Sorry, I don't play poker on luck

"No need, it's not good to hurt innocent people."

Regarding the straw man's proposal, Shi Li shook his head: "And that would be too troublesome."

If you want to control the blood in every game, when will you have to fight.

"I agree, don't force it."

Rhodes nodded.

It is good for poker players to play too many cards in a row.

Even if the opponent is all young people, they will get tired if they play too much.

Because it's not the little ones who are exhausting, but the poker table itself is maintained by the spirit of the players. Simply standing on the poker table will consume energy.

If he forced his way into the small town, he might be in the arms of the opposite party.

At that time, after they spend too much energy on the little minions, the right-hearted players hiding in the dark will come out to harvest them who are not in good condition.

"And now there's a problem."

Shi Li went on to say: "We only know that the opponent's player should be hiding in the guard team, but who exactly..."

"I can only use the mirror to take pictures one by one."

Rhodes said the only solution.

They don't know how many guards there are, but just the sound of it makes people feel very overwhelmed.

So Shi Li could only start the analysis on the spot.

"Generally speaking, those who can directly negotiate with Atubo in the name of the guard must be upper-level figures."

"In addition, there is only one person on the other side, so we should ignore those low-level people."

"From the top of the guard, start looking from top to bottom one by one."

When he said this, Mushroom and Rhodes looked at each other.

"Palan." x2

The first candidate and the most suspicious name appeared.

"That captain, I disliked him from the very beginning. This kid may be of the race of insect elves, or he may have used some kind of camouflage."

Rhodes came as an afterthought.

"You can find him."

Shi Li agreed with the suspect: "If it's him, we'll do it directly. If it's not, we'll explain the whole story to him and ask him to help find the real culprit."

"But how are we going to find Palan exactly?"

Mushroom asked again.

"Let's not go to him, let him come to us."

Shi Li said this, and then looked at Rhodes: "Go and find Xixi."

"You want me to kidnap her again?"

Rhodes was taken aback.

"Um, of course not."

Shi Li turned around and was stunned.

"Aren't you going to get smaller? I want you to call her."

When they escaped from prison before, they saw the talent of Rhodes' player.

It can shrink itself and become like a real moth.

"Okay, you guys give me some time, I'll look for it, but is that girl really trustworthy?"

Rhodes moved his muscles and bones, ready to start.

"You explain the ins and outs to her, and let her decide if she comes or not."

"If she refuses, then we'll make another plan."

Shi Li said so.

"OK."

So Rhodes gradually shrunk in size, and then flapped his wings and flew towards the town.

"If he becomes like this, he won't be eaten by some bird or frog gecko halfway."

Mushroom watched the opponent fly away.

"Forehead……"

Immediately seeing Rhode's flight path obviously paused.

Several hours passed after Rhodes left, and he didn't know if it went well or not.

It wasn't until the sun rose and illuminated the whole town that they saw Xixi's figure approaching from a distance looking around.

hum!

A small flying insect landed first and turned into Rhodes.

"Look, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

He pointed Shili to Xixi and waited for someone.

"you……"

But when Xixi came to Shili, she didn't know what to say.

She had no sense of trust in Rhodes.

What's more, what they are talking about is so mysterious, what demon messengers are trying to subvert the world with worsening diseases, they are messengers of justice and so on.

If it wasn't for the location being in the small town, if he hadn't played Shi Li's name, she would have immediately called the guards.

After a long time of thinking, I finally decided to come and have a look.

"So, what exactly do you want, what do you want me to do?"

There were a bunch of other questions, but Chihi decided to ask this one first.

"It's easy, tell us where Paran is."

Shi Li replied.

"Don't look for it, I'm right here."

Unexpectedly, before Xixi could answer, a team of guards appeared from the dark place of the house.

And Palan stood among them.

"Palan! Are you following me?"

"Activate the barrier, don't let them get away."

Palan ignored Xixi's questioning and raised his hand.

