My anime-style card deck is fine!

Then, about three minutes later...

"Ah—!" The mech summoned by Deep Blue Mechanic on the field was hit in the face by Gardevoir's Psychic attack.

He demonstrated what it means to tear apart a chicken with your bare hands! ...No, it means to tear apart a mecha with your bare hands!

They returned defeated.

King Kong, the gardener, and Tieshan Youyou stood neatly below the platform. After the Deep Blue Mechanic came down, they each stood on tiptoe and patted him on the shoulder one by one to express their comfort.

The Deep Blue Mechanic looked down at them and said, "Don't you get tired of doing this on tiptoe?"

"Hey! Don't make personal attacks!"

The shortest of the group, and the one who had the most trouble standing on tiptoe, immediately became anxious.

At just over 1.6 meters tall, it was indeed a bit difficult for him to hook his arm around the Deep Blue Mechanic's shoulder, but wasn't that for the sake of keeping the formation neat?

The other two, however, seemed unconcerned; being 1.8 meters tall, they were immune to such provocations.

"Don't worry, you'll grow taller; you're still developing."

The two with the most similar attributes, Tieshan Youyou, kept comforting the gardener.

The Deep Blue Mechanic ignored the agitated gardener and instead looked at King Kong beside him: "We've come this far, so there probably aren't any more levels to come. Clearly, these twenty levels from 80 to 100 are our final challenge."

"The original plan of the college entrance examination team was that the top candidates would each occupy a section of the level, and then they would compete against each other to conquer the levels occupied by the other, which would be a kind of 'strategy game'."

“But…” Deep Blue Mechanic didn’t finish his sentence.

However, King Kong chimed in: "But we didn't expect that a character named [Amon] would suddenly appear and turn this real-time strategy game into a [Great Adventure of the Hero and the Demon King] – obviously, we are the heroes, and Amon is the demon king."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Amon will occupy all the subsequent levels as well."

The gardener couldn't afford to be impatient; it was clear that dealing with Amon's problem required everyone's cooperation!

Why think so much?

Tieshan Youyou, however, spoke up directly: "Instead of speculating here, why don't we just move on? We can proceed to the next level without even having to challenge it, right?"

“That makes sense.” All three nodded.

After saying goodbye to Lillie, who was standing quietly to the side, the four of them had a brief discussion and then headed downstairs.

In each subsequent level, they would encounter a follower similar to Lillie and Mao, holding a deck of cards and waiting there as the boss.

There's passion, there's gentleness, there's boundless energy, and there's even rock music...

The next fourteen levels!

Without exception, they were all followers with high spirituality!

A profound sense of shock filled their hearts. After going through fourteen consecutive levels, they had become numb until they pushed through the last level and met Amon himself, the boss guarding the level, at the hundredth level.

...and two lazy girls.

Finally, Tie Shan Youyou, who was in the lead, couldn't help but ask, "Wait, where did you get so many cards?!"

Yes, that's the question they really want to ask.

While high-level spiritual cards are extremely rare, they are only extremely rare. In comparison, Amona's card-making efficiency, which is as if he has run a card-making factory, is what leaves them speechless and shocked!

Each level represents a completely new deck.

Amon set up sixteen such levels, plus himself guarding the 100th level, making a total of seventeen card decks!

Hearing Tieshan Youyou's question.

Wu Shanyu, who had just been mocking King Kong and the gardener, turned around as well, also very curious about the question.

Even a star that was indifferent and focused on reading glanced over.

Clearly, she was also very curious.

"Huh? You can't do it?" Amon was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wushan Yu: "Isn't this something anyone can do? Wushan Yu, didn't you do it during the duel at the gathering before?"

Just insert the card into the card-making machine and then take it out.

Card making is that simple.

Amon still remembers that in the previous gathering duel, not only Wushan Yu, but also Ai Ke's efficiency in making cards on the spot was not much worse than his. They could easily make cards and then fight back and forth with him.

Why do you all look like that?

Amon looked completely innocent.

Not to mention the people around them, even the spectators outside the arena couldn't help but clench their fists.

"...No, I absolutely cannot do it." Wu Shanyu didn't know how to describe her feelings: "You really overestimate me."

She probably guessed it.

But she can get 100 points, or rather, she can only get 100 points.

But Amon was different. He got a perfect score because the test was only out of 100 points—and he mistakenly thought that she was just as good as him!

