My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Alice blinked her eyes. Although it seemed strange that Claude claimed the enemy was a puppet and wanted to repair them, she never doubted Claude, trusting him unconditionally for no reason.

However, even though Alice was also a Puppet Master, her skills were far inferior to Vivian’s, not to mention that Shen Sui’s high-altitude fall was a direct hit to the enemy’s weakness.

Bang!

Just as Alice was about to speak, the puppet’s damaged and chaotic magic power circuits exploded, blowing the puppet’s head off.

The puppet’s head bounced like a ball, hit the edge of the pit, and then rolled back down the slope into the center of the pit, stopping at Alice’s feet.

Alice and Shen Sui both fell silent.

"It’s beyond saving." After a while, Alice gave a very definite response.

Shen Sui finally accepted the reality as well.

He now needed to ponder a deeper question: How should this test continue?

The BOSS is gone...

If Vivian finds out about this, she wouldn’t kill me, right?

Shen Sui rubbed his chin, lost in prolonged thought.

Alice stood quietly, like a well-behaved daughter, watching Shen Sui pace back and forth in the pit. Eventually, she grew bored and started twirling her magic staff in her hand.

She even mimicked the actions of Ye Nainai during physical education class in the Magical Girl World, waving her magic staff with great interest.

Magical Girl World...

Wait!

Shen Sui’s eyes gradually brightened.

Since the ultimate goal of this test is to verify the confrontation between the parties, does it really matter who the final enemy is, as long as there is a powerful enemy?

Since the puppet accidentally broke, why not have someone else play the BOSS?

And, since it’s a test, naturally the difficulty should be increased, to test the limits of this buffer zone.

Once he thought of a plan, Shen Sui’s mind instantly filled with numerous reasons to justify the benefits of executing it.

"Alice." Shen Sui looked at Alice and said very seriously, "Use your Disguise Magic to disguise yourself; our mission has changed!"

Alice could be said to be the most famous Soul Card in the entire Life Card Duel community.

With her powerful effects, versatile forms, plus being an adorable and beautiful sister card, she was deeply loved by many Life Card Masters.

Therefore, letting Alice play the BOSS directly wouldn’t work; You Wenqi and Tan Song could recognize Alice at a glance.

"So..." Alice’s mind worked quickly, "Are we going to start playing the villain?"

Shen Sui nodded emphatically: "Yes! And the strongest kind, the kind that doesn’t give the protagonist any chance to resist. Don’t worry, everything happening here is just part of the test; we’re just verifying the function of this space."

Hearing Shen Sui’s words, Alice’s eyes already sparkled with excitement.

Playing the villain without any psychological burden?

Good!

Looking at the bubbly and fully excited Alice, Shen Sui inexplicably felt regret.

Is it really reliable to have Alice play such a role?

But anyway, even though Alice might not be reliable, this was still the best plan he could think of at the moment.

So the two reached an agreement, and Alice began assembling the remnants of the puppet.

This time, it wasn’t to repair the puppet, as it was beyond saving. Alice just wanted to look at the puppet’s appearance to use the Disguise Magic for transformation.

Soon, Alice imitated its form, disguising herself as the puppet, and Shen Sui also placed a skill on her to prohibit detection, ensuring that no one could discern Alice’s true identity.

"Take this." Shen Sui picked up the card set originally belonging to the puppet and put it into Alice’s hands.

Alice looked at the stack of cards that appeared in her hands, "What is this?"

"Your weapon for battle," Shen Sui said, "Of course, only to be used when the opponent forcibly drags you into a space where you can only play cards. Until that point, you can use every method you can think of to eliminate them."

At this point, Shen Sui specifically emphasized the principle of not injuring others.

Alice naturally understood this; perhaps earlier she wouldn’t confidently promise, but now, having initially mastered the Dawn Power, Alice could completely control the damage caused by her Dawn Fire.

"Is this a tabletop game?" Since there were hardly any Life Card Duel players left on the Dawn Continent, Alice wasn’t familiar with it, but she deduced it was a type of game, recalling the time spent serving tea and water to elders in the village as a child.

"Yes," Shen Sui replied.

"But I don’t know how," Alice said.

"I’ll help you battle when the time comes." Shen Sui knew he couldn’t overly trouble Alice with this matter and chose to stand in for her without any psychological burden.

After all, having a spirit standing behind and playing cards is something that can’t be missed in dueling stories, so Shen Sui did it without any mental burden.

All Alice needed to do was to act and perform the card battles from the front.

While speaking, Shen Sui could already feel the approach of several powerful forces. It seemed the disturbance from his fall had indeed been too loud, attracting everyone nearby.

Since they wanted to give You Wenqi and the others a genuine experience of confronting the extraordinary, naturally they needed to perform the act fully.

Truly powerful hunters are often deceitful, for overly naive hunters never live to become powerful.

Alice also sensed the approaching presences: "Strong ones are coming."

"Let’s hide first," Shen Sui said to Alice, "Then we can pick them off one by one when they separate."

With that, Shen Sui quickly left the area with Alice, not forgetting to take the puppet’s remnants along to eliminate any trace of its previous existence.

The first to appear at the edge of the pit was Tan Song.

Beside him stood a tall, handsome man with an ancient style, who appeared to be Tan Song’s Soul Card, Xu Qingyin.

Xu Qingyin looked at the pit in front of him and furrowed his brows slightly.

"This must have been made by our target," Tan Song judged, then turned to look at Xu Qingyin and asked, "How strong do you think the opponent is?"

The organizers of this test had clearly stated that this time the enemy would have a Life Card Duel Deck.

Though cautious, Tan Song was not afraid of dueling the enemy. But if he could defeat or kill the enemy through a simpler and more direct means, it was obviously a better choice.

And Xu Qingyin’s projection was the confidence behind Tan Song’s decision.

Xu Qingyin was one of the most renowned Sword Immortals in the world of cultivators, with unquestionable prowess.

Compared to the optimistic Tan Song, Xu Qingyin’s expression appeared very serious.

"The enemy is very strong, extremely strong," Xu Qingyin said slowly, "Even far stronger than I am."

"How could that be?" Tan Song exclaimed, "Your ability allows you to move mountains and fill seas. You could easily create a pit like this, couldn’t you?"

Xu Qingyin explained, "Using magical arts, it is naturally feasible to create a similar pit. But the opponent didn’t rely on external power to achieve this; they used sheer physical force to smash this pit into the ground. Although I consider myself a diligent and progressive Body Cultivator, I can’t achieve that using only my physical power."

Xu Qingyin’s words immediately made Tan Song tense.

This is just a test, right?

Tan Song murmured to himself.

If the enemy were truly that powerful, would they allow conditions to arise where he could initiate a forced duel?

Tan Song immediately assessed the current situation.

The opponent is very likely an existence even stronger than Xu Qingyin.

Faced with such a formidable opponent, the opportunity for a surprise forced duel arises only once; after that, the opponent will be on guard.

That is to say, a single decisive strike is necessary.

"Given the situation here, the opponent shouldn’t have gone far," Tan Song stood up.

Xu Qingyin didn’t answer Tan Song but turned his head to look toward Tan Song’s rear.

You Wenqi’s figure appeared in their field of vision.