My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 62 Appearance Fee

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Card Name: Great Demon Chen Batian (Bound, Cannot be Sold)

Card color: Black

Card Star Rating: One Star

Usage Level: 10

Mana cost: 110

Description 1: Summon [Great Demon Chen Batian] to fight for you. Great Demon Chen Batian has 10000 HP, 300 attack power, 1.0 attack speed, 10 HP regeneration per second, 9 physical defense, and good magic resistance. His class is tank/warrior.

Explanation 2: The Great Demon Chen Batian possesses the skill [Fallen Flame]. Targets attacked by him will have their armor reduced by 3 points within three seconds (physical damage is amplified when armor is negative, with each point of armor increasing damage by 5%).

Explanation 3: Unlike ordinary demons, the Great Demon Chen Batian possesses the unique [Taunt] skill. When [Taunt] is activated, the Great Demon Chen Batian cannot move or attack, recovers 10% of his health per second, forces surrounding hostile targets to attack him, and has an effect range of 10 meters around him. The skill effect lasts for 10 seconds, and the skill cooldown time is one minute.

Note 4: Using Wild Gem x1, Demon Crystal x1, and Sage's Blood x1 can strengthen the Great Demon Chen Batian. Each strengthening increases the star level by one. This strengthening recipe can strengthen the Great Demon Chen Batian to nine stars.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"I like the name of this card; a quick calculation tells me it has great fortune!"

Zhou Nan was somewhat pleased with himself.

The first attempt at combining characters was quite successful.

Zhou Nan was quite satisfied with the "Chen Batian" attribute.

Looking at his base health and other stats, he's only at the mid-to-high level of a green card, but he has two skills, the second of which is an excellent aggro-drawing skill. Apart from being a little low on health, Chen Baxian is definitely an excellent tank.

"In the world of cards, there are lesser demons, and of course, there are greater demons. This Chen Batian is a greater demon I created, so it's definitely different from ordinary greater demons. The Fallen Flame is probably a skill that all greater demons possess, while the Taunt skill and Enhancement Arcane are likely randomly generated by the system. I reckon that the greater demon Chen Batian is a limited edition; it's essentially a combination of 56 cards. It's probably impossible to create another greater demon like this..."

Zhou Nan took the card [Great Demon Chen Batian] to the training ground NPC, and after a few simple actions, began "card training".

Then, the black card flew to the training ground below and, with a bang, transformed into a large, obese demon—Chen Batian.

Chen Batian was nearly three meters tall, with grayish-brown skin, a bald head, a hooked nose, and fangs. He wore simple leather armor, had two black horns resembling antelope horns on his head, carried a flaming knife in his right hand, had a large belly and a thick waist, and his feet were like cow hooves. He had two small black wings on his back, but he was too fat, so the wings were just decorations and he probably couldn't fly.

"Ding! Training Level 1 has started. You can command your cards to fight and defeat all enemies to pass the level. The next level will be unlocked automatically by default."

After the system notification ended, a gate at the edge of the training field below suddenly opened, and a burly man walked out of it. Above his head was a line of words: "The bare-handed farmer".

Zhou Nan could see the attributes of the unarmed farmer; he only had three hundred health points.

"This farmer, Chen Batian could have killed him with a single blow, I wouldn't even need to give orders!"

Zhou Nan watched with curiosity.

Chen Batian and the farmer approached each other. Zhou Nan thought that Chen Batian would kill the unarmed farmer with a single blow, but Chen Batian was surprisingly awesome. He walked up to the farmer, pointed his flaming broadsword at him, and then burst into laughter.

He actually activated the [Taunt] skill, and a visible white light wave spread out in all directions from him, extending ten meters away.

At the same time, a green health bar appeared above the head of the great demon Chen Batian.

"+1000!"

"+1000!"

"+1000..."

The unarmed farmer rushed up to Chen Batian and landed a right hook, a left hook, and a right jab, hitting Chen Batian's big belly.

Chen Batian just laughed heartily, without shedding a single drop of blood. After laughing for ten seconds, he finally raised his flaming broadsword and slashed the unarmed farmer into a flash of white light.

Immediately afterwards, the fence gate at the edge of the training ground opened again, and this time a militiaman carrying a hoe rushed out. He looked exactly like the farmer from before, and had 600 health points!

The great demon Chen Batian killed him with just two strikes.

In fact, the Great Demon Chen Batian has the skill [Fallen Flame], which reduces armor when attacked. Since the militia had no armor, when attacked by the Great Demon Chen Batian, their armor would be reduced by 3, and the damage would be increased by 15%. Therefore, the Great Demon Chen Batian, who has 300 attack power, actually deals 345 damage with one strike!

In the third challenge, the militiamen become gunmen, and the hoes turn into spears.

In the fourth level, the spearmen received another set of chainmail.

The fifth level, add another helmet.

The great demon Chen Batian laughed and slashed, fighting entirely on his own, yet he made it as easy as cutting melons and vegetables, and unknowingly made it to the ninth level of the training ground.

The target of the ninth level has become the "Great General" wearing a full set of luxurious equipment, with 9999 health points and 9 armor points!

The great demon Chen Batian killed him with ease. After laughing for ten seconds, he swung his flaming greatsword, dealing 220 damage with each strike. In 46 seconds, he delivered 46 strikes, leaving only embers, and finally killed the general!

At this moment, the NPC in the training ground spoke to Zhou Nan: "Congratulations on completing the ninth level of the card training for your [Great Demon Chen Batian]. The training ground achievement has been completed, and you are rewarded with 100 game points! Would you like to continue to the tenth level?"

Zhou Nan said, "We're not opening it anymore, and there's no reward!"

"As you wish! [Great Demon Chen Batian] has been backed up in the training ground database. You can now set his appearance fee."

"What is an appearance fee?!"

"The appearance fee is the charge for the backup card when it is used in the training arena. When players participate in training arena battles, they can choose random matchmaking or specify a challenge, which requires paying an appearance fee. If the player wins the arena battle, the appearance fee will be refunded; if the player loses the arena battle, the appearance fee will belong to the owner of the backup card."

"That means if someone tries to challenge [The Great Demon Chen Batian] and fails, the appearance fee is mine."

"Yes, you can withdraw your appearance fee at any time on the training ground homepage."

"That's a profitable business opportunity. Let me think about it..."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Nan set the appearance fee for [Great Demon Chen Batian] to 5 gold coins.

"Small profits but quick turnover. High appearance fees might not attract many challengers. Perhaps this [Great Demon Chen Batian] can bring me a good income."

"Registration for this week's regional arena challenge is now open. You can register [Great Devil Chen Batian] for the [Unrestricted Arena Challenge]. If [Great Devil Chen Batian] defeats last week's champion and becomes this week's regional champion, you will receive a reward of 100 points. Would you like to register?"

"I'm not signing up! It sounds exhausting."

Zhou Nan retrieved [Great Demon Chen Batian] and began synthesizing cards with renewed anticipation.

"The more characters in the card name, the harder it is to control the combination... How about I try Savage + Savage + Emperor Crab? No, maybe I'll get Savage Crab, or even Savage + Savage + Ice Wolf King, that shouldn't be bad!"

Zhou Nan then took out the [Wild Man Hasu] he had previously synthesized, as well as the [Wild Man Haqing] and the green six-star Ice Wolf King card.