After returning to his personal space, Tang Muzhou took out 15 more "agility enhancement cards" from the display cabinet and fed them to Daiyu. The black card Daiyu's agility of 85 was forcibly stacked to 100. He handed the enhanced card to Xie Mingzhe and said, "All cards in the game can have their attributes enhanced in the later stages, but the number of such enhanced white cards is limited and the price is very expensive. For example, this 'agility enhancement card' costs 5,000 gold coins."
In other words, he just spent tens of thousands of gold coins worth of materials to strengthen the Daiyu Card. This experimental maniac used the materials without blinking an eye.
Xie Mingzhe took the enhanced Daiyu Card and followed him again with mixed feelings.
The two came to the arena in Phoenix Star Region again.
The moment the countdown ended, Xie Mingzhe immediately summoned Daiyu and released Daiyu's flower burial skill - Daiyu stretched out her slender jade hands and threw flower petals. As soon as the petals touched the tuberose illusion, the full-blooded tuberose was killed instantly!
Daiyu's skills are indeed powerful once they take effect.
Xie Mingzhe, who came to the arena for the first time, was deeply shocked by the scene before him.
The next moment, Tang Muzhou took out another tree card - a banyan tree. The big banyan tree with very thick branches stood there, looking particularly majestic, while the night-blooming jasmine blooming next to the banyan tree appeared very small and delicate.
"Come again." Tang Muzhou said.
"Should I continue to use Daiyu to defeat your tuberose in seconds?"
"Well, let's give it a try."
Countdown 5 seconds, the game begins.
Xie Mingzhe followed what he had done just now. The moment the countdown reached 0, he summoned Lin Daiyu and directly used the skill "Daiyu Burying Flowers" to target the tuberose. Almost at the same time, he saw the branches of the banyan tree suddenly spread open. The green leaves that were enough to cover the sky formed a huge light green protective shield around it. Under the light, this thin protective shield looked like a large green bubble and looked extremely beautiful.
——The tuberose is safe and sound inside the shield and is not dead.
Xie Mingzhe quickly responded: "Was it the banyan tree's protective skill that blocked Daiyu's instant death judgment?"
"Right." Tang Muzhou appreciated this guy's quick thinking and his tone became much gentler. "The sacred tree protects allies within the range and makes them immune to all control and damage for 5 seconds. My banyan tree is also 100 agile and can use skills with your Daiyu, but the arena has a specific skill settlement order."
Tang Muzhou opened the battle record and explained, "You see, defense and healing skills are prioritized, control and instant death skills are second, and attack skills are last. Your Daiyu Burial of Flowers was blocked by the banyan tree's protection skill, so it lost its effect."
"Also, you were able to defeat Tuberose in the second round because I deliberately gave you 0.3 seconds. Otherwise, even if you stacked your Daiyu card to 100 agility and challenged me, you might not be able to defeat my Flower card in a second, because my prediction is better than yours, and my attack speed is faster than yours. In the arena, the speed and timing of the attack are very important. You don't know how to play in the arena, and you can't grasp this rhythm well."
"..." Xie Mingzhe really learned a lot. It turns out that there are so many rules in the arena that he doesn't understand. Although he now has countless new ideas for making cards in his mind, his understanding of this card world is just the "tip of the iceberg".
"Instant death cards are not invincible. As long as the master predicts your attack timing in advance, he will not give you the chance to release the instant death skill. This kind of card is not used directly, but is used as a tactical card to block the opponent's skills at the critical moment of the game and kill him unexpectedly." Tang Muzhou explained gently, "I tell you this because I want you to understand that a truly outstanding card maker must not only have novel ideas, but also know the various rules of the arena very clearly, so that the cards you make will be more useful."
"I understand, thank you great God!" Xie Mingzhe's thanks came from the bottom of his heart.
The other party personally brought him to the arena today, which made him understand a lot of things. He really has countless ideas, but the cards he makes may not be useful. If he wants to make high-quality cards, he must be a master of competition himself.
