My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 44: Must-Have First Clear

In the mission lobby, Zhou Nan is currently opening the clearance treasure chest.

"Ding! You have opened a Level 4 Experience Chest. Congratulations! You have gained 361 experience points!"

"Ding, 700 experience points consumed. Congratulations, you have reached level 8. Maximum health +100, maximum mana +100."

"Ding! You have opened a Level 4 Material Treasure Chest. Congratulations on obtaining Deep Sea Black Iron (Rare) x1, Night-Shining Pearl (Rare) x1, Unknown Scale (Rare) x1, and Little Fishman Bloodline x1."

"Ding! You have opened Blair's Gift Chest. Congratulations! You have received 173 Gold Coins, 1 Game Points Card (value 80), and 1 Unidentified White Card!"

"Ding! You have opened the dungeon achievement chest and obtained 1 Heroic Village Guard Card..."

Zhou Nan happily collected the reward items. At this point, he had 2574 gold coins and 490 game points.

With so many gold coins, Zhou Nan naturally had to spend some. He headed to the trading post, intending to check if the [King of the Caves] had any newly listed Wild Black Bear or Little Murloc cards, but he was pleasantly surprised to find two [Burning Gems] in the trading post, priced at only 199!

"Is this guy short on gold? Others get Burning Gems for 800 gold or more, but he only wants 199 for two!"

Finding them was like winning the lottery. Zhou Nan quickly snapped up the two [Burning Gems], then checked the seller's information and found that the person was selling anonymously, which was a bit of a pity.

Next, Zhou Nan used the Burning Gem to upgrade [Fire Turtle Thanos] to two stars, increasing Thanos's health to 10000, increasing the area damage after falling from the sky to 30 points, increasing the burning time after landing to two minutes, increasing the burning damage to 20 points per second, and shortening the internal entry cooldown time to 50 minutes.

In addition, there's a new enhancement recipe; with three more [Dizziness Gems], it can be upgraded to three stars.

"Thanos's growth potential is not bad... His internal cooldown time should not be affected by Infinite Power. This Thanos can only descend from the sky once every fifty minutes, which is still too long."

Zhou Nan continued searching for [Dizziness Gem] in the trading house and found that [Dizziness Gem] was very cheap, with the cheapest one costing only 98 gold coins and a lot of others costing 99 gold coins each.

"Three pieces for a total of 296 gold coins, what a bargain! I'll buy them!"

Zhou Nan spent money again and successfully upgraded Thanos to three stars in a short time. Thanos's health became 15000, the damage in the landing area increased to 60 points, the stun duration in the area increased to a maximum of 6 seconds, the continuous burning time after landing increased to three minutes, the burning damage increased to 30 points per second, and the internal appearance time was shortened to 40 minutes.

However, the attribute information for this three-star [Fire Turtle Thanos] does not include any enhancement recipes.

Zhou Nan continued browsing the trading post and bought six more super cheap cards: [Golden Hamster Winnie], [Golden Hamster Kirill], [Golden Hamster Bean], [White Cat Ellie], [White Cat Sonic], and [Tanuki Exterminates Plague], for a total of only 200 gold coins.

These six cards are undoubtedly trash cards, but Zhou Nan bought them just for fun, wanting to see if he could use them to synthesize a panda.

It's worth mentioning that Zhou Nan only discovered after purchasing it that the so-called "golden hamster" was not a bear at all, but a hamster!

"Oh dear, can I return this?"

Zhou Nan himself was amused. There were three "golden hamsters" beside him. The largest of them was no bigger than the palm of his hand. They were rolling around and playing. They looked cute, but unfortunately, they couldn't fight or take damage. They weren't his personal pets either. They probably couldn't beat the little fishman in a one-on-one fight.

"Well, the golden hamster also has the word 'bear' in its name, so maybe it can be combined with the white cat and the raccoon dog to form a panda?"

Zhou Nan, full of anticipation, combined the six cheap cards in pairs, and actually managed to create a panda!

Sure enough, in the eyes of the system's master, a golden hamster is still a bear.

However, not all pandas are the same. The three pandas that Zhou Nan synthesized this time were all very small and had poor attributes.

He eventually combined the three panda cards into one, creating the [Panda - Bean Destroyer].

This panda, Mie Dou, is only slightly larger than the dog Dodge, but it looks quite like a real panda. I reckon it could probably beat the little fishman.

