My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

The effect of [Zodiac Traveling Star - Aquarius] had just been resolved, and Alice’s effect immediately triggered in response.

All the cards in both players’ graveyards were returned to their respective decks.

Shen Sui looked at the Dream Snake on You Wenqi’s field.

This card cannot be destroyed by battle, is unaffected by opponent’s card effects, and has a Spirit Value of 6000.

Relying only on Qishala, it’s likely difficult to break through.

Moreover, by the next turn, You Wenqi could reset the Starry Card Set through Dream Snake.

It’s just unknown how many Starry Gods You Wenqi has in his deck.

Thinking this over, Shen Sui used the remaining Soul Points to cover two cards on the field, keeping his hand under the limit, and then ended his turn.

"My turn." You Wenqi declared the start of his turn.

But due to Aquarius’s effect, he lost the draw phase and battle phase this turn, which meant he basically had no way to finish the duel in the next three turns.

His only option is to create an endgame situation that Shen Sui cannot solve.

"Main phase, I choose to activate the effect of Dream Snake." You Wenqi said, "Once per turn, I can draw three cards from the deck and then choose two to send to the graveyard..."

You Wenqi drew cards.

You Wenqi’s eyes lit up.

You Wenqi planned to jump out from the graveyard.

Then he saw a bizarre scene:

The follower cards he discarded from his hand hadn’t entered the graveyard yet, when Alice across the field dug them directly into the excluded zone.

After a brief silence, You Wenqi looked up at Shen Sui.

Shen Sui shrugged his hands: "As long as [Tomb Raider Alice] is on the field, cards sent from the field or hand to the graveyard are directly excluded."

You Wenqi twitched: "Can you be any more outrageous?"

"No worries, don’t you still have another card?"

You Wenqi took a deep breath.

Thankfully, despite starting with five hand traps, You Wenqi’s luck in this match was fairly decent.

Even though he couldn’t jump from the graveyard as desired, he could still manage an opening with the [Zodiac Traveling Star: Confused Rat] in his hand.

Then...

In the moment You Wenqi successfully summoned Confused Rat, Shen Sui opened a set card and activated the Spell Card [Your Horse Has Passed Away], destroying You Wenqi’s Confused Rat.

"This card is insulting." You Wenqi said speechlessly.

"Not at all! That’s just how it is."

You Wenqi gasped, but fortunately, Confused Rat still had an effect when destroyed, allowing You Wenqi to search a [Traveling Star] follower card from his deck, thus reopening his path.

As expected of a World Championship veteran, You Wenqi’s expansion was swift! In a short time, two fifteen-star Starry Gods were summoned onto the field.

Fifteen-star followers are indeed powerful.

With their arrival, Qishala, having lost her debut turn resistance, was directly destroyed by effect, and Alice was also excluded by the Starry Gods’ effect.

Thus, Shen Sui’s restriction on You Wenqi’s graveyard wasn’t lifted, and the Starry Card Set’s progression would be unstoppable...right?

Having cleared Qishala and Alice, You Wenqi was feeling invigorated, when he suddenly noticed a peculiar loading bar.

"Hm? Where’s this timing coming from?"

He said instinctively.

Then he saw the cards of the two recently summoned Starry Gods on his field light up.

Hm?

The next second, these two Starry Gods were sent flying away.

Hm?!!!

You Wenqi watched this all in shock.

"When I have no other followers on my field, I’ll activate the effect of [Starlight Elf God: Candlestick Mouse Immortal] from my hand, liberate the two followers on your field, and special summon her to my field."

Alongside the shining of the special summon, a cute girl with huge mouse ears happily appeared on Shen Sui’s field.

"..."

Looking at this smiling girl, You Wenqi found her unbearably detestable despite her cuteness at the moment.

"Don’t worry." Shen Sui smiled at You Wenqi, "The Mouse Immortal doesn’t casually accept offerings from others."

