The duel had ended, but Xinyuan Yingxue clearly hadn't emerged from the despair just yet.

The oppressive force that Shen Sui attacked with first created an atmosphere of helpless despair in the dueling arena, combined with Shen Sui's perpetually cheerful expression, making Xinyuan Yingxue feel as if she had walked into a demon's chamber, becoming a plaything to be toyed with at will.

Trying every possible means to break free from this oppressive despair was truly distressing.

Fortunately, Xinyuan Yingxue was not a weak person without resilience.

To continue in the professional arena of Life Card Duels, mental resilience is a very important factor; without it, you can't stand in the dueling arena.

Because you never know what kind of deck your opponent will use or what kind of underhanded tactics will be employed.

The psychologically fragile will eventually be driven mad by these underhanded tactics sooner or later.

"I lost." Xinyuan Yingxue pursed her lips, looked up, and very seriously into Shen Sui's eyes, "I look forward to our next duel. Next time, I absolutely won't let you win so easily."

Xinyuan Yingxue did not say that she will definitely win next time; being very rational, she knew that while she was growing, Shen Sui was certainly growing as well.

Her sister had also told her about Shen Sui's incredible speed of acquiring Life Cards—an incomprehensible speed to ordinary people.

Must work hard! Xue.

Xinyuan Yingxue instinctively thought of the suggestions her mother had given her based on the analysis team's report.

A significant psychological fluctuation of the Soul Card is favorable for the production of Life Cards.

They suggested that Xinyuan Yingxue create more trouble for her Soul Card Ye Yiyi's relationship, to trigger fluctuations in Ye Yiyi's mindset, thereby producing more Life Cards.

The report even subtly suggested that Xinyuan Yingxue intervene as a third party in Ye Yiyi and Lin Zhen's relationship....

Xinyuan Yingxue smiled helplessly.

Mother, you are truly ruthless.

Seeing everyone as tools.

Love, how could it be such a dispensable thing?

Xinyuan Yingxue never considered Ye Yiyi a tool; on the contrary, as one of the few same-gender friends she could confide in, in some sense, Ye Yiyi was her unseen confidante. How could she destroy Ye Yiyi's life for her own benefit?

Moreover....

Every time Lin Zhen saw her, he looked weird, as if showing even a slight unfavorable attitude towards Ye Yiyi would make him want to kill her.

This man must have faced some sort of trauma; the kind of madness hidden deep in his soul, even across the screen, Xinyuan Yingxue could perceive it clearly.

And strangely enough, no matter how Ye Yiyi and Lin Zhen developed their relationship, she could never draw Lin Zhen's Follower Card, which had never happened before.

Xinyuan Yingxue walked to a secluded corner, her competition completely over.

Her gaze fell on Shen Sui.

How do you acquire Life Cards so efficiently; what exactly have you done to your Soul Card?

Are you driving your Soul Card to madness?

Shen Sui felt like he was being driven crazy by Alice.

He had just finished a duel, a total of three rounds, and upon glancing at the dueling device, that guy had pulled a big one on him.

[Alice killed the acting bishop of Roland City, Doma.]

[Ding! You have obtained the Spell Card: Justice Judgment]

[Alice used Infiltration Disguise.]

[Alice used Identity Replacement.]

[Alice became the acting bishop of Master of Thunder, Doma.]

[Ding! Your Soul Card Follower has gained a new form: Hundred-Change Witch, Hozerville]

When Shen Sui finished the duel and prepared to find the last player, he couldn't help but glance at the dueling device due to the Life Card acquisition notification that popped up.

Who would have thought, that one glance would send Shen Sui's blood pressure skyrocketing.

What the heck!

I was only gone for three rounds! How did you kill another bishop of Master of Thunder?

Shen Sui immediately scrolled up, fearing that there was something wrong with Alice's personality. If childhood trauma had caused her to have an uncontrollable desire to kill, he would need to conduct a thorough personality correction process for Alice.

Shen Sui could tolerate Alice's freewheeling ways, no matter how big of a deal she stirred up, Shen Sui could always smilingly cover for her, after all, she was a child he had watched grow up.

However, if this growth exceeded the limits of Shen Sui's values, Shen Sui would unhesitatingly adopt the stance of a patriarch.

In some sense, Alice becoming Shen Sui's Soul Card was indeed because she shared some similarities in character with Shen Sui.

Alice never followed secular agreements; she had her own personal standards and was extremely double-standard, as one could see from that Spell Card [My Stream of Justice].

Fortunately, Alice did not have an uncontrollable desire for bloodshed; instead, she was very rational.

Her goals were always very clear; killing Adoma was just part of her plan, not senseless killing.

