My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

"My turn! Draw a card!"

Xinyuan Tanchun shouted loudly, then drew a card from the top of the deck!

"Hahaha!" The moment she saw the drawn card, Xinyuan Tanchun’s eyes lit up.

This damn fate hasn’t abandoned me yet!

"Pay 13 Soul Points!" Xinyuan Tanchun revealed the card she drew, "Summon my Soul Card in the form of [Pure White Vampire Isabella]!"

Xinyuan Tanchun paid Soul Points and summoned Isabella on her field.

"Activate [Pure White Vampire Isabella]’s effect! When she appears, I can activate it to banish all vampire followers in the graveyard and destroy all your followers on the field."

"Then, Isabella’s Spirit Value increases by the destroyed followers’ star level * 500."

"I won’t let you succeed!" Alice also noticed that Xinyuan Tanchun wanted to reverse the situation with a lucky draw using Isabella, and decisively activated the Spell Card she just covered last turn, "At this moment, I activate the Spell Card [Magical Girl’s Friendship]!"

"Send all [Magical Girl] followers on my field to the graveyard, and special summon a Magical Girl from my deck."

"I choose to special summon on my field! [Newbie Magical Girl Shinno Keiko]!"

"It’s useless. You can’t avoid being destroyed this way!"

"Oh? Is that really the case?" Alice revealed a confident smile.

At the instant Isabella’s effect swept through Alice’s follower area, a dazzling light erupted from Shinno Keiko.

"When Shinno Keiko is affected by the opponent’s card removal effect! Activate her form [Hopeful Magical Girl Shinno Keiko]’s effect, making the effect invalid, and transform Shinno Keiko’s state to this form!"

"Bring me hope, Keiko!"

With Alice’s call, Shinno Keiko’s form changed.

In the end, only the Vampire Duke was destroyed by Isabella, and Isabella’s Spirit Value increased by 500, reaching 5500 points.

"Let’s settle this duel this turn!" Xinyuan Tanchun glanced at both fields and gritted her teeth.

Afraid.

She was really afraid.

What if Alice gets another lucky draw next turn?

No matter what, she had to stake everything this turn!

Moreover, in this current situation, the advantage is with me!

Isabella has 5500 Spirit Value, which exceeds Shinno Keiko’s 4000 Spirit Value, plus Isabella’s two-hit combo effect, which is enough to directly defeat Alice!

"I feel the same way!" Alice’s eyes lit up, "Activate [Hopeful Magical Girl Shinno Keiko]’s effect, which can be activated when she appears. I can abolish one of Shinno Keiko’s forms, treating it as directly activating a form’s effect."

"I choose to abolish the form of [Stage Magical Girl Shinno Keiko] and activate her effect, choosing three Spell Cards from the deck to cover on my field."

"Of course, the Spell Cards covered this way cannot be activated in the current turn." Alice said, opening her deck and choosing three Spell Cards to cover.

If they can’t be used, why cover them?

Xinyuan Tanchun was puzzled.

But no matter the doubts, the arrow is on the string, and she cannot hold back.

Especially since she hasn’t seen any issues yet.

"Isabella! Attack Shinno Keiko!"

With that, Xinyuan Tanchun officially declared the attack.

As Isabella raised her hand, Shinno Keiko’s body was directly enveloped by her own internal blood.

Shinno Keiko should be destroyed by battle.

However, just at this moment, Alice’s voice came again: "When [Hopeful Magical Girl Shinno Keiko] is destroyed in battle, she can activate her effect, transforming into [Pure Maiden Shinno Keiko]!"

Though she successfully protected Shinno Keiko, her sole remaining follower, through form transformation, the battle damage was still hers to bear.

Alice’s Life Points dropped to 4500 points.

Could she really survive this?

Xinyuan Tanchun looked at Alice’s field and had a vague sense of unease.

Isabella, unlike Qishala, only has two attacks.

