Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

He never expected that Youche would also be able to use dark magic.

He never expected that the Dark Magician who was in control was the same one that Pandora had used.

During the duel, Yugi could sense that this was a card containing a spirit, but now, that spirit aura is barely perceptible.

"What exactly happened..." Thinking back to Youche's state before the finals, Wang Yang pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Dark Malik leaning against the railing not far away.

At this moment, Dark Malik held the Millennium Staff, a wicked smile on his face, watching the battle as if he were sitting in a theater watching a performance.

"What? It's a Dark Magician..." Jonouchi suddenly felt an inexplicable pressure.

He had seen the game use the Black Magician, but he had never seen Yu Che use it.

The same card can be played in different styles by different duelists.

As he entered the unknown territory, Jonouchi's expression became even more serious, and he gripped the card even tighter.

"Set three cards face down, end your turn." After performing a Normal Summon, Yuzuru announced loudly, handing the turn to his opponent.

Yu Jialong asked blankly, "Why don't we attack! The Dark Mage's attack power is clearly several times higher than that of the Earth Swordsman!"

After observing for a while, Mai Kongjaku, who was also watching the game, made a judgment: "I guess he's wary of Jonouchi's face-down cards? This guy probably has two dice cards in his back row. Yuzuru must have also learned about Jonouchi's tactics, which is why he didn't launch an attack rashly."

Everyone agreed with the conclusion of the Peacock Dancer, since they had all seen Jonouchi's duels a few times, and the Earth Star Swordsman and the two dice combo was indeed his most frequently used technique.

however……

What Jonouchi said next surprised everyone.

"Hehehe~" Jonouchi smiled smugly, "It seems my preparations were perfect, I even fooled everyone, including Yuzuriha and Yugi!"

Upon hearing this, You Che was taken aback.

Jonouchi flipped over a face-down card and laughed, "Yusho, during your End Phase, I activate the Spell Card—Scapegoat! Special Summon four Goat Tokens to my field!!"

"What?! It's not the angel's dice or the devil's dice?!" Mai Kongque covered her mouth in surprise.

Jonouchi laughed and said, "Since the start of the tournament, the combo of Earth Swordsman and two dice cards is no longer a secret."

"So when I start the game this way again, almost everyone will assume that my face-down card is those two dice and will not dare to attack!"

"But actually, the cards I set down were for use in other combos!"

"You Che! I never thought you'd fall for my trick too!!"

Is it just bluffing?

He truly lives up to his title of "King of Gambling"—Jounouchi.

You Che smiled slightly.

However, scapegoat derivatives cannot be used as sacrifices for higher-level summons, and Jonouchi cannot use these derivatives to summon more powerful monsters.

Based on his memory of the anime plot, Yuzuru deduced that Jonouchi probably wanted to summon the Black Panther Warrior to launch an attack.

That's a level 4 monster with 2,000 attack power. Each time it declares an attack, it must release one of its monsters.

Although the Black Panther Warrior's attack power is slightly lower than that of the Dark Mage, if Jonouchi activates the Demon Dice, he can reduce the Dark Mage's attack power and thus defeat him.

Yuzuru had already calculated Jonouchi's next tactics, but to his surprise, the monster Jonouchi ultimately summoned was not the Black Panther Warrior, but the powerful attacking monster he had won from Kamano Daigo—the Barbarian King!

"Hmph~" Jonouchi waved his card and said smugly, "Yusho, since you haven't launched an attack, then I'll be the one to swing the first sword of the duel!"

"Activate the Spell Card - Double Summon!"

"This turn, I can perform two Normal Summons!"

"Attack signal summoned—Pterodactyl Warrior!!"

"Then sacrifice the pterosaur warriors and Earth swordsmen!!"

"Superior Summoning—Barbarian King!!!"

During the Duel City era, there was an explicit rule that "Tokens do not occupy the Monster Zone," so Jonouchi was able to summon another monster even when he had four Tokens and one monster on the field.

As the eight-star monster—the Barbarian King—was slammed down, a rough roar came from the dueling boat!

A strong, dark-skinned barbarian strode into the battlefield and slammed his greatsword into the ground with a loud bang, sending sand and stones flying everywhere!

Barbarian King

[Eight Stars]

[Earth Attribute/Warrior Race]

[Attack/Defense: 3000/1100]

Kyoko excitedly exclaimed, "Yosh! This is the super powerful monster card that Jonouchi won! Its attack power just exceeds that of Dark Magician!"

"However..." Honda did remember this monster somewhat, "The Barbarian King can't attack unless he releases his Warrior-Type monsters... Right now, there are only four Beast-Type monsters on Jonouchi's field, so even if the Barbarian's attack power is high enough, he can't attack..."

