My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 68 Exclusive Training Ground

Zhou Nan used the appearance fee he earned from his own cards to casually play ten card arenas, specifically challenging white cards, and naturally won easily.

In this way, Zhou Nan completed the three tasks at the training ground, and a large building rose up next to the mission hall of his secret camp.

That is the secret training ground of the unlocked camp.

The training ground has tiered stands around it, which looks very similar to the training ground in the card training ground instance. Zhou Nan walked in and immediately received a system notification: "Ding, congratulations on unlocking the Secret Camp exclusive card training ground. Using cards in this training ground does not consume mana points and does not occupy the card's shared cooldown time. You can fully experience the functions and effects of the cards you have collected, and you can also engage in card battles for free, or challenge the training ground guards."

"Ding! You can purchase Training Ground Guards or use certain tokens to claim them. The Training Ground Guard purchase list has been updated this week!"

As the system notification sounded, a [Private Training Ground Window] popped up in front of Zhou Nan, and the window automatically redirected to the training ground guard purchase page.

After a little research, Zhou Nan understood the purpose of this exclusive training ground.

Unlike the card training ground, in his own exclusive training ground, he can let his cards fight against each other, and freely set the two sides in the battle. As for the training ground guard, there is currently only one, which is the [God of Wooden Dummy].

This "God of the Wooden Stakes" is a damage testing target. It has zero armor, zero magic resistance, and infinite health. When attacked, its damage per second is calculated.

To acquire more training ground guards, you'll need to purchase them with gold coins or obtain them using "certain tokens." Once you have them, you can summon them in the training ground at any time, just like the "God of the Training Ground."

Zhou Nan checked the training ground guard purchase interface and found that the available training ground guards were randomly refreshed on a regular basis, and there were only four available this week.

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Item 1: Training Ground Guardian [Scunder Ship], priced at 3 million gold. Description: A large flying unit, identical to the Scourge Ship Froda from the Molten Battlegrounds.

Item 2: Training Ground Guardian [Black Dragon], Price: 30000 Gold Coins. Description: An ordinary black-scaled dragon with decent physical defense and magic resistance.

Item 3: Training Ground Guardian [Spiked Dragon Turtle], priced at 10000 Gold. Description: Similar to the Spiked Dragon Turtle in the Arena's Four Directions Temple, possessing decent physical defense.

Item 4: Training Ground Guardian [Steam Warrior], priced at 5000 gold coins, limited quantity available, currently 0/99 remaining. Description: A well-rounded physical attack warrior.

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"What the hell is this 300 million gold coin Scourge warship? Is it the final boss in the Molten Battlefield?"

Zhou Nan shook his head; he couldn't afford any of the training ground guards on the purchase list.

Upon further investigation, Zhou Nan discovered the interface for claiming training ground guards, where one could obtain them by displaying certain credentials.

Zhou Nan tried showing off the [Guardian of Casanar N1 Single Pass Certificate], and with a ding, he actually obtained the training ground guardian [Murloc Leader Sharion N1].

"So this is another function of a single-pass certificate!"

Zhou Nan was overjoyed. He then showed the solo completion certificates for the other four difficulties of [Guardian of Casanar] and the kill certificate for the Granite Golem. He then received four Sharion and a Granite Golem. In this way, he now had seven training ground guards in his private training ground.

"When I'm bored in the future, I can play some training matches, which will be another way to pass the time... I don't think any of my cards can beat a 12 HP Granite Golem in a one-on-one fight, the cards are still weak!"

After a moment's thought, Zhou Nan let [Crab Sword King Gofanqi] and [Wild Man King Hahaken] fight it out. He found that without intervention, the Wild Man King was no match for the Crab Sword King. The Wild Man King attacked quickly, and the Crab Sword King countered quickly. The battle ended quickly, and the Wild Man King, with an attack speed of 12, was basically killed by the counterattack.

During this time, the Wild Man King's [Ice Wolf Aura] effect was triggered once, freezing the Crab Sword King for one second. While the Crab Sword King was frozen, he was unable to block or counterattack. Unfortunately, this one second was of little use and could not change the course of the battle.

