Hello, Netherworld! Shen! Sui!

That night, Shen Sui slept soundly.

Once the time was synchronized, Alice became much more well-behaved. Even at night, nothing happened on Alice's side.

However, while the Time Regulator is a convenient tool for Soul Card Masters, it's not necessarily a good thing for Soul Cards.

The Soul Card world is a real world, and multiple Soul Cards can exist within it. If every Soul Card Master activated the Time Regulator, the time in the Soul Card world would be thrown into chaos. Therefore, due to the self-compensation of the Soul Card world, the regulating effect of the Time Regulator only works within a certain range around the Soul Card. In different Soul Card worlds, this inexplicable spacetime anomaly has different names.

In the fantasy world, it's called Spacetime Anomaly.

In the sci-fi world, it's called Spacetime Turbulence.

In the Xianxia world, it's called Spacetime Secret Realm.

This leads to the phenomenon where the Soul Card's own time is inconsistent with the time of the world it is in. If the switch is flipped too frequently, it may cause the Soul Card's cognition to collapse.

Of course, in the hands of some wealthy Soul Card Masters, the Time Regulator is used to cheat, especially in the Xianxia world. They constantly accelerate the Soul Card, allowing it to quickly increase its strength. From the Soul Card's perspective, it's as if they have an accelerator cheat, allowing them to have more cultivation time than others around them.

The next day, Shen Sui came to the Soul Card theme park again.

Today, he would participate in the quarterfinals. If he won, the semifinals would be held in the afternoon.

Then the finals, which would be broadcast live across the entire network, would be in the evening.

Finishing the competition in one day is in line with the tradition of most amateur competitions. After all, amateur players don't have that much time to wait for the competition to start.

"Oh, isn't this student Shen Sui?" A strange voice appeared behind Shen Sui.

Shen Sui turned around and saw a quiet boy wearing glasses.

"Hello, my name is Yu Wenyuan, and I'm also a new student at Tianyi Academy. I've watched your Duel Exam video, and it was really impressive," Yu Wenyuan said enthusiastically.

Yu Wenyuan.

Among the people Yue Tao mentioned who reported his cards, there seemed to be one named Yu Wenyuan.

Looking at the smiling Yu Wenyuan in front of him, Shen Sui recalled.

"It seems your opponent in this duel is me." Yu Wenyuan always had a gentle smile on his face, giving off a familiar feeling.

He stood opposite Shen Sui, patted the Duel Instrument, and the deck began to shuffle automatically.

"Then let's begin." Shen Sui didn't waste any words.

"It seems you're underestimating me a little, student Shen Sui." Yu Wenyuan adjusted his glasses, which reflected the sunlight, forming a white glare. "I'm very strong."

"Wow, I go first. Then I'll start." Shen Sui ignored Yu Wenyuan.

"As a future competitor, I've thoroughly studied your deck. Your combo is simply insignificant in front of my invincible Mechanical Tyrannosaurus. A tiny 1-star Soul Card, my Tyrannosaurus can eat it in one bite!" Yu Wenyuan's mouth curved upwards, saying, "But I heard that your permanent spell card seems to be banned. Ah, it seems you won't be able to use this card in professional matches in the future."

"Which card?" Shen Sui glanced at his hand, drew one of them, and asked, "Is it this one?"

"Pay 13 Soul Points, activate the permanent spell card [Star Super Magic Array]."

Shen Sui directly activated the [Star Super Magic Array], and then took out another card: "Then pay 1 Soul Point, Normal Summon [Magic Apprentice Alice] from my hand."

The cute Alice appeared, and the surrounding audience cheered.

This beautiful girl instantly captivated them.

"Pay 2 Soul Points, set one spell card."

"Alright, my turn ends."

This kind of duel environment without hand traps is truly wonderful.

Shen Sui looked up at Yu Wenyuan, extended his hand, palm up, and said very politely to Yu Wenyuan:

"Please begin your turn."

Shen Sui looked at Yu Wenyuan in a friendly manner.

