Chapter 1142 - 638: Haral Intelligence_2

Chapter 1142: Chapter 638: Haral Intelligence_2

Actually, Shen Sui doesn’t really crave rank nine that much. As long as he can duel those powerful Duelists, he’s happy.

So once he hit rank eight and met the entry requirement for A-class tournaments, he stopped feeling so desperate about grinding points.

Still, you’ve gotta finish what you start.

Since he’d already opened up the ranking ladder, he had to climb to rank nine sooner or later.

Otherwise if people in later generations find out that the so‑called world’s strongest Duelist, the God of Age, is only rank eight... wouldn’t they look down on me?

Of course, Xinyuan Tanchun didn’t come all the way over just for that.

She pointed at the documents in Shen Sui’s hand and said, "The ones at the back are intel on Haral that your account’s backend received. I helped collect and sort them."

After the bounty for info on Haral went out, Shen Sui handed his forum account over to Xinyuan Tanchun to manage.

When it comes to organizing and analyzing data, she’s obviously the pro here.

Although Tanchun had some complaints about it, her body very honestly accepted the job.

Shen Sui originally thought that right now Haral should only have two parts left—head and torso.

But judging from the intel Tanchun had analyzed, it was actually three parts.

Its heart’s whereabouts are currently unknown.

Haral’s head is very clearly located in the Second Mythical World.

As for Haral’s body...

"World No. 19?"

"Yeah." Tanchun nodded. "I don’t wanna believe it, but judging from all the different sources, the possibility that it’s in World No. 19 is indeed higher."

Every Soul Card World is changing every single day.

Lots of Life Card Masters don’t even know what the real Haral looks like, so whenever they run into something they can’t understand—some existence or phenomenon—they slide into Shen Sui’s DMs to report it.

They just report whatever; swing the bat and see if you hit something. If it really is Haral, then they’ve made bank.

But this was driving Tanchun absolutely crazy.

Every day she had to sift through this ocean of information, pick out usable intel, then compile it.

If it were just a huge volume of intel, that’d be fine. As long as she’s willing to grind, she can eventually work through it all.

But Shen Sui’s bounty is way too tempting; some people are even fabricating intel on purpose, trying to bluff their way through.

And this intel‑faking isn’t the low‑level "just make stuff up" kind either. Those tricks are obvious fakes to Tanchun, who’s already seen a ridiculous amount of intel.

These providers of fake intel will mix made‑up stuff into what they actually know, turning it into a brand‑new report and sending it to Shen Sui’s DMs.

Tanchun’s brain was about to overheat from processing all this.

But when she saw the Soul Card World that’s most likely to contain one of Haral’s split bodies, she still froze for a moment.

World No. 2 she could still understand; the scars of the Divine War simply can’t be completely covered up.

And Shen Sui had already confirmed the whereabouts of Haral’s head through Dongye Youzai’s account.

But Haral’s torso showing up in World No. 19?

Honestly, even though this intel was something Tanchun herself had deduced, she still found it hard to believe.

Yet if it isn’t Haral’s invasion, there’s just no way to explain how the zombies over there suddenly powered up several times over.

Plus, a Life Card Master had clearly submitted a firsthand report: he saw a gigantic torso without a heart, limbs, or head in the ruins of the Luohuang Island nuclear power plant.

To prove he wasn’t lying, the guy even attached a photo—specifically, the photo of the Life Card that popped up back then.

The huge torso was in the upper‑left corner of the card’s artwork.

Shen Sui took the photo from Tanchun and glanced at it.

"Yep, that’s It." Shen Sui immediately recognized it as Haral’s torso.

The severed limb marks perfectly matched his own four Life Cards. ℯℯ𝘭.

Hearing Shen Sui confirm it, Tanchun blanked out for a second. "Why did it have to be there of all places..."

World No. 19 is exactly the Soul Card World where her younger sister, Xinyuan Yingxue, is.

