Principal's routine; this time, there would definitely be more benefits.

“Good boy! Come and sit here!”

Principal Su, sitting on the sofa, patted the spot next to him.

It was clear he was in excellent spirits.

“This is your reward for reaching the finals.”

Sure enough, as soon as Shi Li sat down, Principal Su handed him a card.

“Principal, you are too kind. It is my duty to bring glory to the school.”

Shi Li spoke humbly, but his hands moved without a pause to accept the card.

Dimensional Retrospection: When holding this card, you can rewind 3 spaces once in a simulated mission.

“Good card!”

Seeing this card, Shi Li's eyes immediately lit up.

He clearly understood the preciousness of this item card.

Because most of these holding-type item cards are bound.

For example, his own Dimensional Intervention cannot be passed to other card players.

Furthermore, the effects of Dimensional Intervention and Dimensional Intervention cannot be stacked. Unless he can obtain a higher-level superior card, he can only intervene with a maximum of one character card in a simulated mission.

The value of this Dimensional Retrospection is no less than Dimensional Intervention; it allows a card player to “undo a move” once in each simulated mission.

The key is that it's non-bound and transferable, which proves how precious it is.

With this item card, his trial-and-error costs would be greatly reduced.

Simply put, it would save him money!

“Alright, now that we've discussed making it to the finals, let's talk about what comes next.”

Principal Su's expression became serious.

“?”

Shi Li's expression froze.

“I want to help you win the finals.”

Principal Su said, enunciating each word.

“This…”

Actually, Shi Li's current goal was also first place.

Because, based on past experience, the first-place winner of the city-wide simulated joint exam duel would most likely become the city-wide first-place winner of the college entrance exam duel.

Achieving first place in the college entrance exam duel would guarantee admission to Jiangnan University.

For himself, who had not yet achieved card resonance, it was very important to get this ticket as a fallback.

But the Principal said he wanted to help him, and he didn't know exactly how he would help.

However, in the next second, Shi Li got his answer.

Principal Su waved his hand, and a pile of dazzling cards appeared on the table.

White, blue, and purple lights intertwined, a vibrant display of three colors.

They were all Relic Cards!

Roughly estimated, there were at least seventy to eighty of them.

Among them, there were nearly ten purple three-star Relic Cards.

Even Shi Li couldn't help but skip a beat when he saw this scene.

If this batch of Relic Cards were sold on the market, they would be worth at least a million cubic coins!

“These are the one, two, and three-star Relic Cards provided to you by all the teachers and staff of Twenty-sixth High School.

From now until the start of the finals, you will Stasis in this room, and you can use all the Relic Cards as you please.”

Clearly, Principal Su wasn't just doing this for his bet with Old Chen from Second High School.

More importantly, he hoped Shi Li could create an unprecedented level of achievement for Twenty-sixth High School.

And he also believed in Shi Li's resource conversion ability; this guy definitely had some Talent.

Given his growth rate, if he could get first in the joint exam, he could definitely get first in the college entrance exam.

“Of course, you have to return the ones you don't use.”

“Hah, I thought you were going to give them all to me.”

Shi Li laughed, but he was truly touched inside.

He hadn't expected the Principal to trust and value him so much, gathering so many Relic Cards with the entire school's effort.

However, if he were to truly claim all these Relic Cards for himself, he would be too ungrateful.

After leaving a few instructions, Principal Su left the time to Shi Li.

Shi Li would also begin his secluded training.

As for how to use this batch of Relic Cards, he already had a direction in mind.

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