Let them print cards, not slay gods 33

Chapter 33 Hello, Netherworld! Shen! Sui!

That night, Shen Sui slept soundly.

With the time synchronizer active, Alice behaved much better. Even at night, nothing untoward happened on Alice’s side.

However, while the time synchronizer is a convenient tool for Fate 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 coexist within it. If every Fate Card Master using a Soul Card activates their time synchronizer, the Soul Card world’s timeline would become completely chaotic. Therefore, through the Soul Card world’s self-compensation mechanism, the time synchronizer’s effect only applies to a certain range around the Soul Card. In different Soul Card worlds, this inexplicable spacetime anomaly has different names.

In fantasy worlds, it’s called a spacetime anomaly.

In science fiction worlds, it’s called a spacetime turbulence.

In Xianxia worlds (a genre of Chinese fantasy featuring cultivation and immortals), it’s called a spacetime secret realm.

This leads to the phenomenon where a Soul Card’s internal time is inconsistent with the time of the world it resides in. Frequent switching can cause cognitive collapse in the Soul Card.

Of course, in the hands of some wealthy Fate Card Masters, this time synchronizer is used to cheat, especially in Xianxia worlds. They constantly speed up their Soul Cards, allowing them to rapidly increase their strength. From the Soul Card’s perspective, it’s as if they have an acceleration cheat, allowing them to have more cultivation time than others.

The next day, Shen Sui returned to the Fate Card Theme Park.

Today was the quarter-final match. If he won, he’d have the semi-final match in the afternoon.

Then, the final would be broadcast live nationwide in the evening.

Finishing all matches in one day conforms to the tradition of most amateur competitions. After all, amateur players don’t have that much time to wait around for the matches to begin.

“Oh, isn’t this Shen Sui?” A strange voice came from behind Shen Sui.

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

“Hello, my name is Yu Wenyuan. I’m also a freshman at Sky One Academy. I’ve seen your duel exam video; you were amazing,” Yu Wenyuan said enthusiastically.

Yu Wenyuan…

Among the few people Yue Tao mentioned who reported him for card manipulation, there seemed to be one named Yu Wenyuan.

Shen Sui recalled this as he looked at the smiling Yu Wenyuan.

“It seems like you’re my opponent in this duel,” Yu Wenyuan said, always with a gentle smile and a very approachable demeanor.

He stood opposite Shen Sui, tapped his Dueling Instrument, and the deck began to shuffle automatically.

“Let’s begin,” Shen Sui said without further ado.

“It seems you’ve underestimated me, Shen Sui,” Yu Wenyuan adjusted his glasses, the lenses reflecting sunlight into a bright glare. “I’m quite strong.”

“Wow, I have the first turn, so I’ll go first,” Shen Sui ignored Yu Wenyuan.

“As your future competitor, I’ve thoroughly researched your deck. Your chain combo is nothing in front of my invincible Mechanical Tyrannosaurus. A measly 1-star Soul Card? My Tyrannosaurus can swallow it whole in one bite!” Yu Wenyuan smirked. “But I heard your permanent Magic Card has been banned. Ah, it seems you won’t be able to use that card in professional matches anymore.”

“Which card?” Shen Sui glanced at his hand, drew out a card, and asked, “Is it this one?”

“Paying 13 Soul Points, activating the permanent Magic Card, [Stellar Super Magic Array].”

Shen Sui directly activated the [Stellar Super Magic Array], then pulled out another card: “Then, paying 1 Soul Point, I Normal Summon [Magic Apprentice Alice] from my hand.”

The adorable Alice appeared, and the watching audience cheered.

The beautiful girl instantly captivated them.

“Paying 2 Soul Points, I set one Magic Card.”

“Okay, my turn ends.”

This duel environment without hand traps is truly wonderful.

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

“Your turn.”

Shen Sui looked at Yu Wenyuan quite friendly.

He wasn’t particularly angry; after all, card ban reports were an unavoidable part of the road to fame.

But that didn’t mean Shen Sui would simply let it slide knowing someone reported him. While he wouldn’t resort to fisticuffs, giving the opponent a psychological beating through a duel was definitely an option.

To try and defeat a strong opponent using this method was not a typical psychological issue; it was a serious problem. A heavy blow was necessary.

“Hahaha,” Yu Wenyuan seemed to have thought of something amusing and suddenly burst into laughter.

Shen Sui saw this smile; it felt familiar.

In his past life, when he played cards in the shop, his opponents would laugh like this when they thought they had him.

“Don’t think your chain combo is invincible just because you defeated Xu Tianzhi, who wasn’t at his best,” Yu Wenyuan drew a card from his deck. “There are many ways to counter your Soul Cards. I only need a small Magic Card to directly destroy your Soul Card.”

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

“At this time,” Shen Sui placed his hand on his set card, “I reveal my set card and activate this Magic Card.”

“Useless,” Yu Wenyuan grinned. “A 2-star Magic Card can’t do anything. I only need one turn to defeat you.”

Yu Wenyuan had this confidence because he had an incredible opening hand.

The key cards in his deck were already in his hand.

Too bad there’s no livestream for the preliminary rounds. Otherwise, I could use Shen Sui’s defeat to get famous.

What’s so great about defeating a Fifth-Rank Fate Card Master? I’m the one who soundly defeated him!