"Good thing it doesn’t look like It’s awakened yet." Tanchun said. "It’s just that the zombies’ strength has already started climbing fast."

"I’ll go!"

Shen Sui had just opened his mouth when Alice, who’d been listening forever by the side, suddenly spoke up, all excited.

Seeing the two of them turn to look at her, she pointed at her own chest again and repeated, "I’ll go! I’ll go deal with It."

"It’s not impossible." Shen Sui smiled. "But worlds of that type might be kind of chaotic and dirty."

"It’s totally fine!" Alice said, still buzzing. "I’ve watched zombie flicks. In those movies you can just go full‑on explosive mayhem without taking responsibility!"

So you wanna go to a post‑apocalyptic zombie world purely for that, huh.

But thinking about it, that kind of world actually might be pretty suitable for Alice to go unwind in.

In more than one sense.

Why would a zombie world be suitable for a girl to relax in, seriously!

Shen Sui was mentally exhausted just thinking about it—maybe that’s just Alice being Alice.

"It’s not impossible."

This time Shen Sui didn’t shoot down Alice’s proposal.

With Alice’s current strength, even against Haral’s torso—even an awakened torso—even if she can’t win outright, she won’t be at a disadvantage.

"Are we going right now?" Alice was itching to move.

"Aren’t you still gonna duel?"

"Oh, right." Alice looked even more fired up. "When are we dueling?"

As she spoke, she looked over at Tanchun.

Feeling the girl’s fervent gaze, Tanchun silently took a step back.

"Don’t be scared, I’m a beginner!" Alice said, thumping her chest.

That’s exactly why I’m scared!

If I lose to a beginner, where am I supposed to put my pride?

Your family’s all kinds of weird; for all I know, your "beginner" might be secretly super strong!

"You two duel first."

Shen Sui stood up, checked the time, and said, "I’m gonna drop by the Exploration Bureau."

"You’re heading there now?" Alice immediately asked.

Shen Sui nodded. "I’ll be back soon."

Since he wasn’t planning to bring Alice this time, Shen Sui didn’t have to worry about card‑farming pressure; he could just brute‑force speedrun it.

Alice blinked her big eyes. "Then when you get back, we’ll go to that World No. 19 together?"

"No problem."

"Hehe!" Alice laughed happily.

Off to the side, Tanchun watched their back‑and‑forth and muttered speechlessly, "On paper they’re siblings in age, but why do they feel more like father and daughter..."

"They are father and daughter." Isabella suddenly chimed in.

"Tsk, fine. Your whole family’s a bunch of weirdos."

"Don’t underestimate Alice." Isabella watched Shen Sui head out and said with a cheerful smile, "Her luck might surpass what you imagine."

"Even if her luck’s amazing, a newbie top‑decking a key card doesn’t necessarily know how to use it, right?" Tanchun wasn’t looking down on Alice; she was just stating the facts.

The barrier to entry for Life Card Duels is pretty high.

A single search effect can point to a bunch of different cards; even if you top‑deck like a god, you might still fail to pull off a comeback play.

"Her instincts are strong too." Isabella patted Tanchun’s shoulder.

"Hey hey hey, aren’t you my Soul Card? Why do you keep dumping cold water on me?" Tanchun complained helplessly.

Even though this has happened many times already, it usually happens when Shen Sui’s around.

Didn’t expect that even with Shen Sui off doing other stuff, Isabella’s still over there dousing her.

Isabella giggled, raised her hand, and tapped Tanchun between the brows. "I’m telling you to be careful."

"Besides, I’m your Soul Card, but I’m also her elder." With that, Isabella fluttered over to Alice’s side and suddenly hugged her.

"Mmph~! Isabella‑sis, stooop~!"

"Hehe, it’s been a while since we met, right? Lemme see if you’ve grown any taller."

"Don’t ask such hurtful questions!"

Watching her own Soul Card getting all chummy with someone else, Tanchun’s eyebrow twitched like crazy. She slammed the table and yelled:

"Hey! Are we dueling or not!"