My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

An Hai snorted coldly, "Tricks of the petty!"

He raised his hand and directly activated the effect of the [Bloodthirsty Demon Rose] on the field.

This follower was sent to the graveyard, and at the same time, Shen Sui's [Spiritual Enchantment] was nullified.

Does this mean Shen Sui has no means to stop An Hai from advancing...?

"Don't think it ends like this!" Shen Sui was well aware that if he allowed An Hai to unfold unhindered on an empty field, he wouldn't be able to withstand it. He had to stop An Hai before the core form transformation unfolded!

"Flip the set card!"

"Activate the Spell Card [Sound of Confusion]!"

[Sound of Confusion], 12 stars.

Can be activated when the opponent performs a special summon or activates a card effect, forcing the opponent to choose a follower and transfer control to oneself.

An Hai fell into a strange silence.

Now, An Hai had to send his own Soul Card to Shen Sui's field.

[Sound of Confusion], a killer strike to the heart!

TM, you Minotaur is one thing, but to have the victim bring it over himself?

An Hai felt a mix of emotions in his heart.

Can this be tolerated?

Yes, it can be tolerated.

Because he indeed had no card to counter this effect.

Splat! In no time, An Hai reluctantly handed over control of the [White Rose·Lu Ya] to Shen Sui.

Hoo...

Shen Sui silently let out a sigh of relief.

Without Lu Ya, An Hai's deck couldn't search for special summons anymore; he had three cards left, which would still produce followers to fill the field.

"Your deck is really impressive." An Hai's originally stable mentality was beginning to crumble a bit.

What are these cards!

Don't you have your own followers? Why do you keep wanting to take them from me?

When [Sound of Confusion] was activated, An Hai truly felt an urge to punch Shen Sui.

No man could endure such a scenario!

"But! What I've lost," An Hai drew a card, "I'll take back myself!"

"Pay 7 Soul Points! Activate from my hand! Spell Card [Hypnotic Rose Petal Powder]!"

"Choose a follower on the opponent's field as the target of activation! Gain control of that follower!"

"Return to me! My Soul Card!"

An Hai pointed to the only follower on Shen Sui's field, [White Rose·Lu Ya].

Shen Sui exclaimed good guys.

So you have such a card too?

Cards taken away by others are reclaimed using a spell card, is that it?

Shen Sui was speechless at the degeneration of humanity within this string of effective hits.

But he had to admit one thing: he seemed to have no means to stop An Hai's advance now.

His eyes rested on his last set card on the field.

Its trigger point had actually been active all along.

He took a deep breath and resisted the impulse to activate this card.

This was his only barrier, and it wasn't suitable to use it in such a situation.

With Shen Sui's restraint gone, An Hai's advance became extremely smooth.

Although he no longer had 14 Soul Points to transform Lu Ya into Radiant Dragon Spirit Rose, An Hai's advance never hinged on one card.

He paid all his Soul Points and transformed Lu Ya into Dragon Spirit Rose.

The effect of Dragon Spirit Rose was similar to the Radiant form, also summoning a [Rose] or [Rose] follower with the same star level from the deck when form transformation occurred.

However, Dragon Spirit Rose's star level was only 10, so the summoned followers were not high-level, and she lacked group target resistance.

Nevertheless, it was enough for An Hai.

Using [Dragon Spirit Rose·Lu Ya]'s effect, An Hai special summoned [Thorny Black Rose·Muse] from the deck.

Through Thorny Black Rose's effect, he special summoned [Moonlight Rose·Fei] from the graveyard. Followers revived through this method would be sent to the graveyard at the end of the turn, but Moonlight Rose never intended to stay till the end of the turn.

An Hai released Moonlight Rose again, gaining 14 Soul Points while revealing the two follower cards in his hand.

When Shen Sui saw An Hai's last two cards were still follower cards, he was almost driven mad with jealousy.

"Indeed, it's a Beast Taming System deck," Shen Sui said enviously, "so many follower cards."

It's just a pity that the Soul Card World of the Beast Taming System also tests one's family background the most.

"Alright, this duel is almost over."

An Hai glanced at Shen Sui's last set card on the field and another look at Shen Sui's empty hand.

