Yu-Gi-Oh!: The mainstream has returned, and the locals are crying.

"Oh no!" Minerva frowned, feeling a terrible headache coming on.

It's a very simple principle. With the effect of Divine Light activated, you have nothing on the field. Without the effect of Divine Light activated, you have a bunch of cards in the graveyard whose effects you don't know. With so many graveyard resources, it's entirely possible to beat Dominator and Fritz.

The main problem is that I shouldn't have let the Siren Mermaid effect activate successfully, but unfortunately, there's no going back in this world.

In the end, Minerva didn't choose to activate it. It was obvious that Yuya still had some movement points in his hand. Activating the effect of Divine Light Dragon would be a suicide mission for both sides, as it would banish monsters from the field and graveyard. In comparison, with the effect of his own field, he might be able to withstand the attack with two high-ATK monsters and then counterattack in the next turn.

Seeing that Minerva didn't activate its effect, Yu Ye wasn't surprised. It would be foolish to use the effect of Divine Light Dragon if there was no way to activate the Last Word.

With the effect activated, Divine Light Dragon returned to the deck, and Yuya began a fast-paced, no-trap play.

"I activate the effect of the three-step spell in my graveyard, banish it, and then I can add the Continuous Spell 'Piercing the Evil String' from my Deck to my hand; I attach Piercing the Evil String and the Field Spell Pearl World (adding the Siren Mermaid)."

"The effect of the Siren Mermaid allows you to Special Summon her, then send the Little Mermaid from your hand to the Graveyard, and then add three more cards to your deck. The Little Mermaid's effect is activated; the effect of Chain Strings (c2) allows you to Special Summon a monster on the field, and if you have a [Tears of Elegy] monster on your field, you can activate this effect by sending the top 3 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard. This turn, the ATK of monsters your opponent controls decreases by 500."

“Yuya, increasing or decreasing attack power is useless on my field. The field has a full 15 counters, which increase the attack power of my Lightsworn monsters by 1500. Even if you decrease or increase it by 500, you still can’t catch up.” Seeing Yuya’s countermeasure, Minerva’s lips began to curl up as she reminded him.

As she spoke, the panic she had felt, initially stemming from the expectation that Yu Ye would continue to clear the field, subsided. Generally, searching for cards that reduce attack and increase attack meant he was going to trade points. She had Dominator with 4700 attack and Felis with 2700 attack on her field. Reducing their attack by 500 would make Dominator 4200, something Yu Ye's 3500 attack card, Kaledorhat, couldn't overcome.

"Unfortunately, you misunderstood. The increased attack power from the field and the decreased attack power from the continuous attack power are just side effects. The duel is already over when those two cards are successfully activated," Yuya explained.

“What do you mean? I have a Dominator with 4200 attack power on my field!” Minerva retorted upon hearing this, but the sweat on her holy face told all the Lightbringers present that she was not at peace.

"Someone once said: 'If you can't even beat a high-attack, basic deck, you need to think about whether there's a problem with your deck construction.'" Youye responded to this question.

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Chapter 69, "Tears of Light," is complete!

"The effects of Little Mermaid in the Graveyard and the Continuous Trap [Echoes of Evil] begin their self-chaining; c1 Little Mermaid Fusion; c2 Echoes of Evil's effect searches for Tearful Elegy-Type monsters in the Deck;"

Effects processed sequentially: c2 Lament's effect searches for Red Mermaid [Tearful Lament Type - Kusha's Wrath Type] and adds it to the hand; c1 Little Mermaid and Graveyard Swamp Demon King Fusion Summon [Tearful Lament Type - Rusaka Mermaid].

"The effect of the Field Spell Pearl World: When my Pearl World monster returns to the Deck, I can target and destroy one card. I choose to destroy your [Lightsworn Archer Felis]!"

"The effect of the Red Mermaid card in my hand allows me to Special Summon a Normal Spell Card from my hand, then banish the Graveyard's Normal Spell Card [Echo of the Vortex], resulting in a Level 3 Special Summon; then I pay half my Life Points, and the Death Dragon in my Graveyard targets the Sirens on the field, Special Summoning it to the field and changing its Level to 3!"

"I will use StarCraft to Synchro Summon a Level 10 [Baroness of Flowers], consisting of a Level 3 Coordination Death Dragon and a Level 7 Red Mermaid!"

"The effect of the Graveyard-grown bulb allows me to Special Summon 1 of these cards. I then link it with the Sirens and Link Summon the Link 2 Predator Botanica. The Graveyard Sword Priest's effect banishes it to activate, returning the Graveyard's Red-Eyes Fusion, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and Dark Magician to the Deck. Then, I activate Botanica's effect to Fusion Summon Red-Eyes Dragon Knight."

As the night deepened, Minerva's holy face was filled with a daze, and the Lightbringer elves beside her were also speechless with surprise.