"yes!"

The adjutant next to him directly crushed the crystal in his hand.

hum!

A transparent barrier instantly rose to cover the entire Shupan town.

And they are on the edge of the town, and now it is equivalent to having an extra wall behind them.

"not good!"

Rhodes reached out and touched the transparent wall, his expression changed.

It's so airtight that even a mosquito can't fly out.

"What are you afraid of, grass!"

The straw man turned around and punched the wall.

Boom!

As a result, it was shaken to a point where nothing happened, but nothing happened to the wall.

Obviously, there was no way to escape violently this time.

"Captain Palan, do you want to have a private chat?"

Shi Li was not panicked, trying to negotiate with the other party.

"Hey, there's nothing to talk to him about."

But at this moment, the mushroom next to him patted him.

The Paran shown in the mirror in its hand is a reverse mirror image.

This guy is a right-hearted person, and it's a real hammer.

That being the case, there is nothing to say.

The eyes of the four of them exchanged instantly, and then they all made their marks together.

call out! x4

The four marks hit Palan's body almost in no particular order.

Almost, meaning is not really in no particular order.

The first to hit Palan's mark came from Rhodes.

hum!

The blue beam of light fell, and the card table spread out.

"Huh?"

However, Rhodes was taken aback when he looked at the card table in front of him.

Because he suddenly found out... only himself!

At that moment, each of them, one mushroom and one grass, were actually frozen!

"Aren't you surprised?"

Palan seems to have expected this situation.

This is his player talent - [Outnumbered].

When you are initiated by other players in a PVP game of life and death, you will not enter the NV1 mode, but will switch to multiple 1V1 games.

"What are you doing, this is!"

This time, Rhodes panicked a little.

And the opponent is actually one level higher than himself, a LV26 player.

Going back to Shi Li's perception, he didn't know what happened.

All he knew was that he had seen Palan standing opposite, with a trace of exhaustion on his face.

"Why is it only me?"

He looked around, the straw man and the mushroom were still frozen, and Rhodes disappeared.

[Successfully mark other source players, life and death PVP game starts]

【Winner Rewards Number of Draws】

[The loser will be expelled from the dungeon, and the number of card draws will be reset to 0]

[It is detected that the source player is LV26]

[Level ratio is 6:26]

[If you defeat the opponent, you can get 10 chances to draw cards]

As soon as these subtitles popped up, he probably understood what was going on.

Although I don't know what went wrong, but now I am 1V1 with the other party.

"Hey... LV6 player?"

Palan couldn't help smiling.

The oppressive feeling of winning the hard battle just now subsided in an instant.

"Forget it, as a rookie, being able to stand across from my poker table is considered an outstanding performance."

He spread out his hands and began to place his cards.

"..."

Shi Li looked at the other party's posture, so he didn't say anything else.

Now that the card tables are all set up, there is really no way out.

What's more, draw cards 10 times.

How great!

The first thing to determine is the scene card.

Perhaps because the enchantment of Shupan Town fell into the opponent's hands, there was one less optional scene card this time.

[Wrath of Nature]: Select a target every round and attack it by 50 points

[Natural Moisturizing]: Select a target every round, and perform 50 points of [Healing] on it

The previous [Town Tree Disk] is gone.

But no matter how you say it, this D-level scene card that has been blessed by the dungeon is more fragrant than my own.

Without any hesitation, he chose [Natural Moisturizing].

You must know that even if all the 7 cards you play are monster cards, [Hundred Monster Night Walk] can only restore 35 HP in one round at most.

And this [Natural Moisturizing] is directly 50 points.

How can a long flow of fine water be more refreshing than a long flow of big water?

Then, his deck was laid out.

After the two placed their cards, they directly entered the unveiling stage.

Snapped!

The first thing Palan revealed was his scene card.

【rumble! 】

I saw half of his card table suddenly turned into scorched earth burning with flames.

