Chapter 85: Chapter 85: As Long as I Defeat the Enemy, My Teammates Won’t Be Hurt Anymore
"Paying 5 Soul Points, 4 Soul Points, to cover two Spell Cards in my field." Ye Qing placed two cards face down.
"My turn ends."
"Huh? Not summoning any followers?" Shen Sui asked in confusion, then was met with Ye Qing’s resentful gaze.
"Oh... so you don’t have any." Shen Sui coughed twice, feeling slightly guilty.
In this Life Card Master’s deck, there were already few Follower Cards, and since the search cards were countered, it’s normal to have an empty field.
"My turn! Draw a card!"
Shen Sui drew a card from the deck.
[Purification Puppet·Ariel].
Ah... the opponent’s field has no followers either. If summoned, would this card be wasted?
*****
Card Name: [Purification Puppet·Ariel]
Type: Follower Card
Star Level: 5-star
Effect: ① When this follower is summoned or Special Summoned successfully, negate all effects of opponent’s effect followers until the end of the turn;
② Activate by paying 1000 Life Points, send this follower to the Graveyard to activate, view all face-down cards in opponent’s Magic Area, and select one to send to the Graveyard.
Spirit Value: 0
*****
"Paying 10 Soul Points, activate from my hand, the Permanent Spell Card [Twilight Saintess’s Protection]." Shen Sui first placed [Twilight Saintess’s Protection] in his field, then chose to summon the Purification Puppet.
"Paying 5 Soul Points, normally summon [Purification Puppet·Ariel] from my hand."
"At this moment!" Ye Qing seized the opportunity.
You’re not the only one who can behave like the Underworld!
"Flip the card! Activate the Spell Card [Retirement Clear]! Can be activated during both players’ Main Phase, targeting an opponent’s follower and destroying it."
"At this moment." As if anticipating it, Shen Sui activated the effect of [Twilight Saintess’s Protection] on the field, "Activate the effect of the Permanent Spell Card on my field, it must be activated when my follower is affected by a card effect, negating the effect, and then I take 1000 damage."
Accompanied by the holy light of protection, Ye Qing’s Spell Card was negated.
Ye Qing pouted slightly, feeling a bit unwilling.
I really hate people like this, they curse others without allowing retaliation.
"When I take damage from card effects." Shen Sui continued, "Activate the effect of [Substitute Puppet·Jamie] in my hand, discard it during damage calculation to reduce my damage to 0."
Shen Sui discarded the puppet from his hand.
Well, he wasn’t even willing to pay the cost.
"Activate the effect of [Purification Puppet·Ariel], pay 1000 Life Points to activate." Shen Sui pointed to Ye Qing’s last face-down card, "Send it to the Graveyard to activate."
[Shen Sui Life Points, 6000→5000]
He checked Ye Qing’s face-down cards.
[Activate at the end of the opponent’s turn, if the number of followers on both sides are not equal, activate by paying 3000 Life Points, return both sides’ follower cards to the hand]....
Damn it, you’re an Underworld person too, aren’t you!
Shen Sui looked at the card with a bit of envy, and said: "Hidden deep!"
Ye Qing, this guy, must have been pretending earlier to show weakness and use this card to trap Shen Sui.
Ye Qing, whose plan failed, took it in stride: "Necessary skill."
Acting is an essential skill in a duel competition. If you fool your opponent into thinking you have no trap, that’s a big success.
With the activation of the Purification Puppet effect, Ye Qing’s field was completely cleared by Shen Sui.
"Alright. Let’s continue." Shen Sui grinned at Ye Qing, "My turn isn’t over yet."
"Activate the effect of [Substitute Puppet·Jamie] in the Graveyard." Shen Sui opened the Graveyard, "Once per turn, I can banish this card from the Graveyard to add a follower card with multiple forms from the deck, Graveyard, or banished area to my hand."
Shen Sui removed the Substitute Puppet from the Graveyard, then chose to search the deck.
Of course, he was searching for [Magic Apprentice·Alice].
"Paying 1 Soul Point, normally summon [Magic Apprentice·Alice] from my hand." Shen Sui had no extra Soul Points, so he couldn’t freely choose Alice’s form.
"Alice, attack directly."
Shen Sui declared an attack.
Even though Alice has only 100 Spirit Value, 100 damage is still damage.
