This made Song Hao fall into deep thought.

If the God plays an Attack Card, then playing a Defense Card this round will perfectly counter it.

But if it's an Invalid Card, using a Defense Card would undoubtedly waste it.

No matter, play it!

The result was just as Song Hao suspected, the God indeed used an Invalid Card, rendering any dice roll ineffective, wasting the Defense Card.

In the fourth round, Song Hao drew an Attack Card, and the God also drew an Attack Card.

This time, Song Hao rolled a 6, and the God rolled a 3.

His Life Value is at 22 points, and the God's Life Value also reached 22 points.

In the fifth round, the God drew an Attack Card, and Song Hao drew an Attack Card as well.

Both sides were deducted 3 Life Value points.

In the sixth round, the God drew a Counter Card and chose not to play this turn after drawing.

Seeing this, Song Hao also chose not to play since he drew a Defense Card, which would be useless.

This suggests that the God's priority decision-making, mentioned in the rules introduction, clearly benefits him.

But he knows this bastard definitely has self-serving rules backing him, just not sure what the hidden rule is this time.

Although he could directly ask for Guidance, he decided to keep playing along.

If worst comes to worst, he'll cheat on the spot.

After all, the Game Space doesn't have an anti-cheat system, play however you like.

In the seventh round, the God drew an Attack Card, and Song Hao drew an Invalid Card.

After a brief hesitation, he placed the Invalid Card in the play area, and the God also placed his Attack Card upon seeing this.

The cards automatically flipped over, and the God, using his Attack Card, rolled a 6.

Song Hao was instantly critically hit for 6 Life Value points, leaving him with 16 points, while the God's Life Value remained at 22 points.

In the eighth round, Song Hao drew another Attack Card and placed it in the play area; this time, the God followed suit.

The God played a Counter Card, reducing Song Hao's Life Value to 12 points, deducting 4 points.

"Damn, I seriously suspect you're cheating!"

"Specify the cheating rule," the azure light-shadow said indifferently.

"You're using X-Ray, aren't you, first with the Invalid Card to neutralize my Defense Card, then with the Counter Card to expose my Attack Card."

"Incorrect."

As the words fell from the azure figure, Song Hao's Life Value was deducted by 10 points, leaving him with 2 points.

"Brother Guide, save me."

Facing the request for help, Guidance nodded:

[The opponent's hidden rule is to draw two Attack Cards every 3 rounds, with Attack Cards in rounds 1 and 2, an Invalid Card in the 3rd round, Attack Cards in the 4th and 5th rounds, a Counter Card in the 6th round, and Attack Cards in the 7th and 8th rounds.]

[Normally, you just need to play conservatively to gradually figure out the opponent's hidden rules.]

[The opponent chose to hide a card in the 6th round not because he saw through your setup, but to disrupt your analysis, and you happened to draw a Defense Card that round.]

[But no matter how it's hidden, the pattern of 2 Attack Cards and 1 Invalid or Counter Card will be discovered if you keep playing.]

[Actually, a guaranteed win setting could be it drawing an Attack Card every round, and if you don't draw a Counter Card every round, you'd undoubtedly lose.]

[After all, it's in attack mode every round, and your chances of drawing a Counter Card are only 1 in 4, but doing so would be easily detected, so it set a 2 red 1 random setup, consistently getting two Attack Cards every 3 rounds, while your odds of drawing an effective card are 1 in 2, with the other 1 in 2 being Defense or Invalid Cards, which statistically suppresses you.]

[So setting aside luck, coming from a cheat-hunting perspective at the start, you must play a card each round, prolong the game rounds as much as possible, and find its card-drawing pattern.]

Upon hearing the analysis from Guidance, Song Hao immediately understood the hidden rule.

He stood up immediately, slamming the table hard:

"Bastard, you're cheating with stacked cards… you're cheating."

"Specify the cheating," the pale blue figure said coldly.

"You draw 2 Attack Cards every 3 rounds, don't you!"

Upon hearing Song Hao's explanation, a gleam of light flickered through the blurry eyes of the pale blue figure, which then faded away.

A delicate treasure chest reappeared in the center of the gaming table.

Upon opening it, he found the reward was still just one Blood Color gem.

"This is my second win, so why is it still just one gem? So stingy, not even a hair's worth compared to the Ancient God."

[The reward given is likely calculated based on your Life Strength, and the rules of the Game Space also apply to Youlu Council members; although they don't die when they lose, they must pay an equivalent price, which is valued against your Life Strength.]

[You can think of it as, after the game starts, an invisible scale is balanced, with Youlu Council members needing to place resources equaling your value on the other side as your victory reward.]

"Ah? My Star Vein Combination is worth tens of thousands of sacrificial power, so why only give me just over 800 sacrificial power."

[The Star Vein Combination, including the Life Soul, isn't within the Youlu Council's scope of calculation, nor can the game's Space Rules calculate it, so it can only be valued against your Life Strength.]

"I see, no wonder it's given so stingily."

While complaining, Song Hao pocketed the Essence Blood Stone and began waiting for the next round.

Next, he planned to speed up the game rhythm.

The rewards from the Youlu Council members are so poor, he might as well cheat and speed clear directly.

As the scenario reset, he noticed that the gray-skinned player had disappeared too, leaving him as the only one left among the 10 contestants who came.

Feeling a sense of nostalgia, the third round of the game began.

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