My Card Beast Taming Game

Soon, the second wave of monsters arrived.

Han Baobao, who was keeping watch, frowned, because the approaching monster army was led by a swamp frog demon wearing a strange skeleton on its head, followed by swamp frog demons that were twice the size of the previous ones, and several croaking mud toads.

The difference between the leading swamp frog demon and the one beside it was roughly the difference between an adult and a middle school student.

Moreover, the weapons it held were no longer wooden spears and shields, but stone spears and shields.

"Two Silver-tier! One of them is a three-star elite!"

Han Baobao quickly made a judgment.

Caught off guard, everyone is about to face a severe challenge!

After a brief moment of thought, Lu Qingning said, "Take this! If we can't beat a team like this, it'll be hard for us to stay in the middle ranks!"

"it is good!"

Han Baobao nodded in agreement.

The two continued to work together seamlessly, clearing out the minions using their previous tactics, and then going after the two silver-tier swamp frog demons one by one.

Zhou Chen observed from the sidelines for a long time, but could not find an opening for the White Ape to intervene, so he simply obediently maintained the dripping bubble and contentedly served as a support staff member.

Seeing his silence, Hua Ning asked, "Do you want to get involved?"

"miss you!"

His answer came without any hesitation.

Hua Ning smiled slightly: "Then keep up the good work. You are talented, and your hard work will eventually pay off."

As for whether she could stand with Lu Qingning, she omitted this part of the answer.

There is still a bottomless chasm between talent and genius, and Lu Qingning is no ordinary genius.

Chapter 38: Professional Support

However, in reality...

Zhou Chen's wish to participate was quickly fulfilled.

It can only be said that the Water Bubble wasn't a waste of money; when the Electromagnetic Cannon Scorpion and the Netherflame Lion were attacked by the Swamp Frog Demon's poison, it remotely helped to detoxify them twice.

The timely intervention maintained the status of the two card creatures, preventing them from being severely damaged by the toxins and becoming uncontrollable.

Lower-tier card creatures are only relatively less intelligent; most animal-type creatures have perfectly normal physical structures. Aside from severed legs, severed arms, and serious injuries, poisoning, burns, and frostbite can all lead to sluggish reactions.

The sensation is like a scooter that could normally go 100 km/h suddenly being slowed down and forcibly locked at 25 km/h.

The two sides fought fiercely for a full fifteen minutes before the three-star swamp frog demon finally fell.

The moment the battle ended, both Lu Qingning and Han Baobao were panting heavily from maintaining a high level of concentration for so long.

Both of their spirit cards were also injured.

Han Baobao's electromagnetic cannon scorpion had a large hole punched in its carapace, and its pincers were riddled with dents of various sizes; Lu Qingning's Netherflame Lion had a limp hind leg, with half a stone spear embedded deep inside.

Actually, two against two wasn't too difficult for them; the injuries to the card creatures were mainly related to protecting the card master's body.

The monsters in the secret realm aren't blind; they know how to pick on the weak.

"You guys rest! I'll take care of it!"

Zhou Chen hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the mess. To his delight, both swamp frog demons successfully produced cards this time, and shiny silver cards were freshly made.

At this moment, his excitement was no less than when he first received the title of Changming Captain.

Unfortunately, even though the leading swamp frog demon was a three-star elite, the card it was made into was still a one-star card.

Han Baobao was very happy: "Well done, Zhou Chen! Our hard work paid off!"

"can!"

A joyful expression also appeared in Lu Qingning's eyes.

The joy of exploring secret realms largely stems from the final rewards, and successfully crafting cards greatly boosts morale.

Then, the two began to exchange their experiences from the battle.

The three-star elite swamp frog demon is too tough to fight, making it extremely difficult to defeat. Even with the high damage output of the Netherflame Lion and the Electromagnetic Cannon Scorpion, it is still difficult to take it down quickly.

Having grown accustomed to small and medium-sized dungeons, they suddenly felt the hardship of venturing into large-scale dungeons.

No wonder the association requires teams of five to form.

Their victory was due to two factors: Lingka's strength and their considerable combat experience. Of course, Zhou Chen's relatively precise removal of the toxins also played a role.

It's hard to imagine how she and Lu Qingning would fight if three or even more silver monsters appeared.

At this point in the conversation, Lu Qingning hesitated.

They used to travel in groups of three, but now it's down to two... two and a half people. The pressure has increased dramatically, and if this continues, things might go wrong.

Faced with the choice between retreating to the Giant Tree area and continuing the adventure in the swamp wetlands, Lu Qingning looked at Hua Ning.

"Sister Flower—"

"Sure."

Hua Ning seemed to have guessed what she was going to say, and smiled gently, "It was originally agreed that I would bring you, but you insisted on being stubborn."

The initial agreement between the two was that Hua Ning would lead the team to explore the secret realm. However, due to the temporary withdrawal of a third person from the team, Lu Qingning changed her mind along the way and begged Hua Ning to become her bodyguard.

Lu Qingning's face flushed slightly. "Yes, I was presumptuous."

"Hmm~"

Hua Ning stretched, her slender figure barely concealed by her loose combat suit. She chuckled, "It's pretty boring having nothing to do for so long. Let me give you a sneak peek at a high-level support role."

The flower buds that constantly swirled around her bloomed, revealing the shy and timid little fairy inside.

"Foo~"

The Gold Tier 4-Star Card [Blooming Fairy] is a composite spirit card that combines healing, support, and offensive capabilities.

Lu Qingning said earnestly, "Please!"

"I'm counting on you, my little fairy!" Han Baobao blew a kiss.

"Foo~"

The little man smiled and responded to each of them, finally looking at Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen was slightly taken aback, then quickly and sincerely bowed and said, "May the Flower Fairy bless you with boundless good fortune!"