With Shinno Keiko stubbornly staying on the field, her second attack can only deal a maximum of 1500 damage to Alice, unable to directly end this battle.

Then, when Alice’s next turn comes, let’s not even mention Alice’s miraculous draw; the three Spell Cards she selected to cover on the field through card effect are enough trouble on their own.

Xinyuan Tanchun’s mood suddenly turned a bit sour.

But she still instructed Isabella to make the second attack.

Seeing Isabella charge forward, Alice’s eyes sparkled, she chuckled, "Sister Tanchun, didn’t you say we’d end this duel in this turn?"

Xinyuan Tanchun felt a bit depressed, assuming the little girl was just teasing her.

Yet, at the moment Isabella destroyed Shinno Keiko, a card timing activated.

Timing?

What?

Alice quickly solved the puzzle in Xinyuan Tanchun’s heart: "When [Pure Maiden Shinno Keiko] is destroyed, activate her effect, send all cards on my field to the graveyard, and choose to recover Life Points equal to the number of cards * 500..."

Pausing, Alice looked at Xinyuan Tanchun with deep meaning, continuing: "Or I can inflict the same amount of damage to the opponent."

Recover Life...

No! She intends to inflict direct damage!

Xinyuan Tanchun immediately realized.

Just now, Alice through Shinno Keiko’s effect, covered three Spell Cards on her field.

These three Spell Cards cannot be used in this turn, but they can be used as chips to damage me!

Inflict damage multiplied by 500 for the number of cards.

Which totals 1500 damage?

Let me see how many Life Points I have left...

Xinyuan Tanchun glanced at her Life Points.

Not too few, not too many, exactly 1500 points.

"..." Xinyuan Tanchun fell into long silence.

Alice sniffed her nose, seemingly smelling victory, rubbed her hand and approached Xinyuan Tanchun: "Sister Tanchun, I’m coming over~!"

With those words, the 1500 damage hit Xinyuan Tanchun.

Accompanied by her Life Points reaching zero, the duel has already determined a winner.

Xinyuan Tanchun looked up at the bright lights on the ceiling.

"I can’t accept it..." She murmured slowly.

This duel, she completely lost due to Alice’s lucky draw.

But what can you say? Luck is also part of dueling.

Alice ran willingly to Xinyuan Tanchun’s side, grabbed her hand, and smiled, "I’m awesome, right, Sister Tanchun!"

Seeing the girl’s adorable appearance, Xinyuan Tanchun’s frustration suddenly disappeared.

"Awesome, truly awesome." Xinyuan Tanchun smiled as she said.

"Sister Tanchun is also very awesome. If I hadn’t drawn the card to clear the field, I would’ve lost." Alice was very excited.

She really liked this feeling now.

Suddenly, with a glance, she saw Shen Sui.

"Claude!" Alice’s eyes brightened up, becoming even more joyful, and with a swift step, she rushed to Shen Sui’s side, "When did you come back?"

"Just now." Shen Sui replied.

"Is everything over on that side?"

Shen Sui smiled and said, "I said, it’s a simple task, no need for you to go."

"So it really was that easy." Alice believed him, "I thought you didn’t take me because you were worried I’d hold you back."

Although she wouldn’t exactly be a burden, if Alice had come along, it might not have gone so quickly.

Who knows what kind of enemies Alice’s unique constitution might attract.

"Alright." Shen Sui raised a hand and rubbed Alice’s head, then said, "Gather some intel these days, and we’ll go to World No. 19 together to recover Haral’s torso."

"Understood!"

"Oh, by the way." Xinyuan Tanchun seemed to recall something and said to Shen Sui, "The list of examiners for the next Tianyi Academy entrance exam is out, and Alice’s examiner has been randomly selected."

"Wasn’t it supposed to be drawn on-site?"

"That was changed." Xinyuan Tanchun jested with Shen Sui, "Speaking of which, Alice’s opponent is your old friend."

"Hmm? Who?"

"Xu Tianzhi."