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"——There are five water-attribute monsters in total!"

As he raised his right hand and drew the glowing white card, the entire arena was covered in dazzling light. "With this, I can Special Summon this monster in my hand in Attack Position—[Ice Spirit God Mulangreth]!"

So, after this god called the Ice Spirit God, who looked like both a sea monster and some kind of insect creature, appeared, not only the spirit field, but the entire duel field was covered with vast white snow, and even a cold wind blew.

Unlike every water-attribute monster of Poseidon or Water Spirit Scale used by You Ling before, the projection of the duel disk seemed to give full respect to the special effects of this monster's appearance. Even the audience seats closer to the duel arena could feel the chilling meaning.

But no matter how chilling this feeling was, it was nothing compared to the chill Vector felt within his opponent—because in the next second, he heard the merciless declaration of the wandering spirit, carried through the biting wind.

"Powerful cards often come with a huge price. When this monster, [Ice Spirit God Mulangreth], leaves our duel arena, it will impose a certain burden on our duelists according to the rules, and my next battle phase will be skipped..."

"But after paying this price, the extremely powerful effect of [Ice Spirit God], when this card is successfully placed on the field, will randomly discard a total of two cards from the opponent's hand!"

Vector lowered his head upon hearing this, his gaze fixed on his hand. This time, the Ice Spirit God's special effects revealed that two of his random cards, under the influence of the blizzard, gradually lost their warmth, slowly transforming into two blocks of solid ice, even to the point of being frozen and cracking.

This time, the two cards in Vector's hand that were randomly discarded to the graveyard and revealed as public information were a Spell Card for clearing the board and a Powerful Deployment Card for deployment... Seeing this, Vector felt so heartbroken that he almost fainted.

What was even more heartbreaking was that when the blizzard that affected the vision on the opposite field gradually weakened, revealing the appearance of a wandering spirit, this guy stretched out four fingers, and slowly retracted his originally upright ring finger and little finger, changing the "four" on his hand into the shape of "two".

Coupled with the half-smile on his face, it was as if he was counting down the days until Vector died... No, it should be said that he was counting down the days until the remaining cards in Vector's hand died!

Seeing this, Vector's eyes widened, his pupils suddenly shrinking several times... It was obvious how insulting the wandering spirit's actions and actions were to him, Vector—it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this was the ultimate insult.

Whether in duels or everyday life, Vector, who always tormented others and appeared as a complete villain, was almost the first time in his life that he was toyed with like this. He had never suffered such indignation before - at this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, his expression was extremely fierce, and his performance was even more red-hot than that of Drube in the previous duel.

——Even Drube, who was watching the duel unfold from the audience, couldn't help but nod his head as he watched the scene unfold... While it wasn't good news for him that his teammate Vector was in trouble, given how disgusting his usual behavior was, Drube always felt a certain pleasure in seeing him suffer.

And now, looking at the two remaining cards, Vector, who was almost furious, took two steps forward in humiliation and glared at You Ling with a vicious look: "You bastard, damn it, just wait...!"

"You've only reduced your hand by a few cards. Do you think you can stand up to Master Vector? Just wait. Even if it's just these few cards, when it's my turn, I'll definitely..."

As he said this, as if to match his anger, the duelist's aura on him actually began to rise continuously, making You Ling instantly aware that something was wrong - it seemed that this was also a sign of some kind of explosion.

After traveling to this world for so long and having duelled with most of the Seven Emperors of Barian, You Ling has become extremely sensitive to similar signs of explosive growth - he almost instantly realized that the guy in front of him was probably driven by strong emotions and was about to enter the next form in extreme anger.

But as I just said, You Ling has incomparably rich experience in this kind of thing...even to the point of being very familiar with it - so how could he give anyone a chance?

You Ling already knew that the best way to deal with the cheats of these anime duelists was to use absolute power to create a situation that the opponent could not avoid or reverse - so that no matter how much cheating they used, they would not be able to turn the tables within the rules.

