National destiny: Global tower climbing skills have decreased by 10,000 times.

"Fuel" - 0 cost, increases cost by 1 upon use, draw a card from your hand.

If you have a lot of status cards, playing a "Compression" card can turn all the status cards in your hand that were originally stuck in your hand into "Add Oil", instantly making your deck more active and turning trash into treasure.

This was a line of thinking he had never considered before. If Ye Fei was deliberately avoiding this card, what did that mean?

He recalled that in the mainstream thinking of the faulty robot track in China, "compression" has always been defined as a "special target card".

Since it only costs 1 mana to provide 6 defense, it is not considered high, or even low, compared to other "high-quality defense cards" like Faulty Robot that cost 1 mana for 9 defense or 1 mana for 13 defense.

Therefore, the card "Compression" is generally considered to be just an "over-defense card" and used to counter monsters that can block status cards.

However, monsters are random, and monsters that can insert status cards are not frequently encountered. Therefore, this card is generally not considered if other "high-quality defensive cards" are available.

Cards that add status effects, such as "Kernel Acceleration", "High-Speed ​​Escape", and "Slime Attack", are often considered to be "the fewer the better" because the more you take, the greater the pressure of having status effects stuck in your hand in the later stages, which is very detrimental to long-term operation.

But no one ever thought that 'compression' and this type of card could be combined.

Could a newcomer really have thought of all this? Was that fleeting hesitation really not just an unintentional mistake?

He recalled that during the live stream that day, when Hei Xi faced a crucial card decision, he also hesitated for a few seconds—that was the same deliberate act!

That's absolutely impossible!

He desperately needed to validate his ideas.

After the game ended, Ye Fei quickly sent a message:

"You won. You're very strong. I can't beat you."

However, the other party did not show any excitement that should be expected from "victory" and "recognition." After a few seconds, a cold reply arrived:

"You're hiding your true strength, aren't you?"

Ye Fei was stunned and didn't say anything.

"I watched your live stream with Chef Cai. It was just a show you two put on. He couldn't possibly beat you. Am I right?"

"What do you want to do?" Ye Fei replied immediately.

Xingyuan chuckled softly, confirming his suspicions once again, and continued typing:

"My idea is simple: you play a serious game against me, using your best character, and don't hold back."

"If I find out you're going easy on me, I'll immediately expose the truth about you and the chef, and also reveal your new alternate account."

"So? Have you thought it through? If you have, come into the room, I'll be waiting for you!"

Ye Fei remained silent for a few seconds, sensing an unprecedented threat.

The live streams by Cai Chu are his first stable source of income and the only channel through which he can gain a foothold in the online gaming community.

If the truth about them is revealed, it will definitely cause a public opinion storm, the fans' trust in Cai Chu will be completely wiped out, and the traffic in the live broadcast room will be greatly reduced.

Besides, he had only recently created the "Night Rain" account and hadn't had a chance to play around with it much yet.

If this alternate account is also made public, it will become the next "Black Night Ceal," and will no longer be able to enjoy the game in peace.

It seems he needs to get serious.

Not long after, 'Night Rain's' avatar appeared in the room. Xingyuan saw that he really cared, and smugly pursed his lips.

"You actually came after all. You're not a bad guy. Use your best character, no holding back, let's fight one-on-one!"

"Enough talk, let's get started." Ye Fei didn't hesitate at all and directly chose the "Observer" option on the far right.

In a one-on-one battle, with the same character and the same seed, both observers arrived at the very bottom of the spire—the 'Resurrected Mother, Neo'.

A showdown of absolute skill is about to begin!

Xingyuan operated the controls quickly. Although he hadn't played the 'Observer' character much, he had done some research on it.

In the mainstream opinion of the Dragon Kingdom Pagoda community, "spectators" are considered a lowly figure.

In his previous career, he had never seen anyone use the term "observer," and even when analyzing strategic countermeasures, no "observer" situation was ever considered.

As a result, he never came into contact with spectators during his professional career, and due to the pressure of training, his attention was always focused on his main role.

—On the 'Faulty Robot', there aren't many opportunities to play other characters; you can only occasionally watch streams from skilled players.

However, in the three years after his retirement, he played all the roles and found that this was not the case.

After spending two years studying every other character, he finally had a breakthrough.

He discovered that each character had completely different potential for development and researched many new gameplay styles, all of which were quite different from the mainstream public opinion in China.

He was also the first to discover the potential of "Iron Warrior" as the main DPS of the team. So, one afternoon in China, an article titled "Xingyuan: A Discussion on the Possibility of Developing a Warrior 'Fast Attack' Style" suddenly appeared.

At the time, it caused quite a stir online, and the article gradually climbed to the top of the trending list on the "Tower Forum".

During that period, there was a surge in discussions about warriors, which even led to a sharp increase in the usage rate of warriors in online mode.

Until that day, the Spire Esports Association took action. The article was deemed to "promote erroneous ideas," and it was banned. He himself was no longer allowed to make any statements online.

At this point, he completely left the Tower Circle, stopped speaking, and became an "observer" wandering around the Tower Circle network.

He also concealed all his achievements, and the name "Xingyuan" disappeared from the leaderboard from then on.

Since retiring three years ago, he has devoted himself to researching new ways to play various other roles and no longer cares about the e-sports industry.

Over the past three years, no one knows how terrifying his strength has evolved to, not even himself.

All he knew was that countless masters who had fought him anonymously had all been defeated without exception.

The person in front of us is just another "passerby". Even if he has some "talent", how could he possibly defeat him?

"I've seen far too many geniuses; genius is merely the threshold to my level!"

After all, he is 'Star Abyss'!

With that in mind, he went all out, doubling his speed from before.

Ye Fei's expression was serious; this was the first time he had played a game so earnestly since he transmigrated.

Before his transmigration, his first 100-game winning streak was achieved using the "Observer" deck. The "drawing positions" for which cards and the deck construction were already clearly etched in his mind.

At this moment, he was simply using his instincts to repeat what he had done countless times before.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he was far ahead of Xingyuan, and after getting some key cards, his speed became faster and faster.

The first boss fell quickly, in just nine minutes and sixteen seconds.

He immediately went up to the second floor.