CHAPTER 13: CHAPTER 13: A 15-STAR LIFE CARD?!

Shen Sui walked into the examination hall and the first thing he did was observe the layout inside.

After confirming there were no throwable furniture or appliances, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did he raise his head to look at the exam proctor, and he slightly bowed, saluting:

"Hello, proctor. I am candidate number thirty-seven, Shen Sui. Please take care of me."

Xu Tianzhi returned the gesture. Having eliminated so many dream-chasing youths, he actually felt a bit of pressure. Contemporary Life Card Masters all started from the Life Card Exam, and he could even be considered a senior to these candidates.

But as a professional Life Card Master, he absolutely would not allow anyone who is just blindly following to mix into this noble profession, so even understanding the harshness of the Life Card Exam, Xu Tianzhi had no intention of lowering the standards at all.

To pass the exam, defeat me directly!

Xu Tianzhi put on his polished glasses and looked earnestly at the frail boy opposite him.

With the starting signal for the exam sounding, the two almost simultaneously revealed their dueling devices.

"This duel is using tournament rules, both sides have 16 Soul Points, Life Value at 6000, begin!"

The cold mechanical voice finished stating the rules of the duel.

Soul Cards inserted, duel begins!

First move determination: Xu Tianzhi.

"My first move!" Xu Tianzhi quickly drew five cards without any hesitation, and without saying a superfluous word.

"My turn, paying 5 Soul Points, I make a normal summon from my hand! [Powerful Intelligent Mechanism·Alpha]!"

Accompanying his summon, a robot resembling a mechanical dog appeared on Xu Tianzhi’s field.

Although it was an illusionary projection, it appeared extraordinarily real, as if a vivid mechanical dog truly appeared in this classroom.

[It’s here, it’s here! Xu Tianzhi’s classic Alpha Dog opening!]

[Hahaha, looks like this kid’s luck is bad! I remember He Zhong suffered because of this opening, right?]

[This kid’s doomed, this is Xu Tianzhi’s Soul Card, starting with the Soul Card, how could he lose? Tell me how he could lose?]

In the field, Xu Tianzhi raised his hand and solemnly said, "Paying 10 Soul Points, perform Form Transformation with [Powerful Intelligent Mechanism·Alpha]!"

With Xu Tianzhi’s voice, the mechanical dog on the field started making metal grinding noises, shrill yet melodic.

The mechanical dog’s originally pristine metal exterior began to develop neat seams, parts flipping out through the gaps, as the volume of this mechanical follower gradually expanded in the process.

Boom!

With a tremendous sound, an enormous war machine beast appeared on Xu Tianzhi’s field along with a deafening roar.

"Form transformation! [Intelligent Mechanical Tyrant·Alpha]."

Xu Tianzhi continued, "Activate the effect of [Intelligent Mechanical Tyrant·Alpha], when it transforms and appears, I can randomly summon four 1-star [Intelligent Mechanism] followers from the deck."

With the light of summoning, Xu Tianzhi’s follower area was instantly filled.

[Look, look! This is the unfolding capability of the Intelligent Mechanism Card Set!]

[It’s not over yet!]

[If I were that candidate, I would surrender now, how can you fight this?]

As Xu Tianzhi unfolded, the livestream site’s bullet comments instantly flooded the screen. Indeed, compared to the stagnant domestic professional Life Card matches, such a duel slaughtering the weak is much more interesting.

"Activate the Tyrant’s effect, send one of my [Intelligent Mechanism] followers on the field to the graveyard, then I can select two[Intelligent Mechanism] spell cards from the deck to add to my hand."

"Paying 1 Soul Point, make a normal summon from my hand [Number One Intelligent Mechanism·Dorodo]."

"My turn ends."

Xu Tianzhi finally ended his turn.

This wasn’t even his strongest opening, but since it was a duel exam, the proctor’s deck had to be reduced to twenty cards, otherwise Xu Tianzhi could continue his play for quite a while.

Nonetheless, even so, the suppression from a fifth-level Life Card Master was incredibly terrifying, five followers in one turn, an ordinary candidate simply couldn’t respond.

