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

The Tyrannosaurus Rex continued to approach the group.

Everyone immediately fled, except for Seto Kaiba, who stood still.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex raised its claws, but Seto Kaiba remained unmoved.

"Brother!" Kaiba Keihei exclaimed.

However, just as the Tyrannosaurus Rex's attack was about to strike Seto Kaiba's body, it was blocked by a transparent light barrier.

Everyone was stunned.

Seeing that it could not harm the creature in front of it in the slightest, the huge Tyrannosaurus Rex reluctantly and slowly left.

Seto Kaiba scoffed, "Hmph~ I knew it. Without that kid's permission, you five old geezers wouldn't dare do anything to us, would you?"

"It's ironic that several people, whose combined age is almost three hundred, have to take orders from a little kid."

Before he could finish speaking, a virtual simulation of Seto Kaiba emerged from the nearby bushes.

Seto Kaiba frowned as he looked at his identical reflection, revealing an expression of disgust.

The fake Seto Kaiba walked toward the open space in front of the group, and at the same time, another figure appeared opposite him.

Judging from the attire, appearance, and weapons, this character should be the card monster – "Absolute Defense General".

The voices of the five giants echoed from all directions: "Our duel will be conducted under the deck dominance rule!"

"Deck Master?!" The crowd was astonished, having never heard of such a thing before.

The five giants sneered, "To help everyone understand these rules, let's have a mock duel!"

"The Absolute Defense General will transform himself into the deck commander."

"As for Seto Kaiba's deck leader, we'll set it as Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

A flash of light appeared, and a lifelike blue-eyed white dragon appeared behind the fake Seto Kaiba.

"My turn! Draw!" The fake Seto Kaiba gripped his hand tightly and shouted in a serious manner, "I'm summoning! Dragon Ruler!"

The virtual electronic module quickly assembled a three-dimensional image of the Dragon Ruler, a mysterious magician wearing a wide cloak.

Dragon Ruler

【Four stars】

[Dark Attribute/Mage Race]

[Attack/Defense: 1200/1100]

"Activate the Spell Card again—Dragon Summoning Flute!"

The fake seahorse then swung another card from its hand.

A legendary, melodious flute tune drifted over, and two blue-eyed white dragons roared as they descended from the sky!

Blue-Eyes White Dragon

[Eight Stars]

[Light Attribute/Dragon Race]

[Attack/Defense: 3000/2500]

Seto Kaiba spat in annoyance.

Summoning the Blue-Eyes White Dragon using the Dragon Flute was a tactic he developed during the Duel City tournament, and these five giants shamelessly copied it and displayed it without reservation in front of his two arch-enemies.

"This is infuriating..." Seto Kaiba suppressed his anger.

The five giants continued their explanation: "Deck Leader monsters can be Special Summoned directly to the field during your turn, and each monster provides different bonus effects to the Duelist when it acts as the Deck Leader."

"When Blue-Eyes White Dragon is the leader of the deck, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon summoned by Fusion Summon can attack during its turn of entry."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fake Seto Kaiba shouted, summoning the Blue-Eyes White Dragon behind him to the battlefield. Then, he played a magic card—Fusion—and the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons merged into one in a powerful radiance!

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon

【Twelve Stars】

[Light Attribute/Dragon Race]

[Attack/Defense: 4500/3800]

After summoning his incredibly powerful ultimate trump card, the fake Seto Kaiba shouted and pointed at the enemy: "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Attack directly!"

"Boom—Boom—Boom—"

The three dragon heads unleashed their dragon breaths at the seemingly empty, defensive general! The three stormy dragon breaths converged into a dazzling beam of light!

But just as this powerful attack was about to hit, the Absolute Defense General drew his heavy sword from his back and swept it in front of him!

A silver-white barrier lit up, and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack was directly deflected!

Amidst the deafening explosion, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon shattered into pieces, and the fake Seto Kaiba's figure flickered a few times before vanishing into thin air.

"What?! What's going on?!" Jonouchi's eyes widened.

Seto Kaiba, who had already figured out a bit of the trick, sneered, "So you call this a fair and square competition, but are you actually planning to create an information gap through special rules?"

"Second-rate is third-rate!!"

"Only laymen like you would shamelessly resort to such tricks!!"

The five giants ignored Seto Kaiba's sarcasm and continued to explain the rules according to Noa Kaiba's instructions: "When Absolute Defense General is the leader of the deck, he can pay 1,000 LP when an opponent's monster attacks to negate that attack and destroy the attacking monster."