Especially the terminal led by the Judgment Dragon, although they did not know Rusaka, they knew Flowers and the Red-Eyed Dragon Knight.

Two three-color cards, one that blows up monsters twice, and the other that blows up cards once, how can they duel?

There's no way we can continue this duel!

The most outrageous thing is that the Pearl Tears Elegy Clan's ability to manipulate events is truly terrifying!

It doesn't require Fusion Magic Cards for fusion, has no self-restriction, offers field search and attack target destruction, and has several Special Summon points to increase field value.

Just thinking about them makes my scalp tingle.

For a moment, those who frequently upheld justice were wondering what the duel rules were thinking, that led to the appearance of the "Tears of Sorrow" clan field.

With Minerva's surrender, Yuya used Dragon Magic to destroy the Dominator and then launched a direct attack to secure victory.

"Yuya, your 'Tears of Elegy' clan technique is incomplete, isn't it?" After the duel ended, even the monsters summoned by Yuya hadn't disappeared. Minerva looked at Yuya expectantly and asked.

"???"

Before Youye could speak, the merman Rusaka and the disappearing figures of Kaledohat both narrowed their eyes slightly as they looked at Minerva.

If You Ye is strong, the other spirits will give her a field of recognition, which means that the other spirits acknowledge You Ye's strength, and You Ye herself will be happy about it.

But what if Minerva decides to use the fact that the Tears of Elegy clan's cards aren't complete as a pretext? Who knows, they might later come to the place where the Lightwalker elves reside and tell them, "What field are you? What field am I? What graveyard are you building? Are you trying to steal my people? Do you want to be wiped out?"

“Yes, those damned rules have imposed many restrictions on my Pearl Tears Elegy Clan. We only have one clan card at the moment.” You Ye nodded, not denying it, and didn’t shy away from criticizing the rules.

“Both of our graveyard cards work together, Yu Ye, why don’t you fuse with our Light Path before you collect all the Tear of the Goddess’s field? With Tear of the Goddess as the main axis and Light Path as the secondary axis, let our two fields combine to produce the power of three or even four.” Minerva ignored Yu Ye’s insults about the rules and began to give advice. As she spoke, she would glance at Yu Ye every few words, afraid that he would refuse.

The moment she finished speaking, Rusaka's satisfaction vanished, while Kaledohat gave Minerva a knowing look.

Minerva merely gave a wry smile, leaving no trace of her reaction. Was it because she didn't want Yuya to use a deck centered around Lightsworn?

No! It's because she was once an elf who tested Earth-level duelists, testing nearly a thousand human duelists, and she understands very well which attributes are strong and which are weak.

With her "Tears of the Goddess" attribute and the fact that she has obtained so many cards that are impossible to obtain at the Yellow rank, Yu Ye is simply beyond the norm. If someone like her were to suggest that Yu Ye build a deck around Lightsworn, that would be idiotic and shows a lack of self-awareness.

“That’s what I was thinking all along; I’ve already planned out the design.” You Ye said with a smile.

Lightsworn Tears is a decent transitional item before obtaining Bloodlord, and can also be used to exploit information gaps later. However, once you get Bloodlord, I'm sorry, I'll choose Horus Tears.

Once you've collected enough of the original Pearl Tears cards and added some additional cards, you'll naturally choose Healthy Pearl Tears.

Finally, it must be the Netherworld Pearl Tears.

“Alright, I’ll give you the Lightpath Field.” Minerva looked at You Ye with a smile on her face, but she was deeply shocked. She could tell that You Ye wasn’t joking; he had really thought about the construction, and it was a powerful one at that!

How long has it been? Less than half an hour? And you're already thinking about deck building that combines Tear of the Gods and Lightsworn?

In that instant, she understood more and more why Yuya was chosen by Ash Blossom, G, and the Flower Fairy.

There's no other reason than that his strength and talent are simply too great.

Switching to other fields, all she wants to say is, if you encounter this, you should give it to them too!

However, she did not know that the Lightsworn Tear had already been developed by duelists from her previous life before Horus appeared. Yuya simply adjusted the construction to make the Lightsworn Tear construction more suitable for her.

Half an hour later, Yuya, who had obtained the Lightsworn Field and all the cards, headed to the altar to leave the Lightsworn world, led by Minerva.

On the way, a human and an elf chatted, mainly about how the elves of the Light Path world uphold justice.

She spoke with great understanding, avoiding moral blackmail. She didn't say that Youye had to eradicate evil after obtaining the Light Path domain. Instead, she said it was through upholding justice, and simply to help Youye understand the personalities of the Light Path spirits.

"You elves' lives are quite interesting, unlike me. Before I opened my shop, all I could do was play Master Duels and bully the weaker ones." Yu Ye listened to Minerva's description of the Lightsworn elves' daily lives and sighed, recalling how he used to play Master Duels at home every day before opening his shop.

