My anime-style card deck is fine!

The battle begins, the battle ends.

Amon crushed his way through with the help of Litten, and this performance finally piqued the interest of some viewers, but only a little.

Because compared to Amon, who is only now slowly gaining strength.

In this exam, the other candidates started working hard very early on. While Amon was still playing with the cats and pigs, the strongest candidate had already broken through to the thirtieth level in one go!

Now it has far surpassed Amon.

However, Amon didn't care, or rather, it was only natural that he fell behind!

After all, this is the ultimate national college entrance examination!

Those who choose to participate in this second exam are all candidates who are exceptionally confident in their card-making abilities. After receiving three high-quality blank cards from the college entrance examination team, they will naturally do their best to make cards as soon as possible!

Three proper blank cards are something that Pokémon whose levels are deliberately lowered by Amon in order to make better use of discarded cards can't compare to!

The theme of this year's college entrance examination is [card making]!

A skilled card maker can use these three blank cards to create amazing card games!

Therefore, Amon was not surprised at all that some people could clear the game quickly; in fact, what puzzled him was that they had cleared the game so few times.

Amon quickly realized the subtle psychological trap in the first level.

This initially designed trap didn't seem like a big deal at first, but the psychological pressure on the test takers only increased as time went on!

Candidates who wasted a blank card will naturally become increasingly anxious as they watch their scores climb higher on the leaderboard.

Those who choose to ignore the traps may find themselves wondering, when looking at the rankings, whether they have given up a good opportunity that was once within reach.

This psychological pressure will accumulate more and more before the actual meeting with the candidate!

This creates a prisoner's dilemma in a certain sense!

Of course, to use Amon's words, it would be like saying, "Stop rolling it up like a pretzel!"

Therefore, compared to those top candidates who used all sorts of methods and twisted their efforts into something extraordinary, Amon's efficiency was extremely low, and apart from a few people who were paying attention to Amon, very few people were paying attention to him anymore.

After all, Amon wasn't the only outstanding candidate.

"boom!"

A torrent of flames spewed from the Firefly's mouth, and the scattered flames created a fire pit around it.

It burned all the surrounding trees to ashes, and the old tree spirit in the very center of the forest, amidst its wailing cries, was finally reduced to a pile of charred remains.

—【Flamethrower】!

Yes, after conquering four rooms in a row and being fed a lot of experience candies, Litten has reached level 30 and officially obtained the signature fire-type move called [Flamethrower]!

—Pokémon Move: Flamethrower—

Attribute: Fire

Level: (corresponds to the level of the Pokémon holding this card)

Type: Magic

Related terms: [Pokémon skills]

Effect 1: Flamethrower - This card can only be used by a specific [Pokémon] on the field. It unleashes a flame attack in front of it, dealing 190% of its attack damage to all target followers within the flame's radius.

Effect 2: Scorching Flame - This effect can only be activated when Effect 1 hits successfully. It gives all minions that have taken effect damage a [Scorching] counter. Minions with this counter cannot perform normal attacks. When a minion is used for a Triple Summon, the counter is inherited by the minion that was Triple Summoned.

Note: The [Burning] counters granted by this card's effect last for three turns.

"Well done, Lizard!"

Amon gave a high five to the Flame-Spotted Cat, who was trotting back.

The kitten immediately spun around happily.

Before long, Aipom returned excitedly with a stack of discarded cards—this guy was collecting cards faster and faster.

We had to wait until Amon finished making the cards.

The battle has just ended, and this long-tailed monster has already scavenged the entire area with incredible efficiency!

This guy even picked up the cards dropped by the old tree spirit for Amon.

It has to be said that, thanks to this skill, even though Amon now has more and more Pokémon, this seemingly inconspicuous Aipom has never been replaced!

As is customary, the card is inserted into the card-making machine.

I don't know if it's because the quality of the cards is higher this time, but the card production time is noticeably longer than before.

However, it didn't take long before Amon got a new Pokémon.

Amon glanced down and was somewhat surprised:

"【Pokémon Dracomesia】!"

