Chapter 317: Chapter 304: Can You Let Me Play My Cards Already?!

Under the default field skin, the large H of the helipad made Shen Sui feel very excited.

If there were a helicopter circling overhead right now, Shen Sui thought he might feel even more thrilled.

He glanced at his initial hand.

[Soliciting Bribes]…

Shen Sui saw that this card fit the system of his deck, so he casually added it to his deck. Who would have thought he’d draw it on the first duel?

Could it be that Life Card Duels also have some new card bonuses?

“Pay 4 Soul Points to activate from my hand, Spell Card [Shining Debut].”

Shen Sui discarded a card from his hand and then special summoned the Golden Ship from his deck.

“Wow, Shen Sui’s luck is pretty good today.” Bu Pei, standing aside, unexpectedly started commentating, “A classic [Shining Debut] opening.”

Anyone who has studied Shen Sui’s dueling strategies already understands his few classic deployment routines.

Leading with the Horse King, countering with the Fish King.

Even if he doesn’t have the Golden Ship in his starting hand, Shen Sui will go to great lengths to search for the Golden Ship.

[Shining Debut] is one of Shen Sui’s most frequently used methods to search for the Golden Ship.

The effect of the Golden Ship allows Shen Sui to special summon Alice from his deck, so with just one card, he can summon both core elements of his deck onto the field, which is very efficient.

Tan Song instinctively glanced at the card that Shen Sui discarded to the graveyard.

Discarding cards is theoretically meant to be the cost of activating effects, but with more Life Cards usable from the graveyard, this cost often becomes a benefit of stacking the graveyard.

The most classic graveyard effect in Shen Sui’s deck is the [Puppet] series.

Then, the thing Tan Song didn’t want to see happened: the card Shen Sui discarded to the graveyard was [Substitute Puppet Jamie].

Shen Sui indeed special summoned the Golden Ship from his deck.

Then he activated the effect of the Golden Ship, drew a card from his deck, and special summoned Alice from his deck to the field.

In the first turn, naturally, it’s focused on field deployment.

Shen Sui paid 5 Soul Points to switch Alice to a 5-star form, then Golden Ship’s effect activated, and Shen Sui special summoned [Silver Moon Wolf King Hali] from his deck.

Hali’s effect activated; when she is successfully summoned or special summoned, Shen Sui can select an Equipment Spell Card from his deck to equip.

Shen Sui equipped Hali with [Vivian’s Matchbox].

Then Shen Sui activated the Spell Card [Puppet Creation] from his hand, discarding a card when used in his turn, and chose a Puppet Follower Card from his deck to add to his hand.

Shen Sui searched for [Sacrificial Puppet Ada].

Because of the activation of [Puppet Creation], Shen Sui triggered the effect of Alice’s form [Magic Seeker Alice], switching Alice’s form to Magic Seeker. At this moment, the effect of Golden Ship triggered, and Shen Sui special summoned the 6-star follower [Daylight Knight Oshana] from his deck.

Shen Sui didn’t pause for a moment and directly released Oshana, gaining 6 Soul Points.

“Activate the effect of Equipment Spell Card [Vivian’s Matchbox],” Shen Sui said. “When a follower on the field is released, I can draw a card from my deck or return a card from the graveyard to my deck.”

Shen Sui chose to draw a card from his deck.

Then, Shen Sui also released the Golden Ship, gaining 5 Soul Points while drawing another card from his deck.

“You actually released your essential deployment.” Tan Song was a bit puzzled by Shen Sui’s play.

Shen Sui glanced at the card he drew, smiling and said, “Because it’s no longer needed.”

No longer… needed?

Shen Sui paid 5 Soul Points to normally summon [Sacrificial Puppet Ada] to the field.

Ada’s effect activated, summoning two Sacrificial Puppet derivatives in empty slots.

This was not the end.

Shen Sui activated the effect of [Substitute Puppet Jamie] in the graveyard, banished it from the graveyard to search for [Star Abyss White Dragon Qishala] from the deck.

Shen Sui didn’t intend to summon the Star Abyss White Dragon form of Qishala this time.

Not to mention how foolish it would be to summon such a form first, Hali equipped with [Vivian’s Matchbox] cannot be released either.

Shen Sui was going to summon…. [Dragon Queen Qishala].

But before that, he first released three cards by releasing Sacrificial Puppets.

Although the release of Sacrificial Puppets counts as an effect release, it does not hinder the effect trigger of [Vivian’s Matchbox]; Shen Sui directly drew three cards from his deck.

Shen Sui flicked through the follower card of Qishala in his hand, the various forms appeared before him, and he ultimately settled on the form of “Dragon Empress.”

“Activate the effect of [Dragon Queen Qishala] from my hand.” Shen Sui drew out Qishala’s follower card and displayed it, “When no [Dragon] followers exist on my field, I can special summon her from my hand.”

Under the immersive effects of the equipment, Qishala’s majestic form descended behind Shen Sui along with the falling starry sky.

“Activate the effect of [Dragon Empress Qishala]. When she is successfully summoned or normally summoned, I can special summon two 10-star 4000 Spirit Value Dragon derivatives on my field.”

Then, Shen Sui released these two derivatives, gaining 20 Soul Points while triggering the spell card’s effect, drawing two more cards from his deck.

