My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Shen Sui looked at Theis standing across, and couldn’t help but recall the night he first checked the world rankings of Life Card Masters.

Oh, wait... It seems like it was just last year.

Thinking of this, Shen Sui silently withdrew his sentiment.

"Is this really okay?" Shen Sui looked at Theis and said, "To duel with me, you threw out all your trump cards."

"In my eyes, every duel is a finals match. If I don’t give it my all, only elimination awaits." Theis silently activated his Dueling Device.

"A true duelist fears no duel." As he spoke, excitement radiated from Theis’s eyes, "Not only do they not fear, they can’t wait."

Shen Sui silently looked towards Tan Song.

Tan Song’s mouth twitched slightly.

I say, if you two are going to duel, then duel; why drag me into this?

Are you implying I’m not a true duelist?

"Talking is pointless," Theis said, "Let’s begin."

"Aren’t you considering switching decks? At least change the build?" Shen Sui laughed and reminded, "Don’t suddenly get stuck when the time comes."

"I have a bond with my deck; how could I get stuck!" Theis smiled confidently and said, "Every time I draw a card, it’s my deck responding to me!"

"Since you’re so confident, let’s begin!" Shen Sui laughed heartily and revealed his Dueling Device.

The Duel Realm unfolded.

First-turn confirmation.

First-turn player: Theis!

Seeing the turn card fall on Theis’s field, Shen Sui’s heart tightened.

In such expert duels, one first turn can decide many things.

He almost immediately checked his hand to see if he had any cards to block the opponent’s setup.

But he waited for a long time and still didn’t hear Theis speak.

Looking up, he saw Theis looking at his starting hand with a calm and indifferent expression.

After a few seconds, he finally spoke: "My turn ends."

"Stuck?"

"No," Theis said firmly.

"But you passed the first turn! Definitely stuck, right?"

"No."

"Not even a Spell Card played."

"This is a tactic!" Theis’s voice grew louder.

"Definitely stuck," Shen Sui said with certainty, "I warned you before the duel."

"No means no!" Theis was a bit impatient, "Hurry and start your turn!"

Shen Sui held back a laugh, saying, "Actually, I’m recalling your earlier words, about the bond with your deck and such."

"Enough!" Theis said through gritted teeth.

Shen Sui chuckled, then drew a card from his deck, tapping it against his cheek: "Then I’ll start~! You chose to pass~"

In this kind of match, it’s usually whoever seizes the initiative that takes control of the victory.

This time, although Shen Sui was unlucky and didn’t go first, Theis getting stuck perfectly balanced it.

From this perspective, they were a unique pair of opponents in this duel.

However, just as Shen Sui entered the main phase, he saw a timing bar.

"At the start of the opponent’s main phase, I activate the Environment Card from my hand: [Dark Grand Rift]!"

Before Shen Sui could react, Theis had already drawn his Life Card and activated it without hesitation.

"What?"

"According to [Dark Grand Rift]’s effect, while it persists, both sides can activate the same Life Card’s effect only once." Theis explained [Dark Grand Rift]’s effect.

"What?"

"And then!" Clearly, Theis wasn’t finished, "Because I activated an Environment Card, I can activate the effect of the Follower Card [Inca Mountain God·Apu] in my hand, Special Summoning it to my field."

"Listen to the call of the earth!"

"Special Summon! Mountain God A Pu!"

With Theis’s summon, a tall, brown giant emerged from the earth, its arms spread majestically with the rising mountains.

At this moment, all of Theis’s spirit returned, as if seeing a future where he triumphed: "And then, I activate [Inca Mountain God·Apu]’s effect. When it is Special Summoned, I can activate it; I reveal all the cards in my hand, reducing their stars to zero."

As he spoke, Theis raised his finger towards Shen Sui: "Then, distribute the reduced total star level equally among all your hand cards!"

"The total star level of my three cards is 45 stars! Forty-five divided by five!" Theis loudly announced, "So all your hand cards have their star levels increased by 9 stars!"

Looking at the star level of his hand cards shooting up, Shen Sui couldn’t help but feel a bit alarmed.

Since the Life Card star level limit is fifteen, many hand cards stopped when their star level reached fifteen.

However, considering that a turn defaults to sixteen Soul Points, Theis’s move challenged Shen Sui’s Soul Points calculation skills if he wanted to expand.

After doing all this, Theis smiled: "How is it? I raised your cards to a high star level; are you happy?"

What nonsense!

Shen Sui’s mouth twitched slightly.

Just because you got stuck during the first turn, doesn’t mean you had to flip the table so no one could play cards?

The key is, with [Dark Grand Rift] on the field, Shen Sui couldn’t use a gyro to directly take off.

The effect of each Life Card is limited to once per duel... No, each Life Card only has one chance to activate its effect.