How could Yuan Youxin put up with this?
And besides—
Yuan Youxin looked at Shen Sui's measly 3,500 Life Points, and a plan suddenly formed in his mind.
Powerful cards often came with risks.
And this draw-and-lose-Health effect was mandatory.
Shen Sui!
Young man, this was not a card someone like you could control!
"Since you want to see it, then I'll give you an eyeful!" Yuan Youxin raised his hand. "I release Azure Seal Disciple Wu and Azure Seal Disciple Zhong on my field!"
The two 6-star Followers were released, becoming 12 Soul Points.
"Then! I pay 5 Soul Points to activate the Spell Card, Fairness on the Road, from my hand!"
"Special Summon one Follower Card of 5 stars or lower from my deck."
"I choose to Special Summon Azure Seal First Disciple Butong from my deck!"
Amid the glow of the summon, a handsome figure appeared on Yuan Youxin's field.
This card was Yuan Youxin's Soul Card.
As the effect activated and the Follower was Special Summoned, Shen Sui revealed another card from his hand and drew a card from his deck. His Life Points fell to 3,000.
"Now, I activate Azure Seal First Disciple Butong's effect. When he enters the field, I can Special Summon an Azure Seal Follower from my deck to the field."
Yuan Youxin summoned Azure Seal Third Elder Suo into his final open slot: 10 stars, 3,500 Spirit Value.
Shen Sui drew another card, and his Life Points dropped to 2,500.
Shen Sui knew perfectly well what his opponent was trying to do by developing his board under the pressure of his Hand Trap effect.
Yuan Youxin wanted to use Saintess of Sin's effect to FTK him.
How naive!
Did he really think I wouldn't have considered this when I made the card myself?
Shen Sui forcibly suppressed the upward curl of his lips.
Keep going! It still wasn't enough! Crank it up some more!
"Still don't understand?" Seeing that Shen Sui seemed utterly clueless, Yuan Youxin felt a sense of intellectual superiority.
A rookie was still a rookie. He did not even have the basic ability to read a match, just like the noobs Yuan Youxin had encountered in other amateur competitions.
"Looks like you're still too green, kid!" Yuan Youxin waved his hand and pointed at the Soul Card on his field. "I pay 9 Soul Points to make Azure Seal First Disciple Butong on my field undergo a form transformation!"
"Witness the might of the Green Seal Sect, the number one sect in the martial world!"
"Form Transformation! Take the field, Azure Seal Sect Leader Butong!"
The Soul Card on the field began to transform. His originally young and handsome face gradually aged, finally becoming that of a handsome middle-aged man. He held a longsword in his hand. Though his expression was calm and gentle, one could faintly sense the raging waves hidden beneath.
Azure Seal Sect Leader Butong, 9 stars, 3,000 Spirit Value.
"I activate Azure Seal Sect Leader Butong's effect. Once per turn, I send one Azure Seal Follower on my field to the graveyard to activate it, then Special Summon one Azure Seal Follower from my deck to the field," Yuan Youxin said immediately afterward.
He sent a 5-star Follower to the graveyard, then Special Summoned Azure Seal Swordsman Feihang from his deck.
Azure Seal Swordsman Feihang, 9 stars, 3,000 Spirit Value.
Shen Sui drew a card, and his Life Points fell to 2,000.
[Hahahaha, betrayed by his own fake card.] [He crashed and burned—lifting a rock only to smash his own foot.] [And he dared to challenge my Xiao Xue with this skill level? My Xiao Xue utterly destroyed Yuan Youxin, you know~!] [Trash! He did not even research his opponent's duel style before the match? And he dared to throw out a Hand Trap?] [Looks like it's going to be an FTK. That's a rare sight.]
"Is there any need for this duel to continue?" Yuan Youxin showed Shen Sui the number of cards in his hand. "I still have two cards left unused."
"Continue." Shen Sui gritted his teeth, like a stubborn mule refusing to concede. "It's not enough yet."
"Hmph! You won't give up until you hit the Yellow River." Yuan Youxin snorted coldly, leisurely pulling out a card. "I told you already: Soul Card Duels are filled with peaks that cannot be climbed. The gap between you and me is a chasm, one that the current you cannot cross!"
"I release the Followers on my field." He released the final two Azure Seal Followers Special Summoned by Green Seal Summoning Order, recovering 10 points of cost. "Then I pay 2 Soul Points to activate the Spell Card Azure Seal Selection from my hand, Special Summoning two 1-star Azure Seal Followers from my deck to the field."
Two cards meant 1,000 damage.
Under Anna's effect, Shen Sui's Life Points directly fell to 1,000.
"Damn it," Shen Sui said, furrowing his brow.
It was time to test his acting skills.
"Still not surrendering? This is garbage time. There's no point dragging it out."
"My Life Points haven't fallen to zero, and the bell of victory and defeat hasn't rung. What makes you think I'll lose?"
"Hmph! Since you're so stubborn, then I'll let you crash into the wall!" Seeing his opponent persist like this, Yuan Youxin recalled his conversation with Shen Sui before the duel, and rage immediately surged within him.
He had mocked Yuan Youxin before the duel, and now, facing certain defeat during the duel, he still refused to surrender.
Fine! So he had come here specifically to disgust him, had he?
Then he could not blame Yuan Youxin for making him lose so miserably!
Whether FTK or OTK, both were humiliations that losers found difficult to accept.
Yuan Youxin had originally intended to give this rookie a little dignity, but since Shen Sui did not want it, he could not blame him for being merciless!
[Poor guy. This will probably leave him traumatized. An FTK—how many matches does it take to see one of those?] [To be fair, using this card against Yuan Youxin was idiotic, but this Anna card looks really strong.] [Of course it's strong. It's downright disgusting. He just happened to run into a Soul Card Master like Yuan Youxin, who mindlessly floods the field and got completely countered.]
The viewers had already begun mourning Shen Sui.
In truth, at this point, even if Shen Sui did not surrender, Yuan Youxin would not allow him to take even a single turn.
Shen Sui had a full fourteen cards in hand, and the star levels of several of them had already dropped to zero.
If Shen Sui actually survived until his turn, who knew how many nasty surprises those fourteen cards would bring him? The situation might even reverse outright.
Yuan Youxin had already mounted the tiger and could not get off.
Therefore, he had to win on the very first turn.
Yuan Youxin had to FTK him. Otherwise, the one likely to lose would be Yuan Youxin himself.
"I activate the effect of the Azure Seal Outer Disciple Zhufeng I just summoned. Once per turn, I send him and another Follower on my field to the graveyard to activate it! Special Summon an Azure Seal Follower from my deck whose star level equals the combined star levels of those two cards!"
Yuan Youxin chose to send Azure Seal Swordsman Feihang to the graveyard.
"1 plus 9 equals 10! Therefore, I Special Summon a 10-star Azure Seal Follower from my deck!"
"I choose to summon! Azure Seal Grand Elder Fengu!"
Next, all he had to do was activate Luo Fengu's effect and Special Summon another Follower, and he would win.
"I'll be taking victory in this duel!" Yuan Youxin laughed loudly.
"Oh? Is that so?" Shen Sui, who had drawn another card and taken 500 damage, grinned. A brilliant light burst from his eyes.
Just as planned!
The next moment, Yuan Youxin saw that his opponent had a timing window.
"When my Life Points fall to 500 due to Anna's effect, interrupt the current chain to activate this mandatory effect! Discard All Hand Cards and Special Summon Saintess of Sin from the graveyard!"
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