"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish!" Zeng Bufan sneered and continued building his board.
"I activate the effect of Cyber Dragon Nachster in my hand. By discarding a monster other than this card, I can Special Summon it. I discard Cyberdark Chimera from my hand and Special Summon it."
"When Cyber Dragon Nachster is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a monster with 2100 ATK or DEF from my Graveyard. Then I chain Cyberdark Chimera's effect as Chain Link 2, sending a Cyberdark card to the Graveyard."
"Effects resolve in reverse order. Chain Link 2, Cyberdark Chimera sends Cyberdark Cannon to the Graveyard. Chain Link 1, Cyber Dragon Nachster Special Summons Cyberdark Chimera from the Graveyard."
After completing those three steps, Zeng Bufan looked at Youye with pride in his eyes. Once he finished the next step, his Triple Negate board would basically be complete. However, he failed to notice that the look in Youye's eyes as he watched him build his board was gradually becoming strange.
"Now I activate the Spell Machine Duplication from my hand, targeting Cyber Dragon Nachster. I can Special Summon up to two monsters with the same name from my Deck. Cyber Dragon Nachster's Continuous Effect treats it as Cyber Dragon, so I Special Summon two Cyber Dragons from my Deck in Attack Position!"
"Next, I overlay two Level 5 Cyber Dragons and Xyz Summon Rank 5 Cyber Dragon Nova. Then I overlay Cyber Dragon Infinity on top of Cyber Dragon Nova and Rank-Up Xyz Summon Rank 6 Cyber Dragon Infinity!"
As Zeng Bufan's voice fell, a mechanical dragon with twin mechanical wings on its back appeared on the field. Its body and wings were black and white.
Cyber Dragon Infinity Machine-Type/Xyz/Effect/Light/Rank 6 ATK: 2700; DEF: 1600 (three Xyz Materials)
"I've won!" With Cyber Dragon Infinity's appearance, Zeng Bufan declared victory with a satisfied expression.
The other Zhejiang Province family descendants watching from the side were filled with apprehension. Did they really want to help Zeng Bufan? Of course not. The previous evening, Zeng Bufan had gathered them together and defeated every one of them. As a condition, he had demanded that they keep Bai Yun'er and Ye Lingling occupied.
And the thing that had troubled them most during their duels with Zeng Bufan was this Cyber Dragon Infinity!
It was far too strong. Once per turn, it had a Triple Negate, and during each of his own turns, it could target and attach an opponent's monster as Xyz Material. Destruction resistance was completely useless against it. It was absurdly overpowered!
The most outrageous part was that Nachster plus Machine Duplication brought it out with just two cards. How ridiculous was that?
Bai Yun'er and Ye Lingling, on the other hand, remained very calm. Though a Triple Negate was strong, neither of them believed one Triple Negate could defeat Youye.
"Keep going. Don't get complacent. Be careful, or the time limit rules might directly rule that I win." Seeing Zeng Bufan's satisfied expression after summoning Cyber Dragon Infinity, Youye reminded him.
"Hmph! You don't need to tell me!" Zeng Bufan snorted and continued building his board.
"I Normal Summon Cyber Dragon Core, then activate its effect when it is Normal or Special Summoned to add a Cyber Spell/Trap from my Deck to my hand. I add the Quick-Play Spell Cyberload Fusion to my hand!"
"I activate Cyberload Fusion. I return Cyber Dragon Core, Cyber Dragon Nachster, and Cyberdark Chimera on my field to the Deck as Fusion Materials. Come forth, one of my Cyber Dragon end-boss big brothers!"
"Fusion Summon! Level 10 Cyber Eternity Dragon!"
A silver-white mechanical dragon appeared on the field, with only patches of yellow mechanical scales along its belly. It coiled its body and stared at Youye ahead of it.
Cyber Eternity Dragon Machine-Type/Fusion/Effect/Light/Level 10 ATK: 2800; DEF: 4000
Youye: ...