【The Burning Land】

scene, C

[Attachment]: The direct attack of one's own card can cause the target to be [ignited] for 1 round

[Turning Fire]: Every round, make 1 card of the enemy get [Preheating] for 1 round

([Ignite]: All healing effects are halved)

([Preheating]: Your own fire cards can trigger additional effects)

"Huh?"

What Shi immediately noticed was not the effect of this card, but...it was only a C-rank card?

If I remember correctly, LV25 players like Rhodes can get B-level scene cards here.

The opponent is LV26, there is no reason why they can't get it.

"Could it be that you were rejected by the will of the world?"

But he immediately thought of the answer.

"Hmph, so what."

Palan doesn't deny it.

Then, he unveiled his three first row cards in one go.

【Roar! 】x3

Three cards, all the same.

A humanoid monster with flames burning on its body, its skin is cracked and uneven like lava.

【Fireman】

Berserk, 30 points, D

Attack 30, 100/100

[Hot Fist - Passive]: When Pyro attacks a target with [Preheat], it will cause an additional 10 points of real damage

These three cards are typical attacking first row cards.

And with the [preheating] effect, it can exert greater benefits.

Don't look at it as a D-rank card, but this [True Damage] alone is worth enough.

Shi Li looked at the card on the opposite side, and then at Palan.

After a short thought, he planned to try another poker table style today, nonsense flow.

"Some players, especially in the first row of cards, like to use the three-of-a-kind tactic."

"There are several benefits to this tactic."

I saw him stretching out his fingers and talking eloquently.

"First, the card faces are exactly the same, and the card labels are also the same. It is easier to generate a linkage fetter, or the subsequent unveiling of the card is easier to generate a linkage fetter."

"Second, it's like three cards, making it impossible for the opponent to judge where their trump card is."

"In general, it is a practical tactic used by many people."

"But I don't like that tactic, you know why."

He looked at each other.

"Why?"

Palan is also an experienced poker player, and he put on an attitude of "I'll see how you plan to pretend".

He has seen this kind of routine before, as long as he is mentally prepared in advance and keeps his emotions from fluctuating, he will not be affected by the other party.

"Because this tactic has its advantages but also its disadvantages."

"That's because the cards are too uniform and lack flexible changes."

"And it's also easier to be targeted later."

Shi Li gave the reason.

"Are you done, that's it?"

Palan was a little disappointed, thinking that the other party would analyze why.

It seems that LV6 players still can't look forward to it.

"Well, it's over."

Shili flicked his fingers.

Ding!

[Aww! 】

The huge muscular half-dead monster crawled out from the card.

"?"

Palan looked at the cards, then fell silent: "..."

He repeated the advantages and disadvantages that the other party had counted just now.

"The homogeneity of the cards makes it impossible for the opponent to judge where the trump card is."

"The cards are uniform and lack flexibility."

"Easy to be targeted."

"Isn't your own first line of cards the same way!"

It's impossible not to complain.

"No, not the same."

"What's the difference?!"

"I only have one card."

"..."

Palan felt that the blood vessels on his forehead were slightly swollen, as if his blood pressure had risen a little.

(Damn it, it was actually pretended by him.)

He really didn't expect that the opponent would adopt the same tactics as himself after making some preparations.

Well, let's call it a minor variant.

But practically all the same.

After the unveiling was completed, both parties entered into the operation.

In the first round, Shi Li didn't hesitate at all.

I chose [Defense] directly. After all, [Giant Sang Yao] is passive here, and only [Defense] can make it play its greatest value.

【Roar! 】x3

Just as it held its head in defense, the three flame monsters on the opposite side rushed over.

One punch at a time, hitting them mercilessly.

-

10, -10, -10

Three damage numbers popped up, and then three popping sounds were heard.

Boom! Boom! Boom! -

10, -10, -10

[Warmup] The real damage triggered by it has been hit.

