My Stubborn Soul Card Follower-Chapter 458 - 388: Hand Trap Trend Goes Global (5K)
"Stop summoning spirits for your Guangbao, she went to the A-class match and got beaten badly."
"The one upstairs, a newly-promoted eighth-grade player losing to the world number one is understandable, right? Don’t be so harsh."
"Haha, losing is losing, don’t make excuses. Is that all Yang Liguang’s fans can do?"
"It’s so damn ridiculous, throwing labels right away. When did I become a fan of Yang Liguang? I’m a bona fide God of Age fan, okay!"
"Haha, Cezar is the brother of the world number one you mentioned, so if your Sui loses, I’d like to see how you explain it."
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The online debate was heated, but in reality, it had no impact.
Shen Sui used his status as a player to sneak into the evening, intending to watch the group matches of the A-class series as well.
Compared to the B-class matches where some players dominated, the A-class matches were fierce duels. Even in the group stage, they were exciting confrontations between experts.
Huaxia’s Tan Song, An Hai, Japan’s Dongye Youzai, and America’s Theis Malfoy were all top-notch experts.
Bai Ye, who was quite popular among the public, also participated in this Huashan Invitation Tournament. Although she, like Yang Liguang, had only recently advanced to the eighth grade, her luck was relatively good, as she did not encounter any particularly strong opponents in the preliminaries.
However, her luck was not as good in the group stage. In her group were three ninth-grade Life Card Masters from around the world, and she lost all three external matches 0-3.
But compared to Xu Tianzhi, who lost one match to Cezar and was heavily criticized, Bai Ye’s public perception was slightly better. Mainly because she really did her best, fighting for opportunities until the last moment in every duel, and each match was exciting, though she unfortunately ended up as the background.
Of course, being slightly better is still just slightly better. Yang Liguang’s fans kept focusing on her, saying things like if our Guangbao hadn’t been carried away by the world number one, she might have performed better in the group stage.
The phenomenon of famous players becoming like celebrity fan circles can only be attributed to the dirty dealings of the dueling families, not just the competition environment itself.
So when the Exploration Bureau decided to clear out the dueling families, Shen Sui was absolutely in favor.
The duel Shen Sui most looked forward to today was actually the one between An Hai and Theis. Shen Sui acknowledged An Hai’s strength as a newly-promoted ninth-grade Life Card Master. After all, thinking of You Wenqi and Tan Song, An Hai seemed to be the domestic third person who managed to last the most rounds against him.
Ahem, although Life Card Duel sometimes relies on luck, at least in these three duels, his luck was quite good, and being able to defeat strong opponents with luck in a true expert duel also shows that your skill level is at least on par.
The organizers seemed to know what the audience wanted to see, specifically scheduling An Hai’s duel as the grand finale.
The matches began and ended one after another. Although Shen Sui had watched many duels between ninth-grade Life Card Masters, it was his first time watching such a match live.
It must be said that with the aid of high-tech projection equipment, the live experience of a Life Card Duel far surpassed that of a movie; it was truly immersive.
"The next match, the opposing players are..." After a short break, the host took to the stage again to announce the information for the next match, "Tan Song versus Dongye Youzai."
Although the approximate matchup table was already known, when the host revealed the matchup information, a ripple of commotion still ran through the venue.
This was considered one of the most heavyweight matches of today.
After You Wenqi announced his temporary farewell to the arena, Dongye Youzai officially took the position of the world’s second, even having a momentum to challenge for the world’s first.
The Huashan Invitation Tournament could be considered a showdown between these two world top-tier Life Card Masters for the world’s first seat.
In contrast, Tan Song’s fame was not as great. Although he had some fame domestically as the champion of the Azure Dragon Cup, facing Dongye Youzai, the former world dominator, was still somewhat daunting.
But as a Life Card Master, one should never fear the strong.
Everyone here was a ninth-grade Life Card Master; who wins and who loses was not set in stone!
Dongye Youzai was a man with a good appearance, with a peculiar tricolor hairstyle that made him look like someone who was excellent at playing cards.
He was not tall, even a head shorter than Tan Song, but when he stepped onto the dueling field, his intimidating presence made everyone feel his overwhelming dominance.
He was once the world’s dominator, yet he was also a rebel who fell out with his country’s Life Card Association.
Even Shen Sui had to admire Dongye Youzai.
To return to the world stage and once again climb to high ranks even after having half of his deck banned demonstrates a strength that goes beyond just his deck.
Shen Sui squinted his eyes, as if he could see a certain aura emanating from Dongye Youzai.
Tan Song’s expression was serious; this was an opponent worth treating with seriousness, and only by giving his all could he have a chance of winning.
"Duel begin!" With the referee’s command, both sides activated their dueling devices almost simultaneously. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
"I got the first move!" Dongye Youzai seized the first move.
He used a Sword Master deck, belonging to a branch of the Japanese mythology in World No. 2, which was in the same Soul Card world as Theis’s Indian Mythical Card Set.