She didn't kill all the Master of Thunder's bishops; Klei was untouched and currently teaching disguised Twilight legion squad members posing as the Thunder Knight Order in Elm City, instructing them on how to maintain their identities.

Anna embodies both guilt and redemption, having a very accurate judgment of a person's evil and kindness.

Klei, the East District Archbishop, did not subjectively intend to harm civilians; in fact, he was part of the radicals in the Master of Thunder's Church, believing in improving civilian lives and stripping noble privileges, etc. It's quite miraculous such a person could rise to the position of an Archbishop.

Unfortunately, in the Master of Thunder's Church, the conservatives have always oppressed the radicals. To the conservatives in the Thunder Church, the radicals are still too conservative.

Why be fixated on the gains and losses of the Roland Empire?

The Master of Thunder should be the Dominator of the world!

To let the glory of the Master of Thunder cover the entire Dawn Continent, they must ruthlessly exploit the potential of the Roland Empire, then amass strength for a grand move to kill all the Gods except for the Master of Thunder.

Therefore, Klei clearly conveyed his thoughts to Alice: the probability of Alice's plan succeeding is quite high.

A normal person might think that such a powerful organization as the Master of Thunder's Church would remain rational when making choices that could provoke others to unite against them.

However, in reality, expecting divine adherents to remain rational is a luxury.

They wished they could obliterate all other Gods and their followers.

They even wanted to obliterate those who shared their faith but disagreed with them.

The Church's conservatives, upon hearing about such a Divine Sword, wouldn't care if it caused anxiety among other churches; they would do anything to get it in their grasp.

Seeing this, Shen Sui realized that his earlier thoughts were based on the actions of the church followers from a thousand years ago, which indeed did not align with the current era.

Over a thousand years ago, that was the time when the Gods were at their peak, the high echelons of the church were rational and elegant, and the church's exploitation of the lower classes was completely hidden by the nobles' extravagant lifestyles, so much so that even today, many civilians look back on that luxurious and powerful era, believing that if it weren't for the Twilight Saintess starting the Twilight of the Gods, they could have lived such lives too.

In reality, however, the vast majority back then were merely serfs who could lose their lives at the drop of a hat in the hands of nobles or vagrants who could freeze to death on the roadside at any moment.

When Vivian, about to freeze to death, lit her last match and saw the Twilight of this world, she had transcended that era by so much that even today, many people do not understand where her loathing for the Gods came from.

Klei saw in the Twilight legion an outcry from the oppressed.

Based on his ideals, he naturally stood on the side of the Twilight legion, even though he still retained his faith in Thunder.

In contrast, Adoma deserved to die.

Just her accepting thirty million demon crystal bribes and as a Circuit Judge watching sixty thousand civilians die of famine meant she deserved to die hundreds or thousands of times.

Had it not been for Anna's intervention, Alice might have turned this emissary sent by the Master of Thunder's Church to receive the Divine Sword into dust.

One must know, many members of South Roland's Twilight legion were victims of this great famine back then. Thirty years have passed, and they are still living in poverty and hunger, or else they wouldn't have responded to the great Hozerville's call.

["Well done!" Aivia greatly praised Alice for her decisive actions, "I've wanted to do the same long ago."]

[With Oshana's coordination, Aivia agreed to the Daylight Knight Order's participation in this attack against the Master of Thunder's Church. She also would not allow the Master of Thunder to obtain that Divine Artifact.]

["I will disguise myself as Adoma." Alice told Aivia about her plan, "and naturally take the Divine Sword away in Elm City."]

[Aivia knew she was fake, so in Aivia's eyes, the Elm Church deceived by Alice was the true Master of Thunder's Church.]

[Alice knew there were spies from various churches among them. She wanted to utilize Aivia to convey Elm City's Master of Thunder's Church's absolute loyalty to the Master of Thunder through internal reports from the Daylight Church.]

[Alice didn't know what use this would be, but since she was already there, she went along with it.]

[Ding! You have obtained a Permanent Spell Card: Idle Strategy]

[Alice, disguised as Adoma, under Aivia's remote observation, took the Boundary-Breaking Divine Sword from Klei's hands.]

["Don't you want the Divine Sword?" Alice innocently asked Aivia after successfully leaving the city.]

[She had already mastered the technique of Cute and Pass, knowing that an innocent little girl was the best way to lower one's guard.]

[Aivia smiled and shook her head, saying: "My Lord has already forewarned me, this Divine Sword cannot harm him, he let me leave the sword to you."]

["What an interesting little girl." Aivia rubbed Alice's head, "to have gained the favor of My Lord."]

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