My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

"Sorry." You Wenqi spread his hands, "I’m completely confident in my luck in the finals."

"..."

With Shen Sui’s speechless expression, You Wenqi discarded a follower card from his hand, and based on this card’s effect, the "Witch’s Bet" effect was negated.

Although the effect was negated, the three follower cards were still sent to the graveyard as described, since that was the cost.

Shen Sui had never encountered such a bizarre duel.

To be precise, he felt that such an absurd match had never occurred in the Life Card Duel community.

In the initial turns, both sides used a total of seven cards, yet not a single card remained on the field.

"Five cards in hand, four hand traps." Shen Sui commented, "How many hand traps did you stuff into your deck, anyway? What kind of crazy deck build are you using?"

You could only say, as his own Soul Card, the hand traps others desperately seek were being thrown out by You Wenqi as if purchased wholesale, free of charge.

The way You Wenqi used hand traps highlighted a brazen disregard, focusing solely on suppressing them without considering whether the card was crucial.

Of course, his thinking wasn’t entirely wrong.

Shen Sui’s deck was very versatile; you never knew which card was his key play point. With enough hand traps, suppressing all possible points was indeed the optimal solution.

But... who the hell would stuff so many hand traps into a deck? Aren’t you worried about bricking?

Shen Sui thought gloomily.

With these thoughts, he decided to forgo the idea of ending the match in his initial turn, especially considering that You Wenqi’s bombardment of hand traps had indeed exhausted his resources for a proper setup.

Thus, he planned to summon a follower to endure You Wenqi’s next turn.

Then...

Looking at his newly summoned Starlight Elf God being sent to the graveyard by You Wenqi’s Zodiac Traveling Star, Shen Sui was dumbfounded.

"All five cards are hand traps?!" Shen Sui was speechless. He had never seen such a situation before.

You Wenqi awkwardly rubbed his nose.

Shen Sui spread his hands helplessly: "Well, I guess I have nothing else to say. I’m just curious how you’ll play your turn."

He paid the last soul points, covering his last Spell Card on the field, then declared the end of his turn.

Using up all five cards in his first turn, albeit still leaving the possibility of a single card explosive play...

But in the finals, the likelihood of You Wenqi making a one-card explosive play was unlikely.

"My turn ends."

Drawing, covering, ending, all in one fluid motion, and You Wenqi didn’t show much surprise—it was evident this was common for him.

Shen Sui’s anxious heart finally relaxed a bit.

At least he didn’t have to worry about being KO’d in one turn by You Wenqi.

But the problem was, after being bombarded indiscriminately by You Wenqi’s five hand traps, Shen Sui’s resources were similarly depleted, facing challenges no lesser than You Wenqi.

However, Shen Sui had plenty of confidence in his deck!

"My turn! Draw!"

[Magic Apprentice Alice].

Awesome! Alice!

Shen Sui’s eyes lit up instantly, and almost without hesitation, he paid the soul points, planning to normally summon Alice from his hand.

This time, Shen Sui finally didn’t encounter any obstacle.

The countless images of Alice appeared like stars around Shen Sui.

And Shen Sui already had the answer in his mind about which form of Alice to summon.

Paid soul points: 9.

Normal summon, [Battle Supervisor Alice].

Alice’s shining debut.

Seeing Alice appear, You Wenqi immediately felt something ominous.

Sure enough, without hesitation, Shen Sui activated the effect of [Battle Supervisor Alice], specially summoning a multi-form follower from the deck, graveyard, or banished zone.

"I choose to specially summon..." Shen Sui revealed his deck, showing [Star Abyss White Dragon Qishala].

However, this form of Qishala couldn’t be specially summoned in such a way, but [Queen of Dragons Qishala] could.

Accompanied by the Dragon Queen’s arrival, Shen Sui activated her effect, specially summoning two Dragon race derivatives to the field.

Then he paid soul points to perform form transformation on Qishala.

And the transformation target didn’t need any hesitation:

"Descend, Star Abyss White Dragon!"

Shen Sui planned to end the first duel with this turn.

Facing an opponent without a front field, not to mention You Wenqi’s total of six thousand life points, even if it were sixty thousand, Qishala could easily break through.

However, this was not enough to ensure victory.

Then Shen Sui raised his hand, liberating a Dragon race derivative on the field, pointing to Alice: "Pay soul points, perform form transformation on Alice."

Form transformation: [Destroyer of the Earth Alice].

When [Destroyer of the Earth Alice] appears through form transformation, it destroys all cards on the opponent’s field.

His target, of course, was You Wenqi’s lone covered Spell Card.

"At this moment!" Seeing the Star Abyss White Dragon, You Wenqi instantly knew what Shen Sui intended to do.

As his only covered card was about to be destroyed, he flipped the card, activating the Spell Card [Fallen Stars].

Choosing a follower card from the deck to send to the graveyard, the follower card sent can be specially summoned at the start of the battle phase during the opponent’s turn.

Shen Sui squinted slightly while looking at the follower card You Wenqi sent to the graveyard.

[Starry Zodiac God: Dream Snake].

Ignoring this follower’s effects, its six thousand Spirit Value was certainly enough for You Wenqi to endure this turn.

But a single Qishala would never be able to defeat an opponent with equal Spirit Value.

And Dream Snake just happened to be immune to battle destruction...

Yet since You Wenqi had already set the Dream Snake, Shen Sui must not drag this duel out; allowing You Wenqi to survive until the next turn would let him exploit the Dream Snake’s effect, regaining his ability to set up, possibly facing a field of fifteen-star followers from his opponent then.

Shen Sui glanced at his three followers on the field, falling into brief contemplation.

Should he gamble once, activate the effect of [Destroyer of the Earth Alice]?

Shen Sui didn’t hesitate for long.

Because regardless, liberating Alice was unquestionably the most beneficial move.

"Liberate my last Dragon race derivative with [Destroyer of the Earth Alice]." Shen Sui chose to liberate every follower except Qishala.

"Activate the effect of [Destroyer of the Earth Alice]." At this moment, Shen Sui activated Alice’s effect, "When she leaves the field, I can draw cards equal to the number of empty follower spots on both sides of the field."

"There are a total of nine empty follower spots on the fields! So I can draw nine cards."

"What?" Seeing Shen Sui draw nine cards in a single move, You Wenqi was shocked.

How many fake cards did Shen Sui have in the forms of his Soul Card!

Before You Wenqi could utter his next words, Shen Sui, seeing the quality of the drawn cards smiled: "Looks like my Dream Snake arrived before yours."

Dream Snake?

You Wenqi was startled, but then saw Shen Sui paying 12 soul points to normally summon a follower from his hand.

[Starlight Elf God: Dream Serpent God]

Seeing the elegant girl with long serpentine hair stride onto the field elegantly, You Wenqi’s gaze temporarily blanked.

He could sense the aura from this girl, kindred to his own Dream Snake...

"This is..." You Wenqi hesitated.

"Starlight Elf God." Shen Sui chuckled, "Can you guess where she originates from?"

You Wenqi instantly remembered that in his report, Shen Sui’s Soul Card Alice was heading straight for the Land of Falling Stars.

And the Land of Falling Stars was the birthplace of the Starry Gods.

You Wenqi revealed a look of shock: "Such efficiency?"

"She’s always been efficient."

Shen Sui, like a proud parent boasting about his child’s excellent grades, gleefully replied.