Free Web NovelChapter 1122: Chapter 427: Challenging the Breakthrough Envoy Again_2
The development of the card game did indeed unfold as Museum Director Phoenix had predicted.
The Balance Representative Team revealed the Rejuvenation Card to save the life of the Fierce Attack Boxing King.
Then, the Hot-Blooded Behemoth King combined with the Five Claws Golden Dragon to take out the Beastman Slavemaster without any suspense.
The Five Claws Golden Dragon used two skills, both with a 2-point energy cost.
Listening to the Wind restored 1 point per round, and Breakthrough Attack restored another point, so it was as if it had no energy consumption.
The advantage of this S-rank card lies in its no-energy-cost and immunity-piercing capabilities.
In the 4th round, the Wind Catfish Card had an energy of 2/3, only reaching full energy at the end of the round, sufficient to release its skill.
The Wisdom Representative Team chose to go on [Defense] with it.
But the Five Claws Golden Dragon had already inflicted 30 points of damage on it with its Seal, which couldn’t be immunized against.
Adding the DPS from the other cards, it lost a total of 75 points of health.
In the 5th round, the Wind Catfish Card had enough energy to release its skill.
According to the Wisdom Representative Team’s plan, it was going for a fight to the death.
Even if the Wind Catfish Card got taken out this round, they could still readjust the positions of the entire Card Table.
They could move the King Card Row of the Balance Representative Team directly to the frontline.
With 3 King Card Slots, if they could quickly identify the true position of the King Card, their combined focus fire still held a chance at victory.
But Ree Shil didn’t even give them that chance.
He didn’t plan to take down the Wind Catfish Card.
Instead, he chose to let the Five Claws Golden Dragon release the Golden Claw Fist.
The [Dizziness] from the Golden Claw Fist was a T2 priority.
The [Wind Catfish Storm] skill of the Wind Catfish Card, frankly, belonged to the displacement category, with a priority of T3.
So under hard control, it couldn’t release its skill.
The remaining cards of the Balance Representative Team turned to focus on the Heavenly Gate General.
The opponent no longer had any recovery endurance.
In contrast, they had a Rejuvenation Card on their side.
So as time passed, wearing down the Heavenly Gate General was just a matter of time.
By this point, the Wisdom Representative Team lost any hope of victory.
The Five Claws Golden Dragon kept a watchful eye on the Wind Catfish Card throughout.
Even though it was like trading 50 points for 0 Points, as long as they could drag out time, it was enough.
When the Heavenly Gate General finally fell, the Balance Representative Team had only just lost all their frontline cards.
Even the Fierce Attack Boxing King hadn’t exited the stage, remaining in a state of [Delay].
The Wisdom Representative Team was left with just 2 regular cards and 1 King Card.
At this point, whether the Wind Catfish Card switched positions of the cards or not, it no longer mattered.
The final result was that the Rejuvenation Card staunchly protected the Five Claws Golden Dragon, eliminating the last 2 regular cards of the opposite side.
As for the Wind Catfish Card, with only 10 points of attack power, it was simply ignored.
However, the Wisdom Representative Team made a last struggle in the end.
They employed a rather clever strategy.
Because there was ample space on the field, they picked out the 3 King Cards that were suspected members of the Balance Representative Team and lined them up in the regular card positions.
This afforded them a certain advantage.
That is, only one attack was needed to inevitably reveal the King Card of the opponent.
If the space in front was an empty card position, the attack would directly carry over to the King Card.
If the space in front was the King Card itself, it would naturally be revealed.
If this had been a 9+1 card game, and the Wisdom Representative Team had more surviving cards,
perhaps they would have had the chance to turn the tables.
But it made no difference.
Even if their King Card carried a T2 effect with the attack and wasn’t afraid of being continuously stunned by the Five Claws Golden Dragon, for a counterbalance,
they still couldn’t do anything to the Rejuvenation Card continuously healing.
Trying to take down the Rejuvenation Card was highly improbable anyway.
Starting from the last 2 regular cards, the tactical shortcoming of the Wisdom Representative Team’s lack of sustaining power fully erupted.
Therefore, after a fierce battle, it was ultimately the Balance Representative Team that emerged victorious.
With that, none of the six teams could claim outright leadership anymore.
