[Come on, Adventurer, victory or defeat hinges on this moment]

The vampire noticed the change in Li Pu's expression and suddenly regained confidence.

It could tell that although the lame young man was trying to maintain composure, his eyes occasionally darted toward his cover card.

In other words, he was worried that his cover card would be taken down by the [Soul-devouring Little Duke] using [Flaw Attack].

Therefore, when playing cards, you can't solely focus on what happens on the table.

Being skilled at observing the players' weaknesses is also an indicator of being experienced.

The vampire prided itself on being one of those experienced players.

This round, it's its turn for the attack phase.

The [Beast Lord]'s [Red Lotus Sweep] can only attack the nearest row, meaning if it was willing to spend 50 health points to activate that skill, it could only take out the remaining [Nether Eradicate].

[Netherwind Lady] and [Soul-devouring Little Duke] remain secure.

So this round, there's no need to control the [Beast Lord], all three cards can attack with full force.

All-out attack on that cover card, with [Nether Eradicate] 20 attack + [Netherwind Lady] 20 attack + [Soul-devouring Little Duke] 60 damage, which is exactly 100, enough to instantly take out the opponent.

As the action phase arrived, the vampire indeed followed through with its plan.

[Roar!]

[Netherwind, attack it!]

[You're full of flaws! Die! Ha ha ha ha!]

The three card projections swooped toward Li Pu's cover card, and then...

A strange scene unfolded.

-10, -10, -10

The three projections only dealt a pitiful amount of damage.

[What?!]

The vampire was dumbfounded on the spot.

It had calculated the exact 100 points of damage, why is it only 30 now?!

Never mind the other two cards, why did [Flaw Attack] only deal 10 points?!

[Your card...]

The only explanation it could think of was that the opponent's cover card was in [Defense] mode!

Only with this would the damage value match, only this would make sense!

"Yes, it's just as you guessed."

Li Pu rubbed his nose, and didn't bother explaining to the opponent.

This is the effect of his new dragon card.

[Dragon Mushroom] + [Graggle Chaotic Shark] = [Dragon Mushroom]

Perhaps because the dragon card's gene was too strong, using [Dragon Mushroom] as the main component didn't cause much change.

It didn't even lose anything itself, maybe because of high fusion compatibility, it just took one skill from [Graggle Chaotic Shark].

[Dragon Mushroom]

Balance, 11 points, A

Attack 10, 100/100

[Hidden Dragon - Passive]: Skills remain active while Dragon Mushroom is in cover card status

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[Hidden Dragon - Passive]: Skills remain active while Dragon Mushroom is in cover card status and can still perform [Defense]

This greatly enhances [Dragon Mushroom]'s survivability.

It can even take the Ace position comfortably.

After all, the Ace may have an extra 100 health points, but it's usually revealed after getting heavily attacked by the opponent, which is a disadvantage.

With the cover card's [Defense] skill, it can minimize the damage taken when revealed as Ace by the opponent.

But now, placing it in a regular position is equally effective, and Li Pu thinks this tactic of tempting the enemy to attack the cover card is quite good.

Completely wasting the opponent's attack phase, all targeted at the [Defense] card, which is a considerable loss.

In the same action phase, the vampire's concentrated attack produced extremely weak effects.

Conversely, Li Pu's attacks were substantial, and he anticipated the opponent's strategy this round.

Or rather, the opponent adopted the concentrated attack strategy in line with his plan.

Did they really think those subtle glances were in vain?

So, with a calculated edge, this round could be described as a complete victory for him.

With the foundation of advantages from earlier rounds, Li Pu made rapid progress, and the vampire's deck was completely unable to stop him.

Unlike playing against human card players, this match only ended when the vampire's Ace was taken out.

[You... are victorious, Adventurer]

The vampire's face, already lacking color, became even more ashen.

However, it was merely losing a match, and it suffered no actual loss.

At most, according to the rules, it had to yield the path and the treasure chest behind it.

Roar!

Before Li Pu could say anything, the vampire crumbled into a swarm of bats, flapping their wings and flew off into the unknown.

"Finally."

At that moment, his attention was drawn to the treasure chest.

The chest wasn't locked, just its lid was slightly heavy, and upon opening, a continuous golden light immediately flashed from inside.

"Seems like it's a good treasure."

Just the quality of this light made Li Pu's face beam with joy.

By now, he's already experienced plenty of treasures, and this light was evidently an impressive material.

However, the light was too intense to clearly see what's inside.

He reached in and fetched a hard object about the size of a small watermelon.

After pulling it out, the light began to gradually dim.

"What is this thing."

Li Pu looked at the unknown irregular metal in his hand, somewhat bewildered.

However, there was no information feedback into his mind, indicating it was not a relevant item or anything specific.

Its weight was quite hefty, requiring some effort to hold with one hand given his strength.