Liu Zheng followed the Sea Girl to the second floor.

This time, there was only a wooden door, carved with an inverted pentagram pattern, the same as the one the Red Witch had imprinted on his tentacle.

"Is there any hint?"

Liu Zheng asked the Sea Girl.

"Yes. Some board games give you the opportunity to choose an advantage. In such cases, always choose the designated advantage, never the random one, no matter how many random advantages there might be."

The Sea Girl said.

"Okay, I've got it."

He nodded and pushed open the wooden door.

Inside the door was a giant cauldron lying sideways, filled with colorful fluids.

As he pushed open the door, those fluids started spinning rapidly, turning into a glowing whirlpool that sucked him in.

"The situation! The situation! The situation!"

Liu Zheng was plunged into darkness, but the sound of a train starting filled his ears, and a strong vibration was felt under his feet.

"Welcome aboard the Slaughter Train."

A youthful female voice whispered in his ear.

"Please choose one of the three advantages or randomly select three advantages."

"I choose to select one out of the three advantages."

He followed the Sea Girl's hint.

"Please select one from the following three advantages."

"A: Randomly receive a rare relic."

"B: Choose 10 cards from 30 to form your initial deck."

"C: The first three enemies you encounter will have only one Life Value."

"A card game, huh."

Liu Zheng's Spirit soared.

If he was playing this, he certainly wouldn't feel bored.

Aside from martial arts games, he played card games the most.

Based on his experience, Liu Zheng immediately eliminated option A.

Generally, a card game has many types of decks, and rare relics are usually core to a certain type of deck.

If he got a relic of one deck type but couldn't get the cards for that deck, the advantage would be wasted.

On the contrary, options B and C were both very practical advantages.

Option B allows Liu Zheng to have a smoothly running deck with combat power at the start, making card and relic selection more targeted later.

Option C is even simpler and more brutal, letting him breeze through the early stages.

After considering for a long time, Liu Zheng made a decision.

"I choose B."

He said.

In a card game, deck construction is ultimately the most important.

Plus, he could deduce the types of decks in this game from the 30 cards.

"Please select 10 cards from the following deck as your initial deck."

Following the girl's voice, rows of cards appeared before Liu Zheng.

He glanced at the first card, which depicted a person in a short robe, fists clenched at the waist, face flushed red, with endless flames behind them.

Though their appearance was unclear and secondary characteristics absent, by body shape and hair, it seemed to be a female.

"Anger Attack: Lose 2 Life Value, gain one energy, enter Anger state. Costs 1 energy."

"Anger state: Attacks deal double damage; received attacks deal double damage."

"Take it!"

He selected this card without hesitation.

As everyone knows, the best defense is a good offense.

As long as he could one-shot his foe, defense wouldn't be needed.

Of course, mainly because he could change his choice before selecting 10 cards.

The second card showed the same robe-wearing figure in a defensive pose with her weapon, a staff, stuck in the ground.

"Full Defense: Discard all attack cards in hand; for each discarded, gain 6 defense. Costs 1 energy."

Liu Zheng glanced and then skipped over this card.

It's not that it couldn't be used, but he wanted to check other defense card values first.

The third card showed an incense burner with purple smoke wafting out.

"Incense: Randomly obtain a Skill card, the skill card costs 0 energy this turn, and is removed for this battle after use. Costs 1 energy."

These types of cards are usually auxiliary, so skip.

The fourth card showed the robe wearer raising her staff in front and turning her head to the side.

"Defend: Gain 5 defense."

"Hmm, this seems like the most basic defense card."

Looking at this card, the previous "Full Defense" card was indeed worth having.

The fifth card showed the robe wearer sitting cross-legged, floating in mid-air.

"Meditation: Enter quiet state. If already in quiet state, draw two cards. Costs 1 energy."

"Quiet state: Upon exiting quiet state, gain 2 energy value."

"Extra energy and card draw, not bad, mark as a backup."

Liu Zheng nodded, then looked at the next one.

The sixth card depicted the robe wearer turning her back on several attacks, all blocked by the phantom of her hands.

"Flawless (Skill): At the end of the turn, if in quiet state, gain 5 defense; removed for this battle after use. Costs 1 energy."

"Skill cards: Skill effects last beyond the end of the turn."

Same value as basic defense cards with conditions, even a dog wouldn't take it.

He skipped directly to the next one.

The seventh card showed the robe wearer punching with countless fists, sending various Slime-like creatures flying.

"Wild Punches: Deals 3 damage three times to enemies; if in Anger state, becomes group damage. Costs 1 energy."

Awesome!

Noble group damage, even multi-stage attacks, plus only 1 energy cost.

No need to look at the rest, Liu Zheng already knew this was definitely one of the core attack cards.