My Card Beast Taming Game

Only when the card master's body becomes stronger can they run dungeons more times!

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Zhao."

He expressed his gratitude to Zhao Shiping, saying that he felt he had made great progress in controlling the spirit cards these past few days.

This was undoubtedly thanks to the other party's diligent, hands-on teaching.

Zhao Shiping smiled and waved his hand, "No need, it's our honor to have the opportunity to teach a card master like you."

In just a few days, he witnessed the boy in front of him gradually become more skilled at manipulating a spirit card, from being clumsy to becoming proficient, and then to almost mastering it.

The progress is visible to the naked eye!

It's important to know that this kind of adaptability usually only appears in novice card masters. Apprentice card masters are very similar to ordinary people, like humanoid spirit card summoners.

As a physical training coach, Zhao Shiping had seen many trainee card masters whose minds were scattered and who had difficulty concentrating, resulting in their cards acting haphazardly.

There's a saying in the card dealer community—

The more cluttered your mind, the worse you become; the worse you become, the more cluttered your mind.

Of course, what comforted Zhao Shiping the most was that Zhou Chen treated him very politely. Although they were physical training coaches, who would dare to call Card Master a student?

Most card masters are arrogant and look down on ordinary people. How could they be willing to be subordinate to ordinary people?

They nitpick even over a single form of address.

Zhou Chen watched Zhao Shiping leave, saying, "Take care, Master Zhao. See you at the same time tomorrow."

Although his swordsmanship was already considered quite skillful by the other party, he felt that he could learn for a few more days without any problem.

Once you've mastered that, switch to swordsmanship and continue learning.

The reason why White Ape is not compatible with Wind and Thunder Blade at this stage is mostly due to the influence of the Bronze-tier card art.

Once it advances to the Silver rank and its size increases, it will be able to match the Wind and Thunder Blade.

Internship! Internship!

Zhou Chen glanced at the game panel.

After these days of hard work, he is now at Lv.11 + 15% experience, having clearly leveled up again.

Even though he left the secret realm, he still maintained a frequency of running dungeons at least three times a day.

This is completely different from his previous habit of only running a dungeon once a night.

If it weren't for needing to practice swordsmanship and physical skills during the day, Zhou Chen would probably be stuck in a cycle of running dungeons, sleeping, running dungeons, and sleeping for a long time.

As he pondered, he seemed to sense something and looked up at the figure appearing at the door.

"Manager Ding."

"How have you felt about the training these past few days? Are you satisfied with Zhao Shiping? If not, we can switch."

Ding Yinan said with a smile.

Since introducing Zhao Shiping last time, Zhou Chen has not taken the initiative to communicate with her again.

This really frustrated Ding Yinan.

He was just a junior card master, yet the card master didn't seem to want to ask him for anything.

Although this brought her a lot of leisure, Ding Yinan dared not slack off.

Not to mention that she found out that Zhou Chen and Miss Lu had an excellent relationship, the fact that this membership card came from the Shanghai headquarters was enough to make Ding Yinan extremely cautious.

So, as soon as Zhou Chen's physical training class ended, she rushed over to ask him.

"No need, Master Zhao is fine."

Recalling his sudden thought a few days ago, Zhou Chen asked, "Does the club offer card coaching services?"

Ding Yinan's smile remained unchanged. "Do you need a Lingka esports sparring partner? Sure! The club offers that service!"

"Are there dedicated sparring partners?"

"Yes."

She nodded and said, "If you need it now, I can arrange it for you immediately."

Zhou Chen quickly raised his hand, "Wait, can we arrange a beginner card master?"

Ding Yinan paused for a moment with her smile, then continued, "Yes, please move to the arena and wait a moment."

This club offers comprehensive services!

Zhou Chen happily headed towards the arena. After waiting for about ten minutes in the sparsely populated hall, Ding Yinan, who had changed her clothes, appeared.

There was no one else besides him.

"I will now provide you with sparring services."

Ding Yinan explained, "Please rest assured, I am a graduate of Fengcheng Academy. I have participated in many medium and large-scale spirit card competitions and have been engaged in sparring services for a long time after graduation."

Although it was unclear why Ding Yinan, as the club's manager, would come to be his sparring partner, Zhou Chen naturally acquiesced since the other party had no objections.

The two arrived at a rocky area in the arena.

The jagged rocks are scattered haphazardly on the rough gravel ground, making it look like a stone forest.

Ding Yinan walked to the side and neatly inserted the card.

A bright orange-red spider web, scorched by flames, flew out of the caller, and a dark red giant spider, the size of a cruiser motorcycle, appeared out of thin air, swinging its chelicerae as it climbed the web.

Bang!

It leaped to the ground, its eight strong legs firmly supporting its massive body.

The giant spider's dark red carapace was covered with slowly flowing orange-red patterns, resembling scorching magma. Its back had four fist-sized holes from which wisps of black smoke occasionally drifted out.

Silver-tier spirit card, [Molten Fiery Spider].

Zhou Chen recalled the relevant information and then summoned the White Ape.

Ding Yinan shouted, "What kind of exercises do you want to do? Do you want to practice the dodging ability of the spirit cards, or the offensive ability?"

"If possible, I'd like to practice them all."

Zhou Chen mainly wanted to know if the White Ape King had the ability to kill enemies of higher levels.