Xu Tianzhi thought so in his heart, adjusting his glasses, unwilling to look at the examinee opposite him.

The turn marker came to Shen Sui, meaning Shen Sui would start his turn.

Shen Sui looked at the initial five cards in his hand, then at Xu Tianzhi’s field, and started calculating his deck in his mind.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Shen Sui quickly drew a card from his deck.

[Haha, this kid’s shout is quite standard, does he think he’s on a professional arena?]

[Poor guy, probably being run over by the opponent’s followers next turn.]

Shen Sui didn’t know that his duel was being streamed online, he followed the thoughts in his mind and began his turn by himself.

"My turn." Shen Sui drew a card from his hand, "Paying 1 Soul Point, I activate a spell card [Little Horse Knows the Way] from my hand, pay 5000 Life Value to choose up to three Life Cards from the deck to add to hand, and then place one card from my hand on top of the deck..."

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Card Name: [Little Horse Knows the Way]

Category: Spell Card

Star Level: 1 Star

Effect: Can only be activated at the start of your main phase, you can pay 5000 Life Value to choose up to three Life Cards from the deck to add to the hand, then place one card from the hand on top of the deck. If the selected Life Cards include [Alice’s Little Mare], exempt the usage cost for all selected Life Cards.

The total star level of Life Cards added to the hand by this method cannot exceed X. (X is the star level of the Life Card placed on top of the deck by this effect)

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[This card’s effect isn’t bad, this rookie has something going for him.]

[Laughing to death, how high can the rookie’s Life Card star levels be? But I can offer thirty thousand for that little mare card.]

Shen Sui revealed his hand.

15-star spell card [Recovery].

[Holy crap! The rookie has a 15-star Life Card?]

[Which rich man’s kid came out to experience life?]

[It must be the elders at home feeding him cards, it’s really **** ridiculous, using a 15-star card to feed?]

stars, in any Soul Card World, is the highest level of strength, even in today’s well-developed Life Card dueling systems, a 15-star Life Card remains extremely precious, sometimes requiring several generations of effort in the Soul Card World to obtain one.

Therefore, when Shen Sui revealed [Recovery], everyone present and the audience in front of the screen were dumbfounded.

[What’s his name? Shen Sui? Why couldn’t I find any information?]

[Does anyone know? Which Soul Card World is he from? Let me see which family’s young master he is.]

Liang Hui looked serious. Upon seeing Shen Sui reveal a 15-star Life Card, he instinctively became nervous.

This is a talent! Xu Tianzhi you need to be clear-headed! Don’t eliminate him!

Unfortunately, the duel exam is an exam that the Life Card Association takes very seriously, even as the dean, he couldn’t possibly intervene in the duel.

But soon, information about Shen Sui was in Liang Hui’s hands.

Dawn Continent?

Seeing the name, Liang Hui’s once-heated mind instantly cooled down.

Dawn Continent, the number one Soul Card World, is legendary in the Life Card dueling domain.

The Soul Card World is the Dawn Continent? No wonder.

In this world, obtaining such a strong and precious Life Card is a possibility, many existing 15-star Life Cards were sold by retired Life Card Masters from Dawn Continent when their Soul Cards had to be laid to rest.

Presumably, in the near future, this [Recovery] would also appear in the Life Card Store.

Liang Hui’s impulse to "definitely recruit this student into the school" instantly disappeared.

The journalist who saw the previously excited Liang Hui now suddenly calm down was very curious, but at such a moment, he dared not inquire further.

Meanwhile, the audience was still heatedly discussing Shen Sui’s origin in the bullet comments.

The Soul Card World is a Life Card Master’s personal privacy, unless willing, cannot be disclosed, Liang Hui understood this principle and silently put away Shen Sui’s information.

In the field, Shen Sui remained unfazed, having chosen the Life Cards to add to his hand.

[Alice’s Little Mare], [Star Magic Array], [Accidental Injury].

1+13+1, exactly 15 stars.