He wasn't particularly angry. After all, being reported for banned cards is something one has to experience on the path to fame.

But that doesn't mean Shen Sui would just laugh it off knowing someone reported him. While he wouldn't resort to violence, he could certainly give the other party some psychological treatment through a duel.

Trying to defeat a strong classmate with such methods is no longer just a common psychological problem.

He must strike hard.

"Hahaha." Yu Wenyuan seemed to have thought of something happy and suddenly burst into laughter.

Shen Sui looked at this smile, which seemed familiar.

In his previous life, when playing cards at the store, his opponents would laugh like this when they thought they had caught him.

"Don't think your combo is invincible just because you defeated Xu Tianzhi when he wasn't at full strength." Yu Wenyuan drew a card from his deck. "There are many ways in this world to get rid of your Soul Card. I only need a small spell card to directly get rid of your Soul Card."

Yu Wenyuan flipped over his Soul Point card, declaring the start of his Main Phase.

"At this time." Shen Sui placed his hand on his set card and said, "Flip over my set card, activate a spell card."

"It's useless." Yu Wenyuan grinned. "A 2-star spell card can't do anything. To defeat you, I only need one turn."

Yu Wenyuan had this confidence because he had a perfect starting hand in this duel.

The key cards in his deck were in his hand from the start.

It's a pity there wasn't any live broadcast of the preliminary rounds, otherwise I could have become famous by stepping on Shen Sui's name.

What's so great about defeating a fifth-tier Soul Card Master? Didn't I still completely shut you down?

"Oh? Then I'll give it a try." Shen Sui tilted his head, looking at Yu Wenyuan with a half-smile.

If Shen Sui's card buddies from his previous life saw this smile, they would probably shiver, because when this guy smiles like this, he's likely up to some Netherworld-level shenanigans again.

Shen Sui flipped over a face-down card. What appeared before them was a 2-star spell card, [Air Force].

"Activate the effect of the spell card [Air Force]." Shen Sui drew a card from his hand. "Activate at the start of the opponent's Main Phase. Place one card from your hand on top of your deck."

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Card Name: [Air Force]

Category: Spell Card

Star Rating: 2 Stars

Effect: At the start of the opponent's Main Phase, you can place one card from your hand on top of your deck. If the opponent uses the first Soul Card during their Main Phase, you can reveal the top card of your deck and perform a judgment:

〇 If the categories of the two Soul Cards are the same, negate and destroy the effect of the Soul Card used by the opponent, and until the end of this turn, they cannot use Soul Cards of the same category;

〇 If the categories of the two Soul Cards are different, you discard all hand cards.

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Upon hearing this effect, Yu Wenyuan immediately froze.

What card did Shen Sui put back on top of his deck? There was no need to guess, because [Magic Apprentice Alice] was on the field, and any follower he summoned would be destroyed immediately.

Alright, now the most awkward situation had occurred.

If he activated a spell card from his hand first to deal with Alice, Shen Sui could negate his spell through the effect of [Air Force], and then in turn, prohibit him from using spells for the rest of the turn. In that case, he wouldn't be able to complete his guaranteed win setup this turn.

And using a Soul Card included paying Soul Points to set a spell card, so he couldn't bypass the effect of [Air Force] this way. He would even have his spell trap directly destroyed by the opponent.

After much deliberation, Yu Wenyuan chose to pass directly.

"My turn ends." Yu Wenyuan snorted coldly, discarded a card, and said, "Letting you live one more turn."

The starting hand in a Soul Card duel is five cards, and the hand limit is also five cards, so Yu Wenyuan had to discard a card at the end of his turn.

Shen Sui's followers didn't have high Spirit Value, so he didn't need to panic at all. At most, he would just lose a little bit of life points.

"Oh? So you're ending your turn?" Shen Sui asked with a smile. "Are you sure?"

"Hurry up, hurry up." Looking at Shen Sui's smile, Yu Wenyuan felt an inexplicable irritation. He always felt a chill surrounding him.