"Even with the card-making machine provided by the college entrance examination team for this assessment, making cards is still extremely difficult."

Wu Shanyu looked melancholy, her eyes filled with resentment: "The mindset, focus, mental strength, and willpower required for card making are still indispensable."

The key to card making is [trust]!

It's like imagining a white elephant. You need to imagine the complete details of a white elephant, its size, the shape of its ears, its call... even the internal organs, its skeleton, and the way its muscles work.

The clearer the white elephant you construct, the higher your card production efficiency and success rate will be!

When you open your eyes, you can see a white elephant in front of you, which means your card has been successfully made—all that's left is to insert the card into the card-making machine.

Amon, on the other hand, skipped the preceding process and simply inserted the card he wanted into the card-making machine.

This is the key to Amon's card-making process: [more], [faster], [better], and [cheaper]!

"...Oh, is that so?"

Amon roughly guessed what was going on with him, but it was really not a good idea to share this information, so he could only scratch his head and pretend to be clueless, saying, "I thought everyone was like this."

"Tsk!"

Tie Shan Youyou and the others no longer intended to stay with this pretentious guy. If they stayed any longer, their Dao hearts (without this thing) would shatter directly!

He got up, said goodbye, and left.

Although they could challenge Amon right now, they have skipped a level and arrived in front of Amon.

Since Amon relied on his strength to turn the final level into a battle between a demon king and a hero, then as heroes themselves, they naturally wouldn't rely on exploiting bugs to challenge the demon king beyond their level.

They still have some sense of shame.

The main reason is that they are still afraid of not being able to win.

……

Push open the door and return to level 80.

As soon as I entered, I saw the Corviknight flapping its wings and swooping down, crushing a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton into dust. Then it just stood there, waiting for the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to revive, and then it swooped down with another wing.

Blast them to smithereens once more!

"..." The paleontologist also noticed the commotion, turned around with his dead fish eyes, and saw a huge group of people.

"Hey~ you're getting beaten up too."

King Kong uttered an inappropriate remark as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Now I know why someone offered a bounty to sew your mouth shut." The paleontologist rolled his eyes, looked at the Steel-Armored Raven who was already kicking his Tyrannosaurus Rex skull around like a ball, sighed helplessly, and chose to admit defeat.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton has come back to life.

I let out an angry cry at the Steel-Armored Raven... but I couldn't make a sound. This thing is just a skeleton; it has no vocal cords or larynx.

However, Corviknight says he doesn't want to play with you anymore.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex was so angry that it stomped its feet on the spot.

"What do you want from me?" The paleontologist soothed the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, then put away his cards and looked at the group of people who were watching the commotion.

"It's alright, Lao Gu, you can continue the challenge. We'll tell you after you pass the first four levels."

Tieshan Youyou smiled broadly.

"Yes, yes~" the gardener said with a smile, "We'll just keep an eye on things, don't worry, we definitely won't bother you."

"Mmmmmmm!"

Deep Blue Mechanic covered King Kong's mouth, but also grinned and responded happily.

“…This is inexplicable.” The paleontologist frowned, but since these people were unwilling to talk about it, there was nothing he could do—although he lost to the Steel Raven, it was due to special rules, and he didn’t think the subsequent challenges would be too difficult for him!

He turned away, too lazy to bother with the onlookers.

Pushing open the door, the paleontologists arrived at the next level.

then……

The paleontologist, looking disheveled, returned to level 80, sat down in the group with a dark expression, and remained silent.

"Where have we hit them?" King Kong's smile kept creeping up his lips.

“...Mao.”

"Well, you're still a little short." Deep Blue Mechanic patted the paleontologist on the shoulder. "No good, old Gu. You need to work on your mental fortitude."

"roll."

Chapter 145: [Mary]

It was obvious to everyone that the paleontologist had been given a severe lesson, without them even needing to look.

Just like they used to be.

"Don't be discouraged, it will get even harder later." The Deep Blue Mechanic completely ignored the paleontologist's angry glare. His tall figure sat a little closer, making the paleontologist, who was not particularly thin, look petite.

This guy was still nonchalantly saying, "There's Lillie behind us, and that's when things really get tough—her invincible [Shield] and [Spear] can't get past that pink wall of sighs, so you can only take the beating."

"...What about the other levels?"