The Barbarian King's effect in this era differs from the OCG version. In the OCG version, the Barbarian King can add attack attempts by releasing Warrior-type monsters.

However, here, the number of attacks the Barbarian King can make each turn is determined by the number of Warrior-type monsters he releases. In other words, the number of times he can attack depends on how many monsters he releases; if he doesn't release any, he can't attack.

It is estimated that this was to ensure the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's status as the strongest monster, so International Illusion added some negative restrictions when designing this monster card with an attack power of 3000.

After all, other monsters with an attack power of 3000 in this era are either harder to summon than the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, or have special effects that make them unsuitable for offense, such as the Lava Demon and the Torture Giant...

“You’re right, Honda~” Jonouchi flipped over another card that had been placed face down in the previous round, “But with this card, everything is different!”

"I activate the Continuous Trap Card - DNA Modification Surgery!!"

"When this card is activated, it declares a race. After that, as long as this card is on the field, all monsters on the field become the declared race!"

"I'll use this card to turn all four scapegoats into Warrior-type monsters!!"

"This way, the Barbarian King can launch four attacks this turn!!"

Hearing this, even Seto Kaiba, who always looked down on Jonouchi, was taken aback.

Wow... this kind of combo?!

I never expected this mediocre person to have such imagination.

Attack power 3000, attacks four times...

This is a fierce offensive that could wipe out the opponent in one fell swoop!

However, Yuche remained unmoved by Jonouchi's unconventional tactics. Just as he was about to activate the effect of the Barbarian King to release four sheep tokens, Yuche suddenly flipped over two of the three face-down cards in a row!

“Jonnori, your tactics are quite interesting,” Yuzuriha smiled. “But unfortunately, my face-down card is this one—Token Harvest Festival!”

"Destroy all tokens on the field, and I will recover LP equal to 800 times the number of destroyed tokens!!"

"What?!" Jonouchi exclaimed in disbelief. "Why would your deck have a card like that?!"

Yu Che smirked and revealed another card that he had also unveiled: "That's because of this card, Harvest Festival, a chain token that activates the Trap Card - Disruption Trio!"

"Special Summon three Disruptor Tokens to your opponent's field. When a Disruptor Token is destroyed, each one deals 300 damage to your opponent!!"

"Jonnouchi, you have a total of seven tokens on your field, so I will restore 5600 LP!"

"Because three disruptive derivatives were destroyed, you will suffer 900 points of effect damage!!"

"At the same time, your Barbarian King is unable to attack this turn because he has no monsters to liberate!!"

At this moment, everyone was completely shocked.

Restore the base score to 5600 points?!

That's almost 10,000 LP points!

Given the already significant difference in strength, Jonouchi is actually going to fight against someone with 3,000 health points and 10,000 health points?!

"Bang bang bang bang bang——————————"

One by one, the derivatives shattered, and the LP of the game was rising rapidly, while the castle was suffering continuous damage!

When the LP counter stopped spinning, the difference in health between the two sides reached an astonishing value!

Cruise control, LP: 4000→9600

Within the castle, LP: 4000→3100

"Tsk..."

Large beads of sweat dripped down Jonouchi's face; his once-proud combo had become a boon to his opponent...

Just as the pressure was overwhelming, a delicate yet firm voice suddenly came from below the stage.

"Brother! You can do it!!"

Jōnouchi was taken aback and turned to look. He saw his younger sister, Shizuka, dressed in thin clothes, cheering him on with all her might. Even though he was at a disadvantage, Shizuka's eyes still shone brightly.

Jonouchi clenched his fist, looked back at the battlefield, buried a face-down card, and smiled earnestly, "Yusho, your strength is indeed very strong."

"However, the duel is not over yet. Even if he cannot attack, the barbarian king's fighting power is enough to dominate the battlefield!"

"Set one card face down, my turn ends!"

"Your turn, Youche!!"

Chapter 130 XYZ·Dragon Cannon

"My turn! Draw a card!"

You Che shouted loudly and drew a card from the Duel Disk.

Previously, he refrained from attacking because he was wary of the two dice cards in the castle, but now, with nearly 10,000 LP, he can attack with complete confidence.

"Whoosh—"

The moment the round began, Youche immediately entered the battle phase and announced:

"Dark Mage! Attack the Barbarian King!"

"And at the moment of attack, I activated the magic card—Ikki Gatsu!"

"Increase the Dark Magician's attack power by 1500 until the end of this turn!!"

"Beep beep beep beep————————"

With the help of magic cards, the white-haired black mage strode out, charging towards the enemy like a knight dragging his wand backwards!

As the speed increased, the Dark Mage's combat power also continued to rise, eventually reaching a full 4000 points!