My Stubborn Soul Card Follower-Chapter 524 - 410: Cezar’s Respect (4K)_2

Because of the similarity in their play styles, Yang Liguang was at such a disadvantage when facing Theis, after all, Theis, having nothing better to do at home, spent his time researching how to beat up his own brother.

And Cezar truly had a tough head; even after being brutalized by Theis countless times, he never avoided dueling with Theis, and would even challenge Theis proactively.

"Speaking of which." Shen Sui was preparing for the match, watching Xinyuan Tanchun, who was constantly emphasizing Cezar’s key Life Cards, and said, "Do duelists’ worlds all have similar characteristics? Why does it feel like this world has so many brothers and sisters?"

Not counting the interloping Vivian, Shen Sui knows the brothers An Hai and An Yang, the brothers Theis and Cezar, and Xinyuan Tanchun in front is the most standard sister.

"That’s because Life Card Duels are often family-based." Xinyuan Tanchun casually remarked, "The characteristics of the Soul Card World make it necessary for Life Card Masters wanting to develop stably in the Soul Card World to have stable, trustworthy relationships there, with family and bloodlines being the most stable. Domestically, the dueling families dominate professional competitions; you don’t think foreign countries are free from this issue, right? It’s just that they annually come up with sensational Life Card maneuvers, causing people to overlook this problem."

"Alright." Xinyuan Tanchun closed the notebook in her hand and punched Shen Sui in the chest, "I’ve done everything I can. From here on, it’s up to your efforts. If you still can’t beat Cezar, don’t expect me to take the blame then."

Many well-known professional players, after losing a key matchup or unexpectedly losing a game, to maintain their worth, throw the blame on their coaching team, as Life Card Master coaches also have the stable scapegoat title.

"Don’t worry." Shen Sui checked his deck one last time.

After several days of simulated duels, Shen Sui specifically adjusted his deck to counter Cezar’s [Starship] deck, replacing some Life Cards in it. At least against Xinyuan Tanchun’s simulation deck, Shen Sui could stabilize and overpower the opponent even if they operated perfectly.

Of course, a live match duel is not comparable to simulated training duels. Player mindset and the atmosphere of the live setting influence duel proceedings.

After a splendid performance, the screen began playing previously recorded dialogue between the players.

Honestly, the organizer of the Huashan Invitational is quite professional.

Even though Shen Sui merely said a few things, they managed to cut it into seeming like he was opposing Cezar.

Shen Sui never expected the organizer’s promotional attack to be all used on the B-category match, with such a splendid and exquisite performance and player videos that clearly took a lot of editing and post-production effort, demonstrating their diligence.

It must be said, the Sino-foreign battles always draw huge attention.

But adding publicity weight to Sino-foreign battles requires considering the strength and weakness of the players on both sides.

If both sides have relatively equal strength, unable to see who would win, then one can naturally take a gamble, making big promotions, to hype the match.

However, if Huaxia is clearly the weaker party, they wouldn’t deliberately create hype before the match, though if this side ultimately wins as an underdog, the post-match publicity attack will be very strong, possibly forming a god-making momentum.

The A-category match, although also a Sino-foreign duel, lacks much confidence in Tan Song’s ability to defeat Theis for many people. Theis’s dominance in the past year is well-known, and again demonstrated his prowess by slaying Dongye Youzai in the semi-finals.

Both sides defeated Dongye Youzai in matches, hence naturally forming a clear comparison; compared to Theis’s victory, Tan Song’s seems somewhat opportunistic. This first encounter kill is only useful the first time, and once the opponent is prepared, it’s hard to have an advantageous effect.

Compared to the A-category match, Shen Sui and Cezar’s matchup has no significant differences on paper at least. Both showed dominance-level strength in this competition. The event organizer is hosting the match for fame and promotion; putting in so much prize money into the pool can’t simply be charity, topics with heat need to be created.

Thus the match between Shen Sui and Cezar became a major focus of promotion.

Under the organizer’s pre-match promotional attack, the audience at the venue was packed, with banners supporting Shen Sui visible.

However, there were still a few Cezar fans visible at the venue, mostly foreign friends in Huaxia.

As match time approached, Shen Sui was guided by staff to the dueling arena.

Under the host’s enthusiastic introduction, Shen Sui raised his hands and ascended the stage.

The audience was very enthusiastic, and the cheers were continuous.

Moreover, they were very friendly, not letting Cezar have a cold reception, with warm applause when Cezar came on stage.

Shen Sui looked at this blond, blue-eyed handsome man opposite, hesitated whether to greet him with his awkward English, but Cezar spoke first:

"I am looking forward to this duel, Mr. God of Age."

Huh?

Shen Sui momentarily froze, not only because the other spoke fluent Chinese but also due to how he addressed him.

Cezar seemed to notice Shen Sui’s surprise; though his face showed little expression, his voice carried a touch of confidence and pride: "Mastering the opponent’s mother tongue is the greatest respect for the opponent. The competitions in the US host Life Card Masters from all over the world, naturally including those from Huaxia. I have studied your match recordings; you are indeed a very strong opponent, God of Age. I hope you leave me with beautiful memories of Huaxia."

On the sidelines, Theis, who silently came to watch, was surprised hearing his brother speak fluent Chinese.

Shen Sui and the audience without continuous attention to Cezar did not know that in the US competitions, even when facing immigrant players from Huaxia, Cezar only used English to convey his phase and card effects, despite the opponent clearly not understanding English.

Duel rules specify that players have a duty to explain effects when activating them in the match, but do not specify the language used during explanations.

Thus, in early Life Card Duel’s wild era, many Life Card Masters learned obscure languages specifically to prevent opponents from understanding their card effect activation timing and conditions, continuously trapping opponents.

Of course, in today’s increasingly widespread professional Life Card Duel events, this behavior has gradually become part of competitive etiquette, although rules don’t prohibit it, players no longer use obscure languages to explain their effects, generally using their mother tongue or an international language.

Meaning, in this circumstance, Cezar using English to explain his duel effects still completely conforms to the rules, even not violating basic competition etiquette.

Yet he still showed great respect by using Chinese to duel Shen Sui.

Though Shen Sui could read effects himself, this level of respect and courtesy still touched him deeply.

Mmm, given this, I’ll give fewer pitfalls in this duel.

Shen Sui thought to himself.

"Match begins." With a clear declaration from the rule-explanation-completed referee, this match officially commenced.

Shen Sui and Cezar’s gaze suddenly became piercing.

Both almost simultaneously activated their dueling devices.

"Duel initiated!"

The turn cards began to move.

This match’s first turn belongs to Shen Sui.

"My first turn!" Shen Sui quickly drew five cards from his deck.