My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Thinking of this, Tan Song instantly lost confidence: "Fine, I feel like even in the finals, you might not win even if you use Soul Cards."

"The hell? What are you talking about?" You Wenqi immediately got upset. "You make it sound like I can’t take the title! I’m the Life Card Master with the most championships in Huaxia to this day!"

"But you’ve never won a world championship."

"..." You Wenqi choked on the spot.

"Not even a B-tier world tournament."

You Wenqi opened and closed his mouth...

"Oh." Tan Song smiled at You Wenqi and said, "I’ve actually got a world championship. And it’s an A-tier one."

"Your damn mother!" You Wenqi swore outright.

The Star Soul in his belt started dancing from his emotional outburst, and a powerful aura suddenly pressed down on them.

Xu Qingyin immediately drew her Spirit Sword and slashed apart that oppressive aura for Tan Song.

"Anyway, why exactly won’t you use Soul Cards?" Tan Song knew he’d said the wrong thing and hurriedly changed the subject.

You Wenqi snorted coldly and said, "No need. And I don’t feel like it."

Tan Song instantly noticed the micro-expression on You Wenqi’s face.

All Life Card Masters are psychology experts and acting pros.

The former so they can read their opponents’ expressions and posture to deduce possible choices and tendencies in face‑down cards; the latter so they can deceive their opponents.

Tan Song and You Wenqi are top-tier Life Card Masters, so of course they’re masters of this art.

It was obvious You Wenqi was really reluctant to use Soul Cards; when Tan Song brought it up, his emotional fluctuation was so strong he couldn’t completely hide it with expression management.

From You Wenqi’s face, Tan Song picked up a few clues like he was giving a lecture.

"Now I’m kinda curious what you look like after you transform." Tan Song probed with malicious speculation.

Sure enough, You Wenqi’s composure shattered. He glared at Tan Song with a serious face and raised his voice: "We didn’t come here to mess around, Tan Song! The main task now is still to find the enemy for this simulation test!"

"Oh~!" Tan Song got it.

Seeing Tan Song’s expression, You Wenqi just felt his soul collapsing.

Clearly, Tan Song had already guessed something.

In that moment, You Wenqi even seriously started considering how to kill him and silence him.

"Well~ this isn’t exactly urgent." Tan Song showed an evil grin. "This is just a simulation test. We can run this kind of test tons of times, but..."

But You Wenqi’s black history might only have this one chance to be seen.

Tan Song didn’t say the rest out loud, but both sides already understood what the other meant.

You Wenqi took a few steps back and warned, "Get this straight, we’re teammates."

Tan Song chuckled: "Since it’s a test, of course it has to be as realistic as possible. I’m playing the role of a traitor among humans right now—switching sides on the battlefield to help the invaders attack other Life Card Masters. That sounds pretty reasonable, right?"

You Wenqi was speechless. With Tan Song like this, it was obvious he was dead set on seeing his transformation.

Dammit, if he’d known, he never should’ve gotten curious about what the buffer zone looks like and agreed to join this test.

You Wenqi knew that as one of the strongest Life Card Masters in the Exploration Bureau, he’d definitely be sent into the buffer zone for more missions in the future, so he’d wanted to use the test server to get used to it first.

He had mentally prepared himself for exposing his transformation, but that was supposed to be when facing the final boss. This kind of plot where Tan Song was willing to play a human traitor just to see his transformation was something he had absolutely not expected.

You Wenqi looked speechlessly at Xu Qingyin off to the side and said, "As a righteous cultivator from a reputable sect, you’re just going to watch him mess around like this?"

Xu Qingyin looked at Tan Song, who had already started going "jejejeje," scratched her cheek, and said matter‑of‑factly, "No problem. To achieve the final goal of eradicating evil, sometimes this kind of disguise and infiltration is necessary."

"Exactly, exactly!" Tan Song nodded hard.

"Besides," Xu Qingyin gave You Wenqi a very interested look, "I’m also very curious about your strength."