The Balance Representative Team, the Wisdom Representative Team, and the Berserk Representative Team were all in the upper ranks with 2 wins and 1 loss.
The remaining Listening to the Wind Representative Team, the Wind Chasing Representative Team, and the Determination Representative Team were at 1 win and 2 losses.
Each team had to play 5 matches in total, so the gap between the upper and lower tiers wasn’t widened so far.
After intense competition, the final scores were:
Wisdom Representative Team 4-1
Balance Representative Team 3-2
Berserk Representative Team 3-2
Listening to the Wind Representative Team 2-3
Determination Representative Team 2-3
Wind Chasing Representative Team 1-4
In the one match that the Balance Representative Team lost, Ree Shil didn’t play.
That was because after the match with the Wisdom Representative Team, he had pulled out the Sheep God card and won a game against the Wind Chasing Representative Team.
For the final game, the players who were ranked lowest in the team insisted on playing.
After nearly ten rounds of the Regional Competition, their opportunities to play were few and far between.
They wanted to show their faces on TV and prove themselves.
To this, Ree Shil expressed sympathy and agreement.
Of course, he still had many S-rank cards that he hadn’t used yet.
Like Flawless Galaxy, like other temporarily fused S-rank cards.
But now it could only be considered the mid stage of the competition at most, there was indeed no need to reveal too much.
It was just a pity that in the end, those few team members faltered by a narrow margin.
They were just a little short of winning, but still lost to the Berserk Representative Team.
For the players at the bottom of the rankings to perform like this against high-ranking opponents was still a dignified defeat.
Even if they were the ones to lose and get eliminated, they had no regrets.
It was better than going through so much effort to compete only to end up as part of the audience backdrop.
After all, if the Balance Representative Team won the championship, they would still have a share in its credit.
Being able to fully exhibit their skills on the card table stage was also fulfilling a wish.
Because of the head-to-head match with the Berserk Representative Team, the Balance Representative Team was ranked 3rd this round.
Three team members would need to be eliminated.
Because of the tight schedule of this round.
The Organizer had given a longer preparation time for the next round.
So that the players could have ample rest or take the opportunity to improve themselves.
Ree Shil was part of the latter.
Don’t be fooled by the many S-rank cards he had now, the [False Saint] mission that he hadn’t completed was still on his mind.
To complete the [False Saint] mission, the first step was to acquire the qualification of a true pathfinder.
So, during the off-season, he chose once more to go to The Path of Breaking Force to challenge the Breakthrough Envoy.
This time, he was more prepared than ever.
First of all, he had amply prepared for the number of challenges.
Sailing through with various smooth passes, he had accumulated a total of 72 challenge opportunities.
Dealing blow after blow to the point that the Breakthrough Envoy felt his scalp tingle with fatigue, wouldn’t that force him to reveal a flaw?
Then, the star of this outing’s card deck was the first row cards.
Gold Soul Dragon King + Zombie Monster Knight.
What gave him confidence was this card, the Gold Soul Dragon King.
Gold Soul Dragon King
Po/Sto/Cha/Lis/Wis, 30 points, S
Attack 30, 100/100, 10/10
[Dragon King’s Golden Body-Passive]: Gold Soul Dragon King does not accept any recovery effects, and any damage it takes is fixed at 10 points
[Dragon Soul Protection-4 Point Energy]: Gold Soul Dragon King gains 1 layer of [Barrier], which doesn’t affect its action this round
Just relying on these two abilities was enough to ensure that it could survive several rounds in front of the Breakthrough Card.
Without a doubt, the opponent would choose to attack the Zombie Monster Knight upon seeing this card.
Zombie Monster Knight
Determination, 40 points, B
Attack 40, 150/150, 0/4
[Hard Armor - Passive]: When Zombie Monster Knight uses [Defense], damage is reduced by 10
With an attack power of 110 points coming from across, the final damage would only be 50 points.
Next line card facing 50 points of attack power, by using [Defense] again, the damage wouldn’t be so frightening. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
Even if 25 points of attack power were transferred to the last row card, it wouldn’t be enough to cause a significant injury.
He might even place a [Spirit Master] in these two rows, too lazy even to use [Defense], straightforwardly trading blows with the other side.
This way, his card deck’s ability to act would be greatly liberated. freēwebnovel.com
Ree Shil knew that this time, his chances were greater than ever before.
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