Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Underworld Players Must Be Ruthlessly Punished!
Shen Sui can certainly understand why new Life Card Masters construct decks leaning towards the Underworld style.
Normally, if your luck is bad when drawing Soul Cards and you get a Soul Card Follower that hasn’t grown in strength yet, you basically won’t have any strong followers unless you spend a lot of money to buy some.
Without powerful followers, you can’t rely on the mainstream ways to win duels. You have to look for means in unconventional areas, and naturally, the deck’s construction becomes more Underworld-like.
Although Life Cards aren’t too expensive domestically in Huaxia, an 11 or 12-star Follower Card officially sells for over ten thousand, but you basically can’t find strong followers in the official Life Card Store. People use offline channels to sell cards at higher prices.
With online shopping being so advanced now, it’s the domestic environment that has kept the Life Card sales system more focused on offline channels.
However, while Shen Sui can understand classmates structuring their decks in an Underworld manner, it doesn’t mean he can calmly accept facing Underworld tactics.
In this respect, he is very much a hypocrite.
There are two kinds of people I hate the most: one is people who play Underworld decks in front of me, and the other is those who don’t let me play Underworld decks.
Selection result: Follower Card [Malicious Puppet Natasha].
The Follower Card was discarded, and the Spell Card [Little Horse Knows the Way] had no capital for activation in Shen Sui’s current situation, so he shuffled it back into the deck.
Damn it!
Punishment! I must punish severely!
"It’s my turn! Draw a card!"
Shen Sui viciously drew a card from the deck.
[Vivian’s Matchbox].
Good! I’ve recovered half of Alice’s puzzle piece!
Looking at his hand again, he couldn’t hold it in anymore.
No! Follower! Cards! At! All!
Damn it, I remember putting eight Follower Cards into the deck specifically for this PK game; there should be thirteen Follower Cards in the deck. After discarding Natasha, there should still be twelve left!
13/40, nearly 33% ratio of Follower Cards, and none in a six-card hand. Is this reasonable?
Could it be that I was punished by the heavens for messing with other people’s Soul Cards dozens of times yesterday?
Shen Sui couldn’t help but start doubting.
"My turn." With no Follower Card in hand and unable to activate Spell Card effects, what else could Shen Sui do?
It’s all thanks to [Starry Favor]’s effect which only prevents him from triggering Spell Card effects, not using them. Otherwise, he wouldn’t even be able to set cards.
"Pay 6 Soul Points, 2 Soul Points, 7 Soul Points, and cover three Spell Cards." Shen Sui set three Spell Cards from his hand onto the field.
This is one of the downsides of Life Card Duels; when covering Spell Cards, you need to pay the cost first, meaning if your opponent is familiar with your deck, they can deduce which Spell Card you covered by the cost paid.
"My turn ends." Shen Sui ended his turn helplessly, having nothing else to do.
"What’s this...?" Song Feiyu squinted at Shen Sui’s backfield.
Something’s fishy!
With a similar deck-building style, he immediately recognized that Shen Sui’s backfield was thick with Underworld vibes.
He needed to be cautious and careful.
Song Feiyu’s deck didn’t have a card to completely clear the field, so he had to probe carefully, point by point.
He raised his hand and announced, "My turn, I activate a Follower Card’s effect, conducting a Follower selection."
His deck randomly drew two cards again.
"Come on! Fate will decide whether it’s life or death!" Song Feiyu chose one card without hesitation and put the other back on top of the deck.
Follower Card.
A familiar starlight vortex appeared once again beneath Shen Sui’s feet.
{Shen Sui, Life Value 5000→4000}
"Looks like my luck is pretty good today," Song Feiyu beamed brightly.
Shen Sui’s mouth twitched, reminded that this guy had won 36 matches with this deck.
With judgments based on selection effects to cause damage, how can he win so steadily?
Dang, did I run into a luck-maxed monster this time?
A timing!
As soon as it entered the main phase, Song Feiyu perceptively noticed the presence of a timing.
There’s no timing suspension in Life Card Duels, so Shen Sui must have cards that can be triggered during the main phase.