There are many videos online of bronze cards defeating silver cards, but without exception, they are either staged or the work of novice or intermediate card players manipulating two-star bronze cards to defeat one-star or two-star silver cards.

The hype outweighs the substance.

Zhou Chen was aware that there was a significant difference between trainee card masters and junior card masters in various aspects, so he was only prepared to give it a try.

Chapter 48: Mutant Spirit Card

Ding Yinan raised her hand and called out, "First up is the dodging practice. Are you ready?"

As she moved, the molten silk spider in front of her lowered its body slightly.

"..."

Zhou Chen took a deep breath and replied, "Okay, go ahead."

The words fell.

Bang!

The molten silk fire spider soared high into the air like a spring, instantly closing the distance between them. Then, it hunched over, pointing its tail forward, and suddenly spewed out a ball of scorching lava.

The magma then expanded, forming a vast, burning web of lava that descended upon the white ape.

This is……

Control skills?

The net's range wasn't very large, and its release speed was slower than expected. Zhou Chen felt he could react quickly enough, and silently recited in his mind:

"go with!"

"grumble."

The white ape moved at will, leaping to the side and lightly pushing off the rocks with its feet. Its body suddenly spun forward like a shuttle, just barely missing the falling blazing net.

This posture was indeed somewhat dangerous, and Ding Yinan's face showed surprise.

The more difficult the move, the more the card master needs to be free of distractions. However, novice card masters are too inexperienced and rarely can completely stop their minds from wandering. Therefore, very few novice card masters can enable the spirit card to complete a high-difficulty move.

People like Zhou Chen are extremely rare.

As her thoughts raced, she commanded the Fiery Spider to use its second skill.

*Pfft!*

Amidst a sharp tearing sound, several crimson-gold molten threads shot out from the holes on the giant spider's back, carrying scorching air waves, like javelins aimed straight at the white ape!

Compared to spider webs, these spider silks were much faster, so much so that Zhou Chen's pupils constricted and his mind instinctively reacted.

[Wind and Thunder Escape]!

The white ape let out a low howl, activated its spirit skill, and a whirlwind and lightning crackled around its body before its figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

The missing molten wire easily pierced through the rock behind it, and the terrifying heat instantly charred and shattered it, causing small stones to fly everywhere.

Ding Yinan scanned her surroundings but couldn't find any trace of the White Ape.

"Invisibility? Invisibility? What kind of card is this?"

She specifically looked up the spirit cards of apes wielding long knives, but found that none of the ones she could find matched the White Ape.

There are many reasons why this might happen, one of which is—extremely rare spirit cards.

Aside from the ultra-rare spirit cards crafted by the lords of the secret realms, some secret realms also contain special monsters.

They may not stay near the boss monster, but they only appear when the boss monster spawns, and there are usually only one or two of them.

The common characteristics of these spiritual cards are that they are expensive, and no one buys or sells them on the market, and very little information about them is publicly available.

Another type – the mutated spirit card.

If you combine two different monsters to create a card, there is a very small chance of creating a mutated spirit card. This mutation is not necessarily positive, and very few people would try it.

Unless you have too much money to burn.

Ding Yinan wasn't sure which category Zhou Chen belonged to; she only knew that, regardless of the category, it proved that the other party was someone she couldn't afford to offend.

She then activated the spirit card with even greater effort.

After all, according to Ding Yinan's observation, Zhou Chen is the kind of person who is quite pragmatic and values ​​learning efficiency. Giving him leeway would only make him dissatisfied.

Whoosh whoosh!

The molten silk spiders frantically sprayed silk, quickly weaving an even denser web of lava spider silk over a large area.

The white ape's invisibility didn't last long. It suddenly appeared in the air, and as it swooped down to the ground, it quickly swung its long sword, creating a dense, impenetrable array of blade shadows in front of it, forcefully severing the molten wires between the rocks.

Before it could even get its footing, the Fiery Silk Spider unleashed a massive amount of molten silk, attacking like a net from heaven and earth.

Zhou Chen's mind raced, while the White Ape King used the temporary speed boost from the Wind and Thunder Escape Technique to maneuver among the rocks.

When it encounters an unavoidable molten wire, it immediately twists its wrist and uses its long sword to block, accurately knocking the wire away.

The molten wire that came from the side was blocked by its vertical blade, and sparks flew as the blade collided with the molten wire.

Ding ding ding ding—

The cracking sounds continued, and Zhou Chen found it difficult to use the Wind and Thunder Escape technique continuously, gradually becoming exhausted from defending.

Finally, a sharp, arrow-like molten wire pierced through the white ape's calf.

Like an army collapsing from a mountain, as it fell to the ground due to a leg injury and loss of balance, more and more fuses rushed through its body.

Fortunately, Ding Yinan stopped in time, otherwise he would have blown the white ape to pieces on the spot.

She clapped her hands lightly and said, "That's amazing! Your skill in manipulating the spirit cards is outstanding."

"Is there?"

Zhou Chen skillfully summoned the White Ape again through the game panel, while the summoning device was activated on the surface.

Ding Yinan didn't care at all and laughed, "Why would I lie to you? I just used all my reaction speed."

This was by no means entirely a compliment; her forehead was indeed slightly sweaty.