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In the Eagle Nation, Kos snapped out of his reverie while watching the battle.

He did a quick calculation and realized he only had five hours, meaning he needed to complete at least seven a7 games.

It seems impossible to beat A7 normally now, with the existence of the "Eternal Hourglass," every run is a gamble.

Once the "Dragon Kingdom's sixth-generation fighter jet" is cracked, who knows when that will be?

Moreover, the difficulty of nosl is more than one level higher than sl, and the level of advancement needs to be re-evaluated.

"There's no time to watch anymore. Notify all players to switch to A5 and start the challenge."

"If you can't beat A5, try A4. If A4 isn't enough, play A3 a few more times. The key is to clear the game; quantity over quality!"

"You absolutely must collect at least 5 points before the 5-hour deadline!"

Back on the field.

At 9 minutes and 46 seconds, Ye Fei successfully defeated "Grandma Le Jia" with zero casualties, and received a "Hunting" reward card.

The other two cards, "Fan of Knives" and "Poison," flashed by without being even glanced at.

"The fan of blades! It's a key component of the sword-fist style, after all," someone in the audience said.

"Poison coating is also a good core for poison flow, so we won't catch the later ones this time."

Sawakawa Ichiro's head was spinning.

He couldn't understand how anyone could beat "Grandma Le Jia" without any established playstyle or small decks.

"What kind of playing style is this? Have they invented some new playing style?" He was completely puzzled.

"He beat Le Jia, but managed to whittle him down by stacking strength and agility?"

In the past, without a high-precision knife or a large amount of poison, it was unthinkable to use a hunter to hunt "Grandma Le Jia".

Compared to other characters, the Hunter's single-card damage is already relatively low. If even a little bit of power is drained, the output will be almost zero.

Several contestants nearby immediately pulled out their phones and started taking notes:

"A new strategy, the 'Nightmare Extraordinary' build—Nightmare, Extraordinary, Agile, Poison Mist..."

They copied down the entire deck while reading it aloud in a low voice.

Sawakawa Ichiro's head was about to explode.

"This is outrageous! A Hunter strategy that relies on Dire to duplicate colorless cards?"

"Did he know about this 'extraordinary' item before he opened the 'lead paperweight'?"

He didn't have much time to think before something even more absurd happened.

Upon reaching the second floor, Ye Fei chose "Nutritional Soup" from the three options for the "Scarecrow".

"Nutritional Soup" enchants all your "Strikes": Embers of Tezkatarra.

The other two options are "Baking Gloves" and "Golden Compass".

Ye Fei glanced at the map a few times, muttered something to himself, and then chose "Nutritious Soup".

The moment he saw the word "baking gloves" flash by, Ichiro Sawakawa perked up.

In his mind, the "Baking Gloves" is the perfect option for the current situation because it can both streamline the deck and increase output.

The "Nutritional Soup" effectively shuts down all opportunities to cleanse the deck, making small decks practically unplayable for the entire game.

"Why is that?" Ichiro Sawakawa was utterly bewildered.

"Removing attacks, cleaning the deck, and streamlining the small loops—weren't these the strategies you invented yourself?"

"Why is it different here?!"

In his understanding, a single "Strike" attack, even with the "Ember" effect, would only deal a maximum of nine or so points of damage; that was its maximum potential.

A streamlined deck, or an infinite deck, has an "infinitely high" potential, which is incomparable to a few enchanted "Strike" cards.

Taking the "Nutritional Soup" is equivalent to actively locking your "upper limit," meaning your output for the entire game is capped.

Why choose to "cut off your own arm" when there are better options available?

"I don't want to watch anymore."

Sawakawa Ichiro was getting bored; he figured this round was over.

He couldn't imagine how a few "strikes" could possibly defeat "Hourglass".

"You can't learn anything from a game like this; you might as well play a few more rounds yourself."

He glanced at the time; there were still more than three hours left. They, the people of Japan, had to hurry.

So he started a new game, this time playing it a bit more conservatively and choosing A5, re-entering the tense journey of pushing through the levels.

Ye Fei continued his actions, showing no concern about whether the game could continue.

For him, such situations were nothing new; he would take it one step at a time and respond accordingly, and there would always be a solution.

This time, he drew up a three-elite route.

