18: Chapter 018 The Wise but Foolish Balu, Two-Star Kalista!

Kassadin gripped his Void Blade, the crimson blade light tearing through the void. With the 55% double attack buff, it triggered almost every two auto-attacks, and his guinsoos rageblade stacked up rapidly!

The 2-star Lillia was the first to be unable to withstand this damage, collapsing to the ground with a scream!

Katarina's spin had already started doing negligible damage, and Kassadin ruthlessly thrust his blade forward!

In the blink of an eye, three blue damage numbers lit up in succession!

577!

841!

1281 (Critical Hit)!

2-star Katarina let out a scream and collapsed instantly!

In the back row, Kalista was still doing negligible damage. 3-star Kassadin, with his white shield fully charged, rushed up and struck! The burst damage from a 30+ stack guinsoos rageblade was terrifying! Kalista was immediately reduced to a sliver of health.

Before she could even cast her skill, a burst of overflow damage lit up over her: 1598 (Critical Hit)!

Game over!

[ Stage 3-6, match over! ]

[ Ranking update! ]

[ First Place: Dragon Country, Shen Mo, HP: 76! ]

[ Second Place: Eagle Country, Cynas, HP: 68! ]

[ Third Place: Persia, Karin, HP: 55! ]

[ Fourth Place: Sakura Country, Yotsuki Kami, HP: 47! ]

[ Fifth Place: South Korea, Kim Soo-jun, HP: 44! ]

[ Sixth Place: India, Odyssey, HP: 36! ]

[ Seventh Place: Philippines, Solang, HP: 28! ]

[ Eighth Place: Glacial Country, Gremory, HP: 16! ]

The battle was exceptionally brutal!

South Korea and Sakura Country had been heavily damaged by Shen Mo several times, dropping directly to fourth and fifth place. Karin from Persia had locked her HP; perhaps due to good luck, she had obtained her first Briar at 7 population.

8 population, 7 Portal Trait formed!

Currently, apart from Shen Mo, almost no one was a match for Karin.

Cynas from Eagle Country was temporarily ranked second, but it was estimated that the next match would be against Shen Mo; once she was heavily damaged, her ranking would drop again!

On the field, as Shen Mo reached 8 population and started rolling for cards, spending all 50 gold... He finally obtained the last core card for the Portal Trait!

5-cost! Camille! With this, the 7 Mowar system was formed! Team composition: 2-star Ashe + 2-star Jax + 2-star Akali + 2-star Hecarim + 3-star Kassadin + 2-star Shen + 1-star Kalista + 1-star Camille!

Synergy system: 7 Mowar, 2 Fire Demon, 2 Bastion, 2 Chrono!

Done!

Shen Mo's expression relaxed, and he raised his hand with a smile again: "Referee, I want to connect to the Eagle Country player..."

"What is that..." In a corner of the Gods Arena spectator area, a small group of people stared dumbfounded at the black giant bear summoned by Karin, their mouths wide enough to fit an egg.

Baru's eyes were wide open, his rugged face full of dull shock: "Old Chief... what kind of lineup is Karin using? It seems even stronger than the three Portal Trait units we researched!"

Nonsense!

The Old Chief was so angry he struck Baru hard on the head: "I'm not blind!"

A thoughtful look appeared on his face: "Karin is the most talented player in our country, and the lineup that summons stone monsters was also researched by her, but this summoned giant bear..."

"Old Chief, it's not just the giant bear! I just noticed that after Karin changed her lineup, she first summoned a stone monster covered in spikes, and only at the end did the dark giant bear appear!"

"The strength of the three monsters is increasing. Old Chief, do you think this is an upgraded version of this summon lineup?"

The Old Chief's eyes lit up. That made a lot of sense!

An upgraded version!

This explanation fit Karin's current situation well, but... where did she get an upgraded lineup? Could it be that she thought of it on the spot? The Old Chief was completely baffled.

Baru spoke in a muffled voice: "Just now, Karin seemed to be on a call with that Shen Mo from Dragon Country."

The Old Chief waved his hand: "Calls are normal... I know you like Karin, but Karin is in a match right now, and that Shen Mo from Dragon Country is also very talented. Our Persia is too weak; communication is necessary..."

Baru choked slightly; that wasn't what he meant.

But his personality was just like that, naturally inarticulate. He could only hold his face and say: "That Shen Mo... knows a lot."

"Baru! Don't be jealous of other people's talent!" The Old Chief's face darkened, and he scolded him!

Baru: "..." Can you just let me finish speaking!

The person who had spoken earlier seemed to understand something, frowning and saying: "Baru, do you mean... that Karin's upgraded lineup was told to her by Shen Mo from Dragon Country?"

Once these words were spoken, the whole place went quiet. The Old Chief finally realized it and looked at Baru in astonishment.

Seeing that someone finally understood what he meant, Baru nodded his head like a rattle-drum!

"Old Chief, Baru, that's exactly what I mean!"

The Old Chief's brows were twisted into a knot: "Dragon Country... is this possible? They are already on the edge of life and death, and still have the heart to help us? Could it be that Shen Mo really has taken a liking to Karin?"

The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat heavy. The Old Chief looked towards the arena. At this moment, Shen Mo was chattering away communicating with someone else. The distance was quite far, but through the live broadcast screen, the Old Chief saw the look of astonishment on Cynas's face!

Then.

Cynas started selling chess pieces.

Cynas started rolling for cards!

Cynas started assembling the lineup!

Cynas locked her HP.

The whole sequence of operations was smooth as flowing water, but the point was... this thing was too familiar! Wasn't this exactly the same operation Karin had done earlier? Identical, as if it had been replicated.

The Old Chief was stunned. He turned his head mechanically, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at Baru!

This... did Baru actually guess right? Is our country about to produce another genius?

The Old Chief spoke hesitantly: "...Baru, what is 392 multiplied by 192?"

Baru scratched his head with a silly smile: "I don't know."

The Old Chief: "..." Very good, still the Baru he was familiar with!

On the Gods Arena, Yotsuki Kami's back was already soaked in sweat. The immense pressure made his face pale, and his hand rolling for cards was trembling. The current situation seemed a bit dire.

At 8 population, his 6 Faerie lineup was already formed, but... Kalista was still 1-star!

He went all-in with his remaining 30 gold, but still didn't find a second Kalista. Yotsuki Kami began to doubt life. This card wasn't this hard to roll before!

"Kim Soo-jun, how is the situation on your end?" Yotsuki Kami asked in a deep voice.

Kim Soo-jun said with a mournful face: "Yotsuki-kun, it's not good. I already have two Kalistas, but I just can't roll the third one no matter what, and I'm out of money..."

Without a 2-star Kalista, it meant they couldn't beat Shen Mo at all.

Even if they could still easily defeat other small nations, it was meaningless to him. According to the rules of the Gold Duel Card, as long as they lost this match to Shen Mo, they would have to pay 50 National Destiny Points!

Clang!

At this moment, a golden upgrade light flashed in the arena, and both of them looked over instinctively.

[ Persia, Karin, synthesized 2-star Kalista! ]

2-star Kalista!

Yotsuki Kami and Kim Soo-jun were stunned. Wait, is Persia also snatching up Kalistas? Is she playing this lineup too?

Clang!

Another golden light appeared, and a second 2-star Kalista emerged!

[ Eagle Country, Cynas, synthesized 2-star Kalista! ]

Kim Soo-jun: ??? Yotsuki Kami: ???