——Only those who understand cards can make good cards!
"Let's go, let's go back and talk." Tang Muzhou took him back to Qianlin Restaurant and continued chatting.
"Is the agility attribute of a card similar to the speed at which skills are read in online games? 100 agility means that skills can be released instantly. If the agility is low, it will take longer to release skills. Do I understand correctly?" Xie Mingzhe asked.
"Yes." Tang Muzhou said with a smile, "The skills of instant death cards must be instant, so the initial agility attribute must reach 30, and the full level must reach 100. This is a truly qualified instant death card. Otherwise, your card will be completely useless in front of a master. At present, your instant death card is being fought over by various guilds because there are too few of this type of card. When it is circulated in large quantities in the later stage, it will be nothing more than a tactical card, and the price will definitely plummet. You can make some instant death cards first, learn more about card making skills, try to allocate basic card data, stack agility to the highest level, and then try to make a complete deck later."
"Yeah." Xie Mingzhe nodded seriously.
The guidance given to him by this great master can be said to have completely overturned his understanding of the value of cards.
He used to think that cards with high life, defense, and attack power were good cards. But now it seems that for functional cards like Daiyu, life and defense are not important at all. The key lies in two points: agility and additional skills.
Similarly, if control cards want to end the battle quickly, they should also stack agility and take the initiative to exert strong control; if they want to fight a war of attrition, or play a defensive counterattack, they have to stack up the health; the key to attacking cards is naturally to stack up the output, and other attributes do not need to be too high, because attacking cards are generally launched under the premise of having protection cards; protection cards must of course have a high health volume, as the meat shield in the deck.
Protection cards, control cards, treatment cards, output cards, some special function cards, tactical cards...
An excellent deck needs to balance data in all aspects.
The dead card is just a "surprise" tactical card in the arena.
He still has a long way to go before he can build a complete deck, and he needs to keep learning.
Xie Mingzhe was very grateful to the masters he met in the past few days - Nie Shen and Lan Shen frankly explained to him the role of instant death cards. If not, he would not have realized his talent and potential so quickly. And today, this master with a digital ID personally took him to the arena and made him understand the importance of agility and the concept of deck design.
He was so excited that he wanted to go back to his personal space immediately to make more cards.
Seeing the fat uncle lowering his head and thinking carefully, Tang Muzhou couldn't help asking, "What do you think about becoming your apprentice? We've talked for so long, and I even took you to the arena to show you how to do it. I think my level should be good enough to be your master, right?"
Xie Mingzhe came back to his senses and scratched his head, saying, "Master Tang, you must be joking. How dare I worship you as my master?"
Tang Muzhou: “………………”
It really doesn’t feel good to have your vest stripped off in front of you!
Tang Muzhou was silent for a moment, then asked in confusion, "How did you guess that?"
Xie Mingzhe said: "The system's built-in passerby face, the random digital ID, the restaurant's decoration style is full of vines and green plants, he is so proficient in plant-based cards, and his awareness of playing in the arena is terrifying. The only person I can think of is Tang Muzhou, the most powerful wood-based player."
A few days ago, I saw the digital IDs of two great players, Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan, and today I saw the rich man 7456789. Xie Mingzhe was a little suspicious at the time, wondering if this could also be the smurf account of a professional great player?
After this period of contact, he dared to confirm the other party's identity - an expert in plants, a digital ID, a top master, who had been paying attention to him and bought all the Daiyu cards. In addition, he also had a tuberose card in his hand. Who else could it be but Tang Muzhou?
Xie Mingzhe said it frankly, but he didn't expect the other party to admit it so frankly.
Tang Muzhou smiled slightly: "Since you have guessed my identity, I want to take you as my apprentice, why do you still refuse? With a master like me to guide you, whether you become a professional designer or a professional athlete in the future, it will be much easier for you than others."
