Chapter 100: Chapter 99: Aren’t You Happy With Unlimited Card Draws?
"If you’re willing to surrender, it might save some face," Shen Sui said, looking at the Spell Card that had been downgraded to 0 stars in his hand.
stars is not necessarily a bad thing. Except for those effects that must judge star levels, 0 stars often mean 0 cost, which, in a Life Card Duel with only 16 Soul Points, can be more useful than just waiving the usage fee.
"Surrender? Hahahaha, are you joking?" Xiao Fa couldn’t help but laugh out loud at Shen Sui’s words.
He found Shen Sui somewhat laughable: "This card, you activated it at my field! Truly not thinking straight, are you..."
"Never trust cards sent to your field by your opponent," Shen Sui looked at Xiao Fa disdainfully. "This is a mandatory lesson for a Duelist, no matter how good that card’s effect is."
"I think I know why you were defeated into retirement." He couldn’t resist a jab.
"You!"
"Talking is useless," Shen Sui said, "I did advise you to surrender."
As he spoke, he glanced at the recording equipment nearby: "If you embarrassingly surrender later, do you think you’ll become a laughingstock for others?"
"Hmph! These psychological tactics are still too childish!" Xiao Fa felt as if he had seen through Shen Sui, "If it were someone else, I might think twice, but you? Hahaha! A student who passed the Duel exam just over a month ago, what means could you possibly have?"
"Your card, it’s powerful!" Xiao Fa said proudly, "I like it a lot, so let me use your card to shatter your fantasy of becoming a fourth-level Life Card Master!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Shen Sui raised his hand and activated a card on the field, "Activate the effect of [Vivian’s Hairpin] on the field; once per turn, I can change the equipped Follower of this card, and if I do, I can draw a card."
"I will equip it to [Armed Puppet: Soya]!"
A pink hairpin appeared on Soya’s hair.
It was a very unobtrusive change, and everyone present didn’t quite understand what it meant.
"Activate [Vivian’s Hairpin]’s effect! It can only be activated once per duel, discard one [Vivian] Equipment Spell Card from my hand to ignore all conditions and remove the usage limit of the equipped Follower’s effect until the end of this turn."
Shen Sui discarded [Vivian’s Matchbox] from his hand.
It can be said that Xiao Fa’s luck today was indeed good, allowing him to perfectly experience the chain tailored by Shen Sui!
Both effects of [Armed Puppet: Soya] have usage limits. Once removed, this card will become a super powerful Follower Card more than 15-star strong.
When Shen Sui was modifying the effect of [Vivian’s Hairpin], he considered that this card might be added to the Forbidden Card List when he entered professional arenas.
But, well, the Forbidden Card List has a six-month cooldown period, and these six months are enough for Shen Sui to enjoy thoroughly!
"Activate Spell Card [Life Deprivation] from my hand!" Shen Sui drew the Spell Card that had been reduced to 0 stars, "Select a Follower on your field as the target to activate! Reduce its Spirit Value to 0, and then I recover an equivalent amount of Life Value."
"At this moment!" Shen Sui raised his finger and pointed at Xiao Fa.
Xiao Fa no longer needed to consider what card to activate.
He had already kindly arranged everything for Xiao Fa.
"The effect of [Twilight Saintess’s Protection] on your field activated! It nullifies [Life Deprivation]’s effect and then inflicts 1000 damage to you," Shen Sui looked at Xiao Fa.
A strong mental pain instantly rushed towards Xiao Fa.
[Twilight Saintess’s Protection] causes the caster to suffer excruciating pain.
The Life Card Duel simulates this pain very realistically. Although it’s somewhat reduced, the pain is still present.
"Hahaha! Trying to use burn damage to win? It’s useless!" Xiao Fa, enduring the severe pain, showed a smug smile as if he had seen through Shen Sui’s plan, "Don’t forget! I also have [Spring of Suffering] and [Eternal Tower] on my field! Activate [Spring of Suffering]’s effect! When I take damage, retrieve the bottom card of the cemetery! Then activate [Eternal Tower]’s effect! After damage calculation, discard a card to recover Life Value equal to the damage."
Draw one, discard one, and recover Life Value equal to the damage received.
Everything returned to the original state, as if nothing had happened.
"Indeed, a rookie, even if luck is good, still reveals a flaw when facing strong opponents," Xiao Fa snorted coldly, intending to educate Shen Sui from a superior position, "The effects of all the cards on my field are clear. Yet, you send cards my way. What I fear least is a deck that directly burns life points. It seems you don’t understand at all."
"Oh? Really?" Shen Sui looked at Xiao Fa with pity, "If you’d ever watched my previous duel videos, you wouldn’t be so ignorant."
"What?"
"Activate [Armed Puppet: Soya]’s effect! After [Life Deprivation] resolves, I can add the Spell Card to my hand."
Shen Sui retrieved [Life Deprivation].
Shen Sui drew [Life Deprivation] once more.
"I activate [Life Deprivation]’s effect again."
Shen Sui selected a Follower on Xiao Fa’s field as the target and activated the card’s effect once more.
At the moment the follower was affected by the card effect, the effect of [Twilight Saintess’s Protection] on Xiao Fa’s field activated again, nullifying the effect of this card and inflicting 1000 damage to Xiao Fa.
At this point, even if Xiao Fa was foolish, he had realized.
This guy!
He’s clearly trying to torment me in a duel!
Xiao Fa looked up, gazing at the smiling Shen Sui.
"What’s wrong? Our powerful Mr. Xiao Fa, are you planning to surrender?" Shen Sui shrugged and said, "If you choose to surrender, I just might advance to the ranks of a fourth-level Life Card Master."
"The high wall of reality is indeed towering."
"Bastard! Who said I would surrender!" Xiao Fa angrily and shamefully retorted.
"Oh?" Shen Sui tilted his head, "Then I shall continue."
Shen Sui activated [Life Deprivation] once more. Under the effect of [Vivian’s Hairpin], Shen Sui could use Soya’s effect infinitely in this turn.
Sometimes, there’s a reason an effect is limited to "once per turn."
Take damage, draw a card, discard a card, then recover Life Value.
Under Shen Sui’s chain, Xiao Fa fell into an endless cycle.
His hand size didn’t change, and neither did the number of cards in his field, graveyard, and deck. His Life Value fluctuated back and forth but remained ultimately unchanged.
However, the pain inflicted by the backlash of [Twilight Saintess’s Protection] was real.
This was the only thing he received from this chain.
As long as neither side backed down, this chain would never end, and no one could reach the victory at the end.
The intense pain stimulated Xiao Fa’s brain.
He finally understood.
Shen Sui had never planned on how to achieve victory in the duel from the beginning.
He just wanted to torment him.
The waves of intense pain continued to hit his brain.
He couldn’t surrender!
If he surrendered, his personality would be trampled into the dust by all those he had mocked before, through the recorded duel.
Those who love to humiliate others cannot endure even the slightest humiliation.
"You bastard!" Xiao Fa’s voice trembled, as he glared angrily at Shen Sui across from him.
"Looks like you’re enjoying the process," Shen Sui said indifferently, activating [Life Deprivation] again.
The fierce pain surged once more.
Xiao Fa felt a moment of daze.
His brain, under such stimulation, finally crashed.