My anime-style card deck is fine!

The paleontologist pondered for a moment and decided to change the subject.

Amon might be strong with one or two decks, but he can't possibly have a dozen decks that are that powerful!

"I don't know the specifics, I just glanced at it and didn't take the challenge." King Kong took out a bento box from his answer assistant, broke off disposable chopsticks, and started eating.

Although the Vientiane Corridor has the ability to sustain the mental and physical needs of the test takers.

However, the mental energy consumed during card making and duels needs to be slowly recovered by the card master himself—and eating, sleeping, watching movies, listening to music, playing games, or just spacing out are all efficient ways to recover.

In fact, pillows, beds, and even luxury hotels can be accessed through the quiz assistant.

Therefore, the college entrance examination team also provides various recreational props, which can be freely used by candidates through the answer assistant.

Go ahead and have fun. If you're willing to slack off in front of the whole country, the college entrance exam committee won't mind having one or two more negative examples as propaganda figures—they're not short of money.

Of course, for people like Amon who have reached this stage, whether or not they are giving up is no longer relevant.

As the top three fastest finishers, Wushanyu and Fanxing have every reason to give up – it's not that we don't want to try, it's just that Amon is too strong!

"We plan to divide the work, challenge each level separately, and then organize the intelligence."

The gardener held a cup of tea in his hand.

He didn't drink it, just casually poured it aside, then asked for another pot of boiling water and continued to fiddle with the tea leaves—but because he was too anxious, his movements became quite rough.

However, due to the muscle memory developed from years of making tea, there was absolutely nothing in it.

In no time, another cup was brewed.

"I came to level 80 to see if there were any other newcomers... but it seems like you're the only one left now." Tieshan Youyou said lazily, lying on a beanbag.

“…I was just lucky.” The paleontologist shook his head: “Ever since someone, we don’t know who, first tricked a group of people, causing a large number of dragons to scatter throughout the level, the level is becoming increasingly chaotic due to the increasing number of dragons.”

To avoid the dragon in the sky, one has to hide one's body.

If the dragon remains hidden for too long, it will respawn and fly directly towards the examinee...

"In short, the Dragon Plains are in complete chaos right now." The paleontologist shook his head. "It'll be very difficult to get through, especially since those dragons will not only gang up on you, but they can also run...and they're pretty fast!"

"Really? Then it seems like it'll just be a few of us for the time being."

Tieshan Youyou raised her head and glanced at the people beside her.

I counted them silently.

The original King Kong and the gardener, himself, the Deep Blue mechanic, and the newly joined paleontologist.

After confirming the number of people, Tieshan Youyou said directly, "Five people... There are still fourteen levels after Lillie. Let's divide them up, each of us will be responsible for three, and we'll come back here to meet up after we finish."

"Wait a minute, aren't there fifteen checkpoints?" The paleontologist was taken aback.

“The hundredth level doesn’t count.” King Kong smacked his lips, chewing his rice. “We just went to the hundredth level and saw Amon there.”

“Okay, I understand why.” The paleontologist nodded.

“The deck that Amon used in this assessment usually has the tag [Pokémon] and its related derivative cards, which is a large series.” Tieshan Youyou stood up.

As the only member of the Thirteen Silver Rank among them, Tieshan Youyou naturally became the leader.

Stretching, Tieshan Youyou casually summarized, "Since they are decks from the same series, although their effects, operation, and chains are completely different, their essence is the same."

"Amon's deck is based on powerful single-target minions, and relies on overpowered attacks and effects with limited activation counts, which is what is known as the [King's Duel]!"

A duel of the kings!

In other words, unlike many duel strategies that have become popular in recent years, this is a mode of fighting with follower cards as the absolute core, which was used in earlier years before magic cards and ritual cards were developed.

Ancient, but that doesn't mean weak!

And that's certainly true for Pokémon decks.

This Pokémon deck was created by Amon with the game at its core.

As a turn-based game, Pokémon's streamlined and fast-paced battle mode has resulted in Amon's current deck having limited uses and overpowered effects.

It's actually quite simple: in Pokémon games, you can only act once per turn.

Because battles need to be conducted quickly and efficiently, battles in Pokémon games are also simple and fast, often resulting in a quick defeat of the opponent.

—This is the truth behind the Amon Pokémon deck's overpowered moves!

However, while gaining super-powerful skills, Amon's Pokémon deck is also limited by the game's turn-based system, which translates to a limit on the number of times skills can be used.

