Sorry, I don't play poker with luck

Chapter 292 Knockout Round, Coach Shi Appears

A dozen preview answers to successful blends.

Among them, the [bleeding] effect that Tokidachi was most concerned about was also shown.

[Bleeding]: In the next round, you will continue to receive 5/10/20 points of irreducible damage. Any recovery effect can be eliminated.
The preview results are divided into 3 levels.

Usually it's 5 or 10 o'clock.

The one with 20 points is an active skill, but the main card itself is not very good.

Then, Shili saw an interesting answer among the dozen answers.

"You are so weird. Why are you laughing while touching the cards?"

"If you don't come, I will finish the grilled fish."

Hui Chun, who was at the dinner table, saw this scene and expressed confusion.

"It's nothing, have you finished eating?"

"Take these back after you finish eating."

Tokidachi threw the B-level cards he could give to the opponent, as well as all the cube coins.

He wants both of these cards.

The reason why I laughed just now was because I saw that [Sneak Attack Master] and [Blood Cutting Knife] can also be fused.

And, the results were pretty good.

【Sneak Attack Master】

Balanced, 30 points, A
Attack 40, 100/100
[Noble-Passive]: The score of the sneak attack master -5
[Benevolence - Passive]: The score of the sneak attack master -5
[Gift-Passive]: The sneak attack master's attack has the [bleed] effect.

[Martial Virtue - Passive]: The sneak attack master's normal attack priority is raised to the unveiling stage

([Bleeding]: Continuously receiving 10 points of irreducible damage, any recovery effect can be eliminated)

This entry for [Sneak Attack Master] adheres to the consistent style and follows the route of antonyms.

But the key point is that under the influence of [Martial Virtue], the high priority of [Gift] is equivalent to losing its meaning, and even something will happen.

That is, the enemy's [Quick Purification] and [First Aid] in this round cannot solve [Bleeding] originally, but because [Bleeding] was applied during the unveiling phase, it will cause [Quick Purification] to be released in the action phase of this round. It can be solved with [First Aid].

For Tokidachi, this is not acceptable.

So he chose another answer, [Martial Arts Tower Master].

Yes, even though it is a dragon head, it is still a human-shaped card.

The dragon-headed man in the projection turned into a flaming fist on one side and a blood-red sword on the other.

【Budo Pagoda Master】

Balanced, 40 points, A
Attack 40, 100/100
[Fire Ripple Fist-Passive]: The attack of the martial arts tower master has the effect of [ignite]

[Blood-cutting Dragon Knife-Passive]: The attack of the martial arts tower master has the [bleeding] effect.

[Rising Dragon Roar-Passive]: In the round when the master of the Martial Arts Tower reveals the cards, all enemies will be dealt 10 points of [real damage] that cannot be [defended] when they reveal their cards.

[Kung Fu Leader-Passive]: When the master of the martial arts tower is the trump card, if all the regular cards are revealed and they are kung fu cards and have seven series, the master of the martial arts tower will be automatically revealed
([Bleeding]: Continuously receiving 10 points of irreducible damage, any recovery effect can be eliminated)

In this way, it becomes a dual-effect card.

[Bleeding] and [Ignite] are somewhat complementary to each other.

[Bleeding] requires a recovery effect to resolve, while [Ignite] can limit the recovery effect to a certain extent.

You must know that if you had not accidentally lost a card in the card game with the horns and the layout was disrupted, this card could have been revealed in advance.

When all regular cards are revealed, it means that the game has entered the later stage.

In the late game and the endgame, as the number of cards on both sides decreases, the game often becomes slower and slower.

In that round, it took 5 or 6 rounds from all my regular cards to the trump card.

And you must know that it is still self-exposure caused by [Full Penetration].

So just imagine, if the trump card in that game can be revealed in advance, how many more rounds of output can be played.

Now with the addition of [Bleeding], the output will be even higher.

The only small drawback is that the two special attacks [Ignite] and [Bleed] are high priority.

It's a bit of a waste if it appears on the same card.

