"Who told you Cyber Emergency could only search Cyber Dragon? Take a closer look at the line after that." A hint of surprise flashed through Youye's eyes before the corners of his lips rose slightly as he reminded him.
"You mean a LIGHT Attribute Machine-Type monster that cannot be Normal Summoned can be added to the hand?" Luo Hao frowned and muttered. Then he immediately recalled that Drytron archetype cards were basically LIGHT Attribute Machine-Type monsters that could not be Normal Summoned, which perfectly met Cyber Emergency's condition.
"Looks like you remembered. What I searched was precisely the Drytron archetype monster, Drytron Alpha Draconis!" Seeing that he had caught on, Youye stopped keeping him in suspense.
"As expected of a senior. You've really broadened my horizons. Cyber Emergency actually has a use like this. As someone who plays the Cyber Dragon archetype, this is my first time seeing it." Luo Hao sounded amazed, though there was a strange glint in his eyes.
He admitted that Youye's move had caught him off guard, but he was not panicking. As an Earth-level Duelist, with a fixed draw order, having four starters and one hand trap was perfectly normal, wasn't it? Even if Youye was a King Rank Duelist, making him lose would not be so easy!
While Luo Hao still cared about victory and defeat, Wang Cheng and Chang Xingge were completely stunned by Youye's unconstrained approach. It was not that they had never considered combining cards, but this was their first time seeing a combination built around just one card.
"There's still plenty you don't know about this card!"
Youye gave a mysterious smile and ignored their confusion as he continued.
"The effect of Alpha Draconis in my hand is once per turn per card name. By Tributing a Drytron or Ritual Monster from my hand or field, I can Special Summon it from my hand in Defense Position, then add one Ritual Monster to my hand."
"Therefore, I Tribute the Ritual Monster Cyber Angel Benten in my hand to activate Alpha Draconis's effect!"
"I chain at C2 to your Alpha Draconis's effect. I discard Mugen Tsukuyomi from my hand to activate its effect. This turn, whenever you Special Summon a monster, I recover LP equal to that monster's ATK!"
Luo Hao had been waiting for this and immediately followed up.
Youye had no card to chain further. The effects resolved in reverse order: Mugen Tsukuyomi's C2 effect resolved successfully; Alpha Draconis was Special Summoned to the field at C1, Youye added the Ritual Monster Herald of Ultimateness to his hand, and Luo Hao gained 2000 LP. (LP: 8000 → 10000)
"Hehe, Senior, don't blame me for using a hand trap. You said it yourself—if Drytron gets to go first and establish its board, the player going second definitely can't win. I can only force you to stop building your board this way." After the effects resolved, Luo Hao chuckled smugly.
Youye: ...
Drytron was not even a Burn Damage deck. How much could throwing out this hand trap really restrict his plays?
Everyone knew that in Yugi, the least valuable resource was LP. As long as it was not zero, was there really any difference between ten thousand and eight thousand? There was, but not much!
The hand trap had resolved, so it had resolved. What was there to be proud of? It was not like Maxx "C" had resolved.
Unlike Youye, who did not care, Wang Cheng was smiling as he watched the cards in Youye's hand, his gaze deep and unreadable.
Chang Xingge, meanwhile, watched Youye—or rather, the Herald of Ultimateness on Youye's side. She had a feeling that Youye had not chosen Herald of Ultimateness because of its low ATK. Herald of Ultimateness was the key to crushing an entire deck!
"Uh, if that makes you happy. I'll keep going, then."
"The effect of Benten in my Graveyard can be activated when this card is Tributed. Add one LIGHT Attribute Fairy-Type monster from the Deck to the hand." Youye glanced at Luo Hao and found that he no longer had an activation window, so he continued directly. "I add Herald of Orange Light from my Deck to my hand."
"Senior, you've taught me something new again. The famously weakest Cyber Angel archetype can actually be used like this to generate cards. I'm really looking forward to seeing how you use the equally weak Herald archetype."