Amon attempted to increase his chances of avoiding this restriction by using field cards, ritual cards, and trainer minion cards.

However, the results were not ideal.

"But similarly, Amon's strongest point is also his weakest point!"

Tieshan Youyou glanced at the Steel-Armored Raven that was preening its feathers not far away: "The weakness of Amon's deck is that it lacks recycling ability."

"Therefore, all we need to do is banish Amon's minions or send them to the grave via special effects to cause his entire game to collapse—in the subsequent battles, try to banish those minions via special effects."

"You can decide for yourselves how to do it." Tieshan Youyou pushed open the door and walked in, saying, "Whether you pass the level or not, come back here after each level."

"That's it, disbanded."

Watching Tieshan Youyou leave, Jin Gang and the others exchanged glances and pushed open the doors to head to the checkpoints they had been assigned to beforehand.

Regardless of whether they succeed or fail, their goal is to first find out the decks that Amon has assigned to each level, as well as the combos of those decks and the various effects of the minions!

……

The newly added paleontologist is in charge of levels 86 and 87.

Because he was somewhat interested in Lillie from the other people's descriptions, the others chose other levels.

Level 86.

"welcome."

As soon as the paleontologist stepped through the door, he heard a woman's voice from across the room.

The voice was faint and devoid of emotion, yet one could vaguely sense the passion beneath it, a youthful innocence mixed with a touch of determination that made one wish to be trampled underfoot by the person speaking to it.

...No, that's not true!

The paleontologist shook his head slightly, dismissing his own wild thoughts.

Looking up, I saw a girl with a punk hairstyle, wearing a leather jacket, holding a Poké Ball, looking at me seriously.

"Aurora?" The paleontologist decided to greet them first.

I don't know what this word means, but when in Rome, do as the Romans do...

"Alola."

The black-haired girl nodded and explained, "Alola is a regional term of greeting. It's not the same in other places. Just have a normal conversation. There's no such custom of greeting in the Galar region."

The paleontologists were somewhat embarrassed.

However, I was still a little shocked—that guy Amon actually brought out dialects and customs!

Just how vast is this guy's worldview?!

"I am the Dark-type guardian trainer for this level, my name is [Marie]." Marie, unaware of what the paleontologist was thinking, explained the rules of this level.

The rules are the same as those for the previous levels featuring Mao and Lillie.

However, this time the venue didn't have many fancy effects; it was simply a reflective wall that halved the effect of attacks on both sides.

After the introductions, Mary asked directly, "So, would you like to take on the challenge?"

"of course."

The paleontologist smirked and raised his dueling disk: "Duel!"

"duel!"

—Mary, the Dark-type Pokémon Trainer—

Attribute: evil

Rating: ★★★

Entry: [Pokémon Trainer], [Galar Region], [Gym Leader]

Attack 1000; Defense 1000;

Effect ①: Dark-type Pokémon Trainer - When a Dark-type Pokémon is on the field, this card is unaffected by other card effects and cannot be attacked by other cards. Dark-type Pokémon gain an extra move per turn.

Effect 2: Spiketown Gym Leader - When this card is on the field, all Dark-type Pokémon below level 49 are raised to level 49 and gain related effects and moves.

Effect 3: Pokémon Trainer Marnie - When this card is on the field, once per turn, add one [Morpeco] or [Troll] from your Deck, Graveyard, or Field to your hand.

"Round One!"

The paleontologist quickly scanned through Mary's attributes, his competitive spirit burning fiercely within him.

In a previous conversation with Tieshan Youyou and others, I learned that so far, no one has been able to defeat Amon, and even none of Amon's trainer companions have been defeated!

He wants to be number one!

Previously, Tieshan Youyou's analysis was also very clear: to defeat the trainers under Amon's command, it is necessary to send their Pokémon to the graveyard or banish them!

And coincidentally, he is quite skilled at cemetery work!

"Draw a card!"

The duel began, and the paleontologist instinctively reached for a card, while simultaneously pondering how to defeat the girl before him, and then…

"Slap!" A surprise high-five!

The hairy troll suddenly appeared and slapped the paleontologist's hand, which was trying to draw a card, aside.

Card draw failed.

Chapter 146: It's all Amon's fault

"..."

The paleontologist looked at his empty hands, then looked up at the three-meter-tall, hideous demon covered in long, black hair.

For a moment, I was at a loss.