Sword Immortals have never been normal cultivators, especially a Sword Immortal like Xu Qingyin, who walks the slaughter path—she really can’t help getting excited when she meets a strong opponent.

"So what you’re saying is, I’ve got no way out?" You Wenqi put his hand on the Transformation Device at his waist. On the device’s screen, the Star Soul began to jump cheerfully.

Suddenly, You Wenqi made his move.

But he didn’t transform; instead, he initiated a forced Duel against Tan Song.

As long as the Duel started, everything would be fine.

But Tan Song’s reaction speed wasn’t slow either!

He surrendered at light speed.

The Duel Realm had been open for not even a second before it shattered as the Duel ended.

You Wenqi, who’d been ready to duel, didn’t even have time to react—he was just about to draw a card.

And in the less-than-a-second he froze, Xu Qingyin’s sword tip had already arrived.

You Wenqi had no choice but to activate his belt.

The Power of Star poured into You Wenqi’s body.

A surging force burst forth, directly knocking Xu Qingyin’s Spirit Sword flying.

The next moment, the transformation voice came from the belt.

Tan Song had thought he’d hear some mechanical monotone voice, but what he heard instead was.....

[Balala Energy, Sharo Sharo, Little Fairy, full-body transform~!]

In an instant, everyone’s faces went dark.

What the hell kind of voice line is this?

You’re reading this ridiculous line with that rough manly voice, and you think that’s okay?

And with the transformation call, armor plates condensed from Star Power gradually covered You Wenqi’s body.

It’s just that this armor...

Tan Song stared at the pink‑clad You Wenqi in front of him and fell into silence.

[Zodiac God Officer Rat Form Load.]

[Secret Weapon Deploy.]

A pair of huge black mouse ears appeared on You Wenqi’s head.

[Send everyone who sees your form straight to hell!]

"..."

Everyone present fell into a brief silence.

[Transformation complete~!]

[We’re going to represent the stars and wipe you out~!]

The atmosphere was awkward for about a few minutes.

"So... now you understand why I don’t use Soul Cards, right?" You Wenqi said expressionlessly.

Tan Song covered his face and nodded.

Then his hand quickly swiped past his eyes and nose and clamped hard over his own mouth.

He nodded again, indicating he understood.

"If you want to laugh, just laugh," You Wenqi said.

"No, I won’t... hahahahahahaha!"

Halfway through, Tan Song finally couldn’t hold it in. He laughed so hard he was almost out of breath, clutching his stomach and squatting down.

"I... you... hahahahaha!" He tried to speak, but his breathing was completely wrecked by laughter.

And off to the side, Xu Qingyin—though her face still looked composed—you could see from the slight trembling of this Lord Sword Immortal’s features just how hard she was struggling to keep it together.

You Wenqi had originally thought he’d already resigned himself to this, that he could endure being laughed at.

But in the end, he’d still overestimated his tolerance.

Watching Tan Song laugh so hard he was practically wheezing, You Wenqi muttered to himself, "As expected, I still have to kill him to shut him up."

"Wait! Old You, I’m done laughing, I’m done." Hearing this, Tan Song hurriedly said, "We’re teammates after all, and a powerful enemy is still waiting for us. I get it now, this kind of internal conflict really isn’t right. We should be fighting the enemy together."

As he said that, Tan Song looked up at You Wenqi.

"Pft." He lost it again.

You Wenqi’s face instantly went completely dark.

"You said it yourself—you’re betraying humanity," You Wenqi said coldly. "So there’s no point talking. Prepare to die!"

The next moment, You Wenqi’s figure vanished from where he’d been.

His appearance might be hilarious, but this was exactly proof of how strong he was.

In the legends of the Astrological World, this kind of comedic suit is the kind only the strong can obtain. It’s a treasured artifact left in this world by a Great Power named White Dragon Egg Passage Clearer.

And the set on You Wenqi’s body was this Great Power’s strongest treasure.

Boom!

Shen Sui turned his head in surprise, looking at the flames rising in the distance.

Huh? Why are they fighting over there?