Yu-Gi-Oh!: Holding Ruri Kurosaki, I'm invincible!

The Ruler of Color bit out a point of light, and a domain with a monster pattern instantly appeared below it.

"Next, I'll set a card face down, end of turn!" Yu Ming gestured for you to turn. "Alright, it's your turn now."

His movements looked extremely elegant; if he were wearing a silver-white suit, he would have the air of a noble young master dueling.

Kurosaki Ruri frowned, her purplish-black pupils fixed on the domain beneath her feet, and said in a deep voice, "This is troublesome!"

The others in the audience also noticed the current problem.

"A long-term lockdown?" Principal Akabane Teru said, "It can actually lock down monsters for an entire turn! This turn, Kurosaki Ruri's monsters are all unusable!"

"And this effect seals your turn," Ruri Kurosaki added. "Even if you can destroy that Xyz Monster by other means, you still can't use monster effects this turn. He'll summon a new monster next turn..."

Before she finished speaking, no one present was a fool, and they quickly understood what she meant.

Those in Class Two who had initially mocked You Ming for not being able to win were now gradually losing their disdain. They hadn't expected him to be this strong!

"But even so, I won't give up!" Ruri Kurosaki said. "My turn, draw a card."

She glanced at the card she had drawn and smiled.

"I summon the 'Lyrical Songbird - Jade Swallow'!"

【Lyrical Robin - Jade Swallow, ATK100 LV1】

"Next, activate the Spell Card 'Lyrical Birdsong - Birdsong Call' to add a 'Lyrical Birdsong' monster from your Deck to your hand or send it to the Graveyard. Afterward, you can Special Summon a 'Lyrical Birdsong' monster with a different card name from your hand!"

A melody appeared from the green card, and her deck was rapidly shuffled to the rhythm, after which a card popped out and entered her hand.

"I add 'Lyrical Robin - Beryl Canary' to my hand, then Special Summon 'Lyrical Robin - Cobalt Spinel' from my hand!"

At the call of the melody, a brown birdman appeared from Liuli's hand.

【Lyrical Robin - Cobalt Spinel, LV1 ATK0】

Holy crap, what an incredible hand!

Yu Ming was utterly shocked by what Kurosaki Ruri was doing.

"Birdsong Calling", "Jade Swallow", and "Cobalt Spinel Finch".

In reality, these three cards in a starting hand would probably be enough to OTK the opponent ten thousand times.

Even though this was an anime world, You Ming still felt a chill run down his spine.

Fortunately, the Color Ruler's complete blockade was effective, otherwise it would have been very difficult to deal with.

Despite his吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments), he still put on an appreciative expression: "Not bad, you still managed to gather two Level 1 monsters despite the Ruler of Color's blockade. Shall we Xyz Summon them?"

"No!" Liuli interrupted, "Set one card face down, end the turn."

Having an abundance of materials but not summoning them left the audience puzzled and shocked.

Some people even privately speculated that Kurosaki Ruri's strength was nothing special.

Of course, this was only said behind someone's back.

It's not just because of Liuli's ranking, but also because she has a brother who's fiercely protective of his sister.

It is said that the man once single-handedly killed more than fifty people from the neighboring school who joined forces in order to protect his sister.

Although she was competing in other colleges, no one dared to offend her.

You Ming, however, did not take it to heart; he immediately understood the meaning behind Liu Li's actions.

"My turn, draw a card!"

After drawing his card, Yu Ming announced, "I activate the effect of NO.16, Ruler of Color. This time, the declared type is 'Trap Card'!"

Liuli looked surprised: "What!?"

Because of her ingrained thinking, she assumed that Yu Ming would declare a monster card again this time.

"Last turn you deliberately left two low-level 'Lyrical Croak' monsters on the field to ensure you had that monster on the field when that face-down card was activated. In other words..."

Yu Ming smirked: "Your face card is the Lyric Robin's signature trap. If we're talking about signature traps, that's probably the only one."

As he spoke, Ruri flipped over her face-down card: "Activate the Trap Card 'Lyrical Robin - Lovebirds'."

really!

You Ming's lips curled into a smirk: Just as I imagined.

"Target one Lyrebird on your field. All monsters on your opponent's field gain the same ATK as the targeted monster, and all monsters gain the same Level and Rank."

As Ruri spoke, she pointed to the Xyz Monster that was expanding its domain: "Therefore, the attack power of 'Color Ruler' will become zero, the same as 'Cobalt Spinel Sparrow,' and its class will become one."

Despite being a latecomer, the Color Ruler's sealing trap effect failed to affect the use of "Lovebirds".

Thus, the once tall and mighty ruler of color instantly became listless.

[The Ruler of Color, ATK2300→0, LK4→1]

"Now my tactics can proceed."

