"Being able to preview the face of an S-level card in advance is really powerful."

"And to think there’s actually such a card, it’s quite a rarity."

As he looked at the card, Ree Shil stroked his chin, marveling repeatedly.

He felt that this [Strongest Snail] seemed like an upper S-level of the [Nameless Sword Spirit].

Not like [Flawless Galaxy], but the original direction of the [Nameless Sword Spirit].

It’s not just the [Nameless Sword Spirit]; it also resembles the [Sweeping Monk] somewhat.

[Strongest Snail]

Wither, 0 Points, S

Attack 0, 100/100, 0/∞

[Uncommon Species - Passive]: The Strongest Snail cannot serve as a King Card but can be placed in any card position.

[Indestructible Snail Shell - Passive]: The Strongest Snail still regenerates energy even as a Covered Card.

[Bottomless Devour - Passive]: For every 2 points of energy the Strongest Snail has, it gains 5 points of Attack Power and 10 Health Points.

[Hyper-Reactive Shell - Passive]: When the Strongest Snail is directly attacked, it immediately counterattacks the target with 10 points of Fixed Damage.

[No Fun Without Spending - Passive]: For each complete round the card game with the Strongest Snail goes on, 500 cubic currency must be paid.

Stacking attack plus counterattack, isn’t that just a fusion of [Nameless Sword Spirit] and [Sweeping Monk]?

points of Fixed Damage isn’t high; its only advantage is being Fixed Damage.

This little counterattack feature somewhat targets summoning strategies.

Those second-level summoned creatures often have about 10 Health Points.

Anyone who dares to touch it will get wiped out instantly.

The key is that this guy’s attack stacking is limitless because its energy cap is ∞.

A withered card that can take effect even when covered. What’s the idea behind this?

In a standard 9+1 setup, if [The Strongest Snail] is left until the end-

For easy calculation, let’s temporarily assume that 20 cards, including both sides’ regular cards, have exited.

It would then be possible to give it 50 Attack Power and 100 extra Health Points.

The specific stats would be 50 Attack, 200 Health.

At a glance, these numbers don’t look all that impressive; many King Cards can do the same.

But you have to consider one thing; [The Strongest Snail] is a 0 point card.

As a 0 point card, [Nameless Sword Spirit] would have 0 Attack in this situation.

Also, as a 0 point card, [Arthur Blade-seeker] could only survive a few rounds before automatically exiting.

And another key point—who said it could only get 20 points of energy?

If paired with the [Higan Fairy] card deck, relying on second-level summoned creatures to accumulate stacking, it could easily reach over 30+ energy.

points of energy equates to a monster card with 75 Attack/250 Health.

[The Strongest Snail] is most probably afraid of attacks with [Quantum Entanglement].

Other cards just lose energy when hit with Quantum Entanglement, but it would be like cutting its Health and Attack for the Snail.

However, if placed in the back row and revealed only when the opponent’s cards are nearly all uncovered, the impact is negligible.

The most suitable usage is to quietly place it next to the King Card and silently accumulate energy.

Then, reveal it in the final phase, and see one, destroy one.

This is just PVP, in PVE, by slowly utilizing second-level summoned creatures to sacrifice Health, what Boss can’t be defeated?

"What does this last out-of-place negative feature mean, though..."

After analyzing the card, he couldn’t help but complain.

This feature seems a bit outside the norm.

To think there is a feature where using it costs money, it’s unheard of.

And 500 cubic currency per round? That’s exorbitant indeed.

If we go by a game of 20 rounds, that’s 10,000 cubic currency.

This amount, Ree Shil estimated, could probably buy a Mossy Mushroom or a Straw Man’s dog life.

Even for him, he had only a few hundred thousand in savings at the moment.

Thinking of bringing it out to have a good time with friends casually, one has to consider whether the pocket can handle it.

And he wondered whether he would be charged if he set up a card table to simulate the game.

"But I can only say it doesn’t matter much; this card is quite tempting.

Let’s see what path is needed for fusion." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

So he continued to read on, and Ree Shil saw an elliptical, densely packed distribution map.

Starting from [Little Snail], its previous level C-Rank Card, there were hundreds of path answers.

Each option was marked with what type of material must be fused with to get the result.

Although the chart specified that the materials were only general categories and a 100% success rate wasn’t guaranteed-

It even clearly stated that the estimated probability was roughly 70~80%.

But that didn’t stop Ree Shil from marveling.

"This chart... is impressive indeed."

From C level to B level, the paths notably decreased.

From B level to A level, only a few hundred answers remained.

He took a closer look at these A level cards.

95% of them were very similar with barely any difference in appearance.

It’s not hard to understand why.

For instance, to get [Kung Fu Sheep God], you don’t necessarily need a [Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit].

You at least need a card like [Kung Fu Sheep Sister] or [Kung Fu Sheep Minotaur] or [Kung Fu Sheep Horse], right?

And now, these few hundred A level card answers all lead to the final one—[The Strongest Snail].

Meaning, there’s only one path to obtain [The Strongest Snail].

So, Ree Shil carefully examined the path, muttering softly to himself.

"Path to obtain [The Strongest Snail]."

"Compatible with A Level Cards + S-level material, [Strongest Snail Shell Fragments]."

Material acquisition location: [Primordial Instance of The Billion Gods]."

Huh? What’s this about?"

He was hearing the name The Billion Gods for the first time.

And primordial instance, he similarly didn’t understand.

After thinking for a moment, it seemed that for matters concerning Divine Deities, he could only ask the Reincarnation of gods he knew.