CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 56: ARE YOU A GAMBLE ADDICT? BUILDING DECKS THIS BOLDLY?

When Shen Sui saw that the opponent was going first again, he felt a bit exasperated.

Should I go and worship Buddha to wash away this bad luck?

Even though blowing up the opponent’s setup during their first turn is indeed satisfying every time.

But going second every time is a bit too much.

Dealing with pressure every time is really unnecessary.

Next time, I must shout "I’ll take the first turn!" before rock-paper-scissors to change my luck.

"Then I’ll get started! My turn." Song Feiyu took a glance at the five cards in his hand and thought for a moment.

The reason student duels are so exciting is that student decks aren’t as transparent as those of professional players with match recordings. Even with ample analysis and preparation before the match, duels are still full of uncertainties.

This competition is the first PK tournament at Tianyi Academy, and all the students are freshmen. Besides Shen Sui and Yu Wenyuan who have fought in the Chosen Cup, most people’s deck compositions have no public information.

This Song Feiyu across the board, to achieve a record of 36 consecutive wins, must have a deck not to be underestimated.

"Paying 10 Soul Points." After some deep thinking, Song Feiyu finally drew a card from his hand and said, "Activate the Spell Card [Star Soul Bet]!"

"Each player selects one Follower Card with multiple forms from their deck to exclude and activate." Song Feiyu spread out his deck and took out his Soul Card.

???

Jeez, do we have to play so harshly, right from the start excluding both Soul Cards?

We’re all newcomers, all relying on our Soul Cards as the core...

Shen Sui suddenly had a bad feeling, but the card effect had already started to execute, and he had to exclude one Soul Card from his deck.

Alice was sent to the exclusion zone.

"Then," Song Feiyu started executing the second half of [Star Soul Bet]’s effect, "perform Follower selection on my deck. Randomly draw two cards from the deck to cover them for selection, and I choose one to send to the graveyard. If the card sent to the graveyard is a Follower Card, I can special summon the Soul Card from the exclusion zone to the field. If not a Follower Card, allow the opponent to special summon their Soul Card from the exclusion zone."

As he spoke, under the effect of [Star Soul Bet], two cards flew out of Song Feiyu’s deck, appearing face-down so neither player could see them.

"Oh, by the way." Song Feiyu introduced, "You do know the concept of selection, right?"

Shen Sui, of course, knew. In Life Card Duels, there are no coins like in Yu-Gi-Oh, but some card effects do involve luck, and thus the concept of selection was born.

Selection means choosing two cards from the deck, then sending one to the graveyard without seeing the card faces, flipping the other card to confirm, and choosing to place it back on top of the deck or shuffle it back into the deck.

Selection is divided into Follower selection and Spell selection. Follower selection requires one to choose two cards, one must be a Follower Card and one must be a non-Follower Card. Spell selection is similar. When the deck lacks the required cards, the selection effect cannot be activated.

Overall, the probability of selection is similar to flipping a coin, but since it involves sending to the graveyard and controlling the top deck, it’s slightly better in practice. The downside is it’s unactivatable if the deck lacks cards of the corresponding category.

Shen Sui already sensed something ominous. After nodding to show his understanding, Song Feiyu flipped the selection card to send it to the graveyard, shuffling the other back into the deck.

Follower Card.

"Seems like my luck is very good today!" Song Feiyu’s eyes lit up with a joyful smile.

"Then! The advantage of this duel is mine first!"

"Star Soul Divination, Destiny is Determined!"

"Come forth! My Star Soul! Star Soul Divination Master, from the heavens." With Song Feiyu’s call, a boy in a starry cloak appeared on Song Feiyu’s field.

Seriously, dude, if you’re going to summon, then summon, do you have to be so melodramatic?

It was the first time Shen Sui saw someone shout like this in a real-life duel. If it were him, he certainly wouldn’t be able to shout it out.

Oh, it seems Yu Wenyuan also shouts like this. Is this the trend of dueling in this world? Should I also come up with some entry lines for Alice?

But I have to say, this Song Feiyu has a greater Soul of Duels than he does.

Looking at the mysterious boy on Song Feiyu’s field, Shen Sui’s thoughts slightly deepened. Song Feiyu wasn’t wrong; the advantage of this duel was indeed his first to seize.

In Life Card Duels, a card game with no other summoning methods, the importance of Soul Cards capable of Form Transformation is self-evident, the absolute core of the deck.

As a result, his Soul Card Alice was directly excluded by the opponent’s Spell Card, and then the other party retaliated by summoning his own Soul Card.

Though there was an element of luck in this.

"Paying 5 Soul Points, setting a Spell Card."

"Paying 1 Soul Point, setting a Spell Card."

Song Feiyu looked at his hand and set two Spell Cards on the field, ending his turn.

"At this moment." At the end phase of the turn, there’s a timing trigger, and Song Feiyu spoke up, "Activate the effect of a Follower Card on my field; at the beginning and end of my turn, I can perform a Follower selection. If the discarded card is a Follower Card, it inflicts 1000 damage to the opponent. If the discarded card is not a Follower Card, it inflicts 1000 damage to me."

Damn!

A gambling deck?

When Shen Sui heard this effect, he immediately thought of this.

Generally, the effect of a Soul Card basically determines the deck-building direction of a Life Card Master.

Are you Joey Wheeler?

"NICE!" Then, Shen Sui heard Song Feiyu’s excited voice. Looking up, he saw that the result of the selection was precisely a Follower Card.

In the next moment, a swirl of starry light appeared beneath Shen Sui’s feet, making him feel a chill as his Life Value sharply decreased by 1000.

{Shen Sui, Life Value 6000→5000}

Shen Sui glanced at Alice in the exclusion zone and recalled which Life Card effects he had that could retrieve Alice from the exclusion zone.

[Vivian’s Matchstick].

[Substitute Puppet, Jamie].

If Shen Sui wanted to win this duel by relying on his Soul Card effect, he must retrieve Alice from the exclusion zone.

"My turn." Shen Sui began his turn.

"At this moment, flip open the set card." Song Feiyu suddenly seized the opportunity at the start of Shen Sui’s turn to activate the 1-star set card, "Activate the Spell Card [Starry Favor]. It can be activated at the start of the opponent’s turn, forcing the opponent to conduct a Follower selection. If the discarded card is a Follower Card, neither player can activate Spell Card effects until the end of the turn. If not a Follower Card, allow the opponent to draw three cards."

Shen Sui felt a rush coming up to his head.

This feeling was very familiar.

The moment he saw that the card he chose to flip was a Follower Card, Shen Sui was absolutely certain of what he felt:

It’s the feeling of two Underworld beings attracting each other when they meet in the Underworld.