Elemental Card King.

Chapter 91 An all-encompassing deck! Armor stacking, damage reduction, symbiosis, proliferation.
After a brief moment of panic following the shock of this multi-million dollar remittance, Auntie quickly calmed down.

Because the remittance unit is very clear.

'Qingyun Province Card Masters Association'.

This is the provincial competition organizer. I didn't expect Xiao Chen to make so much money after winning first place in the semi-finals.

At the same time, Su Chen quickly called back. After three minutes of contact, his aunt decided not to bother him any longer and told her nephew to get some rest.

"Xiao Chen, this time you're really going to soar to great heights."

Yun Shuting was somewhat aware that her child had grown up completely and was following the same life trajectory as her parents.

the other side.

After hanging up the phone, Su Chen continued cleaning his packaging card.

He redeemed 10 spiritual material cards, 8 spatial material cards, some metallic materials, and an E-grade cultivation resource, a spiritual crystal, all at once.

“Space-related materials are generally too expensive, and mystical crystals are even more expensive. Fortunately, there is a student discount price.”

After finishing all this, Su Chen ended his bath. After putting on his bathrobe, he went straight to the sofa. With a simple gesture, the holographic projection TV in front of him turned on, and a three-dimensional image appeared in the air.

After three days and two nights of wilderness survival, Su Chen began to miss the beauty of modern society.

Less than half an hour into the movie, the delivery arrived.

The entire hotel is owned by the Provincial Card Players Association. During the provincial competition, this luxurious five-star hotel will not receive any outside guests. Even the association's temporary logistics office will be set up inside to facilitate players' quick exchange of resources.

After signing to confirm, Su Chen took out a square box from the belly of the intelligent delivery robot.

All the materials and resources that were previously exchanged are now sealed inside this magic-sealed box.

"Everything is ready."

"I expect to be promoted a day earlier than the scheduled date."

For the 32 contestants who have secured direct tickets to the finals, this is essentially a two-day rest period.

Eight o'clock the next day.

The entire city training team departed for the Yundu Battle Arena.

Su Chen, Xia He, and two other finalists from the team also went to watch the competition. They sat in the spectator area with the two eliminated players and their coaching team.

"The advantage of the first tier is that we can figure out the cards and strength of our opponents in the first round," Teacher He Yun said with a smile.

Know thyself, ever-victorious.

It can be said that almost all 32 finalists were present.

The points-based arena battle began soon.

More than twenty arenas were put into use inside the venue, with players taking turns to fight through a system of name selection and drawing lots.

A match consists of at least 7 rounds. Winners receive 3 points, draws receive 1 point, and losers receive 0 points.

In a duel, if no winner is determined within 15 minutes, the match is considered a draw.

"Good heavens, these two turtles have teamed up."

Under their gaze, two card masters clad in heavy defensive armor appeared on the nearest arena.

Interestingly, the two men's heavy armor is exactly the same style, both being E-class Drive Armor Guardians.

"Seeing this Guardian armor, you can basically tell they're playing a stacking armor strategy. These two are going to have a contest to see whose shell is tougher. Goodness, this is going to be a stalemate," said one of the finalists.

"Incredible, even the card choices are the same."

Somewhat comically, at the start of the match, both players used [Fortified Armor] at the same time.

The next second, another [Consolidation] was thrown out.

Then, while staring at each other blankly, they both inserted the card "Guardian" into the belt slot.

"Which big internet celebrity started this trend? They're really good at being disgusting." The teachers were dumbfounded, and even many spectators in the distant stands turned their attention to this side.

The two players have the same strategy: frantically discarding cards to stack armor, enhancing their survivability to offset the opponent's damage, and then converting all the armor into attack damage to fight the enemy once they have accumulated a certain amount of armor.

If you stack armor to a very high level, the resulting burst damage can truly kill someone in one go.

"There are many variations of the armor-stacking strategy, but I didn't expect these two to come together."

After the initial complaints, few people were willing to watch the low-visual appeal of turtles fighting.

Three of the two large screens that were positioned horizontally in the air showed the figures of contestants from Donghua City.

Xiang Xing, who was playing a slime deck, directly faced off against a player who was playing an undead skeleton deck.