But also acceptable.

After seeing off Anichun, Shi immediately got the upgraded [Double Stick Goblin] and [Martial Arts Tower Master].

Having used up all his wealth, he would not be able to stir up any trouble in the next few days of rest.

He simply took a good rest, just in time to help Sword Spirit collect the fragments. During these running days, he also accumulated a lot of fatigue.

In this way, a few days passed quickly.

On this day, Tokidachi controlled the small ball of light puppet and came to the contestants' bench again.

At this time, only Feng Xiaohu, Fichun, Qingyu, Pingju and Xiang Qi were left in their small team.

Shesdel and V-50 have both been eliminated, the competition is so cruel.

Tokidachi and his team had three players break through the group stage this year, which is a good result that they haven't had in a long time.

After all, only one representative from many cities qualified, and more often the entire army was wiped out.

On the contrary, the representatives of Lanlan City are very powerful, and they are all still standing strong, with as many as 7 of them.

Since it is a knockout round, the schedule for this stage is much tighter.

第1天上午，进行的是第1组第1名VS第2组第2名，以及第2组第1名VS第1组第2名。

In the afternoon it was Group 3 and Group 4.

That is, 4 groups will be played in one day, and 32 groups will be played in 8 days.

It was the morning of the third day in Team 9 where Tokidachi was.

He will face off against the second place player in Group 10.

The first game in the morning also included representatives from Lanlan City.

This card game can only be described as mediocre in terms of excitement.

As the second-placed representative of Group 2, the Lanlan City representative made a huge mistake in the early stage and was beaten by his opponents at every opportunity.

In the end, he was defeated without even revealing the opponent's trump card.

After a long period of commercials and song and dance programs, the second game in the morning began.

"I'm a little concerned about this one."

Anichun was not affected by the elimination of his comrades from the same city, and expressed that he was very concerned about this second card game.

More specifically, focus on the 2st place in the 1nd group.

The player who had left a deep impression on him in the dungeon stage cast a spell.

"This guy's behavior is too arrogant, so I specially hired someone to investigate him."

Speaking of this person, Feng Xiaohu seemed to have something to say. He looked at the crowd and said, "Guess what."

"How to say."

In fact, Tokidachi is also paying some attention to this player.

I watched the match in Group 2 and felt that the opponent had hidden a lot of strength.

Not only is the strength of the deck average, but there are also some unnoticeable leaks on the card table.

This shows that all the cards in the group stage are under his control.

On the surface, it looked like a stumbling block, but in fact, I still got first place.

"The people who helped me investigate were very professional and had special channels for collecting information."

"The result is that from various indications, he is indeed using his real image and real name."

"This guy belongs to the time-traveling generation, which means he is a time-traveler, not a descendant of aborigines or time-travelers."

"He comes from an ancient world of high martial arts and fantasy, and his power system is close to becoming an immortal but not yet."

"Then the time that traveled back was... only one year."

As soon as Feng Xiaohu finished speaking, everyone looked at Shi Li.

They also know some of the current situation. It has been nine or ten months since they traveled back in time, more than half a year.

If calculated in terms of time, players who have traveled this length of time are truly novices.

So I didn't expect that besides Tokidachi, there would be other newbies from different genres who would also reach the knockout stage.

"interesting."

Everyone looked at Shi Li, but after Shi Li listened, they looked at Shi Mo.

"But do you know where the strangest part is?"

"The reason is that I can't find any historical records of his playing games."

Feng Xiaohu pointed out the key point.

"How is this possible? Even if it doesn't work out, we should leave a record of the city's qualifying games, right?"

Pingju was the first to express confusion.

"No, I heard that in some remote cities, there really aren't many people playing cards."

Qingyu retorted.

"If there are too few people signing up for the competition, it will be a direct promotion and there will be no need to compete at all."

"Of course, I just heard about it."

She spread her hands.

The Cube Metaverse includes many races and many people.

There are many people who just want to live and work in peace and contentment and enjoy life peacefully.

