Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Classic Five-for-One, You Are...
Yu Wenyuan was stunned.
Ever since he met Shen Sui at the Chosen Cup and was defeated without any chance to fight back, he had been very worried about the Academy PK Tournament. Judging by Shen Sui’s attitude, it was clear that he intended to continue giving him trouble at the PK Tournament.
Damn it, could it be that he knows about the complaint I filed against his Life Card?
But I didn’t expect it to go through!
Originally, Yu Wenyuan had planned everything and used money to smooth things over. Once the PK Tournament started, students he had bribed would come to challenge him to a duel, allowing him to win three quick matches and then exit the PK Tournament.
Yu Wenyuan knew Shen Sui’s strength; in this PK Tournament, Shen Sui’s chain still could be used. How could he fight that? If he duels Shen Sui, he would only end up with a cerebral hemorrhage from the rage; better to grab the entry and slip away quickly.
Who would have thought that just one day before the PK Tournament, a scandal involving the You Family’s cheating in Celestial City broke out, and the domestic academy PK tournaments all changed their rules.
Absolutely unlucky!
Yu Wenyuan looked at Shen Sui across from him with tears of frustration: "Big Brother! I was wrong! Why not look for someone else to duel? I know a few people; they secretly reported your cards..."
"I refuse," Shen Sui said with a shrug, "I’ll get to them later, but today I want to have a good duel."
"Shen Sui! Don’t bully people too much!" Yu Wenyuan said furiously, "Last time you beat me, that was just your luck! This duel is your invitation, so I go first!"
"Come, come, let me see your true strength." Shen Sui raised an eyebrow, even more excited.
If the opponent in a duel never puts up a decent fight, then there’s no meaning in the duel.
"Bastard! I’ll show you my power!"
"Duel! Begin!"
The dueling device emitted a faint beep; as the holographic duel plugin activated, a 5+5 field appeared in front of both sides. Although the realism of the holographic duel plugin couldn’t match professional arenas equipped with large-scale projection devices, it was already sufficiently realistic and shocking for ordinary people.
The technological development of this world surpasses Earth in the previous world by several levels; this rapid advance in technology relies on the exploration of the Soul Card World.
The state subsidizes Life Card Masters to attract more people to join the exploration of the Soul Card World. However, unexpectedly, as a large number of Life Cards emerged with the development of the Life Card Duel system due to exploring the Soul Card World, a prosperous dueling industry formed, attracting all the Life Card Masters who ought to have invested in the exploration field into the dueling industry. Most people focused primarily on acquiring powerful Life Cards, thus neglecting the exploration of the Soul Card World. At one point, the Exploration Bureau almost couldn’t find Life Card Masters.
Of course, as the domestic competition environment deteriorated, many civilian Life Card Masters who were suppressed in professional arenas chose to apply to the Exploration Bureau, alleviating this awkward situation.
Looking at the recent actions of the Exploration Bureau, it seems the uncouth behavior of those noble families over the years is beginning to backfire. Forcing others out of the arena, they turn around and join the public sector exams; it’s like seeing workers oppressed by bosses and then going to apply to the tax bureau.
Lost in wild thoughts and flights of fancy, Shen Sui saw that Yu Wenyuan across from him had already started his turn.
"Hahaha! This time, I won’t give you another chance, Shen Sui!" Yu Wenyuan’s eyes were filled with frenzied joy, his eyebrows rose with excitement, forming three deep wrinkles on his forehead. His mouth hung open, revealing a gleeful smile, yet recalling Shen Sui’s previous dominance in their duel, his smile showed a hint of gnashing of teeth.
In summary, a great face art!
Yu Wenyuan was so excited he couldn’t contain himself, already envisioning Shen Sui’s helpless and desperate look under his powerful follower.
This powerful follower was bought from elsewhere with considerable effort and expense, a Forbidden Card.
Yes! A Forbidden Card! Yu Wenyuan had realized that merely using cards obtained from the Soul Card World couldn’t defeat Shen Sui; he had to use Forbidden Cards.
The Academy PK Tournament doesn’t prohibit the use of Forbidden Cards. Many people had previously obtained recognized dueling qualifications by temporarily recharging Forbidden Cards.
Although it was rumored that after the Exploration Bureau adopted the professional tier system, they were inclined to ban Forbidden Cards in the Academy PK Tournament, but it doesn’t matter, this time it isn’t banned, right? No ban means allowed!
"My turn! Paying 5 Soul Points to normal summon from my hand, [Snake-shaped Spiritual Device Alpha]!" Yu Wenyuan quickly launched his turn, and a mechanical snake slithered out from his sleeve, winding its way onto the field.
Yu Wenyuan evidently had thought out his follow-up strategy upon seeing his starting hand, wasting no time as he activated the effect of [Snake-shaped Spiritual Device Alpha] on the field:
"Activate the effect of this Follower Card. When it is summoned or normal summoned successfully, I can special summon a follower of the same level from my deck."
