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Modena City was destroyed in the karmic fire.

Even without witnessing the destruction of Modena City firsthand, Shen Sui felt a sense of melancholy.

In his previous life, Shen Sui had spent a considerable amount of effort on Modena City in the game. As one of the core elements of Dawn Link, the city-building and farming gameplay, many players would choose to build a city in the mid-game and invest a large amount of resources.

More than a thousand years had passed since his account was active. The traces of his farming from back then had long vanished, and now the last city was destroyed by his own hands.

[Alice looked at Modena City in the karmic fire, feeling lost and empty.]

[Anna has been rescued, so what should be done next?]

[The village is gone, there's no going back.]

[Alice recalled the past sixteen years and realized that the only thing she was probably good at was farming.]

[Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Alice: Perhaps I can try to find Twilight City, the city Mr. Claude mentioned, the city where Miss Vivian rose to prominence.]

[Alice touched the matchbox from Vivian on her chest. Without it, she would probably be a servant of sin by now.]

[Alice asks you for information about Twilight City.]

[You roughly recalled. Alice set off with Anna on her pony.]

[Alice is on her journey.]

[First stop: Emerald City. She needs to sell the gems in the treasure chest.]

It was finally over.

Shen Sui stretched.

He looked up at the window. It was only noon when the story began, but now the sky was already faintly lit. Unknowingly, a whole day had passed.

Time really flies.

Shen Sui used the time regulator to adjust the time flow rate to 1:1. Although it still couldn't completely prevent Alice from courting death, it at least gave Shen Sui enough reaction time.

Relatively speaking, Resurrection being disabled by the Sin Grail wasn't a big problem. Although Shen Sui's skill library didn't have the same resurrection spells, he had enough defensive spells that could be triggered automatically.

Of course, this time Shen Sui learned his lesson. To prevent Alice from detecting traces of the spell's existence, he adjusted the trigger timing of the Star Super Magic Array. This defensive spell would only trigger when Alice was in the most danger.

Shen Sui slept until the afternoon of the next day.

Picking up his phone, he found that Xin Yuan Tanchun had actually sent him a message.

It was a message about the Academy PK Competition and the Heaven's Chosen Cup.

For the first and second years of the academy, besides the mandatory cultural courses, most of the time was free for students to engage in activities. This was because these two years were precisely when students were most confident. The vast majority of duel students would focus their main energy on the monthly Academy PK Competition, striving to gain recognition early and participate in the Ranking Tournament.

By the third year, some students, due to continuous setbacks, would give up the idea of becoming a professional Soul Card Master. They would then submit an application to the academy and begin studying specialized knowledge related to the Soul Card industry.

These students would become general staff in the Soul Card Association, Soul Card Shops, and duel events after graduation.

As a newly established duel academy, Tianyi Academy didn't have senior students who had accumulated years of experience challenging for professional status. The opponents for the new students were only those in the same year. Therefore, the intensity of the PK Competition was not too high, not to the point where newcomers couldn't stand out at all. Perhaps this was also the reason why Tianyi Academy could attract those star candidates with money.

However, what surprised Tianyi Academy was that the most sensational star candidate in this year's Duel Exam came from their academy.

Defeating a third-tier Soul Card Master in the Duel Exam happened occasionally in other duel academies, but defeating a fifth-tier Soul Card Master was unprecedented.

Xin Yuan Ying Xue being able to defeat a fifth-tier Soul Card Master without a rank was the result of the Xin Yuan Family pouring in resources and cultivating her with great effort.

And what did Shen Sui have?

After the video of that duel spread across the internet, Shen Sui's information was quickly dug up by some netizens.

Orphan.

Suicide due to a poor theoretical exam result.

Soul Card World is suspected to be Dawn Continent.

From his background to his experiences, you couldn't associate Shen Sui with a scion of a wealthy family with a complete inheritance.

This kind of victory was simply a miracle.