Chapter 105: Evolution! Fiery Roaring Tiger!

"Doryu—!"

The small, gray-black dragon circled around Amon, constantly rubbing against him.

He made affectionate sounds.

Amon never expected to obtain a Pokémon of this caliber before even reaching the tenth stage.

In the previous levels, Amon also created quite a few Pokémon, but they were just Pokémon like Geodude, Oddish, and Sunseed. The better one was the Flygon created in the previous level.

However, Amon did not choose to add it to the deck.

Instead, it was put into the card holder.

—[Pokémon] A deck can only contain six Pokémon.

Pokémon is a very large system, and the abilities of Pokémon are mostly reflected in their various magical effects [moves].

The wide variety of skills can be used to deal with all kinds of challenges in this Myriad Corridors.

The Pokémon that Amon kept crafting were also accumulated countermeasure cards to facilitate dealing with some extreme situations later on.

Pokémon are just too fragile in the early stages.

Therefore, Amon didn't plan to train all the Pokémon in the early stages—after all, ordinary Pokémon weren't worth Amon's effort to train, so he focused more on the initial Litten and Boar.

Longtail was kept by Amon because of its special abilities.

but……

This is Dorgon Messia!

"There's really no way around it." Amon patted Dorgonmesia's little head. It felt smooth yet elastic, but if you applied a little force, your hand would pass right through Dorgonmesia's body as if you were piercing through smoke.

At this moment, the grayish-black loach will laugh "do-long do-long," as if it has accomplished some kind of prank.

Then he came closer again to let Amon touch him.

What could Amon do? He created the Pokémon himself, so of course he had to pamper it.

"I was originally thinking of saving them for a crucial moment later, but it seems appropriate to use them here." Amon pulled out a blank card from his pocket, which was one of the first three cards given out by the examination hall at the beginning of the exam!

With these three cards, Amon could easily create some high-level Pokémon that have reached their final evolution.

It's even possible to create a Silver-level Pokémon!

If he gets stuck, as long as there's still a blank space, Amon will have the confidence to force his way through.

"We'll need it sooner or later anyway."

They were blinded by the allure of rare Pokémon.

Amon changed his plan very easily, inserted the blank card in his hand into the card-making machine in front of him, and almost effortlessly, the card was made in the next moment!

A brand new card has appeared!

—Pokémon Item/Expert Device—

Attributes: General

Rating: ★★★

Type: Ritual

Related term: [Pokémon items]

Effect 1: Pokémon Portable Item - This card cannot be equipped to a [Pokémon]. When this card is successfully summoned, it returns to the Deck. When it returns to the Deck via this effect, the slot used to summon this card becomes unusable until this card is summoned again.

Effect 2: Pokémon Exp. ThyssenKrupp – This effect activates when this card returns to the Deck via its first effect. When an opponent's follower is defeated on the field, all Pokémon Shards held by the player gain an additional 50% experience.

Note: This card can only be activated through the main card slot.

This card comes at a high price; if a normal card player uses it, it means they can only use four main card slots for duels.

However, the effect was completely useless in this duel!

But Amon doesn't care. A card master with an extra soul card slot is just that rich and extravagant!

"I summon the Pokémon Item Exp. Transcription from my hand, then activate its effect to return it to the Deck. This card's effect will remain in the Deck."

Amon activated the card without hesitation.

As the card's effect activated, this card was returned to the deck by Amon, and one of the card slot crystals in Amon's personal mental consciousness dimmed.

Amon added the previously removed [Shuttlecock Grass] and [Potpot] back into his deck.

"Shuttlecock~" As soon as the shuttlecock grass emerged, it climbed onto Amon's head and made a soft but very proud sound.

Who was invited to join the queue?

It's my shuttlecock grass!

Hu Hu remained silent, staring blankly at the sky.

"Let's go!" Amon casually picked up his Salty Fish Pot and, with a bunch of random Pokémon hanging on his body, stepped into the eleventh level.

By the eleventh level, the difficulty had increased dramatically – the level-guarding monster had been upgraded to two stars!

Wow, this is so difficult! (reads aloud)