Not everyone likes playing cards, and they are certainly qualified to like other things.

For example, the world here is so large, with all kinds of landforms and environments.

For those who like to travel, it may be an area that cannot be visited in a lifetime.

And there must be some among these people who hate playing cards.

Then people are divided into groups, and there are indeed some small towns where residents are completely uninterested in playing cards.

But the city competition treats everyone equally. Even a small city like this will get 1 or 2 places to participate.

If you compete in a place like this, you may indeed be able to catch a direct train.

After all, there are no competitors, and registration equals promotion.

Of course, it’s not easy to move to a small town like this to get a place to compete due to bugs.

First of all, you have to be strong, otherwise it won’t make much sense if you just go home during the dungeon stage.

In addition, you need to live in the local area for a long enough time to obtain representative qualifications.Only new players like Tokidachi who have a short travel time can reduce the residence time requirement to a certain extent.

It's very likely that this is how this magician obtained a direct quota.

"No wonder he dares to be so arrogant. It turns out that he is not worried about being found out about his card game history."

Hearing this, Hui Chun said that he understood.

"But I did find out information about one of his poker players."

At this time, Feng Xiaohu continued: "His talent as a poker player seems to be that he can travel back and forth to his native world."

"Oh?"
Hearing this, everyone raised their eyebrows and felt strange.

"It's just a trip back and forth to the original world. It doesn't seem to be anything special."

Qingyu asked doubtfully.

"No, it's not just a round trip."

"He regards the original world as a copy world."

When Feng Xiaohu said this, everyone finally understood.

In other words, the opponent's deck is very likely to come from the same world.

Ping Ju: "Before, what did you say his native world was, the ancient fantasy world of high martial arts?"

Feng Xiaohu: "That's right."

Tokidachi: "In my own native world... would the card-drawing shipment rate be higher?"

Feng Xiaohu: "As far as I know, there is such a saying."

Xiang Qi: "Wouldn't that mean that, for example, if he beat up everyone in a certain sect in his native world, or even wiped them out, there would be a greater probability that he would be more likely to form a sect than others. A complete deck?"

Feng Xiaohu: "You can say that."

Qingyu: "Actually, it doesn't need to be as cruel as you say. He only needs to spend all his time in the dungeon getting along with the sect members to increase the probability of the card pool."

Anichun: "Hey, what sect he said he came from before, do you still remember?"

Shi Li: "..., Poison Corpse Sect."

Anichun: "Wow, wow, this name doesn't sound easy to offend."

Just like Hui Chun said, don't expect a bunch of poison cards and mourning beast cards to come.

"But whether we will meet him or not is another matter. The game has already begun."

Shi Li, whose eyes barely left the card table, reminded everyone.

In front of the card table, Brother Wu, who ranked second in the first group, and Shi Mo, who ranked first in the second group.

In fact, unlike Huichun and the others, Brother Wu is also a player that he is paying close attention to right now.

Now the opponent's huge projection is standing in front of me. I don't know why, but the feeling of familiarity is getting stronger and stronger.

In a moment, both sides had already laid out their decks.

Sister Tuozi: [Here we see contestant Wu Big Brother, who was the first to reveal his first line of cards]

Curator Feng: [Um...]

"Well……"

Off the court, Shi Li's reaction was the same as Director Feng's.

"The game is over."

He even said so.

"Huh?"
Everyone in Qingyu didn't react for a while, they all looked at him.

"Look carefully, the three first row cards he revealed are exactly the same as those in the group stage."

Shi Li pointed to the card table.

"Oh, how come you still remember so clearly."

"Yeah, I've long forgotten what deck he had before."

"According to what you said, it's true."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it seems there is no suspense in this one."

After Shi Li said this, they all woke up one after another.

Sure enough, after this card game, it can be said that the magic was relatively easy, and he won the victory.

Unlike Brother Wu, the cards he pulled out in this round were basically new.

It's just that the strength is a bit lacking, so I took out 3 A-level cards, and the rest were all B-level cards.

