National Fortune Golden Shovel: I Can See Hidden Bonds!

71: Chapter 72 New Hidden Lineup Revealed! Worlds Shocked!”You... on what grounds?”

Shen Mo’s cold words dealt a massive shock to Hoshimi Sakura, the sentence echoing in her ears as if on a loop.

It almost made her doubt her very existence!

Hoshimi Sakura opened her mouth, but she didn’t know what to say!

However, the next second, Hoshimi Sakura’s pupils shrank violently!

Shen Mo lightly picked up an ’emblem’ from his bench. The emblem was deep blue, with a pitch-black background like an abyss that drew the eye, and on its surface, which seemed to wander through the abyss, a pattern representing an eye had emerged!

Demon God Emblem!

Hoshimi Sakura trembled violently, her eyes filled with disbelief!

A new emblem!

Shen Mo had actually researched a new emblem!

A wave of immense fear swept over her. Hoshimi Sakura felt a bit dazed at this moment; Shen Mo’s figure seemed to be constantly rising and expanding, like an insurmountable mountain that filled people with dread!

”You...”

Hoshimi Sakura forced herself to calm down, gritting her teeth as she prepared to say something, but the referee’s cold voice interrupted her.

[Stage 3-2, match over!]

[Dragon Country vs Sakura Country, Dragon Country wins!]

Whoosh!

Hoshimi Sakura’s figure vanished before Shen Mo; the match was over!

In the livestream.

The audience who witnessed this scene were all shocked!

Especially the ’emblem’ Shen Mo had brought out, which made everyone who didn’t favor Shen Mo shudder!

”No! Shen Mo actually brought out a new hidden Synergy, how is that possible!”

”Baka! This Dragon Country person is too powerful, Miss Hoshimi actually lost!”

”I don’t believe it! He must be bluffing, don’t be fooled by him, hidden Synergies aren’t that easy to discover!”

The Sakura Country audience was losing their composure.

Their comments were filled with a sense of ’I’m not listening, I’m not listening.’ They were just deceiving themselves; they absolutely did not want to acknowledge Shen Mo’s strength, even though Miss Hoshimi had already lost the match!

In Cangjing District, Furukawa’s face went slightly pale: ”Lord Mishima, Miss Hoshimi...”

Mishima’s expression was gloomy, and he unconsciously changed his posture: ”Miss Hoshimi’s team composition isn’t very strong in the early game, so winning or losing is within reason. Don’t forget, we have already discovered the rules for hidden Synergies.”

”Any team composition will have a weak period before it truly forms. This is unavoidable!”

”Once Miss Hoshimi’s team composition forms, that Dragon Country person will definitely not be a match!”

...

”Miss Hoshimi lost?” Chris frowned. Although he didn’t think much of Miss Hoshimi’s Frost team composition, feeling that its overall strength was too low, he couldn’t deny that anything recognized by the Gods Arena must have its merits.

But even so, she still lost to that Dragon Country person?

Switching the view to Shen Mo, Chris’s body stiffened. What was that?

On the 2-star Blitzcrank, a dark-colored emblem with an evil eye made him somewhat shocked!

A new team composition?

Almost at the same time, Old Mike’s voice communication came through, his tone extremely grave: ”Chris, the Dragon Country person’s new team composition has appeared. It’s an emblem we have never seen before!”

”What are you trying to say?”

Chris’s expression also turned grave. He didn’t want to waste words; clearly, the development of events had exceeded his expectations!

That guy Charlie...

Could it really be as he said, that Shen Mo could be on par with Long Chen from eleven years ago?

Chris gritted his teeth!

He didn’t believe it!

Old Mike’s voice sounded: ”Go hold Shen Mo’s chess pieces! This is the only way. Right now, no one knows how high the strength of the new team composition is. Perhaps it can’t beat us, perhaps it can, but this is all very risky!”

Chris’s face looked ugly: ”How do we hold them? The opponent has 2-cost chess pieces now, Syndra, Nilah; it’s impossible to hold these two main carries. You should know, the lower the cost of the chess piece, the higher the quantity!”

Chris didn’t believe Old Mike didn’t know this rule.

After all, this was the USA.

The other party should have this bit of common sense, otherwise he wouldn’t have sought him out as a teammate!

”Four countries joining forces, it might not be impossible!”

Old Mike was very persistent, but Chris still didn’t look favorably upon it, frowning as he said: ”Is there any other way?”

