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

For a moment, the vast majority of viewers focused their attention on the battle.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, You Che smiled slightly, revealed his deck, and began the first battle of this tournament!

Chapter 266 OTK! Feng Yan's decisive strike!

"duel!!!!"

Chidenor, LP: 4000

Cruiser, LP: 4000

Inside the colorful candy house, various colored lights rotated and shone, and the enthusiastic audience cheered for the battle without reservation.

"Hmph~" Kidno smiled confidently, his nimble fingers deftly probing the Duel Disk to elegantly draw a card. "I know very well, Duel King, most of this applause is for you~"

"But before long, all the flowers and lights will be showering on me!"

Just like the setup before an escape act, all the tension and pressure are simply part of the magician's performance.

"Then, let's officially begin the show!!"

"My turn!!"

"Spell Card Activation - Hand Exchange!!"

"Smack!"

The very first card in this duel drew countless gasps of surprise. Looking across all professional duels, a player opening with such a dramatic hand exchange is practically unheard of!

Even You Che couldn't help but shrink his pupils and be secretly surprised when he saw this scene.

Immediately, the stands of the Giant Dome Arena erupted in enthusiastic discussion.

"What?! Is that really a professional duelist?!"

"What...what's the point of this? Is it to steal the Armed Dragon from Duel King Yuzuriha?!"

"This is complete nonsense! That magician duelist clearly had a Mischievous Twin Demon in his hand; he could have checked Youche's hand first before exchanging cards!!"

As both players revealed their hands, Youche's eyebrows lifted slightly.

Mischievous twin demons?!

What exactly does this guy want?

Why aren't you using this card first?!

"Duel King, the card I choose is the monster card in your hand—Dark Armed Dragon!" Kidno lowered his hat brim slightly with one hand and smiled politely. "Now, it's your turn to choose."

You Che frowned slightly.

Dark Armed Dragon is a versatile, high-attack card; it's best to prevent your opponent from having the opportunity to summon it...

"I choose the Spell Card—The Mischievous Twin Demons!!" Yu Che announced loudly.

His goal was very clear: to use this card from Kidno to send the stolen Dark Armed Dragon to the graveyard, thereby regaining control of it.

"Hehehe~" A mysterious smile appeared on Chidenor's face. "Very good~"

"Next, I will activate the Spell Card - Pot of Greed!"

Draw two cards from your deck!

When performing the card-drawing action, the magician Kidno made no unnecessary movements. He openly revealed the backs of all the cards in his hand to Yuzuriha and placed the newly added card on the far right.

Out of caution regarding this guy's identity as a magician, from the moment the card swap was activated, Yuche kept a close eye on Kidno's hand and memorized the position of each card.

The Mischievous Twin Demons' effect is to first randomly discard one card from the opponent's hand, and then the opponent chooses another card from their hand to send to the graveyard.

If Dark Armed Dragon cannot be defeated through random effects, then this monster is very likely to be kept by Kidno and summoned again in a later situation!

Therefore, what Yu Che needs to do is to memorize the location of the Dark Armed Dragon and discard it when activating that magic card!

“Set one card face down,” Kidno said, still making no attempt to conceal his hand. He drew two cards and inserted them into the Duel Disk, “then summon a monster in face-down Defense Position.”

"Finally, I'm going to activate this Heavenly Treasure Card again. It allows me to replenish my hand significantly, but you can only draw one card~"

"Two more face cards!!"

"My turn is over. It's your turn, King of Duels!"

Until he replenished his hand with the Heavenly Treasure Cards, Chidno never shuffled or swapped his cards; he simply kept inserting new cards into the leftmost side of his hand.

So……

The Dark Armored Dragon is still in that spot!

You Che's eyes lit up as he locked onto the second card on his opponent's right!

"My turn! Draw!" Youche decisively played the card he had traded. "Spell Card Activation—Mischievous Twin Demons!!"

"Pay 1000 LP, the opponent randomly discards one card from their hand, and then chooses another card from their hand to discard!!"

