Xinyuan Yingxue entered her turn with two cards in hand.

Due to the effect of [The Witch of Twilight's Name: Hozerville], she directly lost her draw phase.

Moreover, this effect exiles Follower Cards, which prevents her from utilizing Follower Cards with grave effects.

Xinyuan Yingxue took a deep breath.

Just two cards, it's no big deal.

Although a bit difficult, I should still be able to set up the field a bit.

In duels, Xinyuan Yingxue has always been very diligent, never easily giving up—of course, she wouldn't intentionally drag out the time either.

In public matches, surrendering is disrespectful to one's fans, and it's easy to get criticized.

However, at gatherings like these, maliciously stalling is bad for everyone and would leave a bad impression on the other experts. Indeed, many duels tonight are like that; seeing little chance of victory, participants would decisively concede, sparing the opponent's time.

Over one evening, there should be as many as seven duels, everyone's time is precious and cannot be wasted maliciously like this.

Xinyuan Yingxue didn't concede because she believed she still had a chance to struggle...

"My turn...."

"At this moment," Shen Sui directly flipped a set card, "I activate the Spell Card [Toll]. Until the end of this turn, the cost of your Life Cards increases by three."

Xinyuan Yingxue's beautifully fair face showed a hint of exasperation: "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"

How disgusting.

First, you made me discard three cards, then sealed my draw phase, and now you're increasing my whole turn's cost by three?

Are you even letting me play the game?

Xinyuan Yingxue felt her blood pressure rising; if she truly died of irritation tonight, it would be from playing cards.

It's okay....

The problem isn't too big!

Xinyuan Yingxue took a deep breath, drew a card from her hand, and said, "Paying 11 Soul Points, I normally summon from my hand, [Doomsday Cavalryman·Jin Sae]."

[Doomsday Cavalryman·Jin Sae] has a star level of 8, and Xinyuan Yingxue paid 3 extra Soul Points to use him.

"When you summon a Follower Card," before Xinyuan Yingxue could activate her Follower's effect, Shen Sui flipped one of his set cards, saying, "I activate the Spell Card [Accidental Injury]."

"I'll destroy my [The Witch of Twilight's Name: Hozerville] on the field."

"If the Follower destroyed by [Accidental Injury] is a multi-form Follower, then until the end of the turn, neither side can activate the effects of Follower Cards on the field."

???

Xinyuan Yingxue felt a clog in her throat.

Are you ever going to stop, you scoundrel!

Don't panic! Xue!

Xinyuan Yingxue silently cheered herself up in her mind.

This situation is nothing significant.

As long as I survive the next turn, I can show my opponent my power!

Xinyuan Yingxue drew her last card, and yelled seriously, "Don't think you can defeat me like this!"

"Pay 4 Soul Points." Xinyuan Yingxue summoned the last 1-star Follower Card from her hand, "I normally summon from my hand, [Doomsday Cavalier·Xiaoi]."

"At this moment," Shen Sui wasn't letting Xinyuan Yingxue off so easily, "I activate the effect of [The Witch of Twilight's Name: Hozerville] in the graveyard, once per turn, banish her from the graveyard to destroy all your Follower Cards on the field."

Boom!

The twilight flames ignited Xinyuan Yingxue's field.

What was left for her was a vast white emptiness.

Xinyuan Yingxue stood dazedly looking at her field, subconsciously grabbed her cards, and realized her hand was empty at this moment.

Because the witch's effect was activated from the graveyard, it is unaffected by [Accidental Injury].

"Hmph!" Xinyuan Yingxue adjusted her mindset again, a stubborn look appearing on her cute face, "Don't think that you're the only one with Follower Card effects in the graveyard!"

"Surprise! Your effect is exactly what I need!"

"Behold my final struggle!"

"Open the graveyard! Activate it from my graveyard! Xiaoi's effect!" Xinyuan Yingxue suddenly opened her deck, "Banish Xiaoi from the graveyard to activate; I can select a Follower Card from my deck for special summoning!"

Xinyuan Yingxue opened her deck.

[Accidental Injury] prevents activating effects from Follower Cards on the field, but it doesn't mean Follower Cards lose their effects on the field.

Freymia's effect still persists; it's a passive ability, not needing active activation.

Hence, Xinyuan Yingxue cannot special summon Follower Cards with less than 14 stars.

In Xinyuan Yingxue's deck, there is only one card with 14 or more stars!

"I choose to special summon from my deck! [Doomsday Cavalier: Destruction Bringer Kaido]!"

A colossal Gundam Mecha, entirely clad in black metal, surged onto Xinyuan Yingxue's field with an impressive explosion.

"The ultimate weapon to end the apocalypse, end my opponent!"

"Special summon! Doomsday Cavalier: Destruction Bringer Kaido!"

Destruction Bringer Kaido's Spirit Value is the sum of the Spirit Values of all Follower Cards on the opponent's field.

The Golden Ship's Spirit Value is 100.

Oshana's Spirit Value is 2200.

Freymia's Spirit Value is 5200.

Therefore, Kaido's Spirit Value is 7500!

Although it cannot attack this turn, as long as the opponent can't remove Kaido from my field, I can survive until the next turn!

Xinyuan Yingxue took a deep breath, calming her emotions.

