A Burn Damage Deck Specialized Against Runick!

"Even if he can't win, it's a huge loss for me!" Youye didn't accept, rubbing his chin with his right hand.

Seeing Youye deep in thought, Dark Insect's eerie smile froze, his eyes wide, seemingly unable to comprehend what was happening before him.

"Huh?"

The Black-robed Figure's eyes glowed with a faint green light. Dark Duels were leveraged duels where life was wagered. Since it was leveraged, there was a ratio. For example, this duel was roughly one hundred to one. The demands they made were within a hundred times Dark Insect's value. According to the Dueling Rules, Youye had to duel Dark Insect.

Now that Youye could consider it, it meant the Dueling Rules judged Youye joining and sharing knowledge with them to be worth more than a hundred times Dark Insect's value.

A hundred times the value of a Quasi-Earth Level Duelist—that's leverage that could move even a Heaven-tier. It couldn't move Youye? That was a bit ridiculous.

Then he got excited!

Not being able to move him meant Youye's value exceeded that of a typical Heaven-tier. Recruiting him now and making him one of their Dark Duelist companions was the right choice!

But the problem was how to make the leverage work and force Youye to agree to the Dark Duel. Otherwise, no matter how much Youye knew, what did it have to do with them, the Dark Duelists?

After a few seconds, he was numb. Only by paying one card that Youye wanted and joining without any additional conditions did the leverage finally work.

"Hmm? Forced duel? The requirements changed too. It's just joining. The previous conditions about sharing knowledge and helping them with Deck Builds are gone? If I win, I get all of Dark Insect's assets, including his Archetype, and I can also get one card from a Card List I reveal?"

At the same time, Youye found that the Dueling Rules were prompting him that the Dark Duel was about to begin. Looking at the terms, he couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

"Ye, you can think of Dark Duels as leverage. The value they offered just now wasn't enough to make the leverage work, so they increased their stakes and reduced your requirements to achieve the leverage and force you into a Dark Duel," Munin, who was being held, explained when she saw Youye's confused look.

"I see. Then let's begin." After Munin's explanation, Youye's mouth curved slightly upward.

Hearing this, he suddenly realized that these people weren't Dark Duelists at all; they were completely mobile Coin Monsters, waiting for him to defeat them and drop coins.

In an instant, his gaze turned towards the Black-robed Figure, filled with excitement. This duel hadn't even started, and he was already looking forward to the next Dark Duelist dropping coins for him!

Black-robed Figure: ???

Feeling the fervent gaze from Youye's eyes, the Black-robed Figure inexplicably felt a chill, his body involuntarily trembling slightly, as if being targeted by some great terror.

This completely confused him. Was he the Dark Duelist, or was Youye?

"Kid, are you looking down on me that much?" Dark Insect's hoarse and angry voice, which had been ignored, rang out.

He was a Duelist just shy of Earth Level certification by the rules, and a Dark Duelist at that. Normally, when regular Duelists encountered him, who didn't turn tail and run? Today, someone actually ignored him, and it was someone who had just been certified by the Dueling Rules. Could he tolerate this?

As for Youye's Master Duel Rank being incredibly high? What did that matter? This was a normal duel. In this duel, Youye couldn't use any powerful Decks except for his dueling knowledge!

"Yes!" Youye turned around, sized up Dark Insect for a second, and nodded seriously.

Munin: 0V0!

Black-robed Figure: oO!?

Dark Insect: ┗|｀O′|┛

Except for the Spirit holding Youye, who showed no expression, the two people and one Spirit immediately lost their composure.

One dared to ask, and the other dared to answer!

"Very good, then let's begin! I hope you won't be crying and shouting surrender later!" Dark Insect's thin body was covered in bulging veins, laughing furiously while suppressing his anger, and said in a deep voice.

"I look forward to it." Youye didn't care about Dark Insect's threat and smiled slightly.

Youye (8000 LP) vs. Dark Insect (8000 LP)

Both players drew five cards. The Dueling Rules allowed Youye to choose who went first. He chose to go first. Both players drew five cards, and the duel began.

