"I have to say, your luck is really good. I still got an opening hand from heaven this round!!"
"I really don't know how I could possibly lose under these circumstances!"
"Take a good look at the power of a Rare Card! Hahaha! I fuse XYZ!"
"This fusion can be performed without a Fusion Magic Card. By banishing X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tank separately, the fusion is complete!"
"It can be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck! XYZ-Dragon Cannon!"
X-Head Cannon flew into the air!
Y-Dragon Head followed right after it!
Z-Metal Tank formed the base beneath them!
They slowly began to fit together.
Countless bolts of lightning flashed and raced between the connecting parts!
"It's coming! Chen Jianming's strongest ace! XYZ-Dragon Cannon!"
"As long as this monster takes the field, Chen Jianming has no chance of losing."
Teacher Fu became somewhat excited at the sight.
He had seen XYZ-Dragon Cannon's effect before. It was downright absurd!
Not to mention that Chen Jianming's opponent was merely a weakling he could crush with ease.
This time, Chen Jianming was bound to shine brilliantly.
And the benefits Teacher Fu received would become even more substantial.
Since the fusion materials had been banished rather than sent to the Graveyard, no Life Points would be deducted here.
Cheers had already erupted throughout the Duel Hall.
After all, Rare Cards like this were seldom seen during one's student years.
In the previous duel, Chen Jianming had not drawn this well, and he had not even used XYZ-Dragon Cannon to defeat Xu Fei.
That showed just how absurd his opening hand was this time—starting with XYZ-Dragon Cannon!
The looks everyone cast at You Chen carried a hint of pity. This guy was simply too miserable.
Being used as a stepping stone was one thing.
But being utterly crushed? Who could take that?
XYZ-Dragon Cannon LIGHT Attribute / Level 8 / Machine-Type / Fusion ATK: 2800 / DEF: 2600
Yet there was not the slightest fear on You Chen's face. Instead, his expression was somewhat strange.
You Chen truly did not understand what was so frightening about a monster like this.
It had cost so many cards just to pursue a fusion.
It looked flashy and domineering, but against an Underworld Deck, the drawback of losing so many cards was enormous.
If he had any sense, he would have been better off attacking with three monsters.
If the fusion had some kind of protection, that would have been understandable.
But if this was all it did, it was truly incapable of putting even the slightest pressure on him.
Simply put, it was not even as intimidating as her older sister.
Only students would be fooled by such a flashy method.
In reality, it was all show and no substance.
And Chen Jianming had actually said that he did not know how he could lose.
For a moment, You Chen could not tell whether the duelists of this world were too weak or whether his own level was simply too far ahead.
He always felt out of place.
But when he thought of the papers published in Kaiba Magazine, which were no more impressive than this, he immediately understood. The level of this world could not be called low—only average.
"He even fused XYZ-Dragon Cannon. This guy is really pitiful."
"The game should be over."
Seeing this, Hua Ningning smiled and shook her head.
Chen Jianming raised his proud chin, let out a cold laugh, and pointed forward as though victory was already certain. "I activate XYZ-Dragon Cannon's effect!"
"Discard 1 card from my hand to target 1 card on my opponent's field. Destroy that opponent's card."
Seeing this, You Chen noticed that after discarding another card, his opponent would only have one card left in hand.
You Chen could not help feeling sorry for him. That's way too much card disadvantage.
Can you even handle that, kid?
Chen Jianming's Life Points decreased by another 300 LP!
He had 2500 LP remaining!
After thinking for a long time, Chen Jianming ultimately chose the set card in the middle, revealing a confident smile.
"I'll destroy the set card in the middle!!"
"Didn't expect that, did you? I've studied duel psychology. Many people instinctively place their cards closest to themselves first, which is the middle zone."
"And you're exactly like that. It proves your dueling behavior is subconscious."
"There's another key point. In subconscious actions, the first Trap Card is often the one you consider most important, the one you want to set first so you can use it."
"Therefore, since I've determined that your behavior was subconscious, the card in the middle must naturally be the most important among those five cards!"
As soon as Chen Jianming finished speaking.
The entire venue erupted in astonishment.
"Holy crap! There's actually a theory like that? Learned something today!"
"Damn, you have to study psychology to play cards? I finally know why my grades are so bad."
"As expected of Boss Chen from Class Five. He's too strong."
"Wait, does Boss Chen really need to be this serious? Isn't this a little too cruel for a scrub?"
The students of Class Five were already cheering nonstop.
Over on Class Six's side, Zhang Cuihua's old face reddened.
Because he was exactly that kind of person. Chen Jianming had described him perfectly.
Damn it, is this what a strong person is like?
He had integrated psychology into dueling so thoroughly.
Meanwhile, You Chen's expression became even stranger.
"Ah."
"Is that really so?"
You Chen shook his head and could only flip over the card in the middle.
The instant that card was revealed, the smiles across the venue froze. Everyone's eyes widened as if they had seen a ghost.
Chen Jianming's old face instantly turned red, and his whole body trembled!
Emotion Value +588!
The harder he had bragged earlier, the more awkward he looked now.
There was no other reason.
He had destroyed the one card he absolutely should not have destroyed.
Stirring the Hornet's Nest!
At that moment, the tables turned. The students of Class Six wore delighted expressions.
Zhang Cuihua even jumped up in excitement.
"Ahahaha!! This is killing me! You actually blew up Stirring the Hornet's Nest! As expected of someone who studies psychology—out of five cards, you still managed to pick that one!"
Zhang Cuihua's mocking words.
Made Chen Jianming's face burn. Even the hand clutching his cards was trembling.
"How could this be!" Chen Jianming could not understand it.
At that moment, You Chen slowly explained, "Actually, everything you said was right."
"But what if my subconscious behavior is already subconscious behavior on the Fifth Layer? Then your psychological analysis would instead be trapped by my Fifth Layer awareness."
"As a duelist, surely no one still uses First Layer awareness as their subconscious, right?"
"You naturally need to train yourself until you habitually duel using Fifth Layer thinking."
You Chen's words immediately elevated everyone's impression of him.
Quite a few people even had the same illusion.
Could a scrub really say something like that?
Fifth Layer awareness, used as subconscious instinct!
That could trap the thinking of a great many duelists.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with that. It had even opened up new ways of thinking for some duelists.
They could not help but sigh in admiration.
Among them, Hua Ningning was undoubtedly the one most affected.
Her bright eyes trembled slightly, because she had felt the same thing from Mu Qingyu.
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