Zhong Yi's current gaming experience was:
Crawling.
Frantic crawling.
Under the influence of the treasure map event, the layout of the second floor of the Immortal Tower had become extremely treacherous.
The originally diverse paths were forcibly separated in the middle by the treasure map room.
This meant everyone had to face the terror of the elite monsters head-on, with no option to take a detour.
Even though it was a low-difficulty Immortal Tower, Zhong Yi felt the pressure maxed out.
Because the monsters' health had multiplied several times, and he still had three deadweights with him.
Most importantly, when climbing the tower in a team, the soul rewind function was no longer easy to use!
With even the slightest change in card order, the subsequent situation would shift accordingly.
When playing solo, Zhong Yi could easily replicate his previous actions and adjust key cards in crucial moments.
But in a multiplayer situation, all four people had to play in the exact same order as the previous round for it to possibly work, which greatly increased the complexity, so it was basically out of the question.
Without save-loading and with three burdens to drag along, Zhong Yi had no choice but to frantically crawl through the Immortal Tower.
Every time he played a card, he had to repeatedly calculate several outcomes in his mind, confirming he was pushing to the limit before making a move.
The flashy combos he originally wanted to play had to be shelved for now, and high-quality transitional cards outside his deck core had to be crammed in—otherwise, even reaching his final build would be impossible.
"Hahaha! Really worthy of Senior Brother Zhong, you can still win even like this!!"
Zhou Qiaoling pushed open the treasure map room, and when she opened the chest, she almost drooled.
"Wow!! So much money!!!"
In this Immortal Tower, where small monsters dropped a dozen or so Spirit Stones and elite monsters gave thirty to forty, a treasure map yielding 600 Spirit Stones was undoubtedly a gigantic fortune.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so difficult—after all, high risk meant high reward.
"You should definitely buy more combat cards, convert your economy into damage output. I might be a bit weaker later on."
Zhong Yi sighed and reminded her.
Having passed this ultimate tough challenge, from now on he would stop taking cards outside his core build and transition to streamlining his deck.
The playstyle he wanted to run required fewer cards to be better.
"Got it! I understand now~"
Zhou Qiaoling replied cheerfully with a smile.
...
Not long after.
The first battle after leaving the shop room.
"What the hell is [Kingdom Assets]!!??"
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...
After crawling for a long time,
the three finally reached the top of the third floor.
"This journey really hasn't been easy...!"
Zhou Yue looked at the final boss getting closer and closer, feeling a sense of emotion.
"No kidding—I haven't seen you activate even once~"
Zhou Qiaoling teased with a grin.
"You, what do you know... It's not my fault you two start up so fast, there's no room for me to shine."
Zhou Yue blushed a little. He had indeed been the most lackluster one throughout this trip.
He had focused too much on picking cards for his core build on the first floor, leaving his strength too weak, and it didn't start improving until the second floor.
But the other three were no slouches in combat either—often, before he could get going, the fight was already over.
Now that his deck was about eighty percent complete, Zhou Yue looked up to see the boss's name and immediately raised an eyebrow:
"Heh, this time the boss is actually an Experiment Subject?"
The Experiment Subject was one of the third-floor bosses.
It had three phases.
Each time a phase was killed, it would enter an invincible state once, waiting to transform into the next stage.
When it used its intangible state, it had a super defensive turn where it could only take 1 point of damage per hit, making it nearly invincible.
This thing was definitely a master at dragging out rounds—it would surely give him time to get his engine running!
Imagining the scene of himself surrounded by various glowing orbs, bursting down the Experiment Subject in one rotation, Zhou Yue couldn't help but curl his lips and smile confidently:
"Heh, just wait and watch my performance!"
Zhong Yi raised an eyebrow. He naturally knew what Zhou Yue wanted to do.
Wasn't it just maxing out on orbs and scattering light everywhere?
But he wasn't about to let Zhou Yue have his way.
Otherwise, how would he get to show off himself?
"Lao Zhou, you'll probably have to wait until next time to see your engine kick in~"
Zhong Yi laughed heartily and patted Zhou Yue on the shoulder.
"Heh, we'll see about that!"
Zhou Yue retorted defiantly.
Zhong Yi looked at the last stretch of the map.
A shop, a campfire, and then the final battle.
"Let's spend big at the shop—leave no Spirit Stones on us... then get some sleep! Prepare for the final fight!"
Zhong Yi said to the group, then turned and entered the shop, decisively starting to remove cards.
If he were playing alone, his deck would definitely be around fifteen cards right now.
Unfortunately, this time the pressure was high, and he had taken too many transitional cards, currently sitting at nineteen.
"Good thing [Add Fuel] and [Brand] are both here. It'll definitely work out this time..."
Zhong Yi shook his head and muttered to himself.
The others also began their own shopping sprees.
Among the four, Zhou Qiaoling was the richest.
Not only did she net 600 Spirit Stones from the treasure map on the second floor, but she had also been racking up extra Spirit Stones through [Greedy Hand] and [Kingdom Assets], making her wealth more than double that of the others.
After Zhong Yi stopped expanding his deck, Zhou Qiaoling really stepped up to carry the team.
It wasn't so much because her deck was impressive, but mainly that she spent a lot on artifacts, and she always managed to randomly roll top-tier ones—these were all solid boosts to combat power.
"Wow, so many gold cards??"
Zhou Qiaoling was almost drooling at the golden glow filling her sight.
"Ew, the artifacts this time are pretty lousy... I'll just buy cards instead!"
Zhou Qiaoling made up her mind and started picking cards.
"[Hammer Time]? A gold card I've never seen before! Take it, take it! ...Wait, what do you mean, when I forge, I also give a sword to my teammates? Hmph, lucky rotten older brother!"
"[Unmined Gem]? This gold card is strong! Take it, take it!"
"Out of money... Dang it! Did I spend too much before?"
"Can't waste any... Huh? Just enough to buy this discounted blue card? Buy, buy, buy!"
"Ptooey, ptooey! It actually gives cards to teammates?"
"Ah, forget it. Costs no spirit energy anyway—I'll just count it as accumulating good karma!"
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The three finished their preparations and entered the campfire.
"I'll say this only once: sleep! This is the final checkpoint, we can't afford to mess it up!"
Zhong Yi looked at them seriously.
"For sure, for sure!"
"No kidding, what else would we do besides sleep?"
"Whatever Senior Brother says!"
The three nodded in unison.
In an instant, the options above everyone's heads all displayed [Rest].
"Alright, I'll count down from three, and we'll all sleep together..."
Zhong Yi said with a satisfied smile, then raised three fingers.
"Three..."
"Two..."
"One!"
"Sleep!"
As soon as Zhong Yi said this, Mu Yawen's character immediately lay down to rest.
The other three looked at each other awkwardly.
The sly, scheming competition over knocking cards had always been like this.
"Senior Brother, I'm done resting... Why haven't you three come out yet?"
"Junior Brother Mu, you have a lot of health. Make sure to give us some extra defense at the start..."
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