After drawing a card, You Chen did not rush to make a move.
He raised his eyes and swept his gaze across the field.
He observed his opponent's board and the cards in his hand, his mind rapidly analyzing the situation.
Tyrannosaurus Rex's opening field looked utterly ordinary. A cute Babycerasaurus was pecking at the ground nearby, looking harmless and adorable.
Meanwhile, the Field Spell Card Lost World made it seem as though they were standing in a primeval forest, and there was even a dinosaur egg on his side of the field.
Any duelist unfamiliar with Dinosaur-Type tactics could easily be deceived by such a simple-looking board.
Still, You Chen had not expected to see a Field Spell Card like Lost World during their student years. The strength of Tyrannosaurus Rex's Dinosaur-Type deck already surpassed that of many students.
No wonder he was an outstanding student capable of competing for the Four Great Academies.
"I set one monster from my hand in face-down Defense Position in the Monster Zone."
"Then I set three cards! End turn."
You Chen ended his turn decisively, so much so that even Tyrannosaurus Rex had not expected it. He had been waiting for his opponent to build a board.
Yet the other side was not even going to build a board?
What the hell was there left to duel?
Not attacking while going second—wasn't that basically giving up half the game?
Tyrannosaurus Rex frowned, increasingly convinced that this duel was going to be incredibly boring.
"You've truly disappointed me. I thought you would be an opponent I could enjoy myself against."
"I never expected you to be only this much. High School Nine's choice of representative is worth questioning."
"Then let's speed up this game!"
"I activate my set card, the Trap Card Ring of Destruction!"
"Destroy 1 face-up monster on my field, and both players take 1000 points of damage."
As Tyrannosaurus Rex finished speaking, a ring fitted with a bomb locked directly onto the adorable Babycerasaurus.
The bomb's fuse kept burning, frightening Babycerasaurus into running wildly across the field in panic.
Boom—
With a deafening explosion, it was blasted into fragments.
Babycerasaurus had once again made a glorious sacrifice.
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1000 LP!
Both players took damage from the blast, leaving them with 3000 LP each.
Seeing this, You Chen finally understood why spirits wanted to invade the human world. You people abused Babycerasaurus every damn day. If I were Babycerasaurus, I wouldn't be able to take it either.
Though it seemed he was also abusing Warm Worm.
It was fine. Warm Worm probably would not mind.
"I activate Babycerasaurus's effect. If this card is destroyed by an effect and sent to the Graveyard: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or higher Dinosaur-Type monster from the Deck. A monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack this turn."
"I Special Summon King Rex from my Deck!"
King Rex EARTH Attribute / Level 9 / Dinosaur-Type ATK: 3200 / DEF: 1200
A dazzling radiance bloomed in the Monster Zone as a massive body emerged within Lost World. The two-headed dragon, purple-backed and red-bellied, opened its bloodied maw full of serrated teeth. Its sharp claws tore through the air, its short wings spread wide behind it, and its twin tails lashed about flexibly.
In an instant, its overwhelming presence spread across the field.
The arrival of this monster
made the entire audience cry out in shock.
"No way, Tyrannosaurus Rex got a god hand right from the start! He brought out his ace immediately—what's there left to fight?"
"This High School Nine student is way too miserable."
"Tyrannosaurus Rex is being too ruthless. At least play a few more turns and leave the other guy some dignity."
"GG!!"
"This is honestly a little too easy."
Discussion broke out one after another.
Seeing this, Xiao Shan quickly made a note. This student from High School Five was impressive—truly strong, smooth, and fluid in execution.
As for You Chen, Xiao Shan's brows furrowed more deeply.
Tyrannosaurus Rex snorted and continued, "Not only that, but because the Special Summon succeeded, Lost World's effect can be triggered!"
"So I can Special Summon another Jurraegg Token onto your field!"
The sight before them made commentator Duoduo unable to contain his excitement.
"Here it comes! Here it comes! High School Five's Tyrannosaurus Rex's famous tactic—using dinosaur eggs to clog up the zones! Not only can it interfere with the opponent's board-building, but it can also work with the Field Spell Card to continuously Special Summon Dinosaur-Type monsters."