"Putting everything else aside, after we leave today, you can say your deck and playstyle were copied from Luo Hao's. But don't say I gave them to you. I can't afford to lose that much face. I never gave anyone such a trash deck or playstyle, and don't ruin my business or reputation either." After Cyber Eternity Dragon was summoned, Youye truly couldn't hold it in anymore.
Other than the two-card Cyber Dragon Infinity combo, did anything else Zeng Bufan had do have anything to do with him?
No!
He had specifically reminded Luo Hao before to choose either Control Cyber Dragon or Aggro Cyber Dragon. Luo Hao had agreed to that. Yet the moment he turned around, what kind of garbage had he given someone else? When he ran into Luo Hao later, he definitely needed to ask what was going on. Giving it away was fine, but don't drag his name through the mud. He still needed to keep doing business afterward.
Zeng Bufan: ???
Everyone else: ?
Everyone present was dumbfounded, especially Zeng Bufan. He stared at his Deck in confusion and began to doubt his life. If this wasn't the deck Youye had given them, where had his family gotten this optimized deck from?
"You have no more plays left. Hurry up and end your turn. Seriously, you said you copied my deck, making me waste all that thought and all those breakthrough ideas." Youye looked at Zeng Bufan with utter disdain.
Ever since the duel began, he had been considering how to break through going second. And this was it?
Just one Triple Negate, and that was all? If he couldn't even get past this, why would he play Runick? He might as well find a block of tofu and smash his head into it!
"Hmph, even one Triple Negate isn't something you can get through. I know you only have one Hugin and one Fountain. As long as I negate your Hugin or Fountain, your Runick deck is finished!" Seeing Youye disdain his deck so much, Zeng Bufan also realized something was off. Still, he wasn't afraid. Youye's Runick deck was incomplete, so he had a chance of winning.
With that, he ended his turn.
Youye couldn't be bothered to waste words on him and went straight to his draw phase.
Neither side made any moves during the draw and standby phases, and it went directly to Youye's Main Phase 1.
"I Normal Summon Naturia Camellia. Its effect when it is Normal or Special Summoned activates, sending a Naturia card from my Deck to the Graveyard." At that point, Youye glanced at Zeng Bufan, who looked completely unconcerned, then continued.
"I send Naturia Antjaw to the Graveyard. Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell Naturia's Spring Breeze from my hand. Its effect lets me Special Summon a Naturia monster from my hand or Graveyard, so I Special Summon Naturia Antjaw from my Graveyard."
"I Tribute Naturia Antjaw. Since the monster with the highest ATK is on your field, I can Special Summon two Level 4 or lower Naturia monsters."
After saying that, Youye looked at Zeng Bufan again.
"I have no objections. Other than your Hugin and Fountain, I won't negate anything!"
"What can some pathetic Naturia monsters from a garbage archetype with less than 2000 ATK possibly do against my invincible Cyber Dragon Infinity (Cyber Dragon Infinity)? Move all you want!" Zeng Bufan answered impatiently. Just like Ye Lingling before him, he paid no attention at all to the cards in the Naturia Engine.
Thus, the effect went through, and Youye Special Summoned Camellia and Naturia Sunflower from his Deck.
"Hero!" As Naturia Sunflower appeared, Ye Lingling spoke from behind the crowd, her voice full of admiration. The pity in Bai Yun'er's gaze toward Zeng Bufan also deepened.
Letting Youye's Naturia Engine move this freely, there were already two Monster Effect Negations in sight. Could he really keep watch over those along with Cyber Dragon Infinity's Triple Negate?
What a joke!
The two women who had personally experienced and witnessed the strength of Youye's small Naturia Engine had nothing but admiration for Zeng Bufan's words. They only hoped he could still say the same thing later.
"What do you mean?" Zeng Bufan might have been acting stupid, but he wasn't completely brainless. Ye Lingling was a duelist about to reach Earth Rank. Could her sarcastic jab at him right now possibly be a good sign?
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