"Hm?"
The surrounding spectators were all baffled by those words.
What did that mean?
They had treated you like that, and you still wanted to give them a card?
Huang Tianhai was also confused. He was not optimistic about it. After all, they were not casual duelists; between duelists, there was no such thing as genuinely giving someone a card. They were competitors, and that inevitably came with risks.
As he puzzled over it, his pupils suddenly contracted!
Because he realized something.
His monster was gone!
What the hell?
More accurately, it had vanished. Before disappearing, blue flames had risen from its body—the sign that it was about to be Tributed!
"Could it be...?!"
Huang Tianhai's expression collapsed. He staggered back two steps, seemingly realizing something as he looked up.
A sky-shrouding torrent of magma instantly formed behind him like a monstrous wave. The flowing, searing magma transformed into a Dummy of Love, its face gradually emerging as its lava hands stretched out and cradled a cage in its arms.
Inside that cage was Huang Tianhai.
He was trapped.
Lava Golem FIRE Attribute/Level 8/Fiend-Type ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500
"This big baby said it wanted to go over to your side. No need to thank me."
You Chen said with a smile.
"I fucking—" Huang Tianhai's blood pressure spiked, and his face reddened as he nearly started swearing again. His emotions had always been unstable when he dueled, and now that he had run into You Chen, he truly could not hold it in. He really could not.
His clenched fists turned white. Hold it in!
His chest heaved continuously, but it was so damn hard to endure.
That bastard had Tributed both his Dummy and Cybernetic Cyclops, leaving him with this monster. He wanted to cry but had no tears.
Principal Hua was even more excited. The pent-up frustration in his heart had finally been vented. He looked at Principal Chen with a smile that did not reach his eyes and said, "Principal Chen, I wonder if you like this big baby? Heh, Magic Cards really are expensive. You Chen didn't have one, but that's alright—he has a big baby instead."
"Oh, right. Your analyst surely didn't fail to analyze even something this obvious, did he?"
Those two remarks completely paid back the smugness Principal Chen and the analyst had displayed earlier.
That felt so damn good.
You Chen, you were a fucking genius. Love it, love it! Hahaha!
Principal Chen and the analyst's faces darkened as well.
Who the hell could have expected You Chen to have a card like that?
It was revolting. Even from so far away, they could feel how disgusting it was.
They had worked so hard to summon the Dummy and the Cybernetic Cyclops. If they had simply been cleared away by a Magic Card, that would have been one thing, but being Tributed instead was utterly humiliating.
The audience, on the other hand, was having even more fun.
"Holy crap, it can be used like that? This Lava Golem looks like a pretty good card."
"I thought the appearance of the Dummy marked the beginning of You Chen's nightmare. Who knew the Dummy was just fodder?"
"I'm dying. Huang Tianhai's expression just now compared to his expression now—the contrast is huge."
Lin Yingying's eyes narrowed as she said coolly, "Even so, you gave us a monster with 3000 ATK!"
"Are you sure you can stop its attack?"
"Don't let it backfire on you. That would be hilarious."
You Chen chuckled instead. "That doesn't matter. You definitely can't break through my field. At most, you can choose to attack Hua Ningning."
Hua Ningning: "?????"
At that moment, she even wondered whether she had joined the wrong team. Shouldn't she have been standing beside Lin Yingying, making it three against one?
You Chen was truly skilled at getting under people's skin. Even Hua Ningning, his teammate, wanted to switch sides right now.
"Then, I activate the Continuous Spell Card Magic Absorption from my hand!"
"As long as this card remains in the Spell & Trap Zone, each time either player activates a Magic Card, I recover 500 Life Points."
"And—"
"Actually, you can't attack either."
"I activate the Equip Spell Card Mask of the Accursed from my hand!"
"The equipped monster cannot attack. During each of its controller's Standby Phases, that controller takes 500 damage."
You Chen held a card between two fingers and slammed it down.
The next instant, an ugly mask was fitted onto Lava Golem's face. A cursed character was emblazoned upon its forehead, while nail-like spikes jutted out around it. It looked hideous and miserable, just like Huang Tianhai's current situation.
Trapped inside a cage, unable to move.
This wave netted him 3300+ Emotion Value!
It came from Huang Tianhai, Lin Yingying, Principal Chen, and the analyst.
Even You Chen had not expected that it was just a duel, yet the principal and analyst had gotten so worked up.
Lin Yingying could not take it anymore. Great—now it could not even attack.
"Therefore, Magic Absorption's effect activates, and I gain 500 LP!"
"Then, I can Special Summon Cooling Fire from my hand in Defense Position!"
"This card can only be activated when either player recovers Life Points. Special Summon this card from your hand."
You Chen's chain of plays was flawless.
Lockdown, healing, and a Special Summon—an immaculate combination.
Yet that was far from all.
A withered, dim-gray tree burst from the ground. Its branches bore pink blossoms and leaves, while a demonic face protruded from its trunk.
Cooling Fire FIRE Attribute/Level 3/Pyro-Type ATK: 500/DEF: 1500
All of You Chen's cards had been assembled into a doubles deck designed to work with Hua Ningning.
"Mm, I activate the Magic Card Upstart Goblin next!"
"I draw 1 card from my Deck. After that, my opponent recovers 1000 Life Points."
"But due to Side Effects, you instead lose 1000 Life Points."
"Then I gain another 500 LP from Magic Absorption."
You Chen revealed another card.
-1000 LP!
"Uwah!!"
Huang Tianhai and Lin Yingying lost Life Points again, leaving them with 3500 LP.
When did blood pressure rise the fastest?
For example, right now. This card was supposed to let you draw a card at the cost of restoring your opponent's Life Points. But now, not only did he get to draw the card, the benefit they were supposed to receive had become a punishment.
Fuck!
Who could endure that?
Emotion Value +1550!
The benefit of doubles was that he could receive twice the joyful Emotion Value.
"It's not over yet. I also activate the Magic Card Benevolent Rain from my hand!"
"Both players recover 1000 LP!"
"I actually think duels can be harmonious too, so let's both recover Life Points and be friends."
You Chen activated another Magic Card.
Upon hearing that, Huang Tianhai and Lin Yingying's mouths both twitched.
Who the hell wanted to be friends with you?
And were you sure both sides were recovering?
He said both sides would recover, yet somehow they were the only ones suffering.
Mental warfare! This was pure mental warfare!
They both wanted to report You Chen for cheating. How could playing cards come with magical attacks?
Once upon a time, they had been model students who looked forward to dueling.
Even if they lost a duel, they would not have felt much about it.
But now, they were being subjected to ultimate torment and could not find even a shred of joy in dueling.
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