Hey! Let's play cards

"Just like that, it's over. See? Only absolute power is the truth." Haoge continued chattering.

The woman in the corner also lowered her head and said calmly, "It's over. It's just like this after all! Just like before."

The great demon beast retracted his fist, and a scene that shocked the two of them appeared. After the smoke and dust dissipated, Li Ming's figure was still standing on the field.

"That was a close call! That was a close call! I almost lost." Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

【Li Ming, LP1400】

"Impossible! Why hasn't your health value changed?" Haoge shouted loudly, with an incredible expression on his face.

"Hehe! This all depends on it." A card popped out from Li Ming's grave area.

Haoge has good eyesight and can tell what kind of card it is at a glance.

"I didn't expect that it was such a small monster that saved your life." Haoge snorted contemptuously.

"According to the effect of 'Chestnut Ball', by discarding this card from my hand, the battle damage I receive is 0." Li Ming showed the Chestnut Ball that was sent to the graveyard at the critical moment just now.

Li Shenlong YYDS.

As for the origin of this "chestnut ball", it's quite a coincidence. You Xin just gave it to Li Ming today.

After building good relationships with a bunch of chestnut balls, You Xin now has a lot of chestnut ball monsters in his hands. It just so happens that his best friend doesn't have any hand pits, so he gave Li Ming a "chestnut ball"

It comes with a spirit! (＾Ｕ＾)ノ~ＹＯ

"Thank you 'Chestnut Ball', it's all thanks to you." Li Ming looked at the chestnut ball in his hand and expressed his gratitude sincerely.

"It's not over yet? According to the effect of 'Supply Troops', since 'Time Magician' is destroyed, I draw a card from the deck." Li Ming drew a card from the deck.

"Tsk! These are just some little tricks. I'll cover a card and the turn ends." Haoge ended his turn. For some reason, he felt very annoyed even though he had the advantage.

Li Ming looked at the great monster in front of him with an attack power of 4400, and remembered what You Xin had said.

"Attack power is all empty talk. The Five Emperors Dragon with 5000 attack power is just a monster that can't even be considered a wall. A monster without card resistance is just a paper tiger after all!"

You Xin was right. There was no need to be afraid of this kind of monster which only had high attack power. Thinking of this, Li Ming's heart was filled with fighting spirit again.

"'Great Magic Beast Gazette'? Then let me defeat you!" Li Ming placed his fingers lightly on the deck.

"What a good joke!" Although Haoge still spoke firmly, he felt an inexplicable sense of uneasiness in his heart.

"What is this?" Li Ming felt a familiar yet unfamiliar force surging in his body, as if something responded to Li Ming.

"I don't know what's going on? It's my turn, draw a card!" Li Ming didn't understand what was happening to his body, but he knew that he had to defeat the monster in front of him and win the duel.

However, just like You Xin before, the total number of cards in Li Ming's duel disk changed from 40 to 41.

Li Ming was not aware of all this.

Chapter 38: The Sword of Silence

"I activate the Spell Card 'Horse Bone Reward' from my hand, send 1 face-up monster on my field other than an Effect Monster to the Graveyard, and draw 2 cards from your Deck."

The Normal Monster "Warrior Dai Greyfa" on Li Ming's field was sent to the Graveyard, and the word DRAW was displayed on the Duel Disk, which means that card drawing is allowed.

When Li Ming's fingertips touched the deck, a voice sounded in Li Ming's mind.

"Win!" These three simple words gave Li Ming a familiar feeling, as if he had heard them somewhere.

Draw a card! Li Ming drew the top two cards of the deck in one go.

The card passed in front of Li Ming, leaving a bright trail. Li Ming's strength at this moment increased significantly.

"Magic Card 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards from your deck."

The second "Pot of Greed" is activated.

Li Ming drew the card again, and his eyes widened as he watched himself draw the card.

To Li Ming's surprise, one of the cards was the one he didn't have.

"What is this?" Li Ming thought about it for a moment and immediately understood.

"So it's you? Well, let's win together!" Li Ming played a card without thinking.

"Magic card 'Red Potion', restore 500 health points."

【Li Ming, LP1400→1900】

"Now comes the key point. Lend me your strength!"

"I activate the Equipment Spell 'Autonomy Unit', pay 1500 Life Points, target 1 monster in your opponent's Graveyard, Special Summon that monster in Attack Position on your side of the field, and equip this card."

【Li Ming, LP1900→400】

"Are you trying to..." Haoge's brain worked rapidly and he quickly guessed what monster Li Ming wanted to summon.

The health points were deducted, and the intense pain that came with the dark game came again, but Li Ming didn't care about it at all now.

"Swordsman who is proficient in the power of light, respond to my call and return from the underworld! 'Silent Swordsman Lv5'" Li Ming waved his hand, and a bright light burst out on the field. The swordsman of light wielding a giant sword returned again.

[Silent Swordsman Lv5, Attack Power 2300]

Silent Swordsman Lv7 can only be special summoned through the effect of Silent Swordsman Lv5, so Li Ming summoned Silent Swordsman Lv5.

Feeling the familiar feeling coming from the Silent Swordsman, Li Ming smiled slightly and whispered, "It's you! It was you who kept encouraging me and helped me stand up again."

