Sorry, I don't play poker on luck

"Okay, then I'll go there now."

Shi Li muttered, and walked out the door while putting on his overalls.

"Greetings, that's the big patron of our card shop!"

The supervisor came from behind and gave a thumbs up: "Remember not to leave get out of class early, many members have complained about your short class hours."

In his world, thumbs up is derogatory because it is short.

"I know, I know."

Shi Li closed the door impatiently.

On the long corridor leading to the box, he walked unhurriedly.

About half of the members who come to the card hall to find sparring partners are non-players and half are players.

The non-player type is generally a newcomer who has just timed over, or an aborigine who has not yet reached the age of the player's talent awakening, wearing the second or third generation.

As for the player members looking for sparring, most of them are to improve their poker skills.

This Miss Shi is a typical representative of them.

When I came to the box and opened the door, I saw a girl standing in front of the physical simulation card table.

Her whole body is translucent green, a bit similar to the Youyou race and also a bit like the energy body race.

With human or human-like aesthetics, this girl scored 100 out of 100 in terms of face and figure.

If this kind of appearance was placed on the blue star before he crossed over, he must be a big star who can overwhelm the country and the city.

"You came."

Seeing Shi Li enter the room, the girl smiled.

This smile made her look even better.

"Stop playing, hurry to the table."

However, Shi Li went straight over and sat in front of the card table.

Didn't even take a second look.

Because he knew that the guy in front of him was just a paper man.

It's really the kind of paper man, it looks like a human from the front, but it's a thin film when viewed from the side.

"Master, you are really boring."

The girl curled her lips, and then her figure began to change.

Like a candle that encounters high temperature, it gradually dissolves.

In the end, it turned into a lump.

A round lump, like a big green jelly.

It's called Slime, and it's a slime.

"Don't call me master, the card hall does not allow sparring partners to have feelings for members."

Shi Li pointed to the card table.

"Um, isn't this kind of emotion forbidden in the card hall?"

"What's more, after following the master, my skills have become much better, bobo~"

Sreem duangduangduang jumped onto the seat.

"Hey, it's easier for others to misunderstand you when you say that."

Shi Li turned on the switch of the simulated card table.

"Master, I heard that you have become a poker player, I want to use your poker deck!"

Slime stretched out a jelly tentacle and tapped the touch screen.

"There is no card deck for me here."

Shi Li shook his head.

The cards on the simulated poker table are not fabricated out of thin air.

The sources of these simulated cards are all real.

The card hall will look for some good players, sign an agreement to give some rewards, and regularly copy some of their decks into the simulation table set for members to use.

The decks of card hall employees are generally included first in the card hall.

However, Shi Li may have a bit of mental cleanliness in this area, and he doesn't want his deck to be used on a simulated poker table.

So when the supervisor suggested it, he returned the middle finger.

The supervisor was stunned: Why did you praise me for no reason.

"Okay, master, what game should we practice today?"

"Well... let's practice how to deal with the vertical 3+1 opening storm deck."

"Okay, Bobo~"

The two sides match their respective decks, and the game starts after 5 minutes.

"Master is lying! You are not a strong attack style at all!"

"This is to teach you never to trust your opponent at the poker table."

"Damn it, Bobobo!"

"It's okay, I'll be in the attacking style in the next round."

"Really?"

"Fake, you have been fooled again."

"55555~"

After 2 hours, Slime went from 3+1 to 6+1 and then to 9+1, without winning a game.

Everyone's cards are from the virtual deck of the card hall, the starting line is the same, but why can't I win?

It is very puzzled.

So I raised my hand and wrapped it for another 2 hours.

For its behavior, Shili is also quite puzzled.

Why is this guy so rich, even though he is only a LV6 poker player, yet he behaves like a little rich woman.

After another two hours, Slime was exhausted.

It was soft, even though it was soft.

Slumped on the ground, like a lump of jelly that was about to melt away at any moment.

"Come here today."

"I'm a little tired from you."

Shi Li thumped his waist.

"By the way, Master, have you signed up for the Rising Star Competition?"

Slime recovered for a while before remembering something.

"Of course I signed up."

"Wow, then we have a chance to compete on the same stage~!"