"Anything in the Main Phase?" Youye asked.

"No!" Dark Insect replied after looking at his Hand.

After Dark Insect replied, Youye immediately started.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Runick of the Spellbook, and Special Summon Hugin in Defense Position! When Hugin is successfully Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, I discard Effect Veiler from my Hand and activate its Effect!"

"I Chain 2 to Hugin's Effect and activate the Effect of Chaos Hunter from my Hand! When you Special Summon a Monster, she can be Special Summoned to my Field by discarding one card from my Hand!"

Effect Resolution: Chain 2 Chaos Hunter's Effect: Dark Insect discards Built-in Machine Gun from his Hand and Special Summons her in Attack Position; Chain 1 Hugin's Effect: Youye adds the Field Spell Runick Fountain to his Hand.

"Hahahaha, keep being proud, keep being arrogant! Watch me shut you down with one card!" After Chaos Hunter appeared, Dark Insect's face was full of excitement and smugness.

Munin's expression darkened. She had encountered this card on the Ladder before. If her opponent hadn't known Hugin's Effect, she would have lost.

Now that the Dark Duelist had come with this card, it was clear they had studied counter cards for Runick. Since that was the case, they definitely wouldn't make the low-level mistake of destroying Hugin.

Seeing this, the Black-robed Figure sat down leisurely on the ground, seemingly convinced of victory.

Only Youye ignored him, looking at the Chaos Hunter on Dark Insect's Field—a Monster with white hair, wearing black clothes, and holding a whip—with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

As long as Chaos Hunter is in the Monster Zone, the opponent cannot Banish cards. It's a Continuous Effect that doesn't require activation.

Honestly, it was quite a counter to Runick, but did it counter him? Of course not!

His current focus was on the Built-in Machine Gun in Dark Insect's Graveyard.

Built-in Machine Gun + Chaos Hunter, Youye naturally understood what kind of Deck his opponent had and what their strategy was.

"I activate the Spell Card Magical Eyes Skill Drain! Starting from this turn, I can draw two cards and perform two Normal Summons, then I enter a Self-Restriction where I cannot activate the Effects of Monsters in my Hand!"

After figuring out what kind of Deck his opponent had, Youye activated Magical Eyes Skill Drain.

"Hahahaha! Based on the intelligence, I thought you were something special. Without Master Duel, you're still just a rookie!"

"You activated Magical Eyes Skill Drain, which means you can't activate Effect Veiler from your hand anymore. That's essentially cutting off one of your arms in this situation! If I don't destroy Hugin on your field, it means you can only draw Infinite Impermanence to break through!"

As Dark Insect said this, he became even more excited, licking the corner of his mouth with his tongue and revealing a sinister smile: "Keep it up, genius. My Deck is Burn..."

Dark Insect hadn't finished speaking when Youye, seeing how he was dragging it out, directly interrupted him: "I know, it's a Burn Damage Deck. I knew as soon as I saw the Built-in Machine Gun you discarded."

"...?"

"You're not scared?" Seeing Youye so calm, Dark Insect's expression immediately froze. He thought of Youye's vast knowledge and was a little afraid he had made some mistake.

After repeatedly confirming Chaos Hunter's Effect for several seconds, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, certain he hadn't misunderstood the Effect or summoned the wrong Monster. He let out a low snort: "Hmph, you're just trying to tough it out, huh? Then you'd better hope you draw Infinite Impermanence quickly, otherwise, you can only watch your own LP get burned away by me wave after wave!"

"Then good luck to you. I'll end my turn!" Youye smiled slightly, not showing the slightest bit of tension. Instead, he looked at Dark Insect with increasing pity. Dark Insect was betting on when Youye would draw Infinite Impermanence, but he didn't know that Infinite Impermanence was just the worst-case scenario.

The moment Youye draws a Monster, he can immediately go into Verte Anaconda and then Dragoon to break through. Of course, the exact strategy depends on the specific situation. Duels are dynamic, not just about memorizing formulas.