A sneer escaped You Ling's lips, and he mercilessly interrupted Vector's furious declaration, which was meant to stack up his buffs. "Hmph, you're quite good at boasting... Shut up!"

"Still want to turn the tables? Do you think I'll give you this chance... You don't think my offensive against you and your cards will end here, do you?"

Vector's rage spell was suddenly interrupted by You Ling, causing it to stall for a moment. And with this stall, he only then noticed You Ling's two fingers, which had been extended and never retracted.

Instantly, Vector understood what Youling's actions meant—he was telling the others that this so-called hand-slicing wasn't over yet, and that his fingers would continue to move with the next operation.

At this thought, Vector's heart suddenly turned cold, and he even staggered a little - but this did not stop You Ling's operation. He pointed his two fingers at the monster on his field again... [Water Scale·Liz Abyssfish].

"...Next, activate the effect of my monster [Lizardfish]!"

"Once per turn, I release a Water Spirit monster on my field, the [Abyssal Salamander] next to it... and then send a random card from my opponent's hand to the Graveyard!"

This time, the one following the Wandering Spirit's instructions was naturally the tall, mighty Murloc soldier on his field. And so, once again, under the special effects of the water stream, the right-hand card of Vector's only two remaining cards in hand, a Magic Card used to assist in the deployment, once again disappeared under the effect of the Leeds Abyssal Fish... and like the Ice Spirit God before it, it was also sent to the Graveyard, never to return!

Watching these cards, so crucial in a duel, practically equivalent to a duelist's life, being devoured one by one, until only the last, pitiful one remained, Vector could do nothing but rage helplessly.

What was even more terrifying was that the next second, when Vector raised his head in immense anger and looked towards You Ling, he suddenly realized that the guy's outstretched right hand... the finger that had already turned into "one" had not been retracted.

Seeing this, Vector felt his mind go blank for a moment... Does this mean that even if he whittled down to this point, it still wouldn't be enough? He wouldn't stop until all the cards were gone?!

But upon seeing You Ling's confident expression, Vector immediately realized—oh my god, he really can do it.

Thinking of this, Vector, who had just been seething with rage and intent on exacting revenge from Hell, suddenly lost his temper.

Then, he blinked his eyes and looked at You Ling opposite him, just like the capricious one in the anime, sometimes arrogant and sometimes pretending to surrender.

"Wait, wait, my friend... there's no need to go this far."

"Sigh... Can we reconcile?"

After hearing this, You Ling raised his head and smiled faintly. At the same time, he stretched out his only finger and shook it for emphasis, clearly indicating that he was not going to let the guy across from him go. "Huh, huh... reconciliation? At this moment, are you kidding? We don't have any hatred to begin with, so how can there be any reconciliation?"

"It's just a duel. I'm just enjoying it and simply going about my business."

As he spoke, he waved his right hand again, and the Water Scale Monster that had just been sent to the Graveyard due to the effect of Liz's Abyssal Fish... The Abyssal Fish Soldier with a fat murloc depicted on its card was picked up from the Graveyard and waved it towards Vector across from him.

"Most Water Scales have the ability to be triggered by being sent to the Graveyard, or to send other Water monsters to the Graveyard...but this [Abyssal Newt] doesn't have that effect."

"But it possesses a special ability that allows it to banish itself from the Graveyard and activate its effects... which means it can arbitrarily increase the levels of Water Scale monsters on the field at the cost of banishing itself."

At this point, seeing his game plan being realized step by step, You Ling, in a good mood, kindly explained while slowly sending the Abyssal Salamander into the banished area: "Then, I choose to activate the effect of the monster [Water Scale·Abyssal Salamander] in the graveyard, banishing myself from the graveyard..."

"Thus, the level of all the water-scale monsters on my field will be increased by two stars! In this way, the Leeds Abyssal Fish and Dunkleosteus Abyssal Fish on my field will respectively reach..."

