But considering Louise was deep in the fear of the life-or-death ga, Shen Sui doubted that, if he didn’t do sothing, this duel might really end in just two or three rounds.
Shen Sui’s provocation indeed had so effect, but the cause of the effect was quite different from what Shen Sui had imagined.
He initially thought Louise would be angered by his words, thus provoked, and unleash all her potential.
But what really made Louise furious was Shen Sui’s completely ruthless attitude.
Summoning a level fifteen Follower to the field right in the first turn, you indeed want to quickly wrap this up and drag into the life-or-death ga!
The fear of the life-or-death ga pressured Louise.
"Hmph, the duel isn’t over yet, and the result is far from certain!" Louise gritted her teeth and quickly drew a card from her deck.
"My turn." She swiftly entered her main phase and played the first card in her hand.
She went first with a Spell Card [Golden Apple], attempting to put Shen Sui back in his hand by having him draw two cards.
This card is a powerful Effect Card targeting players, capable of removing Follower Cards with "unaffected by other card effects" complete resistance.
Unfortunately, as it’s a Spell Card, it usually needs to be placed on the field and activated, which under the rules, is considered a Life Card on the field.
Thus, the card was nullified as soon as Louise played it on the field, and the card’s effects were sent to the graveyard before even resolving.
"It’s useless, as long as the War God Puppet Body is on the field, any card effects that need to be activated on the field will be nullified!" Shen Sui didn’t forget to casually explain and jab.
In that instant, the forrly confident Louise was suddenly left in an awkward position.
How can this be!
As a Life Card Master holding Divine Cards, Louise understood the resistances of these Divine Cards very well, and was painfully aware of the disgusting nature of complete resistance Followers. After inadvertently witnessing Shen Sui’s match removing the opponent’s complete resistance Follower, she used her family’s resources and connections to find a similar Spell Card targeting players.
But she never expected the War God Puppet Body Balgas’s effect would prevent her from even activating a Spell Card.
This was Louise’s miscalculation.
While the War God Puppet Body can prohibit card effects from being activated on the field, it cannot limit effects outside the field.
Spell Card effects activated from the graveyard are not influenced by this effect.
Indeed, Shen Sui has many Life Cards that can bypass the War God Puppet Body, such as rmaid Guardian God Martina, whose effect activates Spell Cards from the graveyard, or Cursed Puppet Natasha, which activates Spell Cards directly from the deck; these types of effects don’t activate on the field.
Another kind even simulates the activation of a certain Spell Card effect, with no physical card involved, let alone being limited by the War God Puppet Body.
For Shen Sui, while the presence of the War God Puppet Body presents so challenges, it’s far from the point of being unplayable.
But for Louise, it’s different; being defeated by the War God Puppet Body’s first encounter kill, she wasn’t prepared for Life Cards to counter this card’s sealing suppression ability.
Undoubtedly, if she can’t remove the War God Puppet Body, she has absolutely no chance of defeating Shen Sui.
But does her deck contain a Life Card capable of removing the opponent’s Follower Card?
Since the War God Puppet Body restricts Life Cards on the field, Event Cards and Environnt Cards might be a good choice.
But the War God Puppet Body probably has "unaffected by other card effects" resistance, right?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Louise’s mind.
Her gaze fell upon Shen Sui’s deck.
If it really is as I speculate, I might venture to try sothing bold.
However, everything hinges on whether I can last until the next turn begins.
"When there are no Followers in my graveyard." Louise drew a Life Card from her hand, "Activate the effect of [Nether River Goddess Styx] in my hand, send three [Divine] Cards from the deck to the graveyard, then Special Summon her from my hand."
Louise directly sent three Divine Cards to the graveyard and Special Summoned [Nether River Goddess Styx] onto the field.
As soon as the Nether River Goddess landed on the field, her effect was blocked by the War God Puppet Body.
Louise was not surprised by this; the rank of the Nether River Goddess was insufficient to defend against the suppression of the War God Puppet Body, and she didn’t expect the Nether River Goddess to help her counter the War God Puppet Body.
Thus, she didn’t plan to make the Nether River Goddess her final stand either.
Louise promptly sacrificed the Nether River Goddess, sending her to the graveyard.
"Pay 5 Soul Points, Normal Summon [Shepherd of Kutaisi] on my field."
What surprised Shen Sui was that Louise, having gotten to this point, actually planned to end the turn directly.
But this just provided Shen Sui with an opportunity to close out this duel.
In a Life Card Duel, all phases must be experienced; you can choose to do nothing, but you must go through the phases.
This ans Louise cannot skip the battle phase to end the turn, so the War God Puppet Body’s forced attack has a considerable strength under this rule.
"Your battle phase." Just as Louise was about to hastily end the turn, Shen Sui decisively interrupted her during the battle phase, saying, "Any Follower you can attack with must attack."
The Shepherd’s Spirit Value is only 100, while the War God Puppet Body’s Spirit Value is a full 6000, along with the War God Puppet Body’s double battle damage; if this attack’s damage is formally resolved, then the battle damage will be enough to wipe out Louise’s re six thousand Life Value.
"So it must attack?" Louise, instead of being surprised, wore a delighted expression.
When Shen Sui noticed Louise’s expression, he sensed sothing was amiss.
The Shepherd launched its attack.
The Shepherd was destroyed in battle.
However, the battle damage Shen Sui anticipated did not appear.
"Activate the effect of [Heroic Hero Jason] in my hand, when [Shepherd of Kutaisi] is destroyed in battle, I can discard it and discard an Equipnt Spell Card [Golden Fleece] in my hand to activate, nullify the damage, and draw a card from the deck."
Shen Sui chuckled, unconcerned, just curious about how Louise, without any Follower Cards on the field, plans to withstand his second turn’s assault.
Louise drew a card from the deck.
At the mont she saw the Life Card drawn, a smile appeared on Louise’s lips: "Seems like I’ve found a way to counter the War God Puppet Body!"
"My turn ends."
"At this mont." Louise’s resolution was not over, "Activate the effect of Golden Fleece in the graveyard, at the end of the turn when it enters the graveyard, I can execute an additional main phase of my own."
Upon witnessing this, Shen Sui’s pupils slightly contracted.
This Equipnt Spell Card seems quite good!
An extra main phase is counted as another turn under the rules, aning many once-per-turn effects can be used again.
"My main phase." Louise waved her hand, beginning her extra main phase.
"Activate the effect of Nether River Goddess in the graveyard, Special Summon a [Divine] Card from my graveyard to your field, then I can select a Spell Card from the deck to add to my hand."
Search for a Spell Card?
What is the use of searching for a Spell Card at this ti? Usually, Spell Cards cannot bypass the suppression of the War God Puppet Body.
"Then." Louise said, drawing the Life Card she had just gotten from using Jason’s effect, and revealed it, "Activate the effect of [God King Zeus] in my hand."
"Once per turn, I can declare a Follower Card na. As long as there’s a declared card na in your deck or graveyard, I can generate a sa-nad Follower Card in my hand and add the ’Divine Child’ title."
"What?" Shen Sui was taken aback upon hearing this effect.
What the heck! What kind of ridiculous effect is this?
Activating an effect from the hand is one thing, but it even directly creates a card?
"I declare the Follower Card is..."
Louise pointed to Shen Sui’s deck and slowly uttered the declared card na:
"[Fish King Paiyiga]."
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