On the left side of the arena, a group of slimes of various sizes gradually split and multiplied, while on the right side, they quickly spread out, with skeleton swordsmen and skeleton archers being summoned in a frenzy.

After the opponent played the effect card "Life Link", the skeletons began to share the damage, making them difficult to eliminate.

"This guy might have hidden a [Corpse Explosion] spell. Ah Xing should be careful."

Some teachers became nervous for him, as the skeletons that covered almost half the field would most likely become sacrifices for the relentless bombardment, and that terrifying area-of-effect damage should not be underestimated.

the other side.

Fan Xin faced off against a card master who focused on burst damage against marksmen.

The man was dressed as an archer, and his foldable, precision steel crossbow was fully extended, with an attack card, "Piercing Arrow," inserted into the crossbow's slot.

hum! !

Once inserted, the entire crossbow emitted a surge of energy, and an incomparably sharp arrow of light appeared out of thin air after the string was drawn.

Once the attack card [Explosive Shot] is activated, the archer unleashes a fully charged arrow.

"It's a dual-card synergy! The former is responsible for dealing damage and reducing the target's resistance and armor, while the latter deals additional explosive damage to targets whose defense and armor values ​​are below a certain threshold." Someone said anxiously for Fan Xin.

But Fan Xin on the other side did not sit idly by. This heroic young woman held a large-caliber, powerful gun-type weapon. After activating [Damage Spread] and [Damage Amplification] in succession, she pulled the trigger without saying a word.

boom!
In the long-range exchange of blows, the two seemed evenly matched in their first probing attack, and the collision at the center of the arena created a surge of energy.

The devastating explosion did not leave a single dent on the surface of the arena, which was made of special alloy.

But the next moment.

The archer immediately increased the stakes, activating two contract cards that enhanced his bow and arrow, namely [Rapid Fire] and [Power Strike].

"They went all out right from the start."

Many onlookers felt it was exciting, and that's more like it.

Fan Xin sneered and calmly followed the bet with all her might. Her nimble and powerful right hand held the gun horizontally and rolled the highly damped side pulley with great ease, instantly adjusting the weapon's output power to the limit.

The outcome will be decided in an instant.

After a few seconds.

A cheer erupted from the stands in Donghua City as Fan Xin emerged victorious in what felt like a fateful showdown reminiscent of the Western cowboys.

After blowing out the smoke from the gun, the beautiful and cool young woman waved happily towards her own stands.

"What else is there to say when firearms are used against melee weapons?" someone laughed.

Of course, this is a joke. At the same star level, there is no difference in quality between different types of cards. It all depends on the card player's personal skill.

On another arena not far away, Yu Wenyao was caught in a state of tension.

At first, possessed by the Dire Wolf Spirit, he thought his opponent was incredibly weak, allowing him to hack and slash at him relentlessly, seemingly powerless to fight back. But after a short while, Yu Wenyao realized something was wrong.

The aura brewing within this guy is becoming increasingly profound and terrifying.

Do you become stronger the more you get hurt?

broken
This is a martial arts-style card master who plays a blood-burning, damage-increasing build.

"You got it right."

The man, covered in wounds and looking as if he had been pulled out of a river of blood, revealed a terrifying and chilling sneer.

The hot blood flowing from each wound only served to highlight the immense, bone-deep power of the aura.

"I have signed the agreement with the Blood God!"

With a cheesy remark, the blood-red-eyed figure activated the effect card [Blood Sacrifice Contract], and blood gushed from the wounds all over his body like a geyser, gushing out from the cracks in his armor.

The rapid decline of blood within his body resulted in even more terrifying power fluctuations and a more frenzied state of blood rage.

The other effect card, [Painful Resonance], when continuously activated, allows him to be immune to more damage as his health decreases, and also inflicts the Chaos Curse effect on his attacks.

everything is over.

Swish! !

The blood-red figure, resembling a long-haired demon, brandished his sword, unleashing a boundless crimson sword beam that swept across the enemy like a raging torrent.

"what!!"

Accompanied by Yu Wenyao's desperate scream, the phantom of the dire wolves that suddenly grew as large as a mountain behind him was instantly swallowed up by the overwhelming wave of blood.

After the bloodstains dissipated, a figure, almost mercilessly severed at the waist, lay on the ground. The person and the Drive Armor were nearly cut in two by the sword, and the person seemed to have died on the spot.