"My turn ends." Shen Sui ended his turn. He already had a means to win, but lacking the cost, he had to wait for the next turn.
The round card flipped, indicating Ye Qing’s turn began.
Ye Qing didn’t say much, he just drew a card from the deck.
And then... then he set two cards face down and ended his turn.
"My turn ends." Ye Qing’s mouth twitched slightly.
Damn it, I didn’t draw a single Follower Card.
Luckily, the audience familiar with Life Card Duels knew some duelists have fewer Follower Cards, and when search spell cards are countered, two turns without summoning a follower is normal, otherwise, seeing Ye Qing’s expression might make people think he is acting, just to send Shen Sui to Rank 3.
The scarcity of Follower Cards is one of the reasons for the relatively slow pace of Life Card Duels.
Of course, even at a slow pace, seven or eight turns typically conclude the duel.
"My turn, draw a card!" Shen Sui drew a card energetically from the deck.
Without even looking at the card he drew, he directly pulled out a card from his hand.
"Paying 6 Soul Points, activate the Spell Card [Thunder Strike] from my hand." Shen Sui placed the card on the field and said, "Choose the Magic Area to activate! Pay half Life Points to destroy all cards in the Magic Area on both sides!"
"At this moment!" Seeing all his face-down cards about to be destroyed, Ye Qing quickly flipped a card, "Open the face-down card, activate the Spell Card [Death Floating Cannon]."
This card’s effect destroys an opponent’s follower and allows the user to draw a card.
But because of the effect of [Twilight Saintess’s Protection], this card was directly countered, and because of this, Shen Sui took 1000 damage.
"This card is really annoying." Ye Qing looked at the Permanent Spell Card on Shen Sui’s field.
However.
He glanced at Shen Sui’s Life Points.
With half Life Points paid, plus 1000 damage taken, Shen Sui’s Life Points had dropped to 1500 points.
Boom!
Accompanied by the surge of thunder, a Thunder Strike descended from the sky. Under the purplish-red electric light, all the cards in the Magic Area on both sides were destroyed, including Shen Sui’s own [Twilight Saintess’s Protection].
"At this moment!" Shen Sui raised his hand, pointing to Alice on the field, "Pay 5 Soul Points for a Form Transformation on Alice!"
"Burning Red Lotus Fire! In my name, summon you!"
"Form Transformation! [Red Lotus Fire·Alice]."
Flames erupted from Alice’s body, gradually spreading outward like a blossoming lotus flower.
Amid the blazing fire, Alice’s expression also changed.
Her playful and smiling face gradually turned serious, her body slightly bent as she stood before Shen Sui, as if shielding him from an impending attack.
"Activate the effect of [Red Lotus Fire·Alice], when my Life Points are less than half the opponent’s value, I can activate this effect, banish up to X Follower Cards from my Graveyard, adding X to her Spirit Value." Shen Sui explained further, "X is determined by taking the floor of my Life Points divided by my opponent’s Life Points divided by 1000."
"What?" Ye Qing exclaimed.
He currently had 5900 Life Points, meaning Shen Sui had a maximum of four Follower Cards that he could remove from the Graveyard, giving [Red Lotus Fire·Alice] four additional attack opportunities.
But seeing Shen Sui’s Graveyard, it seemed there were only two Follower Cards in it, which meant that [Red Lotus Fire·Alice] could only deal up to 4500 damage... not enough to take me down.
"Enter the Battle Phase!" As Shen Sui’s words fell, Alice’s Spirit Value suddenly soared to 2500.
"What?"
"Effect of [Red Lotus Fire·Alice]." Shen Sui kindly explained, "During the Battle Phase, her Spirit Value can increase to 2500."
"Alice! Direct attack!" Shen Sui didn’t waste words and launched a direct attack on Ye Qing.
Accompanied by the searing heat of the flames, Alice’s Fireball blasted towards Ye Qing’s face.
{Ye Qing Life Value, 5900→3400}
"Second strike!"
{Ye Qing Life Value, 3400→900}
"Third strike!"
{Ye Qing Life Value, 900→-0}
As Ye Qing’s Life Value reached zero, Shen Sui achieved victory in the duel.
"That’s your philosophy, huh?"
Shen Sui murmured as he heard the victory voice, "As long as my friends are harmed, the guarding Red Lotus will open."
"If you defeat the enemy, there will be nobody left to harm them."