My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 78 The Rise of the Black Card

There are countless game dungeons in the card game world. Some can be entered directly from the quest lobby, while others require you to go to a specific location and enter through a specific entrance. If we're talking about the most popular dungeons, then it's the "Arena" and the "Card Training Ground"!

These two instances are unique in that they both include a "forum section" on their instance pages, which is not found in other instances.

The forum section is naturally a place for players to communicate. Players can spend 1,000 gold coins to freely post in it. They can post game guides, purchase requests, recruit new members for their clan, share experience, show off their cards, expose battles, and so on, or even post nonsense.

Small-time players might not be willing to spend 1,000 gold coins to post, but replying to posts doesn't require gold coins, so both forums are very popular. Many players enjoy browsing the forums, posting and reading posts, and have a great time doing so.

The Arena forum has more posts discussing players, while the Card Training Grounds forum has more posts discussing cards. Of the two forum sections, the latter is more popular.

This is also because the card training ground has a leaderboard for star cards and a leaderboard for star decks. After all, this is a real card world, and what players care about most are the cards.

At this moment, a post titled "[Regarding unconventional cards, personal experience: black cards crush red cards]" appeared in the forum section of the card training ground.

The poster is 【正义大刀】, and the post was made under their real name.

"As we all know, in the world of cards, besides the five regular card categories of white, green, blue, purple, and orange, there are also unconventional cards, the most common being black cards and red cards. I think most players haven't encountered these two types of cards. I am Justice Big Blade from the Justice Family, a posting expert, a not-so-famous veteran card commentator, and a star deck builder. Based on my recent personal experience, I'd like to discuss black cards and red cards with everyone..."

"On the star card rankings, red cards are quite prominent, occupying three of the top ten spots. But are red cards really strong? Did they make the list based on quality? I'll tell you bluntly: they don't deserve it at all! They're just boosted by popularity. Compared to the understated black cards, red cards are trash..."

"Enough with the chit-chat, let's get to the actual battle records... Also, I'd like to solemnly recommend a few black cards that you can challenge directly in the training grounds for only 5 gold (what a reasonable price! By the way, the Red Barbarian, ranked tenth on the leaderboard, costs 999 gold). No exaggeration, the facts speak for themselves. Go challenge them and you'll see just how strong the black cards are..."

"The reason I'm posting this is because I can't stand the way some families artificially inflate their popularity. Is it really meaningful for trashy red-card members to get into the top ten of the celebrity rankings? The truly powerful black-card members, on the other hand, remain low-key and unknown, not even in the top ten, let alone the top thousand..."

"I, the righteous swordsman, aim to discover excellent cards, let truly good and powerful cards be known to everyone, resist popularity manipulation, and get trash cards off the leaderboard. I'll start with myself..."

This post uses simple and direct language, focusing on three black cards: [Great Demon Chen Batian], [Wild Man King Hahaken], and [Crab Sword King Gofanqi]!

The post went viral immediately and was frequently featured in prominent positions on the forum.

This is partly due to the support of players from righteous factions like [Shifang Bubai], but the main reason is the reputation of [Zhengyi Dadao].

This person has posted dozens of posts on the training ground forum, mostly technical and strategy posts. He is a true posting expert, and his skills are not bad either. He invented the "Tall, Short, Fat, and Thin Deck" and "Journey to the West Deck" among the star decks. Many players follow his deck building strategies to build their decks. His fans and followers are not limited to members of the Justice Family.

Players quickly responded with comments.

"Only 5 gold for an appearance fee? Is that really that cheap?"

"I love the poster's personality!"

"The original poster is absolutely right. If everyone's just trying to boost their popularity, what's the point of the leaderboard?"

"Three red cards in the top ten is really too much. I just challenged the Red Savage, and he didn't seem that strong!"

"You're a sucker upstairs, aren't you? A 999 gold appearance fee? You want to take on that challenge?"

"I won the challenge, understand? I got my appearance fee refunded. By the way, the card I used was ranked 278th on the leaderboard."

"Is it really that absurd that someone ranked 278th can beat someone ranked 10th?"

"Look at the tags on that Red Wild Man's comments, they're all pure praise, like 'King of Standing and Fighting,' 'Standing Tall and Never Falling,' it's totally a shilling style!"

"Has anyone tried the black card recommended by the poster? I just tried playing against the Great Demon Chen Batian, and I was shocked! This card is outrageous!"

"The key point is that this card is so strong, but look at the tags in the comments: trash card, dies in one hit, garbage. This is obviously deliberate slander, it's so malicious!"

"I just lost to the Savage King, and I accept the defeat wholeheartedly. But when I saw the comments and tags, I was furious. Things like 'trash card,' 'Savage King is dead,' and 'Savage King is a good-for-nothing.' If this card is trash, then what is a good card?"

"These are probably malicious reviews intentionally posted!"

"Who orchestrated this back-and-forth, this favoritism and back-scratching? It's self-evident!"

"Just read the ID numbers of the red card family members!"

"The Crab Sword King is too awesome! My 123rd ranked Frenzied Ghoul was completely defeated! It's an injustice that he's not on the leaderboard!"

"Thanks to the poster. If it weren't for the recommendation, I wouldn't have known there was such a powerful black card. By the way, the play fee is incredibly reasonable, only 5 gold. Look at the other cards on the leaderboard, their play fees are all much higher. Do they even deserve it?"

"Even the Savage King isn't on the list, so why is the Red Savage in the top ten?!"

"The actions of the Red Card family are utterly despicable! We resolutely boycott them!"

"I don't care about anything else, the Great Demon Chen Batian must be on the list! Brothers, let's go boost its popularity and let more people know about this amazing card!"

"Agreed, let's bump these black cards up..."

Zhou Nan was unaware that his black cards were rapidly gaining popularity in the card training arena. He had just spent all the gold coins he had extracted from the trading house to buy some Murloc cards and Wild Black Bear cards, as well as a Sage's Blood, a Demon Crystal, and upgraded [Great Demon Chen Batian] to three stars, increasing his health to 30,000 and his attack power to 900!

At this moment, he is preparing to synthesize the third Savage King.

Zhou Nan synthesized two savages, one with the surname "Ha" and the other with the gender "Heng". The two strongest savages with the surname "Ha" have already been synthesized into the savage king Haha Ken and Haha Fa. The remaining two strongest savages are Heng Hai and Heng Shou.

"I'm a man of principle; names have to be symmetrical. We must combine a savage with the surname Heng and then combine it with the savage king..."

As Zhou Nan thought this, it wasn't until the fourth synthesis that he finally got a [Wild Man - Hum Go].

He used this card to synthesize with [Wild Man Hum Hai] and [Blood Wolf King Exclamation Mark], and everything went smoothly. He successfully synthesized [Wild Man King Hum Hum]. Looking at its attribute information, the basic attribute data of Wild Man King Hum Hum is exactly the same as that of Wild Man King Haha Ken and Haha Fa. Sure enough, it has the passive skill [Lifesteal Attack], which adds a 25% lifesteal effect to attacks.

In addition, the Savage King Hengheng also has a passive aura skill called [Blood Wolf Aura]. Its effect is that when he and the surrounding savages are attacked, there is a small chance to summon blood wolves to counterattack. The blood wolf counterattack can deal 900 points of true damage and instantly restore 1800 health!