CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: TO DEFEAT YOU, ALL I NEED IS ONE CARD

Shen Sui really didn’t expect that the opponent would be so headstrong, actually proceeding despite Anna’s effect.

Although midway, Yuan Youxin was already a bit in over his head, but that was because he was too greedy, aiming for an FTK result.

In a Life Card Duel, a new card can indeed result in a "First Encounter Kill," because during the duel, the opponent can’t check the effects of your cards like in previous card games—this is why some professional players, even after achieving fame, still continuously play Life Cards in the Soul Card World.

Yuan Youxin might have spent too long bullying amateurs in tournaments, not even having basic awareness to guard against traps.

Since Shen Sui dared to send Anna to the graveyard in front of this Burst Expansion Card Set, he was certainly not afraid of being counter-killed by utilizing Anna’s effect.

After Yuan Youxin summoned Luo Fen’gu, Shen Sui’s hand also reached fifteen cards.

When Shen Sui’s Life Value was reduced to 500 points by Anna, or when the number of 0-star Life Cards in his hand reached ten, Anna’s effect had to be activated.

Fifteen cards in hand, discarding them was inevitably painful.

But compared to victory, this bit of pain was nothing at all.

Accompanying the activation of Anna’s effect, Shen Sui’s field underwent a bizarre change.

At the follower position chosen by Shen Sui, a pool of pitch-black slime gushed out from the ground.

An enchanting, bewildering fragrance spread to the surroundings.

Even though the transcendent power had been washed away by breaching the world’s barriers, this fragrance still intoxicated.

This was the scent of sin, an amplifier of human desires.

If it weren’t the real world here, everyone around might have plunged into madness, wantonly releasing the desires hidden deep within their hearts.

This is also why Life Card Duels are so popular, because this reality can’t be mimicked by projection technology.

Along with the fragrance spreading, there was a noise like bones stretching, irritating people.

The sludge surged upward, forming a humanoid clay figure. Accompanied by the surge of power, the pitch-black sludge gradually receded, revealing the figure of Anna enveloped in sin.

Mere textual description on the dueling device made it hard for Shen Sui to imagine what a maiden tainted by the Sinful Chalice looked like.

But now, through the connection of the dueling device, he truly saw Anna, this best friend of Alice at that moment.

Her long hair cascaded down like a pool of night, imbued with tranquility and mystery. Each strand of hair was a waterfall of darkness, elegantly extending to her heels as if linking her with the greatest sin.

Her eyes, deep and black, sparkled like stars in the endless night. Those eyes held endless tenderness and sorrow, as if accumulated through life’s vicissitudes. Whenever she gazed at you, you would be moved by that gentle yet firm power, as if immersed in an infinite sea of tenderness.

This was the appearance of the Sinful Saintess tainted by the Sinful Chalice.

At this moment, Anna was the embodiment of the Sinful Chalice.

Previously just an ordinary person, she was now a terrifying tier-thirteen powerhouse.

She wore a black nun’s robe, which was not her original clothing but rather an outfit woven by sin.

However, the black of this gown was not a symbol of sin but a reflection of her pure heart. When Alice stepped through endless sin to reach her, this kind-hearted maiden had already regained her former purity.

She anchored her heart with Alice’s, briefly escaping the influence of sin.

The robe clung closely to her body, fluttering softly, like black wings allowing her to maintain a holy image even in a dark world.

"Activate Anna’s effect," Shen Sui said, "When she is successfully special summoned, all your cards on the field and in your hand are banished directly, with the number of cards banished not exceeding the number of cards I discarded."

"After that, Anna’s Spirit Value becomes the number of banished cards multiplied by 1000."

"What?" Yuan Youxin shouted in shock, "Impossible! Such a card cannot exist!"

However, the activation of the effect slapped him in the face.

Irresistible power poured forth with the black mud, directly engulfing his field.

Meanwhile, his hand was swallowed in this process.

Yuan Youxin had one card left in hand and five followers on the field, totaling six cards.

Anna’s Spirit Value instantly rose to 6000 points.

Yet Yuan Youxin’s Life Value at that time was only 3000.

And he no longer had any cards to use.

"How... how can this be?" Yuan Youxin found it hard to accept this fact.

Clearly, in the previous second, he was just one step away from victory, but in the next second, he was about to face defeat!

"This card! What’s going on! How can there be such a card!" Yuan Youxin couldn’t understand nor accept it.

"The Soul Card World is indeed vast," Shen Sui said, "Daring to proceed so boldly with a new card you’ve never seen, are you truly an experienced duelist?"

Damn, underestimated him.

At this moment, Yuan Youxin also realized.

The greed for victory and the desire to strike Shen Sui had swallowed his rationality, making it impossible for him to make a sound judgment of the duel.

However, even if you let a professional player face the possibility of FTK, you can’t ensure they’d remain rational, never coveting.

Already lost.

No room for maneuver.

Yuan Youxin looked at Anna on Shen Sui’s field.

She remained serene, clearly engulfed by sin...

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Card Name: [Sinful Saintess · Anna]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 13 stars

Effect: This follower cannot be normal summoned or special summoned by other card effects, this follower’s special summon cannot be linked by other cards, and during the turn it appears, it is unaffected by other card effects.

①When this follower is added to your hand or enters the graveyard because of other card effects, it loses all effects except its ① effect, when the opponent activates an effect with special summon or search, you can discard [Sinful Saintess · Anna] from your hand to negate that effect and send the card to the graveyard;

②When this follower is in the graveyard, if the opponent successfully special summons a follower, you must draw a card from your deck, then receive 500 points of unresolvable damage;

③When this follower is in the graveyard, if the opponent successfully activates a spell card effect, you must reveal a card in your hand, reducing its star level to 0;

④When your Life Value due to the follower’s ② effect ≤500 or the number of 0-star Life Cards in your hand equals 10, you must interrupt the current chain and activate, discarding all cards in hand to special summon this follower from the graveyard to your side of the field, after which you can banish up to X Life Cards on your opponent’s field and in their hand (X is the number of cards discarded by this effect);

⑤The Spirit Value of this follower is the number of cards banished by its ④ effect × 1000.

Spirit Value: ???

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Lost! Already lost! Without any room for recovery!

Yuan Youxin never thought he could experience a downfall in the amateur arena, especially when the opponent was a complete novice with no previous competitive experience.

Where did it go wrong?

Was his card too strong?

Yuan Youxin’s mind was somewhat dazed, his hands empty, trembling slightly, he glared at Shen Sui and said through gritted teeth, "My turn ends."

"Then it’s my turn!" With victory in sight, Shen Sui was neither complacent nor overwhelmed with joy, knowing the opponent still had followers in the graveyard, who knew if there were any graveyard traps, in his turn, Anna had already lost her resistance, "Draw card!"

Looking at the Event Card [Chaos] in hand, Shen Sui hesitated for a moment.

If he activated [Chaos]’s effect, then he could have Anna deal 12,000 points of damage.

Should he make an unnecessary move?

Shen Sui closed his eyes, recalling the duel he studied the night before with Yuan Youxin, his followers in the graveyard had no trap effects.

Then let’s leave you some dignity, won’t overdo the operations.

"Anna! Direct attack!" Entering the battle phase directly, Shen Sui pointed at Yuan Youxin, issuing an attack declaration.

Anna’s attack was silent, without the slightest sign of assault.

If not for his Life Value dropping to 0, Yuan Youxin would have thought Shen Sui hadn’t declared an attack.

Clang!

The bell of victory rang, officially announcing Shen Sui’s triumph in this duel.