"My turn, draw!" Wuping drew a card. After glancing at it, her expression grew even more serious. She had bricked completely and could not make a single move. All she could do was watch Youye play and hope he banished fewer cards, leaving her with a chance to win.
"I'll go straight to the End Phase. Any objections?"
She asked Youye.
"No." Youye glanced at his hand and the Baronne de Fleur on the field, then shook his head.
"Then we enter the End Phase. At this time, I activate the effect of Red-Eyes Wyvern in my Graveyard. I banish this card and target my Red-Eyes Thunder King Rai-Oh - Evil Demon in the Graveyard, Special Summoning it from the Graveyard!"
With that, Wuping ended her turn just like that.
"My turn. Draw!" After looking at his card, Youye spoke during the Standby Phase. "I choose not to pay 100 LP, so the Continuous Spell Messenger of Peace is sent to the Graveyard!"
"During Main Phase 1, I activate Baronne's effect, targeting one Set card in your Backrow and destroying it!"
The Set Magic Cylinder in Wuping's Backrow was destroyed!
Youye merely glanced at it and stopped paying attention. In this world, Yellow-level Duelists who had only just begun dueling generally only looked at Tribute Summons and ATK values.
Black-level Duelists fought with reactive traps. Of course, it was not like the best decks from his previous life; they simply used various Attack Declaration Traps alongside their own archetypes or powerful Normal Monsters.
Earth-level Duelists, or those close to that level, began Building a Board, breaking boards, and creating all kinds of end boards to fight each other. Put simply, Earth-level was where one truly entered the game. Everything before that was beginner territory.
Therefore, it was not strange for Wuping, a Black-level Duelist, to carry Magic Cylinder.
"Entering the Battle Phase, I declare an attack with Baronne de Fleur against the Thunder King on your field!"
"At this moment, I flip my Set card and activate the Trap Card Sacred Barrier - Mirror Force! Destroy all Attack Position monsters you control!"
Seeing this, Wuping's eyes lit up as if she had seen hope.
As she flipped her Set card, a massive beam of white light surged toward Baronne de Fleur, seeking to destroy her!
"Hanoi's Sublime Power?"
"Unfortunately. I chain Baronne as Chain 2 to your Mirror Force. Once per turn, when a Spell, Trap, or monster effect is activated, this face-up card can activate its effect to negate and destroy it!"
The instant Youye finished speaking, Baronne de Fleur raised the shield in her left hand. The floral rain around her shattered the white light rushing toward her, then surged back toward the source of the beam.
"Triple Negate!!!"
As Youye spoke, the four women stared at Baronne de Fleur as though they had seen a ghost. This was not the Triple Negate from the system; this was a precious Triple Negate! Even Ancient Gear and Swordsoul had never possessed such an end-board monster. Its rarity was obvious!
The Red-Eyes archetype did have one, but only the legendary strongest Red-Eyes archetype wielder possessed that card.
Yet such a rare monster had just been made so easily by Youye!?
After their initial shock, the four women each began having their own thoughts.
If it could only destroy one card per turn during its controller's turn, Baronne de Fleur was strong, but still acceptably strong. But adding a Triple Negate on top of that? What kind of concept was that? It was utterly beyond broken!
If information about this card got out, it would definitely become a card that anyone, any force, would fight with everything they had to obtain!
While they were still astonished, Wuping had no card to chain, and the effects began resolving.
Chain 2: Baronne de Fleur's effect resolved successfully. Mirror Force's activation was negated, and it was destroyed.
Chain 1: Mirror Force's effect was negated.
Once resolution ended, Baronne de Fleur rode her warhorse toward Thunder King Rai-Oh. Her sword came down from above in a single slash. Thunder King Rai-Oh let out a miserable scream before being destroyed and leaving the field.
Wuping LP: 9000 → 8500
Wuping, who had still been shocked by Baronne de Fleur's Triple Negate, snapped out of it at that scream. Her expression turned solemn, but a trace of understanding appeared in her eyes.
She understood why they said Youye would soon become someone even the Bai family could not afford to offend. Baronne de Fleur alone showed how deeply he had hidden his strength!
"My turn ends." After the Battle Phase, Youye ended his turn.
"My turn, draw!" Seeing the card she drew, Wuping felt a flash of regret. The card could not break the situation, so she chose to pass without playing anything.
Since it was an empty turn, Youye did not want to waste time. He simply used Baronne de Fleur to Direct Attack and reduce her LP.
When Wuping's turn came around again, she smiled after drawing. Youye was strong, but as a Duelist, her goal had always been to win.
She had bricked earlier, but now the deck had given her her only chance to fight back!
"Any objections to Main Phase 1?" Wuping looked at Youye and asked.
"Go ahead. But listen to one piece of advice: don't resist. Considering the generous gift from the Bai Family Head, I'm already being merciful by beating you to death." Youye looked at Wuping's hopeful eyes and gave her a very serious reminder.
Munin and Sheng Ning silently nodded beside him. For a Runick deck to kill someone this simply truly was showing plenty of mercy, because Youye's current playstyle was not how Runick was supposed to be played at all!
