Under the personal guidance of Chen Qianlin, Xie Mingzhe made unified adjustments to the attributes of the entire set of cards.

First of all, the most important attribute is "agility". The final adjustment result is that Lu Meng and Sun Ce have 100 full agility, followed by Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, and Xiao Qiao, Sun Shangxiang and Da Qiao are all between 75-80, which is convenient for skill connection. Then there is the data balance of each card. The newly released Sun Shangxiang has the basic attack and critical hit rate stacked to the highest; Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao's skills are affected by the basic attack + critical hit, so these two items are also stacked to the highest.

It was already late at night when all the adjustments were made. Xie Mingzhe was too excited to sleep and wanted to go to the arena to experience the power of this deck in actual combat. As a result, Chen Qianlin said calmly: "The Phoenix Star Domain Arena ranking competition closes on time at 12 o'clock every night and refreshes at 8 o'clock in the morning. You should go to bed first."

Xie Mingzhe looked at the time and saw that it was indeed one o'clock in the morning. He didn't want to disturb his master any longer, so he said, "Master, you have worked hard. You should go to bed early too. Good night!" At this time, the Phoenix star field was indeed closed on the galaxy navigation map and could not be transmitted. Xie Mingzhe had no choice but to take off his helmet, log off, wash up, and go to the second floor to sleep.

Chen Xiao was smoking on the balcony. When he saw Xie Mingzhe coming up, he put out his cigarette and asked with concern, "Is the deck ready?"

Xie Mingzhe said excitedly, "The seven cards for the arena have been made. My master taught me how to adjust the data!" He turned on the tablet computer and pulled out the seven cards from the display cabinet to show Chen Xiao, "Brother Chen, what do you think of this deck?"

Chen Xiao carefully looked at the skills of the seven cards and praised: "Very good! Both offensive and defensive, and the skills are well connected. It's easy to play in the lower levels of the arena. As long as you are familiar with the timing of releasing skills, this deck will be enough for you to rush to the Star Card Expert."

"Brother Chen, how are your cards going?" Xie Mingzhe put away his laptop and asked curiously.

"I'm not in a hurry." Chen Xiao smiled and said, "The termination agreement has just been signed. If I make a lot of cards in two or three days, it will be difficult to explain clearly in the future. After this month, my brother will move in with us, and then I will start making cards. If Mr. Shao doubts it, I will say that I made them under the guidance of my brother."

"That's right. It won't hurt to be careful." You have to be on guard against others. Besides, that Shao is not a good person. It would be more reasonable for Chen Xiao to be more cautious and make the card next month. Xie Mingzhe said, "So what are your plans next?"

"I will help Chi Qing develop the Nirvana Guild first. The guild is already level three, and I want to upgrade it to the full level as soon as possible. You can just focus on playing ranked games, and leave these things to me."

"Yes. Call me anytime if you need help."

"By the way, are you still drawing those three membership benefit cards these days?"

"I was busy working on new cards for the Arena today and didn't get to take care of it." Xie Mingzhe scratched his head and said with some distress, "Our guild is growing too fast. In the future, when there are tens of thousands of members, will we not have enough cards to draw?"

"This is easy. If you feel comfortable, just give me the copying rights of the three welfare cards of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Huang Gai, and I will copy them directly. Otherwise, when there are more members in the later period, you will not be able to draw them all." Chen Xiao suggested, "The copying rights only copy this card and cannot be modified. The copyright of the card is still yours."

"No problem!" Xie Mingzhe certainly trusted Chen Xiao. This way he could save time to go to the arena and not spend several hours every day repeatedly drawing Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and Huang Gai.

"We'll go to the Copyright Center tomorrow morning to take care of it. You should go to bed now."

After the two of them discussed it, they went to bed.

Xie Mingzhe had a good dream and got up at 7am the next morning in high spirits. Chen Xiao also came out of the bedroom with a radiant look on his face. The two bumped into each other on the balcony on the second floor. Xie Mingzhe smiled and greeted him, "Good morning, Brother Chen!"

Chen Xiao also smiled and said, "I guessed that you must get up early to play in the arena. Are you very excited to make a deck?"

Xie Mingzhe said frankly: "Of course, I have never been to the arena. Last night I dreamed that I won ten consecutive games!"

Chen Xiao said: "With this deck of yours, it won't be difficult to win 50 games in a row, let alone 10."

Xie Mingzhe became even more excited when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to put on the helmet and enter the game.

At 7:10 in the morning, the two washed up and came to the restaurant. Chen Xiao took out the bread and milk that Chi Qing had prepared long ago from the refrigerator, and ate breakfast with Xie Mingzhe while chatting.

Chen Xiao said: "You know all the rules of the arena, right?"

Xie Mingzhe: "I only know the upgrade rules. I haven't had time to check the rest. I'll check it out later."

Chen Xiao said: "It's actually very simple. Let me tell you directly. The Star Card Apprentices, Apprentice Star Card Masters and Trainee Star Card Masters of the first to third battle levels are generally at a low level. It's easy to win with a good deck. The competition mode used is the open card mode."

Xie Mingzhe asked curiously, "Show card mode? Does it mean showing the entire deck at the beginning?"

Chen Xiao nodded: "Yes. At the beginning of the game, both sides will show 7 cards at once. They will use the 7 cards shown directly. Both sides will face off 7v7. All cards cannot be replaced."

Xie Mingzhe thought that the low-rank players adopted this "open card mode" because the official took into consideration that the low-rank players did not have many full-level cards in their hands. They would not have many cards to replace when adjusting their lineups. It would be better for them to take these seven cards and directly show their hands in a confrontation, which was simple and rough.

