My anime-style card deck is fine!

Because the room number displayed on the door was not 72 as Amon thought, but 72—

Behind the door lies the seventy-sixth level!

"So that's how it is! Was that a combination of five levels?" With a quick thought, Amon instantly understood after seeing the door number.

Although he cleared the levels easily, it doesn't mean those levels were that simple!

On the contrary, the shrimp and crab seafood level has completely excluded all the silver geniuses - so far, only four people, including Amon, have successfully cleared it!

On the large screen outside, the comments were all mocking Amon, such as "You finally read the rules?", "You only read them after you finished playing?", and "I don't know what I'm going to do, but I know I'm going to go on a killing spree."

Even on the main stage.

The commentators and hosts both wore expressions that were hard to describe.

Before Amon entered the arena, countless candidates had attempted to pass through these five checkpoints, but they were all defeated one by one by the ferocious number of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

There are just too many!

Chapter 115: Let's duel, Amon!

As the saying goes, talking about toxicity without discussing dosage is just being irresponsible!

Do you really think that only Amon thought of setting traps and then easily passing the level?

Of course there are, and quite a few!

But none of them succeeded, for a simple reason—there were just too many shrimp and crabs!

Normally, trap effects like poison only last until a minion is played, but effects like poison usually take several turns to take effect.

By the time it takes effect, there are already far too many shrimp and crabs on the field.

In particular, these shrimp soldiers and crab generals can keep coming back to life!

After being resurrected, the status must be restored.

Then the effects of toxins and the like must be accumulated again.

As the rounds go by, there will be more and more shrimp and crabs left on the field!

Especially since there are red shrimp among them!

This is a minion whose attack power increases with the number of turns. Once the number of turns is extended to two, the Red Shrimp can start accumulating power.

This power will accumulate and strengthen with each resurrection!

Ultimately, this accumulated power will, in a certain round, become a torrent that breaks through the candidates' defenses and completely overwhelms them!

"...So, the key to Amon's success in clearing the level was actually the effect that no one paid attention to at the beginning."

The commentator, looking quite moved, said, "[Permanently valid]."

"Even if the [poison] remains after resurrection, it will still revive if the [poison] indicator is not removed," the host concluded.

"This effect returns the [updated state] that should have been resurrected to the [unupdated state] that it was in when it was first sent to the graveyard."

What was it like when it was sent to the cemetery?

"Whether it's instant death or severe injury, neither can withstand the damage from [Scatter Spikes] and [Stealth Rock] - the combination of these two skills is quite ruthless."

"But only [Poison Spikes]!"

"This skill is the key to Amon's success in clearing the game."

"In fact, the purpose of this assessment is very simple. If we were to describe it in terms of warfare, it would be a [city defense battle]!"

"The first five rounds... no, the first ten rounds are the most crucial. If you can't build a proper defense within these ten rounds, then you're doomed to failure."

“Amon did this best.”

"This guy isn't playing city defense, he's playing 'tunnel warfare'!"

"It can reduce a Pokémon's life points by three-quarters in one go, basically crippling any Pokémon or Servant that enters the field." The commentator remarked with great emotion, "The key is that it's also very easy to use. You can equip it to a Pokémon before a duel, and the Pokémon even has its own search function!"

"He immediately unleashes a poison spike upon entering the game; even the most skilled card player would hesitate for a moment."

"Summon the ace, or you'll get poisoned."

"If the summoning core is used for a higher-level summon, it will be contagious."

"This is really a headache. I'm already starting to worry about what kind of opponents Amon will face in the future."

The host and commentator analyzed the situation, taking turns offering their opinions.

Then the commentator couldn't help but sigh, "Of all the talented candidates who passed the test, Amon had it the easiest, so easy that he hardly had to do anything."

"Yes."

The host also remarked that before Amon arrived, many candidates had tried to pass the test, but all of them had failed: "Those that restrict summoning, restrict effects, restrict resurrection, construct castle defenses, and deal large-scale damage..."

The host listed out the various ways test takers had passed, and concluded with:

"Unfortunately, they all failed."

"That's why we need to cooperate, but with more card masters, clearing the level will actually become easier, so the college entrance examination team specially designed this element restriction."

