My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Tan Song used the effect of the Wine Sword Immortal to skip his draw phase.

Due to the effect of the [Dead Line Warrior], when Shen Sui retrieved a Life Card from his deck to his hand, Tan Song could draw an equal number of Life Cards from his deck.

This meant Tan Song's hand was quite abundant, so skipping a draw phase was not significant.

Successfully skipping the draw phase allowed Tan Song to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking he had at least avoided a special victory... or had he?

How could that be!

When Shen Sui was constructing his deck, he had already considered the possibility that he wouldn't be able to shuffle his opponent's [Dead Line] to the top of the deck in the first turn, so he wouldn't give up this maneuver during the opponent's turn.

"At this moment." Shen Sui opened the graveyard and activated the effect of [Mermaid Guardian God Martina] within.

Once per turn, when it can be activated, a Spell Card from the graveyard can be used, and this effect can be activated during the opponent's turn.

The Spell Card Shen Sui activated allowed him to select a Follower Card from the graveyard and return it to his hand.

And if Shen Sui managed to execute this effect, with the increase in his hand size, the effect of [Dead Line Warrior] would activate, and Tan Song would have to draw a card from the deck.

And right at the top of his deck was indeed the [Dead Line].

At the sight of the approaching deadline, cold sweat instantly beaded on Tan Song's forehead. Without a moment's hesitation, he promptly drew a card from his hand.

"At this moment, I activate the effect of [Sword Attendant Immortal Child], which can be used when an opponent activates a card effect, to negate that effect."

He decided to directly cancel the effect of Shen Sui's Spell Card.

But if it were just that, Shen Sui certainly wouldn't give up. The [Dead Line] at the top of his deck was like the Sword of Damocles, hanging over Tan Song's head, ever ready to fall and sever it.

Is this the true meaning of a dead line?

Tan Song had to immediately search and shuffle this [Dead Line] away from the top of the deck.

Meanwhile, Tan Song began his own play.

He couldn't afford to give Shen Sui another turn, as he didn't have many Life Cards that could activate effects before the draw phase. If he let Shen Sui take another turn and successfully shuffle the [Dead Line] to the top, he would have few means of resistance.

As the deck size decreased, the probability of [Dead Line] being shuffled to the top increased significantly.

Fortunately, [Dead Line] faced up; with the pattern facing upwards, one could roughly see its position in the deck, even if it wasn't on the top card. Otherwise, if [Dead Line] was the second or third card, the Life Card Master couldn't detect its position, and wouldn't prevent the opponent from activating the effect to send Life Cards from the deck's top to the grave.

But even visible, dealing with a deck-thinning strategy was still very vexing. As [Dead Line] approached, the pressure on the Life Card Master increased exponentially.

Tan Song was no young man; he certainly didn't want a heart attack orchestrated by Shen Sui in a casual duel.

However, during his play, he couldn't avoid searching, forcing Tan Song to carefully control the search volume. When [Dead Line] was shuffled away, he avoided searching Life Cards from the deck; as [Dead Line] approached the front of the deck, he quickly used Life Card searches to shuffle it away.

But Shen Sui wouldn't let Tan Song have his way easily, constantly harassing him with face-down cards and graveyard resources, many of which used deck-thinning effects.

After both sides conducted a series of searches, the decks became smaller, making each deck-thinning attempt nerve-wracking.

At the moment Tan Song completed his final move, Shen Sui finally opened the last face-down card on the field, sending the top two cards of Tan Song's deck to the graveyard.

Tan Song glanced at the deck. At that moment, [Dead Line] was right near the top, about the second or third position.

Everyone's eyes were glued to Tan Song's deck.

The first card.

The second card.

Two Life Cards were sent to the graveyard, revealing the third Life Card: it was [Dead Line].

Phew! Tan Song breathed a sigh of relief, knowing his judgment was still correct.

"What a pity." Tan Song looked at Shen Sui, raising a hand and making a gesture, "You were just a bit short of victory."

Tan Song had completed his setup, and since Shen Sui had no opportunities left, it meant his resources were depleted.

He wouldn't give Shen Sui another chance, decisively ending the main phase.

"The victory of this duel is mine!" With the followers on his field, it was enough to defeat Shen Sui through battle.

"Oh? Is that really the case?" Shen Sui's eyes suddenly sharpened, showing a confident smile.

"Hmm?" Hearing Shen Sui's words, Tan Song's heart tightened as he looked towards Shen Sui.

His magic area was devoid of any face-down cards, and there shouldn't be any resources left in the graveyard.

"Your current deck shouldn't have any Life Cards capable of obstructing my attack." Tan Song couldn't understand, "Besides, my followers have resistance..."