"Doctor, quick!"

Under the slightly shocked gazes of the judges below the stage, the doctor who had been called in advance immediately began to perform emergency treatment on Yu Wenyao.

Compared to his opponent's disheveled state, the red demon, having delivered the fatal blow, instantly regained his senses, and his injuries healed completely at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Clearly, Yu Wenyao, who was struck, was mercilessly stripped of his life force and vitality.

"Fighting is fun!"

Su Hongsheng, from the provincial training team, laughed loudly with his hands on his hips. The bloodstains still not wiped from the corners of his mouth made him look somewhat inexplicably neurotic.

Seeing his image being broadcast live on the screen, he didn't forget to provocatively give a thumbs-down in front of the entire audience.

"This guy is really too arrogant." Many people were very annoyed by this action.

Some people are also worried about the mental state of this eccentric teenager.

"But I have to say this lunatic is really suited to play this masochistic deck."

Their styles match perfectly.

While many were annoyed, they also realized that this was a true dark horse.

"How come there's a monster hidden in the Yundu training team?"

According to the intelligence gathered by the guidance teams in various regions, it was initially thought that only Luan Dehai was worth targeting, but unexpectedly, someone suddenly emerged in the second stage of the preliminaries.

The tactics used in the provincial capital are really dirty.

Is this the person who ranked 171st in the preliminary round and 189th in the first stage of the semi-finals?

at the same time.

The Donghua City team, which had been cheering not long ago, is now silent, as their two instructors rushed to check on Yu Wenyao's injury.

To He Yun's exasperation, Wang Liyang, who was standing nearby, even praised the madman.

"Please, don't boost others' morale, okay?" Teacher He Yun was somewhat speechless.

When the usually taciturn Wang Da Motou made such a statement, the other two finalists in the spectator seats immediately became nervous, after all, neither of them had such an honor.

If we draw them in the finals, given their strength, it seems difficult to contend with them; there's practically no way to even begin to fight them.

Indeed, the results of the preliminary and semi-final rounds cannot fully confirm a person's ability.

For some reason, they looked at Su Chen.

However, seeing the other party's calm and composed expression without the slightest fear, it's hard to tell whether he truly doesn't care.

"it is finally over."

Just then, the duel between the two turtles right under their noses came to an end.

Fifteen minutes had passed, and the referee declared the match a draw.

It is no coincidence.

Another arena in the distance also declared a draw.

"The situation is somewhat similar."

A small forest is hidden within the misty environment.

The Assassin deck encountered the Tree of Life deck.

On one hand, there are deadly, relentless assassinations that come and go without a trace.

On the other side, they were desperately trying to survive, relying on a life link to bind many treant warriors and share their life force, managing to remain unharmed for 15 minutes.

"The dagger is still too blunt and lacks sufficient attack power. Otherwise, there would have been no way he could have survived," Wang Liyang commented ruthlessly.

After spending so much time together, everyone realized that this big devil Wang was a big fan of offense.

In his view, offense is undoubtedly the best defense.

The second stage of the semi-finals will last for one and a half days.

On the first day, Su Chen watched the whole thing from beginning to end, only leaving his seat briefly in the middle.

A real, hard-fought battle in the arena, without any pretense or gentleman's agreement, is naturally quite exciting.

Moreover, in other real-world scenarios, you won't see so many diverse and varied deck archetypes clashing against each other.

This will allow Su Chen to better understand the ingenuity of deck building through practice.

only.

The next morning, he was completely absent from the arena, seemingly not even coming out of his hotel.

After watching for a while, Xia He also left on her own.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xiu, one of the researchers present, specifically asked He Yun, "Sister, can you give me a heads-up? What's the situation with Su Chen? I promise I'll keep it to myself and won't tell anyone else."

Before heading to the provincial capital for the competition, Teacher He Yun specifically instructed him to bring the card box with Su Chen's label.

This unusual aspect made him sense something intriguing.

The people in the provincial capital like to use dirty tricks to hide people, and it seems they have some secret weapons here too.

In response, Ms. He Yun simply shook her head and firmly stated, "It'll only take a day or two. We'll know when the finals come around."

(End of this chapter)