After years of development, the pace of Life Card Duel has reached an astonishing speed.

Although not all duels end as quickly as Shen Sui's in just three or four rounds, the duration of a duel often doesn't fill an entire tournament.

If a match consisted of only one duel, the duration might not even cover the audience's travel expenses, let alone whether it's worth the ticket price.

Therefore, to sell tickets, many high-end events have turned into something like a gala, using various musical and dance performances and exhibition matches to fill the empty time, which is why stage idols are so popular.

Of course, some heavyweight matches have already begun modifying the game format to address the issue of duel duration.

After all, the audience comes to watch the duels. If they wanted to see singing and dancing, why wouldn't they just attend a singer's concert?

Starting about two years ago, some world-class competitions began adopting a BO3 format for the finals, namely a best-of-three format.

The best-of-three finals can partially eliminate the element of luck in Life Card Duels.

Of course, completely eliminating luck is impossible. If you manage to win two rounds in a final using a risky card deck, it just means you were destined to be the champion of that match.

It is said that the upcoming Pacific Ocean Open's knockout rounds will fully adopt the BO3 format. This is also an international competition, taking place on a cruise ship, and it's quite a renowned event.

These changes are gradually spreading domestically, but for now, most competitions are still of the one-round-win format.

The finals of the national tournament still use the one-match-win format, with musical performances and top-level exhibition matches filling the remaining time, allowing ticket-buyers to fully enjoy the grand event.

With the increased support from Coastal City's officials, the lineup of this student competition's finals is not much different from some national-level events. Besides new idols like Tang Lili performing on-site, there are also many veteran singers—truly a feast for many spectators.

The exhibition match will feature Tan Song and An Hai, the world champion and the newly minted ninth-level Life Card Master, also drawing much attention. In fact, many spectators are attending not to watch Shen Sui's duel but to see Tan Song and An Hai's exhibition match.

To ensure viewership after the finals, this exhibition match will occur after the finals, and before that, the two ninth-level Life Card Masters will participate as guest commentators in the finals.

The host digging pits for An Hai is also part of what domestic guests don't need to experience, and in fact, he laid quite a few traps for Tan Song as well.

There's no helping it; some spectators just love watching this.

While An Hai and Tan Song were bantering with the commentators, Shen Sui had already started making pre-match preparations.

Besides checking and finalizing the card deck, he also had to tidy up his appearance.

Although it's just a student-level national competition, it is broadcast nationwide, so he had to pay some attention to his appearance and demeanor.

"I have to say," Shen Sui said, looking at himself in the mirror with a fresh and handsome look, "I am quite good-looking."

Sitting next to him, Xinyuan Tanchun couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Speaking of which, after losing to me, your sister didn't face any difficulties, did she?" Shen Sui casually chatted with Xinyuan Tanchun.

Xinyuan Yingxue's mother is very strict; she has set a meticulous plan for Yingxue, allowing no mistakes. Despite the undeniable victory by Shen Sui, Yingxue was inevitably subject to some criticism due to the loss.

"There was some trouble," Xinyuan Tanchun said, "but it's not too bad. After all, it's just a student competition. As long as Xinyuan Yingxue can beat you in a future professional competition, it'll restore her reputation and even add a 'not easily discouraged' persona."

"That woman is like that, she has a plan for everything, her obsession with control is terrifying," Xinyuan Tanchun complained.

Saying this, Xinyuan Tanchun seemed to think of something and said to Shen Sui, "If that's the case, they might search for the professional competitions you participate in, and have Xue target you."

"Let her target me, I'm not afraid," Shen Sui responded indifferently.

"I am," Xinyuan Tanchun said, rolling her eyes.

"Are you afraid I'll lose, or your sister will?"

Xinyuan Tanchun was silent for a long while before honestly saying, "A bit of both. You're my student, and she's my sister; I'd be upset to see either of you fail."

Shen Sui didn't deny being Xinyuan Tanchun's student.

Though Shen Sui has surpassed Xinyuan Tanchun in dueling skills, she taught him a lot, and he still needs her help with various tasks like arranging matches in the future.

Domestic competitions are a mixed bag; they have all sorts of names, making it hard to judge by name alone whether it's worth participating or if it's prestigious.

Take for example Xu Tianzhi winning the championship of the Light of Light Duel Competition. Just hearing the name may sound abstract, but it's genuinely a top-tier domestic B-category competition, named so simply because it is organized by the Light of Light Group.

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