Previously, all the AB category competitions in China basically had this problem.
The Class A competition is between You Wenqi and Tan Song, and An Hai's rise is also a recent event.
Category B competition is a competition between Wang Hongjing and Yang Ligao.
Apart from that, there are occasionally dark horses like Feng Lindu, but they are basically short-lived and are soon banned and sanctioned, becoming obscurity in the crowd.
In fact, as a fortune-telling master who did not come from an aristocratic family, Tan Song had been banned from playing cards many times since his debut. However, he managed to hold on in the end, and became one of the domestic heroes competing with You Wenqi. Although he lost more than he won in domestic competitions, he was basically either the runner-up or one of the top few.
The reason why Tan Song was able to remain so strong under the previous card ban from the Fate Card Association was because of his awesome Soul Cards. His Soul Cards were similar to Shen Sui's Alice, who loved to court death, resulting in many forms. He relied on Soul Cards as the main axis to challenge the banned card list.
In contrast, the Class C competition highlights a hundred schools of thought, and the contestants even perform acrobatics.
After the Exploration Bureau took over the review of the banned card list, this phenomenon should improve a lot, but such an improvement will not be reflected quickly. After all, although the Fate Card Association had banned cards arbitrarily before, the Exploration Bureau's idea of lifting all the previously banned cards cannot be achieved overnight.
"Of course, if it were any other Class B competition in the country, Wang Hongjing might be the most popular candidate for the championship, but the Class B competition of the Huashan Invitational is a little different." Aragaki Tanchun said.
"Are you talking about foreign players?" The difference between the Huashan Invitational's B-class competition and other domestic B-class competitions is probably that it uses many foreign fortune-teller players.
Aragaki Tanchun nodded. "The prices of their cards are very high, but since the prices are tied to the strength of the cards, many card masters will choose to sell their powerful cards. As long as you have money, you can find powerful cards that suit your deck in the market. Therefore, it is easier for them to build a powerful deck. The reason why our players always fail to perform well in the World Championship is because of these subtle differences in strength."
The price of life cards in China is cheap, which leads to many people being unwilling to sell their powerful life cards for money. Most of them choose to trade life cards through card-for-card collection, which makes it difficult to accumulate powerful life cards.
Although you can still find the right card for your deck through trading, the strength of the card is entirely up to chance.
The two pricing policies for life cards have led to two completely different phenomena, which were very obvious in the World Championship.
Chinese fortune tellers can often get good rankings by using cheap fortune cards to put together a good deck, but the deck is always lacking in strength and they always lose to their opponents in the finals.
Sometimes you can even see three Chinese fortune tellers in the top four, but the championship just doesn’t happen to be theirs.
It's just embarrassing.
With such precedents, people naturally pay attention to foreign fortune tellers when selecting the favorites to win the championship.
Because of the increase in points, there are many foreign fortune tellers participating in the Huashan Invitational Tournament this time. The most famous one is probably Cezer Malfoy from the United States.
When Shen Sui heard the last name, he immediately thought of Tis Malfoy, the world's currently number one fortune teller.
"Yes, he is Tiais's younger brother." Xin Yuan Tanchun confirmed Shen Sui's thoughts, "With this relationship, you know why Wang Hongjing is not the first choice for the championship, right?"
As Tis's younger brother, Cesaire is a rising star in America.
Although he and Tiis have completely different dueling styles, and even their soul card worlds are not the same, his impressive record in domestic competitions in the United States still cannot help but attract attention.
This is also a powerful fortune-telling master who, like Yang Ligao, maintains an undefeated record.
Before coming to China to compete, he had just finished his promotion tournament, where he crushed his opponent without a doubt and was promoted to a seventh-rank destiny card master.
"Another complete victory."
"Yes. Although some of the games were won dangerously, a winning streak is a winning streak, and it's even longer than Xiao Gao's. He has a tendency to rule the country like his brother." Aragaki Tanchun said, "Maybe when he reaches the eighth level, you can see the Malfoy brothers ruling the world of fate cards."
"I feel like what you're more likely to see is the scene where the two brothers are used as stepping stones by me." Shen Sui complained casually.
Aragaki Tanchun was stunned. He originally wanted to say it was impossible, but when he thought about what Shen Sui had done since his debut, it was hard to say.
In addition to Césaire, there are some fortune tellers who are relatively famous in their respective countries. Aragaki Tanchun also talked about them briefly. They are nothing more than players from Europe and Japan.
