New Underworld Deck, Actions Speak Louder Than Words! Duel!!

Chapter 17: A New Underworld Deck. Talk is Cheap! Let's Duel!!

You Chen's words almost made Hua Ningning think she'd misheard him, her bright eyes showing a mix of shock and confusion.

"You probably don't realize what level the Underground Duel Tournament is here."

"The duelists who come here are generally skilled, at least five-star and above."

"As for high school students, it's almost impossible for them to appear here."

"Very few students dare to duel here, because it's no different from seeking death."

"So I advise you to think it over carefully."

Hua Ningning was in the middle of talking animatedly when she opened her eyes and realized You Chen hadn't been listening at all. He had already gone and completed the registration.

This guy! Can he even listen to anyone?

Hua Ningning patted her forehead. Oh well, at least he has money now. Five thousand for the registration fee, consider it a lesson learned.

"Sir, you have successfully registered. Your match will be arranged for tomorrow evening at 8 PM. Please remember to arrive on time."

The female attendant explained with a smile.

"Alright."

You Chen left, feeling satisfied.

Hua Ningning asked from the side, "You never seem to think you'll fail?"

You Chen found this strange and countered, "Why would I think about that? Dueling is about having fun. Isn't your dueling fun?"

Hua Ningning's steps faltered at his words, a touch of emotion in her expression.

Dueling is about having fun.

That makes so much sense.

But…

Damn it, why does it sound so off when it comes from your mouth?

It's only fun for you, isn't it?

Dueling with you makes it very hard to have fun.

You Chen ignored Hua Ningning and went to buy cards.

He didn't go to the rare card section. If he went there, even two million wouldn't be enough, so what would be the point of spending it?

So he still went to the mid-to-lower-tier sections.

He had roughly understood from Kaiba Magazine and his dueling experience that many strategies hadn't been discovered yet, which meant many cards didn't show their true value and therefore weren't expensive.

An old man, smoking a cigarette, was sitting cross-legged by a stall.

"If you want to buy cards, pick them yourself. All prices are clearly marked."

The old man seemed indifferent, his tone casual.

This time, Hua Ningning didn't speak. She was there precisely to observe You Chen's deck-building ideas; otherwise, she wouldn't have followed him for so long.

You Chen surveyed the cards.

He quickly picked out some cards that seemed generally useful, though this was just a preliminary selection, not a final decision.

He selected about sixty cards.

You Chen then began to filter through these sixty cards.

He compared them, pondering for a long time.

Then he removed more than twenty cards.

He had completed a deck build.

Usually, it would take a duelist half an hour just to select a few cards, and building an entire deck would take several hours.

But You Chen's speed was incredible; the entire process took less than ten minutes.

He had selected a complete deck.

It left Hua Ningning shocked and unable to recover for a long time.

Is he really not just picking randomly?

"How much? Calculate it." You Chen handed over the selected deck.

The old man clearly hadn't reacted, the cigarette in his mouth almost falling out.

It took You Chen asking again for him to snap out of it. He took the deck and began to calculate.

"Fifty-one thousand in total. I'll give you a discount of one thousand, so fifty thousand."

The old man said directly.

You Chen didn't waste words, paying fifty thousand immediately and buying the deck.

However, while this was a deck to him, to many others, these were just piles of cards.

After the old man watched You Chen leave, he thought about it for a while before taking out a small notebook and jotting things down.

One benefit of his line of work was being able to record other people's deck builds. There were always people looking to buy deck ideas from them. If a build was useful, these people would buy it, which was another source of income.

"This deck build is just too strange," he muttered. "Well, I'll write it down anyway."

The old vendor was only an average duelist; otherwise, he wouldn't be a vendor. Thus, he naturally couldn't grasp the core of You Chen's deck build. Not just him, even Hua Ningning, despite her quick glances earlier, hadn't understood it.

You Chen walked out at this moment.

"Are you sure you spent 500,000 to buy a deck?" Hua Ningning asked, a look of suspicion on her face.

"Won't we know if it's a deck if we try it out?" You Chen said with a slight smile.

"You want to try it with me?" Hua Ningning froze for a moment, an inexplicable sense of panic rising within her. It wasn't about winning or losing; it was just that facing a deck with You Chen's kind of strategy was inherently uncomfortable. Even though she didn't fully understand the tactics yet, seeing his previous deck gave her an idea.

"Come out! How much longer do you plan to follow?"

"Rare Card Hunter!" You Chen said calmly.

The short-haired man who had been following behind him was startled. He had already been discovered?

"Heh heh... Kid, you're truly fearless, like a newborn calf. Since you discovered me so early, how can you still be so calm?" The short-haired man stopped pretending and smiled.

Hearing this, Hua Ningning turned her head, her expression instantly growing serious. Since when was a Rare Card Hunter following them? How did she not sense anything? Not only that, but You Chen seemed to have noticed him already and wasn't scared at all? Rare Card Hunters were at least three-star strength. They were duelists too! They specifically made a living by hunting others. Duel World was, after all, a place where the strong preyed on the weak.

"Since that's the case, then let's duel!"

"Rare Card Hunter, codename Poison Wolf!" Poison Wolf immediately announced his identity.

As his voice rang out, many people nearby gasped, immediately realizing a duel was about to take place.

"Rare Card Hunter, Poison Wolf? He's a three-star duelist!"

"Oh man, that kid's really pitiful, to be targeted by a three-star duelist."

"Rare Card Hunters have a keen sense for observing strength, so prey they target almost never stand a chance."

The surrounding whispers gave You Chen a general idea of this Rare Card Hunter's information. A three-star duelist truly possessed significant power. In Duel World, the gap between each star was enormous because the assessment for duelist stars was very strict. Even top high school students like Hua Ningning weren't two-star yet. From this, one could imagine what a three-star duelist represented.

So when Hua Ningning heard it was Poison Wolf, her heart also tensed up.

"If it really comes down to it... I'll go find Uncle Yang, but you'll owe me for this favor..." Hua Ningning was about to say more.

But You Chen interrupted her. "Sorry, I don't plan on owing you a favor."

"And duelists never refuse a challenge!"

"Enough talk, let's duel!"

"Don't forget, Rare Card Hunter, if you lose, your deck is mine too!"

You Chen said with a slight smile.

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