Free Web NovelChapter 1194: Chapter 463: Second-Tier Card Player’s Talent_2
The awkward part was that he wasn’t in first place.
Not being eliminated, and still climbing up, there was theoretically a possibility to surpass the first place.
So they had no choice but to let him conquer it.
As a result, Grace Spring played for nearly 30 hours before finally ending the Card Game.
For the audience, it was actually not too bad, if they didn’t like watching, they could just change the channel.
But for commentators on each channel, it was simply miserable.
As long as the competition did not end, they couldn’t get off work.
The competition was not expected to last too long, so no backup personnel had been provided.
Grace Spring was virtually playing cards, with a liquid cabin to supply energy.
But they couldn’t do that, unable to eat well, let alone sleep.
After this round of competition, Grace Spring was on quite a few commentators’ blacklists.
Following the Determination Representative Team, he had offended another group.
Speaking of the Determination Representative Team, they were unfortunately eliminated after this round.
Actually, their performance wasn’t bad, rather good in fact, ranking third.
But the third place required eliminating three people, and the Determination Representative Team was down to just one person.
And so, the second representative team to be eliminated from the competition emerged.
The final rankings from high to low were: Wisdom, Listening to the Wind, Determination, Balance, Berserk, Wind Chasing.
There was no need to mention the Wisdom Representative Team; Snow Charm played the pure Wisdom card deck with ease.
Listening to the Wind Representative Team relied on what they saw and performed remarkably, edging out the Determination Representative Team with a lead of one round.
The Balance Representative Team received the most criticism because Grace Spring single-handedly dragged everyone’s time out, and all for just a fourth-place result.
The performance of the Berserk Representative Team was also average; after all, if some have high scores, others naturally have low scores.
Wind Chasing Representative Team came in last and six members were to be eliminated this round.
After this round, they were also on the edge of being eliminated.
Once the competition ended, it was time for a break, and the express delivery that Ree Shil had been anxiously waiting for finally arrived safely.
But when he opened the package, he was a bit surprised.
This potion, was nothing like what he had imagined.
"Instead of calling it a potion, it feels more like a powder?"
At this time, a small plastic bag was being held in his hand.
The "Second Order Card Player Talent Upgrade Potion" was not in a liquid form, but a solid.
To be more specific, it was in a form resembling dry instant noodles.
"Huh? Dry instant noodles?"
Upon opening the plastic bag, Ree Shil was dumbfounded.
He even wondered if the Association had sent him the wrong thing.
This stuff, when sniffed... really smelled like snack dry instant noodles.
Even though it had been taken out of the packaging, it seemed new, with a quite fresh scent.
This was strange; he clearly bought a potion, so why was he delivered some weird unbranded snack.
Can’t be that someone swapped it out, could it?
So he called them, and after being transferred through several layers, an old man with a deer head finally engaged in a video call with him.
After confirmation by the other party, there was no error with the delivery.
This small bag of what seemed to be crushed dry instant noodles, was indeed the "Second Order Card Player Talent Upgrade Potion".
"OK, thanks."
After hanging up the video call, Ree Shil picked up the strange item again.
Following the instructions of the old deer-headed man, he tilted his head back.
He closed his eyes, opened his mouth, and poured all of the potion in.
It somehow felt that this potion was a lot more casual than the last one.
Last time there were all kinds of password locks and programs and such, and he didn’t even need to eat it, holding it in his palm was enough for it to take effect.
While Ree Shil was silently criticizing, a strange warmth emanated from his lower abdomen.
The warmth spread up his esophagus, extending all the way into his mouth. freēwēbnovel.com
Then, the flavor that he had not tasted moments before because he swallowed the potion whole, began to diffuse in his mouth again.
In truth, he didn’t find the taste to be anything special, just a bit salty and fragrant, quite ordinary.
But for some reason, it gave him a touching experience.
This touch, Ree Shil believed, was not an emotional one.
It was his body that was moved.