"Alright." Shen Sui drew the card he had just activated from his deck.

He smoothly activated the card directly: "Pay 5 Soul Points, activate the spell card [Malicious Gift]. Choose one Soul Card from my deck and add it to your hand, then you can choose one effect to activate."

Shen Sui showed Yu Wenyuan the effect of [Malicious Gift].

Either let me draw two cards.

Or let me take a look.

Of course, Yu Wenyuan couldn't let Shen Sui get two free cards, so he chose the second option without hesitation.

"Whoa! Your cards aren't bad, kid!" Shen Sui said, his eyes wide, when he saw Yu Wenyuan's hand.

"Hmph! Take your card back." Yu Wenyuan snorted coldly. These hand cards were very useful to him, enough to form a guaranteed win setup, but they were completely useless to Shen Sui, because they were cards from two completely different Soul Card systems.

Shen Sui smilingly took back the Soul Card he had slipped into Yu Wenyuan's hand.

Hehe, this time it was just an ordinary Soul Card. Believe it or not, next time I'll stuff a big baby into your hand that you can't discard and can't use.

The Soul Card Shen Sui searched for from his deck was [Enticement].

"Pay 5 Soul Points, activate the effect of [Enticement]."

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Card Name: [Enticement]

Category: Spell Card

Star Rating: 5 Stars

Effect: Once per turn, you can have your opponent draw cards until they have five cards in their hand, then choose one of the following effects to activate:

① Target one follower on your field. Until the end of the duel, that follower cannot be targeted by effects and cannot be destroyed by effects;

② Discard all hand cards, then draw two cards from your deck.

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"Damn!" He hadn't seen clearly just now. When Yu Wenyuan saw the specific effect of [Enticement], he immediately cursed out loud, "What the hell kind of Netherworld card is this?!"

Because he had passed the previous turn, Yu Wenyuan's hand was already five cards, so the effect of [Enticement] gave him absolutely no benefit.

Shen Sui only had one follower card on the field, which was Alice. And if Alice gained such resistance, then Yu Wenyuan would never be able to get rid of her.

But if he didn't let Alice gain resistance, then his perfect starting hand, which could lead to a guaranteed win setup, would have to be completely discarded.

Shen—Sui—!

You are so insidious!

How could there be such a Netherworld Soul Card in this world!

"Pick one," Shen Sui urged Yu Wenyuan with a grin.

Yu Wenyuan raised his hand, looking at Shen Sui's smiling face, already feeling the urge to summon a fist.

He gritted his teeth, having no choice but to Discard All Hand Cards, and then drew two cards from his deck.

"Pay 5 Soul Points, Normal Summon [Silver Moon Wolf King Harley] from my hand," Shen Sui played his last card.

"Activate the effect of [Silver Moon Wolf King Harley], which can only be activated once per duel. When it is Normal Summoned, you can activate this effect to select one Equip Spell Card from your deck and equip it."

Shen Sui searched his deck for [Beginner's Storage Ring].

"Activate the effect of [Beginner's Storage Ring]. When it is equipped to a Follower, you can activate this effect to select one Soul Card with a star rating of 8 or less from your deck and place it under this card. After that, the equipped Follower's Spirit Value increases by 100 multiplied by the star rating of the placed Soul Card."

Shen Sui took the 8-star [Kiss of Death] from his deck and placed it under the Beginner's Storage Ring card.

According to the calculation, Harley's Spirit Value reached 2400.

Then Shen Sui entered the Battle Phase.

Since Yu Wenyuan had no Followers on his field, Alice and Harley attacked directly.

2400 + 100 damage was dealt directly to Yu Wenyuan.

Although it was a tabletop duel without any special effects, this damage still made Yu Wenyuan's face look very unpleasant.

He felt stifled, extremely stifled.

From the start of the duel until now, he hadn't even played a single card.

{Yu Wenyuan, Life Points 6000 → 3500}

"My turn ends," Shen Sui patted his empty hand and said.