My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

The [Fish King - Paiyiga] requires sacrificing two followers on the opponent's field for a special summon.

And You Wenqi's Speed Mouse and Moonlight Rabbit perfectly contribute two materials for the Fish King.

"Sacrifice the Speed Mouse and Moonlight Rabbit on your field to special summon [Fish King - Paiyiga] to your field." Shen Sui didn't hesitate at all and directly sacrificed You Wenqi's Moonlight Rabbit.

Once the Moonlight Rabbit is sacrificed, its restriction on derivatives is lifted.

However, You Wenqi won't let Shen Sui easily gain fifty Soul Points.

At the moment Paiyiga is successfully special summoned, his timing point activated.

"In the opponent's Main Phase, when a follower is successfully special summoned, activate the effect of the follower card [Zodiac Beast - Legendary Cockroach] from my graveyard by banishing it. Until the end of this turn, the opponent cannot gain Soul Points when they release followers."

This is a card that You Wenqi rarely uses.

Based on Shen Sui's memory, You Wenqi has only used this card in about five or six duels since his debut.

It's not that this card isn't strong; in fact, this card is definitely a top-tier grave trap in Life Card Duels.

In the duel style which requires fees for spinning tops, the return fee mechanism in Life Card Duels is the most crucial part of the expansion, and this card single-handedly restricts the opponent's return fee means, making it perform at a Forbidden Card level.

It is precisely for this reason that You Wenqi rarely includes this card in his deck during official matches, saving it for key duels to prevent its outstanding performance from being banned.

In reality, nearly all nine-tier Life Card Masters who have the strength to compete for the championship have some similar bottom cards in their decks, which they only choose to include in critical situations to avoid being restricted by a ban.

Of course, the reason Shen Sui rarely sees this card is because You Wenqi basically only brings it out in the World Championship finals, but his luck in the finals is such that the card usually stays buried, rarely being drawn in the initial hand.

This time, in the duel, You Wenqi chose to activate this card, showing how much he valued Shen Sui.

This duel, he was treating it as a World Championship final.

Seeing the Legendary Cockroach, Shen Sui almost spat blood.

The cockroach of Life Card Duels, huh?

So, summoning it on your field also triggers the activation condition?

How disgusting is that?

This single card directly blocked Shen Sui's main return fee method.

So, You Wenqi, you're also a fun-loving person, huh? Trying to bring joy to me, are you?

Shen Sui couldn't help but complain, "That's too much! Using this card is too much! Are you even letting people play cards?"

You Wenqi chuckled, "I figured you weren't planning on letting me play either."

The two of them exchanged glances, and surprisingly felt a mutual understanding.

Uh oh!

Encountering the same substitute!

However, Shen Sui wasn't discouraged; at least the restriction of the Moonlight Rabbit on himself was lifted.

The normal expansion could still proceed.

He first released a derivative, then pulled out [Shining Debut], discarding the Substitute Puppet in his hand, to special summon Aina from his deck.

Then he banished the Substitute Puppet from the graveyard, adding Alice back to his hand.

Activated Aina's effect, revealed Alice in his hand, and selected a follower card from the deck to add to his hand.

Shen Sui seemed to be planning a follower summon.

You Wenqi keenly captured Shen Sui's movements.

He timed it perfectly and said directly, "Wait! At this moment, I want to activate the effect of my Speed Mouse in the graveyard."

Starry Zodiac God, a top fifteen-star follower series card, with followers of different names under the same series, can convert their effects by paying a cost.

Although this conversion in terms of strength is not as good as the form transformation in Soul Cards, it is enough to elevate You Wenqi's strength by a notch.

"When you search a card from the deck, you can activate this effect, banishing [Starry Zodiac God·Wandering Dragon] from the deck until the end of this turn, negating the effects of all followers on the field."

Skill extraction?

Shen Sui never expected that he would face skill extraction in a Life Card Duel.

"When you activate a card effect." Shen Sui glanced at the card he just searched, which hadn't yet been added to his hand, and directly discarded it to the graveyard, "Activate the effect of the follower card [Elemental Life: Lava Fairy] in my hand, discarding it to the graveyard to negate the effect of your activated card."

Want to extract my skill? Hold on first.