"This entire combo is his signature tactic."
"As expected of a student capable of competing for the Four Great Academies. He is incredibly strong."
"Meanwhile, You Chen still has no answer at this point."
As Tyrannosaurus Rex's board took shape, the atmosphere at the venue grew even more heated, with High School Five's side erupting in excitement.
Once Tyrannosaurus Rex established this board, You Chen would have no choice but to wait for death.
Why else would people say Dinosaur-Type decks had the potential to be an Underworld Deck?
You Chen understood it as well. There might only be two eggs right now, but next turn, there could be four!
On a field without Links, those eggs alone would be enough to completely lock him out.
Thus, anyone with a discerning eye could see that You Chen's situation was already extremely perilous.
More importantly, those eggs, combined with the Field Spell Card Lost World, had a once-per-turn destruction replacement effect.
And that destruction replacement was the true tactical core of Dinosaur-Type decks.
So it was not that these people looked down on You Chen. In this situation, no one could think of a way to break through it.
The destruction replacement could even help with Special Summons. If he did not destroy them, the eggs would clog him to death.
And that was not all. Any effect he used that targeted cards had to prioritize the eggs on his own field.
This tactic practically made it impossible for people to play Yu-Gi-Oh!.
How was he supposed to play?
Unless the Field Spell Card was destroyed.
Hua Ningning's face in the preparation room also showed a trace of worry.
"As expected, it's still difficult."
"This Underworld Deck should be countered now, right?"
"You Chen, can you still play Yu-Gi-Oh!?"
Not far away, Chen Jianming's face had turned red with excitement.
The corners of his mouth were even curling upward uncontrollably.
He loved seeing this kind of situation.
Didn't expect this, did you?
You Chen! So there was a time when you could not play Yu-Gi-Oh! either!
He had to be utterly crushed!
Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought Chen Jianming was a student from High School Five.
Tyrannosaurus Rex snorted. It was his turn, and he drew a card.
There was not much satisfaction in bullying weak opponents anyway.
"Let me end this boring duel right now!!"
"I activate King Rex's effect!"
"If this card was not Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned this turn: Once per turn, I can target up to 2 monsters on my opponent's field; destroy them."
"I will destroy the two eggs on your field!"
As soon as he spoke, King Rex's two dragon heads gathered violent energy within their jaws and fired it toward the two eggs.
Roar—
The two savage blue waves of energy blasted through the primeval forest world, sweeping up countless plants and trees with tremendous force, as though they were about to overturn the very ground!
You Chen remained calm. Meeting the attack head-on, he raised a hand and said lightly, "I activate my set card, Lure of the Dead!"
"Whenever a card is sent to the Graveyard, for each card, that card's owner takes 300 damage."
"I know your Dinosaur-Type monsters love destruction!"
"Listen up, Little Flower! Not only will I not stop you, I'll even give you a helping hand!"
The corner of You Chen's mouth lifted. Those words were undoubtedly a declaration of war!
"Call me Tyrannosaurus Rex!!"
Tyrannosaurus Rex roared. Seeing You Chen's aura suddenly change, a trace of surprise finally appeared in his expression.
Was it an illusion?
Could a single card really make him so much more imposing?
"It's hard to imagine that one card could make you this confident."
Tyrannosaurus Rex asked calmly.
"I understood your tactic from the very beginning, but while it is your advantage, it will also become your weakness."
You Chen stopped there and said nothing more.
Because he knew that even if he explained it now, the other side would not understand for the moment, nor would he bother listening.
Next, he only needed to show him through strength.
And the most outstanding part of the entire venue was undoubtedly the DJ!
At that moment, the music changed to Hiroyuki Sawano's Dragon's Rise!
The feeling of the two sides clashing instantly permeated the air.
For a duel in a tournament to be exciting,
first, excellent commentary was indispensable.
Second, BGM was important as well, which made an excellent DJ another essential factor.
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