"Beep beep beep beep————————"

Cruise control, LP: 4000→3000

"Come on, make your choice, Duel King!" Kidno skillfully fanned out his hand, with the card backs facing Yugi. "Which card from my hand do you want to discard?"

“The second one on the right!” You Che replied confidently.

Qidenuo's lips curled slightly, and he deliberately pointed with his other finger at the card Youche had chosen. From beginning to end, he still didn't make any unnecessary small movements: "Are you sure it's this one?"

You Che smiled and said, "That's right, it's the monster card you took from me!"

However, Chidenuo mysteriously shook his head, slowly pulled out the card and turned it... and the moment the card's true form was revealed, Youche's smile froze, and a shocked clamor erupted from the crowd!

Because that card wasn't Dark Armed Dragon!

It was another dark-attribute monster—born from the despair of darkness!!

"This...how is this possible?!" You Che exclaimed in surprise, "Your hand cards...were never switched positions!!"

Countless viewers stared wide-eyed at the screen, finding it all unbelievable.

Just then, the seasoned director finally showed a zoomed-in slow-motion replay, where one of the cameras captured Kidno's technique: he swapped the positions of two cards in his hand with one hand the instant he summoned the monster!

"The closer you watch, the less you see," Kidno smiled smugly. "Duel King, it's your own cleverness that's ruined you!"

"Since this monster was discarded due to the despair of darkness caused by your card effect, it can now be Special Summoned directly to my field!!"

"boom-------------"

Demonic flames from hell soared into the sky, and a giggling undead giant crawled out from the graves scattered across the ground!

Out of dark despair

[Eight Stars]

[Dark Attribute/Undead]

[Attack/Defense: 2800/3000]

"At the same time, the follow-up effect of the Mischievous Twin Demons allows me to choose a card to discard~" At this moment, Kidno's magic show finally began, and another monster was summoned to the field. "Then, I will choose a card with the same effect as the previous monster—Terror from the Darkness!!"

[Terror from the Dark]

【Four stars】

[Dark Attribute/Undead]

[Attack/Defense: 1700/1500]

Just as Ciderno himself said, he perfectly blended magic and dueling, successfully establishing a huge advantage from the very beginning of the duel through skillful setup and technique!

With two monsters, totaling 4500 field attack power, plus a Mysterious face-down Defense Position monster and a face-down card, Kidno has made an incredibly solid board presence!

A burst of cheers and praises erupted from the audience.

Chidno removed his top hat and gracefully returned the salute to all the dueling enthusiasts.

However, Youche was not annoyed by this. He knew very well that such a thing could happen when the opponent used the cards given to him. Qidenuo had just used a series of tricks to make the tactic more brilliant.

"That's quite an interesting combo~" You Che smiled faintly. "Well then, it's my turn to perform now~"

"Pot of Greed! Draw two cards from your deck!"

"Activate the Spell Card again—Offering to the Dead!!"

"Discard a card from your hand, and destroy it with the despair of darkness!!"

"Bang!"

Countless bandages surged from the darkness, burying the newly appeared demon instantly!

Qidenuo's gaze turned cold, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

You Che then said:

"Since I sent Disruption Magic to the graveyard, I can add Disruption Yellow, Disruption Green, and Disruption Black from my deck to my hand!"

"Activate the Spell Card - Fusion!!"

"Use these three monsters as materials to fuse and summon them!!"

"Disruptive King!!!"

"roar----------------"

Colorful rays of light shone down from the sky, and a gigantic, egg-shaped monster, its body pale, slowly descended, striking an exaggerated pose! A striking pink cape billowed behind it, and yellow, green, and black lights swirled around it!

[Disruptor King]

【Six Star】

[Light Attribute/Beast Race]

[Attack/Defense: 0/3000]

As soon as this monster appeared, it waved its hand and sealed off all the remaining monster areas of the opponent!

Yu Che continued, "Since Disruption King is a monster with an attack power below 1000, I can activate 'Hidden Passage to Treasure' on it! This turn, Disruption King will gain the ability to attack directly!!"

Everyone was taken aback.

Direct attack?