In order to make the card more detailed, Xie Mingzhe split Guan Yu into two cards this time. The first one is the character plus the Red Hare, and the second one is the weapon Green Dragon Crescent Blade.
As a famous sword from the Three Kingdoms period, he wanted to make the weapon fit the description in the book as much as possible.
The wooden handle, the fine metal lines, the sharp curve of the blade, and even the sharp spike in the middle of the curved blade - Xie Mingzhe concentrated on drawing the Blue Dragon Crescent Blade according to his memory, making it as realistic as the real thing. He also adjusted the length and proportions of the blade several times.
In pursuit of perfection in details, Xie Mingzhe revised several versions and it took him half an hour to finish the drawing. After finishing the two cards, he merged the cards to create the first draft of Guan Yu's image.
The character in the card was in line with his conception, so Xie Mingzhe finalized the draft and then considered the skill design of Guan Yu.
The cards in the Star Card Game are controlled by an intelligent big database. A card cannot be used for both attack and defense. It must focus on one side. Since Guan Yu is a single attack card, the single attack damage value should be maximized. If the enemy is not killed, it can be crippled with one blow.
Xie Mingzhe thought of an allusion closely associated with Guan Yu, "Going to a Banquet with a Single Sword", which tells the story of Guan Yu going to a banquet hosted by Wu State's Lu Suo with only a sword and a few followers. Later, this phrase was widely used to represent the adventurous spirit of great wisdom and courage and going deep into the enemy's territory alone.
Since it is a "lone troop deep in the enemy's territory", it is just right to make a single attack and kill the opponent's key card with one blow.
What should I do with the remaining skill?
Xie Mingzhe thought, since he was making a single attack card with the highest damage, he might as well make a supporting skill to maximize Guan Yu's attack... such as ignoring defense.
If these two skills can be realized, Guan Yu will be able to kill squishy targets in one second with just a glare!
Xie Mingzhe was extremely excited. He immediately concentrated his mental power to connect to the card-making system and began to reassemble all the elements of the card.
He is not able to adjust the data perfectly right now. As for the card data, he can wait until Brother Chen and the others come back this afternoon and then ask his master for guidance. He will design the character image and skills first.
Xie Mingzhe reassembled the finished Guan Yu, Red Hare and Azure Dragon Crescent Blade into a whole on one card. Under his mental control, the extremely precise Azure Dragon Crescent Blade was tightly held in Guan Yu's hand. Then, he added skills to Guan Yu, but ignored the data for the time being.
I connected the system for review and it passed successfully.
According to Brother Chen, as long as the image and skills are not obviously plagiarized, the system will generally approve it. There are certainly many such single-attack cards in the tens of thousands of decks, but the key is that there are too few characters riding horses in the game, plus the huge difference in skill descriptions, the system will think that Xie Mingzhe has a lot of innovative elements when making the card, so let him pass the review.
Xie Mingzhe picked up the card with the "Ban Yue" logo printed on it and observed it carefully.
Guan Yu (Gold)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 times
Basic Attributes: HP 200, Attack 700, Defense 200, Agility 20, Crit 30%
Additional Skills: Go to a Meeting Alone (Guan Yu locks onto a single enemy target, speeds up by 500% when riding towards the target, swings the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand, and chops the target hard, causing 300% single-target gold damage; cooldown time is 20 seconds.)
Additional Skill: The Coming of the Martial Saint (Passive skill. Guan Yu is a loyal and courageous man, known as the Martial Saint. When attacking with this skill, he will automatically ignore the target's defense and cause real damage)
Xie Mingzhe then took out Sun Shangxiang's cards from the display cabinet for comparison.
Sun Shangxiang's initial level 1 card has a single target damage of 200%, which increases to 270% at full level. Guan Yu's level 1 card has a single target damage of 300%, which is about 370% at full level. If you feed it three enhancement cards, you can directly enhance the skill coefficient to 400%!
