He still kept the Divine Card that allows his teammates to avoid negative attributes, and for the remaining five slots, Wen Xishu replaced them all with combat and slaughter-type Divine Cards.
This resulted in a significant consumption of Wen Xishu's points, leaving him with 240,000 points in the end.
The main reason is that Wen Xishu has basically seen all types of cards, so he didn't continue to spend on cards.
Zheng Zai wanted to inquire about Wen Xishu's six Divine Cards setup, but Wen Xishu simply smiled and said:
"It's a secret, but rest assured, my card slots are filled with great cards."
"Unlike you, I've seen all the cards, and I know how to optimize their combinations."
"But you guys, even a ten-card draw would be tough, so just use what you have and don't be picky."
That's the confidence 530,000 points brings, Zheng Zai had to admit.
His luck wasn't bad this round. With over a thousand points, Zheng Zai went all in twice on the 648-point orange card pool.
There were no Divine Cards, but he did draw one fine and one Magic Energy card.
[Card Name: Death Scarecrow.]
[Level: Magic Energy.]
[Effect: For the next three fatal damages, a scarecrow with the same attributes as you will be left in place, while you are transferred to a relatively safe space and receive some healing.]
[Card Name: King Kong]
[Level: Fine.]
[Effect: Your entire body's defensive capabilities will be greatly enhanced.]
As of now, the cards in Zheng Zai's card pool are as follows.
Magic Energy Card, Malicious Random, Death Scarecrow.
Fine Card: King Kong.
Order Card: Blood Support, Speed Support.
Chaos Card: Silent Marathon, Good and Evil Report.
Zheng Zai eventually discarded the Good and Evil Report card, completing the setup in all six card pools.
Without a doubt...
His attributes aren't bad: defense, blood, speed, they're all decent, and he has three lives with death immunity and the ability to randomly transfer hostility.
But with such a setup, there's no chance of defeating the Demon King.
After the card draw phase, Zheng Zai and Wen Xishu began drawing lots.
With no suspense, they were Heroes.
It's worth mentioning that the Hero has both drawbacks and advantages.
Wen Xishu's Hero is called the Sword Hero, abbreviated as Sword Hero.
And Zheng Zai's Hero is called the Shield Hero, abbreviated as Shield Hero.
The advantage of the Sword Hero: fast attack speed, unlocking certain sword moves with a sword, with a 15% chance of triggering a combo when attacking with a sword.
The drawback of the Sword Hero is described as follows:
"You are a taciturn swordsman, and people hate that whenever you speak, it's with incomprehensible obscure words like 'ha撒给,' gradually, no one wants to communicate with you."
"Verbal articulation ability -4. Miscommunication effect +3. Ability to evoke emotions through words -2."
Wen Xishu laughed when he saw this.
Fortunately, at this moment, the game hadn't started yet.
Wen Xishu said:
"Not only did they make us Heroes, but they also took away my greatest lip service advantage... Such malice towards humans."
"I don't believe it's a coincidence. I feel it... We're being targeted, Old Zheng."
Zheng Zai wasn't feeling well, either. If Younger Brother Wen's verbal abilities were weakened... then how would he lead others?
How would they unite together?
Zheng Zai's drawback is called 'aggressive appearance.'
Simply put, his Shield hero looks so fierce that it naturally makes teammates distrust him.
Wen Xishu thought it was absurd.
One isn't trusted, the other lacks eloquence. With these drawbacks, how can they cooperate seamlessly?
Not even pretending, it's true intentions of getting people killed, isn't it?
"After entering the game, I might struggle to express myself. Anyway, Old Zheng, just follow me and keep killing."
"I thought about using my brain in the first two games, but now I don't need to. I just want to stretch my muscles."
Zheng Zai nodded vigorously:
"I'll follow your lead!"
Their thoughts were quickly interrupted. Because bad news arrived.
All the Heroes had ashen faces.
Because among the 450 people... there were actually twenty-three Demon Kings.
In other words, even the minimal setup of thirty Heroes against one Hero couldn't be achieved.
And the difficulty of cooperating perfectly among thirty Heroes was already very exaggerated.
Let alone four hundred Heroes cooperating perfectly.
For a moment, the morale of the Hero camp dropped to the freezing point.
At this point, a rare species, retaining human contours but covered with spikes, sighed and said:
"Mom and Dad... and Big Brother, they died for me, and I thought I must live, even if it means eating the blood and flesh of my kind, I must live."
"In that cruel apocalypse, I must keep eating people, eating people! Becoming superior to humans!"
"But I couldn't do it, I never attacked them, just hid and thought about eating some corpses. I gnawed on carrion along the way and evolved into a rare species."
"I also received an invitation to leap the dragon gate, but I didn't expect... this to be a death invitation."
It murmured to itself there.
But because at this moment, Wen Xishu had a special Divine Card enhancement, his five senses were strong.
Wen Xishu didn't care much for these cannon fodder fish.
This world is just like this: the strong devour the weak, and no matter how miserable the past of the weak is, if there's no fortune, then there's nothing that can be done.
But he suddenly found it a bit interesting.
"No... I must survive, I must survive! Thinking carefully, there must be a way!"
"I could discern the pattern from the previous round, so in this round, I can definitely survive using my brain!"
"Killing the Demon King... the highest score option is unlikely. But the host said, as long as you survive!"
"And, I must find a way to create conflicts between the Demon Kings."
"The host said that the final survivors are ten people..."
"But there are twenty-three Demon Kings."
"If we can make the Demon Kings realize that their real enemies are other Demon Kings, not the Heroes..."
"Then, as Heroes, we might survive."
Wen Xishu was slightly surprised; he had also considered this approach upon hearing about the number of Demon Kings.
But his "eloquence" was greatly reduced, and it might not be possible to accomplish this after the game started.
And he really hadn't expected that someone else could think of it in the same way.
Wen Xishu began carefully observing this rare species.
Zheng Zai followed Wen Xishu's gaze and saw that the other was just an ordinary rare species.
Covered all over with ash-grey spikes, resembling a statue from the second round.
In fact, in the second round, this rare species disguised itself as a statue to slowly observe the pattern.
"Young Brother, does this guy have something special? It caught your attention." Zheng Zai asked.
Wen Xishu said:
"Old Zheng, if we encounter this guy after the game starts, act as my mouthpiece and ask this guy for his name. I want to ensure he survives."
Zheng Zai was a bit surprised:
"Is he very special?"
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"Smart people are always worth nurturing. This bizarre competition is a stage for small fishes to leap the dragon gate."
"But it could also be a place where certain strong ones are selecting talents. If I encounter talent, I don't mind intercepting."
Hearing Wen Xishu say this, Zheng Zai became interested.
"He found a correct entry point for surviving, very good. Rare species and elite species are apart from strength differences, there's also brain power."
"I have high hopes for this guy."
Zheng Zai asked:
"So... Young Brother, did you hear his method of dealing with those Demon Kings? Are you planning to use intelligence in this round?"
Wen Xishu shook his head very seriously:
"No, I said, in this round, I want to massacre. I need to give the host a little shock so that he will tell the secrets behind the scenes."
"I plan to clear it with brute force, without using the mechanism. The first two rounds could have been too, but I wanted to try clearing with skill."
"But I'm tired of playing this way. Everyone's trying so hard to survive, I should also make an effort, shouldn't I?"