"Smashing noobs? Night, I heard from other duelists that unless you make a breakthrough, your strength is about the same as your opponent's. How could you possibly be crushing noobs?" Minerva looked at Yu Night with a face full of curiosity upon hearing his exclamation.

She didn't think You Ye was lying, but she also didn't think the news was wrong.

"There's nothing we can do. Once you become number one, the gap between you and the second and subsequent people becomes too big, and that's how it is." You Ye's face was full of helplessness.

This isn't Versailles. To put it simply, some people are number one because being number one is the highest achievement, not because their actual ability is the best.

"First place???" Minerva's faint smile froze instantly, and the entire elf stood frozen in place. Aren't the first place winners in the Master Duel of human duelists usually legendary King-level duelists? How did Yu Ye, a Yellow-level duelist, get first place when he wasn't even Yellow-level?

That's not the point. The point is how casually Yu Yefu spoke of it, as if it were nothing more than drinking water, not something worth mentioning at all.

If the light path hadn't already been part of Yu Ye's field, she could sense that Yu Ye was just saying it casually, and she would definitely think that Yu Ye was putting on airs.

As for not believing me? No way!

Because it was the first, all the lines were connected, which made it reasonable to explain why Yuya possessed so many single cards that even the Lightsworn elves didn't have.

"Calm down." You Ye looked at the stunned Minerva, said nothing, and naturally took her hand, gently pulling her forward.

Every time he said this, the elves were surprised, including Munin before. He didn't actually think that getting first place was difficult, and he didn't actively mention it except when he gained the elves' approval.

As Minerva was being pulled along by You Ye, the sensation on her hand immediately brought her back to her senses. A blush appeared on her originally holy face, but instead of pulling away, she held onto You Ye's hand.

"Night, you have truly exceeded my expectations. After the duel, I thought that with your current level, given the weakened state of the Tearful Elegy Clan, our Light Path field was barely worthy of you. I never imagined that our Light Path field would be out of our league."

After a moment of silence, seeing that the teleportation platform that Youye was supposed to return to had arrived, Minerva murmured with a complicated expression.

"There's no question of being too high-class or not. Before you get your hands on the Healthy Pearl Tears, the Light Path Pearl Tears can easily exploit information gaps," You Ye said with a smile after hearing this.

“That’s enough.” Minerva nodded with a satisfied smile. As one of the terminal spirits of this field, she knew the strength of the Lightsworn field better than anyone, so she was very satisfied with this answer.

When they reached the stage, Minerva knew it was time. Reluctantly, she gently released Youye's hand, watching him walk to the center of the teleportation array. Then, Youye raised his staff, and a dazzling light appeared. At the same time, Minerva's voice rang out: "Night, the Light Path Field will forever bless you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, You Ye disappeared in the dazzling light.

In the human world, at the Duel Association, Tian Nan and Zhao Jingqing, along with the rest of the group, were watching You Ye, whose eyes were tightly closed.

"It seems to be over. I wonder what he will gain." Zhao Jingqing murmured as he watched the scattered lights gradually illuminate the rules certification platform.

“Let me think… The record holder for the Xuan level is Lord Bird King. After he completed the Xuan level certification, the rules directly granted him a terminal, a Gale Emperor outside the system, a dimensional rift, and the most important Wind Barrier Statue.” Tian Nan continued her sentence.

Tian Nan's words left the surrounding people speechless for a moment. Bird King, he was not a fake king walking on the path to kingship, but a true king-level duelist, one of the most outstanding people in the dueling world.

His legend began with the Xuan-level certification. After reaching the Xuan-level and Di-level, he used the Terminal and the Gale Emperor to make his opponents extremely uncomfortable. After he could use the Heaven-level Wind Realm Image, before the effect was leaked, he had an astonishing 95% win rate against Heaven-level opponents of the same level!

Even after the leak, the win rate didn't drop below 80%, which shows how strong it is.

People like that naturally wouldn't dare to speak up or compare themselves to them.

"Of course it's surpassing! I've heard the legend of your human king-level duelist. Although he's strong, can he compare to Yu Ye at the Yellow level? Can he defeat an Earth-level duelist?" Muning wasn't a human duelist, and she had absolute faith in Yu Ye, so she was very confident in him.

Silence. Not a single person objected.

The Yellow-rank Yu Ye is simply outrageous. To be able to defeat two Earth-rank duelists while at the Yellow rank, he is truly the first person in the history of dueling.

In the silence of the crowd, the light grew brighter and brighter, and within this light, a purple-gold radiance caught everyone's attention.

The moment they saw it, everyone present who recognized the purple-gold light was stunned.

"Holy crap! A Xuan-level certification can be purple-gold?"

(End of this chapter)