At this stage, Li Pu finally understood the purpose of those "bone fragments."

As Senior Tian's trump card was revealed, the nine bone fragments of different shapes left in his regular card positions all floated up.

They flew towards the pillar of light from the trump card and merged into it upon contact.

[Wahaha!]

With the sacrifice of the bone fragments, the laughter became a bit louder.

Buzz...

Following that, the pillar of light disappeared, revealing the figure inside to everyone.

It was a skeleton with a crown atop its head, wielding a large sword.

The most striking feature was the heavy-looking large crown, with a circular groove at its base, one slot of which was embedded with a glittering gemstone.

Li Pu felt that this skeleton looked somewhat familiar, perhaps as people said, he might have glanced at it on TV before.

Considering that he rarely watched the card game channel, even recognizing it hinted at its high screen presence.

The card panel had now been displayed, so he examined it with curiosity.

[Nine-Grade Skeleton King] - 0 points

50+10/50+10

Attack 0+9, Defense 0+5, Range 1

[Three-Six-Nine Grades]: The strength of the Skeleton King depends on the number of "bone fragments" absorbed when revealed

"Indeed it's him, [King of Many-Grade Skeletons]!"

"This card, it's high value for money."

"Senior Tian put a lot of effort this summer to acquire this card."

Many recognized this card.

[King of Many-Grade Skeletons], a classic sacrifice strategy card known for its outstanding cost-effectiveness.

From its original panel, it even seemed more useless than the [Skeleton Guard], with 0 points, 0 attack, and 0 defense.

Bone fragment dropping is a common feature of most skeleton cards.

Apart from being used for sacrifice, they may serve as a source for certain skeleton strong card skills with limited use.

Just like [King of Many-Grade Skeletons], after absorbing enough bone fragments, it can transform into nine forms from grade one to nine.

Grade nine being the weakest and grade one the strongest; it's said the fighting power of the [One-Grade Skeleton King] is incredibly powerful, but it requires a huge number of "bone fragments."

Although this grade nine is the lowest level, it's already considered quite formidable among student-level games.

"The true sacrifice strategy can't be countered that easily."

Once the [Nine-Grade Skeleton King] appeared, Senior Tian took on a teaching stance towards his junior.

"Your mushroom deck isn't bad either, but due to its synergy, it's too easy to exploit opportunities."

"A mechanism like bone fragments with [King of Many-Grade Skeletons] is an advanced display of the sacrifice strategy."

What he said was indeed reasonable.

However…

When he finished speaking, his gaze fell upon the card table on Li Pu's side.

Li Pu's trump card pillar of light lasted longer, so it had just appeared now.

(This card, something's off!)

The projection of that trump card made Senior Tian quietly surprised at first glance.

Familiar yet unfamiliar feelings rose.

A large mouth and a bud-shaped head, yet not a plant-type beast.

Because the base of the bud was connected not by a stem, but by a spider body with eight legs.

This pearl-like spider body was much smaller compared to the bud part, occupying about one-third of the total volume.

"Feels so strange."

"I've seen that head somewhere before."

"That body also seems familiar."

"But combined, it's quite unfamiliar."

People stared at this strange figure, unable to recall whether they had seen such a beast in the southern forest.

Is it a plant? Yet it has an insect body.

Is it an insect? Yet it has a plant head.

"Stop focusing on that, check its card panel first!"

Someone's reminder interrupted their thoughts.

The crowd turned in the direction of the voice, and some inhaled sharply on the spot.

"Hiss...!"

"Th-this card..."

"So the freshman was hiding this all along."

"It seems to match the [Nine-Grade Skeleton King] in power entirely!"

Compared to the appearance of its projection, this card's contents were even more attention-grabbing.

[Great Mouth Spider] - 3 points

68/68

Attack 0+17, Defense 3, Range 0

[Limited Mobility]: The Great Mouth Spider can attack from a distance = 1 once every 3 turns

[Skilled at Concealment]: Requires an extra distance of 1 to attack the Great Mouth Spider, effective for 1 turn every 3 turns

[Power of Sustenance]: The Great Mouth Spider gains 1 point of attack for every 4 points of health it has

[Decomposer Lover]: Gains 1 extra health point for each unit that leaves the field this game

This [Great Mouth Spider] card has attributes even more exaggerated than the [Nine-Grade Skeleton King].

Indeed, Li Pu's core final strategy for this match was also a sacrifice strategy.

The fusion card of [Great Mouth Flower] + [Night Glow Spider] efficiently utilized the strengths of both.

The original [Night Glow Spider] was practically a useless card.

Since it had no use apart from increasing its health, with a base attack power of 0.

Thanks to the Great Mouth Flower's health-to-attack transformation trait, it gained attacking capability.

With the two sides only having trump cards remaining, the situation turned into a complete head-to-head clash.

Considering both parties' health/attack/defense and the [Skilled at Concealment] skill:

The [Great Mouth Spider] can deal a total of 12 damage to the [Nine-Grade Skeleton King] every three turns, requiring 5x3=15 turns to defeat it completely.

While the [Nine-Grade Skeleton King] can deal 6+6+0=12 total damage to the [Great Mouth Spider] every three turns, needing 6x3=18 turns to finish it off.

Such a match, where no operation can intervene to affect the result, can automatically proceed at an accelerated pace.

[Wahaha!]

[Baga-ga-ga!]

So people watched as the projections of the two trump cards clashed fiercely.

The Skeleton King swung its large sword, and the Great Mouth Spider kept biting the opponent.

[Waka!]

In the end, the Skeleton King's projection lost, shattering into bones and gradually fading amidst the cries.

[...]

[I declare this match's winner is Li Pu!]

A brief silence followed before the host announced the victor.

"Oh my, he really got a 5-win streak!"

"This freshman has a promising future!"

"It's truly rare; it's my first time witnessing a 5-win streak in person."

"Cube card specialization must be bleeding from this, haha."

For this unexpected outcome, the onlookers were either amazed or speechless.

"Phew..."

Even Li Pu let out a long breath of relief.

While watching the automated battle process earlier, he even thought for a moment he was going to lose.

Fortunately, he won.

Now with 5-win streak in hand, he gains 2000 Crystal Coins/equivalent C-grade materials, which is delightful.

But just as he was wondering who his next opponent, senior sister or brother, would be, he suddenly saw that referee senior walking to the card table.

The other party quietly set down the microphone and then took out an exquisite mechanical glove from their storage space.

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