National Fortune Golden Shovel: I Can See Hidden Bonds!

115: Chapter 116 Two Golden Shovels! Has the United States secured victory ahead of schedule?![ Stage 2-4 match concluded! ]

[ Lena vs. Shen Mo, Shen Mo wins! ]

[ Rankings updated! ]

[ Shen Mo, HP: 92! ]

[ Lena, HP: 90! ]

”It’s so intense! The quality of both their boards is very strong. One seems to be a Demon God, and the other is Faerie?”

”Yeah, I heard Faerie got buffed, and it’s true. The damage on that two-star Katarina is so high!”

”Hiss, but it’s a bit strange. Why did Katarina spin herself to death while spinning?”

Whispers of discussion broke out.

Some audience members had already realized something was wrong!

On the arena, the corners of Shen Mo’s mouth curled up slightly. ”Heh, look at my luck!”

Radiant Ionic Spark!

[ Radiant Ionic Spark: +15 Ability Power; +50 Magic Resist; +350 Health; Shreds 30% Magic Resist of enemies within 3 hexes. When an enemy casts a spell, deals magic damage equal to 200% of their maximum Mana cost, and heals the holder for 1.5% of their maximum Health per second! ]

Many people subconsciously think that the ’Ionic Spark’ item lacks tankiness, but that is a huge mistake.

It’s entirely due to being misled by the item’s icon. Take the Radiant items in Set 12 for example: the Radiant Spark not only has tankiness but also provides +350 Health and 1.5% healing per second!

It is absolutely an extremely high-quality frontline defensive item!

It crushes Astral Barrier of the same tier!

Not to mention that Shen Mo has the Hextech [ High Voltage ] augment on his board. With both bonuses combined, the Radiant Ionic Spark is absolutely a top-tier choice, bar none!

Lena had decent luck; her 2-star Katarina was equipped with Hand of Justice, and the damage was indeed good.

But Shen Mo also had a 2-star Mordekaiser!

Who’s to say who’s worse than whom?

A 2-star Mordekaiser carrying 2 Ionic Sparks would instantly delete Katarina the moment she got close, no questions asked.

”Shen Mo’s damage is a bit off, right? Katarina got deleted the moment she cast her skill?”

”I didn’t even see who attacked!”

Offstage, Xu Shijun from South Korea frowned and muttered to himself. Suddenly, his expression shifted, and he turned to smile at Bae Soo-hyun: ”Senior, have you figured out what the issue is?”

Park Bushun was connected remotely, so Bae Soo-hyun couldn’t lash out. He could only inwardly curse that this kid was truly scum—not only could he not figure it out himself, but he also had to build a persona of being ’open-minded and eager to learn’ in front of the leader.

”Pah! Today’s juniors are truly disgusting.”

Bae Soo-hyun pinched his nose and grunted: ”It should be the effect of that item, the ’Electric Spark Ring.’ It deals damage to enemies when they cast a skill, but the damage effect isn’t very high, and it has a certain distance restriction.”

”It can only be considered average. However, this guy Shen Mo has a Golden Ring, and with the stacking effect of the normal ring, that’s why the damage looks so high. Once the units’ HP increases in the late game, it won’t be of much use.”

Xu Shijun feigned sudden realization: ”Oh! So that’s how it is! Thank you, Senior!”

Park Bushun also nodded in satisfaction and spoke indifferently: ”Hmm... not bad. Shijun, if you don’t understand something, ask your senior more often. This is good; being open-minded and eager to learn is the very tradition of our great South Korea!”

”Yes! President Park! I will properly seek guidance from Senior!” Xu Shijun replied with a respectful face.

Bae Soo-hyun: ... ”Fine, fine, fine. Is that how you want to play it? Just wait... no, tomorrow! When you lose your match tomorrow, don’t come begging me!”

Bae Soo-hyun was so angry his teeth itched! He somewhat regretted coming to help with the match. Wasn’t it perfectly fine just chilling in the Second District? Why come here to take this crap!

The point is, even if they won, there was no benefit to him whatsoever! Xu Shijun would still be the one playing in the Final Trial. Old guys like them had already ascended the Gods Ladder; at most, he was just helping Xu Shijun grab some priority.

He had originally wanted to come over to take a look at Long Chen’s disciple. Well, great. Now he’d seen the disciple, the match was losing, and he had to endure this frustration!