Xie Mingzhe said frankly: "Thank you for your kindness, Tang Shen. In fact, I have met Nie Yuandao from the Judgment Club before."
Tang Muzhou narrowed his eyes slightly: "Laonie looked for you? Why?"
Xie Mingzhe said, "He wanted to invite me to join the Judgment Club, but I didn't agree. If Tang Shen accepted me as his apprentice, he would naturally want me to join the Fenghua Club, right? I didn't agree, not because I think you are not qualified to be my master. On the contrary, I feel very honored that a great master like you can think highly of me and personally guide me. But I don't want to be tied to any club, so I can't recognize you as my master for the time being."
Tang Muzhou: “………………”
Xie Mingzhe continued, "I'm sorry, Mr. Tang, I appreciate your kindness. You taught me a lot today, and I will remember this favor, but I'm used to being free and I don't like being bound by the club's rules."
Tang Muzhou narrowed his eyes and looked at the fat uncle in front of him: "Rules and regulations? Are you worried about copyright issues?"
Xie Mingzhe nodded: "God Tang may think that I don't know how to behave, but I really don't want to join any club. The copyright of all the cards I make in the future must be in my own hands."
Although the image of Fat Uncle in the game is chubby, with a gentle smile, and looks innocent and very friendly, Tang Muzhou felt the "fearless" spirit of young people from this person.
This person is obviously very far-sighted. If you are really talented, who would be willing to be tied to a club and hand over all the copyrights of the cards they make to the club? When Tang Muzhou signed up for Fenghua, there was a supplementary agreement, and the copyright of all original cards with the logo "Tang" belonged to him. Great players like Lao Nie, Fang Yu, and Ling Jingtang also reached a copyright agreement with the club, so even if they wanted to change jobs one day, they could take all their cards with them.
But that was before Season 5.
During the fifth season, a very unpleasant incident occurred in the league, which was caused by a copyright dispute.
A great player took the club to court, and the lawsuit lasted for a long time and caused a lot of uproar. Because of this incident, there are fewer and fewer contracts that "separate the copyright of original cards." Newcomers who signed contracts after the sixth season rarely have such treatment. All clubs control copyright very strictly, for fear that the copyright dispute of that year will happen again.
The newcomers who have emerged in recent years have all signed contracts that the copyright of the cards belongs to the club. There are only a handful of newcomers who can create original cards, and most of them directly use the cards made by the club's designers, so they don't care much about the "copyright of the cards".
And Uncle Fat obviously cares a lot.
He was undoubtedly wise. In the long run, he could make more money as a freelance designer than being tied to any club, because he was not controlled by the club and could give full play to his imagination and design a variety of different cards.
Does he have the courage to work alone without relying on any club?
Seeing that Fatty was determined, Tang Muzhou had to change his words and said, "Since you don't want to be my disciple, let's be friends first. If you encounter any problems with card design in the future, you can send me a private message and I will reply to you when I see it."
The other party was not arrogant at all and took the initiative to guide him. Xie Mingzhe was looking forward to having such a "great friend" and nodded immediately: "No problem, if Tang Shen doesn't mind that I'm a nobody, we can be friends!"
"You will soon no longer be an unknown person... By the way, do you not have the habit of checking your emails? Remember to check your emails when you have time." Tang Muzhou stood up with a smile and said, "I have something else to do at the club, so I will log off first."
"Okay, goodbye, Tang Shen."
The man in front of him disappeared directly and logged off very quickly.
Xie Mingzhe was still a little uncomfortable seeing a person suddenly disappear from in front of him. He was stunned for a moment, then turned around and went downstairs, intending to visit this entertainment planet on the way.
When he arrived at the restaurant door, he found that it was closed and there was a "Closed" sign outside.
No wonder he and Tang Shen chatted for so long without being disturbed by anyone.
The waiter at the door smiled and said, "Uncle Fatty, the boss said that you can come to our restaurant anytime you are free in the future. Our restaurant only accepts special guests, and you have been added to the VIP list who can come and go freely."