Its spirit immediately lifted a lot.

"Oh, I forgot that you can participate too."

"Master, I will go cheer for you in the preliminaries then, bobobo~"

"Fine."

After seeing off Slime, Shi Li received a few more guests.

It wasn't until night fell that he took off his overalls and got off work with Mushroom + Straw Man.

At the end of the day, it was tiring.

Only earned 5 cubic coins.

"I really want to live the kind of life where I spend three days on the net and two days on the net."

Sitting on the bus back, he held his chin and looked out the window.

"..., wouldn't that be posting on the net every day?"

"Resign, resign, idiot!"

"You think I don't want to."

Immediately glanced at the straw man.

It is impossible to go to work forever, but at least not for now.

The social welfare here is very good and the cost of living is low.

But that is based on certain conditions.

The condition for enjoying this benefit is to have a decent job.

If he resigns, his rent and other expenses will increase dozens or even hundreds of times in the future.

...

Two days later, Shi Li arrived at the association on time.

After signing in, he got his own number plate.

What the association prepared for the preliminaries was a circular arena.

There is a large screen hanging on the top, which is specially used to broadcast live events, but now it is only used to display promotional videos.

The field is now divided into many small blocks, and multiple games will be played at the same time.

"The popularity is less than expected."

Immediately scanned around, there was basically no one in the auditorium.

Some of them were players with numbers on their chests, just like myself.

"After all, this is just the preliminaries, Master."

Slime specially came to cheer him on.

"Look at the big screen, that's the prize for this championship."

At this time, it signaled to immediately look up.

In that promotional video, several strange figures passed by.

The surrounding scenery retreated rapidly, they crossed the mountains, forests, and rivers.

Finally, he stood on a cliff.

Under the cliff, there is a scene of the first lights.

Then the camera swoops down, showing the town's intuitive appearance.

There are Chinese and ancient buildings, bustling streets, and people laughing and laughing.

The next moment, suddenly the evil wind blew up.

At some point, those ghostly figures had already stood on the tiled roof somewhere.

They are condescending, looking down.

People on the street panicked.

At this time, a few figures rushed out from the crowd, fighting with the guy on top.

"Is the dungeon designated by the prize key the world?"

Immediately became interested.

Just watching this short video, I feel that this dungeon is very grand, and there must be good cards in the card pool.

"Yes, I don't know what technology the association uses, but it is able to extract the pictures in the dungeon as a promotional video."

"It seems that it should be the subject of monsters threatening the safety of the people."

Shrem sighed.

"Is it a reward that only the champion can get? It seems that we have to work hard to get it."

Monster cards, or monster cards, usually have good quality.

Immediately, he knew that there were a few S-rank demon cards with great reputations.

After waiting for a while, the game officially started.

It wasn't his turn yet, so he and Slime stayed in the auditorium and waited.

There are a total of 6 rounds in the preliminaries, which are 2+1, 3+1, and 4+1, and the mode changes every 2 rounds.

Opponents are randomly selected, and the 100 winners will advance to the main match.

What is going on collectively now is the first round.

He took a rough look at the overall level of the scene.

Since the preselection is all LV1~LV5 players, their deck strength is quite low.

So far, I haven't seen a single C-rank card, and there aren't even many D-rank cards.

Looking at their card skills, it can only be said to be a mess.

After watching the game for about 2 hours, the number plate in Shi Li's hand vibrated, and it was his turn to play.

"I'll go back as soon as I go."

He glanced around, found the corresponding card table, and walked out of the auditorium.

After 15 minutes, he returned to his seat with a depressed face.

"Master is mighty! It's a victory!"

Slime applauds him.

"It's okay, that's all."

The reason why he was depressed was not because of the strong opponent he met.

On the contrary, the opponent just now was weak.

However, he still thinks very slowly and hesitates every round.

Originally, in his opinion, it was just a few rounds of poker, played abruptly for more than ten minutes.

Such a promotion does not bring people any sense of accomplishment.

After the first round, he was fine today, so Shi immediately left the association and went home.

The second day, the third day, and the fourth day were all the same.

A total of 2 rounds of 2+1, and 2 rounds of 3+1, Shi Li won the opponent without even revealing his trump card.