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Activate the overwritten Equip Spell 'Ga Ga Ga Revenge'! Special Summon a 'Ga Ga Ga' monster from my Graveyard. Revive, Ga Ga Ga Magician!"

An earthen-yellow coffin emerged from the ground, and the moment it was opened, a magician wielding chains leaped onto the stage.

【I am a magician, LV4】

"Next, I'll summon the Knight of Extra Strength!"

[Keep it up, Knight, LV4]

Ruri Kurosaki frowned deeply: "There are two level four monsters..."

"I stacked two Level 4 GaGaGa Magician and GaGaGa Knight, using the two monsters as materials to construct a stacking network, and Xyz Summoned—Come, GaGaGa Samurai!"

The two monsters transformed into golden specks of light and surged into the ground.

Within the purplish-black vortex, a servant dressed in a blue-black cloak and wielding two swords appeared beside him.

【I, I, I serve, ATK1900】

"Let's end this duel this round!"

Yu Ming waved his hand and said, "First, activate the effect of 'I I I Revenge'. When this card is sent to the Graveyard as Xyz Summoning Material, all Xyz Monsters you control gain 300 ATK."

The coffin that followed the magician down emerged from the ground and transformed into rays of golden light that flowed into the bodies of the two overpowered monsters.

【I, I, I serve, ATK1900→2200】

[The Ruler of Color, ATK100→400]

Looking at the two monsters, Kurosaki Ruri thought: My life points are 4000, so even if I am attacked by two monsters at the same time, I will still have 1500 life points.

We'll be able to in the next round...

She looked at the cards in her hand and already had an idea in mind.

"Then activate the effect of GaGaGaSamurai, remove one Xyz Material, and GaGaGa monsters on your field can attack twice this turn."

"What?!"

You Ming's actions made Liu Li's eyes widen in surprise.

Did he calculate the difference in health points?

"Go! I, I, I serve! Attack Qingyu Yan!"

The guard's attack cleaved the blue-skinned bird into pieces without any doubt.

[Ruri Kurosaki, LP4000→1900]

"One more time, attack the Cobalt Spinel Sparrow! I'll slash! I'll slash!"

Another attack, and the little brown bird also perished.

[Ruri Kurosaki, LP1900→0]

Ruri Kurosaki felt no resentment. She said calmly, "Yu Ming, you are very strong, but I will catch up with you as soon as possible."

You Ming shrugged and didn't say anything more.

This reaction made Kurosaki Ruri somewhat uncomfortable.

But he didn't say anything, silently walked off the stage, without any hesitation, as calm as a robot.

The students in Class 1 and 2 were all shocked, fearful, and incredulous.

Xue Lian Shuang stared at the scene on the stage, unwilling to believe it: You Ming won just like that? That's Kurosaki Ruri!

She's been at the top of the charts for years... how could she have lost? How could she have lost?

The previous accusations and moral blackmail now seem like clowns jumping around.

The others looked at her with what seemed like mockery.

After witnessing Ruri Kurosaki's duel, the rest of Class One made a decision—they would fight four against one.

You Ming was no longer afraid; he had already assessed the strength of this group of small fry.

The result was quite obvious: the Ruler of Color crushed them all with a single card.

The two judges were dumbfounded.

They looked at each other in disbelief: winning a one-on-one duel was already a rare feat, yet You Ming actually won against four opponents?

Even novelists wouldn't dare write something like this!

After the initial shock, Kurosawa Kai thought about Yu Ming's previous actions of keeping things from him, and a lot of resentment arose in his heart.

You Ming let out a breath, walked to Xue Lian Shuang's duel disk, and ripped off her deck.

Here's a hidden rule for this exam: the winner can take cards from the loser's deck.

However, who gets to decide depends on the winner's decision.

You Ming didn't want the cards from those people in Class 1.

Needless to say, Liuli is one of the core members of the future main characters.

We might need her connections later, so we can't afford to offend her.

There was no grudge between him and those students in Class 1, so there was really no need for him to ask for their cards.

Instead, he pulled out Xue Lianshuang's deck to take a look.

"Ugh, this is such trash." He muttered casually, then pulled out a few Xyz Monsters that could be sold for money.

"Yu Ming, I was wrong, could you please not take away my Xyz Monster?"

Xue Lianshuang came to her senses and, upon seeing You Ming, slowly backed away, pleading for mercy with a sob in her voice.

"These are all things I bought with a lot of money. If they're all taken, I won't have any cards to use!"

You Ming smiled gently and said, "It's alright, these excesses will shine under my hands."

"You..." Xue Lianshuang's eyes reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Seeing the pretty young girl with tears streaming down her face, she no longer had the cold and indifferent demeanor she had shown before.

You Ming had only one thought in his mind: Crying so miserably, are you dead yet?