Chen Xiao continued, "Starting from the fourth-tier Star Card Expert rank, the ranking matches will become a more interesting hidden card mode. In this mode, five cards are visible and two are hidden cards. You can't see the hidden cards, and the hidden cards can be replaced. Both sides have 30 seconds to adjust their lineups. This hidden card mode is used in high-end professional leagues and various cup competitions, and the psychological game between players is also a major attraction."

Xie Mingzhe nodded in understanding.

In the hidden card mode, you can adjust two hidden cards. When the player's card pool is deep enough, you can adjust the lineup in a targeted manner. For example, if you meet the earth-type player Zheng Feng in the arena, and see that he has an elephant with 200,000 health points in his open cards, you can use your hidden card to replace Cao Chong to specifically restrain his elephant. Similarly, if Zheng Feng is worried that the elephant will be targeted, he can hide the elephant in the invisible hidden card. The opponent will be in a dilemma at this time. Should he put Cao Chong on the field? If he does, and the opponent does not have an elephant, wouldn't it be a waste of a position?

In the hidden card mode, not only the deck is important, but also the psychological game, analytical reasoning, and deployment of troops are also very important. The targeted replacement of two hidden cards is a test of the players' grasp of various arena routines. It is definitely not enough to just stick to one lineup.

Xie Mingzhe currently only has the Dongwu Zonghuo team. If he plays in the dark mode and meets the great players in the alliance, he will definitely be crushed.

But it doesn't matter. He is still a novice who has just started playing in the arena. He can slowly accumulate experience and make more cards. There is still half a year before the next season, which is enough time for him to enrich his deck.

Chen Xiao also said: "Don't worry, the seven cards you have are enough for the open card mode. First, familiarize yourself with the skills of these seven cards and take your time."

Xie Mingzhe nodded: "Well, I will go and see it in action later."

After breakfast, the two came to the copyright center of the Aquarius Star Domain. Xie Mingzhe handed over the copying rights of the three guild welfare cards of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Huang Gai to Chen Xiao. After completing the formalities, he returned to his personal space. It was exactly eight o'clock, and Xie Mingzhe was directly teleported from the galaxy map to the Phoenix Star Domain.

——Welcome to Phoenix Star Region!

In the center of Phoenix Star Region is a huge square, surrounded by several buildings of different styles. On the building to the north is a striking sign that reads "Star Card Ranked Tournament"; to the east is the "Star Card Alliance Professional League Viewing Entrance", to the west is the "National Star Card Master Invitational Tournament Entrance", to the south is the "Guild Tournament Entrance", and there are several buildings without names, which should be reserved for various cup competitions held by sponsors. Each skyscraper corresponds to a different stadium.

Xie Mingzhe has a "Star Card Qualifying Tournament Ticket" in his hand. This ticket is valid for 6 months. In the next 6 months, he can use this ticket given by the system to enter the qualifying competition building to play ranked games.

Xie Mingzhe came to the qualifying hall with excitement.

Although it was eight o'clock in the morning, the hall was already crowded.

As soon as he walked into the hall, he heard a system prompt: "Dear Fat Uncle, welcome to the Phoenix Star Domain Ranking Hall. Your current rank is [First Battle Level·Star Card Apprentice Level 1]. Your opponent is being matched based on your battle record. Please wait..."

After just 3 seconds, a prompt popped up in front of me: "An opponent has been found for you. Do you want to enter the competition arena immediately?"

The speed of this match can be described as "lightning". It can be seen that the player base of the game playing the ranking matches is quite large, and there are countless rookies like Xie Mingzhe who have just entered the arena.

Xie Mingzhe tapped to enter.

——Welcome to the Arena Ranked Competition. Player information has been loaded successfully.

——The randomly generated competition map is: Fountain Square.

——Please set up the battle deck in the deck panel. Countdown 10, 9, 8...

Seven spaces popped up in front of him, where he could place his own cards. Xie Mingzhe quickly placed Wu Guo's seven cards on the space and pressed the confirmation button.

——It is detected that there are five Fire cards in your deck, which meets the requirements of Arena deck building. Please select the deck bonus attributes of [Mars's Protection] from the following options: health, attack power, defense power, critical damage, treatment effect, and control time.

The deck bonus effect will be automatically activated in the arena. Since Xie Mingzhe wants to fight in one wave, he naturally chooses the deck attribute of "critical damage". In his deck, Lu Xun's fire attack and Sun Shangxiang's harvest both require critical strikes, and it will be useless if they can't kill the enemy in seconds.

——Both sides’ decks will be displayed soon. The match will officially begin in 20 seconds. Please get ready.

After this message, both sides' card decks appeared on the screen in front of him.

The top row is Xie Mingzhe's seven cards, and the bottom row is his opponent's seven cards.

Xie Mingzhe's deck looks really pleasing to the eye, with four handsome men and three beautiful women, who can kill opponents in seconds just by their looks.

The opponent's ID is "笨笨熊", and his deck is a bit difficult to describe. Xie Mingzhe found that his deck is very messy, with one animal, one plant, two monster cards, and three joker cards.

The 20-second countdown is for players to observe and analyze the opponent's deck. Xie Mingzhe seizes the time to observe the skills of the opponent's seven cards. The opponent has built an earth-based deck, with five earth-based cards, including ghost cards and monster cards, as the main output. The wood-based plant cards are group treatment cards, and the water-based animal cards are status aids.

This player must be a fan of Gui Sirui from the Hell Club. The style of the joker cards is a bit scary. Xie Mingzhe ignored the strange feeling of "seeing all kinds of ghosts" in the game and simply pressed the ready button when the countdown ended.

Benny Bear was amazed by the seven neatly arranged character cards by Uncle Fat. He didn't even have time to look at the skills, and only focused on the looks of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Da Qiao, and Xiao Qiao.

As a result, the competition officially began before I even finished looking at the characters’ faces!