Spire Game: My cards are all forbidden divine skills

Chen Mo was the first to pick up the two blue cards.

Shrug: Reduces damage taken from the next melee attack by 11 points.

Painful Strike: Fires a beam of light with a range of ten meters, dealing 10 points of damage and crippling the target.

Chen Mo frowned slightly. These two cards were considered good among blue cards, but they were still useless to him.

When it comes to dealing with melee attacks, Chen Mo still finds his counter-attack ability more useful.

Shoulder shrugs seem to offer good value for money, but in actual use, they are probably not as effective as force-reflective shrugs.

Of course, the counter-attack requires more skill to execute, while the shrug can be a bit more reckless.

Chen Mo himself prefers the counterattack. For the same amount of melee damage, the counterattack definitely has a higher potential.

As for the "painful blow," it was clearly insufficient in terms of damage.

If this card had been obtained on the first floor, its strength would have been decent. But now, to be honest, this card is a bit weak. At least Chen Mo can't use it; he can only use it to burn cards.

"Sixty gold coins, I'll take these two!"

Without wasting any words, Chen Mo immediately started taking out gold coins.

The mysterious merchant quickly spoke up: "Respected cardholder, you can only buy one card for sixty gold coins."

Chen Mo glanced at him. "Seventy, two cards. Why don't you keep these two cards and sell them to the people on the first and second floors, and see if they can come up with seventy gold coins?"

The mysterious merchant quickly interjected, "This is a blue card, not a white card. You're offering the price of a white card. Eighty gold coins, esteemed cardholder. Eighty gold coins is already very cheap. I'll also give you a little trinket, a glowing bead, which will provide you with continuous light in the darkness."

As he spoke, the mysterious merchant picked up a green bead from the table and handed it to Chen Mo.

There was indeed light, and it was quite bright, but Chen Mo rolled his eyes: "Where did you pick this up for free again? Fine, I'm not going to say any more. Seventy-five gold coins. Sell it or don't."

"make a deal!"

The mysterious merchant readily agreed, stuffing the glowing bead back into Chen Mo's hand with a broad smile.

Clearly, he's going to make a killing today. This guy in front of him is definitely a big client. Looks like I'll have to keep an eye on him in the future.

After putting away the beads and cards and handing over the gold coins, Chen Mo continued looking at the other things.

Yes, there's medicine!

This is exactly what Chen Mo is looking for, but the bottle in front of him doesn't seem to be for restoring health.

Flame Potion: Deals 20 damage when thrown, covering a range of 3 meters.

Chen Mo's lips curled up as he looked at it. This wasn't medicine; it was clearly a Molotov cocktail.

Good stuff, useful for dealing with groups of monsters.

"Potion costs twenty gold coins!"

Chen Mo continued to submit his offer.

The mysterious businessman agreed readily this time, nodding directly.

"Great cardholder, do you still need backpack service this time?"

The mysterious merchant watched as Chen Mo continued rummaging through other "junk" and quickly spoke up.

It was obvious that Chen Mo's brows were furrowing more and more, as he had clearly not found anything worth buying among the broken stones, wood, and other junk.

"Can you add more inventory slots for me?"

"Of course, it's still 100 gold coins and 10 backpack slots."

"No, last time you gave me a lot of things when it was 100 gold coins, how can it be 100 gold coins again this time?"

"How about I give you another piece of information about this floor?"

"Intelligence? What kind of intelligence?"

"Very important intelligence, I guarantee it's excellent value for money."

Chen Mo looked at him and pondered for a moment. The mysterious merchant still had a smile on his face, as if he was certain that Chen Mo would pay for this information.

"Alright."

Chen Mo finally decided to believe this guy.

Anyway, one hundred gold coins isn't a lot for him right now.

He spent over 800 gold coins on the second floor, and now that he's bought everything, it will only cost him 200 gold coins.

Rich and willful!

Paying the bill in cash, Chen Mo gained ten more slots in his backpack using the same method. This meant that if he had another chance to swipe his card, he could store even more cards. He could also store more food and water, and even consider whether to try and get some more supplies.

For example, he really needs clothes, tents and the like right now.

The mysterious merchant was even happier after accepting the gold coins.

Chen Mo was very curious about what use gold coins were to beings like them. Could it be that they could also draw resources?

I asked the question as soon as I thought of it, but unfortunately the mysterious merchant didn't answer it at all.

After a pause, the mysterious merchant took out a piece of paper and scribbled on it with an unfamiliar black pen before handing it to Chen Mo.

"Dear cardholder, you will need it."

Chen Mo took it and saw that it wasn't written on it, but rather a hastily drawn map.

Several points requiring attention were highlighted, causing Chen Mo to frown deeply.

"Where is this map? Is it for this floor?"

The mysterious merchant chuckled and replied, "Yes. Don't you have a friend who's been captured and taken here? With this map, you can find him. And if you want to successfully leave the ninth floor and reach the tenth floor, you must go here. But please be quick, because once night falls, he'll become the same as outside. Alright, I need to go get more stock now, big customer. Next time, I'll come directly to you."

After finishing his sentence, the mysterious merchant packed up his belongings and prepared to leave.

Chen Mo quickly asked again, "Where exactly is the map pointing? You didn't write it clearly."

The mysterious merchant finally replied, "The map is the prison beneath the church; the key is with the guard. You'll find a way."

The mysterious merchant pushed open the door and disappeared, leaving only the warmth of the fireplace inside.

Chen Mo walked to the window again and looked out.

Black Sun?

The sun is still red and shows no signs of turning black, so there's still some time.

Chen Mo looked at the rough map the mysterious merchant had drawn for him and made a rough note of it.

Open the panel to check your health and stats.

With no major problems, Chen Mo decided to head towards the church.

Based on his experience, he knew that waiting until the darkest hour would definitely not bring anything good.

Whether Old Zhang lives or dies is one thing, but what's important is that once the Black Sun comes out, there might be another strange tide.

Let's go into the church first. The mysterious merchant made it very clear that we must go to the dungeon beneath the nine-story church to leave.

However, before setting off, Chen Mo had one more thing to do.

Looking around to make sure there were no villagers nearby, the merchant then left completely.

Chen Mo then took out his black card, the forbidden upgrade.

At the same time, he also took out several extra white cards that he had swiped on the second floor.

He has four white cards in total, plus the two blue cards he just bought. These are all the cards he can use right now in his backpack.

All the other cards are useful, but it would be too extravagant to use them. These are all.

First, consume three white cards, upgrade one white card, and obtain a new blue card.

Then, Chen Mo combined the three blue cards together in preparation for consumption, and began to consider which blue card he had to upgrade.

Among them, Tear and Ultimate Blood Energy are both green cards and cannot be upgraded for the time being.

The only upgrades are: Enhanced Attack, Enhanced Defense, Bloodthirst Slash, Savage Assault, Force Counter, Stone Hardening, Soul-Attaching Flame, and Soul Lock.

Which card should I upgrade to?