The basic attribute is of course to stack attack, stack the attack and critical rate to the maximum, and ignore defense and life.
In this way, Guan Yu, who ignores the opponent's defense, may be able to kill a card instantly as soon as he appears on the field!
The approval of this card gave Xie Mingzhe more confidence.
Guan Yu has done a good job, how can we miss Brother Liu Bei and Brother Zhang Fei? After all, they are the three sworn brothers in Taoyuan!
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Xie Mingzhe, the designer of Zhang Fei, wanted to make it a single attack card like Guan Yu.
He was short of single-attack cards, and Shu had many famous generals who were good at fighting with real swords and guns. Guan Yu had the magical weapon "Green Dragon Crescent Blade", and Zhang Fei also had the famous "Zhangba Snake Spear".
There are also records about the Zhangba Snake Spear in the book. Xie Mingzhe recalled carefully that it was a spear about two meters long. The spear head was curved in an S shape like a snake, and the tip was a crescent shape. It was polished to an extremely sharp point and could pierce through the enemy's body in one go.
A weapon that is more than two meters long cannot be lifted while standing on flat ground, so it can be used while riding a horse.
Zhang Fei's mount is not as legendary as the Red Hare, so there is no clear record of it. One theory is that the horse he rode was called "Black Clouds Stepping on Snow", which had the same violent personality as Zhang Fei himself. The horse was black in color, but the four hooves were covered with a layer of snow-white long hair, as if it had stepped on a large piece of white snow, so it was named "Black Clouds Stepping on Snow".
As a veteran fan of the Three Kingdoms, Xie Mingzhe has read a variety of books. The character image of Zhang Fei is controversial, but most people's impression of Zhang Fei is the straightforward, rude, easily angered, and a little impulsive third brother Zhang Yide in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
His hair was unkempt and looked very messy. He usually didn't pay much attention to his clothes and appearance. He was careless and loved drinking. His eyes were as big as copper bells, and they were really scary when he stared.
How scary is that? He really scared people to death.
Xie Mingzhe remembers the "Changbanpo Bridge Broken Incident" very clearly.
At that time, Liu Bei's troops were defeated at Changbanpo. Cao Cao had been chasing them for a whole day and night and was about to catch up. Zhang Fei ran over to cut off the enemy's retreat, chopped off the bridge, picked up his Zhangba Snake Spear and shouted, "Zhang Yide from Yan is here! Who dares to fight to the death?!" Xiahou Jie, who was beside Cao Cao, was so frightened that he fell off his horse and died. The morale of the troops was low, and Cao Cao had to retreat.
Zhang Fei's voice and momentum are evident from his roar, which was enough to scare people to death and force Cao's army to retreat.
Xie Mingzhe planned to turn Zhang Fei's roar into a control skill. After all, Zhang Fei's roar was so loud that it was normal for him to scare people to death - he would make the designated target fear.
In this way, when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei attack together, Zhang Fei can first roar to control a card, and then Guan Yu will go up and chop it. If Guan Yu cannot kill the card, Zhang Fei will make up for it, and if he kills the card, Zhang Fei can kill the other one.
As for single-target attack skills, Xie Mingzhe came up with the following setting - Zhangba Snake Lance causes higher damage to targets with high health, and is specifically used to attack thick-skinned meat shields, such as those earth-type stone giants and wood-type giant trees. Normal attacks on them are like tickling, while the higher the health of Zhang Fei's attack, the higher the damage.
After designing the image and skills, Xie Mingzhe began to make cards.
He set up the character of Zhang Fei according to his own impression. The third brother, who seemed reckless but was actually very straightforward and cute, soon appeared on the card, riding a majestic horse called "Black Clouds Stepping on Snow".
The weapon Zhangba Snake Spear is still separated into another card, and it is also very finely drawn, with a snake-shaped spear body, a sharp crescent-shaped hook at the tip, and even the red thread on the snake spear is clearly visible. After the weapon is drawn, merge the two cards.
