Chapter 946: Chapter 547: Only This Kind of Deck Construction Can Ensure Survival_2
Could it be You Wenqi’s Soul Card?
Tan Song subconsciously wondered.
Of course, this kind of thought often arises when he and other Life Card Masters familiar with You Wenqi are dueling against him. Whenever You Wenqi pulls out a new Follower Card, everyone subconsciously guesses whether it’s You Wenqi’s Soul Card.
However, such guesses don’t need You Wenqi to perform a Form Transformation to reveal the result; just look for the Soul Card mark on the card.
This probably counts as a little tradition when dueling with You Wenqi.
Tan Song was surprised and also quite frustrated.
This hand trap Follower Card named [Star Palace Wanderer: Aries] is quite a good Life Card.
It not only nullified and banished Tan Song’s activation point but also blocked the same star-level Follower Cards for Tan Song this turn.
You know, although many decks can have multiple activation points, most star levels are similar. So once restricted, Tan Song gets very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, after losing multiple times to Shen Sui, he learned a lesson: don’t put all your eggs in one basket. After all, he suffered at Shen Sui’s hands, where in almost every duel the restriction of activation points made him feel very uncomfortable.
So Tan Song’s deck has now evolved such that whether it’s Followers or Magic, they can activate, although some can only perform low-frequency field setups, but that’s better than being locked by a single card.
With this in mind, Tan Song drew a Spell Card from his hand.
"Pay 6 Soul Points..."
"At this moment." Before Tan Song could say the name of the Life Card in his hand, You Wenqi spoke first, "Activate the effect of my hand card [Zodiac Traveling Star: Lamp Oil Rat]; when you pay Soul Points, you can activate it, choosing a Follower Card from my deck equal to the paid Soul Points to special summon onto the field."
Goodness, is he piggybacking on my Soul Points?
Tan Song looked dejectedly at the follower You Wenqi summoned onto his field.
"Does he have a hand trap that activates at this timing?" Freymia exclaimed in surprise.
"This card is alright." Shen Sui was watching the fun and critiquing the situation with Freymia nearby, "I also have a similar hand trap that activates at timing, but the effect directly cuts off the opponent’s Soul Points to activate my Life Card using the opponent’s Soul Card."
"What a nasty card." Freymia, who had been in proper duels, felt disgusted just hearing Shen Sui describe the effect.
At the thought of having paid precious Soul Points, only for the opponent to use them to activate their Life Card, she felt almost suicidal.
Tan Song initially thought that You Wenqi summoning a follower during his opening turn was acceptable, but didn’t expect You Wenqi to use the summoned follower as a starting point to launch into his opening turn.
As You Wenqi spoke while cloth-tapping follower cards onto his field, a chain of actions resulted in the summoning of three followers.
Tan Song looked at You Wenqi’s field, then at his own, finally focusing his gaze on the round card’s position.
"Wait... this is my opening turn, isn’t it?"
"Yes." You Wenqi replied.
"Then why are you making moves?" Tan Song was speechless, "Why do all of you play like this, have you all learned bad habits from Shen Sui?"
Tan Song felt he’d suffered similar losses at Shen Sui’s hands.
"Because only such construction can ensure survival during missions." You Wenqi admitted frankly.
Dueling with Extraordinary Invaders was a life-and-death duel; losing meant a high mortality rate.
And in Life Card Duels, the advantage of the opening turn is overwhelming; if the opponent sets up a perfect suppression field, you’ll be forced to face their suffocating management.
Even though You Wenqi was very strong, he couldn’t guarantee he’d never fail, especially with unpredictable luck.
Thus, surviving several life-and-death missions, You Wenqi started reconstructing his deck.
A large number of hand traps were incorporated into his build.
With the support of the Exploration Bureau’s extensive national card pool, You Wenqi truly obtained many powerful hand traps, which could somewhat turn the opponent’s opening into his turn.
Tan Song certainly wasn’t convinced.
"It’s just a field, watch me blow it up!" Tan Song said energetically.
However, the field You Wenqi meticulously constructed to expand during the opponent’s opening turn wasn’t so simple.
During the duel, Tan Song felt pressure only felt during his first round on the return hand.
Every activation of a Life Card brought the progress bar of timing, making Tan Song’s nerves weak.
And coincidentally, You Wenqi managed to disrupt him at the crucial moment using follower effects, increasing Tan Song’s frustration.
Despair, suffocation.
This feeling became somewhat familiar again.
Tan Song looked up, gazing at Shen Sui standing behind You Wenqi.
Once, You Wenqi was indeed very strong but didn’t impart such suffocating pressure, being a huge expansion point compared to ordinary Life Card Masters.
Yet now, You Wenqi, still lacking a Soul Card, showed such despairing suppression strength, it was truly terrifying.
Of course, this undoubtedly benefited from the Exploration Bureau’s national card pool support, essentially cultivating a You Wenqi with national power.
But Tan Song had nothing to say about this. He had also been working for the Exploration Bureau recently, yet with tournaments to partake in, he didn’t go all out like You Wenqi, avoiding many dangerous tasks to have different card pool access with the Bureau.
Understanding was one thing.
Yet witnessing a former opponent the ability to defeat growing to such terrifying strength, left Tan Song somewhat hard to accept.
But reality is the most unforgiving.
Because of You Wenqi’s interference, Tan Song’s opening turn rhythm became chaotic, unable to organize effective expansions.
In such a tiered match, an opening turn result like this left little need to look further.
As You Wenqi directly attacked in his turn’s battle phase, Tan Song’s Life Value visibly hit zero.
It was an incredibly unbelievable duel, quick yet deeply felt.
The spectators present couldn’t help but ponder.
Could this truly be the duel of the former national first vs. the current national first?
Tan Song revealed a helpless smile: "Why does it seem our gap is growing wider?"
Yet You Wenqi wasn’t surprised at all: "Because my duels over the past two months were all life-or-death, lose and you die duels. Without becoming stronger, I wouldn’t have had the chance to stand before you."
"Do those Extraordinary Invaders actually have the ability to defeat you?"
"Luck is also part of skill." You Wenqi paused before continuing, "Moreover, don’t think of Extraordinary Invaders so rigidly; many who choose to invade reality are quite cunning, and many specifically study Life Card Duels."
Listening to You Wenqi, Shen Sui suddenly had a question:
Why did You Wenqi suddenly return for the new Thor Cup?
Was it purely a comeback?
Would the Exploration Bureau really let such an experienced duel master leave the frontline against the Extraordinary?
If You Wenqi’s return was also a Exploration Bureau task, then...
Shen Sui began to expect.
Looks like this Thor Cup won’t be boring.
"By the way." After a few people returned to the cabin and took their seats, Shen Sui invited You Wenqi, "Do you want to participate in the second test of the buffer zone?"
You Wenqi was evidently aware of this test, knowing testers would interact with their Soul Cards, showing clear hesitation.
Great.
Observing You Wenqi’s expression, Shen Sui immediately drew a conclusion:
Hesitation indicates You Wenqi’s Soul Card truly exists and is alive.
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