The cards of the three big fat zombie beasts are gradually disintegrating into blue light and disappearing.

Zhi Liao was dumbfounded.

She couldn't beat them because her card style was countered; she knew that.

Normally, platinum-ranked players entering this instance are among the elite and the ones with potential in their division.

If anyone else faced these three big fat zombie beasts, they'd probably be able to defeat them. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

But... being able to beat them is one thing, finishing them off this quickly is another!

Based on the time just now, Zhi Liao felt Li Pu used at most only two rounds!

Even automated battles aren't this fast!

And using automated battles indicates that the opponent really has no worries at all, having 100% confidence in defeating them.

What's up with this cripple's deck??

"Senior, why are you in a daze?"

"Oh... oh!"

Not until Li Pu approached and greeted her did Zhi Liao snap back to reality.

She began to scrutinize him with an odd look.

When the three of them were traveling together before, every time those card beasts would suffer massive damage right at the start, she thought it was some instance mechanism.

After entering the fork path, she realized the massive damage at the start was gone and thought the mechanism had changed for single-line routes.

Now, looking back, she finally understood.

It turns out that the massive damage was caused by the junior!

She felt this instance was a pity, as she couldn't see her teammates' cards.

From the junior's performance, it seemed he was deliberately hiding his deck too.

Her curiosity couldn't be satisfied.

"Why are you here?"

"I..."

After exchanging some words, the conclusion was that the fork road Li Pu and Zhi Liao chose was connected.

In theory, when he encountered the vampire, Zhi Liao should've also encountered that scientific giant beast.

However, since Li Pu cleared the path so quickly and Zhi Liao got stuck on [Zeng Zeng Beast], they went round in a large circle and ended up in this current situation.

"So the main path is actually where Ah Yajun is,"

Zhi Liao raised her chin.

"Then let's head out,"

Li Pu agreed.

After drawing the conclusion, the two retraced Zhi Liao's original path.

Upon returning to the three-way junction, they chose the path of Ah Yajun.

Without any beasts coming out to block their way, the two moved quickly along this stretch.

Watching the junior's limp strides step by step, Zhi Liao felt he resembled a zombie beast, almost fitting in with the graveyard setting.

The only difference was that he was neatly dressed.

After speeding up for about 15 minutes, the two came upon an opened treasure chest by the roadside.

It was identical to the two Li Pu had opened before, indicating Ah Yajun had also taken down the mini-boss and continued forward.

Another 15 minutes passed, and the surrounding environment began to change gradually.

The atmosphere was still the same, but the number of tombstones visibly decreased.

With fewer tombstones, the entire graveyard path appeared much more spacious.

The view was more open, so after continuing for another 10 minutes, they spotted Ah Yajun from afar.

This guy was lying horizontally on the ground with his arms stretched over his head.

Not far from him, there was a figure floating mid-air.

"What's the situation, did he die?"

Li Pu's first concern was naturally Ah Yajun.

After all, they were from the same class.

"It seems like he lost the match, drained his Spiritual Power, and passed out,"

"But how many losses does it take to drain to the point of losing consciousness?"

Zhi Liao had just experienced it, so she had knowledge.

"Just not willing to give up."

Li Pu was well aware of Ah Yajun's quality.

This quality was Ah Yajun's strength, something many couldn't learn.

Li Pu admired this trait in him.

He stepped forward and slapped Ah Yajun on the ear.

"Darn it, wake up!"

Mysterious and ancient incantations flowed out spontaneously.

"Ah, geez."

Zhi Liao didn't expect the limp junior to act so forcefully.

With just one slap, he flipped over the junior lying on the ground.

Oddly enough, his slap really awakened the guy.

"Ugh, my head feels a bit swollen..."

Ah Yajun slowly climbed up, feeling one side of his cheek lose sensation.

But he was used to such situations.

His power was insufficient; previously when entering instances, he'd often get injured, and every time it was Li Pu who saved him.

With the guy rescued, Li Pu turned his attention to the big boss 20 meters ahead.

As before, it was also a humanoid boss.

Standing atop a floating spherical lightning, wearing a linen cloak.

The only part visible outside the cloak was a skull.

"What's the current situation?"

Li Pu surveyed the boss while questioning Ah Yajun.

"No idea, the skeleton started dueling cards right away."

"Then I got killed in the first round and immediately blacked out."

Ah Yajun couldn't quite figure it out either.

It seemed that losing to the big boss meant greater Spiritual Power loss, which is why he'd faint after just one defeat.

"Killed in one round?"

Li Pu raised an eyebrow at this.

Ah Yajun's card style was known as a steadfast [Shield] type deck.

To get wiped in one round with such a deck, this boss must be incredibly formidable.

"Really, a single blast and my deck was gone."

"I couldn't even see the opponent's deck properly."