The 10-star 4000 Spirit Value derivatives look strong, but Shen Sui knew very well that as long as they have no resistance, Tan Song has ways to deal with these two derivatives; it’s better to exchange them for 20 Soul Points and two cards.

An Hai crossed his arms and stood aside, watching Shen Sui summon and release.

He, has grown stronger again.

Although he wasn’t quite sure what terminal Shen Sui would summon, this special summon-release fee return-special summon system had been comprehended by Shen Sui.

The Dragon Empress form of Qishala certainly has other effects, but for this duel, Shen Sui needed her simple debut effect and the two 10-star derivatives.

With 20 soul points credited, Shen Sui’s costs were fully covered.

Shen Sui laid down another card, then used all remaining soul points for form transformation of Qishala.

Upon unveiling the form, Shen Sui drew Qishala’s [Bed-Warming Dragon Girl] form, and couldn’t help but smile.

If Qishala saw this form of hers, she might just die of embarrassment.

After a slight mental joke, Shen Sui decisively chose Qishala’s last form: [Dragon Conqueror Qishala].

“Activate the effect of [Dragon Conqueror], her normal summon or form transformation requires paying all soul points.”

Paying the full cost isn’t necessarily a negative condition.

For instance, Qishala is a level 14 card, with all her forms being level 14 as well. For such high-cost cards, paying the full cost is advantageous because you don’t always need 14 soul points to use Qishala.

The spirit value of Dragon Conqueror is the payment cost times 500.

Shen Sui paid a total of 12 soul points, bringing the spirit value of Dragon Conqueror Qishala to 6000.

“My turn ends.” Shen Sui took a deep breath and looked at Tan Song, “Alright, you can start your turn.”

Tan Song, seeing Shen Sui’s four set cards and two soul cards on the field, curiously asked: “You actually have two soul cards?”

In reality, there are four now.

Alice, Qishala, Freymia, and Martina.

Shen Sui thought to himself and then replied with a smile: “Just lucky.”

Seeing that Shen Sui didn’t appear to gain soul cards from other sources, Tan Song humbly asked: “Can you teach me?”

Honestly, he just wanted to change his soul card deck. (image)

Well, it was purely for the strength of the deck.

In a Life Card Duel, soul cards are like an extra deck. Although most soul cards don’t have as many forms as Alice, the variety of soul cards is crucial for a Life Card Master, and an increase in the number of soul cards significantly boosts the deck’s strength.

Shen Sui thought for a moment and ambiguously said: “There’s no real trick, maybe just a strong body.”

A strong body?

Tan Song took it as Shen Sui not wanting to explain and, not being one to insist, went with it: “That might be a bit hard for me.”

Saying that, he drew a card from his deck: “My turn.”

As soon as the main phase sign appeared, a clear timing occurred.

“When your main phase begins, reveal my set card.” Shen Sui revealed a set card and said, “Activate Spell Card [Toll], increasing your card usage cost by three until the end of this turn.”

Tan Song was startled, glanced at the card in his hand, and quickly calculated the cost.

It should barely be enough.

He mentally calculated.

Then paid the cost and activated the Spell Card [Celestial Sword Array] from his hand.

This card’s effect destroys all cards in the opponent’s magic area.

Shen Sui’s four set cards in the backfield were too terrifying, and Tan Song had to clear them.

“At this moment.” Shen Sui quickly revealed a set card, “Reveal the set card and activate Spell Card [Sitting on the Ground and Raising the Price].”

Shen Sui drew a card from his deck and was momentarily stunned.

Then he smiled and showed it to Tan Song.

[Sinful Saintess Anna].

“You need to pay an additional 13 soul points, otherwise your card is negated and destroyed.”

Tan Song instantly felt suffocated.

Where the heck am I going to get 13 soul points!

Seeing Shen Sui adding Sinful Saintess to his hand, Tan Song was even more disheartened.

What does Sinful Saintess do? He roughly knew.

However…

At this point, Tan Song didn’t need to push any further.

He first normally summoned [Seeker of Immortality] from his hand.

Then he activated the effect of a Spell Card to special summon [Infinite Sword Immortal Shen Cong] from his deck.

“When you activate a card effect, I activate the effect of [Sinful Saintess Anna] from my hand, discarding her.” Shen Sui didn’t hesitate, directly activating Anna’s effect and discarded her to the graveyard, “Negating the effect of your activated card.”

Tan Song didn’t flinch, activated the effect of [Seeker of Immortality] on the field, canceling Anna’s effect.

However, [Seeker of Immortality] could only cancel Anna’s first effect, and when Anna entered the graveyard, the draw effect remained.

“When you activate a card effect.” Shen Sui revealed another set card, “Activate Spell Card [Disguised Infiltration], allowing a form transformation of my soul card on the field, transforming [Magic Seeker Alice] to [Gem Merchant Alice].”

[Toll], increases the cost of using Life Cards by 3 for this turn.

[Gem Merchant Alice], when using Life Cards, an additional 3 points cost is required.

[Sinful Saintess Anna], when a follower is specially summoned, Shen Sui draws a card.

Tan Song’s mouth twitched, feeling a sense of suffocation.

Are you even letting people play cards?

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