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Chapter 470: Chapter 470: Not Over Yet

At that moment, a wave of excruciating pain surged into Chen Xuan’s mind like a torrent, causing his eyes to roll back and his body to tense up suddenly!

He almost cried out.

In less than a second, his heartbeat shot up to 160, and a layer of sweat appeared on his back.

The pain came quickly and went just as quickly, almost like an electric shock sweeping through his consciousness.

By the time he came to his senses, the dice had already hit the ground.

Chen Xuan didn’t even have time to look at the numbers.

He noticed the green numbers on the table dropping rapidly, turning into a dangerous yellow: 2863.

"That hit... sure was a bit painful." The Star God shuddered, then looked at Chen Xuan with lingering interest, "But your experience should be much worse than mine, right?"

The 5000 life in front of him had dropped to 4158.

This damage came precisely from Xu Xuanling’s attack and the multiplier from Moni’s encouragement points after being knocked down.

Chen Xuan pressed his head and remained silent for a while before recovering from the intense pain. There was clearly something wrong with this sensation; it seemed to bypass physical resilience entirely and acted directly on his spirit. Once his brain was functioning again, he gritted his teeth and gave a mocking smile, "Not calculating early, not calculating late, but right when I roll the dice — this game sure is fucking fair..."

"Calculation is part of the game, and there is no special treatment between you and me," the Star God said indifferently, "The true difference lies in strategy. If the damage we take were swapped, would you still be in such a sorry state?"

He did not attack Chen Xuan’s cards.

Excluding Andor’s action on Zhao Zhilei, he focused all his firepower on Chen Xuan himself.

Chen Xuan took a moment to figure out how this round’s damage was calculated.

Moni hit for 303 points, Zhao Zhilei hit for 912 points, and Andor dealt 366 points of overflow damage.

The cards that attacked him were also calculated into the encouragement points!

Two encouragement points had already stacked the damage into the triple range.

This 5000 life points looked plenty, but in reality, it didn’t last long.

"Did you know? I’ve observed this game many times and seen many people construct a decisive strategy with their limited resources, but most of them didn’t win in the end. Some even fell before the game was over." The Star God said slowly, "Because their will couldn’t persist until the inevitable victory turn arrived."

"Winning with cards and winning by attacking the player are essentially the same. Instead of pondering what seems like a perfect strategy, consider whether you can remain clear-minded at below 2000 health."

That is indeed a good question.

Chen Xuan wiped the sweat off his forehead and squinted at the dice he had ignored earlier.

The bottom face showed a zero.

"So it wasn’t a -1?" He sneered.

"Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t tamper with the dice. It’s a physical entity that fully follows the laws of randomness." The Star God spread his hands to demonstrate his honesty, "This result only indicates one thing: your luck isn’t as flourishing as mine."

The deployment points in front of Chen Xuan had become 4.

However, the opponent’s directly reached 6.

The Star God naturally took a card from his hand and placed it face-down on the field.

Even without the card reveal phase, Chen Xuan knew what it was.

Ancient Worm.

From the moment this card appears, the Star God would definitely use its special ability, halving the attack of the opponent’s cards on the field.

With Ji Lian unable to come on stage, it seemed he only had one choice, which was to play Liu Shuyue and use the one-time Demon-slaying True Sword to eliminate the Ancient Worm.

Chen Xuan pondered for a moment but ultimately placed Honglian and Liuli on the field.

"Oh? Not using a counter card?" The Star God’s insect eyes rolled, "Don’t tell me you haven’t realized that a card with deployment points of 6 can decide the outcome of the game?"

His brows tightened instantly, "How do you know I have a counter card? Did you peek?"

"Don’t insult my dueling spirit, human, though you’ve done so several times already." The Star God once again showed a distinctly displeased expression, "Unlike you, I don’t shout out my strategy each turn."

He held up one finger, "Don’t forget, I’ve used my special ability only once by now. You should have realized that some cards, even if not actively used, will automatically activate under certain conditions."

In other words, he used his remaining two actions on inspection?

Happening to see Liu Shuyue would have a probability of 1/4.

"If you say you didn’t, then you didn’t." Chen Xuan intentionally feigned indifference, "As for which card to play, I have my arrangements."

As the face-down phase ended, the newly placed cards stood upright.

"Sorry, when inspecting cards, I happened to select the one you played. And my method to counter it... isn’t limited to just one!" Chen Xuan stood up, pointing at the Star God like a true card duelist, "Now, I activate Honglian’s ability!"

"Really? Do you realize if I attack you with two cards now, you’re finished?" The latter squinted his eyes.

Two encouragement points would make the combined damage of the Ancient Worm and Andor reach 3078, surpassing his remaining health limit.

"Bullshit, try it!" Chen Xuan provocatively challenged without fear.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

For once, a rare hesitation appeared on the inhuman face of the Star God.

Chen Xuan knew he had concerns as well. Perhaps he saw Liu Shuyue’s ability but was unsure about Honglian’s attributes. If the card possessed shield or damage-negating skills, it could thwart his attack. If Andor was knocked out again, leaving only the Ancient Worm for the next round, Liu Shuyue could still use the fixed-damage Demon-slaying True Sword to eliminate it.

If he dragged it to the sixth round, Ji Lian, with an attack power breaking a thousand and twice the action, could take the stage.

Conversely, attacking the cards on the field would be the more stable choice from the perspective of the situation. The Ancient Worm would weaken everyone’s apparent attack, and with its 600 attack, it could virtually defeat any card. Andor, with 426 points of attack, could easily take down level one or two cards, causing substantial overflow damage. Even if Honglian’s ability is to protect cards, it could only guard one card at most. If any are knocked out successfully, the encouragement points would escalate further, maintaining an advantage into the next round.

"Hahahahaha—" The Star God suddenly burst into laughter.

At that moment, it seemed his emphasis on grace and elegance no longer mattered.

The hesitation vanished without a trace.

"What are you laughing at?" Chen Xuan asked coldly.

"Interesting, really interesting... Is this your last struggle?" His mandibles quivered as if already savoring his opponent’s spirit, "Did you think for a moment that you’d fooled me? Human, do you know how many gambles I’ve faced, how many bluffing maniacs I’ve encountered? At a life-or-death moment, using exaggerated postures and tones to emphasize victory is just a way to hide their vulnerability. I bet these two cards you played are defensive tactics, mainly to stall time, and can’t actually protect you. If I change my strategy now, wouldn’t it be to your advantage?"

The Star God sighed deeply.

"I did consider allowing you to live a few more rounds until the Ancient Worm’s ability fully unfolded, letting you witness your companions turn into Insect People. But now, I’ve decided to abandon that thought. Some prey are toyed with repetitively because they have no value in a straight-up swallow, but... you have that value!"

He mimicked Chen Xuan’s gesture, extending his hand and saying emphatically, "All-out attack on the body with Ancient Worm and Andor!"

"Ugh—" Chen Xuan’s eyes widened, stumbling back two steps and almost falling. His eyes were bloodshot, his forehead was covered in sweat, and his fingers shook, but he finally steadied himself on his feet.

The Star God also cried out in pain at the same time.

The latter clutched his chest, staring at Chen Xuan in disbelief, as if unable to comprehend how he could still stand!

Life points...

The Star God hurriedly looked at the opponent’s table to find the number had turned bright red: 1063.

Not 0, but 1063!

The game was not over!

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