Xie Mingzhe completed these operations and concentrated on adding the designed skills to the cards.
Twenty minutes later, the first draft of the card without any adjustment was finally completed.
Zhang Fei (Gold)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 times
Basic Attributes: HP 200, Attack 700, Defense 200, Agility 20, Crit 30%
Additional Skills: Heavy Attack (Zhang Fei locks onto a single enemy target, speeds up by 500% while riding towards the target, swings his Zhangba Snake Spear, and heavily strikes the target's weak spot, causing 200% single-target gold damage to the target; if the target's health exceeds 150,000, an additional heavy attack will be performed, causing an additional 200% single-target gold damage; cooldown time is 30 seconds)
Additional Skills: Roar (Zhang Fei's eyes widen as he roars at the designated target with a deafening sound, causing the target to fall into a state of fear and be unable to release any skills. The duration is 4 seconds; the cooldown time is 30 seconds)
This time the review also passed smoothly.
Xie Mingzhe summoned the Zhang Fei card he had just made and tried it out - the card could release skills in the personal space, but it would not cause any effects or damage. This was mainly to allow the card maker to observe the special effects of the card skills at any time.
The skill effects of the cards are generated according to the descriptions in the official intelligent database. For example, the skill effect of "Daiyu Burying Flowers" is that Lin Daiyu grabs a handful of petals and throws them on the ground, which is very beautiful. Xi Shi sinks fish, the system will let Xi Shi wave the light gauze in her hand to kill fish cards instantly. Zhou Yu and Lu Xun's fire attacks are directly based on the fire group attack effects in the database.
Xie Mingzhe was a little curious about how Zhang Fei's roar would be realized. As soon as he released it, he heard a roar with full energy. Great! This roar generated by the system was really intimidating! It was a pity that the original words were too long, otherwise Xie Mingzhe really wanted Zhang Fei to roar out the domineering words "Who dares to fight me?"
Xie Mingzhe placed Zhang Fei next to his second brother Guan Yu. Although these cards had no life or self-awareness, Xie Mingzhe was still happy to let them reunite in the form of "cards".
Next is Liu Bei, I will soon make a big brother to accompany you!
Among the three lords, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, Liu Bei, as a descendant of the royal family, had a very orthodox origin and always carried the banner of "supporting the Han Dynasty". He was a benevolent and generous monarch who pursued the truth of ruling the world with benevolence and righteousness throughout his life. It is said that because of his excessive benevolence and righteousness, he also influenced the assassin who assassinated him.
Although the national strength of Shu was not as good as that of Wu and Wei, Liu Bei was particularly good to the brothers who followed him, so Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others all swore allegiance to him until death.
There were too many generals with high military strength in Shu Kingdom, and there was no need for Liu Bei, as the lord, to do it himself. Moreover, Liu Bei's military strength was not among the top among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, so Xie Mingzhe decided to make Liu Bei into a group auxiliary card - staying behind to assist other generals.
What he lacks most right now is a control-releasing auxiliary card.
Liu Bei's Kindness and Generosity can be used as a secondary skill to prevent cards from being killed instantly. Another skill can be used to prevent cards from being killed instantly, such as resisting a near-fatal injury. In this way, in the later stage, it can be used with a healing card to instantly save the dying card.
Regarding Liu Bei's character, in the early days, he was rather down and out, making a living by selling straw sandals, wearing tattered clothes, and living frugally. But later on, he became sworn brothers with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, invited Zhuge Liang to come out of retirement, and had more and more subordinates around him. His image was also completely changed, especially after Cao Pi became emperor, he followed him and became emperor, and his temperament was completely different.
Xie Mingzhe was still quite partial to Liu Bei, and he wanted to paint Liu Bei as a "monarch" after he became emperor. At this time, Liu Bei was no longer displaced, but had his own Kingdom of Shu. He wore an imperial robe with gold edges and an imperial hair crown. His face looked gentle and kind, but he also had the majesty of a monarch.