Until the fifth day of the preliminaries, after the first 4 rounds of elimination, the number of players finally reached the number of 400.

The competition system has also been changed to 4+1 games.

After 2 rounds today, the final list will be made.

Shi Li's opponent in the fifth round was a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes and a pair of small wings with white feathers.

At this time, he was standing opposite him across the blue light poker table.

If the angel family is seen on Blue Star, they will definitely think it is the descending of the gods.

But here, to Shi Li, the other party is just a man with wings.

On the other hand, the blonde girl looked at Shi Li with serious eyes.

This person has not revealed the trump card in the first four rounds, and the performance of a D-level card has attracted the attention of some people, and she is one of them.

"The opponent in this round is not easy, and we can no longer hide it."

"I have to go all out."

Seeing the other party's indifferent expression, she secretly thought.

In fact, Shi Li had the same idea.

It is a big taboo to underestimate the enemy at the poker table. At this time, he is carefully arranging the game, although there are not many cards in his hand.

In the 4+1 mode, many variables have been added to the game.

First of all, there are two trump cards.

【Cover】【Cover】

【Cover】【Cover】

【Ace】【Ace】

Choose one of the two trump slots to place the trump card.

With a 50% chance, the side that finds the trump card first has the upper hand.

In addition, there is a very important mechanism.

That is actually the real steps of the cube game, which is divided into 5 stages.

【Replacement】-【Unveil】-【Settlement】-【Action】-【Settlement】

On the basis of the previous one, there is an additional [replacement] stage.

[Substitute card], as the name suggests.

It is to place a substitute card for one's own main card.

The requirement for the substitute card is that the score can only be equal to or lower than that of the main card, and cannot be higher.

There are 3 substitute cards for each card position, which is equivalent to one card position, and there are 4 variations.

However, the replacement of cards can only be carried out in the [Replacement] stage and the card is folded.

And once the card is uncovered, it cannot be replaced.

I had few cards in my hand before, so I didn't have any capital to replace the cards.

It's different now, he has 9 cards in his hand, and he can manipulate them.

It took some time for both sides to match their respective decks.

hum!

As the two pressed the confirm button respectively, the game officially began.

The replacement stage of the first round is meaningless, so both sides enter the card revealing stage by default.

In this round, each side needs to reveal two first row cards.

At this time, Shi Li had his hands behind his back, still looking like he was holding the chance of winning.

Even if you don't have confidence, you have to pretend to be confident. This is his poker table philosophy.

Showing timidity is tantamount to losing momentum.

If you lose momentum, even if you win, you won't be happy enough to win.

"please."

He even took the initiative to make a gesture of please reveal the card to the other party.

"..."

Obviously, the blonde girl was affected by this momentum.

She looked at Shi Li, and then at her first card.

Then, carefully uncover a sheet.

[Huhaha! 】

A projection of a masked man jumped out of the card.

Its body, including its head, is a mask.

The mask is painted with aboriginal graffiti-style face patterns, and the limbs protruding from the mask have bronze skin and hold a crude spear.

【Mask Hunter】

Chasing Wind, 35 points, D

Attack 35, 130/130, 0/3

[Hunting Physique-Passive]: When the mask hunter and the animal card are uncovered together, HP +30

"D-grade card, it's not bad."

Shi Li frowned.

The attack power is quite high, coupled with the extra health, it can be said to be fleshy and output.

Then, the blond girl revealed the second first card.

【Hiss...】

A python with skin textured like vines emerged from the card.

There are rows of spikes growing on the thick vines.

"It's a Grade D card again."

Shi Li remained calm, just nodded.

【vine snake】

Firm, 25 points, D

Attack 25, 100/100, 0/3

[Vine armor protection - 2 points of energy]: The vine snake adopts [Defense], causing 10 points of damage to the target attacking itself

This card is still a hedgehog card, which is considered a small masterpiece.

But at this level, he can still accept it.

Continuous flicks.

Ding! Ding!

The two first cards were immediately revealed.

This move made the blonde girl feel a little handsome.

Especially the slender fingers are very eye-catching.

[Wow! 】

[Aww! 】

What was immediately revealed was his own Beast Combination.

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