Is this TM really my offering? Clearly, you forcibly took it away!

Hearing Shen Sui’s words, You Wenqi widened his eyes and nearly choked.

"When Candlestick Mouse Immortal is successfully special summoned, her effect must be activated."

Shen Sui opened his card deck: "Special summon a [Starlight Elf] follower from my deck to your field."

He drew out a follower card from the deck and said to You Wenqi: "Take it! This is a gift from the Mouse Immortal!"

Accompanied by the light of the special summon, a cute Fufu appeared on You Wenqi’s field.

Special summon, [Starlight Elf·Clever Fufu].

What the hell is this?

You Wenqi looked at the follower on the field, and upon closer inspection.

******

Card Name: [Starlight Elf·Clever Fufu]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 1 Star

Effect: ① As long as this follower is on the field, battle damage you receive is 0;

② When this follower leaves your field for reasons other than battle destruction, it must activate, excluding all cards on your field.

Spirit Value: 0

******

You call this a gift?

Originally planning to liberate this seemingly unpleasant follower, You Wenqi decisively abandoned the thought.

Because this follower is now on his field, once he liberates it, the effect would undoubtedly be triggered.

[Starry Zodiac God: Dream Snake] isn’t affected by opponent’s card effects, but that doesn’t mean it’s unaffected by its own card effects!

"My turn... ends!"

You Wenqi ended his turn with clenched teeth.

"Yes, my turn." Shen Sui nodded, starting his turn.

After drawing cards and starting the main phase, he didn’t summon any follower but opened a set card.

Opening a set card right away?

If You Wenqi recalls correctly, this set card should have been laid down during Shen Sui’s first turn.

Hmm, let’s see what it is.

You Wenqi focused his gaze: [Sovereignty Claim].

Effect: Activate by selecting one follower on the opponent’s field as a target, gaining control over it.

He instinctively felt there was nothing to worry about, as Dream Snake is unaffected by opponent’s card effects.

"..."

Wait!

You Wenqi realized something.

Without waiting for his reaction, Shen Sui took Clever Fufu back.

The next second, You Wenqi’s field exploded.

The cards on the field were swept away like a whirlwind, disappearing in an instant, even his greatest reliance, Dream Snake.

Damn!

Starlight Elf God, when played by Shen Sui, carried a subtle Underworld aura.

At this moment, Shen Sui didn’t need to make any more extraneous moves.

Even with just Candlestick Mouse Immortal on the field, he could already deplete You Wenqi’s Life Value and win the duel.

However, as expected of Shen Sui, he’s meticulously cautious to an alarming degree.

Considering You Wenqi stacked a few cards in the graveyard after excluding Alice, Shen Sui wasn’t in a hurry to attack.

First, he opened a set card, activating a Spell Card to search for another Spell Card from the deck.

What he wanted to search for was [Shining Debut], just returned to the deck due to Alice’s grave-digging effects.

By activating Shining Debut’s effect, he specially summoned [Substitute Puppet Jamie] from the deck.

You Wenqi knew Shen Sui’s intentions upon seeing this card’s special summon.

Sure enough, Shen Sui liberated the freshly summoned Substitute Puppet, then activated the effect of the Substitute Puppet just entered the grave, searching for Alice from the excluded zone to his hand.

Paid Soul Points for a normal summon.

Paid Soul Points for Alice’s Form Transformation.

[Tomb Raider Alice] appeared once more.

"Activating the effect of [Tomb Raider Alice]."

Accompanied by Alice’s grave-digging sounds, the graveyards of both sides were overturned once again.

Looking at the now empty graveyard, You Wenqi smiled wryly.

With an empty hand, graveyard, and field.

Do you have to be this thorough?

You Wenqi’s body was shrouded by the attack of Candlestick Mouse Immortal.

The first duel, Shen Sui won.

However, You Wenqi didn’t lose hope entirely.

The finals are in a best-of-three format!