Xie Mingzhe sent a message to his senior that night to test the waters: "I recently started making new cards to prepare for the playoffs. I may make some cards for all the major clubs."
Tang Muzhou really knew his junior fellow apprentice very well. He immediately heard the hidden meaning behind his words and asked, "Including those targeting Fenghua?"
"Yeah." Xie Mingzhe replied with a guilty conscience, not daring to say directly: I made a card that can uproot your tree.
"It's okay." Tang Muzhou said generously, "Just do it. The first few rounds of the playoffs are all knockout rounds. Nirvana and Fenghua will never meet unless you can make it to the finals."
According to the schedule, in the playoffs, Group B will be eliminated first. Since the points of Dark Night City, Judgement and Temple of the Gods are equal in the regular season, Nirvana's specific opponent will be determined by drawing lots. Defeat the first opponent to advance to the semi-finals, and then win another game to advance to the finals. Only then can they meet the first place of Group A in the finals.
As for Group A, Fenghua will face the sniping of two strong teams, Liushuangcheng and Guihe, and it is uncertain whether they can enter the finals. It is very difficult to achieve the conditions for Fenghua and Nirvana to qualify at the same time. It is still unknown whether Lu Zhishen can be used in the team competition. But even if Fenghua is not encountered in the team competition, when Tang Muzhou is encountered in the individual competition and doubles competition, Lu Zhishen can also be put in the dark card to pull out the tree.
Senior brother's thousand-year-old sacred tree and banyan tree are both in danger. Maybe if senior brother makes a willow tree, poplar tree or other card, then Lu Zhishen can target more targets - Xie Mingzhe believes that this carefully designed card will definitely be useful.
"What brand is targeting Fenghua? Won't you reveal it in advance?" Tang Muzhou asked curiously.
"I won't tell you yet, I'll give you a surprise later!" Xie Mingzhe said with a smile.
"I don't want the surprise you gave me in the game at all." Tang Muzhou smiled helplessly and said, "How about a little surprise in real life? For example, have a meal together some other day? I haven't seen you for half a month. Of course, if you are busy and can't leave, I can come to see you."
"..." This period of time was indeed very busy. Since returning from the trip, he had not seen Tang Muzhou. Xie Mingzhe also missed him a little. He was so considerate to say that he wanted to come to see him, so Xie Mingzhe would certainly not refuse, so he simply said, "Okay, when will you come tomorrow?"
"Let's go to the Nirvana base at noon."
"No problem!" Xie Mingzhe was looking forward to meeting his senior brother.
***
The next morning, after Xie Mingzhe woke up, he showed the finished cards to his master.
After seeing the first few cards, Chen Qianlin had no opinion on the skill design. Song Jiang's support design was brilliant, and Lin Chong's skills were also very useful. Even if Li Kui hit the beast of the judge to avenge his mother, it didn't matter. The Alliance had skills that added damage to certain types of cards before.
However, he held the last photo of Lu Zhishen in his hand and looked at it for a long time.
The master's serious expression made Xie Mingzhe uneasy: "Is there something wrong with this card?"
"Nothing." Chen Qianlin looked at his young apprentice with a rather helpless expression. "You were Zhang Lin Daiyu at first, and Daiyu's burial of flowers triggered the instant death judgment of the flower category. Now you are Zhang Lu Zhishen again, and you directly pulled out your senior brother's tree. If they hadn't seen with their own eyes that you have a good relationship with him, others might have misunderstood that you and him have a grudge against each other."
"…………" Xie Mingzhe smiled and touched his nose. Don't say there was any grudge. He and his senior brother exchanged their first kiss in the beachfront villa. It was sweet. However, personal relationships are personal relationships, and competitions are competitions. They are very clear about this.
Xie Mingzhe wanted to lead Nirvana to achieve better results. Fenghua was their strongest obstacle. Since he had thought of the card idea for Fenghua, it made no sense not to make this card just because Tang Muzhou had a good relationship with him. Didn't his senior brother also use "transplantation" to directly snatch his baby Yueying away?