Being an emperor doesn't require wielding swords and guns every day. Moreover, Liu Bei is not an attack card, so Xie Mingzhe did not draw Liu Bei's weapon, but his mount must be drawn - Di Lu Ma.
Firstly, it would look more coordinated if Liu, Guan and Zhang were riding horses at the same time; secondly, there is a legendary story about the horse Lu, which made Xie Mingzhe want to draw this magical horse well and let it follow its master.
The description of "Di Lu Horse" in the book is full of mythology. It is said that this horse has obvious tear grooves under its eyes and a large white spot on its forehead. All the owners who rode this horse died, so there is also a rumor that "Di Lu harms its master".
Liu Bei had just taken refuge in Jingzhou when he got this horse and wanted to give it to Liu Biao. However, Liu Biao heard that the horse killed its owner and immediately gave it back to Liu Bei. Some people also advised Liu Bei not to ride the horse, lest it kill him. Liu Bei did not believe them and instead liked Lu very much.
Cai Mao wanted to harm Liu Bei, but Liu Bei's horse Lu escaped. In a panic, he took the wrong road and fled to Tan Creek. Seeing that the creek was wide and deep and the pursuers were approaching, Liu Bei had no way to retreat, so he had to whip the horse's back with a long whip. As a result, Lu actually helped him, jumped up, and jumped three feet directly across the river, leaving the pursuers stunned!
Because of this incident, the horse De Lu was mythical. It was said that it had divine powers, and that it had killed its masters before because they were too mediocre and it looked down on them. Liu Bei was its recognized master, so it helped Liu Bei. What was even more bizarre was that Liu Bei later gave the horse De Lu to Pang Tong out of his love for him, but Pang Tong was not lucky enough to enjoy it, and was shot to death by random arrows at Luofeng Slope just as he was riding it. It really seemed that De Lu had killed him.
This mythical horse, "Di Lu Ma", which was ridden by Liu Bei, has brown fur, a distinct white spot on its forehead, and runs very fast.
After drawing the character and the mount, Xie Mingzhe began to carefully design Liu Bei's skills.
There is a rule in the Star Card Game that the more skills a card has, the lower its basic attributes will be. Most cards generally have two skills, and at most one linked skill. This is the experience summarized by countless predecessors, because the data of cards with 2 skills is the most balanced. The third skill is usually linked. If there is no linkage, just leave it blank and add basic attributes.
If 4 skills appear, the basic attributes of the card will be very bad.
But according to Xie Mingzhe's idea, Liu Bei should make a 4-skill card.
The 1st skill removes the negative status of the group, the 2nd skill protects the dying friendly troops, the 3rd skill is a passive skill that ignores any control effects, and the 4th skill is of course the joint skill of the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang.
Passive skills do not need to be triggered, and there is no cooldown time. They always exist. For example, Lu Xun's "Ignore Taunt" and Guan Yu's "Ignore Defense". As long as the card is alive, these special judgments will always be ignored. Xie Mingzhe wants to add a passive skill of "Ignore Control" to Liu Bei. Otherwise, once the opponent uses group control, Liu Bei himself will also be controlled, and he will not be able to use the skills to release the control. Isn't it a waste? !
But in this case, Liu Bei will have four skills, and the statistics may be very poor.
Fortunately, he is a support card, and the basic attributes do not have much impact on him. His only function is to release control and prevent instant kills. It doesn't matter if his own attack, defense and health are not high, as long as he is summoned at the critical moment to protect his teammates.
After thinking about all this, Xie Mingzhe used his mental power to connect to the card-making system and began to make the card of Liu Bei.
A man in an imperial robe soon appeared on the nebula paper. Although he was quite old, he looked very energetic, with a smile on his face, giving people a warm and generous feeling. Liu Bei was also riding a horse, with long brown and yellow fur that shone softly under the light, and the white spot on his forehead was very bright.
