Elemental Card King.

Chapter 222: Rapid Progress, Team Problems
"Captain Su, did you take one out?"

Cao Zheng was the first to notice this development.

It's worth mentioning that the distributed strategy guide is a type of foldable card, about the size of a greeting card, made of soft material that is difficult to damage, and one page of it is a leaderboard page, with both a points leaderboard and an elimination leaderboard.

The leaderboard is the total score corresponding to the resources sealed by the card. There are team and individual leaderboards, and the top 64 are the advancement line.

The elimination leaderboard shows each player's KDA.

As indicated in the pre-match rules, information changes can be updated in real time through the spells attached to the cards and the multiple eight-star [Eye of Truth] cards responsible for maintaining the examination venue.

"Yes, he was ambushed and managed to kill one of them, who was from the Divine Eagle Kingdom," Su Chen briefly explained.

These words were simple, yet they conveyed an indescribable power.

This answer boosted the morale of the team members.

"Holy crap, those four from the Divine Eagle Kingdom, if we eliminate them, we can wipe out their entire team."

Pei Xingwei was slightly surprised. It would be incredibly satisfying to eliminate such a strong team in the knockout stage.

And Qi Hanhai, the singer of the dead's lament, brought even more good news.

"No wonder, I found a half-orc from the Divine Eagle Kingdom at my teleportation entrance. He was blocking the door at first, but now he's just left."

Clearly, the Divine Eagle Kingdom, having lost one of its own men, dared not be too reckless, and its fighting style suddenly shifted from aggressive to conservative.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they reported their latest locations to each other.

Currently, four people have successfully entered the second underground level.

Cao Zheng was still on his way.

Tang Nianwei, relying on her super mobility talent that ignores terrain obstacles, completely escaped numerous ambushes and successfully broke into the second underground level.

Judge Gao Jun encountered a problem: a small-scale melee broke out at his entrance, which blocked it completely.

"Be careful, protecting yourself is the most important thing," Cao Zheng nervously advised his younger brother.

And at this time.

Su Chen has set off again.

The surrounding area is a dilapidated plantation. The plants that were once grown in water are no longer recognizable. As far as the eye can see, it is overgrown with weeds.

He heard the noise of insects chirping.

The dazzling fireworks explosion had failed to frighten these tiny insects, as if only primal hunger and greed were rooted in their genes, as they continued to gnaw at the weeds.

In the nearby mountain hollow, several pangolins lay dormant in mud caves, clearly trembling under the spiritual intimidation of the ghostly spirit.

"whee."

The little guy was overjoyed. With a swift movement, he arrived at the cave entrance. All the pangolins inside lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to move, allowing him to come and go as he pleased and take away the four-star natural treasures from the cave.

The 'Earth Echo Crystal' is worth less than 500 million Alliance Coins and 8 points.

"Something is better than nothing."

Su Chen smiled as he accepted the treasure Xiao Ling presented and sealed it inside with a spare card.

Each card has a built-in chip that automatically calculates, identifies, and tallies scores. This leaderboard automatically uses the thirty cards with the highest scores.

As for any extra sealed cards, in addition to being allowed to be taken out of the Underground Holy City, they can also be recycled through the organizer's exchange channels.

This is blatant encouragement of competition.

Also.

The 30-ticket limit also represents the organizer's clear stance: quality over quantity.

This means that the powerful individuals blocking the entrance on the basement level will not linger for long, for various reasons.

As the core of the team, in order to ensure that the team's total score ranks in the top 64, Su Chen must also ensure that he captures some lucky treasures and seals many five-star orange-level monsters, and even six-star natural treasures and monsters.

"The material of the card is noticeably better than that of the Ancient Dragon's Nest Secret Realm."

Su Chen figured out the question setter's idea.

The problem has been solved.

Considering everyone's overall strength, there are definitely six-star monsters waiting for you.

We cannot stay here long.

After confirming that the map was in the right direction, Su Chen quickened his pace and finally found a portal to the next level three and a half hours later.

This time, no one stopped them.

hum!
When they finally reached the third underground level after passing through a curtain of water, there was no one lying in ambush outside the door.