"Woo~~"

The brocade-covered flowers and fairies were overjoyed.

As long as the Gold-tier Spirit Card is a fully-formed four-star card, none of them have low intelligence. As an intermediate-level Card Master, Hua Ning, the Flower Fairy of Brocade, is naturally not as miserable as Captain Changming.

With the addition of an intermediate-level card master, Lu Qingning and Han Baobao's expressions immediately relaxed considerably.

The effect was immediate.

When they encountered the toad squad led by the elite swamp frog demon again, the Flower Fairy applied a buff from a distance right at the start—

Active Skill: [Floral Aura]

The specific effect is that within a certain range, it automatically applies a special Hundred Flowers Mark to teammates, increasing their attack and speed, and granting them temporary immunity to some abnormal statuses.

At this moment, a semi-transparent purple flower appeared above the heads of the Netherflame Lion and the Electromagnetic Cannon Scorpion. Their speed was so fast that both of them were somewhat unaccustomed to it.

Especially when the electromagnetic cannon scorpion blasted several mud toads to pieces with one shot and blasted a bloody hole in the belly of the swamp frog demon.

Han Baobao's mouth hung open in disbelief, "This..."

Just one skill can make such a huge difference!

"Once you get to the Card Master Academy, you'll understand the importance of buffs and support," Hua Ning said with a smile. "Besides, it's really hard to beat the elite monsters and boss monsters in the secret realm without buffs!"

Compared to the previous ordeal, Lu Qingning and Han Baobao have returned to a brutal killing mode, but the price for the pleasure is extremely high—

"Is there anything else that can be used?"

Han Baobao watched Zhou Chen rummaging through a pile of half-cooked, rotten meat, and several times she tried to get closer but was stopped by the strong sour smell.

Five minutes later.

Zhou Chen chose to give up, "I feel like I'll get addicted if I keep looking... I'll just make cards, make as many as I can."

Hua Ning smiled and said, "You'd better go easy on him from now on, otherwise Zhou Chen won't have a chance to use his skills."

Lu Qingning and Han Baobao felt a pang of sadness.

Fortunately, the silver cards were successfully made, but the bronze-rank monsters seemed to have excessively damaged limbs, and all of them failed without exception.

Han Baobao clasped her hands together and said, "I'm sorry, Zhou Chen. I'll be more careful next time."

Lu Qingning awkwardly crossed her arms and turned her head away.

Their main purpose in coming to the Water Marsh Secret Realm was, of course, to adventure and gain experience, but who wouldn't want to make money if they could?

Especially after discovering that someone has such good luck in making cards, they become even more reluctant to give up the rewards from killing monsters.

"fine."

Zhou Chen picked up the spray nozzle connected to the water bucket on the motorcycle and gave it a quick rinse.

Washing your body after dealing with monster corpses in the Watery Secret Realm is essential, since monster blood is generally poisonous.

After that, the monster-slaying journey became exceptionally easy.

Under Lu Qingning and Han Baobao's conscious control, the survival rate of the monster's corpses also increased significantly, and everyone made a fortune.

They encountered other teams along the way. Seeing that there were only four of them, three women and one man, they took the initiative to approach them, but were quickly driven back by the clean and efficient monster-killing speed of the Netherflame Lion and the Electromagnetic Cannon Scorpion.

Can't be bothered.

Ten hours after leaving the outpost to kill monsters.

Despite having taken a break in between, everyone agreed to head to the nearest safe zone, which happened to be a large temporary camp nearby.

While a large number of people doesn't necessarily mean safety, at least there's less worry about small groups of monsters attacking.

Half an hour later, they successfully arrived at their destination.

From a distance, the temporary camp was bustling with people, almost like a lively market. It was created by cutting down giant trees and hardening and compacting the ground to form a large open space in the shape of a plaza.

The conditions were far inferior to those at the outpost, but there were still quite a few truck drivers coming and going.

Although there is no one in charge, everyone follows the unspoken rule that medium and large spirit cards and vehicles are not allowed to enter, in order to facilitate the movement of others.

There are people offering car-viewing services on the outermost perimeter, but the price is not low, one thousand per hour, and monster materials can be used to offset the cost if you don't have cash.

Lu Qingning wanted to go to the market, and since she had her spatial bag with her, she wasn't worried about losing anything valuable, so she asked Zhou Chen to use a rope to pull the two motorcycles over to talk.

Zhou Chen pointed to himself: "Me?"

"Or is it me?"

Lu Qingning remained indifferent.

He scratched his head and rode his motorcycle over.

Han Baobao and Hua Ning laughed from behind: "Your cousin is really worrying a lot."

“He stays at home all day and hardly talks to anyone. How can that be acceptable?” Lu Qingning believes that a qualified card dealer must have basic communication skills.

For ordinary people, it doesn't matter; they can simply enjoy the convenience brought by technology.

Unlike other card players, offline communication is much more frequent than online communication, not to mention group exploration of secret realms.

On the other side, Zhou Chen parked his car without much trouble. He happened to have some money in his pocket for emergencies, so he paid a deposit of one thousand yuan.

Chapter 39: The Top Arena (Please continue reading!!!)

The market was bustling.

Many card players set up stalls here, selling recycled monster materials, spirit cards, repairing damaged spirit cards, and buying and selling water and food, etc.

Prices are generally not low, hundreds of times higher than outside, but in a dangerous place like the secret realm, a mere hundred times is considered cheap, especially since the temporary camp is a full thirty kilometers away from the outpost.

These thirty kilometers are not just a simple thirty kilometers; they involve countless winding roads, and countless swamps and monsters.