Free Web NovelChapter 1111: Chapter 422: Balance vs Determination
After two days of preparation, which also included practising against other representative teams’ card decks, Ree Shil and his teammates had rehearsed several sets of decks.
He was basically the core in all of them. To cooperate with his cards, his teammates actually switched decks several times.
The remaining team members acted as sparring partners for these decks.
Since everyone had signed a card player’s contract, there was no fear of information leaks.
Moreover, with the honor of representing The Major District, no one would engage in any misconduct; everyone was trying their best to collaborate.
Even Samuel Chess, who had no chance to play and wasn’t suitable as a sparring partner, also...
Well, he couldn’t do a damn thing.
In short, these two days were a process of identifying and fixing weaknesses. The tactics centered around Ree Shil had a victory rate as high as 95% within the team.
The remaining 5% revealed flaws and shortcomings, which they tried their best to compensate for during these days.
Once the two days passed, they were greeted by their first opponent of this round, the Determination Representative Team.
Whirr! x7
Seven team members were teleported into the arena.
The center of the arena featured an enlarged projection of the card table, where both teams faced each other across the vast space.
[Grace Spring! You’ve finally shown up!]
The moment the other side landed, they immediately spotted the guy they hated the most.
"Hahahaha! A bunch of trash, let’s see if you’ve got the guts to take me down today! Lalalala!"
Grace Spring childishly stuck out his tongue.
Watching from the side, Ree Shil realized for the first time how irritating this guy could be from up close.
Sure enough, the members of the Determination Representative Team were seething with rage.
"Maybe it’s just a pretense to make us think they’ve been provoked."
Little Lashes was still calm.
Clearly, reaching this stage meant that even the last seed player was no pushover.
These antics outside the game were seen as mere verbal sparring for fun; no one was taking them seriously. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
Once both sides were in place, the time for the match arrived.
So everyone began arranging their cards.
"I hope you guys from the Determination Representative Team aren’t really going to pull out turtle cards and dodge the collision."
Grace Spring continued the mocking.
[Heh, as if you cowardly card players are any better. Wait and see, we’ve prepared a splendid ’Prohibition of Healing’ feast for you.]
"Aiyo, I’m so scared!"
"Alright, get ready to start."
Grace Spring was still jabbering away when he was finally stopped by Little Lashes.
Arranging a single card is quick.
Other than the first row cards, the placement of the rest wasn’t that important as they could be swapped out during the Replacement Phase anyway.
[Balance Boy, you go first.]
That was when a voice from the Determination Representative Team reached them.
"Why should I? Just because you say I should go first doesn’t mean I will, it’d be so embarrassing!"
This time, Little Lashes stepped up.
[Then let’s count to three and reveal at the same time.]
"Fine by me, no problem."
[One! Two! Three!]
"One! Two! Three!"
[I knew you guys wouldn’t reveal!]
"Neither did you."
[I’m not the first row card, how could I reveal?]
"Well, neither am I."
Both sides ended up in a tug of war for a while.
At this time, the live broadcast signal from Lan-Lan Metropolis was connected, capturing the entire argument. freёwebnovel.com
Hunchback Woman: [Hehehe, seems the players all have quite an interesting side.]
Museum Director Phoenix: [Truly childish ... embarrassing.]
Compared to Hunchback Woman’s smoothing things over, Museum Director Phoenix was blunt.
He felt ashamed because the loudest person on screen belonged to his own Card Club.
In the end, it was the first row card player from Determination Representative Team who couldn’t stand it anymore and was the first to reveal their card.
[Clang! "When the sky is high and the earth is dry, beware of the firelight!"]
On their left side, the card’s projection was a man dressed in theatrical garb with a completely white face and holding a gong.
The line and costume seemed a bit eerie when combined.
Looking at the card face, it indeed wasn’t something ordinary.
[Midnight Gong Ghost]
Balance, 30 points, A
Attack 10, 100/100
[Midnight - Passive]: Midnight Gong Ghost’s Attack Power -20, on even rounds grants fellow row cards the Coating effect
[Eerie - Passive]: When Midnight Gong Ghost attacks a Living card, Attack Power +10
[Fear - Passive]: Midnight Gong Ghost’s attacks include 10 points of [Armor Break]
[Reincarnation - Passive]: When Midnight Gong Ghost’s Health Points reach 0, it recovers 30 Health, transforming into an E-class card, effective only once per game
Ree Shil’s brow twitched at the sight of the first attribute of this card.
Thankfully, he hadn’t encountered this Determination Representative Team card before.
Otherwise, it would be a hard counter to the Sheep God.
[Four God Pursuit] only activates on turn 4, but this [Midnight] attribute not only perfectly covers that but also exceeds it.
Hunchback Woman: [Wow, although the [Midnight Gong Ghost] has 20 attack points deducted, it gains a special attack of 10 points against Living cards, plus another 10 points of [Armor Break].
That’s as if no attack was deducted at all.
In fact, this 20+10 style is even more profitable than a 30 attack.
points is a quite high amount for [Armor Break], able to buff teammates, and even boost its own normal attacks to Tier 2.]
Museum Director Phoenix: [As a first row card, its DPS task might not be that heavy.
The real value of this card lies in its tankiness, and this Derivative Card isn’t just any derivative.
It transforms directly into an E-Rank card with 50 health, which means something significant.
It means it has basically two lives.
No matter how strong the DPS that hits it, it would require two rounds to take it down.
The key point is, this E-Rank card is not considered a secondary summon/derivative, it holds the ability to block.]
