My Cards are Infinitely Refreshed

168: Top 16, free flyingChapter 168: Top 16, Free Flying

“The next student to compete is—Student Shi Li.”

“It’s finally my turn.”

When his name was called by the teacher, Shi Li stood up.

He had waited so long he was getting sleepy.

“Good luck, Shi Li.”

“You’ve got this.”

“Finish quickly, so we’ll have time for hot pot.”

His roommates sent him their Blessings.

“The student competing against Shi Li is—Fernando.”

“Woah! Why are you guys holding me?!”

“I’ve got him pinned down for you.”

“Quick, kill him.”

A Ya Jun and Chang Zhun held Gong Ping down, one on each side.

“Never mind, never mind.”

Shi Li waved his hand and walked onto the stage.

“Hello, Student Shi Li.”

Fernando had naturally curly hair and a friendly smile.

“Hello.”

Shi Li gestured for him to proceed, then began placing his cards.

Soon, both sides had finished placing their cards.

Shi Li was the first to reveal his cards.

His first row consisted of [Demon-Defeating Dark Hunter] + [bo shan] + [Jumping Guard].

Along with them, [cloud river] was also revealed.

“Thank you for the match.”

After seeing his four cards, Fernando also revealed his first row of cards.

And surprisingly, he also revealed four cards.

Three damage-absorbing cards in the first row, and one output card in the second row.

That output card, in a sense, was a linked card, [Damn Broken Scrap Metal!]

Its card projection showed a super muscular man, far exceeding human proportions, with nothing on his entire body.

Only his private parts emitted light, serving as a cover.

[Dismantling Muscle Man]

Rage, 30 points, Three-star attack 30, 100/100

[Machine Hatred - Characteristic]: When an enemy’s revealed first-row card includes a machine card, Dismantling Muscle Man is revealed simultaneously. [Dismantling Expert - Passive]: When Dismantling Muscle Man attacks a machine card, it converts to [True Damage].

[Machine Nemesis - Passive]: When Dismantling Muscle Man attacks a machine card, attack power +10.

[Gene Injection - 50 Health Points]: Dismantling Muscle Man converts [True Damage] to [Absolute Damage] for this match.

“I knew you’d link cards in your first row, sorry about that, but I also have a linked reveal, and it Counters your cards.”

To be honest, Shi Li was the opponent Fernando most wanted to face in the placement matches.

Because Shi Li was the freshman with the most machine cards, and the most powerful machine cards.

If he didn’t encounter Shi Li, he felt that his unique machine-countering card would be underutilized.

“As soon as I quickly break through your two machine cards, your lineup will rapidly collapse and disintegrate.”

“Sore wa dou kana.”

Shi Li’s expression remained unchanged as he placed a hand card on the table: “This turn, I will use this [LV2 Defense].”

“Heh heh, do you think I didn’t watch your matches last week? You’re trying to trick me into using my [LV2 Counter], aren’t you?”

Fernando chuckled softly.

“Heh heh, this little foreigner clearly doesn’t understand Shi Li’s cunning—”

Below the stage, Gong Ping let out a cold laugh.

Chang Zhun: “Why does it feel like he’s doing the actual work, but you’re the one acting all high and mighty?”

A Ya Jun: “So, is what Fernando said wrong?”

In fact, neither Chang Zhun nor A Ya Jun noticed anything amiss.

From their perspective, just like Fernando’s, Shi Li was simply repeating his previous move.

However, this time, Gong Ping was finally right.

Fernando’s thinking was, since you revealed [Demon-Defeating Dark Hunter] in the first row, it must be to let it release [Anti-Magic Markings] to protect your hand cards.

Since he couldn’t stop Shi Li’s hand cards, he just needed to do his own thing.

So he played his hand card.

Fernando: “[LV2 Defense].”

Shi Li: “[LV2 Counter].”

Fernando: “?”

He clearly placed [LV2 Defense] on the table, and the table recognized it as effective.

Why did [LV2 Counter] come out instead?!

This is unscientific!

“Hahahahaha! See?!”

Seeing this, Gong Ping was the loudest laugher: “A bunch of country bumpkins, you’ve never seen Shi Li cheat before, have you?!”

His laughter was naturally annoying, but it was undeniable that Shi Li was truly amazing.

“This technique—it’s too magical.”

“How did he do that? Are you sure he’s not doing magic?”

“The most crucial thing is that he successfully nullified Fernando’s [LV2 Defense].”

“This opens up a lot of operational space.”

After both sides finished playing their hand cards, the character cards began to move.

In fact, from the perspective of character card actions alone, Shi Li didn’t gain much.