Chapter 863: Chapter 511: Surrender? Sorry, I Refuse (Part 2)
You Wenqi, without the final match buff, understands what it means—though not invincible, he still has an 80-90% win rate.
To get back on track, it’s also because there are too few high-level Life Card Masters, which means that Shen Sui needs some time to match up with three suitable eighth-level Life Card Masters for the Promotion Tournament.
Luckily, in a big city like Modu, this matching time won’t be too long.
At least, according to Xinyuan Tanchun, his opponents have basically been arranged, but to ensure the fairness of the Promotion Tournament, the Exploration Bureau won’t reveal the list of opponents to prevent Shen Sui from constructing a targeted deck to easily win the duel.
[However, even if the Exploration Bureau doesn’t tell, we can analyze it ourselves.] Xinyuan Tanchun said proudly, [Just by using simple elimination, we can roughly determine the scope of opponents, though I can’t completely predict who your opponent will be. I can only give you a list with as few names as possible.]
[Actually... there’s no need to go that far.]
Shen Sui was indifferent. Although pre-match analysis of opponents’ information is a regular practice in this world of dueling competitions, Shen Sui doesn’t dislike the surprise of randomly matched opponents.
Dueling is inherently a contest full of possibilities.
But Xinyuan Tanchun had already sent over the list.
"..." Shen Sui stared at the list that had been narrowed down to five people, lost in thought.
With this level of information analysis ability, Xinyuan Tanchun...
You’d be better off joining the Exploration Bureau instead of becoming a professional Life Card Master.
With the vast amount of data on the Soul Card World from the Exploration Bureau, Shen Sui estimated it wouldn’t take Xinyuan Tanchun long to analyze the weaknesses of the extraordinary powers from dozens of Soul Card Worlds.
Even if it’s not that exaggerated, identifying who is invading the real world and which faction they belong to can probably be analyzed as well.
Isn’t this much stronger than being an average professional Life Card Master?
Shen Sui thought as he flipped through the list.
Yang Liguang...
How to put it, unexpected but reasonable.
Shen Sui wasn’t familiar with the names that followed.
He immediately thought of an old friend; if he remembered correctly, this friend had also recently advanced to an eighth-level Life Card Master.
[Isn’t Xu Tianzhi on the candidate list?] Shen Sui was rather nostalgic, [Is it because he just became an eighth-level Life Card Master?]
Xinyuan Tanchun seemed busy with something else and didn’t immediately reply to Shen Sui’s message.
Shen Sui wasn’t anxious and raised his head to watch the duels of these extraordinary individuals.
After his victory and promotion, these extraordinary individuals’ forced duels were also ending one after another.
They used forced duels to avoid the inevitable fate of facing Shen Sui, but this wasn’t without cost. The DEBUFF from forced duels was no joke.
Of course, when they initiated the forced duel, they didn’t expect to lose, since, apart from Shen Sui, no one else had demonstrated their dueling skills in the first round.
Damn! Why did I forget such an important thing?
In an unfamiliar environment, these extraordinary individuals would definitely choose their most proficient means to solve problems. I failed to consider that they would reduce the number of players by killing others to quickly pass the first-round duel test, which was a mistake.
Shen Sui felt deeply regretful when he thought about it.
It was the first-round mistake that messed up everything that followed.
Fortunately, after the puppet announced the forced duel rules, the game at least returned to the essence of dueling.
Shen Sui saw Li Zichuan using magic to revive the unfortunate guy who had just been nearly ambushed to death, and then whisper something to him.
Since Shen Sui usually operated in energy-saving mode, he couldn’t hear what they were saying.
But soon they matched up, meaning they were opponents for the second round of duels.
The matches for the rest were also very smooth.
Those who lost the forced duels were naturally not eager to duel with perfectly healthy opponents, so they naturally started grouping together quickly.
From the surface, at least two duels were between losers and losers, and winners against winners.
The three matches were held consecutively.
It must be said that those who could become extraordinary in the Extraordinary World were at least astute. Even if they weren’t familiar with Life Card Duels’ rules initially, they quickly adapted under life-and-death pressure.
There were some flaws in handling details, but it was already a relatively normal match.
The two duels at the start, even on a professional stage, would be considered decent matches.
There were errors on both sides, but there were also highlights from each, and the ultimate winner didn’t completely crush the opponent to win; the competition was truly exciting.
Through these two matches, Shen Sui also basically confirmed that the extraordinary individuals invading reality didn’t use Soul Cards when using their original decks.
Recall that when Dongfang Haobai lost the duel, his Soul Card dropped directly from him.
The invaders’ decks had no Soul Cards.
This is a good thing for people in the real world.
Without an extra deck, Soul Cards carry most of the variables in Life Card Duels. Without Soul Cards, the strength of a Life Card Master would be significantly weaker.
Life Card Masters like You Wenqi, who don’t use Soul Cards but still maintain high strength, are rare, and Shen Sui had no doubt that if he used Soul Cards in duels, he wouldn’t be without a world championship.
However, when Li Zichuan’s duel began, Shen Sui was dumbfounded.
As soon as Li Zichuan’s Duel Realm unfolded, his opponent impatiently announced surrender.
"I surrender."
Although this phrase wasn’t spoken in Chinese, it sounded equally loud and clear, leaving all survivors stunned.
Li Zichuan’s lips curved into a smile.
With the opponent’s surrender, the duel’s outcome was decided.
This time, though, his opponent didn’t die from this duel.
"As expected." Li Zichuan confidently looked at the other three, including Shen Sui, and said, "People die in duels in this game because our Life Value is emptied. As long as one party chooses to surrender and ends the duel early, even if they lose the match, they won’t die."
"What truly determines our life and death is the remaining Life Value, not the duel’s outcome."
Li Zichuan smiled and said, "Our opponent is not each other, but the mastermind behind this duel game. There’s no need to kill each other, is there?"
This Demonic Cultivator does have some insights.
Shen Sui smiled inwardly as he watched Li Zichuan speak eloquently.
The other two, except for Shen Sui, seemed convinced by Li Zichuan and were contemplating separately.
The puppet didn’t give them much time to think.
This duel game was originally a way for Shen Sui and Vivian to pass time during the competition’s lull and couldn’t allow too much time.
Very quickly, the puppet announced the start of the third round of duel games.
By this time, only four people were left in the duel game.
This time, the puppet randomly assigned opponents.
Unfortunately, Shen Sui didn’t match with Li Zichuan, which disappointed him a little.
However, upon seeing the girl across from him, Shen Sui’s lips curled up.
Even though it’s not a key to the Cultivation World, a key to the Shipgirl World isn’t unacceptable.
You agree, right...
Shen Sui’s gaze fell on the girl opposite him.
Miss Deep Sea...
"Just as that gentleman said earlier." The girl quickly spoke, "Our real opponent is this duel game’s organizer, and there’s no need to harm each other."
Shen Sui activated the Dueling Device.
Sweat trickled down the girl’s forehead: "I don’t hope to persuade you, so I’ll be the one surrendering in this duel."
The Dueling Device in the girl’s hand was forcibly activated.
The Duel Realm unfolded.
First turn confirmed.
"I surrender!" The girl quickly raised her hand.
However, to her shock, she saw the timeline progress bar.
"In the duel of the duel game, surrendering isn’t something you can just say and do." Shen Sui chuckled and said, "If you want to surrender, you need your opponent’s, meaning my, consent."
The girl looked up, pleadingly at Shen Sui: "We are all victims of this game... there’s no need..."
"You’re correct." Shen Sui nodded.
The girl’s eyes lit up.
"But I refuse!"
