Sorry, But I Never Rely On Luck When Playing Cards

Chapter 1128: Chapter 430: Trial of Attentive Listening_2

"Alright, then...

Welcome to the Trial of Decision."

Listening to the Wind stood up upon hearing this.

She made a beckoning gesture, signaling Ree Shil to come over to her side.

"The first level is a test of strength.

Please send out your card followers."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Ree Shil was completely dumbfounded.

"This mission... isn’t it a card game?"

"Nobody said this was a card game level."

"But what does this have to do with Decision?"

"Isn’t there a ’Decision’ word in it?"

"That’s a bit of a stretch!"

Ignoring Ree Shil’s complaint, Listening to the Wind waved her hand and tossed a card.

Whizz!

Before the card hit the ground, it transformed into a follower in mid-air.

[At Your Service!]

It was a robot follower, a large figure, with the mechanical structure of the right arm obviously different from the left, several times bulkier.

It even had configurations like hydraulic turbines.

"What did you say we were comparing just now?"

"Strength."

"That’s really shameless..."

"Not at all, a robot’s strength is the most standard measure.

To win is to win, to lose is to lose.

It’s fair."

Listening to the Wind’s last sentence made Ree Shil remember someone.

Before, he wondered why he only needed 5 cards, which couldn’t even form the simplest 6+1 card round.

Turns out the mission wasn’t about the card game at all, but an off-table event.

However, thinking about it, which card should he use for this first event?

"Is it best of 5 rounds, 3 wins?"

After thinking for a bit, he asked.

"What are you thinking? Of course, you have to win every round to pass."

Listening to the Wind gave him an odd look. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"Alright then."

Since he didn’t intend to pass on the first try anyway, he directly threw out [Master Halsey].

Test the waters first.

"Oh, by the way, sorry.

My card is left-handed."

Observing the mechanical arm robot across him, Ree Shil said this.

"That’s no problem."

Listening to the Wind just smiled and snapped her fingers.

[Command Received!]

The robot’s chest opened to the sides, revealing a pair of relatively slender mechanical arms.

Then, it started to self-dismantle autonomously

In a short time, it switched its right arm to the left, looking surprisingly seamless.

Listening to the Wind: "Is this okay now?"

Ree Shil: "..."

Frankly, Ree Shil had no idea whose strength was greater among his few cards.

Judging solely by appearance, it seemed that Master Halsey was the most robust.

This guy’s attack style on the card table was also the type that dealt blows directly, so maybe he really had the greatest strength.

Competing in arm wrestling with the robot seemed like a feasible idea.

Therefore, Listening to the Wind waved a hand and released a small arm-wrestling table made of Blue Light Energy.

Because there was a significant size difference between the two, she snapped her fingers again and, like magic, shrunk the mechanical-armed robot by almost half.

Both sides got into position and prepared.

As Listening to the Wind counted down, the timer started.

"3, 2, 1..."

Bang!

The outcome was decided in an instant.

[Amitabha, pardon me.]

"... You’re really quite impolite."

Ree Shil complained feebly.

Because Master Halsey was the one who lost.

"Sorry, you have two more chances."

"Hmm?"

"If you fail three times, you’ll have to come back after 10 days."

This was the first time Ree Shil heard this.

He thought that with a 5-card round, he would have an advantage with S-rank Cards making up 40%.

The reality was completely different from what he had imagined.

Even a weakened mission was still difficult to complete.

"No, wait."

But after thinking it over, he felt something was off.

Because according to the original mission, the 5 cards were fixed.

So does that mean if one tried multiple combinations of those 5 cards, they would definitely pass?

They wouldn’t have set up a mission that was impossible to clear, right?

Was the collection stage he skipped the hardest part?

"Again."

Thinking about these things now was useless. He had decided to just give it a try.

Master Dharma Sea is not good enough, the Sheep Primordial God should be okay then.

He had originally planned to keep the first level reserved, but now that clearly wasn’t going to work.

"All right, then the first level this time is the Meditation Level."