Don't panic; at least the field is stabilized.

"Xiaoi's special summon makes me lose Life Value equivalent to half the Spirit Value of the summoned Follower."

Xinyuan Yingxue spoke up.

Subsequently, her Life Value dropped by 3750 points.

[Xinyuan Yingxue, Life Value 6000→2250].

Xinyuan Yingxue stared closely at Shen Sui and said, "Destruction Bringer Kaido is unaffected by other card effects, and I can discard all cards in my hand every turn to banish all cards on both sides of the field except for it."

What the heck? A doomsday version of Celestial Thunder?

Shen Sui couldn't help but applaud, "What a powerful card, it's too strong! Truly overwhelming!"

Seeing Shen Sui's admiration, Xinyuan Yingxue couldn't help but lift her head with a proud expression.

This card was created with immense effort and money by her and her Soul Card.

Even though...

It seems like her Soul Card was specially made for Lin Zhen.

But it doesn't matter! As long as it's her Follower Card!

"At this moment," Shen Sui slowly revealed his final facedown card and smiled at Xinyuan Yingxue, "I activate the Spell Card [Alice's Trade]."

"Return one Follower Card on my field to the deck to activate." Shen Sui's smile grew brighter, but it sent a chilling sensation deep into Xinyuan Yingxue's bones, "You must choose a Follower from the field to return to the deck."

Shen Sui returned the Golden Ship to the deck.

A trade, naturally ought to be fair.

I returned one Follower Card from the field to the deck, obviously you must do the same, otherwise it wouldn't be fair, right?

Xinyuan Yingxue's mind completely shut down at that moment.

What happened?

What is going on?

Her brain could no longer process what was happening before her.

At this moment, Xinyuan Yingxue finally understood the suffocating feeling that other players experienced when facing Shen Sui at this gathering.

He seemed to have transcended the same dimension of Life Card Masters.

His duel had surpassed the basic enjoyment of winning and losing, purely aiming to torment his opponents.

How could there be someone in this world who plays cards like this!

"Hey, hey, hey? Are you still there?" Shen Sui called out to Xinyuan Yingxue with a friendly tone, trying to wake her from her mental crash.

Xinyuan Yingxue quickly came back to her senses.

As soon as she recovered, she felt sympathetic gazes from around her.

Wang Ming couldn't help but cover his face.

This duel could be entirely described as a crushing defeat.

Shen Sui, who went first, left no chance or dignity for Xinyuan Yingxue, completely suppressing her throughout the entire process.

Moreover, Xinyuan Yingxue couldn't even struggle a few times before all her means of resistance were effortlessly stripped away by Shen Sui.

It's only the second round!

Shen Sui's Puppet going first seemed even more overwhelming than his Fish King's counterattack when going second.

For the latter, the opponent at least had the fun of the first turn to enjoy building their field.

As for the former, the opponent didn't even get a round of enjoyment, suffering beatdown the entire time.

"Is that how you lost to him?" Tan Song whispered to An Hai, winking as he spoke.

Shen Sui's formidable suppression sparked Tan Song's inner desire for dueling.

Originally, he didn't look down on Shen Sui, but as a ninth-rank Life Card Master, he hadn't planned to duel Shen Sui with all his might.

But in this duel, the potent strength Shen Sui displayed was such that even a ninth-rank Life Card Master, whose deck hasn't been weakened by Forbidden Cards, wouldn't dare assert an easy victory.

He began the duel by depleting the opponent's three cards, followed by preventing the opponent from drawing a card.

This was swiftly followed by various interferences in the opponent's setup.

Even if this didn't manage to prevent the opponent's setup, it was enough to leave them thoroughly nauseated, possibly to the extent of psychological scarring.

An Hai pulled at his collar and said, "Not exactly, but he's become stronger."

His gaze was serious and excited, "Great, that's what makes it more interesting!"

An Hai could clearly envision the smooth path ahead for Shen Sui's journey to the ninth rank, as there weren't many who could match Shen Sui along that path.

The only lurking risk might be if a wave of Forbidden Cards renders Shen Sui's deck ineffective.

For now, though, the Life Card Association is being leveraged by the Exploration Bureau. Given Shen Sui's association with the bureau, significant bans on Life Cards may not occur anytime soon.

An Hai actually had underestimated Shen Sui.

Even if the Exploration Bureau intended to help Shen Sui, it only shielded him from thirteen Forbidden Cards, yet ten of his Life Cards remained on the candidate list for the Forbidden Card List.

Yet on the field, Xinyuan Yingxue was entirely out of options.

Her hand was empty, the field was clear, and her graveyard held only two Spell Cards without grave effects.

What chance for struggle was left?

Xinyuan Yingxue sighed.

Nevertheless, she didn't concede immediately.

After all, Life Card Masters of the same level typically avoid unnecessary actions like gloating over a defeated opponent.

If a direct attack would ensure victory, doing otherwise might leave a negative impression.

According to what Xinyuan Yingxue knew about Shen Sui, he wouldn't do such a thing.

As expected.

Upon starting his turn, Shen Sui conducted no unnecessary actions and simply had Freymia launch a direct attack.

With the devastation of magic, Xinyuan Yingxue's Life Value dropped to 0.

The initial confrontation between the two prodigies concluded with one side's crushing victory.

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