Let them print cards, not slay gods 38

Chapter 38: Enough Talk! Let’s Duel! (Seeking readership!)

Tianyi Group clearly put a lot of thought into this theme park.

In this world, Fate Card theme parks are either duel-related or related to the Soul Card world. The Tianyi Fate Card Theme Park belongs to the former.

Actually, it’s less of a park and more of a large-scale Fate Card dueling experience center. After all, the core of this park is Modu’s largest Fate Card peripheral mall.

The perfection of the Fate Card system isn’t just about perfecting the dueling system; it also includes various supporting industries and peripherals.

Once a Card Master gains a certain level of fame and fans through duel competitions, specialized companies will approach them for signing agreements to release a series of related peripherals.

For example, they might produce their deck as trading card packs, ten cards per pack with random draws, and use various quirky card surface techniques to differentiate card rarity.

PR gold foil, SPR surface flash flat foil, NPR flat foil, SER silver shatter, UTR embossed 3D, GHR ghost flash, 20SER red-letter super silver shatter (red shatter), CR collector’s rare, USR shattered surface flash.

A portion of the revenue from these card packs is paid to the Card Master as royalties. Card packs are the most significant industry among peripherals.

Like now.

Tourists drawn by the Tianxuan Cup, while waiting for the finals, came to the peripheral mall to buy famous card packs, occasionally letting out sounds of envy—clearly someone had pulled a highly rare card.

With cards, you can naturally build a deck. While you can’t achieve the full effects and immersive experience of a Card Master’s duel using a Dueling Instrument, tabletop card games are still possible. Of course, if you really want the Card Master dueling experience, you can go to the park’s experience center and use a holographic computer projection to achieve it.

Calculating the time, there was still some time before the final duel, so Shen Sui walked into the Fate Card shop.

Although he had some understanding online, he was still curious about which card packs were most popular among the fan base.

The best-selling ones were You Wenqi’s Zodiac God series, followed by Dongye Youzai’s Swordsman series.

Shen Sui also saw the peripheral merchandise of the current world number one, Di Eisi. After flipping through the illustrated catalog, he seemed to use a deck based on the Native American mythology system.

Tsk, this is subtle, this is hell.

Shen Sui didn’t intend to allow the licensing of his deck; Card Masters have the right to refuse.

For example, the Jianxian (Sword Immortal) deck of Tan Song, which Fate Card enthusiasts have always longed for, has never been developed into a card pack because Tan Song always believed that a Card Master’s deck should maintain an air of mystery, thus refusing collaboration.

“Sir, what type of card pack are you planning to buy? We have everything here,” the clerk said, smiling sweetly as she approached Shen Sui, who had been hesitating at the counter for a long time.

Shen Sui certainly didn’t intend to waste money on Fate Card peripherals; after all, he couldn’t even afford to maintain his own Fate Cards.

“Nothing I want,” Shen Sui casually said.

“Is there any special requirement?”

Shen Sui looked at a wall of various card packs, pondering for a long time, and impulsively said, “It’s boring, there aren’t any waifu cards.”

“You want waifu cards? Yes, yes, yes.” The clerk quickly took a beautifully packaged card pack from the shelf and handed it to Shen Sui. “This is a card pack from the Seventh Rank Card Master Bai Ye. Her deck is full of adorable waifu cards oh~!”

The card pack featured a heroic and valiant young woman with some colorful scales on her cheeks, and her horns were particularly prominent.

Of course, the most striking feature was the huge dragon tail behind the girl.

It was a dragon girl.

Damn it! It’s a dragon girl follower card! Shen Sui felt a surge of jealousy.

Dragon, waifu card, big boobs.

The billboard girl’s attributes perfectly matched Shen Sui’s preferences.

The only regret was that she looked too human.

Shen Sui resisted the urge, finally resisting the temptation of this card pack.

The Dawn Continent also had dragons; he could totally draw his own dragon girl follower card.

Right! He must urge Alice to do it when he gets back! Shen Sui became even more determined.

He would make her get him a dragon maid.

Six o’clock in the evening.

After enjoying a delicious meal hosted by the organizers, Shen Sui followed the staff to the finals hall.

The venue for the Tianxuan Cup finals was still the park’s rest area used for the semi-finals and quarterfinals, but it had been completely transformed.

Bright and soft lighting illuminated the venue clearly, ensuring that the audience and live cameras could clearly see everything happening on the stage from any angle.

The equipment looked brand new, with a group of neatly dressed staff members moving between the various pieces of equipment.

The venue lacked extravagant decorations or flashy lights, yet it exuded a friendly atmosphere.

The numerous Fate Card duels supported a large number of event organizing companies, which would help the organizers complete all the work required for hosting the event.

Judging from the Tianxuan Cup’s organization, this event company was very professional.

The area outside the venue was already packed with people.

After all, the Tianxuan Cup didn’t charge admission; free is always good, right?

Shen Sui, in his past and present lives, had never encountered such a large-scale event.

But he wasn’t stage-struck. Having set his sights on reaching the top of the world’s dueling scene, he knew that compared to the future, what he was experiencing now was merely a small matter.

“You have a great attitude, young man,” Yuan Youxin arrived at the venue a little earlier than Shen Sui. He still looked disheveled. “I’ve participated in so many competitions, and it’s rare to see a newcomer to the finals as calm as you.”

“For a duelist, having a good attitude is a must,” Shen Sui said.

Otherwise, he would have been driven crazy by those who came to the entertainment venue to play and cry.

“I hope you maintain this good attitude when you lose.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t lose.”

Yuan Youxin smiled, looking at Shen Sui: “Sure enough, every newcomer to Fate Card dueling is so unaware of their place. Fate Card dueling is deeper than you think. Those geniuses, those children from prominent families, stand like mountains before us, one after another, stretching endlessly. Every time you think you’ve reached the summit, you look up and see even taller peaks. This mountain has no end in sight.”

“If it’s a mountain, it must have a summit,” Shen Sui said. “As long as there’s a summit, I can climb to the end. From the moment I picked up the Dueling Instrument and obtained a Soul Card, I’ve made up my mind to climb to the summit and take a look. If I have the opportunity to not climb, should I just wander at the foot of the mountain, complaining, looking up at the peaks, without taking a single step?”

“Young people shouldn’t be too arrogant,” Yuan Youxin didn’t expect Shen Sui to directly call him out.

“Is it still called being young if you’re not arrogant?” Shen Sui didn’t know why Yuan Youxin suddenly got angry; he was somewhat puzzled and casually retorted, using his past training in the harsh online environment to unleash his sarcastic skills. “Anyway, if I spend my life fishing in amateur competitions, I’ll die of frustration.”

“Good!” Yuan Youxin was somewhat angry. Shen Sui’s words did strike a painful chord. “It seems you don’t know that for a Card Master, a Rank difference is like a chasm or a natural barrier! Then today, I will let you see what is an insurmountable mountain!”

“Enough talk! Let’s duel!” Shen Sui activated his Dueling Instrument.

There are three more duel chapters; update at noon.

(End of Chapter)

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