The voice communication was silent for a moment.

”Then we can only speed up the tempo...”

Forcing level 9 and operating to level 9 were two completely different concepts. Originally, according to the initial plan, they could calmly roll for a golden spatula or Staff, and then steadily operate to level 9. This would ensure both the quality of the chess pieces and allow them to slap Shen Mo’s face hard using his own methods!

Killing two birds with one stone.

But the current situation clearly had some changes, forcing them to take action!

”I need to reach ten population!”

Old Mike’s voice was low: ”But if we choose to speed up the tempo, only you three can do it. The economy absolutely cannot have problems. You know the difficulty of reaching ten population, I don’t have much confidence...”

”You don’t have a Dimension emblem!”

Old Mike laughed: ”Right, I don’t, so I need to reach ten population!”

”Where will your emblem come from?”

”That’s a secret!”

Chris’s expression shifted.

This guy!

He was still hiding things this deeply!

As expected of the USA... a sly old fox!

Was he trying to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, acting as the fisherman?

The four-country alliance was correct, but Chris wasn’t willing to be used as a tool!

”Let’s... try holding the cards first!”

Chris gritted his teeth. He compromised, even though this method seemed extremely stupid to him!

A soft chuckle seemed to ring out from the other side of the voice communication, and Old Mike continued: ”OK, I’ll go notify the other two countries!”

After a secret conversation.

Hoshimi Sakura naturally nodded with no objections; Xu Shijun was a bit unhappy, but due to the four-country alliance, he still agreed.

And so.

In the next few stages, the livestream audience was astonished to find that these countries actually started taking Shen Mo’s team composition’s chess pieces!

Chris’s bench: Syndra x2!

Hoshimi Sakura’s bench: Syndra x2, Nilah x1!

Old Mike’s bench: Nilah x2, Mordekaiser x1!

Xu Shijun’s bench: Nilah x1!

”Damn! These guys are too shameless! What kind of logic is holding cards because you can’t win?”

”And four people doing it together? Where’s your face! Don’t you want your face anymore?!”

The Dragon Country audience was almost cursing, their livers aching with anger.

But there was no way around it.

This stuff really belonged to a type of strategy. You could call these guys shameless, but it didn’t violate the competition rules.

...

[Stage 3-3! Match over!]

[USA vs Eagle Country, USA wins!]

[Stage 3-5! Match over!]

[Dragon Country vs Korea, Dragon Country wins!]

[...]

The battle was intense!

In the next few rounds, this group of guys was like they were stubborn, holding onto Shen Mo’s Demon God chess pieces and not letting go!

Shen Mo couldn’t be bothered to pay attention.

Stage 3-4 carousel ended, he successfully reached level 7 and got a Nami, activating 7 Demon Gods!

At the same time.

The other families were not to be outdone. Old Mike had 6 Dimension formed, with a 1-star Ryze + 1-star Taric on the field, all equipped with three full items!

Hoshimi Sakura activated 7 Frost, got an Olaf from the carousel, and another one appeared in the shop!

After stage 3-5, the third Olaf appeared, and Hoshimi Sakura successfully assembled a 2-star Olaf!

On Chris’s side, Kalista + double guinsoos rageblade + Faerie Crown, frontline Katarina jeweled gauntlet + Hand of Justice, the damage was explosive!

On the other hand, Xu Shijun was still using a 2-star Veigar...

...

Stage 3-7! Creep round!

”These guys, are they that stubborn? Are they convinced that holding my cards is useful...?”

Shen Mo’s eyes drooped, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. Sorry, he could only say the idea was beautiful, but reality was harsh. For the Ten Demon Gods Synergy, holding his chess piece quality had no effect at all!

Let’s put it this way.

As long as he assembled the Ten Demon Gods Synergy, even if the chess pieces on the field were all 1-star, he could still crush the opponent!

Because at that time, he wasn’t relying on the chess pieces to deal damage.

It was the mechanic that came with the Synergy itself, which was ridiculous enough!

Boom!

As the time countdown ended bit by bit, the equipment dropped by the last creep also appeared on the equipment bench!

Besides some common attack and defense equipment, the most important thing had also arrived!

Belt!

Shen Mo took a deep breath. Very good!

The second Demon God emblem was here!

Now he was just missing one belt, and... rolling the Staff [Salvage]!