"Even so, passing through the level is extremely difficult."

The host nodded in deep agreement: "After all, not everyone is like Amon."

"Hmm? Amon is about to move on to the next level." The commentator was about to speak when he saw the big screen and immediately laughed, "The next level is not important, I suggest skipping it."

……

Amon pushed open the door to the seventy-sixth level.

Upon entering, one sees two girls squatting on the ground, idly playing chess.

"Huh? Wushan Yu, Ai Ke?!"

Amon was somewhat surprised, then looked around and found that it was a typical duel-type blank room, with only two girls of completely different types, one big and one small.

At this moment, they also noticed Amon's arrival.

Wushan Yu was alright, but Ai Ke took the opportunity to overturn the chessboard and then skipped over, shouting, "Amon, Amon! Want to duel? Want to duel!"

"We'll talk about the duel later."

Amon reached out and touched Eko's forehead; the little guy practically wanted to crash into him: "What are you doing here?"

"Of course I cleared the game, but now it's loser's time."

Wu Shanyu sighed, crossed her arms over her chest, and lifted up those two huge, incredibly soft mounds, though she seemed completely oblivious to it.

"Tsk, people who play with stickers should be shot for ten minutes!" Ai Ke's happy expression immediately fell.

"what?"

Amon was stunned, somewhat confused.

Wu Shanyu continued to complain: "Who would have thought that we would be facing off against our teammates in the next level after just finishing a level together? The key is that we were teammates who relied on each other just now, and it was such an intense level that we couldn't hold back at all. We know each other inside and out."

"Yeah, yeah, that's just awful!" Ai Ke nodded, puffing out her cheeks in anger.

"what?"

Amon paused for a moment, what cooperation?

Wu Shanyu seemed to have suddenly realized something, and stopped talking. Instead, she looked around at Amon for a while before asking hesitantly, "...Where are your teammates?"

"What teammates?" Amon asked instinctively.

That expression was so innocent that Wu Shanyu couldn't help but gasp. She closed her eyes, her face grave, clenched her fists, and finally stomped her foot hard before turning away.

"I'm sorry, but due to some personal reasons, I don't want to see your face at the moment. Please cooperate."

"what?!"

Amon was truly dumbfounded. He looked at Eko beside him in confusion and then noticed that the little girl had a frozen face.

"What's wrong with you?"

After a while...

Suppressing the urge to beat Amon up, Wushan Yu and Ai Ke managed to explain things clearly, one after the other.

Needless to say, the first fifty rounds of this competition are practically free points.

The main purpose is to give candidates time to accumulate cards and develop their abilities. Although some rules are a bit strange and difficult along the way, it is ultimately just an easy difficulty level.

But the difficulty will increase after level 50.

Upon reaching the sixtieth level, the first silver-level final monster will become the first real obstacle blocking the candidates. Candidates who cannot pass the sixtieth level will linger at the fifty-ninth level, becoming obstacles and challenges for the candidates who follow.

When you pass the sixtieth level, you will encounter the Silver Examiner again at the seventieth level, and once again face a real obstacle!

However, those things are irrelevant to those who cleared the game early on.

The level that concerns them is level 71!

This level unexpectedly combines five levels into one, and through its mechanics, it makes the most of a not-so-outstanding deck!

Wushan Yu and Ai Ke both fell victim to it multiple times.

They were then stuck at level 70, trying to find an opportunity to clear it—until someone invited them to team up!

They suddenly realized that this was not a challenge to be faced alone!

With the levels merged, card masters naturally need to unite as well!

Thus, they successfully broke through the five consecutive checkpoints and arrived at the seventy-sixth checkpoint.

Then comes the test question for this level.

"—Defeat the other candidates who came through this challenge with you." Wu Shanyu sighed, "They are the test for you in this round. Only one person in the entire team can succeed."

"Once only one person remains in the team, that person can return to the previous level."

"...What? Wait, wait, wait, is the college entrance exam committee really this inhumane?"

Amon could hardly believe he'd heard correctly: "Go back to the previous level, the one with the shrimp and crabs in the pond?"

"Yes."

"6" Amon couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Wow, that's quite a creative idea! No wonder it's the final college entrance exam group, they really came up with something unique."