Spire Game: My cards are all forbidden divine skills

Chen Mo continued flipping through the guides about the hidden walls, and it took him quite a while to finally find them.

Strategy 11: About the hidden places.

The tower contains many hidden places and a large number of hidden items, some good and some bad, some dangerous and some safe, all depending on luck. Among the more important ones are the golden statue, the silver statue, and the flesh and blood statue.

If you encounter any of these three, be sure to place a card.

The Golden Statue can upgrade one card.

The Silver Statue can be exchanged for gold by consuming one card.

The Flesh and Blood Idol can consume one card to increase health.

You can rest safely near the statue; monsters generally won't bother you.

The following are additional notes:

(Prioritize upgrading key cards for your playstyle, then upgrade attack and defense. Note that attack and defense can be upgraded multiple times, so don't discard them. The better the cards you use, the more gold and health you'll gain.)

Chen Mo carefully examined the three statues twice, memorizing their functions.

Although there are some words he doesn't quite understand yet.

What is a school of thought?

Could there be a synergy between the cards?

I don't understand it for now, so I'll just have to put it aside for the time being.

Putting away his notebook, Chen Mo looked around again, confirming that there were no other passages and that he could only return the way he came.

Upon reaching the spot where the rubble had fallen, Chen Mo discovered that the fallen rocks had completely blocked the road.

More importantly, countless vines are scattered out, and touching them will cause you to lose health. If you really try to get through these barriers, you will most likely die from the vines.

Helpless, he could only continue forward. At each place he passed, Chen Mo would tap on it with his shield to see if there were any hidden walls.

Unfortunately, not a single hidden wall was found. Including the spot where the white-haired rat had deliberately left its footprints.

He moved forward slowly, his mind tense; his blood volume was really not healthy right now.

But he dared not linger, because the notes had just stated that "it is safe to rest at the statue, and monsters generally will not bother you." In other words, he was very likely to be disturbed by monsters elsewhere.

In other words, most monsters in the maze do not have fixed territories and are likely to roam around freely. Staying in one place is not only unsafe, but also extremely dangerous.

Now Chen Mo dares not stop, nor dares to rush too hard; he can only slow down.

Not long after we walked, suddenly, golden light appeared before our eyes, and at the corner ahead, we seemed to see the top of a golden statue.

Is it...

Chen Mo was shocked. Had they really found it?

quickened my pace, rounded the bend, and suddenly a wide-open area came into view, larger than the pool area previously occupied by the tree crocodile, roughly circular in shape. The ground was no longer dirt and gravel, but instead white stone bricks, and in the very center stood a golden statue.

Tall and imposing, at least twenty meters tall.

The statue depicts a heavily armored man with his head bowed and his hands gripping a sword.

The greatsword was thick and broad, or perhaps broken. The man had no features, only a thick helmet and a tattered cloak covering his armor.

The golden light is gentle and seems to have a warming effect on people's hearts.

The moment Chen Mo saw it, he knew that this was the so-called Golden God Statue.

Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief; at least according to the strategy guide in his notes, he could take a short break.

By the way, the Golden Statue can be upgraded.

With a thought, Chen Mo immediately put away his sword and shield, and took all three cards in his hand.

Which one should we upgrade?

The guide says to prioritize upgrading key cards for your playstyle. Is Bloodslash a playstyle card in his hand? Even if it is, is it a key card?

Chen Mo thought about it again and again, but he didn't think he could have such luck.

The first card you get upon entering the maze is a faction card, and a key card for that faction at that.

If that's true, his ancestral graves wouldn't just be emitting smoke, they'd be spewing fire.

It's unlikely no matter how you think about it, so just settle for the next best thing.

Next, upgrade attack and defense!

Upgrading these two cards is definitely the right move.

The question is, which card should be upgraded?

Attack or defense?

Someone else might have thought about it more carefully, but Chen Mo made the decision almost instantly.

Increase attack power!

Defense is merely taking hits; offense is killing the enemy.

What's that saying again? The best defense is a good offense!

Chen Mo drew out the attack card and tentatively placed it at the feet of the golden statue.

The next moment, golden light slowly gathered, quickly condensed into a ball, and then fell little by little from the top of the statue, finally landing on the attack card.

hum!

The card floated up, emitting a buzzing sound.

Suddenly, the original white light on the card was shattered, and a wisp of blue light quickly ignited like a flame.

The golden light was completely absorbed into the card, and the blue light immediately intensified.

A halo of light spread out, causing Chen Mo to take two steps back. After a moment, the blue light finally subsided, turning into a soft glow, and the card fell back to the ground.

At this moment, the golden light on the golden statue had completely disappeared, and the statue itself seemed to have dimmed considerably.

Chen Mo thought to himself: It seems that it really can only be upgraded once, and the statue has no extra power left.

Slowly stepping forward, Chen Mo retrieved his card.

At this moment, even the attack card's screen and name have changed.

Enhanced Attack: Summons a golden sword, which deals 9 damage with each attack.

Chen Mo smiled. The upgrade was very effective, increasing the damage from 6 to 9 points, a significant improvement.

According to the strategy guide, attack cards can be upgraded multiple times.

In other words, this is not its limit. Perhaps it can be upgraded to 900 points per sword in the future.

Chen Mo played with the card in his hand; this was the second color of the card he had seen.

blue!

Is it only the upgraded cards that are blue?

Or is it based on rarity?

I don't quite understand. We'll have to observe this for a while and we'll find out eventually.

With a thought, the card disappeared, and a golden sword appeared in his hand.

Its golden light was indeed unlike that of an ordinary iron sword.

Normally speaking, the combat power of a gold sword and an iron sword is definitely different. Gold is a relatively soft metal, so a real gold sword would be far less effective at cutting than an iron sword.

But the golden sword here was clearly different; Chen Mo could even faintly sense a special power emanating from it.

Indeed, the world is different, and many things are not so certain.

Holding his sword and shield, Chen Mo sat down under the golden statue, deciding to rest and recover his health.

I hope no one will bother me this time.

My health is low!

Before closing his eyes, Chen Mo suddenly saw what appeared to be writing at the feet of the golden statue.

Looking closely, I saw that it said:

"Homage to the great, uncrowned king, may he protect all living beings from corruption!"

Chen Mo read it aloud softly, then looked up at the golden statue again.

An uncrowned king?

Alright, as long as you let me rest safely, you are the true king.

To you!

Chen Mo grinned, closed his eyes to rest, and soon his breathing gradually became even.

Meanwhile, specks of golden light began to gather on the golden statue.

Although it is small and slow, it will eventually be covered in golden light.