After coming out of the Life Card Store, Shen Sui looked at the "Peeping Moon" in his hand and silently watched Kotov leave.

He was just an ordinary commoner with no reason to make Kotov stay.

However, this might be for the best. Once Kotov gets the news back, the entire All-Knowing is likely to target him, saving him the trouble of running around capturing people.

"You won?" When Zhang Fang received Shen Sui's call, he was also dumbfounded.

It had only been an hour and a half since he assigned the task to Shen Sui and Shen Sui called back to report completion—this efficiency was too high!

"I won."

Upon hearing Shen Sui's response, a wave of joy surged up from the bottom of Zhang Fang's heart.

Kotov was the American champion and had reached the semifinals in the World Championship. Even though he was only seventh tier, he was still a somewhat formidable opponent globally, and Shen Sui actually managed to defeat him. Even though it was only once, it already proved Shen Sui's strength.

This kid is truly terrifying.

Zhang Fang could barely suppress his desire for a duel in his heart.

"How do you feel?"

Shen Sui flipped through the Life Cards in his hand and thought for a long time before saying, "This guy is a bit stubborn. He couldn't get past my field but still refused to surrender and even tried to counterattack."

Kotov lost with much frustration.

After activating the "Peeping Moon" to view all of Shen Sui's cards, he actually already knew he couldn't get through.

But he stubbornly attempted to struggle for a bit, just in case the opponent made a mistake.

However, Shen Sui didn't plan to give Kotov any opportunities.

On the first Spell Card, Kotov attempted to bait out Shen Sui's "Sitting on the Ground and Raising the Price." But Shen Sui was very clever; seeing it wasn't a crucial card, he allowed Kotov to pass through, only using the card's effect to activate "Infiltration Disguise," directly switching Alice's form to "Gem Merchant Alice."

Kotov was even more helpless.

He had already paid 15 Soul Points initially, hoping to use the Red Moon Mark of the "Peeping Moon" to play Life Cards for free. However, Shen Sui's Gem Merchant card blocked him completely.

Exemption from usage fees doesn't mean skipping the usage fee step; rather, the fees become zero. So the effects of "Gem Merchant Alice" and "Sitting on the Ground and Raising the Price" still needed execution.

But where did Kotov have any extra resources?

The result was he couldn't play any cards.

The only Spell Card he managed to play was ineffective.

Kotov had no choice but to end his turn, leaving an empty field.

Shen Sui didn't proceed with too many operations and directly went into the battle stage to eliminate Kotov.

"Another duel ended in the third turn."

Zhang Fang obtained the duel recording from Shen Sui and first checked the number of turns in the duel.

Three total turns.

He had specifically studied Shen Sui's duels, finding that the highest number of duels were concluded at the third total turn, the second personal turn.

Quick victory, incredibly efficient.

Why has this guy's deck strength suddenly become so high?

Watching the explosive scenes of Spiritual Life utilized in Shen Sui's duel recording, Zhang Fang thought helplessly.

Undeniably, those few Spiritual Life cards have already reached the standard of the Forbidden Card List.

Previously, he confidently told the bosses that after he handled the Forbidden Card List review, there would not be cases where Huaxia takes up half the list each month.

However, looking at Shen Sui's deck, Zhang Fang thought placing half of it on the Forbidden Card List wouldn't be too much.

If he truly wanted to ban some of Shen Sui's cards, he'd indeed have to ban many at once; otherwise, according to the Forbidden Card rules, Life Card Masters having their cards banned start counting from the month the card goes on the list. No more cards can be added to the list within six months.

This is also why when Dongye Youzai had conflicts with the Tokyo Life Card Association, half of his deck went on the Forbidden Card List at once, because if added one by one, it would take years to ban them all.

Speaking of which... Half of Dongye Youzai's deck now seems to be in Dean Bu's son's hands.

Unfortunately, it seems he's unwilling to sell those forbidden cards to the Exploration Bureau, leaving Zhang Fang helpless.

Rubbing his nose bridge, Zhang Fang dialed Shen Sui's number again and said, "Next time, hold back a bit during your duels. Don't perform too outrageously every time."

Shen Sui found it a bit strange; wasn't giving it his all in a duel a given?

Zhang Fang was silent for a long time before finally giving an explanation: "I won't compromise the domestic professional environment just for you. If you show too much strength, it makes things difficult for me... The important part is, once you enter the World Championship, the Life Card Associations of various countries will definitely target you in the mutual review phase."

He actually wanted Shen Sui to shine brightly in the World Championship, but if Shen Sui prematurely displayed remarkable strength, he'd easily be collectively targeted by other countries' Life Card Associations. Even with Zhang Fang's intention to help him, lots of Life Cards would still be listed, potentially affecting Shen Sui's performance, and it might destroy the young man's mindset.

That's not something Zhang Fang wanted to see.

