Sky-High-Priced Tuberose | Can Every Player Create Original Cards?

Uses: 7/7

Base Attributes: HP 100000, Attack 0, Defense 50000, Agility 100, Critical Hit 0%,

Additional Skill: Bewitching Fragrance (hostile targets within 30 meters inhale a special fragrance and experience random hallucinations for 5 seconds)

Additional Skill: Nightfall (all hostile targets within 30 meters are blinded for 3 seconds)

As soon as the card's data was displayed, the entire venue erupted in screams once more!

Excited discussions rang out behind him. "One hundred thousand HP and fifty thousand Defense—that's one hundred and fifty thousand health in total, almost as much as a tank!" "A card with 100 Agility can unleash the fastest possible group control in the Arena. And it has powerful controls like hallucination and blindness—this card is insane, isn't it?" "I remember Tang God using this card in a league match before, right?" "Why would he sell such a good card?" "Could he have developed an even better card if he's putting this one up for sale?"

Seeing that the atmosphere had been sufficiently built up, the host smiled and said, "Seven-Star max-level [Tuberose], a god-tier group-control card. The auction officially begins! The starting bid is—100,000 gold!"

Xie Mingzhe: "What???"

Were people in this world really so crazy rich?

One hundred thousand gold was equivalent to ten thousand yuan in real-world currency—enough to cover his living expenses for an entire year!

A single card cost this much? Would some idiot actually buy it?

However, Xie Mingzhe was quickly proven wrong—someone was not only willing to buy this card, but many, many people were fighting to buy it!

The moment the host announced the start of the auction, the price on the screen began climbing like crazy.

110,000... 115,000... 120,000... 125,000...

As Xie Mingzhe watched the constantly scrolling numbers, his eyeballs nearly fell out!

So much money! You rich people really knew how to have fun!

Author's Note: Some adorable readers who do not play games said they did not understand the game rules, so here is an even simpler explanation.

1. This is a card battle game, and the key lies in [cards]. Players themselves have no skills and must summon cards to fight.

2. Low-level cards need to be leveled up/evolved and cultivated into high-level cards. Seven-Star max-level Black Cards have the strongest combat power.

Just remember these two points. Temporarily ignore anything else you do not understand; it will definitely be explained clearly again later when the story reaches the competitions :)

Sky-High-Priced Tuberose | Can Every Player Create Original Cards?

Xie Mingzhe stared blankly at the scrolling numbers on the screen, deeply feeling his own poverty and insignificance.

While he was worrying about 800 yuan in rent and rejoicing over finding a job that paid 1,500 yuan a month, these tycoons in the gaming world were throwing tens of thousands at a tiny card.

He remembered that when he used to play online games, there had been a tycoon in his server who spent hundreds of thousands just to make one weapon. In many games with randomized equipment, tycoons casually spent millions topping up just to build a good set of gear.

Sure enough, every era had no shortage of tycoons. Of course, no era lacked poor people either. Unfortunately, whether on Earth or in this time and space, Xie Mingzhe had always been poor.

He did not understand the world of tycoons. He could only watch the excitement.

The card's price on the screen had already soared to 150,000, then stopped.

The host said, "150,000, going once. 150,000, going twice. Is there anyone—"

Before he could say the words "raise the bid," the number suddenly jumped again.

—200,000.

—220,000.

—250,000.

—300,000!

Xie Mingzhe stared wide-eyed at the screen. They had only been raising the bid by a few thousand before, so why had the style suddenly changed? Each increase was tens of thousands!

Senior Brother Qi quietly explained beside him, "That was just small-scale sparring. The real tycoons are only making their move now. This Seven-Star card has excellent attributes—100 Agility, two ultimate group-control skills, plus Tang Muzhou's popularity bonus. It definitely won't sell for just this much."

Xie Mingzhe: "..."

Sure enough, the world of tycoons was too terrifying.

The precious cards in this game were probably like top-tier equipment in other games. Especially since this was a card with perfect attributes, perhaps selling for this price made sense?

Xie Mingzhe marveled as he continued watching the excitement.

***

At the same time, inside the office of Fenghua Club in the Imperial Capital.

Xue Linxiang glanced at the young man sprawled on the sofa and yawning repeatedly, then said gently, "Little Tang, this Tuberose card was also the result of your hard work. Its data is especially good. Even if you do not use it yourself, you could let someone else use it. Why sell it?" Xue Linxiang's face was full of reluctance.

Tang Muzhou was so sleepy he was about to fall asleep, his eyelids constantly fighting each other. Hearing Sister Xue's voice, he forced himself to stay awake and narrowed his eyes. "Changfeng, Manman, and Little An are not good at plant cards. Even if I gave it to them, they would not be able to bring out its full potential. It would be better to find a more suitable owner for this card."

When he was sleepy, his voice was low, carrying a lazy hint of huskiness that sounded especially pleasant.

Afraid that his strange schedule would make him fall asleep again, Xue Linxiang hurriedly spoke to catch his attention. "That makes sense. Since you no longer have use for it, rather than sealing it away in a card display case, it would be better to find it a new owner who can cherish it... But now that you have sold Tuberose, this support card, have you chosen a replacement card for your deck?"

"Of course." Tang Muzhou opened his tablet and pulled up the data for a card. "This card was also completed a few days ago. I used a different approach this time. Sister Xue, take a look at its data."

"..." Xue Linxiang's eyes suddenly widened.

Tang Muzhou had put the Seven-Star Tuberose up for sale to let it continue serving a purpose. But the card replacing Tuberose had even more terrifying data. She believed that once this card appeared on the competition stage, it would absolutely give Tang Muzhou's opponents splitting headaches.

"How did you make this card?" Xue Linxiang turned around, only to find that Tang Muzhou had already fallen asleep while hugging his tablet.

Every afternoon, he had to take an "afternoon nap." Like a plant wilted beneath the scorching sun, he had no energy at all. His strange schedule was truly helplessly exasperating. Seeing how deeply he slept, Xue Linxiang could only put away the tablet without waking him, then turned and returned to her office to examine the match schedule the league had just sent her.