What was Runick's true playstyle? Two simple words: torture. Relentless torture until the opponent waited to die. Unless you had something like the Great Banisher Youye used in Master Duel earlier, if you were not beaten to death, you would be tortured to death.
Wuping said nothing. She could feel that Youye was telling the truth, but this was the only chance of victory she could see. She did not want to miss it just like that!
"I activate the Spell Card Red-Eyes Fusion! Through its effect, I send Red-Eyes Soul and Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus from my Deck to the Graveyard, then Fusion Summon Meteor Black Comet Dragon in Attack Position!"
Meteor Black Comet Dragon Dragon/Fusion/Effect/DARK/Level 8 ATK: 3500; DEF: 2000
"When Meteor Black Comet Dragon is successfully Fusion Summoned, I send a Red-Eyes Black Dragon monster from my Deck to the Graveyard and inflict damage to you equal to half its ATK. That is 1200 LP of damage!"
Youye LP: 7800 → 6600
"I Set one card and end my turn!" After thinking for several seconds and looking at Youye's Set Backrow card, Wuping chose to end her turn.
Youye drew a card. After looking at it, and seeing that Wuping had no objections, he went straight to Main Phase 1. Looking at the unwillingness in Wuping's eyes, he naturally understood what she was planning.
She had not made her move last turn because she feared his Set Backrow. Due to Red-Eyes Fusion's restriction, if Meteor Black Comet Dragon was destroyed, it would be unable to activate its last words effect. If that happened, she would fall into an absolute disadvantage.
Unfortunately, those plans meant nothing. Her calculations were far too simple. Thus, he spoke. "I activate Baronne de Fleur's effect, targeting the Meteor Black Comet Dragon on your field and destroying it!"
"I chain to Baronne de Fleur's effect as Chain 2. I activate the Set Quick-Play Spell Forbidden Chalice, targeting your Baronne de Fleur. Its ATK increases by 400, and its effects are negated until the end of the turn!"
Wuping chained her card, her face full of excitement. The card she had drawn last turn, which had seemed like a brick in her hand, was unexpectedly useful at this moment.
Effect resolution: Chain 2, Forbidden Chalice's effect resolved successfully. ATK: 3000 → 3400.
Chain 1: Baronne de Fleur's effect was negated.
Seeing Wuping rack her brains to resist, Youye found her increasingly pitiful. Yes, pitiful.
There was no way Red-Eyes could get past the cards in his hand. The hope Wuping saw now would only bring an even more despairing outcome.
Youye then announced the end of his turn. When Wuping's turn arrived, she drew a card, and since Youye had no objections, she immediately spoke.
"Entering the Battle Phase, I use Meteor Black Comet Dragon to attack your Baronne de Fleur!"
"Ah, why bother? You never had any chance from the start!"
Youye sighed softly, then used the Quick-Play Spell in his hand.
"Due to the Continuous Effect of the Field Spell Runick Fountain, I can activate Runick Quick-Play Spells from my hand during your turn as well. I activate Runick Flashing Fire, targeting the Meteor Black Comet Dragon on your field and destroying it. Then, banish the top two cards of your Deck. I am restricted from conducting my next Battle Phase."
As Youye's voice fell, Meteor Black Comet Dragon was riddled with countless bullets and exploded on the spot.
"You can activate Quick-Play Spells during my turn?" Wuping's face filled with shock when she saw Youye use Runick Flashing Fire to destroy Meteor Black Comet Dragon. She had always been guarding against Youye's Backrow and had never considered his hand!
Now that Youye could use Runick Quick-Play Spells from his hand, winning was simply too difficult for her!
Difficult as it was, she did not give up. Nor did she want to lose so easily, so she immediately spoke!
"I activate Meteor Black Comet Dragon's last words effect! When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon one Red-Eyes monster. Return to my field, Red-Eyes Thunder King Rai-Oh - Evil Demon!"
"I enter Main Phase 2. At this time, I activate Thunder King Rai-Oh's second effect, destroying all face-up monsters on your field whose DEF is lower than this card's ATK!"
"My Thunder King Rai-Oh has 2500 ATK, while your Baronne de Fleur has 2400 DEF. Therefore, the Baronne de Fleur on your field is destroyed!"
Wuping began a second wave of offense after the Battle Phase, intending to destroy Baronne de Fleur and preserve her hope of winning.
"I chain to Thunder King Rai-Oh as Chain 2 and activate the Set Infinite Impermanence, targeting the Thunder King Rai-Oh on your field. Until the end of the turn, its effects are negated. Then, the effects of Spell/Traps in Infinite Impermanence's column are negated as well."
Youye spoke and chained his card.
There was a saying: let go of the savior complex and respect others' fates. Since she did not want to be beaten to death, Youye could only fulfill her wish and let her slowly be tortured into losing the Duel.
"You still have Infinite Impermanence?"
Wuping stared wordlessly at Infinite Impermanence, her heart deeply shaken. She had not expected Youye to possess a card like Infinite Impermanence. This was a card only top Duelists had, usable as hand disruption and indispensable in high-level Duels!
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