"With just one face-down card, you won't be able to stop me!"

An Hai summoned both cards from his hand onto the field.

6-star follower, [Evil Rose], Spirit Value 1000.

14-star follower, [Tyrant Rose·Death Rose], Spirit Value 5200.

Dragon Spirit Rose Lu Ya, 10 stars, 3200 Spirit Value.

Thorny Black Rose Muse, 10 stars, 3000 Spirit Value.

Just these two followers alone are enough to deplete Shen Sui's Life Value completely.

Not to mention there's a 14-star 5200 Spirit Value boss waiting behind them.

However, after being disrupted by Shen Sui's [Dragon Race's Friendship], the field An Hai set up again had significantly decreased in quality, with no apparent resistance left.

After all, a Life Card Duel deck isn't like other card games where you can stack identical monster cards. Given the forced limit on follower cards, it's quite normal for Life Card Master's followers to vary in quality.

And An Hai is already a top-tier Life Card Master. The lower limit of his follower cards is already the upper limit for many third or fourth-tier Life Card Master follower cards.

"It seems you've run out of chances," An Hai said proudly. "As long as [Evil Rose] is on the field, you can't perform normal or special summons during your turn."

"Even if you use a Spell Card to block this wave of attacks, without any follower cards, you can't stop my next wave of assault!"

"Oh? Is that so?" Shen Sui replied ambiguously, "Then you can give it a try."

"Hmph!" An Hai sneered and directly entered the battle phase.

Even if Shen Sui's face-down card is another Minotaur Card, he wasn't worried at all.

During the battle phase, Tyrant Rose cannot be the target of card effects.

So, no matter how Shen Sui tries, he can't change his inevitable defeat.

"Lu Ya! Direct attack."

Shen Sui was instantly enveloped by rose thorns, as a dragon's shadow roared through Shen Sui's body.

{Shen Sui, Life Value 6000→2800}

Speaking of which.... Why does this dragon shadow look so familiar...

It kind of.... Looks like Qishala's dragon form.

Shen Sui mused.

At this moment, An Hai started his second attack.

This time, it was the Evil Rose.

Shen Sui's Life Value dropped to 1800.

"It seems you really have no other means left," An Hai said, slightly disappointed, "Let's end this duel here!"

"It looks like you're not fit to be her master. Only the strongest Life Card Master can own this card."

"Death Rose, bring death to my opponent!"

An Hai launched his final attack.

Shen Sui displayed a faint smile.

The moment he saw the smile, An Hai felt a chill and had a bad premonition.

As the fatal blow landed on Shen Sui.

"When I take lethal damage, open the face-down card!"

Shen Sui unveiled the last face-down card.

"Activate the Spell Card [In the Name of God]!"

"This card can only be used by being set face-down," Shen Sui explained, "As long as there's a corresponding timing Spell Card in either graveyard, this card can be used at any stage. This effect can only be used once per duel, and I can banish a 15-star Life Card from my deck to copy and activate the effect of a Spell Card from either graveyard."

As long as there's a corresponding timing Spell Card, it can be used at any stage...

So, in either graveyard, the Spell Card that activates upon receiving lethal damage is...

An Hai's eyes widened instantly.

"It looks like you've figured it out!"

Shen Sui raised his hand, revealing his deck: "Banish the 15-star Life Card [Recovery] from my deck!"

"Copy the [Rosebushes] from your graveyard!"

If the deck doesn't contain related field followers, then the effect of this card cannot be activated.

If another Life Card Master activated this effect, An Hai would certainly scoff at it.

But since it's Shen Sui...

An Hai thought of that card.

"You guessed right! I specifically added this card to my deck just for you!" Shen Sui said loudly, as if reading An Hai's mind.

"When I take lethal damage! Nullify the damage, then I can tribute all [Rose], [Rose] followers on both sides of the field, ignoring any summoning conditions, and special summon a [Rose], [Rose] follower from my deck!"

"Tribute your Dragon Spirit Rose, Thorny Black Rose, Evil Rose, Tyrant Rose!"

"Special summon from my deck!"

"[Fairy Rose·Ji Yue]!"