Especially the heart on the left side, which throbbed more intensely than usual.
If he remembered correctly, Glasses Liam had previously examined his body, saying that the heart on the right side was Ree Shil’s original heart, calling it the old heart.
The new heart on the left side had appeared because of some kind of spatial distortion that mirrored the old heart onto the right side.
That’s why he was showing characteristics of a Right Hearted person to a certain extent.
"But why would the potion cause such a unique reaction from the new heart?"
Before Ree Shil could figure it out, a Card Player Panel popped up in front of him.
Indeed, this thing was without a doubt the "Second Order Card Player Talent Upgrade Potion".
What does a second-tier upgrade mean? It’s when you upgrade a card player’s talent that has already been upgraded before.
"Absolute card sense" cannot be upgraded and thus can’t take effect now; only "S-rank Expert" can.
So he hurriedly opened the exclusive page for "S-rank Expert."
Just as last time, the words on the page began to blur.
After a quick distortion in space that felt like a tremor, a new line of text appeared.
"S-rank Expert"
"Executor": Reduces the difficulty of S-rank card missions at random
"Practitioner": Temporarily forces the fusion of two S-rank cards
"Omen": Gains insight into the path for a card’s promotion to S-rank
"Ah? What the—?"
This third addition made Ree Shil’s mouth hang open.
Gain insight into the path for a card’s ascension to S-rank?
Isn’t that just...
"Isn’t that just useless."
He was shocked for no more than two seconds before he caught on.
"Do I lack the ascension path?
What I really lack are S-rank materials, right?"
He had thought that he might unlock some great talent, but what he got was this useless thing.
It was quite a letdown.
However, as the talent upgraded, streams of related information began to pour into his mind.
"Eh?"
Ree Shil then realized things seemed a bit different from what he had imagined.
"What does ’Anything can become S-rank’ mean?
Theoretically, as long as the right path is found, any card can be promoted to S-rank?"
Suddenly, he realized that perhaps this thing wasn’t so useless after all.
Previously, he was always somewhat dissatisfied with his preview ability.
It’s the so-called "one-step vision," meaning he could only see the result of card-making once.
For those cards that required multiple processes in a chain of card-making, "Absolute card sense" didn’t perform that well.
Sometimes, after committing to a card-making path, the process would fail halfway, which was frustrating.
"According to this new talent, it can find the most suitable S-rank promotion path for a card."
However, Ree Shil was very aware that not every card has its own exclusive S-rank solution.
To put it more concretely, it’s not that 1 E-level card corresponds to 1 S-rank card.
Instead, it might be that 100 E-level cards correspond to only 1 S-rank card.
For example, "Kung Fu Sheep God" has many potential synthesis paths.
Using "Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit" is just one of those paths.
That’s the general idea.
Of Course, considering the randomness of card-making, the precious nature of S-rank materials, and the difficulty of the tasks, each S-rank card is basically one of a kind. That’s a given.
Now, even if you asked Ree Shil to make another "Kung Fu Sheep God," he couldn’t do it.
Because there’s neither the base material "Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit" nor any other equivalent cards available.
Once he roughly understood this point, he wanted to conduct an experiment.
He randomly pulled out a card from his card deck.
"When did I get this card?"
It really was the kind he selected while practically blindfolded; he didn’t even recognize or remember this card.
The projected card displayed a weak-looking snail moving at a leisurely pace.
Its two long tentacles stretched out, conveying a curious gaze.
"Little Snail"
Chasing the wind, 10 points, D
Attack 10, 100/100, 0/10
"Reach the Finish - 10 Point Energy": Little Snail exits the field.
"Er, this card face...
I have some recollection of it now."
Ree Shil had collected this card on a whim because he found it curious.
"Could this kind of trivial card also have the potential to become an S-rank card?"
He began to use his new card player’s talent.
The special panel started to rotate as if calculating something.
After about fifteen seconds, an image slowly formed.
"What the heck is this!
’Ultimate Snail’?"
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