My Stubborn Soul Card Follower-Chapter 594 - 433: A Platform Born for Duel

Ah, this...

Does this mean that Life Card Duels will turn into the Divine Draw Alliance in the future?

Shen Sui contemplated without any particular reason.

Actually, that wouldn’t be too bad. If everyone has a divine draw, it’s equivalent to no divine draw.jpg

What worries me the most is if people start getting extraordinary powers like the duelist skills in "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links". That would genuinely alter the fairness of Life Card Duels.

"In the future, it indeed seems like it’s going to be an era where you have to become a duelist." Bu Mingrui suddenly said, "When this aerial dueling platform becomes widespread in every city, truly the era of Life Card Duels will have arrived."

Arena challenges, earning badges, and exchanging them for powerful Life Cards.

This will gradually become a way for many Life Card Masters to acquire powerful Life Cards and motivate them to become stronger Life Card Masters.

This model comes from gaming.

And precisely because it comes from gaming, it proves to be so effective.

Just like how games need to mobilize players’ enthusiasm and have them willingly undertake tasks, the Exploration Bureau also needs similar positive feedback incentives to get people enthusiastic about becoming Life Card Masters.

Of course, compared to encouraging people to grow through this "effort-reward" positive feedback system, forcing people to become Life Card Masters with self-protection abilities due to fear of extraordinary powers might also be a pretty good choice.

But Shen Sui has always felt that, compared to coercion by fear, this old-fashioned mode of promoting effort-for-reward is still acceptable.

As they were talking, the sound of wind around them suddenly began to diminish, eventually disappearing altogether.

Wu He had already dealt with the shield’s malfunction.

"Dean, it’s been taken care of." Wu He ran over and reported to Bu Mingrui.

Bu Mingrui nodded with a smile, then looked at Shen Sui and An Hai: "Alright, now you two can begin. If possible, please increase the intensity of the duel as much as possible."

Saying this, Bu Mingrui pointed to the ground: "The projection equipment beneath us will project this duel into the sky. Theoretically, the image it projects can be watched by the entire city’s residents, so we need to test if an intense duel will overload its pressure."

"An intense duel, huh." Shen Sui paused for a moment, murmuring, "So you can’t OTK or FTK then?"

An Hai silently glanced at Shen Sui.

Are you trying to OTK me?

Bu Mingrui, hearing Shen Sui’s words, was also taken aback, then he smiled and said, "I’d rather you not... If it ends too quickly, the equipment won’t even have time to warm up."

Upon hearing this, Shen Sui rubbed his chin and said, "Looks like I need to change my tactics."

An Hai was speechless. So you really were planning to OTK me before?

In his mind flashed the OTK and FTK records Shen Sui achieved in the past, most notably the [Heart of the Holy Mother]’s healing death strategy, with a massive 7000 direct life damage. Just ask, with the mere 6000 life of yours, can you withstand it?

But because Shen Sui’s deadly healing became so well-known, subsequent opponents would all, more or less, include a few damage-counteracting hand traps in their decks—it must be hand traps; otherwise, Shen Sui could heal you to death with a single move in his first turn.

"By the way." Bu Mingrui suddenly spoke, "Since it’s a duel, why don’t we make a bet?"

"A bet?" Both An Hai and Shen Sui clearly showed their confusion.

This duel was just a spur-of-the-moment idea between the two of them, not much thought was put into it.

Two souls eager for a duel simply collided, initiating a duel that didn’t need much reasoning or purpose.

"No need to wager your cards or anything." While saying this, Bu Mingrui took out a card from the bag on his waist, "I happen to have an unowned Follower Card here. Whoever wins this duel, I’ll award them this card."

Continuing, Bu Mingrui’s eyes revealed a hint of nostalgia, "This card was entrusted to me by a professor from the academy before he passed away. He said he feared the effect loaded on this card could impact the whole structure of Life Card Duels. However, later on, a few more of these types of cards appeared, so this card didn’t remain so unique anymore." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

This card is just a 1-star Follower Card and looks quite unremarkable. They both assumed it was just a bet Bu Mingrui made up on the spot, but when they saw the effect of this Follower Card, their faces showed shock.

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Card Name: [Dead Line Warrior]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 1 star

Effect: ① When this Follower is summoned or special summoned successfully, it must activate, inserting a Spell Card [Dead Line] into the bottom of each Life Card Master’s deck;

② As long as this Follower exists on the field, in the graveyard, or in the removed area, if a deck is shuffled, it must activate, shuffling the opponent’s deck; if a hand count increases, the opponent must draw an equivalent number of Life Cards from the deck.

Spirit Value: 5

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Card Name: [Dead Line]

Category: Spell Card

Star Level: 1 star

Effect: This card exists face-up in the deck and cannot be searched by any card effect. If this card leaves the deck, it must activate, granting your opponent a duel victory.

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This is surprisingly a card with a special victory effect.

And it’s a relatively easy special victory effect to achieve!

In Shen Sui’s Dueling Device task, that card [Spiritual Savior Alice] looks so strong precisely because her special victory condition is very easily achievable. Construct a deck with all Follower Cards; the effects of the other Follower Cards are all about searching for Alice. As long as she can be summoned and transformed into Spiritual Savior, you can declare a duel victory.

As for this [Dead Line Warrior], though it’s only 1 star, achieving a special victory with it is not much harder than with Spiritual Savior Alice.

Summon it, insert a [Dead Line] into everyone’s deck, shuffle, then just filter the draws like crazy.

Whether it’s making the opponent draw or letting oneself draw, because of [Dead Line Warrior]’s effect, as long as one side’s hand count increases, their opponent must draw the same number of cards from the deck, so before the deck runs out, someone will inevitably draw [Dead Line] first.

Because [Dead Line] originally is fixed at the bottom of the deck, to achieve the aforementioned effect, one must shuffle the deck to break the position of [Dead Line] in the deck.

After shuffling, where [Dead Line] lies in the deck is completely unknown; once you start this sort of card filtering, you yourself might also become a victim of the special victory.

The luck involved suggests that this card cannot be a stable special victory card, for if you’re unlucky, who knows, the next card you draw might be [Dead Line].

However, due to this possibility, this card can become a very good card for weaker players to challenge the stronger ones.

Even if not used to gamble for luck seeking a special victory, the presence of [Dead Line] might cause the opponent to hesitate, potentially not daring to gamble on deck searches—once a search is performed, the deck will be shuffled.

Seeing this card made countless tactics and strategies flash through Shen Sui’s mind.

This might not be a card suitable for competitive play, but it’s definitely appropriate for entertainment, regardless of winning or losing, the meta effect of this card will be off the charts.

When [Dead Line] is in play, it’s either you or me at finish.

Before [Dead Line], all beings stand equal.

This is what truly embodies the Dead Line.

"I wonder if this card of mine can have the honor of being the good-luck charm for your duel?" Bu Mingrui said with a grin.

"Such an important card, you really don’t need to..." An Hai, although eager to obtain this card, tried to persuade otherwise.

Bu Mingrui shook his head and said, "That brat Bu Pei isn’t up to it; he probably won’t ever make it to the professional stage. This card would go unused, so rather than letting it waste away in my hands, I might as well give it to someone with a destiny."

"In that case, I have no objections, what about you?" An Hai looked at Shen Sui.

Shen Sui grinned, saying, "Happy to oblige."