Xie Mingzhe was flattered and said, "Thank you."
After walking out of the restaurant, he looked back at Qianlin Restaurant. The two words "Qianlin" were surrounded by green vines and some light blue flowers. The style was fresh and the design was very distinctive.
Since the waiter called Tang Muzhou the boss, this restaurant was obviously rented by Tang Muzhou. No one would spend money to eat in the game, right? You can't eat to your heart's content. You can make money by renting a shop to sell something, but won't you lose money if you rent a restaurant?
Xie Mingzhe walked towards another bar street in confusion.
The bar street was very lively at night, with some singers singing and bright lights and wine everywhere. It was hard to connect this scene with the game world.
Xie Mingzhe sighed as he found a seat next to the bar street and sat down, thinking with his head down.
The Daiyu card was bought by Tang Shen at a high price of 660,000, which caused a sensation at the auction. At that time, many people at the venue were broadcasting live. He guessed that the card maker "Yueban" should be well-known, and the players' first impression of him was that he was the author of "the instant death card."
The cards you make at the beginning should not be too messy. As the saying goes, "Every profession has its specialties." It is better to rely on instant death cards first, gain a firm foothold in the original world, and then make other cards after you have made a name for yourself.
The dead card, he has now become Wu Song and Daiyu.
The copyright of Wu Song was sold to Nie Shen, so he can no longer make it, but Daiyu can be made indefinitely. But he can't just sell Daiyu in his card store, right? That would make people think that he has run out of ideas and can only make this one card.
It would be better to make a few more instant death cards and sell them together with Daiyu.
When talking about Daiyu, he naturally thought of another heroine in "Dream of Red Mansions": Xue Baochai.
Now that we have already created Lin Daiyu, why not create Bao Girl?
An idea suddenly occurred to Xie Mingzhe - Baochai catching butterflies, Daiyu burying flowers!
This is a story that happened in the same chapter of the original Dream of the Red Chamber. At that time, Xue Baochai went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to find Lin Daiyu, and happened to see Jia Baoyu go in. She was afraid of arousing Daiyu's suspicion, so she left silently. On the way, she met a butterfly and became playful, taking out her fan to catch the butterfly for fun.
First there is Baochai catching butterflies, and then there is Daiyu burying flowers. This description just shows the completely different personalities of the two women.
Of course, you can kill butterflies by swatting them, but I wonder if there are many butterfly cards in this game?
Xie Mingzhe stroked his chin and carefully considered Baochaika's actions.
***
At the same time, in the Dark Night City, the club headquarters.
Ye Zhu laughed out loud: "Hahaha, was that card really bought by someone for 660,000? I am dying of laughter. Tang Muzhou proposed the concept of instant death at the last season's summary meeting, but someone made a flower-type instant death card and put it up for auction, which would target him. Hahaha! Tang Shen must be very depressed now!"
Seeing the young man holding his stomach and laughing so hard that he couldn't catch his breath, Pei Jingshan patted his shoulder helplessly and said, "Xiao Zhu, don't be too gloating. What if this author named Yueban makes an instant death card targeting your butterfly card, you won't be able to laugh anymore."
Ye Zhu suppressed his laughter, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Brother Pei! My butterfly cards all have super high agility, it's not that easy to be hit by instant death!" Just when he said this, he suddenly sneezed several times and rubbed his nose hard, even the tip of his nose turned red.
Strange, why does it feel like someone is cursing him?
The author has something to say:
In order to make a name for himself in the original card making world, Pipizhe is making cards like crazy during this period.
This chapter has made it clear that this game is a real-time battle, not a turn-based game where you can only stand and take the hit when I hit you, so the instant death card is not that strong. If you predict in advance to give a shield or treatment, the card will not die. Tang Muzhou also said that the instant death card must seize the opportunity and be used as a tactical card that surprises the opponent. The key still depends on the player's reaction + awareness. This setting is to make the later games more exciting.