Seeing Chen Qianlin's serious expression, Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "Master, my brother and I can clearly distinguish between competition and personal matters. Lu Zhishen targeted the tree card, and I will also make cards targeting other clubs."
Chen Qianlin felt relieved. "That's good."
The master and his disciple used the morning time to organize Nirvana's existing card deck.
Chen Qianlin is very good at organizing and categorizing cards. After his categorization and organization, Xie Mingzhe has a better understanding of the situation of his own cards and his thinking is clearer. He found that among the character cards he has made so far, there are many output, control, and treatment cards with different skill mechanisms, but there is still a lack of some flexible assassin cards like the joker cards Nie Xiaoqian and Liancheng.
Cards can be shared by players in the same club. When playing individual games, Xie Mingzhe could have used Yu Ke's assassin joker, but Xie Mingzhe felt that since the joker was made for Xiao Ke, he didn't want to occupy it. In addition, he is good at "character cards". Every player should have his own unique style, so it is better to add a few assassin character cards for himself.
Xie Mingzhe still has to think carefully about the materials. He wants every card to be useful, so he cannot be impatient.
***
As expected, Tang Muzhou came at noon and brought a sumptuous lunch.
Chi Yingying saw the silhouette of a tall and handsome man at the elevator entrance. He was carrying packed food and waiting for someone at the door. Chi Yingying turned around and asked her colleagues, "Who ordered the takeout?"
Tang Muzhou turned around and smiled: "Xie Mingzhe called me."
Chi Yingying was stunned for a moment before she recognized him and was shocked: "Tang, Tang Shen!"
Tang Muzhou nodded and greeted her politely.
——Has anyone seen Mr. Tang who delivers takeout?
She really had an eye-opener today!
After hearing the noise outside the door, Xie Mingzhe immediately ran out, resisting the urge to rush over and hug him, his eyes full of smiles: "Brother, why did you bring food here? Send me a message and I'll go downstairs."
"I passed by your favorite restaurant and bought lunch." The moment Tang Muzhou saw him, his eyes naturally softened. He walked up to him and asked in a low voice, "Have you been busy these days?"
"It's okay. Making cards is quite exhausting. I usually take a break for two days to adjust my thinking after making a few cards." Xie Mingzhe only had Tang Muzhou in his eyes. He looked up at him and didn't notice Chi Yingying standing next to him.
Chi Yingying stood there, feeling that she was superfluous? She had no choice but to quietly turn around and hide back in the office, and couldn't help but think, aren't these two people too close? Tang Muzhou actually brought food to Xie Mingzhe himself?
Tang Muzhou is a very good person. When he came to visit his junior fellow apprentice, he did not forget to show respect to his master. He also brought a lunch for Chen Qianlin. This way he could avoid being talked about behind his back.
The three masters and apprentices had lunch together in the coach's office. In the afternoon, Tang Muzhou wanted to talk to Azhe alone, but he happened to see Yu Ke when he passed by the training room. Yu Ke ran over excitedly and said, "It's a rare opportunity to see Master Tang. Can you beat me a few times? I regret not being able to see you that day!"
This guy has been addicted to being abused recently. He signs up to challenge the champion every night in the training group. Although he has never won, he is getting braver and braver. On Friday, Tang Muzhou was defending the champion. Xiao Ke didn't win the lottery and watched the game from the sidelines for two hours. He felt very regretful. Now that Tang Muzhou came to visit his master, he didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Seeing Yu Ke's eager look, Tang Muzhou could only smile helplessly and go to the training room to torture him.
Xie Mingzhe happened to be free, so he played a few games with his senior brother. As a result, Chen Xiao also came over. As a "guest guest", Tang Muzhou was familiar with the Nirvana training room as if it were his own home. He did not put on airs and played with the Nirvana team members for an entire afternoon.
Xiao Ke would not use all the jokers in his individual competition, and Tang Muzhou did not see Xiao Ke's other cards. He tried to ask: "Did Azhe make other jokers for you?"
Yu Ke was not confused and immediately became alert: "Hey, I can't tell you about this, just ask Ah Zhe directly!"
