The Chain of Inevitable Victory Has Been Forged!

[Alice decided to go to the City of Sin to save Anna.]

[Alice packed her bags and set off. She dug up her hidden savings from the ruins and bought a horse from a fleeing auntie.]

[Ding! You have obtained a Follower Card: Alice's Little Mare]

City of Sin?

Just the name alone sounded incredibly dangerous.

Thinking this, Shen Sui pulled out the materials Lin Ke'er had given him and flipped to the information about the City of Sin.

As one of the most dangerous cities on the Dawn Continent, the City of Sin was teeming with criminals from all over the continent, powerful mages, heinous villains, and evil lurking everywhere. This was the domain of the Evil God, the Sin Lord. For three hundred years, people had nearly forgotten its original name: Modena City.

Wait? Modena City?

Fuck! Isn't this the city I built in the game? How did it become the City of Sin?

The Sin Lord, of course Shen Sui knew him—a boss with some decent pressure in the early game, who ultimately died at the hands of Shen Sui after he'd finished grinding levels.

Damn it, how did my city turn into the headquarters of sin?

But from the information, Modena City was indeed dangerous now. As the Sin Lord's territory, it was the only city on the Dawn Continent that pardoned all crimes. Almost every man-made disaster on the continent could trace its origin back to the residents of Modena City.

Three gods had once formed an alliance and launched a God War against the Sin Lord, but due to the Sin Lord's traits, they couldn't kill Him, which was why this city had persisted to this day.

Of course, there was another, more important reason: the gods believed that if Modena City were destroyed, the missing Twilight Bishop would return.

After reading the information, Shen Sui naturally didn't want Alice to charge into the City of Sin. If she got herself killed in there, Shen Sui would be left crying without tears. So he immediately input a command.

[You explained the dangers of the City of Sin to Alice, using every terrifying description you could muster.]

[However, Alice's resolve only grew stronger. She couldn't let Anna fall into such a desperate situation.]

[Anna's mother had already given up on saving Anna, but Alice was determined to bring her back.]

This girl, why is she so stubborn!

Shen Sui was fuming. With no other choice, he had to guide Alice in a different way.

[You advised Alice against it, citing her lack of strength.]

[Alice thought it was reasonable and asked you for a way to quickly improve her power.]

That's more like it. Why not grind some levels first before tackling the City of Sin dungeon?

Shen Sui was satisfied.

Wait? Did I just fall for this little girl's scheme? Was she planning to squeeze a power-leveling method out of me from the very start?

Shen Sui slapped his forehead and glanced at the backpack of the Clyde character beside him.

As a 16th-tier powerhouse who had surpassed the gods, Shen Sui naturally wouldn't carry many low-tier skill books in his inventory while playing the game. This Fireball Spell skill book was just a drop from a monster before the save file was deleted. However, he remembered there should be a Storage Box he'd left behind near Pa Yin Jia Lake, not far from Andrew City.

Pa Yin Jia Lake was the only place in the game where you could catch the Spring Fish King. As an enthusiast of completing the full collection, Shen Sui definitely wouldn't have missed that spot.

"Dawn Link" really stitched together a lot of game mechanics. For example, the mining, fishing, and storage systems were very much in the style of farming games like "Stardew Valley." When fishing, there would be treasure chests that contained a series of items and skill books. Inventory space was limited, so Shen Sui had casually placed a Storage Box by Pa Yin Jia Lake specifically to store these things.

Shen Sui remembered that when he caught the Spring Fish King, he was around level 55, which was 5th tier. So a lot of the stuff in the Storage Box would be very useful for Alice at her current level.

So Shen Sui immediately typed on the Duel Instrument.

[You told Alice about the Storage Box you left by Pa Yin Jia Lake. Alice decided to go to Pa Yin Jia Lake before heading to the City of Sin.]

[She set off riding her little mare. Alice is on her way.]

This passage meant Shen Sui could take a short break. The night was already deep, and Shen Sui planned to sleep. But remembering how Alice was on the verge of death less than an hour after he last left her unattended, Shen Sui didn't dare be careless this time.

He opened the skill menu and activated the skill [Star Super Magic Array].

This was a 13th-tier skill with incredibly powerful effects. Even at 16th tier, Shen Sui often used it when tackling new DLC content.

Star Super Magic Array could record up to two spells, eliminate all costs of using those spells, and allow them to be used repeatedly immediately.

The spell Shen Sui had linked to Star Super Magic Array was [Resurgence].

[You used the skill: Star Super Magic Array on Alice.]

[Ding! You have obtained a Permanent Spell Card: Star Super Magic Array]

Finally, I can take a break.

Looking at the gains, Alice was really pulling her weight. From the moment he drew her in the card pull until now, she had brought him a total of eight Life Cards besides herself.

[Magic Ring], [Resurgence], [Fireball Spell], [Feigned Weakness], [Desperate Resolve], [Lightning Strike], [Alice's Little Mare], [Star Super Magic Array].

Although three of them were spells Shen Sui used, it was still a bountiful harvest.

Shen Sui glanced at the three Life Cards he'd obtained most recently.

[Lightning Strike] had a simple and brutal effect: destroy one Follower Card on the opponent's field. Shen Sui actually wanted to modify it to destroy all Followers on the opponent's field, but unfortunately, [Lightning Strike] was only a 3-star card and couldn't support such a modification.

[Star Super Magic Array] was a 13-star Permanent Spell Card, which gave Shen Sui plenty of room for modification.

Just as well, Shen Sui had already thought of a strategy for the Duel Exam. He then began modifying [Star Super Magic Array].

The effect of [Magic Apprentice] allowed her to use spells during the opponent's turn.

Spell cards used from the deck, graveyard, or hand through this effect didn't require payment. Combined with the timing of Alice's effect activation, Shen Sui planned to have her activate [Resurgence].

The opponent summons a follower, then Alice activates her effect to destroy it, and immediately after Alice enters the graveyard, [Revival] is activated from the deck to bring Alice back to the field—a perfectly seamless Netherworld combo.

So, what's still missing?

Of course, it's a way to retrieve the [Revival] spell card from the graveyard back into the deck!

With a clear goal in mind, modifying the card's effects naturally became much faster. Coupled with the abundance of a 13-star card face, Shen Sui completed the revision of [Star Super Magic Array] with hardly any effort.

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Card Name: [Star Super Magic Array]

Type: Permanent Spell Card

Stars: 13 Stars

Effect: ① As long as this card remains on the field, when your spell card resolves and enters the graveyard outside of your own turn, you can return it to the deck and waive its usage limit;

② At the start of your turn, you can select one spell card from your deck that was returned to the deck by ①'s effect and add it to your hand;

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Perfect! Absolutely perfect!

A flawless chain loop has been formed!

Shen Sui's lips curled upward, and even his drowsiness faded a bit. He even felt an impulse to find someone to duel with right away.

Unfortunately, his Life Cards were insufficient, not enough to form a deck.

As long as I set up this formation going first, the winning chain is already complete. Though there's a high chance someone will report it and land it in Forbidden Card review, before that happens, Shen Sui can already pass the Duel Exam.

The next issue is how to quickly get Alice and [Star Super Magic Array] into hand during a duel.

So, from now on, my cards should focus on searching.

Just like an Exodia deck—once you have a sure-win method, the next step is to search by any means necessary.

There's also the matter of how to clear the opponent's field for Alice when drawing second.