Over the next few days, Feng Qi took Thunder through the 40th to 45th floors of Fate Hall.
By observing the Illustrated Handbook War Games of other gamblers, Thunder studied their experience and techniques.
Occasionally, they spent fifty thousand bloodstones to open a practice board, putting what they had seen and learned into practical combat exercises.
Finally, on the fifth day, Thunder assembled his own 888-card deck.
After several busy days, Thunder also welcomed his first real match. His opponent was an Elemental Lifeform.
Before the match began, a wager limit was set. The winner alone would claim one million bloodstones.
Thunder displayed his talent in this match. Though he was completely suppressed in the early stages, he gradually turned the battle around through his control of the battlefield, ultimately securing a narrow victory with 390 durability remaining on his Life Crystal.
When the one million bloodstones arrived, Feng Qi, Xiao You, and the others burst into cheers.
The facts proved that Thunder truly possessed exceptional talent in commanding warfare.
But over the following days, Thunder also encountered setbacks. His chips fell until only five million remained.
Compared with those experienced gamblers, Thunder still lacked proficiency. Many strategic patterns known only to veteran gamblers caused him considerable losses.
Learning from failure, Thunder stopped playing over the next few days.
After sorting through his mistakes, he entered the games again and quickly raised his chips from five million to eight million.
He won and lost during that time, but none of his victories came as painfully as before.
Thunder had clearly fallen in love with this war strategy game. Passion was always the best teacher, allowing him to achieve explosive growth in a short time.
In the end, Thunder's chips settled at nineteen million.
Feng Qi did not let Thunder become