My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

The pace of a Life Card Duel is very fast.

To keep the audience engaged longer, the organizers thoughtfully invited a group of beauties to perform dances in traditional Hanfu, combining the ancient town's vintage aesthetics.

In the past, this might have attracted many spectators.

But when Freymia stood there, the actors invited by the organizers immediately paled in comparison.

The semifinals had two matches in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Shen Sui's match was scheduled for the last one.

When he arrived at the venue, the first match of the afternoon was already coming to an end.

He didn't have to wait long before the host called out Shen Sui's name.

"Shen Sui? Is it that Shen Sui?" A visitor from Modu got excited as soon as he heard the name, "The champion of the Modu Duel Tournament?"

As an officially promoted competition in Modu, the Duel Tournament had considerable influence there.

In no time, a large number of tourists gathered towards the duel venue.

Some were there specifically for Shen Sui, some came hearing a champion would be dueling, and some were simply Wu Yue Cup audience members joining in the fun.

In just a moment, the venue was packed tight.

"God of Age, could you give me a break?" Shen Sui's opponent gave a bitter smile, "Go easy on me a little?"

Shen Sui glanced at the audience below.

Then looked at his own hand cards.

Uh... this....

A rare godly starting hand seemed like it could settle the battle in one turn, and it was an FTK scenario he had struggled to encounter in this world. Whether to give so many spectators a break seemed like a perfect opportunity to gain some fans...

For most professional Life Card Masters in this world, fans are their lifeline. With enough fans, big companies come to you for endorsements, and immense wealth beckons.

But, I refuse!

No duelist can resist the temptation of an FTK!

This is a first turn kill, and on the opening turn nonetheless!

How could I possibly give up such a chance to bring a smile to the opponent just to please the fans!

"Ah, I'll try my best," Shen Sui grinned.

Seeing Shen Sui's smile, the opponent couldn't help but shiver.

Something's wrong!

Damn, something's definitely wrong!

He was all too familiar with that smile, the kind that could trap an opponent to death.

"It's my first turn." Shen Sui drew a card from his hand, "Pay 4 Soul Points, and activate from my hand, the Spell Card [Shining Debut]."

"Discard a card, and Special Summon a Level 5 or lower Follower from my Deck."

A card was discarded.

[Malicious Puppet Natasha].

Shen Sui opened his Deck, and the choice he naturally made was the current transit core of his deck!

"Special Summon! [Pure White Holy Steed Golden Ship]!"

A beautiful white horse trotted gracefully to Shen Sui's field.

"Then, activate the effect of [Pure White Holy Steed Golden Ship], draw a card from my deck! If this drawn card is not [Magic Apprentice Alice], Special Summon [Magic Apprentice Alice] from my deck!"

The adorable Alice made her shining debut.

As Alice debuted, cheers erupted from below. It was Shen Sui's fans chanting Alice's name.

Uh... this feels so awkward.

Shen Sui silently groaned inside but quickly focused his mind and continued his play.

"Pay 5 Soul Points, transform the form of [Magic Apprentice Alice] on my field to [Red Lotus Fire Alice]!"

At this moment, the effect of the Golden Ship must activate, and Shen Sui returned a card from his hand to the top of the deck.

"Meanwhile, activate the effect of [Pure White Holy Steed Golden Ship]." Shen Sui unfolded his deck again, "When a form transformation occurs on my field, I can activate and Special Summon a Follower from my deck with the same star level as the transformed follower!"

"The star level of [Red Lotus Fire Alice] is 5, so I can Special Summon a 5-star Follower from the deck!"

"Sacrificial Puppet! Come forth for the birth of the strongest master!"

"Special Summon, [Sacrificial Puppet Ada]."

A puppet resembling Alice was Special Summoned to Shen Sui's field.

In the special guest seat, a black-haired girl watched Shen Sui's play with interest, her gaze lingering on Alice, her deep eyes contemplating something.

Shen Sui immediately activated Ada's effect, filling the empty slots on his field with Ada's derivatives.

After a pause, Shen Sui drew another card from his hand, saying to his opponent, "Next, activate the effect of my Permanent Spell Card [Burning Temple] from my hand!"

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Card Name: [Burning Temple]

Category: Permanent Spell Card

Star Level: 13 stars

Effect: This card cannot be searched by any effect and can only enter the hand through drawing. It can only be activated if multiple form Followers are present on your field, exempt from the card's usage fee, destroying five Followers on your field for activation.

① As long as this card exists on the field, it must be activated at the start of both players' main phases, with the turn owner discarding a card, then taking X damage (X is the discarded card's star level * 100);

② As long as this card exists on the field, any Life Value or Soul Points increase by either player must be activated, changing it to decrease by the same amount of Life Value or Soul Points.

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"Destroy all the Followers on my field, waive the usage fee, and activate this card from my hand."

In an instant, searing flames engulfed both territories, and a temple ruin shrouded in fire appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Then."

Shen Sui grinned.

He hadn't expected to draw [Burning Temple] in his starting hand.

The effect of this card is extremely powerful; effect ① affects the players, and effect ② restricts both parties' Life Value and Soul Points recovery. As long as this card is on the field, you can't even use Liberation Fee to restore Soul Points, making it a field-control nemesis.

However, as a price, the activation conditions of this card become extremely stringent.

Luckily, Shen Sui had the field-flooding [Sacrificial Puppet Ada], allowing for quick activation. If Ada got banned, Shen Sui would probably have to reconsider keeping this card in his deck.

Having activated this card, Shen Sui's FTK strategy became very clear.

Burning Life.

And at this moment, Shen Sui had just the card in his deck to directly deplete all the opponent's Life Value.

[Heart of the Holy Mother]!

It can be activated without any cost, allowing the opponent to recover 7000 Life Value.

Upon witnessing the effect of [Burning Temple], the opponent immediately guessed Shen Sui's intent.

"Impossible!" he exclaimed incredulously, "It's impossible for you to be this lucky and draw that card at the start."

"Who said I have to draw [Heart of the Holy Mother]?"

Shen Sui opened the graveyard.

Grave effect...

Wait!

Malicious Puppet!

"Activate the effect of [Malicious Puppet Natasha] in my graveyard!" Shen Sui loudly declared, "Send three Puppet Follower cards from my deck to the graveyard, and I can select a Spell Card from my deck to activate!"

"I choose to activate! Spell Card [Heart of the Holy Mother]!"

"Lie down! Let me patch you up a bit!" Shen Sui pointed to his opponent.

"You damn!" His opponent couldn't help but curse.

The next moment, the great Holy Mother cast a powerful Healing Technique on him.

So warm.

So enjoyable...

But why is my health bar dropping!!!

Life Value -7000.