My Card Beast Taming Game

Even if he can only run three rounds of the super high-level dungeon at a time, if he runs it four times a day, the experience gain will be nearly 12%, while for high-level dungeons, he can only get a maximum of 9% experience per day.

That's a 3% difference!

Leveling up is getting slower and slower now, only 3% more experience per day, which is equivalent to several levels in a year.

"Let's just make the cards directly."

Zhou Chen kept a close eye on the game panel, suppressing his emptiness, and took out a blank card to start crafting.

In the blink of an eye, two gold cards were produced.

All successful!

Zhou Chen's face instantly lit up with a smile. He hadn't expected his third and fourth gold cards to arrive so quickly. Let's check the stats...

Wow, that's not low.

"Hey!"

The long-roaring captain on high up issued an alarm, and a brand new gold-tier monster appeared on the game panel.

【Name: Sword Ape General】

[Rank: Four Stars]

"Swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks—the eighteen kinds of martial arts!"

Zhou Chen was in a good mood. He pointed to the tall, imposing figure slowly emerging from the woods in the distance and said, "Go for it! Hurry up!"

"Hey!"

"Meow~"

Captain Changming and the Cloud Mist Witch quickly stepped forward to meet them.

Meanwhile, on a mountain road dozens of kilometers away, a five-person team composed of intermediate-level truck drivers received the news.

"Is someone killing the Eighteenth Route Army Ape Commander?"

As the group exchanged bewildered glances, one of them spoke up: "It must be that guy with the unknown identity! He's tired of killing the silver-rank monkeys, so he's starting to target the gold-rank ones!"

Hua Ning was also in this team. She said, "Ignore him, let's just kill our own people. Just pretend he's here to help."

"Yes, we were originally going to kill the Eighteenth Route Monkey Commander, so it can't be considered a violation of the rules if he kills him."

Another person spoke up, glancing at the man in black robes behind him, "Is everything alright, envoy?"

The man in the black robe remained silent.

The group, who were turned away, did not feel offended; on the contrary, they were pleasantly surprised.

Nowadays, families need to bid to acquire new secret realms and must complete the strategy within a certain time; otherwise, they cannot obtain ownership of the secret realm.

For example, the Duan family in the previous round.

They tried for a month without success, so the opportunity was passed on to the second successful bidder, the Hua family.

The Hua family had been preparing for a long time to take over the Monkey Secret Realm, and they were determined to capture the lord as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications.

Different secret realms have different mechanisms.

To hunt down the lord in the Monkey Realm, you must first defeat eighteen Gold-tier "Ape Generals" before the lord will appear.

However, the eighteen monkey generals will reappear every hour after they die, meaning they must kill all eighteen of them within an hour, making the challenge extremely difficult.

Now that an unknown card master has joined in to help, they might be able to save some strength to take down the 18th Ape General and then deal with the Lord.

"Hurry up, don't waste this great opportunity they've given us!"

The group sped towards their first target, while reports from other reconnaissance teams continued to come through the walkie-talkies.

—Although conquering this lord's secret realm, which is only a Gold-level dungeon, only allows a five-person team, there is no limit to the number of people who can scout.

Soon they encountered the first group of eighteen monkey generals:

The giant ape wielding two iron crutches and the giant ape wielding a spiked meteor hammer exuded a powerful sense of oppression.

"on!"

Without saying a word, the group immediately summoned their respective spirit cards.

As a family of flower masters in Yunnan, each member of the Brocade Flower Fairy troupe naturally possesses one of these cards. In addition, they have summoned other spirit cards as well.

The mental strength of intermediate card masters and the autonomy of gold-tier spirit cards allow them to easily control two at the same time.

Thus, with the added benefits of numerous effects, the five main battle beasts, each with a different form, rushed forward and engaged the two giant apes in a fierce battle.

The consensus among intermediate card masters is that they should summon two spirit cards at a time, one for the main attack and the other for support and to share the damage from the card master.

The association's secret realm strategy rules also allow intermediate card masters to use two spirit cards at a time, but no more.

"Make this quick and decisive, and don't attract the attention of the other ape commanders."

The squad leader spoke, and at the same time, a voice from a reconnaissance squad came through the walkie-talkie, "Sword Ape Commander has been taken down! Knife Ape Commander and Gun Ape Commander are approaching that guy! Hmm? He's spotted us!"

"You all retreat! Don't disturb him!"

He responded hastily, his brows furrowing deeply.

A card player capable of single-handedly defeating a Gold-rank monster must be incredibly powerful. If the opportunity arises, I should try to make contact with him.

After defeating the dungeon lord.

The squad leader glanced discreetly at the accompanying envoy.

If they were to make direct contact, the special envoy would probably not allow them to take advantage of the situation.

Chapter 96: Lord of the Secret Realm

Outpost Hotel.

Zhou Chen lay on the bed, panting.

