Chapter 1003 - 574: I Really Didn’t Mean to Target You
Kase was startled by Shen Sui, and at the same time, the duel on the field finally determined a winner.
Despite Tan Song’s efforts to disrupt You Wenqi’s momentum, he was ruthlessly swept away by the Star Torrent.
No Life Card Master who has reached this arena is a simple character.
Previously, during the top sixteen, when You Wenqi eliminated Dongye Youzai, they were all engaged in their own matches, so they didn’t have a clear understanding of You Wenqi’s strength.
But now, witnessing the duel after You Wenqi’s return, these top duelists in their respective countries showed shocked expressions.
This is not the typical sense of strength.
If placed in the position of Tan Song’s opponent, with their understanding of their own decks, there’s absolutely no way they could so easily dismantle Tan Song’s opening field.
Yet You Wenqi used just two cards to completely destroy what was considered a seamless opening field, turning it into a pathetic struggle for Tan Song.
From start to finish, Tan Song was unable to regain control of the duel from You Wenqi’s hands.
This situation is extremely rare in Class A matches.
A true master, once gaining an advantage, will not give the opponent any opportunity.
Therefore, even though the first move’s win rate in Class A matches isn’t as absurd as in lower-tier matches, anyone who has seen Class A matches knows that if the opponent takes the first move, you’re really in trouble, often expending great effort to seize an opportunity to counterattack while your opponent is careless.
The slightly lower first-move win rate in Class A matches is merely because the Life Card Master on the second move is equally powerful, capable of enduring the first move’s onslaught and doing their best to close the gap caused by the first move in subsequent operations.
However, someone like You Wenqi, who within a single turn and two cards dismantles Tan Song’s first-move advantage completely, has never been seen before.
Even Theis looked at You Wenqi on stage with a wary expression.
His next round opponent is You Wenqi.
After You Wenqi’s match was Shen Sui vs. Kase.
You Wenqi glanced at Shen Sui, who was preparing to step onto the stage, and said casually, "I’ll see you in the finals."
Although the sentence wasn’t said loudly, everyone was paying attention to the stage at that moment, so the voice entered everyone’s ears clearly.
Theis wasn’t angry either. In fact, You Wenqi had said even wilder things back in the day. He crossed his arms and chuckled, "Well, you’d better make it to the finals first then."
You Wenqi looked at Theis.
The two were good friends in private but never conceded to each other in matches.
Kase’s mouth twitched.
Here you are exchanging bold words; does no one even consider me?
I’m still ranked fifth in the world, aren’t I? Do you just assume I’ll lose to this newbie?
Kase had heard of Shen Sui’s name before, but since Shen Sui mostly competed domestically in Huaxia, apart from a few of Cezar’s fans who took notice because their idol once lost to Shen Sui in the Huashan tournament, few people abroad truly knew about Shen Sui’s strength.
They acknowledge Shen Sui’s tactics, whether it is liberation, effects against all resistance followers, or extensively incorporating hand traps to reduce the first move’s advantage – these have already become very common methods in matches.
But that’s as far as it goes.
Kase looked at Shen Sui across from him.
He was quite bothered by the way Shen Sui had just looked at him.
It seemed like he was being underestimated.
Kase took a deep breath, "Then let’s begin."
Shen Sui had no objections and activated his Dueling Device.
He didn’t know what thoughts Kase had from his earlier look; he only wanted to quickly finish the remaining duels and find an opportunity to print that big eye in the sky onto a card.
To be honest, if it weren’t too provocative, which might cause Haral to shy away, he even wanted to put [Star Night Seal: Haral’s Left Eye] into his deck.
Thinking about it carefully, using a part just cut off from the victim in front of the victim to duel, is indeed a kind of bold offense.
As the Duel Realm unfolded, Shen Sui’s scattered thoughts gathered back.
The first move turn cards began to flip, finally landing on Kase’s field.
Enemy’s first move.
Shen Sui muttered to himself.
To be honest, Kase somewhat misunderstood Shen Sui.
He may have wanted to quickly finish the remaining duels, but he did not underestimate Kase in his heart. In fact, every Life Card Master present was considered a very good opponent by Shen Sui, certainly more interesting than fishing in a B-class tournament.
And having a skilled opponent take the first move is indeed tricky, even for Shen Sui.
Thus, when he drew his starting hand, the first thing he checked was what cards he could use during the opponent’s first move turn.
When he saw the [Runaway Dragon Girl Lobelia] in his hand, he paused slightly.
[Silver Moon Wolf King Hali]...
[Loli Dragon Princess Mist]...
Wolf King Hali was one of Alice’s earliest companions, and due to the limitations of racial potential, no longer follows Alice closely all the time.