Seeing Youye gain cards, Luo Hao did not panic at all. Instead, he became even more expectant.
The Cyber Angel and Herald archetypes were both quite famous—famous for being weak, especially the former.
Although the latter had a powerful end board, almost no one could actually build it. Its greatest achievement was merely an Earth-level Duelist who had passed the Earth-level assessment only because he had gotten lucky with a god hand.
For those reasons, he knew nothing at all about the effects of Herald or Cyber Angel archetype cards. Whether it was Herald of Orange Light or Herald of Ultimateness, he had never thought to learn about them. To him, knowing that these were two trash archetypes was enough.
Could trash archetypes like these possibly contend with a powerful archetype like his Cyber Dragon?
"Fine. Just don't cry later. I'll also show Chang Xingge how Herald Drytron compromises when it gets a good hand." Youye nodded, looking at him with increasing pity.
"I activate the Ritual Spell Heraldic Spell from my hand. By Tributing monsters from my hand or field whose total Levels exceed 6, I can Ritual Summon."
"I Tribute another Benten from my hand!"
"Angels hidden in a corner of the world, reveal your mysterious veil at this moment!"
"With the sacred power of light, purify every enemy before you!"
"Ritual Summon, Herald of Ultimateness, in Defense Position!"
Herald of Ultimateness Fairy-Type / Ritual / Effect / LIGHT / Level 6 ATK: 1800; DEF: 2800
Following Youye's command, a monster made up of two pale-blue spheres, one large and one small, covered in openings and flanked by enormous wings appeared on Youye's field in a flash of white light.
The smugness on Luo Hao's face faded slightly as he looked at Herald of Ultimateness. Ignorant as he was, the threat he could sense through the computer, along with the rumors that the Herald end board was extremely powerful, all made it clear that the monster before him was anything but simple.
Of course, he was not too worried. With the Special Summon of Herald of Ultimateness, he had gained another 1800 LP. His LP had already reached a terrifying 11800. With monsters like Herald of Ultimateness and Alpha Draconis, plus the weak Herald of Orange Light in Youye's hand, Youye could not possibly OTK him next turn.
On the other hand, give his Cyber Dragon deck one chance to establish its board, and he could still OTK through ten thousand LP!
Just as he was thinking that, Youye continued making moves.
"Benten's effect is not once per turn per card name, so I activate her search effect again."
"I chain at C2 by activating the Ritual Spell Heraldic Spell in my Graveyard. When this card's effect successfully Ritual Summons Herald of Ultimateness, I can banish this card from the Graveyard and return one monster Tributed for that Ritual Summon from my Graveyard to my hand."
Luo Hao did not chain. The effects resolved: Heraldic Spell was banished at C2, and Benten returned to the hand; Benten's effect resolved at C1, adding Diviner of the Herald to the hand.
"Senior, your astonishing efficiency in using card effects is truly incredible. A Ritual Summon that should have cost cards actually did not lose a single card." Seeing Youye's sequence refill his hand to four cards, Luo Hao sighed in admiration.
"You still have the mood to admire that? Has it occurred to you that the duel has basically already been declared over?" Youye looked at him helplessly as he reminded him.
Before transmigrating, any Yugi player with even a slight understanding of Drytron would already have been preparing to scoop. Yet Luo Hao was still looking smug. If Youye had not known that he was simply ignorant, that spirit alone would have made Youye see him in a new light.
"Huh? Impossible! All four cards in my hand can move, and while my next draw isn't a starter, it can support one. How could I already have lost!?" Youye's words made him lose his composure, and he instinctively revealed the rough details of his hand.
Munin and Chang Xingge, watching the duel behind Youye, both looked confused. Youye had a hand full of Fairy-Type monsters and was still getting stopped by hand traps, so how could the duel already be over?
But neither of them noticed that Wang Cheng's face had gone rigid.
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