"How about I combine this panda Miedou with panda Pan Kui? That'll definitely produce a panda. I wonder what the result will be. Based on my previous experience with card combining, combining cards with the same name should result in enhanced attributes, since it's a two-in-one combination..."

The thought crossed Zhou Nan's mind, but he quickly shook his head and gave up. Panda Pan Kui was now the main force in the dungeon. The Bloodthirsty Murlocs in N4 difficulty relied entirely on his Shattering Fire Fist to deal damage. His output was probably even stronger than Sword Butterfly Qiang Fen. What if Panda and Panda got an average attribute? Who would he complain to then?

The system is so complex, who can grasp it?

To be on the safe side, Zhou Nan has not yet combined [Panda Pan Kui] with [Panda Mie Dou]. He needs to test it out first to ensure that it will become stronger and more stable before combining them.

"Next up is N5. If Li Dapu and the others don't dawdle, we should be done by tomorrow. N5 is epic difficulty, and my cards need some more strengthening. For now, I'll try to solo N4. With a three-star Fire Turtle Thanos, the pressure shouldn't be too great..."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Nan decided not to waste any more time. He synthesized the eleventh Heroic Bear card and then went to solo the N4 difficulty [Guardian of Kassanar].

When soloing N4 and facing the Bloodthirsty Little Fishman, Zhou Nan dared not be careless. He honestly completed the brick-moving task first, and then did the gathering task. He placed Rock General Big Roll, Panda Pan Kui, Wild Man Hello, Sword Butterfly Qiang Fen, and Fire Turtle Thanos at the village entrance for defense.

When the fire turtle Thanos descended from the sky, it was quite formidable, causing group stuns and close-range fire burns. Its damage was much higher than that of the panda Pan Kui, the sword butterfly Qiang Fen, and the savage. Unfortunately, after three minutes, the flames on its body went out, which made it less effective.

While Zhou Nan was soloing N4 [Guardian of Casanar], [Li Dapu], [Valkyrie Lin Yun], and [Narrow Road Encounters Run Fast] also started farming N1 difficulty [Guardian of Casanar].

The three of them didn't dare to waste any time. After entering the dungeon, they didn't even do the brick-moving quest. They threw out all the cards they had and then led the Valiant Village Guard to dig up trees in the Wild Monster Forest, focusing solely on killing the [Granite Golem].

"Save the final blow for me! Let's see if I can unleash a Rock General too!"

"If the three of us all have the Rock General equipped, and then we team up with Nan to farm N5, we should be able to beat the game, right?"

"That's not necessarily true. So far, no team has cleared N5, which shows how difficult it is. Anyway, let's fight the Granite Golem as soon as possible. Let Da Pu get the final blow first. He's got the Rock General title, so hurry up and level up to level 9!"

"Well... alright! This noob Da Pu is actually a main force now, it's infuriating! I'll get a Clay Golem card later, maybe I can create a Granite Golem!"

"That's impossible. Stop daydreaming and be realistic!"

The three chatted and laughed, creating a lively atmosphere.

In a spacious mission hall resembling a giant palace, the four members of the Red Card family—[Invincible], [Kalenats], [Mighty Hammer], and [Han Buxin]—gathered together.

[Kalena] said, "Let's learn from this experience and play N5 again tomorrow!"

[Dali Hangzun] sighed, "That's all we can do; we can't even use the cards!"

"Don't be discouraged, everyone!"

"I'm Invincible" laughed, "I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"

"Good news! Why keep us in suspense any longer?"

"The good news is that the leader values ​​the first clear of N5 very much and has already allocated 100,000 gold coins for us to buy powerful cards from the trading house for tomorrow's clear!"

"Good cards are hard to come by, and the better they are, the more they're tied to specific cards. You can't just buy them with gold coins. But 100,000 gold coins can get you quite a few cards. The bad news is..."

"We have confirmed that the Justice Family has also assembled a powerful team to farm N5. We now have competitors..."

At this very moment, in another spacious mission lobby, [Thor's Possession] sent a message to [I'm Not a Hero] and [Watch My Thunderous Strike]: "Hurry up and level up! We've received orders from the clan leader to farm Guardian Kasanar N5 tomorrow!"

"good!"

"Are there just the three of us? Is there a fourth person?"

"Yes! Greatsword assigned me someone, the Righteous Knight. I heard his cards are pretty good! Greatsword said that even though it's a small dungeon, we must be the first to clear it. Don't underestimate him, hurry up and improve your strength."