Chapter 55: A Simple Game Called Match-3

"In other words, this deck of cards was transferred from Brother Tao's side to the hands of the white shopkeeper, and the owner was changed twice without modifying the card spirit awakening spell?" Li Qian said. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"No, the spells for magic weapon items are all set when you use them for the first time." Bai Xun said, "His Royal Highness the Hades King is the first person to handle it, and he is also the first person to set the awakening spell, and those of us who took over later can't change it even if we want to." ”

"Is this set of mahjong tiles still a magic weapon?" Li Gan's mouth opened into an "O" shape. "Okay, this spell feels like it was uttered casually, but can you let me try it?"

"Hmm~" Bai Xun squinted his eyes and smiled like a fox, "Even I can't wake up the card spirit, and you may not be able to do it~"

"How do you know if you don't try." Li Qian leaned closer to the pile of cards and observed, "The spell is, 'I don't even know this, how can you be like a pig', right?" ”

"Hmm." Bai Xun nodded, "Not a word is bad." ”

"Okay."

Li Qian took a deep breath and then recited the incantation aloud.

"I don't even know this, how are you like a pig?!"

The piles of cards on the table did not move.

The tone seemed a little heavier. Bai Xun instructed.

"Oh, I'll take it easy, ahem." Li Qian cleared his throat and lowered his tone slightly, "I don't even know this, how can you be like a pig?" ”

The deck of cards on the table still didn't move.

"That's the white shopkeeper." Li Gan looked at Bai Xun, "Are you sure the spell is not mistaken?" ”

"Nope." Baekhun blinked.

"Then why doesn't it work?" Li Qian was puzzled.

"I don't know." Bai Xun looked at Li Gan and smiled deeply. "Wouldn't it be better if he didn't come out, so we wouldn't have to try."

"It really saves a lot of effort." Li Qian carefully studied the pile of cards on the table, "But I don't think it's worth the cost." ”

"Being able to fight against a master with a thousand-year-old cultivation like the white shopkeeper is an opportunity that many novices who participate in the ghost Go game don't have." Li Qian said, "It doesn't matter if you win or lose, the important thing is that I can get a lot of inspiration from this trial and get a few valuable pieces of information, which is my real purpose as your opponent, so I don't need to choose to escape on the ridiculous reason that the card spirit can't be awakened." ”

"This is the battlefield I'm going to step into." Li Gan's eyes shone with determination, "No matter how strong the other party is, I will not turn around and run away." ”

An aura that was difficult to ignore emanated from Li Gan's body, oppressing Bai Xun's five senses, causing him to secretly mobilize spiritual power to offset the influence of the aura. But this aura only lasted for a moment, and it quickly converged as if it had been suppressed by something.

"Because even if I run away, people will catch up, so it's better to face the other side and die, hahaha."

Li Qiantian laughed heartily without fear.

"Are you fearless no matter who your opponent is?" Bai Xun sighed, "Courage is commendable." ”

"But as you said, cowards can't escape."

Baek Xun walked to the pile of cards and pulled out a card from it. The card had a strange suit, a man's face with his eyes closed.

"If what you just said was not that, but a request to leave the Trials Realm, I would never have agreed."

Bai Xun brought the card to his lips and opened his lips lightly.

"It's time to get up, you pig-headed."

Hearing Bai Xun's voice, the man's face on the mahjong tile immediately opened his eyes, and the chaotic pile of cards on the table was automatically stacked into a square card array.

"Not the spell before." Li Qian didn't show a surprised expression. "You're lying to me."

"I'm a businessman, and I'm good at fraud." Bai Xun said with a smile. "Besides, the trials I conducted were not only to measure the player's combat effectiveness, but also to test the willpower and endurance."

"Lord Bai Xun, what do you command?"

Pai Ling waited for Bai Xun to finish speaking before asking, and his voice was that kind of thick middle-aged man's tone.

"Let's start dealing the cards." Bai Xun placed the face card in the middle of the card array and commanded.

"As you wish." The spirit said, "I wonder which of you two will come first and who will come last?" ”

"Li Gan, it's up to you to choose this." Bai Xun made a "please" gesture to him.

"I don't know, what is this hand and finger first?" Li Qian asked.