"Under the Deckmaster rule, when the Deckmaster leaves the field, the duelist loses immediately, regardless of how many Life Points he has left."

"Therefore, when the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was destroyed, Seto Kaiba also lost the duel."

"Hmph!" Seto Kaiba snorted coldly, "Just an imposter!"

After listening carefully, Wang Yang asked, "However, as long as the monsters summoned based on the Deck Leader are still on the field, we can continue the battle, right?"

"After all, the deck leader of the fake Kaiba was Blue-Eyes White Dragon, not Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon."

“If it’s not as I said, then he lost the moment he started the fusion summoning.”

“That’s right.” The five giants made no secret of it and continued, “In addition, it should be stated that the monster chosen as the leader of the deck will also be considered as one of the cards in the deck.”

"In other words, a maximum of two copies of the monster chosen as the leader of the deck can be included in the deck."

“It is strictly forbidden to choose a fourth Blue-Eyes White Dragon as the deck leader if there are already three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the deck.”

A beam of light fell onto everyone's arms and transformed into a uniquely shaped duel disk.

At the same time, a semi-transparent, glowing blue screen appeared in front of each person, displaying a series of duel cards.

I swiped the mouse a few times and felt that this page was practically a carbon copy of the PC version of YGO from my previous life...

Before the player could even make a selection, the Armed Dragon had already entered the screen and thrown all the cards related to itself into the deck.

After confirming that no card had been missed, it crossed its short arms and sat angrily on the duel disk.

Armed Dragon: Why didn't they include me in Duel City?! This passive-aggressive attitude is getting a bit much! Hmph!

Youche couldn't help but chuckle.

But then, the three disruptive monsters objected, arguing that their role was no less important than that of the Armored Dragon. Although their energy was weaker, they were still numerous and powerful, and the three of them together might not be weak!

The two groups of elves argued for a while, remaining deadlocked, and finally started a "contest"?!

After a lot of fooling around, the more powerful Armed Dragon easily won against three opponents.

After trying for a long time without success, Youche could only cover his face and laugh helplessly. But the next second, a new card appeared in his deck – Disrupt Hybrid Match!

[Disrupting the Mixed Race]

[Magic Cards]

[Effect: You can activate this effect by sending one Disruption Card from your hand or field to the Graveyard. Add one Disruption Monster and one Armed Dragon Monster (with a different name than the card sent to the Graveyard) from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand, and you can Normal Summon one of them. During your Main Phase, you can banish this card from your Graveyard, return the three banished Disruption Monsters to your Deck, shuffle them, and draw one card.]

You Che was quite shocked.

You can actually print cards in this world?!

Could it be that……

The card pool here isn't part of the pre-set duel system?!

Youche was once again shocked and surprised by the virtual world he was in.

What exactly is this place?

Could it be... that there really is some connection with the Elf Realm?!

The five giants sneered, "As you all have seen, in this world, you will have to rebuild your decks."

"Although almost all the cards in the world are included here, there are no cards like the God Cards."

"Before each duel begins, you may choose one monster from your deck to serve as the deck leader."

"Although you can adjust your deck at any time as long as you're not in a duel, we still advise you to be careful."

"After all, you never know what unexpected situations you might encounter when the competition actually begins."

"Hehehe~ Come on, let's enjoy these last moments!"

"The moment you finish building your decks, our game will officially begin!!"

Chapter 136 An Era of Cataclysmic Change

The five giants have never been honorable, but now, under pressure from Kaiba Noa, they have no choice but to watch as everyone builds their decks.

Aside from Yugi, top duelists like Yugi, Seto Kaiba, Jonouchi, and Mai Kujaku naturally don't need much help; each of them has a unique and professional understanding of deck building.

For Shizuka, who is not even a dueling enthusiast, building a deck is a nightmare.

“Building a deck… but I’ve never even tried dueling before…” Shizuka was quite troubled as she looked at the cards on the screen.

Seeing this, Masaki Kyoko wanted to help, but couldn't offer any good advice. She had been following Yugi and Jonouchi around. She actually had some basic knowledge of card duels, but it was only the very basics.

As for having her teach others how to build decks?

She's not even very good at setting up her own decks.

"Honda-nii, can you help me?" Shizuka asked Honda, who was also covered in sweat, for help. "Since you're my brother's teacher, you can definitely teach me, right?"