He had been a professional player, even a top-level one, and had suffered from having his crucial cards banned before competitions, knowing the hardship of Life Card Masters facing bans, which was why he gave Shen Sui this reminder.

"Uh...." Shen Sui didn't know how to respond and could only be perfunctory.

Hold back....

Didn't I perform normally?

Shen Sui looked at his own deck and thought it was just the usual performance of his deck?

This strategy could be disrupted just by banning the Golden Ship, making it challenging for Shen Sui to execute his tactics smoothly.

Of course, even if Shen Sui feared the Golden Ship would go on the Forbidden Card List, he wasn't entirely worried, as he had already started planning a new Alternate Art Card for the Golden Ship.

However, this duel did bring some advantages for Shen Sui.

The perfect synergy between [Spiritual Embracer Alice] and the [Spiritual Energy] axis raised the strength of this spiritual followers deck by several levels. It's definitely a good strategy.

I can let Alice develop more similar forms, allowing me to perfectly utilize various special strategies.

As for other form inspirations, Shen Sui already had an idea in his mind.

The most classic component of his deck was actually the [Puppet] axis.

Just because most [Puppets] were hand or graveyard traps, the ones summoned most often in the arena were Sacrificial Puppet Ada and Armed Puppet Suoya.

But with so many [Puppet] followers in Shen Sui's deck, a backbone was definitely needed.

Therefore, the first thing Shen Sui thought of was crafting a special form for the [Puppet] axis.

Shen Sui has always been highly proactive.

Since he thought of this, he immediately planned to assign the task to Alice.

He squeezed the freshly obtained [Peeping Moon] into his deck and finally pushed his way out of the frenzied crowd.

These people were even happier than him when they saw him defeat Kotov.

This is indeed understandable.

Although Huaxia has won world championships before, it's an undeniable fact that Huaxia Life Card Masters haven't performed well in the world championships.

Many fans firmly believe that domestic Life Card Masters have potential, and it's different from the struggling football teams next door.

Just like You Wenqi, could he really not beat his opponent in the finals? Not necessarily.

Before losing to Theis Malfoy in the Thor Cup finals, You Wenqi had a seven-win-three-loss record against Theis, holding an advantage in terms of win rate, but unfortunately, the seven wins weren't in the finals, while the three losses all happened in the world championship finals.

You might say You Wenqi has no championship titles, that's true, but you can't say You Wenqi lacks skill, because he's beaten almost all of the champions of his generation in the world championships.

Yet he always falls short at the last moment.

Zhang Fang's mission only required Shen Sui to obtain the [Peeping Moon] from Kotov, without demanding he hand it over to the Exploration Bureau.

The Exploration Bureau's missions are very meticulous; as long as it doesn't explicitly say you can't do something, then you can.

This also means Shen Sui has officially obtained ownership of the [Peeping Moon].

This card, how to put it, shares a similar positioning with Fairy Rose, a top-tier refund card.

However, Shen Sui feels that Fairy Rose is more useful; this card is more of a tool for summoning the Secret Peeping Man, and Shen Sui doesn't have the Secret Peeping Man.

When he returned to the hotel, Martina and Freymia were not there.

"Where did they go?" Shen Sui asked Qishala.

Qishala answered, "They went to see the big squid."

"...." Shen Sui was silent for a long time, then said, "It seems they are getting along very well."

One of Martina's ways to make friends is to invite them to see the big squid.

"I hope Freymia can control her impulses this time." Shen Sui truly feared Freymia might do something strange.

"How's the situation with the Secret Peeping Man?" Qishala poured Shen Sui a cup of tea, "Do you need our help?"

"You all have already helped me." Shen Sui replied with a smile, "In the dueling arena."

Qishala smiled with pursed lips.

"By the way." Shen Sui said to Qishala, "If possible, can I use Dragon Island materials?"

"Dragon Island materials?" Qishala asked curiously, "What for? A godslaying weapon? A prison for imprisoning gods, or a divine artifact to reshape the world?"

In Qishala's view, whatever Shen Sui wanted materials for, it must be significant.

It's either to destroy the world or to save it.

Other matters shouldn't require Shen Sui to personally intervene.

After thinking for a while, Shen Sui said, "Something like that."

Something like that implies it's very important.

Qishala nodded affirmatively, "You can use materials from the Dragon Race and Sea Race as you wish, master."

Shen Sui nodded with satisfaction, "That should suffice, not sure if there will be enough materials."

"So, master, how much material do you plan to use?"

"Not sure, depends on Alice's comprehension."

Shen Sui said while stroking his chin.

"Alice's comprehension?"

"Yes, I plan to let Alice practice puppet crafting."

Shen Sui plans to have Alice develop a Puppet Mage form to complement the [Puppet] axis.

Qishala felt a bit puzzled.

Isn't this somewhat like making a godslaying weapon?

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