“Oh? Let’s try then,” Shen Sui tilted his head, looking at Yu Wenyuan with an ambiguous smile.

If Shen Sui’s past card buddies saw this smile, they would probably start trembling, because when he smiled like this, he was about to do something incredibly underhanded.

Shen Sui revealed his set card: a 2-star Magic Card, [Air Force].

“Activating the effect of [Air Force],” Shen Sui drew a card from his hand, “When your Main Phase begins, you can place one card from your hand on top of your deck. When you use your first Fate Card in your Main Phase, you can reveal the top card of your deck for judgment:

〇If the two Fate Cards are of the same type, the effect of the Fate Card you used is negated and destroyed, and you cannot use Fate Cards of the same type until the end of this turn;

〇If the two Fate Cards are of different types, you discard all cards in your hand.”

Hearing this effect, Yu Wenyuan froze.

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

Now, the most awkward situation had occurred.

If he used a Magic Card to destroy Alice, Shen Sui could use the effect of [Air Force] to negate his Magic Card, then prevent him from using any more Magic Cards this turn. This way, he wouldn’t be able to complete his winning play this turn.

And this card usage includes paying Soul Points to set Magic Cards, so he couldn’t bypass the effect of [Air Force] this way. He would even risk his set Magic Cards being destroyed.

After careful consideration, Yu Wenyuan chose to pass.

“My turn ends,” Yu Wenyuan coldly snorted, discarding a card. “I’ll let you live another turn.”

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

Shen Sui’s monster’s ATK wasn’t high, so he didn’t need to panic. At most, he’d take a bit of damage.

“Oh? 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 inexplicably irritable. He felt a chill surrounding him.

“Okay.” Shen Sui drew back the card he had just activated from his deck.

He smoothly activated the card: “Paying 5 Soul Points, I activate the Magic Card [Malicious Gift]. I choose a Fate Card from my deck and add it to your hand. Then, you can choose one of the following effects to activate.”

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

Either let me draw two cards.

Or let me see your hand.

Yu Wenyuan certainly wouldn’t let Shen Sui draw two cards for free, and without hesitation, he chose the second option.

“Whoa! Your cards aren’t bad!” Shen Sui widened his eyes when he saw Yu Wenyuan’s hand.

“Hmph! Take back your card.” Yu Wenyuan coldly snorted. These cards were very useful to him; they were enough to create a winning play, but they were completely useless to Shen Sui, because they belonged to two completely different Soul Card systems.

Shen Sui cheerfully took back the card he had slipped into Yu Wenyuan’s hand.

Hehe, this time it’s just a normal Fate Card. I wonder if I’ll slip a useless but undestroyable treasure into your hand next time.

The Fate Card Shen Sui retrieved from his deck was [Subjugation].

“Paying 5 Soul Points, I activate the effect of [Subjugation].”

Card Name: [Subjugation]

Type: Magic Card

Stars: 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:

①Target one monster you control; until the end of this duel, that target cannot be targeted by effects, and cannot be destroyed by effects;

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

“Damn!” He didn’t see it clearly enough last time. When Yu Wenyuan saw the specific effect of [Subjugation], he cursed aloud, “What the hell kind of underhanded card is this?!”

Because he had passed last turn, Yu Wenyuan already had five cards in his hand. The effect of [Subjugation] gave him absolutely no benefit.

Shen Sui only had one monster on the field, Alice. If Alice gained this protection, then Yu Wenyuan wouldn’t be able to destroy it.

But if Alice didn’t gain the protection, then his godly opening hand that would have allowed for a sure win would be discarded.

Shen—Sui—!

You’re so insidious!

How can there be such a devious Fate Card in this world?!

“Choose one,” Shen Sui urged Yu Wenyuan with a cheerful smile.

Yu Wenyuan raised his hand, looking at Shen Sui’s smiling face, and he was already tempted to throw a punch.

Gritting his teeth, he could only discard all the cards in his hand, then draw two cards from his deck.

“Paying 5 Soul Points, I Normal Summon [Silver Moon Wolf King Harley] from my hand.” Shen Sui played his last card.

“Activating the effect of [Silver Moon Wolf King Harley]. This effect can only be activated once per duel. When Normal Summoned, you can activate this effect; choose one Equip Spell Card from your deck and equip it.”

Shen Sui retrieved [Beginner Storage Ring] from his deck.

“Activating the effect of [Beginner Storage Ring]. When this card is equipped to a monster, you can activate this effect; choose one Fate Card with 8 stars or less from your deck, place it under this card, then increase the ATK/DEF of the equipped monster by 100 multiplied by the star level of the placed card.”

Shen Sui placed the 8-star [Kiss of Death] under the Beginner Storage Ring.

By calculation, Harley’s ATK became 2400.

Shen Sui then entered the Battle Phase.

Since Yu Wenyuan had no monsters on the field, Alice and Harley attacked directly.

2400 + 100 damage was dealt directly to Yu Wenyuan.

Although it was a tabletop duel without special effects, the damage still made Yu Wenyuan’s face look terrible.

Frustrating. Very frustrating.

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

{Yu Wenyuan, LP 6000 → 3500}

“My turn ends,” Shen Sui patted his empty hand.

(End of Chapter)

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