Putting this intensity in the group stage, it is only the upper reaches of the T3 level.

But he couldn't help but be very targeted, and he controlled Brother Wu's deck to death.

The only amazing thing about Brother Wu's deck is that he labels it and then forcibly restrains it.

Then in terms of strength, it is actually very average. It is also 3A + all B. The key points are basically the same as what was shown in the group stage before.

This was the key to his defeat.

"In the knockout rounds, who will be in the group stage? Isn't this waiting to lose?"

Shi Li spread his hands.

Although he paid attention to Brother Wu, it was just attention.

There is no personal emotion involved. Whether the other party wins or loses has nothing to do with him.

"..."

Xiang Qi next to him was unhappy when he heard this: "Thank you, I feel offended."

"It's okay, I'll still use the sword deck when the time comes."

As a result, Shili patted him.

"???, didn't you just say that the old deck was waiting to lose in the knockout round?"

Xiang Qi was confused.

"Oh, I'm different."

"You are different."

"I'm stronger."

"I think you have double standards."

"As long as you can win, why do you talk so much nonsense?"

"But you haven't won yet!"

Amid the bickering between Tokidachi and Xiangqi, the morning match officially came to an end.

What a few people didn't notice was that when Brother Wu came off the stage, he looked at them deeply.

The main reason is that now their entire group carries the codename Wang Defa, and Brother Wu can't tell which one is Shili.

The afternoon game was much more intense than the morning game.

All four players took out new and stronger decks.

There were only 4 games in one day, and the audience was very excited to watch.

Shi Li didn't miss any of the games in the past two days, and they all came to watch the games.

Because it was a knockout round, he could clearly tell that the players were working harder than in the group stage.

In the previous group stage, there were only 5 T7 players with A-level cards between 2 and 7.

And if Tokichi remembers correctly, among the first eight groups, there was only one T8 player.

结果现在前面8个小组的T2选手一下子就多出了4位，数量已经超过小组赛的一半了，要知道8天的赛程这才过了2天而已。

[Dear viewers, good morning!I am your hunchback sister! 】

[Hello everyone, I am Director Feng]

When the two commentators' voices rang out as usual, Tokidachi appeared on the stage.

Sister Hunchback: [What will be held this morning is the showdown between the qualifying players of Group 9 and the qualifying players of Group 10]

Director Feng: [Haha, speaking of group 9, the chess group of player No. 2 is really impressive]

Sister Hunchback: [Indeed, the performance of the No. 2 King’s deck in the group stage can already be called a T0 level existence]

[It’s hard to believe that he only appeared in 2nd place]

Curator Feng: [In a card game, victory or defeat is often decided in a matter of seconds]

[You cannot make a judgment solely based on the strength of the deck]

Sister Hunchback: [Oh?So Director Feng is more optimistic about the No. 1 player? 】

Director Feng: [Hehehe, I am more optimistic about the side that wins today]

Director Feng did not fall for the trap. While they were discussing, the two contestants were already in place.

Before placing the cards, Shi Li looked at the opponent.

The opponent on the other side also used the original form of a small light group just like him.

"Hello, I'm a rice farmer."

"Hello, Wang Defa."

The other party greeted him politely, but Tokidachi just wanted to complain.

Rice farmer, these three code names are on the head of that little light ball.

But when he looked at it, he felt like he was a loser.

Soon, the two sides finished playing cards.

【Ding! 】

With a crisp sound from the card table, the card game officially began.

"It's ugly."

Gan Daofu was the first to reveal his card.

The first thing he unveiled was the scene card.

"This card..."

Looking at the opponent's scene card, Shi Li frowned slightly.

……

……

Monthly pass
(Correction:
Because [Coating]: Immune control + negative debuff
[Hegemony]: Immune control (including soft control, hard control and forced displacement)
There are overlapping and conflicting functions between the two.

Therefore, [Coating] is modified to: Immune to negative debuffs (excluding soft control, hard control and forced displacement)
above. )
(End of this chapter)