"??? You Wenqi was full of question marks seeing Shen Sui discard the Lava Fairy he just searched, "No! Such a crucial effect, you're not using it to search for a key follower card, you're searching for a hand trap card?"

"It's none of your business?" Shen Sui chuckled, "See, it's useful, isn't it?"

Shen Sui certainly knew what You Wenqi was trying to prevent by activating this skill extraction, and he was prepared.

As You Wenqi's signature follower, Wandering Dragon's skill extraction effect was something Shen Sui was aware of, and he also knew that the Starry Zodiac God could obtain the effects of other Zodiac Gods by paying a cost, so, naturally, he had to be guarded.

The earlier games of wits led Qishala back to Shen Sui's hand.

[Star Abyss White Dragon - Qishala] was now in hand.

The field had four derivative followers and Aina.

Everyone knew what Shen Sui was planning to do.

"Release the five followers on the field." Shen Sui saw that the effect conversion of Speed Mouse failed, which meant Qishala's summon wasn't going to be hit by skill extraction, so he directly pulled out Qishala, "Normal summon on my field! [Star Abyss White Dragon - Qishala]."

As soon as Star Abyss White Dragon appeared, the entire venue was filled with a killing atmosphere.

It was clear that Shen Sui intended to end the duel this turn.

You Wenqi quickly calculated Shen Sui's possible strategy in his mind.

If it was a normal attack, then the Fish King Paiyiga on his field was undoubtedly going to be destroyed, but Qishala's second strike needed to be judged.

Although generally, such situations could be gambled, this kind of approach didn't align with Shen Sui's dueling style.

If possible, he would always elevate the fault tolerance rate of such matters.

However, Shen Sui.

The first lesson I want to teach you today is: In Life Card Duels, sometimes you have to let fate decide the outcome!

You Wenqi watched Shen Sui's hand.

He had just retrieved Alice from the graveyard.

And the Golden Ship is currently in the graveyard.

You would definitely do this! Use the Golden Ship's self-restriction to control the top of the deck, allowing Star Abyss White Dragon to ensure a stable second strike?

I'm betting on you doing just that!

You Wenqi placed his hand on his cards.

This action puzzled Shen Sui a little.

"Is there a card activation?" Shen Sui inquired if this summon could go through.

Qishala's resistance would only become effective after a successful debut, so there was still a chance for a counter.

You Wenqi smiled and shook his head, "Go ahead, you may continue."

Shen Sui paid 1 Soul Point and normal summoned [Magic Apprentice - Alice] from his hand.

Immediately afterward, Shen Sui paid Soul Points to transform Alice's form into [Dragon Witch - Alice].

"Activate the effect of the Golden Ship in the graveyard."

As expected by You Wenqi, Shen Sui wanted to use the Golden Ship's self-restriction to control the top, allowing Qishala to perform a stable second strike.

He controlled the top.

"When Life Cards return to both decks." You Wenqi activated the follower card from the graveyard in that crucial moment, "Activate the effect of Moonlight Rabbit in the graveyard, banishing it from the duel, I can select a Spell Card from my deck and add it to my hand."

You Wenqi opened his deck, pulled out a Spell Card, and inserted it into his hand, "Alright, you may attack."

Shen Sui felt suspicious, but at this moment, he had no choice but to make his move!

He went in for the attack.

The [Fish King - Paiyiga] was destroyed.

You Wenqi took the corresponding battle damage as well.

But he revealed a confident smile, drawing from his hand, "When I take battle damage, activate the Spell Card [Cyan Wood Snake Badge] in my hand. During the opponent's turn, activate this card from your hand, placing it at the top of the opponent's deck to halve the damage I received. If so, at the end of this turn, you can draw three cards from your deck."

You're controlling the top?

So am I.

"If you hadn't used the Golden Ship's effect to control the top, you might've managed a second strike, but now, you have no chance!" You Wenqi said to Shen Sui, "Sometimes, too much maneuvering allows the opponent more timing to insert effect resolutions; you should have attacked directly, in which case you might have landed a second strike."

The timing point activated.

You Wenqi said, "Alright, start your judgement."

"Oh, hold on first." Shen Sui raised his hand and said, "When a [Dragon] follower deals damage, activate the effect of Dragon Witch Alice, I can draw one card from my deck."

"???

You're pulling out a new form again, aren't you?