In total, he needs to defeat eighty-one energy forms in this small space for Bubbu's reincarnation to be considered complete.

During this period, there's not much Li Pu can do, at most help it heal between intervals.

"Why not take this time to do some card fusion."

He had already organized his card deck pretty well.

He developed several new strategies based on a few tactical core cards.

He also thoroughly reviewed all the cards he received in the Little Five Elements Realm.

There is still one "Card Creation" opportunity left unused today, and he decided to make use of it now.

To perform a fusion, the first step is to determine the target subject.

Li Pu's choice was simple, his sole original card among the three frontline tank cards that hadn't undergone fusion yet, the "Sasha Mushroom King."

Initially, when he got this card, he chose not to fuse it because at that time, his card pool depth wasn't sufficient.

Besides the "Sasha Mushroom King," he had no B-level card.

But now it's different, he now had as many as 5 B-level cards.

Long Ren seemed to have not yet activated the cube card panel, so the four giant monster cards from the Little Five Elements Realm all went to Li Pu without any suspense.

Of course, even if Long Ren had activated the cube card panel, he still wouldn't compete with Li Pu. Apart from the giant tree man of the wood element, Li Pu clearly contributed more combat power to the other three big monsters.

Among these 5 B-level cards, the giant frog and the metal earthworm aren't defense-oriented cards, so they aren't suitable for fusion with the "Sasha Mushroom King" and are not considered.

So, only three B-level cards remain, all with defense attributes: "Magma Eel Python," "Mountain Earth Giant," and "Wood General."

Li Pu decided to start previewing with the "Magma Eel Python."

First, the base form, "Sasha Mushroom King."

"Sasha Mushroom King" - 10 points, B

Attack 4, Defense 6

"Sandy Fist": The Sasha Mushroom King's attack can prevent the target from attacking the card directly in front of it for 1 turn, with a cooldown of 2 turns.

"King of Mushrooms": Upon revealing the card, the Sasha Mushroom King increases the Defense of already revealed mushroom cards on his side by 2.

"Sand Layer Skin": When the Sasha Mushroom King receives damage equal to or greater than 2, reduce the damage by 1.

This card is inherently powerful, a bond card with high survival and restrictive abilities, practically perfect.

However, no matter how strong a B-level card is, it's challenging to determine success in a match with outnumbered circumstances.

After all, this cube card tournament adopts a 6+1 mode, where your opponent has six regular cards and can chip away at you six times in one turn—you can't endure that, as two turns would be enough to finish you.

Since this card is already strong, Li Pu intends to make it even stronger to better survive.

The ultimate goal of a tank card is to survive as long as possible to buy time for the cards that follow.

Now, let's look at the first fusion candidate, "Magma Eel Python."

"Magma Eel Python" - 10 points, B

Attack 6, Defense 4

"Devotion": For each high-temperature creature in adjacent slots, the Magma Eel Python heals 1 HP each turn.

"Cool Down": When the Magma Eel Python is subjected to a negative effect, the effect is doubled.

"High-Temperature Skin": While in defense mode, the Magma Eel Python causes 2 points of damage to targets attacking it.

As another B-level card, the "Magma Eel Python" is much inferior to the "Sasha Mushroom King."

The main issue is that it carries a negative trait.

However, both "Devotion" and "High-Temperature Skin" are barely adequate.

Why do I say they are merely barely adequate?

Because "Devotion" seems powerful, but its conditions are too stringent.

Besides cards like fire elements, he hadn't seen many high-temperature creatures yet.

As for "High-Temperature Skin," he considers these cards that retaliate or counter enemy upon being attacked as hedgehog cards.

Hedgehog cards are maximized only when they're attacked.

However, in multi-column card battles, opponents can choose not to attack your hedgehog card, and attack other cards instead.

In Li Pu's envisioning, the ideal state or highest realm of hedgehog cards.

Should be all-team hedgehog cards, thereby ensuring that any choice by the opponent results in retaliation/counter.

Unfortunately, he has yet to form such a deck.

"Mushroom roar! Mushroom roar!"

In the preview panel, a projection of an orange-red mushroom man seemingly made of lava jumps out.

Its head is particularly peculiar, sticky magma all over it, slowly trickling down the mushroom cap.

The expression is fiercer than a typical mushroom man, appearing rather menacing.

"Lava Mushroom" - 10 points, B

Attack 5, Defense 5

"Cool Down": When the Lava Mushroom is subjected to a negative effect, the effect is doubled.

"Sand Layer Skin": When the Lava Mushroom receives damage equal to or greater than 2, reduces the damage by 1.

"High-Temperature Skin": While in defense mode, the Lava Mushroom causes 2 points of damage to targets attacking it.

Previewing the effect, it's not good.

The previous bond mushroom king card has turned into an unremarkable big mushroom card.

It didn't integrate the strengths of both cards and even lost them.

Therefore, "Lava Mushroom," PASS.

Next, let's review the second alternative, the "Mountain Earth Giant."

"Mountain Earth Giant" - 8 points, B

Attack 3, Defense 5

"Great Earthen Mountain": Gains an additional 6 health points.

"Rock Body": Every 3 turns, the Mountain Earth Giant can refresh a shield that absorbs 9 points of damage.

"Super Cumbersome": The Mountain Earth Giant can act once every 3 turns.

If Li Pu remembers correctly, this is his first "shield" card.

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