Zhou Nan then sent [Rock General - Big Roll] into the arena to fight [Wild King - Hahaken]. The battle didn't last long, and the Wild King won decisively.

However, if we let General Rock fight against King Crab Sword, then General Rock would be the clear winner.

[The Great Demon Chen Batian] was also released by Zhou Nan and fought a few rounds.

Theoretically, if Chen Batian regenerates 10 points of health per second, and the damage dealt to Chen Batian within 70 seconds is less than 10700 points, then you will never be able to kill him. In other words, to kill Chen Batian, the damage per second needs to be above 153 points, and there is a prerequisite: you must not be killed by Chen Batian first.

Considering that Chen Batian has 9 points of armor, if it is a physical attack unit with an attack speed of 1.0, then the attack power would need to be above 237 points to kill Chen Batian.

Based on this, Chen Batian isn't particularly tanky. While Crab Sword King and Panda Pan Mie can't beat him, Wild Man King can easily crush him. The difference between Rock General's minimum and maximum attack power is too great, so theoretically, his damage per second could exceed 153 points. If every hit deals maximum damage, it would be enough to finish off Chen Batian within 52 seconds.

However, the actual result of their battle was that General Rock was defeated. This was because Chen Batian's output ability was not bad either. General Rock's attack power was unstable. It was unknown how many rounds it would take for the Great Demon Chen Batian to kill him. He was killed by Chen Batian first.

Alternatively, if you manually control the Sword Butterfly and use a kite tactic, you can also defeat Chen Batian.

Although the Sword Butterfly is a flying unit, it unfortunately doesn't fly very high. Chen Batian can hit it with his Flame Blade. If the two stand and fight, the Sword Butterfly is too fragile and is no match for him.

"My cards are still too weak. Although they each have their own unique characteristics, none of them can stand alone. I need to continue my card-combining plan! Also, I should strengthen and upgrade cards whenever possible, depending on the price of the materials. My most important task right now is to accumulate gold. Once I have gold, both black card synthesis and card strengthening will be much smoother..."

After gathering his thoughts, Zhou Nan checked the information about the [Sunset Forest] instance in the mission lobby.

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Dungeon Name: Sunset Forest

Dungeon Introduction: Legend has it that there is a mysterious forest where ferocious monsters guard an ancient treasure. When the terrifying power of the setting sun descends, those who are in the darkness will be reduced to ashes.

Instance Description: Sunset Forest is a large-scale instance that requires 100 players to open. Upon opening, you will be randomly assigned to a location on the outskirts of Sunset Forest. Around you may be monsters, treasure chests, traps, hunters, or other players; you are free to choose your actions. Please note that one hour after entering Sunset Forest, the power of the sunset will descend, and darkness will converge from the map's edge towards the center. If you are enveloped in darkness, the instance will be considered a failure, and you will be immediately teleported out. Ultimately, only one person can survive in the center of Sunset Forest and claim the forest's treasures.

Dungeon Quest: Survive to the end in Sunset Forest and claim the forest's secret treasure.

Quest reward: Consumes one Sunset Forest entry token.

Level restriction: Level 10 and above, Level 20 and below.

Mission prompt: Consume an entry token to enter the game room in Sunset Forest. You will have no friends, your nickname will be hidden, you will be automatically wearing a game mask, and death will end the game. Beware of the hunters!

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"This dungeon... looks like my wolfskin coat will come in handy again! Only one out of a hundred can survive; the one who survives to the end is the king. The forest treasure should be pretty good, right? I've never played Sunset Forest before, let's give it a try. Anyway, I don't need any credentials to enter the dungeon!"

With a few simple steps, Zhou Nan quickly entered a game room.

The game rooms in Sunset Forest are randomly matched by the system, and players cannot create them themselves. This is probably to prevent friends and family members from cheating. The game room Zhou Nan entered already had 68 people waiting, and the game started in less than two minutes.