"You bastard!!!" Haoge glared at Li Ming with gritted teeth. Anyone would feel unhappy if their monster was NTR'd by others.

"But even so, the Silent Swordsman's power is not enough to defeat the great monster."

"No! We will definitely win. Although the great monster has a high attack power, its weakness is also obvious."

"weakness?"

Li Ming continued to explain: "You Xin once said that attack power is not absolute. Any monster has its weaknesses, and the weakness of the great monster is this-"

As Li Ming spoke, he played a card.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Attack Block' from my hand, and select 1 monster in Attack Position on your opponent's field and change it to Defense Position.

Of course, I chose 'The Great Monster Gazette'."

"Not good!" A panic expression finally appeared on Haoge's face.

Electricity surged through the monster's body, and due to the interference of the duel rules, it was forced into a defensive position.

[Great Magical Beast Gazette, Defense 0]

This is one of the weaknesses of the great monster Gazette. Although its attack power can reach a terrifying level, its defense power is only 0.

"It's over. I use my hand to equip Silent Swordsman Lv5 with the Equip Spell 'Explosive Strike'. The equipped monster's attack power increases by 400. When the equipped monster attacks a monster in defense position, if its attack power exceeds its defense power, it will inflict that amount of battle damage to the opponent."

[Silent Swordsman Lv5, attack power 2300→2700]

"Go! 'Silent Swordsman Lv5' attacks 'Great Demonic Beast Gazette', the Sword of Silence." Li Ming immediately issued a battle order.

The Silent Swordsman gripped the greatsword tightly, and raging flames ignited on the blade.

The swordsman leaped high, the greatsword in his hand raised above his head, his murderous intent already locked onto the great monster.

If this attack succeeds, it will cause a lot of damage to Haoge, but at this critical moment, Haoge's expression immediately changed, and the corners of his mouth slowly rose.

"Haha! It's not over yet! I'll use the Gefu card and the Trap Card 'Explosive Armor'. When the opponent's monster declares an attack, I'll destroy the attacking monster. The monster that betrays me will be destroyed."

A strong beam of light shot out from the card, targeting the Silent Swordsman who was about to swing his sword.

Li Ming quickly inserted a card into the duel disk, "Watch this! This is the true power of the Silent Swordsman. I will use the quick attack magic 'Silent Sword' from my hand."

Sword of Silence, a supporting card specifically for the Silent Swordsman monster, can unleash the hidden power of the Silent Swordsman.

"The effect of 'Silent Sword' targets 1 'Silent Swordsman' monster on your field, and increases that monster's ATK and DEF by 1500 points."

[Silent Swordsman, attack power 2700→4200]

The power hidden in the Silent Swordsman's body was awakened, and his body was wrapped in flames. Now no one can stop him.

"Impossible! How could you have this card?" Haoge opened his mouth wide, looking as if he had seen an alien.

This card was not even in Haoge's deck, and he didn't think there would be such a card in Li Ming's deck.

"This is the bond, which can bring the power of the miracle card anytime and anywhere." Li Ming straightened his chest and said firmly.

"But so what? This so-called bond will eventually submit to my absolute power." Haoge gritted his teeth and said with all his strength.

The effect of "Exploding Armor" is about to take effect on the Silent Swordsman.

"Oh - is that really the case?" Li Ming said mysteriously.

As the beam of light got closer, the Silent Swordsman finally made a move.

He slashed at the beam of light with his sword. When the beam of light hit the sword, it split into two and flew into the sky close to the body of the silent swordsman.

"How is this possible? Why is the effect of 'Explosive Armor' ineffective? The Silent Swordsman should not be resistant to traps." Haoge has suffered enough shocks today.

"Under the effect of the quick-attack magic 'Sword of Silence', the Silent Swordsman will not only gain a boost in strength, but will also be unaffected by the opponent's effects until the end of the round." Li Ming explained the subsequent effects of the "Sword of Silence".

"Impossible!!!" Haoge shouted unwillingly.

Silent Swordsman Lv5 has arrived above the great monster's head and slashed it right in the middle with the sword in his hand.

The great monster's body was cut into two pieces from the middle, and its eyes were filled with deep unwillingness. It did not expect that it would die in this way at the hands of "its own people".

"Ah!!!" The monster let out its final cry before death.

A white sword energy with flaming flames pierced through the monster's body and slashed towards Haoge, whose eyes were already lifeless.

【Haoge, LP4100→0】

The Silent Swordsman's final blow announced the end of the duel.

The tense Li Ming finally relaxed after watching Haoge's health value return to zero. The pain that had been suppressed in his highly excited state suddenly broke out.

Li Ming's legs went limp and he half-knelt on the ground. He didn't know when his clothes had been soaked with sweat.

"Why? Why would the Silent Swordsman abandon me?" Haoge lowered his head, with his arms hanging naturally, and asked in a weak voice.

Li Ming closed his eyes, took a long breath, and then said, "'Silent Swordsman' is a kind swordsman of light, his heart is as pure as crystal. He doesn't like killing, and naturally hates dark duelists.

So all this is destined. Originally, he still had hope for you, but as you fell deeper and deeper into darkness and became hopeless, he entrusted his strength to me and defeated you personally."

These are what Li Ming felt from the Silent Swordsman's heart.