My Stubborn Soul Card Follower-Chapter 499 - 402: Xu Tianzhi Rises, Xu Tianzhi Falls (4K)
Xu Tianzhi stood on the stage, listening to the overwhelming cheers from the audience, yet his heart felt completely unsettled.
Who would have thought that the duel at Tianyi Academy a few months ago officially ushered in a new era of dueling.
He looked at the man standing across from him, still with that casual yet amiable demeanor.
This man named Shen Sui, in a certain sense, was personally ushered into the hall of Life Card Duel by Xu himself.
If, at that time, someone said Xu Tianzhi couldn’t beat a student who hadn’t even graduated, they would surely be ridiculed, yet now, if someone said he could defeat Shen Sui, they’d likely receive the same treatment.
After it was confirmed in the semifinals that Shen Sui would face Xu Tianzhi, almost everyone believed Shen Sui had at least secured a spot in the duel.
This wasn’t just because of Shen Sui’s formidable track record, but also because of Xu Tianzhi’s poor win rate against him.
A win rate of zero percent, no matter who appeared—even Xu Tianzhi himself—had no confidence in winning this duel.
The referee announced the rules of the match, then declared the duel officially started.
Xu Tianzhi took a deep breath, and the moment the referee announced the start of the duel, the confusion in his eyes instantly disappeared.
Even if this duel is destined to end in failure, I will still put on a good performance.
"I take the first move!"
Xu Tianzhi declared.
When facing Shen Sui, going first sometimes isn’t the best choice. It’s been statistically noted that when dueling Shen Sui, if you take the first move, there’s a high chance you’ll be taken down in Shen Sui’s first turn, whereas if Shen Sui takes the first move, you might at least survive to his second turn.
Indeed, purely from the victory records and the frightening speed at which his duels end, Shen Sui has already become a figure of Great Demon King stature.
Xu Tianzhi didn’t hesitate for a moment and immediately began the routine setup of his deck.
His opening move was perfect, without any errors, summoning his entire ace cards from his deck in just a few turns, including Alpha in his Intelligent Mechanical Tyrant form.
For the old Xu Tianzhi, this was a perfect field, with high attack and non-targeting resistance, enough to secure victory in a duel.
In fact, with such a first move setup against other opponents of similar level, Xu Tianzhi felt confident in winning the duel.
But it’s not enough, against Shen Sui, it’s completely not enough.
After setting up his field, Xu Tianzhi already knew that his followers on the field wouldn’t survive Shen Sui’s first turn.
The only question was how Shen Sui would dismantle his field.
Would he force his way through with the Star Abyss White Dragon, Qishala, or use the Fish King to clear all his Follower Cards?
"My turn ends," Xu Tianzhi announced the end of his turn, then lifted his head to gaze at Shen Sui. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Shen Sui felt Xu Tianzhi’s gaze.
A provocation?
Not quite.
A longing?
Why would there be such emotions?
Shen Sui wondered, after a brief thought, he came to a somewhat unimaginable conclusion for himself: Xu Tianzhi was expecting him to break this setup.
Why would anyone think that?
"My turn," Shen Sui said, directly drawing the Golden Ship from his hand.
The classic Golden Ship opening began.
Yes! Yes! Just like this!
Seeing the Follower Cards being summoned from the deck by the Golden Ship, Xu Tianzhi felt a surge of uncontrollable excitement.
During the first turn, he had already exhausted the last bit of potential in his deck, yet even so, with Shen Sui’s previous duel cases considered, Xu Tianzhi still had no confidence in victory.
And it was at that moment Xu Tianzhi had an epiphany.
He had always been a player with self-awareness; good education taught him that sometimes a person must recognize the real power gap that exists, to become stronger.
If he couldn’t defeat Shen Sui now, then he couldn’t, there was no need for bravado.
Shen Sui, or rather the God of Age, is destined not to be confined to the middle-level Life Card Master; he is bound to become a legendary Life Card Master standing at the top of the world.
And such a Life Card Master, on the road to the summit, will defeat one opponent after another, people like himself are merely stepping stones in his career.
If he’s destined to be a stepping stone, why not be a magnificent one!
Come on! God of Age!
I will do my utmost to stop your victory.
Please use your formidable strength to crush me!
When the Golden Ship used its effect to special summon the third follower, Xu Tianzhi activated the set card in his backfield:
"When a Life Card on the field activates the same effect three times within one turn! Flip the set card! Activate the Spell Card [Intelligent Mechanism Evolution: Ultimate Dance]!"
Xu Tianzhi shouted, "Send all my [Intelligent Mechanism] followers on the field except for Alpha, as well as all [Intelligent Mechanism] followers in my hand and deck to the graveyard! Transform the form of my [Intelligent Mechanical Tyrant: Alpha] into [Ultimate Tyrant: Alpha]!"
"Descend! The strongest warrior of the Interstellar Federation!"
"Form Transformation! Ultimate Tyrant! Alpha!"
