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Chapter 435 - 153: Baby Ke, Your Recharge Interface Makes Me Feel Nauseous!_1

Chapter 435: Chapter 153: Baby Ke, Your Recharge Interface Makes Me Feel Nauseous!_1

"Good evening, everyone. The game we’re playing tonight is called ’Cloud Top’."

"I’m not quite sure how to describe the genre of this game."

"But it looks pretty interesting when other streamers play it, so let’s give it a go."

God Nick’s livestream.

In this life, there were no North American tycoons shaking things up, no world championship runner-ups, nor were there any tower-stealing Sejuani or Spitting Dragon Girl strategies.

There was neither LOL nor the title of ’Cloud Top Inventor’.

Of course, most importantly, God Nick’s level of abstraction was much lower compared to other streamers.

In an era where everyone is doing gimmicks and you get no viewers without being abstract.

God Nick’s low profile, combined with his inherently shy and introverted nature, meant his ability to create memes was also weaker.

As a result, he didn’t do too well in the world of streaming.

He was just making ends meet.

The popularity of his stream was probably just a fraction of that of the big streamers.

Those who were willing to stay in his stream were some old fans who had been there since he started streaming, but they numbered only in the hundreds.

As soon as they heard God Nick was going to play Cloud Top.

The group of old fans instantly got excited.

"Come on!"

"I was worried you wouldn’t be interested in this game, I was about to sneak off to watch other streamers."

"Chao, do you even know how to play? Don’t be like Jaguar, watching you play gives me a headache."

"If you don’t know how to play, tell me, and we’ll teach you how to rush level 7 and fight for 8! /Dog Head"

While the viewers were chatting with each other in the bullet comments, God Nick quietly started a game.

And he quickly got a grasp on the various synergies, Chess, and the attributes of items.

He sailed through the first round steady and stable.

Then came 2-1, when it was time to choose the Hexes.

Three colored Hexes popped up!

In Cloud Top, Hexes also come in different grades.

White, gold, and colored.

Colored Hexes not only extend the effects of white/gold Hexes and increase their intensity,

but they also have some powerful Hexes exclusive to colored ones.

Like the three in front of God Nick right now.

Cursed Crown: Grants +2 team size, but your little legend takes 100% more damage.

"Golden Ticket": Every time the card pool refreshes, you have a 45% chance to get a free refresh.

Demon’s Contract: You can no longer use gold to level up, but instead, you spend 6 health to gain 4 experience points, and restore 3 health each round.

As soon as the three Hexes appeared.

The bullet comments erupted with noise.

"Go for the ticket!"

"The ticket is powerful!"

"Wait... Don’t take that one! That’s the old rank eight contract!"

"I’ve never seen anyone win with the old rank eight contract; they all get carried out steadily."

In the face of everyone’s attempt to stop him,

God Nick still firmly chose the Demon’s Contract.

Before the stream started, God Nick had also watched many streamers play ’Cloud Top’ and occasionally saw this Hex in action.

It’s just about burning health for levels, leveraging the disparity in team size to gain an early advantage.

But by late game, it starts running out of steam.

From the fifth round onwards, it begins to struggle and usually gets eliminated before the sixth round.

And that’s if things go well.

If they’re played poorly, players press their health down to a sliver right from the start,

and get taken out in the first skirmish, neatly carried off as the eighth-place finisher.

That’s why the viewers jokingly called it the old rank eight contract.

They thought this Hex had no reason to exist and might as well be deleted.

But God Nick always felt this Hex was quite interesting and believed it had potential to be tapped into.

After making a decisive choice,

he began to level up rapidly by selling health.

Frantically hitting the F key, his little legend’s health plummeted from 100.

All the way down to just 40 health.

After trading health for 40 experience points in one go, his level shot up to 6 by stage 2-1!

Due to the in-game ranking mechanics in Cloud Top,

the rankings are determined by comparing the health lost by the eight players.

The player with the most health ranks first, and the player with the least ranks eighth.

At the start of 2-1, God Nick quickly lost health and dropped to eighth place, immediately catching the attention of the other players.

They started to drop by to see what was going on.

Some, who were new to the game and hadn’t seen the Demon’s Contract before,

were shocked to see God Nick at level 6 and began pinging question marks, while typing in the public chat in disbelief.

"Huh? Level 6 at 2-1? How am I supposed to play?"

"That’s outrageous, at a point where everyone averages level 3, you pull out a level 6, can it get any more outrageous?"

A player with the ID ’Cloud Top Small Kun Chicken’ also typed, "Everyone don’t panic, his Hex isn’t strong, he’ll soon be carried off as rank eight, I’ve seen many streamers try it and none have won."

"Just watch me solo him later! Hehe."

Soon, the small battles began.

Since having the Demon’s Contract meant health is experience, especially in the early game,

if a player’s health is pressed too low, they lose the option to level up,

and can only rely on the 3 health regenerated each round to slowly recover.

That pretty much means they’re on the brink of death.

So God Nick didn’t hold back in stage 2, and immediately filled the board with units.

He only used standalone cards that were of higher quality and low cost.

Whatever synergy was possible, he assembled it.

The combat power of six units in the early game was far superior to that of four or even three units at the same stage.

Quickly, he won a steady streak of victories until 2-4.

After the first drafting phase,

the viewers started to notice something unusual.

Priority pick!

In Cloud Top, each drafting phase is an excellent opportunity for players to strengthen their Chess or improve their items.

Sometimes, a good draft pick, whether it’s the right character or the right item, can lead to a massive boost in combat power for the rest of the game.