Struggling Alice

Counter it or not?

For any duelist, that was a classic question.

Because after countering that starter card, you never knew whether the opponent would pull out something even more terrifying from their hand.

Alice had actually made ample preparations before the Duel Exam.

After learning that Xu Tianzhi would be her examiner, she had specifically watched several of Xu Tianzhi's duels and even obtained a set of Xu Tianzhi's latest competitive deck notes from Xin Yuan Tanchun.

By all rights, she should have been quite familiar with Xu Tianzhi's deck.

But it was precisely because of that familiarity that Alice seemed somewhat hesitant this turn.

The Machine Tyrant deck simply had too many starters!

Xu Tianzhi could tell from the timing bar that Alice was still hesitating.

Although using professional tournament tactics against a newcomer like Alice, who had just entered the Duel Exam, was admittedly a little unscrupulous.

There was no denying that this method really worked.

During matches, he would sometimes deliberately reveal cards he rarely used, intentionally demonstrating that he could launch a massive combo in all sorts of ways.

That way, the more an opponent knew about his deck, the more conflicted they would become over when to use their counters against him.

If she had been a reckless and ignorant novice, she should not have hesitated at all right now.

Alice ultimately was not someone who liked to agonize over things.

Without hesitating for long, she decisively countered Xu Tianzhi's card effect.

Xu Tianzhi did not lose heart. He activated Troyf's second effect. When her effect was negated, Xu Tianzhi recovered Soul Points equal to her star level.

As the user of one of the most classic combo decks, Xu Tianzhi had honed a complete set of combo lines for handling situations like this