"How about it? Want to give it a try?" Youye looked at the three stunned people, his gaze finally settling on Luo Hao, asking with an undisguised playful smile.
Gulp~
Luo Hao swallowed, lost in thought. Since Youye said that, it was impossible not to be scared, but should he give up? He was a bit reluctant. This was a chance to see a powerful Deck in action, something he wouldn't normally get to witness.
"Is it a Stall Deck?" After a while, Luo Hao asked with a complicated expression.
"It's not a Stall Deck, just a bit uncomfortable," Youye chuckled.
"Then I'm willing to try this Drytron Deck," Luo Hao said after a slight hesitation, choosing to accept Youye's answer. Feeling uncomfortable was fine; as long as it wasn't a Stall Deck that crushed his mentality, it was okay.
So, led by Chang Xingge, they went to a separate room. This room had several computers set up. Youye and Luo Hao casually picked one, turned it on, and logged in.
"Senior is indeed not Platinum Rank," Wang Cheng exclaimed from the side after logging in and seeing that Youye's account Rank was King Rank, ranked 533rd.
Following his exclamation, everyone's eyes turned to Youye's Master Duel homepage. Seeing the Rank displayed, even though they had guessed it, their eyes still showed undisguised admiration and surprise when they actually saw it.
Weak Heaven-tier Duelists are in Diamond Rank, average ones are in Grandmaster Rank, and strong ones can break into the King Rank, which only has 600 spots!
Although Master Duel matches randomly and each game is winner-take-all, which can't fully display a Duelist's strength, who would dare underestimate the strong players starting from Grandmaster Rank?
"You all guessed it. Bringing out a Platinum Rank account again would be a bit unreasonable," Youye smiled slightly, not denying it, but also not saying this was his highest-ranked account. Then, he opened the Deck library on this account, ready to select Drytron to use.
The reason he used this account wasn't just because it matched the level they perceived him to be, but more importantly, this account had the Drytron Deck he had built. As a mainstream Deck from 2021 in his previous life, although it was much weaker than the mainstream Decks of later years, it was still mainstream, so he had naturally built it long ago.
"Huh? Senior, you also have three champion Decks: Blackwing, Raidraptor, and Infernoid?" After Youye opened the Deck library, the Decks other than Drytron were naturally visible to them. Seeing the Decks they recognized, Chang Xingge immediately blurted out.
The others naturally noticed this scene and, like her, their eyes widened. These were champion Decks. Although most card information was released due to the tournaments, it was still incomplete and missing a lot. It was extremely difficult to assemble a complete set.
"The champion Decks aren't Senior's commonly used Decks. What Archetypes are these Thunder Frog and Enlightenment Paladin?" At this moment, Wang Cheng's pupils contracted. He noticed that the three Decks were sorted quite far down. Although being further down didn't mean the Deck's strength was lower than those at the top, it showed that these three Decks were not Youye's commonly used ones. Youye's commonly used Decks, named Thunder Frog and Enlightenment Paladin, were at the very top.
Wang Cheng's voice made Chang Xingge and Munin realize this. Compared to the surprised Wang Cheng and Chang Xingge, Munin's expression was a bit strange.
Are the three champion Decks strong? Yes, they are. But based on the Duelists she had encountered with these three Archetypes in Master Duel, these three Archetypes were significantly weaker than her Runick Archetype. However, her Runick Archetype couldn't even beat Kashtira, let alone the Ishizu Tearlaments that Youye had mentioned.
The question was, if Archetypes weaker than her Runick Archetype were present, why weren't these two heavyweight choices in Youye's Deck pool?
Despite her confusion, Munin didn't say anything. She was Youye's Spirit and was planning to rely on him. If they weren't in Youye's account, it meant Youye had his own plans, and she wouldn't speak up.
"Yes, I rarely use the champion Decks. Their strength is too low. These two are the Decks I use to climb the ranks," Youye didn't deny this point, simply mentioning it without going into detail. After selecting the Drytron Deck, he started creating a duel room.
It wasn't just her; Wang Cheng's eyes flickered continuously, and he wisely didn't ask further. Besides the two Decks Youye mentioned for climbing the ranks, Kashtira, which Sheng Ning had reported, was also absent, Runick was absent, and his own Tearlaments Archetype was absent. One being absent could be hiding strength, but two or three being absent?
Clearly, Youye was still hiding something!
"A normal room, or should I set a fixed order for you?" Having learned from the experience with Sheng Ning, mainly to let Chang Xingge see the strength of Drytron, he asked Luo Hao.
"Fixed order," Luo Hao thought for a moment and said. Although this felt a bit like compromising his status as an Earth-level Master Duelist, facing a King Rank Duelist, this request was perfectly reasonable.
If he happened to win, winning against a King Rank Duelist as an Earth-level Duelist, he could brag about it for a lifetime!
"Alright, the room is set up. The name is: Simple Negation Board," Youye nodded, set up the room, and told Luo Hao the room name.
"I'm in, let's start," Luo Hao entered the room name and joined, his eyes becoming more serious and cautious. With what was said before, he didn't think the Drytron Youye was using would be simple.
"Okay," Youye nodded and started the duel.
Youye (8000 LP) vs. Luo Hao (8000 LP)
Youye won the coin toss and chose to go first. Both players drew five cards, and the duel began.
Looking at his Hand, Youye looked at Luo Hao with a hint of pity. His luck was truly bad. With his Hand, he could easily achieve eight or nine negations. To be blunt, he could directly negate Luo Hao's entire Hand.
As an Earth-level Duelist, Luo Hao's senses were far beyond ordinary. Youye's pitying gaze naturally didn't escape his perception. For a moment, goosebumps instinctively rose all over his body, as if he was about to encounter something terrifying.
Meanwhile, Wang Cheng and Munin beside Youye looked at Youye's Hand with strange expressions but didn't say a word. Chang Xingge's mind was full of question marks, and she subconsciously asked, "Senior, I know it's against the rules, but would it be convenient to tell me what cards you have in your hand?"
She didn't directly ask about the cards. Youye was in a duel, and asking without Youye's permission was revealing Youye's card information to Luo Hao, which was a big taboo in dueling unless the other party agreed, otherwise the duel wouldn't be recognized.
"I know you want to say I'm using a Drytron Deck, so why are there no Drytron Archetype cards in my opening Hand of five cards, right?" Youye smiled slightly, stating her confusion.
"Yes, I thought about splashing other Archetypes, but isn't your splash a bit too much? There isn't even one Drytron Archetype card," Chang Xingge confirmed weakly.
Actually, she wanted to say, isn't it a Drytron Deck? Did Youye optimize all the Drytron Archetype cards out?
His Hand contained two Cyber Angel Archetype Ritual Monsters and Cybernetic Archetype Spells, and Herald Archetype Ritual Spells and Lower-Level Monsters. These cards had no connection to Drytron, or rather, were completely unrelated.
"There will be soon!" Youye smiled slightly. Since Luo Hao had no opportunity to activate effects during his draw and Standby Phases, Youye immediately made his move: "I activate the Spell Card, Cyber Emergency! Add 1 'Cyber Dragon' monster or 1 LIGHT Machine-Type monster that cannot be Normal Summoned/Set from my Deck to my Hand."
"???"
"Huh? My Cybernetic Archetype cards? Senior, aren't you using Drytron? You're using Cyber Emergency to search for Cyber Dragon?"
At this moment, another person became confused, and that person was Luo Hao, who was currently dueling Youye.
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