Chapter 1028 - 585: The Value of the Perennial Runner-Up
Although the Boundary Breakers have been completely eliminated by Alice, the crisis beyond the world is temporarily lifted, but anyone with a brain knows that the real danger has never been these seemingly terrifying hordes of monsters, but that one eye.
While thoughts outside the arena are flying wildly, the interior remains completely unaffected.
The second duel between Shen Sui and You Wenqi has officially begun.
With the fall of the First-Attack Card, this duel’s first move went to You Wenqi.
In fact, in this BO3 duel format, many have proposed swapping the first move side, meaning the first duel’s first attacker is chosen randomly then from the second duel onward the loser gets the first move.
But this suggestion didn’t gain much acceptance.
It’s not for any other reason, just that most Life Card Masters recognize one truth: sometimes unlucky people indeed don’t deserve to win.
And true strongmen, even if they have a backhand in all three duels, will seize the final victory.
Shen Sui drew five initial hand cards from his deck.
Glancing at the contents of the hand cards, Shen Sui couldn’t suppress the rising corners of his mouth.
Last round, you gave me five hand traps, didn’t you?
Though I can’t come up with something as harsh as yours, two or three are still doable.
I want to see what kind of expression you’ll have when facing the wave of hand traps!
Shen Sui started to imagine You Wenqi’s frustrated look as his moves were continuously interrupted by hand traps.
But after waiting a long time, he still hadn’t heard the sound of You Wenqi starting the duel.
Confused, he lifted his head and looked toward You Wenqi across from him.
You Wenqi was currently looking at his hand cards with an extraordinarily peculiar expression.
How should this expression be described?
Something like feeling doomed after a test, only to find the result confirming the doom, the expression that would emerge at that moment?
You Wenqi just stood there, doing nothing.
He seemed to be thinking, yet appeared to have stopped thinking.
After about a minute, You Wenqi finally moved.
"My turn ends."
He actually ended his turn directly?!
This left Shen Sui, who planned to let You Wenqi suffer a wave of hand trap sanctions, almost choking on a breath.
"What kind of new strategy is this?" Shen Sui nearly tossed out the cards in his hand.
"Nothing." You Wenqi showed an expression of the Sage moment, as if he had turned completely pale, "Just got a dead hand."
"Dead hand..." Shen Sui found it hard to imagine, "How bad can it be?"
Even with five hand traps at the start, at least you can do something, right?
You Wenqi finally regained some color, looking at Shen Sui, saying, "This time, to avoid a dead hand, I only put five Level 15 Follower Cards in the deck."
He said, patting his hand cards, "Now, they’re all here."
"..."
Shen Sui didn’t know how to comment for a moment.
What can be said about this luck... seems comparable to the difficulty of having five Old Ai cards at the start.
"My turn, draw a card."
Starting his own turn due to the opponent’s dead hand made Shen Sui feel a bit guilty while drawing.
He finally understood why those players who beat You Wenqi to become world champions expressed that feeling in interviews when discussing why You Wenqi showed that expression.
Although they all have strong skills as Life Card Masters, winning the championship due to the opponent’s various situations indeed brings a sense of unmerited victory.
But at this moment, deliberately not expanding would be a slight to You Wenqi.
With this thought, Shen Sui drew a card from his hand.
"Pay 12 Soul Points for a normal summon from my hand."
Shen Sui revealed the card in his hand.
A ray of starlight shot up from the ground.
Accompanied by the Pisces symbol, a girl with long blue hair appeared on Shen Sui’s field.
Her blue fish tail stirred the water beneath her, causing ripples.
[Starlight Elf God: Pisces].
"Activate [Starlight Elf God: Pisces] effect, display a [Starlight Elf] follower card from my hand and special summon it to the field. Upon successful special summon of the follower in this manner, send the top three Follower Cards from my deck to the graveyard."
Saying this, Shen Sui displayed the Life Card in his hand.
[Starlight Elf God: Leo].
Following Pisces effect, Shen Sui special summoned Leo to the field, then sent the top three Follower Cards from his deck to the graveyard.
"Activate [Starlight Elf God: Leo] effect." Shen Sui almost didn’t pause and directly activated Leo’s effect on the field.
You Wenqi watched Shen Sui’s moves, feeling a very familiar vibe.
He realized quickly: This seems exactly like one of his usual moves.
But compared to the constraints of Starry Gods, the unfold of Starlight Elf Gods appears smoother.
In just a short time, Shen Sui had five Starlight Elf Gods on the field, having only paid 12 Soul Points at the start.
Actually, at this step, Shen Sui could simply attack directly to claim victory.
But he wasn’t completely trusting You Wenqi’s words.
No matter how noble a Life Card Master’s character is off the stage, the moment he steps onto the duel platform, every word he says isn’t worth believing.
You Wenqi said he had a dead hand, is it really a dead hand?
Shen Sui didn’t believe it.
"Activate effect from my graveyard, Follower Card [Starlight Elf God: Capricorn]." Shen Sui opened the graveyard.