Shen Sui looked at his starting 8 Soul Points, then glanced at his hand cards.

Although his deck included some Event Cards, relying on drawing them to counter this Spirit-Devouring Storm was extremely difficult.

Currently, he didn't have any effects that could search for Event Cards, so he could only force a draw through filtering.

The traits of Event Cards generally benefit or harm both sides equally, and their timing differences depend on their specific effects.

Take the Spirit-Devouring Storm for instance, Vivian would definitely use it after playing all her cards and completing all her setups; this allows her to exert enough pressure on her opponent with her first move advantage.

The Event Card Shen Sui had used before, [Chaos], had a cost-halving trait that necessitated first move use, otherwise it would inadvertently give an advantage to the opponent using Shen Sui's own Soul Points.

The Event Card in Shen Sui's deck now is [Error War], and if he could draw this card, Shen Sui was confident he could deal enough damage to Vivian.

If filtering is the approach, then the best axis is the Spiritual Axis. Although due to the Spirit-Devouring Storm, much Soul Points recovery would be wasted, if drawing the [Error War] could counter the Spirit-Devouring Storm, it would be acceptable.

However, what is hard to guarantee is whether Shen Sui has enough Soul Points to make the Spiritual Axis work.

If by the time Alice is barely summoned, the Soul Points are exhausted, it would be quite problematic.

Meanwhile, several people at the commentary were discussing the effect of this Event Card.

Shen Sui's Soul Points cap became 8, which in a battle using Life Cards through costs, is quite a fatal issue.

"Such strong first-move suppression." Tan Song also couldn't help but sigh, "If you activate this card as the main phase of the first turn is about to end, and it's not countered when activated, the opponent would be in a really tough spot. If only Shen Sui had kept that [Elemental Life: Lava Fairy]."

The lava fairy's effect doesn't specify a card type, meaning it can counter the activation of Event Cards.

The Event Cards can generally only be countered at the point of activation.

"In hindsight, that's indeed the case." Canglan agreed with Tan Song, "After all, from An Wei's previous matches, no matter which Life Card of hers gets countered, her end would always be the Imaginary Spirit Dragon, with only differences in follower effects."

"From this duel alone, the benefit of countering the first Spell Card isn't as great as imagined." An Hai said, "But sometimes duels are like this; you never know what kind of setups your opponent has behind, and you can only gamble whether the counter can interrupt their plays."

It was clear this time that Shen Sui gambled wrong.

And the cost of gambling wrong is this somewhat suffocating suppression.

Shen Sui looked at the cards in his hand and thought for a long time.

"My turn!" Shen Sui placed his hand atop the deck.

"Draw!"

Shen Sui looked at what card he had drawn before proceeding with the duel.

Seeing the drawn [Spiritual Life: Radiant Lion], Shen Sui immediately made up his mind.

He played the [Puppet Creation] from his hand, paying the Soul Points to activate this Spell Card and fetched a [Puppet] follower from the deck and added it to his hand.

"When you search a Life Card, I reveal my set card." At this moment, Vivian's voice came as she revealed her only set card on the field, "Activating the Spell Card [Fantasy Unity], it can be activated when the opponent searches for a Life-type effect, declaring a Card Name, the opponent cannot search for a Life Card with the same Card Name."

Oh no.

Shen Sui immediately felt something amiss in his heart.

If there was a card in Shen Sui's deck that could bypass the Spirit-Devouring Storm constraints, it would be [Sacrificial Puppet: Ada]. Ada's effect waives a certain amount of costs when she or the Sacrificial Puppet derivative is liberated.

With this, even if Shen Sui had only 8 or fewer Soul Points, he could still play several High-Star Life Cards; most likely he could break the state of play.

"You should know what Card Name I'm going to declare, right?" Vivian said with a smile.

Looking at Vivian's smiling face, Shen Sui felt quite frustrated.

"The card I'm declaring is! [Sacrificial Puppet: Ada]!"

"Aren't you afraid she's already in my hand?" Shen Sui retorted.

"Hmph! If you're really that lucky, I'd accept my loss!" Vivian replied.

Ada, of course, was not in Shen Sui's hand. He opened his deck, and Ada's card was already dimmed, unable to be searched using this effect.

Shen Sui opted for second-best and chose [Cursed Puppet: Natasha].

Although Shen Sui still had ways to continue his plays, these restrictions still made him very frustrated.

Fortunately, the Imaginary Spirit Dragon should be vulnerable to liberation, so I should use the Flame Witch's effect to dissolve the Imaginary Spirit Dragon first.

Thinking this, Shen Sui paid the last costs and performed a usual summon of Natasha from his hand, recycling the costs by liberating Natasha, and completing the grave stacking simultaneously.

This could be considered a unique way of grave stacking in Life Card Duels, simple, quick, and effective without any costs.

This trait posed no obvious issues in the early days when Life Card grave effects weren't so powerful, but as grave effects have grown stronger, this costless rapid grave stacking has gradually shown to be quite overpowered.

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