First-time decryption free? A counter-decryption system!

"If you're going to take the card, then take it. Your politeness is really putting me in a difficult position!"

"Monk, I've been wanting to rob you too!!"

"How about you check my license too?"

Lin Wan chuckled at him.

Touched by his smile, the monk smiled too.

"It seems you have great confidence in yourself!"

"Of course!"

"In that case, I have no choice but to challenge you to a duel, benefactor!"

"Of course!"

[Card Duel Established.]

[Participating Teams: Lin Wan, Fahai]

[Rules: Each player plays one card, and the winner is determined by the card's effect. The loser loses all cards used in that match, and the winner gains all cards from the losing player.]

In the event of a draw, each player loses one card, and the winner retains their card.

This duel will be played in a turn-based card-playing format, with the initiator, Fa Hai, playing first.

Fahai pulled out a golden card from his sleeve. The card depicted a coiled golden dragon with its mouth wide open, spitting out a blazing ball of light.

[Seven-Star Card - Great Heavenly Dragon (Epic) Effect: Deals Holy Crushing Damage to the designated target. If the opponent plays a negative card (evil/negative), the damage is doubled; if the opponent plays a defensive card, the defensive effect is halved.]

"Please forgive me, benefactor."

Fahai clasped his hands together and softly chanted a Buddhist prayer.

Lin Wan glanced at the card, her expression somewhat strange.

Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon?

They've completely given up on acting!

He pulled out the eight-star card, Rock Barrier, that he had just acquired from the card panel.

A gigantic phantom shield unfolded before him, a wall woven from countless characters.

"Eight stars?"

Fahai frowned.

The golden dragon roared as it crashed into the rocky barrier.

The Sanskrit characters on the dragon's head clashed violently with the shield, sparks flying everywhere.

However, no matter how the dragon attacked, the core of the rocky fortress remained solid.

The dragon's impact force was also rapidly diminishing, and by the fifth impact, only half a dragon's phantom remained.

Just then, the rocky barrier lit up, reflecting all the remaining dragon breath back at them.

The phantom of the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon shattered amidst the golden light...

[Winner of this round: Lin Wan]

Fahai was defeated, and the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon card flew into Lin Wan's hands, where Lin Yi immediately took it to decipher it.

Fahai's lips moved, but in the end he only sighed:

"Amitabha! You are incredibly powerful, benefactor! You are the most formidable mid-level prodigy I have ever encountered!"

"good"

Lin Wan stored the Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon she had won into her control panel.

"Want to come again?"

Fahai remained silent for a moment, then shook his head:

"This humble monk concedes defeat; continuing the fight will only increase our losses."

"Your methods are excellent, benefactor. See you in the final battle."

Fahai also knew to cut his losses in time.

Without turning his head, his robes fluttering in the corridor, he immediately turned and left.

Meng Ke'er leaned closer, looking in the direction where Fahai had disappeared, and whispered:

"Are we just going to let him go like that?"

"He definitely has more cards than just these."

Lin Wan pinched her cheek and said seriously:

"It's more satisfying to fatten up a fat sheep before harvesting it. At that time, I not only want all his cards, but I also want his talent."

As long as the rules are in effect, Lin Yi cannot decipher them, but that may not be the case after the great battle ends.

Then Lin Wan will decipher all the participants in the final battle.

Meng Ke'er stared intently at his face...

I don't know why, but it seems like this isn't so bad.

"No, what am I thinking?"

"Essentially, Lin Wan is still trying to take advantage of me. No way, absolutely not!!"

She must uphold her principles.

The bottom line must never be crossed.

The two continued walking deeper into the corridor.

With only two days left in the collection period, Lin Wan readjusted the target settlement.

His luck improved considerably over the next two days.

The target settlement was running smoothly in the background, leading him through the winding corridors, specifically targeting those remote and neglected slots.

The next afternoon, he found a ten-star card in a corner covered with card fragments. The card face was a distorted silver-white vortex.

[Ten-Star Card - Eye of Chaos (Legendary) Effect: Designate an opponent and randomly replace all card effects they played this turn with other effects. If the opponent did not play any cards this turn, this card is negated.]

"Random replacement".

"I have a gambling card, but I've always been lucky!"

Lin Wan put the card away carefully.

"Two ten-star cards, five nine-star cards, eighteen eight-star cards, fifty seven-star cards, and hundreds more cards below seven-star..."

"I have everything I need!"

"..."

On the morning of the third day

He found another nine-star card at the bottom of a slot that had already been searched.

The card was pressed under several blank cards, apparently because the previous searcher was quick and only took the top cards without turning them over.

After confirming the target settlement, Lin Wan drew out the Nine Star Card, which was a dark gold mirror.

[Nine-Star Card - Echoes of Fate (Legendary) Effect: Copy all card effects used in this duel, and randomly select three to reactivate.]

"It's alright." Lin Wan carefully put away the Echo of Fate.

This card can be incredibly effective in big battles, especially in chaotic multiplayer situations.

On the evening of the third day,

He found an eleven-star card at the end of a dead end in the deepest part of the corridor.

Lin Wan reached in.

[Eleven-Star Card - All Things Return to Their Flow (Legendary) Effect: Restore all effects of cards that have been used on the field, reshuffle the deck, and randomly distribute the cards to all participants, with the card owner having the highest probability of owning high-star cards. This card is destroyed after use.]

"It's a refresh card!"

"Brilliant!"

"And with it, I can finally synthesize the twelve-star system!"

Lin Yi deciphered that Lin Wan does not lose cards when fusing them, which means...

With his current eleven-star card, six ten-star cards, and more than ten nine-star cards, he can already fuse them into a twelve-star card.

Lin Wan did not rush into the decisive battle zone to wait.

He led Meng Ke'er to sit down at the corner at the end of the corridor, and spread out the cards in the card panel one by one, arranging them in rows in front of them like a stall.

Lin Yi jumped off the shoulder, squatted down next to the pile of cards, and picked up the high-star cards one by one, stuffing them into her mouth.

"Eat slowly, don't choke."

Lin Wan patted her on the back.

Lin Yi rolled her eyes at him, but still slowed down.

She put a ten-star card in her mouth, and the card flashed. After she deciphered it, two identical ten-star cards reappeared.

She combined three ten-star cards into one eleven-star card, then deciphered the combined eleven-star card and materialized three more ten-star cards.

This happened repeatedly, and in no time at all...

Lin Wan had already gathered a complete set of non-repeating fusion materials in front of her.

Aside from the fused materials, Lin Wan suffered almost no other losses.

"alright."

Lin Yi wiped her mouth and handed him the last eleven-star card.

"Three nine-star cards, three ten-star cards, and three eleven-star cards—that's it."

Lin Wan took the cards and stacked them together according to the crafting instructions.

The nine cards lit up simultaneously, their light intertwining and condensing into a rotating pillar of light in the void.

Inside the beam of light,

The nine cards gradually melted away...

Ultimately, it transformed into a pitch-black card with no design on its surface.

There was only a silver-white number...

The twelve stars.