As the Grand Monarch destroyed Kili by battle with a single slash, Youye spoke with a smile.
"After Kili was destroyed by battle, its final words activate, targeting the Grand Monarch on your field and destroying it!"
As Youye's words fell, Kili in the Graveyard transformed into a vengeful spirit and dragged the Grand Monarch into the Banish Zone.
Looking at the lone Field Spell on her field, Chang Xingge fell silent. She had expected the gap between them to be large, but she had not expected it to be this large. For a moment, she felt that from beginning to end, only the opening Lightning Storm had not followed Youye's rhythm.
Everything else had gone according to his rhythm. Whatever she wanted to do, Youye had calculated it perfectly and thought it through completely. She had not been given even the slightest chance.
"My turn ends." After giving Youye a deep look, Chang Xingge chose to end her turn.
Youye did not try to persuade her this time. His duel with Wuping had taught him that there was no use telling duelists in this world to surrender. Even garbage time had to be played through.
Still, considering that she was his client, he would not lock her up and deck her out.
"At the end of your turn, Saya's effect resolves. She and Leo return to the field." Youye spoke, then entered his turn.
Chang Xingge had exhausted all her resources, so nothing happened during the Standby Phase or Draw Phase. Youye Normal Summoned Effect Veiler, then used Unseal to Special Summon Horse. Fountain returned one card and drew one card, then he Synchro Summoned Fleur. Using Fleur's effect, he destroyed Leo, then entered his self-restriction and skipped the Battle Phase.
With Fleur on the field and Leo destroyed, Chang Xingge, who no longer had even the tiniest shred of hope, chose to Normal Summon Magic Mirror on her turn and ram it into Fleur for a Dignified Blow.
When Youye's turn came around again, he summoned Horse during the Battle Phase. Under the Direct Attacks of Fleur, Horse, and Saya, Chang Xingge lost the duel.
"Senior, you won."
In the end, Youye had not chosen to deck her out and torment her. He had simply defeated her, and Chang Xingge naturally understood that.
"You weren't bad either." Youye smiled faintly.
"This is the reward I promised you. Please accept it." Chang Xingge handed Youye a golden card.
"Herald of Orange Light?" After taking it, Youye looked at the card with some disappointment in his eyes. Without the Ishizu Monsters, Herald of Orange Light was somewhat useless to him. Still, it was better than nothing. He could put it in the Side Deck, and he had gotten it easily enough anyway.
"Is this card not good enough?"
As the Vice Minister of the Duel Association's Hangzhou branch, Chang Xingge was naturally skilled at reading people. She had immediately noticed the disappointment in Youye's eyes, and she grew nervous. What if, because this was the worst card among the cards listed by him, he no longer wanted to help her complete the Drytron build? That would make her feel even worse.
"It's fine. If it's convenient, could you tell me about the other two cards?" Youye asked.
At Youye's words, Chang Xingge looked somewhat embarrassed. In truth, she already considered Youye's first card fairly good. The other two were even more awkward.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that Chang Xingge did not answer, Youye was confused. From what she had said before, she did not seem to be lying, but what did this reaction mean?
"Senior Youye, may I say something?" Luo Hao, who had walked over, asked with a slight bow.
Youye glanced at the silent Chang Xingge, then shifted his gaze to Luo Hao and indicated that he could speak.
After giving Chang Xingge a slight nod, Luo Hao immediately said, "The cards Xingge has are probably an unusable card, Mudora the Sword Oracle, and Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, which she obtained while resolving the Dark Duelist incident last time. Although both are on your card list, in a sense, they are even more useless than the Herald of Orange Light she just gave you."
Was there anything wrong with what he said? No. No one could use Mudora the Sword Oracle, and with Grapha's Summoning Condition, who could summon it?
However.
"Holy shit? God!!!" Youye was instantly stunned. The unease that had begun to rise in his heart vanished, replaced by excitement. Grapha could wait for now, but if he obtained Mudora the Sword Oracle, Wheelchair Tearlaments would gain another card and move one step closer to being usable.
"Uh, it's Mudora the Sword Oracle, a Level 4 EARTH Attribute Fairy-Type Ishizu Archetype monster with 1500 ATK, 1800 DEF, and an unknown effect. It's not a God Card." Seeing Youye's huge reaction, Luo Hao naturally assumed that because Mudora the Sword Oracle had the word "God" in its name, Youye had mistaken it for a God Card. Afraid of misleading him, he immediately corrected him.
"I know. That's exactly who I meant by God!" After hearing Luo Hao's information, Youye nodded in confirmation. With those four conditions fulfilled, even without mentioning the name, there could only be Mudora the Sword Oracle.
"???"
Luo Hao's head was filled with question marks. What the hell? A card that even the Duel Association's Heavenly-ranked duelists could not use was a God Card!?
Chang Xingge, who had originally been feeling rather down, was completely dumbfounded. Although she did not know Mudora the Sword Oracle's effect, its Attribute and stats had nothing remarkable about them. The only thing godlike about it was the word "God" in its name.
"Senior, is its effect that incredible? Comparable to a God Card?" After quite a while, Wang Cheng asked from the side.
Once he spoke, everyone, including Munin, looked toward Youye with curiosity as they waited for his answer.
"For genuinely competitive decks, meaning mainstream archetypes, most of them would not run it. But for one of the decks I'll use in the future, it's practically a God Card!" Youye did not reveal its specific effect, merely mentioning it briefly. Naturally, he would not expose his trump cards.
"I see." Wang Cheng nodded quietly. Youye had not asked further, and he did not say more. The others were the same; they all knew what they should and should not ask.
"Then, about the build, Senior..." Chang Xingge asked timidly, her eyes full of anticipation. This was an opportunity—an opportunity to improve herself!
"No problem. Let's go to Master Duel now. I'll show you the build, then demonstrate how to play it." Youye smiled, then paused slightly. "But you'll have to solve the card issue yourself. I can't help with that."
"Alright, I understand." Chang Xingge answered with an excited smile.
"Senior, after you're done with Chang Xingge's matter, could you give me an opportunity to duel you? I want to see the gap between myself and you. Of course, I can follow Xingge and do it in Master Duel." Luo Hao looked at Youye expectantly as he asked. After speaking, he handed Youye a golden card.
Youye curiously accepted it. When he saw the card, surprise appeared in his eyes. It was none other than El Shaddoll Midrash, nicknamed Xiaomi, one of the Extra Deck cards he needed!
A smile immediately appeared on his lips, and he suggested, "No problem. In that case, why don't I use Drytron to duel you directly later? That way, you can see exactly how large the gap between us is."
"No problem. But is the Drytron archetype really that strong? It's a new archetype, and a new Ritual deck archetype at that. It seems like there's no way to develop it at all. Or is it like Swordsoul, a deck that needs multiple archetypes working together?" Luo Hao's face was filled with curiosity.
As the Vice Minister, he had naturally researched Chang Xingge's archetype. He had even tried to help her develop an appropriate build, though the results had not been ideal.
"Yes, Multi-Archetype Fusion. As for Drytron's strength... let me think." Youye fell into thought. Explaining the old meta to them would be useless; he needed to find an appropriate comparison.
"Simply put, against a real Drytron deck going first, unless you have an extremely powerful board-breaker, once it gets started, the player going second can basically just wait to die. It can make your opponent lose the right to play Yu-Gi-Oh! No, lose the right to duel." After quite a while, Youye gave his conclusion.
???
The three people and one spirit were stunned after hearing that, even though they had been prepared.
What kind of end board could make the duelist going second lose the right to duel outright without the right counter cards?
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