"256 teams, eight-person groups, a total of 2048 people. Even if you include the individual contestants who were eliminated from the teams, there aren't many extra spots."

"If it weren't for the strategy map showing the route to the lower levels, it wouldn't have been so easy to run into each other in the early stages."

The entire underground holy city is structured like an inverted pyramid, with its area narrowing as you go deeper, and even the number of teleportation portals leading to the lower levels decreases accordingly. "Theoretically speaking, even if the Gutez people are very particular about hierarchical order, the underground holy city should still have elevator shafts left over from the past."

The strategy guides, to some extent, regulated their routes, increasing the probability of conflict.

However, if you waste time looking for a shortcut you imagine, it will be in vain if the organizers block it tightly.

"Compared to the ground floor, the residential area here is more upscale."

Su Chen found a spacious rooftop in an upscale residential complex and had his meal there.

This assessment changed the previous regulations, allowing participants to bring their own food.

In this way, Su Chen would naturally not mistreat himself and his beloved pets.

On the outer edge of the platform of the hundred-meter-high building, Xiao Ling sat obediently, holding an ice cream in her little hands and happily eating it, her little feet swinging in the air, just like the bright and happy smile on her face.

Xiao Yao is born with a great sense of taste, but she is not very sensitive to desserts and meats. Instead, she prefers fruits that are rich in nutrients and energy.

"Plant the parasol tree well, and the phoenix will come."

Su Chen also specially purchased several types of phoenix fairy fruit from phoenix habitats in China.

They even chose the spiritual spring water from Yuxianling for their drinking water.

It is said to have a certain effect of nourishing the mind and enhancing spirituality, from which card players and summoned beasts can greatly benefit.

While the long-term effects of consumption are uncertain, in the short term, it does have a refreshing effect, more so than caffeine, and can even provide a very slight boost to mental energy.

According to online unboxing reviews, it is suitable for advanced card players and above, and can provide a daily boost of approximately 0.65 energy to mental strength.

This inevitably makes it quite valuable.

Just the drinking water and fairy fruit alone, the normal monthly consumption is at least 1500 million Alliance Coins.

Since Su Chen became wealthy, he has found himself spending more and more money.

What's outrageous is that this Yuxianling brand spring water, after layers of equity penetration, is actually a lifestyle sub-brand of Xingyao Card Company.

"These three private enterprise giants are simply behemoths."

"Let's just focus on making money honestly."

After a moment of reflection, Su Chen's right hand seemed to pass through thin air, directly placing the spirit spring water bottle in his hand into the dimensional space through the ripples in the air.

"lets go."

After resting for a while, the master and pet set off again.

When it was 8 p.m., they found the new portal entrance and arrived at the fourth underground level.

This is the industrial park of the underground holy city.

The Gutz people hid underground because the Star River Plane was not as beautiful and peaceful as they imagined. Every certain number of years, a stable dimensional storm would sweep through the area.

This force, even with just a slight lick of the ground, is enough to turn an area to ashes.

Because the ancient Guterres' astronomical calendar could not help them accurately predict the movement and trajectory of celestial storms, they were forced to turn to living underground.

Unfortunately.

According to Xia He, perhaps a dimensional storm brought an extraterrestrial insect king's egg, which, having no natural enemies on the surface, multiplied unchecked, thus causing a catastrophe that destroyed civilization.

at the moment.

The once bustling factory and workshops on the fourth underground floor are now just ruins, with machinery and equipment scattered everywhere, eroded by time and eaten by various insects.

The rusty metal structure looked particularly eerie under the dim light.

"There's no light."

The lighting here also corresponds to the Earth's surface.

According to the guidebook, there are two more blessed places on the fourth underground level. However, the cunning thing is that the map does not mark their specific locations, leaving them to be found by those who are destined to find them.

Finding good fortune within a massive industrial park that houses at least a million people will undoubtedly take a considerable amount of time.

"jump over."

Su Chen wasn't in the mood either.

Good things are always found at lower levels.

As expected, he and Xia He might be able to meet up on the sixth underground level tomorrow night.

but
There are exceptions.

"I've encountered some difficulties."

Judge Gao Jun spoke up at this moment, appearing somewhat flustered.

"I think I'm being watched, by two people."

(End of this chapter)