My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Form Transformation is truly the most crucial mechanism in Life Card Duels.

Even though Shen Sui has a certain ability to modify card effects, when it comes to modifying the Form Transformation effect of the card [Dual Identity], it was extremely difficult. He was cautious and even experienced several failures. If [Dual Identity]'s own effect wasn't related to Form Transformation, Shen Sui thought his modification attempt this time would have failed.

In the end, Shen Sui barely completed the modification of the card's effect.

Because [Dual Identity] is only a 6-star card, he had to compromise by adding some negative effects.

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Card Name: [Dual Identity]

Category: Permanent Spell Card

Star Level: 6 Stars

Effect: As long as this card exists on the field, multi-form followers on both sides gain an additional Form Transformation in their respective main phases of each turn.

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For Soul Cards, having one extra Form Transformation per turn is a very powerful effect, and a Life Card Master can perform more operations using this effect.

Therefore, allowing the opponent to use the effect of [Dual Identity] is a very dangerous action, which is a compromise Shen Sui had to make to achieve this effect.

However, fortunately, Life Cards allowing the opponent to use the same effect tend to be strong as well. For the holder activating this card during the main phase, there is still a first-mover advantage. Moreover, Shen Sui will, in the future, have far more Soul Cards than the opponent.

The opponent using this effect gains benefits for only one Soul Card, but Shen Sui has many Soul Cards benefiting from the effect, so it's not considered a loss.

As of now, Shen Sui owns three Soul Cards: Alice, Qishala, and Freymia.

Except for Freymia, who just became Shen Sui's Soul Card with no other forms, Alice and Qishala already possess extra Soul Card forms.

Shen Sui originally planned to work diligently and quickly draw out Qishala's third form, Dragon Maid.

Just one [Dual Identity] card is certainly not enough to satisfy Shen Sui's search needs.

In the case where most Life Cards in a Life Card Duel are restricted to one, Shen Sui still needs more cards to fill this search requirement.

Of course, these are matters for later. As for card-pulling capabilities, Shen Sui remains confident in Alice.

Moreover, as long as Alice continuously switches between "Alice" and "Hozerville" identities, similar Form Transformation related Life Cards will surely reappear.

Shen Sui has no doubt about this.

Gathering his thoughts, Shen Sui set his eyes on the two most important cards among this round of gains.

The third Soul Card: [Elf Empress·Freymia].

And the first 17-star Follower Card: [Broken Boundary Empress·Antipus].

On the card face of Freymia, she is depicted as being bound in the Spring of Eternal Life, an exquisitely beautiful woman sitting cross-legged on the serene spring water. In the misty water vapor, she lifts her head, gazing at the starry sky.

Like Qishala, Freymia is also a 14-star Soul Card, having been a major member of the Twilight Council back in the day.

However, compared to Qishala's violence, Freymia appears much gentler, and her opponents should very much like her. After all, this 14-star Soul Card doesn't even have any resistance.

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Card Name: [Elf Empress·Freymia]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 14 Stars

Effect: A special summoning fee must be paid to summon this follower.

① As long as this follower is on the field, the opponent cannot activate card effects during phases other than the main and battle phases;

② At the start of your turn, you can check all face-down cards in the opponent's Magic Area, then select an opponent's card on the field as a target to activate. As long as this follower is on the field, the opponent cannot activate the effect of the selected card. (The number of cards selectable by this effect is up to 5.)

Spirit Value: 5000

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This effect is already modified by Shen Sui.

Originally, Freymia couldn't be specially summoned. However, if so, the practicality of Freymia's form is diminished. It's a card that suppresses after its appearance, and if it can't be summoned early, its effectiveness is greatly reduced. So Shen Sui modified her summoning restriction to allow for a special summon, albeit with the requirement to pay the usage fee. But for this reason, he had to add a restriction to the originally unlimited use of effect ② (The number of cards selectable by this effect is up to 5).

But he doesn't think this is much of a weakening.

Accumulating the number of banned cards to 5 requires at least five of your turns, and by that time, if Shen Sui hasn't secured the Duel's victory, there's basically no hope of defeating the opponent. After all, the opponent would have survived at least nine turns under Freymia's suppression.

In contrast, what gives Shen Sui a headache is actually [Broken Boundary Empress·Antipus].

Damn, if I use this card directly, the Dueling Device doesn't even recognize it!

A 17-star card has already exceeded the recognition limit of Life Card Duels.

As a result, Shen Sui had to seek out Bu Pei.

Bu Pei's dad is a big shot at the Tech Institute and should have a way.

I didn't expect the efficiency of Bu Pei to be very fast, and soon, he sent over a file.

[What is this?]

[A compatibility module made by my dad.] Bu Pei introduced in the chat software, [It allows 16 and 17-star cards to be downward compatible. But don't expect the original card face. Cards compatible using this module will display as 15 stars. Speaking of which, why do you have such a demand? Did you draw a 17-star Life Card?]

[Why? Is it not allowed?]

[Not really, but when this card gets banned, remember to let me take a look. I haven't seen a 17-star Life Card.] Bu Pei also sent a cheeky emoticon.

He didn't intend to ask Shen Sui for this card. Even if banned, for a Life Card Master, this card is a lifeline.

Shen Sui downloaded the module.

After operations similar to the forced Duel module, he successfully viewed the information of [Broken Boundary Empress·Antipus] in the Dueling Device. However, her star level was consequently reduced to 15 stars.

Shen Sui is more concerned about whether the power is also reduced if the star level is compatible?

The result he saw made him overjoyed.

Aside from the Spirit Value being adapted to a 15-star card appearance, Antipus's effect hasn't been affected at all.

This means that in terms of effect, Antipus remains an undoubted 17-star card.

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Card Name: [Broken Boundary Empress·Antipus]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 15 Stars

Effect: This follower cannot be normally summoned, cannot be searched by other card effects, and is unaffected by other card effects.

① At the start of the main phase in your non-first turn, if there are no cards on your side of the field, you may reveal this follower from your hand and special summon it onto the field;

② At the start of both turns, if you have an area without any cards, you can abolish a card position on your side of the field and select an opponent's area to activate. Until the end of the turn, the opponent cannot use or perform any operations on that area. (Areas that can be banned: Deck Area, Hand Area, Excluded Area, Graveyard Area, Magic Area, Follower Area);

③ As long as there is an abolished card position on your side of the field, the activation of this follower's effect cannot be chained by any card effect, and if this follower leaves the field due to non-voluntary release or battle destruction, if there is currently a banned area of the opponent's, that area remains abolished until the end of the Duel.

Spirit Value: 6000

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