"It's the order in which the cards are dealt." "The first hand will be the first to get the skill card, and the second person to the second hand will get it." ”

After listening to the explanation of the card spirit, Li Qian fell into deep thought.

This trial battle is conducted in the form of mahjong tile match-3, although it is not as complex as playing mahjong, but it can also be said to be a simple game. Because there is a sequence of actors' actions, and the latter actor does not know the strategy of the first actor. Even if you know the opponent's skills in advance, you should consider the various possibilities that will arise in battle, weigh the pros and cons, and make the most comprehensive consideration.

Because Bai Xun only has five skills: Thunder, Trap, Yin Wind, Enchantment, and Recovery, if he makes the first move, it will give him the opportunity to cast the skill first. In addition to his recovery skills, his other four skills were all aimed at Li Gan's five ghosts. With Bai Xun's wisdom, he will definitely put Li Gan in a passive situation from the beginning, and then contain him all the way until victory.

But if you let yourself take the lead, you can't release the winning skill too early, so that the opponent can break your intentions in advance. Otherwise, the advantage of acquiring skill cards first will also be quickly lost, and the initiative in the battle that originally belonged to you will be surrendered. Therefore, for the strategy of drawing cards and accumulating cards, Li Qian chose to wait and see first and then deal with it, try to accumulate as many skill cards as possible, and do not let go of any opportunity to suppress.

But there's also some luck in that. Because the cards are drawn randomly, the chance of appearing the same suit three times in a row is very low, and he has more skills than Bai Xun. Baek Xun is 5 and he is 8. Thinking of this, Li Qian suddenly regretted bringing more skills. Because the more skills he has, the lower the speed at which he can accumulate a set of skill cards first. Although the purpose is to delay the battle and preserve the maximum number of ghosts, it is very likely that the summoned ghosts will be killed by the opponent before they even release all their skills.

This was one of his missteps.

Originally, he could chop down Blackboy's "Dead Balloon", and only kept the 7 skills of Devourer's "Devour/Spit Out" and "Treasure Digging", Pen Fairy's "Curse" and "Curse Solution", Shroud Bat's "Displacement" and "Possession Absorption", and Ghost Lamp's "Penetration".

No, it's not.

Li Qian suddenly remembered that "devouring/spitting" was considered two skills, which meant that he actually brought 9 skills.

Hey, to make matters worse...... Li Qian sighed in his heart.

Originally, the strategy was very good, but now he felt that maybe this strategy was not yet able to be used, and the trial was over. Getting a skill card first does not mean that he can put his skills first, and the first opportunity is still on Bai Xun's side with fewer skills.

But the casting of skills also depends on the ghosts summoned by Li Gan's side first, so that Bai Xun can be targeted. Until the targeted goblin does not appear, he will definitely retain the corresponding skills. If he thinks about it, it may not be as bad as he imagined.

Forget it, go as far as you can.

After weighing the pros and cons, Li Qian made a decision.

"I'll do it first." He said.

"Well, a wise choice." Bai Xun said with a smile.

"Before the cards are dealt, I have to talk to you two words." "The skill cards of the two are facing away from each other, so you can't see what cards the other party has, and you can only guess the opponent's next move from the number of cards and the skills that have been cast." ”

"Hmm." Li Qian nodded.

"Every time I deal a card, I send three cards in a row, and after the two of them have the option to cast the skill or continue to deal the cards. When the number of skill cards reaches eighteen, I automatically stop dealing cards until a new slot comes in. "Pai Lingdao, "This is my licensing rules, I don't know if the two of you have any opinions?" ”

"Yes." Bai Xun said, "I have two new rules to add. ”

"First, this trial is based on the player's performance in a single round, and there is no overtime for either passing or failing. Second, the skills in this trial cannot be repeated, and each skill can only be cast once. ”

"Well, I remember." Pai Ling said, "Lord Bai Xun, do you have any other requirements?" ”

"It's gone."

Bai Xun shifted his attention to Li Gan, his glass-colored eyes reflected the other party's posture, and his facial expression sank. Li Gan noticed this change in him, and knew that although Bai Xun's cultivation and experience were far above his own, he had never had a contemptuous attitude towards him, and he couldn't help but become serious in his heart.

"Then the cards are dealt."

In the voice of the card spirit's words, two skill cards emitting a purple glow rose from the card pile and flew to the location of Li Qian and Bai Xun respectively.