Yu Wenyuan special summoned another snake-shaped mechanical device from his deck.
"Followers summoned by this method lose their effects." He added this before quickly drawing another card from his hand.
Paying another 5 Soul Points, he special summoned this Follower Card, and in the next moment, Yu Wenyuan released the follower he just special summoned along with this one called [Open-source Kinetic Dog], gaining 10 Soul Points, restoring his Soul Points to full.
"Activate the effect of [Open-source Kinetic Dog]. When it leaves the field due to being released, I can discard a Follower Card from my hand and then add a Follower Card from my deck to my hand."
Shen Sui listened to this effect, stunned for a moment; there was no restricted text, no level restriction, and no Spirit Value limitation. This card also had the appearance of a Forbidden Card.
Upon closer inspection, the Follower Card had a Soul Card symbol. Alright... your Soul Card is truly a dog.
"Pay 8 Soul Points to cover a Spell Card on my field!"
"Then, pay 3 Soul Points to normally summon [Basic Psychic Robot] from my hand!"
"Next, I release my [Basic Psychic Robot] and [Snake-shaped Spiritual Device Alpha] on the field!" Yu Wenyuan released all his Followers, resetting his Soul Points to 16.
Even Shen Sui was puzzled this time, looking at Yu Wenyuan’s empty Follower Area, and a card on the field and one in hand, feeling a bit confused.
What is he doing?
Yet in the next moment, Yu Wenyuan answered Shen Sui’s question with action.
He raised the last card in hand, which was retrieved due to the card effect, showing a smile of extreme excitement, his eyes almost sparkling.
I won!
I won!
I successfully met the summoning conditions!
Yu Wenyuan exclaimed excitedly: "Next! Witness the Phantom Dragon roaming in the Spiritual Network!"
"Because five Follower Cards entered the graveyard this turn, I can pay all Soul Points and banish all Follower Cards in the graveyard to specially summon [Spiritual Core·Phantom Dragon] from my hand!"
"Oh, Phantom roaming in the Spiritual Network! Descend to reality in a true form!"
Yu Wenyuan’s voice at this moment carried a magnetic resonance. Then, this resonance appeared as spatial ripples behind Yu Wenyuan.
A jet-black claw seemingly made of blocks emerged from the spatial waves.
Roar!
Next, the dragon’s roar echoed through the duel field, drawing astonished glances from the students searching for opponents.
With the arrival of the Phantom Dragon, Yu Wenyuan’s face-down card was destroyed; this is its special summon effect, destroying all cards on one’s field except itself.
"The Spirit Value of the Phantom Dragon is my Soul Points paid multiplied by 200! So its Spirit Value is 3200." As Yu Wenyuan spoke, the Spirit Value slot of the Phantom Dragon, initially a question mark, showed the number 3200.
"Forbidden Card?" Shen Sui noticed the Forbidden Card List symbol on the dragon, "You even bought Forbidden Cards to play the PK tournament."
"Hmhm! You aren’t the only one allowed to use Forbidden Cards?"
"Wow, classic five-for-one trade, you are...." Shen Sui glanced at his hand, then couldn’t resist commenting.
"It’s not over yet! My turn ends." Yu Wenyuan said excitedly, "Activate the Phantom Dragon’s effect. At the end of the turn, if I have zero cards in hand, I must activate it, drawing three cards from the deck."
"Alright, begin your turn." Yu Wenyuan decided to return all of Shen Sui’s insults, including this remark, "By the way, the Phantom Dragon cannot be destroyed by effects, cannot be banished or returned to the hand or deck by effects! So, how will you defeat me, Shen Sui?"
"So strong, truly strong." Shen Sui praised, showing a look of envy.
Darn! This guy even has a dragon.
"My turn." Shen Sui drew a card from the deck, then entered the main phase.
"Pay 9 Soul Points to activate the Equipment Spell Card [Eye of the Evil God] from my hand." Shen Sui played his card, "Choose your [Spiritual Core·Phantom Dragon] to equip, and then I gain control of this Follower."
"???" Yu Wenyuan’s previously ecstatic expression froze instantly, resembling a scene interrupted at a climax. His expression slowly twisted, as he realized his deck lacked a way to counter this card. He had believed this Forbidden Card Follower was invincible, but reality hit him hard.
"Why do you have such a card!!!!"
No need to guess the result, Yu Wenyuan lost the first round of the PK tournament.
"Okay, let’s continue the duel." Shen Sui sorted his deck, inserting it into the Dueling Device, saying with a smile.
"What?" Yu Wenyuan wanted to sneak away but was met with another duel invitation from Shen Sui.
Shen Sui showed a bright smile: "The rules don’t prohibit using Forbidden Cards, nor do they say the same person can only duel once."
That smile was like the arrival of a devil.