After all the attacks were over, a green light fell and shone on Sang Yao.

+25

The effect of [Ignite] reduces the healing by half.

There is a saying that Palan's [Burning Land] is quite restrained [Natural Moisture], directly turning it into half a card.

But in this round, [Giant Sang Yao] lost 35 HP, which is acceptable.

If he didn't [defend], he would have been knocked out by 120 points of damage, and even if he added 25 points of [healing], he would only have 105 HP left.

In the card replacement stage, Palan replaced a card.

But Shi Li used dazzling tricks to make the other party wonder if he had a substitute card.

The unveiling stage is coming.

"There are also high and low points among the cards of the same type in the first row."

"This round, you are at a loss."

Palan has the advantage of the card, and his momentum has picked up.

"It's not a loss to lose first."

But Shi Li showed a mysterious smile: "Where do you think all the points I left from the first row of cards have gone?"

As soon as these words came out, Palan frowned secretly.

Indeed, the opponent saved 30 points in the first line.

Generally speaking, at this time, there will definitely be a big card with 60 points in the second row.

"Come, let me see you."

Sure enough, he heard Shi Li say that right away, and flicked his fingers.

Ding!

[Follow up, follow up! 】

A fox-headed woman jumped out of the cards.

"Well!"

Palan subconsciously covered his chest: "Are you playing with me?"

This card is just an ordinary split card.

【Fox Head Guard Officer】

Listening to the wind, 30 points, C

Attack 30, 100/100, 3/3

[Reading Accumulation-Passive]: When the fox head guard reveals the card, gain 3 points of energy

[Vine Seed Explosion - 3 points of energy]: The fox head guard chooses 3 targets to reveal, and deals 20 points of damage respectively, making them fall into 1 round [coil]

([Entangled]: The target cannot perform [Move])

And after watching the cards, he immediately relaxed a little.

At the beginning, you can use the AOE listening card, which looks good, but it is not enough.

Fortunately, I have a set of tactical ideas, and I am not disturbed by the other party's language.

"Say goodbye to your big guy."

I saw Palan put away the cards and dropped them.

Snapped!

[Flame Spear, attack! 】

The card was flipped, and a guy who looked like a ghost knight rushed out of the beam of light on the card.

It's just that what comes out of it is not ghostly green air, but raging flames.

Even the horses under the seat are the same.

【Fire Knight】

Chase, 40 points, C

Attack 30, 100/100, 0/4

[Burning Wind-Passive]: Flame Knight's attack power -10, but every point of energy possessed, attack power +5

[Flame Spear Explosion - Passive]: When the Fire Knight attacks a target with [Preheat], ignore its [Defense]

This is a card that needs to be warmed up, sacrificing 10 points of attack power, but after the warm-up is completed, it has up to 50 points of attack power.

And it only takes 2 rounds to gain an attack power equal to the score.

Don't look at him, this is still just a C-level card, but this deck is specially built to match [Burning Land].

It can be said that under the [warm-up], the combat power of these C-level cards is no less than that of B-level cards.

From the beginning of the game, Palan grasped one important point.

That is, don't worry about anything else, just quickly kill the first row of cards on the opposite side.

Killing one card means that the entire line of cards on the opposite side is gone, and the lineup in the back row is completely exposed in front of him.

[Tie it all up! 】

【Roar! 】x3

【Flame Gun! 】

When the action phase came, the card projections on both sides went back and forth, fighting into a ball.

After this round, the cards for both sides are as follows:

【Cover】【Cover】【Knight】

【Fireman 80】【Fireman 80】【Fireman 80】

vs.

[Giant Sang Yao 100]

【Fox Head】【Cover】【Cover】

Palan loses 60 points of blood, and immediately loses 100 points of blood.

Judging from the board, Shi Li was already at a clear disadvantage.

"What, don't you want to say goodbye?"

"But isn't my card still standing here?"

But Shi Li didn't seem to panic.

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