Tang Muzhou smiled and asked no more questions. He did not come to Nirvana to get information, but to visit his beloved.
In the evening, there was suddenly an event at Nirvana - Chi Yingying said that they had already negotiated with a very good sponsor, and would find a few players to shoot commercials in a few days. They would invite everyone to dinner tonight to get to know each other first, so Tang Muzhou had to say goodbye.
Xie Mingzhe felt guilty, and gave him a hug before leaving, saying, "Sorry, it's really a bad coincidence today... I wanted to treat you to dinner tonight, but it suddenly happened that you have to have a dinner party again."
Tang Muzhou smiled and hugged him back: "Don't worry, there will be plenty of time in the future. If I owe you a meal, you must pay it back tenfold."
Xie Mingzhe nodded readily: "No problem!"
He had no idea that he had fallen into the other party's language trap. He thought that he owed one meal and had to treat ten meals. He never imagined that there were other ways to "repay tenfold". Tang Muzhou kept a clear account of them.
***
The sponsor invited us to dinner in the evening, and Xie Mingzhe stopped making business cards and went with everyone to the dinner.
Since the end of the regular season, many sponsors have approached her. After careful selection, Chi Yingying finally chose this clothing company. It is said that the clothes of this company are of high quality and have a good reputation. The salary is also high, and it can allow the four members of Nirvana to appear on the screen at the same time. After hearing this, Xie Mingzhe also thought it was a good idea and directly finalized the endorsement contract.
The next morning, Xie Mingzhe woke up refreshed and entered the game again to connect to the card making system.
He already had ideas about these two assassin cards - two handsome men in Water Margin: Yan Qing and Hua Rong.
There are many heroes on Liangshan Mountain, and countless of them are skilled in martial arts, but in terms of looks, these two are the most handsome.
Yan Qing has always been known as the "Prodigal Son". It is said that he is undoubtedly a handsome man with a romantic and unrestrained personality. He is carefree and casual. He often hangs out in brothels. He is also multi-talented, proficient in music, and can play good music, which has fascinated many beautiful women.
He played a crucial role in the process of Liangshan being amnestyed by the imperial court. Through the famous brothel prostitute Li Shishi, he introduced Song Jiang to Emperor Song Huizong as an intermediary. He took the opportunity to tell the emperor that Song Jiang hoped to be recruited by the court and contribute to the country.
When designing the card Yan Qing, Xie Mingzhe intended to make it a "spell assassin".
The Cao Pi Centralization and Sima Yi Forbearance cards he made before were both long-range spell output cards that stood still. In his character deck, most of the melee output cards rely on weapons such as guns and arrows to deal damage, and not many rely on spells.
Since Yan Qing is a well-known playboy and is also proficient in music, it would be better to design a musical attack skill for him, which can output tons of spells in close combat, and the skill effect will look more elegant.
Yanqing (wood)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 500, Attack 1800, Defense 500, Agility 30, Crit 30%
Additional Skill: Faint Flute Music (Yan Qing is very good at playing the flute. He can enter the performance state, which will increase his attack speed for a short period of 8 seconds. He will play a flute sound once a second, causing 80% wood damage to all enemy targets within a 5-meter melee range, and superimpose musical marks. Each mark lasts for 5 seconds, causing 10% wood damage per second; the cooldown time is 30 seconds)
Additional Skill: Prodigal Son Returns (Yan Qing is known as a prodigal son, who is unruly and uninhibited. When Yan Qing uses the skill "Prodigal Son Returns", he can choose a landing point within 23 meters to teleport there, and teleport back to the previous position within 3 seconds, adding 1 rhythm mark to all enemy targets on the two movement paths, and at the moment of returning to the previous position, all marks on the field will be detonated, immediately settling all mark damage; cooldown time 15 seconds)
Additional Skill: Retreat to the Mountains and Forests (Passive skill: When Yan Qing's Prodigal Son Returns and Xiaoyinmiaomiao skills are all inactive, he can choose to retreat to the mountains and forests, teleporting to a designated location within 23 meters, away from the battlefield)
The skill calculation of this card is relatively complicated, and because of this, its flexibility is very high.