"...To be honest, you must be the real Wind Chasing Messenger, right?"

Ree Shil couldn’t help it anymore.

Listening to the Wind just smiled and snapped his fingers.

Pop!

Two large pill furnaces appeared out of thin air in front of the two.

"Endure the burning of the pill fire. The one who can’t hold on first will be the loser.

Another reminder, I only have a total of five followers to bring into battle."

Listening to the Wind didn’t recall the Kirin Arm Robot.

"How come I feel like there are more than five levels?"

"That’s correct."

"So which level are we actually challenging..."

"It all depends on my mood."

"You really have nerve."

It seemed that the other party planned to let the robot endure the burning.

The metal’s resistance to burning was obviously stronger than flesh.

Among my own cards...

"Then I’ll use this one."

Ree Shil threw out the False Saint.

A monkey then landed on the ground.

Just now, he saw that this monkey follower inherited the ability from the card face.

You burn iron, so I’ll just burn stone.

This level, he had already confirmed his victory.

Because theoretically, this monkey can’t be burned to death.

When its flesh can’t withstand, it will turn into stone.

If the stone exists for a while without being destroyed, it will turn back into flesh again.

If the flesh again can’t withstand, it becomes stone.

It was a cycle of flesh → stone → flesh → stone.

I’m always a new stone, can your bunch of scrap metal burn better than me?

"Both sides’ followers, please enter the furnace."

With Listening to the Wind’s command, they each directed their followers into the furnace.

The furnace had an accelerated time flow, so those outside didn’t have to wait long.

Ree Shil felt it was only about 30 seconds before the winner was decided.

Without a doubt, of course, the False Saint was the victor.

"Congratulations on passing, the next level is the Arm Strength Level."

"You want to try to turn the tables immediately, huh? Not this time."

No matter the outcome of the levels behind, this time Ree Shil directly brought out the Sheep Primordial God.

However, he neglected that the Kirin Arm Robot had already participated in the Meditation Level, so it could not take part in the Arm Strength Level.

The follower that Listening to the Wind sent out was a slender-bodied fairy draped in ribbons and silk.

"You’re going to arm wrestle my mighty sheep with this thing?"

"Ever heard of ’race horses’ by matching them skillfully?"

"..."

Ree Shil sneered.

Yeah, the other side could afford to lose, while he simply could not afford a single loss.

The Sheep God made a move. If it hadn’t shown mercy, it could have broken that little fairy’s arm right off.

With a total of five levels, he had passed two in a row.

"Congratulations on passing, the next level is the Escaping Level."

"The Escaping Level?"

"Place your follower in the Monster Abyss. Whichever side breaks out first will be the winner.

If you’re knocked down by a monster first, you’re directly considered a failure."

Hearing this, Ree Shil cried a pity.

It felt like he could have easily gotten through the last level with Master Halsey, and this level would be perfect for the Sheep God.

Its power was unmatched, and its movement was nimble.

He was actually being outmatched by race horses after all.

Fortunately, the combat power of the Five Claws Golden Dragon was also tremendous.

He decided to send out this card.

As soon as he threw out the card, a miniaturized golden dragon appeared in mid-air.

It was about the size of a large python, circling and flying above the pavilion.

Listening to the Wind threw out a card depicting a swordsman suspended in the air, his feet on nothing. The swordsman’s eyes were entirely white, devoid of pupils.

For some reason, this figure made Ree Shil think of the Blind Swordsman.

The two had a very similar style.

But judging by the aura, it seemed like the other side’s card was an S-rank card, which should be stronger than the Blind Swordsman.

Once both followers were out, Listening to the Wind released two teleportation portals.

The teleportation portals were pitch black, with wisps of black energy faintly emanating from them, giving off an ominous feeling.

Behind the veil of black energy, it was impossible to see anything.

The blind swordsman obviously had a distinct advantage in such an environment.

However, Ree Shil was not afraid, because why is it called a golden dragon?

Because it glows by itself.

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