My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

An Hai's idea was indeed not bad.

The different competition format indeed influenced the form of the duel between the two.

Because after changing the competition format to unlimited battle, An Hai lost even faster.

It was in this duel that Arianna's strength was fully unleashed.

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Card Name: [Goddess of Death · Arianna]

Category: Follower Card

Star Level: 15 stars

Effect: This follower can only be normally summoned by releasing three followers on the field, it is not affected by other card effects, and its effect cannot be chained by other card effects.

① As long as this follower is on the field, you cannot perform a normal summon or a special summon from the deck or hand through other card effects. At the start of your main phase, if the opponent has more followers on the field than you, you can choose one follower from the graveyard to summon specially to the field, and make the opponent send one of their followers to the graveyard.

② As long as this follower is on the field, if there is an effect to remove a Life Card from either graveyard, you can activate one of the following effects:

〇 Discard a follower card from your hand to negate the activation of that effect;

〇 Choose a follower card from your deck to send to the graveyard to execute the effect again.

③ The spirit value of this follower is always equal to the number of follower cards in both graveyards × 800

Spirit Value: ???

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Almost any Life Card with effects to obtain, remove, or return a Life Card from the graveyard, Shen Sui can directly activate it four or five times back and forth, even achieving the feat of activating a card repeatedly over a dozen times.

"I go first." Shen Sui obtained the first move in the first match.

This time Shen Sui did not add [Land Reclamation] to the deck but included other more interesting cards to pair with [Goddess of Death · Arianna].

The unlimited battle rule with no normal summon limit is perfect for the Goddess of Death, a follower that requires releasing three follower cards to normally summon.

Shen Sui first used the effect of a Spell Card to search Arianna from the deck to his hand, then consecutively summoned three puppets.

He released the puppets and normally summoned Arianna from his hand.

"Then, I activate the Spell Card [War Mobilization]." Shen Sui drew the last card from his hand and said, "Send the top three cards of your deck to the graveyard to activate, letting a Life Card Master obtain a Life Card from the graveyard."

Shen Sui retrieved a [Puppet] follower card from the graveyard.

Then, because an effect caused Shen Sui's graveyard to lose a Life Card, Arianna's effect activated. Shen Sui sent a follower card from his deck to the graveyard, once again executing the effect of [War Mobilization], sending the top three cards of An Hai's deck to the graveyard. This time Shen Sui chose to let An Hai obtain a Life Card from the graveyard.

Subsequently, because An Hai's graveyard resources decreased, Arianna's effect activated again, and An Hai's deck lost three more cards.

Shen Sui's deck still had more than a dozen follower cards, which meant Arianna's effect could be activated at least a dozen times.

However, before Shen Sui could send all the followers in his deck to the graveyard, An Hai's deck was already empty.

No complicated card plays, even if only one [War Mobilization] was activated, Shen Sui easily depleted An Hai's deck.

The deck milling strategy is not uncommon, and even [War Mobilization] is not considered particularly strong.

But Shen Sui proved with facts the terrifying consequences of a Life Card effect without a once-per-turn limit.

The key is that many of Shen Sui's puppets have effects in the graveyard.

This means that even if An Hai could endure this round and struggle to fight back, he would first have to deal with the interference of more than a dozen grave traps.

But he no longer had the chance.

When his turn began, at the draw phase, the victory of this duel was already decided.

Because with an empty deck and no cards to draw, An Hai faced a technical defeat by the rules.

Looking at the empty deck area, even someone as cold-faced as An Hai couldn't help but change his expression a few times. Although not as expressive as others, this was the most expressive moment for An Hai.

His fans cheered once again.

Shen Sui looked at the audience in surprise.

Oh my god, your idol lost, how can you be cheering?

"An Hai looks so cool even when he loses!"

Shen Sui vaguely heard someone shout.

Alright, they're beyond saving.

Shen Sui said silently in his heart.

Actually, for An Hai, losing in unlimited battle wasn't considered shameful since even under the official competition rules he hadn't beaten Shen Sui much.

What truly terrified him was that Shen Sui's strategy seemed to work seamlessly even under official competition rules, which meant Shen Sui had become even stronger.

And it was the kind of strength he couldn't counter at all.

From the first duel's head-to-head to later complete domination, to now not even surviving the first turn's main phase, An Hai clearly felt the vast chasm between them.

If it had been another Life Card Master, even if An Hai lost, he would just think he was currently a step weaker but would eventually surpass his opponent by seizing opportunities to grow stronger himself.

This was An Hai's steadfast belief throughout his dueling career, and he had always executed it as such.