At 11 minutes and 52 seconds, he bought a keepsake item, a "prepared backpack," at the store.

At 12 minutes and 00 seconds, he obtained an ability card in the question mark event "The Parasitic Automaton" - "Phantom Blade".

"Ability card...get it in there!" he shouted, grabbing it.

He now has two "Phantom Blade" cards and one "First Strike".

The audience is finding it increasingly difficult to understand.

"Is this supposed to be a knife-wielding style or a poison style? If you're going to use a knife-wielding style, why didn't you buy the 'Hidden Blade' item in the first place?"

"Are you kidding me? You grabbed two 'Phantom Blades' with just a small knife?"

"Then what's the point of his 'poisonous fog'?"

Until Ye Fei, during his battle against the "Four Cockroaches," used "Nightmare+" to copy three "Hunting" cards, and after playing them, three sets of reward cards popped up.

The chat was silent for a while, then erupted into a heated discussion.

"You can play it like that???"

At 30 minutes and 25 seconds, Ye Fei defeated the second-floor boss "Sandworm", obtained a "Tracking" card, and also obtained the ancient card "Ghost Form".

"It's become 50%?" Ye Fei was still stunned when he saw the new tracking device, then grabbed it.

At this point, his deck had grown to 37 cards, including 7 cards of Light Ability, and he had neither "Dry Hand" nor "Piece".

Even veteran players from the Dragon Kingdom felt that they might not have been able to catch such a big one before.

At 51 minutes and 45 seconds, Ye Fei successfully defeated the third-floor boss "Queen". He had a total of 40 cards in his deck and 50 health points remaining.

With two bottles of potions, "Energy Potion" and "Ability Potion," they are about to challenge the second boss, "Eternal Hourglass."

Hearing that he was going to play the hourglass, the audience who had dispersed all came back, and the players who were still in the game put down their mice.

In the first round, he busted with "Prepare Backpack" and "Gambling Chips," then opened two potions and used "Nightmare+" to copy "Precision."

Since the "Precision" generated by "Potion of Power" costs 0 mana, the three "Precision" copies created by "Darkness+" also cost 0 mana.

Three minutes later, Ye Fei played his second "Phantom Blade," stacking the "Phantom" effect to 21 layers, at which point all his ability cards were activated.

He now has 9 Agility and 5 Strength, 16 levels of Accuracy, 50 points of "Tracking," and 21 levels of "Phantom." Due to the downgrade of "Poison Mist" by the mirror, he only has two levels left.

"That means my first strike dealt 46 damage!" Ye Fei thought to himself.

In one round, he played "Cloak and Dagger+" again, drawing two daggers.

With a single strike, amplified by the 'tracking' effect, it dealt 69 damage.

The 'Eternal Hourglass's' health began to decrease, but after more than ten rounds, it still had 45 health remaining.

With 5 Strength, the buffs from "Strike the Puppet" and "Track", he now deals 25 damage with each "Ember" "Strike".

When the enemy's health was down to just over 200, Ye Fei paused and said, "The damage should be enough."

Then a "Strike+" card was played, dealing 30 damage.

With 0 cost and 30 damage, this output efficiency far exceeds that of a typical knife build.

Even three consecutive "Accuracy+" daggers cannot compare to his single "30 damage" "Strike+" dagger.

As Ichiro Sawakawa reads this, his worldview gradually begins to be reconstructed.

"Is this still a knife?" someone commented in the live chat.

"Is that a damn heavy hammer?"

He never imagined in his life that a seemingly ordinary "blow" that he used to look down on would become a burden that he wanted to delete as many times as possible.

This person has actually managed to pull off something amazing.

"Who says there aren't large numbers of hunters?"

Ye Fei continued to operate, playing several more "Strike" and "Knife" cards.

At 55 minutes and 05 seconds, the last two dagger strikes, each dealing 37 damage, triggered the "Hooked Scythe" attack, officially finishing off the "Hourglass's" last remaining health.

There was a long silence around them, and the screen remained on the settlement page in front of the "Architect".

Ye Fei calmly took a sip of water.

For him, it was no different from playing a regular game; it was just one of the countless mediocre matches he had ever seen.

It's just that it uses a big deck nosl, so it requires a bit more thought compared to other decks.

"This new boss isn't too bad; it doesn't seem as difficult as I expected."