Many people were looking forward to Shen Sui's subsequent performance, although many were pessimistic. After all, if his Soul Card World was truly World Number One Dawn Continent, perhaps the next news they would hear about him would be about his Soul Card dying and being forced to drop out of school.

Not to mention obtaining a complete deck of forty cards in World Number One.

"Why do you look so listless?" When Shen Sui saw Xin Yuan Tanchun, he found that this guy was even more sloppy and casual, his face full of fatigue.

"Don't even mention it. Something big happened in my Soul Card World last night. I was watching the Duel Instrument eating melon the whole time," Xin Yuan Tanchun sighed.

"Big deal? What big deal?" Shen Sui was very confused. Did something big happen on Dawn Continent last night?

"The City of Sin was burned down by karmic fire from the sky, and the God of Sin was also killed," Xin Yuan Tanchun said excitedly. "Even Isabella was scared, you know? Holy crap, I don't know which great god did such an earth-shattering thing."

"Ah, is this a big deal?" The culprit said blankly. It was just a matter of typing on the keyboard.

"Of course it's a big deal! I heard that the God of Sin has completely perished. All those gods were alarmed and have issued divine oracles for their followers to find the culprit," Xin Yuan Tanchun said. "Isabella was furious last night. She said angrily that she was going to the ruins of the City of Sin to take a look."

"What is she angry about?"

"She said this city has special significance. She regretted for hundreds of years that she couldn't kill the God of Sin and take it back, and now it has even been burned down. She seems to be planning to find the murderer to settle the score," Xin Yuan Tanchun stroked his chin and said, "Looking at her furious appearance, I always feel like that city is related to her beloved."

"Ah, really? If she's that angry, it's easy to affect her judgment, right?"

"That's why, after much persuasion, I convinced her to relax first. So, she plans to go to Emerald City to buy some jewelry these past few days."

"Oh."

"Let's not talk about that, let's not talk about that. Your Soul Card is only a Junior Mage, you won't come into contact with such things at all. Let's get down to business. There are two weeks left until the first Academy PK Competition begins." Xin Yuan Tanchun mainly sought out Shen Sui to recommend he participate in the Heaven's Chosen Cup to gain experience for the upcoming Academy PK Competition. "I hope you can have a few matches before then to hone the bond between you and your deck. This is the information for the Heaven's Chosen Cup. I've already signed you up. You can choose to go or not."

Shen Sui casually picked up the information.

He wasn't a professional player, so the cup competition Xin Yuan Tanchun recommended couldn't possibly be a professional one. The Heaven's Chosen Cup was an amateur competition held by a Soul Card theme park under the Tianyi Group. It attracted a large number of unranked Soul Card Masters to sign up because of the high prize money.

"Duels, huh." Shen Sui, however, wanted to test the strength of his deck. "I can give it a try."

"Five hundred thousand?!" The moment he saw the champion's prize money, Shen Sui's eyes instantly widened.

"That's right. The champion's prize money is five hundred thousand, which is why so many amateur players participate," Xin Yuan Tanchun introduced. "Many of them are students from Duel Academies like you."

"But don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's just to get a feel for your deck, there's no need to..."

"No! From now on, my goal is to win the championship," Shen Sui said very seriously.

Five hundred thousand! If this prize money came in, he would instantly be well-off.

One should know that even a moderately wealthy family might not be able to produce five hundred thousand at once.

"Uh..." Xin Yuan Tanchun wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. It was common for beginners to be overly confident and think they could defeat any opponent. Such people would learn after losing a few duels.

Alright, I'll use the Heaven's Chosen Cup to curb this guy's arrogance.

"Do you have enough cards for your deck?" Xin Yuan Tanchun asked. "The Heaven's Chosen Cup uses tournament rules, requiring forty cards in a deck. If you don't have enough, I have some unused cards here..."

"It's fine, I've already gathered enough," Shen Sui said. "A complete deck, more than enough."

"Ah?" Xin Yuan Tanchun's hand, which was reaching for her cards, froze mid-reach.