"It seems I won't be able to see my old friends anymore." Shen Sui sighed.
The Aragaki sisters were eliminated early in the preliminaries, Yang Ligao was promoted to the eighth level, and Vivian did not participate in this competition.
"Hmm?" Shen Sui was looking through the schedule when he unexpectedly saw a familiar name, "Did he make it to the finals as well?"
Shen Sui looked at Xu Tianzhi's name and chuckled.
"Xu Tianzhi." Xin Yuan Tanchun came over and saw Xu Tianzhi's name. He said with a little jealousy, "Damn it, why can he get in but I can't."
While Shen Sui was busy with the Duel Academy National Competition, Xu Tianzhi took advantage of the last wave of craze before the competition system reform and scrambled for points, becoming a seventh-level fate card master in a hurry. However, perhaps because of the rush, although his rankings were very good, he won few championships, and he needed a championship to officially announce his return.
"But his luck doesn't seem to be very good." Shen Sui glanced at Xu Tianzhi's opponent, who happened to be Sezer whom they just mentioned.
"As for the bubble match, even if we lose the first game, we still have a chance to qualify," said Aragaki Tanchun.
There are a total of three bubble matches, all of which are divided into groups in advance. Based on the win-loss record, the top two teams in each group will enter the knockout stage.
If Shen Sui remembered correctly, Wang Hongjing, one of the favorites to win the championship mentioned by Aragaki Tanchun, was in the same group as Shen Sui.
It was precisely because Shen Sui and Wang Hongjing were assigned to the same group that his group became the death group in this Huashan B category competition.
Just then, Qisara knocked on the door and came in.
"Welcome back." Shen Sui said to Qisala with a smile, "Is there any trouble for you over there?"
Qisara rarely showed a playful attitude, winked at Shen Sui, and said: "There is no problem, wasn't all this done by Miss Isabella?"
After Aragaki Tanchun was attacked, he immediately contacted the Exploration Bureau after briefly informing Shen Sui, without giving Shen Sui a chance to inform him. This led to the Exploration Bureau also knowing that the bald man attacked Qisara, so Qisara was also called in by the Exploration Bureau agents for questioning.
However, for Kisara, she could feel no guilt in shifting the blame to Isabella. In the eyes of outsiders, this dragon maid who could tear apart enemies with her bare hands was just a weak little maid who was not dangerous at all.
"I don't know if there will be any result." Aragaki Tanchun was still a little worried, "It would be too scary if such a person stared at me all day long."
"Isabella will protect you." Shen Sui said with a smile, "You don't need to worry at all."
Aragaki Tanchun rolled his eyes and said, "How dare you laugh? You are also a target, right? Aren't they also trying to capture you and brainwash you into becoming a member of the organization?"
While Shen Sui was analyzing the situation with Xin Yuan Tanchun, Wang Ming was looking at the report in his hand and talking to Zhang Fang on the phone with a headache on his face:
"According to the information obtained from the attacker's soul by Aragaki Tanchun's soul card, the attacker is from the Advent Society. They want to brainwash Shen Sui and Aragaki Tanchun to become the link between them and World No. 1."
"If the information is correct, it is basically certain that the extraordinary power of the Advent Society comes from World No. 1." Zhang Fang's voice came from the other end of the phone, "And it seems that the Advent Society does not have many fortune-tellers who can communicate with World No. 1, otherwise they would not risk attacking Shen Sui and Xin Yuan Tanchun."
"It seems like that. These people are so hateful." Wang Ming said with a frown.
"Isn't it the way they use their extraordinary powers that is truly terrifying?" Zhang Fang seemed very calm. "The attacker used magic from World One, but he is not a fortune teller from World One. So how did he use magic? Is this method universal? If so, does it mean that humans in this world can use this method to obtain a very simple way to use extraordinary powers at will?"
Zhang Fang's series of questions left Wang Ming silent.
Zhang Fang also seemed to be in a headache. There had already been a phenomenon of fortune-tellers gaining extraordinary powers in the country, and then this attack happened again. A completely different way of using extraordinary powers appeared again.
Before, whether it was the followers of the Lord or the influence of the Soul Card, the fortune tellers who gained extraordinary powers at least had a direct connection with the Soul Card world where the power came from.
But this time it was different. The attacker’s soul card world was not World No. 1 at all, but he was using the extraordinary power of World No. 1.
"Aragaki Tanchun's soul card must be hiding important information." Zhang Fang quickly came to the conclusion.