"There are actually more people now." He recalled the stares he noticed during the battle and the explosions he heard before exiting the instance.

Compared to the mid-level area of ​​the high-level dungeons, the inner area of ​​the ultra-high-level dungeons is indeed not very large.

This also shows that "The Monkey Howls in the Forest" is a small secret realm.

Although he was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't enjoy the entire dungeon all to himself, he wouldn't give up on continuing to run dungeons.

The outstanding performance of Captain Changming and the Cloud Mist Witch filled him with confidence.

The only pity was that he was hesitant to let the Black-feathered White Ape fight the group of giant apes with weapons. Firstly, even with the Cloud Mist Witch's durability, a single hit could break her shield. Secondly, the interval between the next wave of monsters was too short.

In high-level dungeons, White Ape could hold out against opponents for ten or twenty minutes without worrying about new monsters appearing.

Super high-end won't do.

The maximum number that Captain Changming and the Cloud Mist Witch can withstand is two. If there is even one more, their chances of winning will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, the higher the rank in this world, the greater the difference in their numerical values. He had seen the card data of this group of giant apes; their skill sets weren't great, but their numerical values ​​were quite high.

With his four-star status, he could easily bully the three-star Black-feathered White Ape.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep."

Zhou Chen quickly fell asleep.

While he was sleeping soundly and recovering his energy, the Hua family's secret realm conquest team suffered its first defeat.

"Has the Halberd Ape come to life?"

"Yes, only five minutes left."

"..."

The group looked at each other, all somewhat disheartened.

They suddenly understood why the Duan family's repeated attempts to conquer had failed. Even with the help of an unknown card master, they hadn't been able to kill the Eighteen Ape Generals within an hour. Could the Duan family's team do it?

The squad leader clapped his hands twice. "Don't be nervous. It's normal to fail the first time. This secret realm is inherently difficult. You'll succeed if you try a few more times."

"If only that person could help take down one more," someone couldn't help but say.

This made Hua Ning subconsciously look at the accompanying envoy, and seeing that he still had no expression or reaction, she couldn't help but feel strange.

Logically, if an unexpected factor occurs during the clan's exploration of the secret realm, shouldn't they pause and investigate?

It's like deliberately releasing water...

The squad leader, who was also observing the special envoy and confirming that no violations had been reported, immediately contacted the reconnaissance squad: "Have you seen that person?"

"Hey..."

"No, the mystery has vanished, disappeared."

"He's probably gone to some safe place to rest. Remember to report him if he reappears."

They were very curious about how this person had entered the Monkey Realm.

How could one possibly kill monkeys every day in this godforsaken place without getting bored or annoyed, and then relentlessly hunt monsters intermittently every day without fail?

If it were them, they would probably have gone mad by now.

The team will rest in place and wait for Zhou Chen to appear before restarting the strategy.

Two hours later.

The reconnaissance team reported, "We heard him! He's here! He's started killing the Eighteenth Route Ape Commander again!"

"very good!"

The squad leader perked up and looked at the other members: "Let's go too!"

A group of people set off with great enthusiasm.

Hua Ning was also full of anticipation. It was her first time participating in a mission to conquer a secret realm, and she was eager to succeed.

Unfortunately, the second attempt to clear the dungeon failed again.

How much time difference?

"Eleven minutes."

"Why has it gotten even longer?"

Faced with her teammates' complaints, Hua Ning rubbed her temples, thinking that the hunting efficiency was still too low.

They must kill one within five minutes for them to have a chance to awaken the lord.

Someone suggested, "Why don't we split up? Two people in one group and three people in another. That might improve efficiency."

The squad leader pondered silently for a moment, then said, "We can give it a try."

The people present were all quite strong, and they could easily take on a Gold-rank monster one-on-one; it was just a matter of how long it would take.

Two hours later, another message came through the walkie-talkie.

The raiding squad is on the move again.

then……

"Has it been released?"

"The Sword Ape is so cool, just one minute to go."

"Grass!!!"

Someone cursed and slammed their hat to the ground, yelling, "It was just one minute short!"

The captain remained calm. "Don't rush. Our approach is correct. One minute means we're very close to success. Let's try again today."

The three people, excluding Hua Ning, all looked at him. "Want to try again?"

Despite having a two-hour break in between, the three consecutive failed attempts had left them exhausted.

Especially considering that these three expeditions combined involved nearly forty Gold-rank monsters, and the reconnaissance team only managed to produce three Gold-rank cards, it undoubtedly dealt another blow to their morale.

With a card production rate of less than 10%, today is simply not a good day to conquer the secret realm!

"Let's try one more time. If that person doesn't come, we'll give up." The captain thought to himself that he had to see the dungeon lord at least once today.

Regardless of whether we can win or not.

The captain still has prestige. As an outstanding member of the twenty-third generation of the Hua family, even Hua Ning, the daughter of the Hua family head, has to respectfully address him as her great-uncle, even though the two are less than ten years apart in age.