Chapter 98: Chapter 97: I Am Already Invincible! (1/5)
At the appointed time, the staff inside the training hall began leaving the scene one by one, some heading towards the entrance, others seemingly peeking out the windows, always doing some strange behaviors.
Although Shen Sui was concerned, the most important thing now seemed to be the duel in front of him.
"Miss Guang, it’s an honor to meet you today." As the ranking tournament was about to begin, Xiao Fa completely ignored Shen Sui and instead walked towards Yang Liguang, saying very eagerly, "I’m a fan of yours."
Yang Liguang no longer had the dazed look she had at the beginning and nodded expressionlessly at Xiao Fa, saying, "I’ve heard your name. I hope to see an exciting duel today."
"Rest assured, Miss Guang," Xiao Fa smiled, "A Fourth Level Life Card Master is not something just anyone who wins three rounds by luck can become. I don’t want someone weak like Feng Lindu to become a Fifth Level Life Card Master in front of me."
As Xiao Fa spoke, he somewhat intentionally raised his voice, as if speaking for certain people to hear.
And this certain person was completely unconcerned with others’ provocations, sitting there checking his deck.
"That guy seems to be provoking you." Bu Pei, who was attending the ranking tournament for the first time, was very enthusiastic.
"What provocation?" Shen Sui asked casually, "Did someone just say something?"
"Haha, you, if no one was talking, then was it a dog speaking?" Bu Pei laughed heartily, slapping his leg, and attracted a lot of attention with his crisp voice.
Shen Sui glanced speechlessly at Bu Pei, this guy is stirring up trouble, right? This guy is clearly stirring up trouble!
Hearing Bu Pei’s words, Xiao Fa immediately looked towards Shen Sui’s side with anger.
Shen Sui smiled warmly and nodded amicably at Xiao Fa.
Xiao Fa snorted coldly, turned back, and continued to ingratiate himself with Yang Liguang, pretending not to hear Bu Pei’s words.
Though he was always arrogant, it was only towards those civilian duelists dreaming of a meteoric rise, while young masters like Bu Pei, who were famous in Modu, he dared not provoke.
"You’re way too polite," Bu Pei patted Shen Sui, saying, "In times like this, you should directly retaliate with taunts and thoroughly insult the opponent from all angles."
"I personally don’t like verbally attacking others," Shen Sui said while organizing his cards.
He, indeed, wasn’t good at trash-talking.
But he was skilled at making others furiously powerless.
Verbal taunts were too shallow; perhaps the other party might even enjoy seeing you getting angry with their words.
As a duelist, one should retaliate with the duelist’s way against all malice.
Shen Sui intended to let Xiao Fa experience a duel he would never forget, and he was very confident about it.
Xinyuan Tanchun provided him with information too vast to read in full, but precisely because of this, he carefully studied Xiao Fa’s dueling style.
Not that he deliberately focused on it, for whether they would encounter each other in the ranking tournament or not, Shen Sui would find an opportunity to properly duel this guy.
As a dueling examiner, he arbitrarily insulted those young people with dreams of becoming professionals during recognition duels, causing many to suffer from temporary depression afterwards.
And this was already the best outcome.
Online, Shen Sui had seen more than one complaint from the family of victims who went to extremes after being humiliated by the examiners during recognition duels.
It’s hard to imagine, for dream-driven enthusiasts who had win their way out of the ruthless amateur tournaments, finally standing on the stage of professional recognition duels, only to face someone like Xiao Fa, who takes pleasure in humiliating others. During the duel, he wantonly ridicules, insults, and utterly devalues you before relentlessly defeating you — how shattering would that feel.
College entrance exams, graduate exams, civil service exams...
Failing when you’ve given it your all was already painful enough.
Yet, at this moment, someone steps on your face, and those weak in mental resilience indeed collapse.
Using duels as a tool to hurt others, as a prop to express malice, was what Shen Sui couldn’t tolerate the most.
