Chapter 84: Chapter 84: What Are You Doing?!
"God of Age, we agreed, can you go easy on me?" Ye Qing glanced at the equipment being tested nearby and then at the gathering audience, asking cautiously.
Most of the arenas in the Duel Training Hall are open, although there are private boxes, but today all the students in Modu taking the Ranking Tournament are dueling here, and the boxes are not enough. To prevent anyone from saying that the Exploration Bureau is making distinctions like the Life Card Association between duelists, the exams are simply held in open arenas.
This information was announced online long ago, so today there are many idle Life Card Masters who came to the Duel Training Hall to watch the Ranking Tournament.
"This is my Ranking Tournament." Shen Sui said speechlessly, "And you’re asking me to go easy?"
"Uh..." Ye Qing thought about it, too, if they go easy and end up losing, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?
A duel inherently has some uncertainty, and going easy is only possible when one has overwhelming power.
Although Shen Sui defeated a fully-powered fifth-level Life Card Master Feng Lindu in a recognized duel, you can’t really say if it’s due to Shen Sui’s skill or just good luck. Otherwise, for professional Life Card Master’s rank recognition, there wouldn’t be a need for five Ranking Tournaments, Shen Sui could just be promoted directly to the fifth level.
"Cough, cough, cough, then don’t be too harsh." Ye Qing coughed twice, "After all, others are watching."
Out of the corner of his eye, Ye Qing saw his gleeful colleagues among the onlookers.
"Don’t be so timid." Shen Sui encouraged, "We are duelists! Duelists won’t fear any opponent! Show the spirit of a duelist!"
"If I were you, even if the opponent was a ninth-level Life Card Master, I would initiate a duel without hesitation! Because I don’t care about embarrassment! Strong opponents are hard to find, and the joy in dueling is my eternal pursuit!"
Shen Sui continued to encourage.
"Right!" Succumbing to Shen Sui’s motivational speech, Ye Qing let go of his worry about being ridiculed.
He recalled when he first became a professional Life Card Master.
He wanted to gallop on the professional battlefield, defeating one strong opponent after another.
Tan Song, You Wenqi, Bai Ye....
Those famous duelists on TV and the internet all appeared in his fantasy matches, becoming opponents he defeated.
A familiar yet strange feeling rose in Ye Qing’s heart.
With this feeling surging, he seems to be able to defeat any opponent.
"Then! Let’s duel!"
Seeing the staff have finished the setup, Ye Qing shouted boldly, activating the Dueling Device excitedly.
"Good! Very spirited!" Shen Sui gave Ye Qing a thumbs up.
"Modu Tianyi Academy first-year student, Shen Sui, third match in the Ranking Tournament, rank level three." The referee, as usual, explained the event and rules to the surrounding people and the two duelists in the arena, "The rules follow the competition rules, with both sides having 6000 Life Value, 16 Soul Points, duel begins!"
"So that’s Shen Sui, huh?" The surrounding audience started to buzz upon hearing the referee’s words.
Those who could enter the Duel Training Hall were either professional Life Card Masters or dueling enthusiasts with a dueling device, so they had more or less heard of the up-and-coming name of Xinyuan Yingxue recently, and they were also familiar with Shen Sui, who is often compared to Xinyuan Yingxue.
"Didn’t expect him to start the Ranking Tournament too, and he’s already at the third level."
"After all, he’s in the same cohort as Xinyuan Yingxue." Someone who knew more about it said, "Xinyuan Yingxue defeated a sixth-level Life Card Master in a recognized duel, so it’s normal for him to be ranked at level three, right?"
"Wow, amazing, he can go straight to level three in the Ranking Tournament."
"We don’t know if he’ll win yet. Life Card Duels are full of fleeting young geniuses, most of whom just had better luck in that duel and then got exposed later on."
While the audience was discussing, the duel had already started on the field.
With the equipment enhancement, the Dueling Device’s projection became more realistic.
When the field unfolded in the area between the two sides, it was as if a real world slowly revealed itself before people’s eyes.
When the field was completely laid out, a card appeared in the center of the field, continuously flipping over.
This is a feature card symbolizing the current turn, which will randomly select a duelist at the start of the duel, granting them the initiative.
"My turn!" Ye Qing shouted loudly, with his fighting spirit aroused by Shen Sui, as if returning to the arena where he once ran rampant, his whole demeanor changed.
"Whoa, this kid Ye Qing looks really excited."
"Just helping with a Ranking Tournament, why does it look like the finals?" Colleagues from the Exploration Bureau clicked their tongues in wonder.
"God of Age." Ye Qing glanced at his starting hand and said to Shen Sui, "This is what you said, so I’ll give it my all! Don’t fall under my hand, okay?"
"Let’s begin." Shen Sui folded one arm across his chest, holding his hand cards with the other, "I don’t care about rank, encountering a strong opponent makes me happy. Let me see the skills of a third-level Life Card Master!"
"Alright!" Ye Qing shouted excitedly, "My turn! Paying 5 Soul Points, I activate the Spell Card [Mecha Repair] from my hand, choosing a [Mecha] Follower Card from my deck to add to my hand...."
"At this moment." Shen Sui suddenly spoke.
"Ah?" Ye Qing was taken aback.
"I activate the effect of the Follower Card [Sinful Saintess Anna] from my hand. When the opponent activates a special summon or search effect, I can discard it from my hand, negating that effect...."
As he spoke, Shen Sui drew [Sinful Saintess Anna] from his hand.
"...." Ye Qing blinked.
Shen Sui also blinked, and the situation became very awkward.
"What’s wrong?" Shen Sui looked at Ye Qing.
Ye Qing’s expression was stiff, his mouth twitching.
"No... no..." He gritted his teeth and said to Shen Sui, "What are you doing~ God of Age!"
Ye Qing felt hopeless.
Damn it, you stirred up my emotions with your motivational speech.
When I planned to duel seriously, you damn well threw down a [Sinful Saintess Anna] as the first move?
I’ve watched your duel footage with Yuan Youxin, okay? Don’t I already know what effect this card has? And you’re still asking how I’m doing?
Disgusting! Disgusting!
"You can’t do this, God of Age." Ye Qing complained, "As far as I remember, I don’t think you can do that?"
"I’m just worried that you’re too strong, causing me to lose." Shen Sui appeared very innocent, "It’s a recognition of your strength."
Ye Qing looked at his hand, then at Shen Sui’s graveyard.
The effect of [Sinful Saintess Anna] flashed through his mind.
To be honest, he wanted to curse.