The title of Flame Witch had reached certain people's ears. It reminded them of someone from a thousand years ago, and they began paying attention to the Flame Witch.
The moment Shen Sui saw this line, he immediately thought of Vivian. With his help back then, Vivian had gradually begun to grow.
Her rise to fame had begun with the burning of a church. Shen Sui raised his hand and entered a command into the Duel Instrument.
He grew increasingly curious about what had happened after his save file had been deleted. It seemed necessary to guide Alice into investigating it.
You appeared and looked at the church engulfed in flames, sighing over its history.
Alice became curious about the story between you and Vivian. She wanted to know more about Vivian's deeds.
You told Alice, "Then after you rescue your friend, you may need to make a trip to Twilight City. I'm not sure what it's called now, but that was where Vivian rose to prominence. After we succeeded back then, we recorded Vivian's deeds onto a stone monument, which still stands in Twilight City."
The information you revealed to Alice.
Alice memorized the name Twilight City. The city did not exist within her understanding. But Dawn Continent was vast enough to contain many secrets.
You also suggested that Alice explore the City of Sin a little. It was where Vivian had died, and it might likewise conceal Vivian's secrets.
Alice looked forward to the journey to the City of Sin even more. She was currently on her way there.
Shen Sui breathed a slight sigh of relief. After checking that the Star Super Magic Array was operating normally and confirming that Alice would not be in mortal danger anytime soon, he finally shifted his gaze away from the Duel Instrument.
When he looked outside, he realized it was already late at night.
He wondered what kind of coach the academy would assign him.
Tianyi Academy's Duel Exam lasted three days in total. Countless dream-filled youths had their dreams shattered here.
Since June 7 was the date of the regular college entrance examination, this also meant they had missed their chance to take it. They could only wait another year and take the exam then.
Shen Sui did not go to the academy entrance to witness the heartbreak of the failed candidates. Early in the morning, he went to a Soul Card Shop and took out what little savings he had to buy enough Blank Cards.
This wave from Alice had earned Shen Sui a full twenty-three Life Cards. Seventeen were skill books and equipment from Shen Sui's Storage Box, while six were Life Cards Alice had generated.
This broke Alice's record.
Shen Sui bought only twenty Blank Cards. He did not need every one of those twenty-three Life Cards. Some cards were downloaded purely to be sold, and Blank Cards could be reused, so he did not need to buy more than his deck required.
With the money left over, Shen Sui bought a barely usable smartphone. As long as it could access the internet, that was enough.
Most of his spare time would definitely be spent on Dawn Continent from now on. He was unlikely to use his phone for much entertainment, so something serviceable would do.
After spending all the money he had, Shen Sui went to Tianyi Soul Card Shop. After opening a card account, he found a relatively secluded, quiet corner and sat down. He needed to systematically sort through his deck, determine its main axis for the coming period, and fill out cards for that axis.
Once Life Cards were downloaded from the Duel Instrument, they could no longer be modified. Therefore, Shen Sui only had one chance to alter each Life Card, and he needed to make those modifications with a clear purpose.
Shen Sui opened his phone and skillfully found the most popular Soul Card Duel video site. He wanted to see what types of deck cores Soul Card Duels in this world used, only to find the duel from his Duel Exam at the very top of the trending list.
[Damn! What a Netherworld deck!]
[How can there be someone this Netherworld in this world? How are you supposed to break this infinite chain?]
[Xu Tianzhi was just bad. Remove that Follower Card, and the chain doesn't exist.]
[Yeah, yeah, Xu Tianzhi was just an idiot!]
Shen Sui watched videos for a while and fell into deep thought.
His duel video was trending now, so many people had probably already seen his chain.
The combination of Magic Apprentice Alice, Revival, and the Star Super Magic Array was no longer Shen Sui's secret. Moreover, considering the possibility that his competitors might be jealous, Shen Sui even suspected that reports targeting his Life Cards had already reached the Soul Card Association. Perhaps before long, the Soul Card Association would come conduct a Forbidden Card review.
This was not impossible. In fact, in the country's foul environment, many Soul Card Masters with even a little fame encountered malicious reports seeking to ban their cards. That was why many people prepared replacements for certain core cards. If those cards were truly banned after review, they could immediately swap them out without affecting their upcoming duels.
Cards banned by the Soul Card Association could be appealed by the owner, but the application process was extremely cumbersome, and approval was not guaranteed.
That was why reporting cards for bans was the most vicious tactic against commoner Soul Card Masters. Once their core cards were truly banned, commoner Soul Card Masters without sufficient funds or family support in the Soul Card World would swiftly fall and fade into obscurity.
That was also why there were so many flash-in-the-pan geniuses in the Soul Card Duel scene.
Would Shen Sui be afraid of Forbidden Cards?
Ha. Let's see whether you can ban them faster than I can print them.
Putting down his phone, Shen Sui immediately determined the direction in which to strengthen his deck.
On one hand, he would continue reinforcing the infinite chain centered around Magic Apprentice Alice, which restricted the opponent's plays. On the other, he would build a new main axis centered around Flame Witch Hozeville.
According to the Soul Card Association's rules, Soul Cards and their subsequent derived transformation forms would not enter the Forbidden Card list. Meanwhile, the Soul Card Association had no precedent for banning fifteen-star Life Cards. After all, every Soul Card Master who obtained a fifteen-star Life Card from the Soul Card World had fought with their life on the line. If you banned it, they would truly come fight you to the death.
Then the only card that might be banned was the Star Super Magic Array.
But that was fine! Shen Sui already had a lower-tier replacement.
Card Name: Andrew's Staff Category: Equipment Spell Card Star Rating: 3 stars Effect: As long as the equipped follower remains on the field, during either player's main phase, whenever a follower on either side activates an effect, you may return one Spell Card from your graveyard to your deck to activate this effect: both players draw one card from their decks.
Unfortunately, because cards in Soul Card Duels were obtained from the Soul Card World through Soul Card Followers, Soul Card Masters usually possessed only one copy of any given card.
Of course, there were exceptions. For example, Origin Spell Cards in the Soul Card World were skills within that world's power system, and anyone could learn them. Thus, other Soul Card Masters could obtain Spell Cards with the same name. Through Life Card trading, Soul Card Masters could hold multiple copies of such cards.
However, due to the remarkable antics of a certain Soul Card Master, the Soul Card Association had long since stipulated that a deck could contain no more than three copies of a card.
Revival was also an Origin Spell Card, a skill from Dawn Continent.
His Revival card had been created after he used the skill on Alice, but Alice herself had not learned the skill yet. In theory, it seemed that another Revival card could still be generated from Alice.
Shen Sui had been somewhat obsessive about deckbuilding in his previous life. Whenever he had a card like this, he always wanted to run three copies.
Should I find someone to farm Revival with and get multiple copies of it?
Shen Sui rubbed his chin as he thought.
Then where could he find a Soul Card Master from the same world? And if he found one, how could he teach their Soul Card Revival without exposing himself?
As for Forbidden Cards, the Time Regulator, and Extraordinary Power, I put explanations in the pinned comment. There were too many words, so it wouldn't be suitable to make a separate chapter for them.
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