Sadly, there were no Dark Duels in this world, Shen Sui thought with a hint of regret.
Inserting the deck into the dueling device, Shen Sui stepped onto the dueling field.
"Hmph." Seeing the confident Shen Sui, Xiao Fa snorted dissatisfiedly, "You don’t think that beating a Feng Lindu means you can easily defeat me, do you?"
"Yes."
Xiao Fa was taken aback by how directly Shen Sui answered.
"After all, I have defeated a Fifth Level Life Card Master," Shen Sui looked at Xiao Fa, "I assume a Fourth Level Life Card Master would be just as easy."
"Arrogant!" Xiao Fa lit up his dueling device, "Today, let me teach you what the chasm of reality truly means!"
"Duel begins!"
Since more words were unnecessary, they swiftly began the duel without further ado.
"Hahahaha! I have the first move!" Xiao Fa’s face lit up with extreme excitement when he received the first move.
He wasn’t someone without self-awareness; on the contrary, he was very clear about the strength of his deck. But it’s exactly because he was aware that he envied those more excellent than himself.
Though he constantly belittled Feng Lindu verbally, Xiao Fa knew well that if he were to face Feng Lindu, without having the first move, it would be difficult for him to secure victory.
But, as long as I get the first move, everything will go well!
"My turn!" Xiao Fa drew a card from his hand, "With 8 Soul Points, I activate from my hand, Spell Card [Secret Realm Search]! Once per turn, reveal cards from the top of my deck until I reveal a Permanent Spell Card and send all the revealed cards to the graveyard. After that, activate the Permanent Spell Card!"
Here it comes.
Shen Sui’s mind stirred. When reviewing the information, he felt Xiao Fa’s [Secret Realm Search] was essentially a fake card. Though it appeared to be a violent search effect card for Permanent Spell Cards on the surface, for decks requiring abundant resources in the graveyard, it’s an excellent mill card.
However, for Life Card Duels, where all cards are limited to one per deck, it tested the Life Card Master’s knowledge of their deck even more.
This card was wasted in Xiao Fa’s hands.
"I activate from the deck! Permanent Spell Card [Eternal Tower]!"
"The tower stands firm, and I’ll be eternal!"
Xiao Fa shouted loudly, as a towering Mage Tower rose from the ground, appearing behind him.
[Eternal Tower], activates when you take effect damage from a card, discarding a card to recover Life Value equal to the damage dealt.
The effect of this card flashed through Shen Sui’s mind.
This was one of Xiao Fa’s two core Permanent Spell Cards.
Whenever Xiao Fa went first, he would always search for these two Permanent Spell Cards immediately.
"Then! With 7 Soul Points, I activate from my hand, Spell Card [Blood Compensation Spell], selecting a spell card from my deck to activate and taking damage equal to the card’s star level times 400 points."
"I choose to activate from my deck, Permanent Spell Card [Spring of Suffering]!" Xiao Fa said with an arrogant expression, looking at Shen Sui, "It seems today’s luck is truly not on your side! All chains point to my victory!"
As the side effect of Blood Compensation Spell, scarlet mist crawled over Xiao Fa’s body. Xiao Fa felt a kind of pain, but compared to witnessing Shen Sui’s impending despair, this pain was nothing.
"Activate the effect of [Eternal Tower] on my field, when I take damage, discard a card, and recover Life Value equal to the damage!"
Xiao Fa’s previously decreased Life Value quickly recovered before the naked eye.
"Looks like the kid you fancy isn’t having a smooth duel," in a corner, a man said to Wu Ziqin, "[Eternal Tower] + [Spring of Suffering], these are the bases of Xiao Fa’s arrogance, and he’s activated them all in one turn."
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Card Name: [Spring of Suffering]
Type: Permanent Spell Card
Star Level: 13 stars
Effect: ① When you take damage, add the bottommost Life Card in your graveyard to your hand;
② If there are no Life Cards in your graveyard, you must activate, sending the top card of your deck to the graveyard.
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