Xie Mingzhe drew the card image, designed the skills with his mental power, and then connected to the database for review.
Since this card already had three skills before the linkage, Xie Mingzhe's mental strength was almost exhausted, and he had no energy to allocate for the data, so the basic value was indeed very low.
Liu Bei (Gold)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 times
Basic Attributes: HP 200, Attack 100, Defense 200, Agility 10, Crit 10%
Additional Skill: Imperial Spirit (Liu Bei is gentle and generous. When this skill is released, all negative status of friendly targets within the range will be cleared and they will be immune to any control in the next 3 seconds; cooldown time is 30 seconds)
Additional Skills: Benevolent King (Liu Bei applies a gold shield to the designated friendly target for 5 seconds. During the shield, the target's attack power is increased by 20% and it resists one fatal damage. After resisting, the shield is shattered; cooldown time is 40 seconds)
Additional Skills: De Lu Ma Protects the Master (Passive skill, De Lu Ma will protect the master in critical situations. If Liu Bei is affected by any control effect, De Lu Ma will leap forward, automatically releasing Liu Bei from control and increasing movement speed by 500%)
Fortunately, it passed the review!
Xie Mingzhe heaved a long sigh of relief and looked at Liu Bei's card with excitement in his eyes.
The third passive skill ensures that Liu Bei will never be controlled, and the first skill is a group control release and control immunity. Under this premise, he can protect other teammates. Not to mention the second skill's resistance to fatal damage - Liu Bei can be said to be a very versatile auxiliary card, and can be used as a backup in any deck.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, all three Shu Kingdom cards are complete!
Although there are certainly many deficiencies in the data and it is not yet perfect, the skill design has been presented on the card completely in accordance with Xie Mingzhe's idea.
Next, we will do the joint technique.
You don’t have to think about the name, Liu, Guan, and Zhang, it’s of course the “Peach Garden Oath”, the three brothers became sworn brothers.
Since Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both single attack cards, the combination skill setting of Peach Garden Oath will maximize their attacks. For three cards to be combined, all three cards must be present at the same time. In the future, Xie Mingzhe can also find opportunities to summon Liu, Guan, and Zhang at the same time.
The skills of the linkage cards can be added after all the cards are completed, which gives Xie Mingzhe great convenience. He quickly sorted out his thoughts, placed the three cards side by side on the operating table, and used his mental power to connect to the card making system.
Adding card linkage skills requires concentration, starting from the first card and adding them one by one. He is already very familiar with this process.
Soon, a sword-shaped symbol representing "Gold Linkage" appeared on the bottom right corner of the front of the three cards at the same time, and a text description of the Linkage Skill was added at the bottom -
Guan Yu: Peach Garden Oath (Joint skill, when Zhang Fei and Liu Bei are on the field, basic attack power increases by 50%)
Zhang Fei: Peach Garden Oath (Joint skill, when Guan Yu and Liu Bei are on the field, additional damage increases by 50%)
Liu Bei: Peach Garden Oath (Linked skill, when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are on the field, Liu Bei can actively release the skill Peach Garden Oath, reset the cooldown time of all Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's skills, can only be used once)
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both passive effects that will be triggered as long as the cards exist.
Liu Bei's linkage skill is quite unique, as it allows Liu Bei to actively release it and reset the cooldown time of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's skills.
This means: Second brother, third brother, the eldest brother is here, have you killed anyone? If not, then fight again!
The author has something to say:
The Wu Kingdom's fire-setting team is suitable for strong control of a wave, the Shu Kingdom's cavalry team is suitable for killing one card at a time, and the cards made by Pipizhe are all very lazy :)
Since the protagonist is not a history student and has not studied history, the cards he made are fan works of famous works, and he mainly finds inspiration from famous works. Next, he will continue to make Shu Kingdom cards. Thank you for your support!