Song Feiyu grew wary, unhesitatingly drawing a card from his hand: "It’s my turn! I pay 10 Soul Points and activate the Spell Card [Falling Star] from my hand, performing a Spell selection on my deck. If it’s a Spell Card, I destroy all cards in the opponent’s Magic Area!"
Another selection effect.
Shen Sui wasn’t surprised by this.
But after witnessing Song Feiyu’s luck in this duel, Shen Sui wasn’t about to let him trigger the effect easily: "At this moment! Flip open the set card!"
Shen Sui raised his hand and revealed the set card, the 7-star Spell Card [Sitting on the Ground and Raising the Price].
"Activate Spell Card [Sitting on the Ground and Raising the Price]. When the opponent pays Soul Points to use Life Cards, it can be triggered, flipping the top card of my deck for display and adding it to my hand." Shen Sui flipped a [Barbecue Technique], "With a star level of 10 for [Barbecue Technique], you must pay an additional 10 Soul Points to continue activating [Falling Star]."
Song Feiyu only had 6 Soul Points left, unable to meet the conditions of [Sitting on the Ground and Raising the Price].
Even worse, being unable to pay the remaining cost, his [Falling Star] got destroyed immediately.
Song Feiyu felt terrible.
Since he already paid for [Falling Star], those 10 Soul Points were essentially wasted.
How disgusting.
That guy’s deck really is disgusting.
Dang it. Do students at this stage actually have cards like this on their hands?!
"Interesting!" But Song Feiyu wasn’t upset, "That’s what makes such a duel exciting!"
"Pay 2 Soul Points, normally summon the Follower [Star Soul Slave·Yi]."
"Pay 3 Soul Points, cover a Spell Card."
Song Feiyu used up all his hand cards.
At this moment, the timing reached a prolonged pause.
Shen Sui looked at Song Feiyu’s field.
Two followers, three set cards.
How should I use this card?
Pressed his lips together.
Be greedy!
Lose if I must!
Shen Sui resisted initiating the set card’s effect.
"So, next! It’s my battle phase!" Song Feiyu pointed at Shen Sui, "Because you have no followers on your field! I can attack directly."
"[Star Soul Divination Master: From Heaven], direct attack!"
Song Feiyu’s luck with drawing Soul Cards was decent, his Soul Card starting at 5-star level, 1500 Spirit Value.
From Heaven swung the Star Staff, summoning starlight crashing towards Shen Sui.
{Shen Sui, Life Value 4000→2500}
Then the other follower, [Star Soul Slave·Yi] also began a direct attack.
[Star Soul Slave·Yi] is a 2-star follower, with an initial Spirit Value of 500.
The attack from this follower was much more straightforward and brutal, landing directly on Shen Sui’s face.
Being attacked face-on, Shen Sui instinctively felt a bit uncomfortable.
{Shen Sui, Life Value 2500→2000}
"My turn ends, activate [Star Soul Divination Master: From Heaven]’s effect, conducting another Follower selection." Song Feiyu continued.
Once again, the discarded card was a Follower Card.
Shen Sui’s Life Value dropped by 1000 again.
{Shen Sui, Life Value 2000→1000}
"Wait, are you sure this is a selection effect? Why does it feel like I’m fixed to take a thousand damage each time?" Shen Sui muttered a complaint, his mouth twitching.
"Haha, haha, lucky, I’m truly lucky today," Song Feiyu laughed sheepishly, scratching his head.
Luck aside, there’s no denying that the current situation is extremely unfavorable for Shen Sui.
He still had two set cards on the field and two Spell Cards in hand. If his next draw isn’t a Follower Card, then the outcome of this duel won’t be favorable.
Shen Sui took a deep breath.
"It’s my turn then." He wasn’t anxious, maintaining a calm demeanor—especially at times like this, one mustn’t panic.
Believe!
Believe in the bond between yourself and the deck!
"My turn! Draw a card!" Shen Sui drew a card from the deck.
Follower Card.
[Mutated Fish King Anludron].