The Chain of Certain Victory Had Taken Shape!

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

Alice packed her things and set off. She dug up the savings she had buried in the ruins and bought a horse from an auntie preparing to flee.

Ding! You obtained Follower Card: Alice's Little Mare

The City of Sin?

Just hearing that name made it sound far from simple.

With that in mind, Shen Sui took out the materials Lin Ke'er had given him and found the information on the City of Sin.

As one of the most dangerous cities on the Dawn Continent, the City of Sin was filled with criminals from all over the continent, powerful mages, villains who committed every imaginable evil, and ubiquitous darkness. It was the territory of the Evil God, the Sin Lord. Over the past three hundred years, people had nearly forgotten its original name: Modena City.

Wait? Modena City?

Damn! Wasn't that the city I built in the game? How had it become the City of Sin?

Of course Shen Sui knew the Sin Lord. In the early stages of the game, he had been a boss with a fair amount of pressure behind him, but he had ultimately died at the hands of Shen Sui after Shen Sui finished leveling up.

Damn it, how had my city become a den of evil?

But according to the materials, Modena City truly was dangerous now. As the Sin Lord's territory, it was the only city on the Dawn Continent that forgave every crime. Nearly every man-made disaster on the Dawn Continent could be traced back to the residents of Modena City.

Three gods had once formed an allied army and launched a God War against the Sin Lord, but they had failed to kill Him because of the Sin Lord's traits. That was why the city had continued to exist to this day.

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

After reading the materials, Shen Sui naturally did not want Alice charging into the City of Sin. If she got herself killed, he would have no one to blame but himself. He immediately entered a command.

You told Alice about the dangers of the City of Sin, using every frightening description you could think of.

Yet Alice's resolve only became firmer. She could not 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.

Why was this girl so stubborn?

Shen Sui was furious, but he had no choice but to guide Alice another way.

You persuaded Alice by citing her lack of strength.

Alice thought it made sense and asked you how she could quickly become stronger.

That was more like it. Wouldn't it be better to finish leveling up before tackling the City of Sin dungeon?

Shen Sui was very satisfied.

Wait? Had I fallen for this girl's scheme? Had she planned from the very beginning to get a way to improve her strength out of me?

Shen Sui slapped his forehead and looked at the inventory of Clyde's character.

As a sixteenth-tier powerhouse who had surpassed the gods, Shen Sui naturally had not carried many low-tier skill books in his inventory when he played the game. This Fireball Spell skill book had been dropped by a monster before his save file was deleted. However, he remembered that there should be a Storage Box he had left beside Pa Yin Jia Lake, not far from Andrew City.

Pa Yin Jia Lake was the only place in the game where one could catch the Spring Fish King. As someone who loved completing the entire collection, Shen Sui could not possibly have missed such a place.

Dawn Link truly mashed together the settings of many games. Mining, fishing, and the storage system all had the flavor of farming games like Stardew Valley. There were treasure chests while fishing, and those chests could yield all sorts of items and skill books. Since inventory space was limited, Shen Sui had casually placed a Storage Box beside Pa Yin Jia Lake specifically to store such things.

Shen Sui remembered that he had been around level fifty-five, or the fifth tier, when he caught the Spring Fish King. Therefore, many of the items in the Storage Box would be very useful to the current Alice.

Shen Sui immediately entered text into the Duel Instrument.

You told Alice about the Storage Box you had left beside Pa Yin Jia Lake. Alice decided to make a trip to Pa Yin Jia Lake before heading to the City of Sin.

She set off on her little mare. Alice was currently on the road.

The appearance of this message meant Shen Sui could go AFK for a while. It was already late at night, and he planned to sleep. But when he remembered how Alice had been at death's door after he went AFK for less than an hour last time, Shen Sui did not dare let his guard down this time.

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

This was a thirteenth-tier skill with an extremely powerful effect. Even at the sixteenth tier, Shen Sui often used it when tackling new DLC.

Star Super Magic Array could record up to two spells, eliminate every cost of using those spells, and allow them to be used repeatedly at once.

The spell Shen Sui had assigned to Star Super Magic Array was Revive.

You used the skill Star Super Magic Array on Alice.

Ding! You obtained Permanent Spell Card: Star Super Magic Array

Finally, he could take a break.

Looking over his gains, Alice had truly been impressive. Since he had drawn her until now, she had brought Shen Sui a total of eight Life Cards apart from herself.

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

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

Shen Sui looked at the last three Life Cards he had obtained.

Lightning Strike's effect was simple and brutal: destroy one Follower on the opponent's field. Shen Sui had actually wanted to modify it to destroy every Follower on the opponent's field, but Lightning Strike was only a three-star card and could not support such a modification.

Star Super Magic Array, on the other hand, was a thirteen-star Permanent Spell Card. That gave Shen Sui plenty of room to modify it.

Perfect. Shen Sui had already thought of the strategy he would use in the Duel Exam, so he began modifying Star Super Magic Array.

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

Spell Cards used from the deck, graveyard, and hand through her effect required no cost. Combined with the timing of Alice's effect, Shen Sui planned to have her activate Revive.

The opponent summoned a Follower, then Alice activated her effect to destroy it. Next, after Alice entered the graveyard, Revive was activated from the deck to bring Alice back onto the field. It was a perfect Netherworld combo.

So what was still missing?

Naturally, a way to return Revive from the graveyard to the deck!

With a clear goal in mind, modifying the card effect went much faster. Combined with the generous space offered by the thirteen-star card, Shen Sui completed the modification to Star Super Magic Array with barely any effort.

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Card Name: Star Super Magic Array

Category: Permanent Spell Card

Stars: 13 Stars

Effect: ① As long as this card exists on the field, when one of your Spell Cards resolves and enters the graveyard outside your turn, you may return it to the deck and remove its usage limit;

② At the start of your turn, you may choose one Spell Card returned to the deck by Effect ① and add it to your hand;

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Excellent! Perfect!

The perfect chain loop had taken shape!

The corners of Shen Sui's mouth rose, and even his drowsiness faded somewhat. He even felt the urge to find someone for a duel immediately.

Unfortunately, he did not have enough Life Cards yet to form a deck.

As long as I set up this formation going first, the chain of certain victory would already be complete. There was a high chance someone would report it for Forbidden Card review, but before that happened, Shen Sui would already be able to pass the Duel Exam.

The next issue was how to quickly get Alice and Star Super Magic Array into his hand during a duel.

Then his next cards should focus on searching.

Just like an Exodia deck, once you had a means of certain victory, all that remained was to search for it by any means necessary.

And there was also the matter of clearing the opponent's field for Alice when he drew the second turn.