Yan Qing relies on the Xiaoyin mark to deal damage. Xiaoyin is equivalent to an 8-second burst. Within 8 seconds, he can quickly stack 8 marks. At the same time, he can use the Prodigal Son skill to teleport twice in a row, stack 2 more marks and detonate them.
Each mark causes 10% damage per second for 5 seconds, which is 50% wood damage. The damage of a single mark seems very low, but once a target has more than 8 layers of marks stacked on its body, the moment it is detonated by Yan Qing, it will directly cause a terrifying critical damage of about 400%!
The basic attack of a full-level Yan Qing card should be able to stack up to about 150,000, with 400% damage. Minus the effect of the opponent's card defense attribute, when the stacked marks exceed 8 layers, one explosion can knock out 70,000 to 80,000 health points, and a fragile card can be directly killed!
Of course, marking is a negative state and can be cleared, and it is difficult to mark a card with such a high stack in actual combat.
However, Yan Qing is a card that is extremely difficult to operate. The effects of using it by an expert and a novice are completely different. His upper limit is very high. In special circumstances, such as teammates connecting with continuous control and the opponent being unable to release the control, Yan Qing can deal all the damage for 8 seconds. After choosing the path of the Prodigal Son, it is no problem to kill a low-defense, full-health card in seconds.
This card can rush to the enemy's front row to attack the tank, causing considerable group damage; it can also be used in conjunction with other cards on our side to focus fire on the low-health cards, with all marks thrown at the same target, detonating it in advance to kill instantly.
Spell assassins are very flexible in their movements, and the choice of landing point and the choice of marked objects require a lot of skill.
This card is definitely one of the most difficult to use in Xie Mingzhe's current deck. It is particularly useful in individual and doubles competitions, and can also be used to take advantage of the chaos in team competitions.
After Xie Mingzhe finished the design, he carefully looked at the card's skill data and put Yan Qing away with satisfaction.
The design concept of Hua Rong is different from that of Yan Qing. Yan Qing is made into a spell assassin, while Hua Rong is a traditional physical attack assassin. The weapon he uses is a silver spear, and his gun skills are extremely ornamental. In addition, he is extremely handsome, so watching him dance with the gun is definitely a pleasure.
Xie Mingzhe, who is obsessed with looks, also painted Hua Rong into a handsome man and gave him a very beautiful weapon.
The character holding the silver spear will naturally belong to the gold card——
Hua Rong (Gold)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 500, Attack 1800, Defense 500, Agility 30, Crit 30%
Additional Skills: Dancing Pear Blossoms (Hua Rong is very good at spear dancing. It is said that he has a graceful posture when using a spear, and the tip of the spear is like a flying pear blossom. Hua Rong enters the Dancing Pear Blossoms spear dancing state, which lasts for 6 seconds. During this period, he is immune to control skills, increases his attack speed by 100%, and uses the silver spear in his hand to stab continuously in the specified direction, attacking all enemy targets within a 90-degree fan-shaped area close to him. Each stab causes 60% gold critical damage and absorbs 10% of the damage to restore his own health; the cooldown time is 20 seconds)
Additional Skill: Thunderbolt Gun (Hua Rong launches a lightning-fast attack on a single target within 3 meters, aiming the gun tip at the opponent's weakness, directly causing 300% gold critical damage. If the target is killed, 20% of the player's health will be restored; cooldown time 40 seconds)
Although this card is a melee assassin with relatively low basic health and defense, the health recovery effect attached to the skill can greatly improve Hua Rong's survivability, making up for the shortcoming of not having flexible displacement skills - he is not afraid of facing people head-on.
The addition of Yan Qing and Hua Rong will definitely greatly enhance the combat power of Xie Mingzhe's deck.
There are many more heroes in Water Margin, but Xie Mingzhe made too many cards in the early stage, and it was difficult to make skills that were not repeated, so he could only choose to make them. So far, all the cards he has made are well-known male characters, and he plans to design a few more female cards.