Isabella is the vampire queen of the Dawn Continent and is considered one of the top figures in the Dawn Continent. If similar methods exist in World No. 1, even if she has not mastered them, she should have a general idea of them.
"Then I'll go ask Aragaki Tanchun." Wang Ming stood up.
"Wait a moment." Zhang Fang immediately stopped him, "A king needs to be respected. She is not our prisoner and has no obligation to answer our questions. You have more important things to deal with now."
"whats the matter?"
Zhang Fang was silent for a while, then continued, "We must maintain the stability of this Huashan Invitational Tournament. We cannot let anything go wrong with this tournament."
"But, extraordinary power..."
"We have to do things step by step. We can't lose our composure. What if this is the opponent's strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west? Don't these organizations like to stir up trouble at big events? Your first priority is to maintain the stability of this game. I will investigate the rest."
Wang Ming seemed to want to persist, but to be honest he had no idea in his mind, so he wisely remained silent.
Zhang Fang leaned back in his chair, tilted his head back, and closed his eyes to rest.
"How are you going to investigate?" a voice asked.
"The Soul Card World of a domestic fortune teller will not be known to outsiders unless the fortune teller himself reveals it." Zhang Fang murmured, "Let's first check how the information about Shen Sui's Soul Card World was leaked."
"This kind of information should be easy to obtain, right? Didn't he use a lot of characteristic soul cards in the duel? It would be easy for a fortune teller with a corresponding soul card world to guess Shen Sui's soul card world, right?"
"Well, let's check it out. What if we find something?" Zhang Fang rubbed his temple and said, "Let's start with the Fate Card Association."
"You're not going to find another excuse to go to the Life Card Association, are you?"
"The fate card duel is now a national treasure. These guys think it's a money-making industry. If they want a piece of the pie, they can only beat them up."
Chapter 381 Based on the number of winning rounds, my strength is above yours!
Although Shen Sui had conducted sufficient investigation, he ultimately underestimated the popularity of the Huashan Invitational.
That evening, when Shen Sui arrived at the competition venue, the entire venue was already full of people.
There were not only audiences who bought tickets and were ready to enter, but also many reporters and self-media who came to interview.
Among them, many fans and viewers cosplayed as follower characters in their idols' decks.
In a short while, the square outside the venue was filled with people. This was still the B-level competition. When the A-level competition started in a few days, there would be even more people here.
As a contestant, Shen Sui has an independent passage to enter the competition venue. Both sides of this passage are basically the battlegrounds for fan clubs. However, there are not so many fans for contestants in Class B competitions, so the competition is not very fierce, and fans do not have to queue up at night to grab a good spot.
Along the way, Shen Sui also met many of his fans. After a simple wave, he entered the venue.
Huashan's main business is tourism, so it is impossible to build a too large duel venue on the mountain. Therefore, the number of spectators that the entire venue can accommodate is far less than that of the venue in Shanghai. However, it must be said that the designer of the venue put a lot of thought into it. The moment he entered the venue, Shen Sui felt a breath of nature coming towards him.
"Damn it! I'm just one step away from appearing on this stage." Aragaki Tanchun, who entered the venue as Shen Sui's coach, looked at the surrounding environment with envy, "Huashan Duel Hall is one of my favorite duel arenas! My lifelong wish is to compete in this arena!"
"You told me last time that your lifelong wish was to participate in a competition at the Magic City Stadium." Shen Sui complained.
Aragaki Tanchun suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Well, people's dreams will always improve."
After Shen Sui entered the venue, he found that he had arrived quite early, so he found a relatively secluded corner in the players' lounge and sat down.
Glancing at the duel machine, Alice and Isabella were flying to Bumble City together.
After dealing with the ancestor, all the blood altars destroyed themselves. Lingyi's drowsiness was swept away, and she flew to the destination with a particularly energetic look. Considering the flow speed of the two worlds, they would be able to reach Bumble City by the time Shen Sui finished today's game.
Along the way, Isabella told Alice about the things to pay attention to in Bumble City.
As the most special city on the Dawn Continent, Bumble City always has some strange rules.
For example, you cannot sell matches from street to street.
For example, a very strict curfew.
[“Does everyone need to follow these precautions?” Alice pouted.]
[“That’s not the case. Church members don’t need to abide by such rules.” Isabella said with a smile.]
[“Hehe, then I am a member of the church.” Alice raised her head and said.]
[“You’d better not act as Entoma…”]
[“Who said I was Entoma?” Alice rolled her eyes and took out a token, “I can also be a postman.”]
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