Chapter 849: Chapter 505: Alice’s Adorable Monster Team

Shen Sui never expected that Vivian would blatantly set the puppet to cheat using Extraordinary powers during the duel.

Under normal duel rules, such behavior is certainly not allowed. Shen Sui has experienced similar dark games before.

However, even if someone actually used Extraordinary powers during a Life Card Duel, it was always against people; he’d never seen anyone use Extraordinary powers against the Life Cards themselves.

Not to mention manipulating the cards on the spot, even switching cards from the deck to one’s hand seems impossible.

If the use of Extraordinary powers on Life Cards and decks isn’t prohibited, then the Life Card Duel, the barrier against the Extraordinary Invasion in the real world, might become a tool for enabling wrongdoing.

After all, Life Card Masters in the real world don’t possess any Extraordinary powers.

So when Shen Sui saw the puppet rubbing a few four-color petals into its hand on the spot, he immediately understood the significance of the special rules the puppet was talking about.

Although Life Card Duel rules were being used, this space was created within the Broken Realm and wasn’t the real world.

As one of the creators of this space, Vivian borrowed the Life Card Duel rules from the real world but modified some of them according to her own ideas.

This allowed the phenomenon of Extraordinary powers affecting Life Cards in the duels within this space.

Such covert rules are very suitable for a card set like the puppet’s, which needs to gather specific Life Cards for a special victory.

The Extraordinaries present weren’t fools either.

When Shen Sui checked the puppet’s hand over two turns and saw changes in the cards that defied common sense, they immediately understood the reason behind it.

The puppet had tampered with its hand in the Life Card Duel.

Keep in mind, earlier the puppet had killed its opponent for illegal attacking during a duel. But now it was engaging in what seemed like violating behavior itself.

Does this mean that, in the eyes of the puppet as a referee, any cheating with Extraordinary powers not discovered doesn’t count as cheating?

Does that mean I can also secretly use my Extraordinary powers to modify the structure of my hand like the puppet?

Hmm, it’s not necessary to modify my hand; disrupting the opponent’s deck is also a very good choice.

However, based on Shen Sui’s understanding of Life Card Duels, no matter how Vivian modifies the fundamental rules, it’s impossible to directly conjure non-existent cards.

I have to say, the puppet’s card set, paired with card manipulating transformations, is really devious. If Shen Sui hadn’t checked the puppet’s hand twice in succession, he wouldn’t have realized it had already developed its hand in a very advantageous direction right under his nose.

But, since I know you have already gathered the four petals in your hand, don’t blame me for disrupting your cards.

While thinking this, Shen Sui raised his hand to point at Alice, currently in the form of Finist on the field, and said, "Pay Soul Points, and transform my [Lord of Leonis - Finist] form into [Knight of Desperate - Finist]."

As the glow of form transformation rose, the confidence and brilliance belonging to the lord enveloping Alice faded, transforming into a knight wielding a long sword with both hands.

Alice leaned on the sword with both hands as if battling the oncoming black tide. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Discounting the set Candlelight Illusion form, [Knight of Desperate - Finist] should be the first form Alice unlocked in World No. 8.

The Knight of Desperate’s effect is actually very powerful, especially after having the Lord of Leonis form, which elevates the Knight of Desperate’s strength to a higher level.

The Lord of Leonis allows Shen Sui to check the opponent’s hand once per turn, while the Knight of Desperate’s effect lets him choose two of the opponent’s hand cards to be stacked underneath her card upon entering the field during a form transformation.

As long as the puppet doesn’t have a Life Card to remove stacked cards, Shen Sui can keep these petals in the stacked state, essentially permanently invalidating the puppet’s card set’s crucial special victory.

On a side note, form transformations don’t affect stacked materials, meaning even if Shen Sui transforms [Knight of Desperate - Finist], the stacked materials will not enter the graveyard but remain under the Soul Card.

After Shen Sui stripped away two crucial materials, the regular duel turned into garbage time.

Shen Sui has always been the kind of person who, once he seizes an opportunity, will not give the opponent any means of resistance, much less since the puppet’s card set was constructed with his participation, so he had an understanding of its Life Card composition.

Under Shen Sui’s foresight of all countermeasures against the puppet, the puppet ultimately lost to Shen Sui.

For Shen Sui, this was just another ordinary victory, and he wasn’t even surprised by the result.

Aside from the beginning when the puppet’s card manipulation baffled him, Shen Sui’s skill level remained intact throughout, giving the puppet no chance to resist.

When Finist’s sword pierced through the puppet’s chest, a rune lit up on the back of his hand.

"Congratulations on becoming the first contestant to earn a spot in the quarter-finals." After the puppet lost, it appeared very calm, standing there matter-of-factly stating the outcome.