“——Level 9!”

"Don't forget, we're fighting on behalf of the Xenos Academy in the Duel Arena—so, if we haven't performed a single Xenos Summon in such a duel, how can we call ourselves members of the Xenos Academy?!"

"So, I'm going to use my two Level 9 monsters, [Water Scale: Dunkle's Deepfish] and [Water Scale: Leeds's Deepfish], as Oxygen Materials to build a stacking network!"

Amidst You Ling's loud call, a colorful Xyz vortex appeared for the first time in this duel - and the Xyz monster that flew out of it and slowly landed on the field was a monster with a very different style from the Water Scales he had used before, full of mechanical texture.

"Extreme Summon! RANK-9, [Phantom Power Aircraft Carrier Enterprise]!"

Volume 1: Chapter 145 What is the Hell God of War?

After this [Phantom Power Carrier] appeared on the Spirit Field, perhaps due to the limitations of the venue, it was reduced to a relatively acceptable size by the projection of the Duel Disk. Finally, this strangely styled monster flew straight forward, bringing with it its two super-massive materials, and threateningly faced Vector across from it.

After making the five-seal move, You Ling raised his head and looked at the monster. The idea of investing in this thing was actually an idea that came to him a few days ago when he suddenly had a flash of inspiration after getting this set of cards.

The root of the idea must have come from seeing the magical effect of adding two stars to this [Abyss Niyu Soldier] - and the wonderful stars possessed by several water-scale monsters that can often appear in the deck... seven stars.

In fact, if it were in the duel world of You Ling's previous life, whether it was Poseidon or anything else, they would not be so abstract. From the perspective of OCG card players like You Ling, playing this kind of game must be a complete insanity, not very human-it's a pity that this is a brand new duel environment similar to the anime world.

After You Ling had gradually integrated into this world and this environment, he had realized that the duels in this world involved various factors that were completely different from those in his previous life - so many supernatural powers, so many super-powered duelists, and even the cards seemed to have their own consciousness, which would cause the duel to develop in a completely different direction.

At least in the duels of this world, although You Ling didn't know how compatible he was with various cards, at least in formal duels, he hadn't experienced anything as heartbreaking as getting stuck. It must be the consciousness of the card itself or his duelist level that was at work.

As for this combo of using water essence scales to create a phantom force aircraft mother, he suddenly had an idea that day. After thinking about it and trying it a few times, he found that the success rate was quite high. He could often use his remaining resources to make this thing after setting up the field to cut hands or clear the field... For You Ling, his mental state when he found that this thing was feasible was quite strange. If it was You Ling in his previous life, he would never dare to do such an outrageous thing or come up with such an outrageous operation.

But fortunately, this is not You Ling's previous life, but a brand new duel world... Besides, with the duel environment he is in now and his extra deck, there are not many cards that can be used in this set of Poseidon Water Spirit Scales. It's empty anyway, so it might as well be played.

——You Ling discovered that although the relationship between him and the owner of this deck, Shark Sister Kamishiro Rio, seemed a bit strange, and that girl seemed to be a little afraid of him or had some weird emotions, You Ling seemed to have a very good relationship with Shark Sister's Poseidon Water Scale deck, which was reflected in the fact that he could draw cards very smoothly in the duel and never got stuck... It was quite a strange feeling like a Minotaur.

"Activate the effect of my monster [Phantom Power Aircraft Carrier: Enterprise]!"

Then, You Ling raised his right hand, and the monster on his field roared to life with his command: "Once per turn, take out one Xyz Material and activate one of its four abilities... These four abilities are: remove a card from play in any position on the opponent's field, graveyard, hand, or deck!"

As Youling spoke, he turned his head and pointed his gaze and finger at Vector—his only remaining card. "Of course, my target is your last card."

"[Phantom Power Aircraft Mother], take his last card... away from me!"

As he spoke, You Ling's index finger, the only one still held, representing the number of cards remaining in Vector's hand, finally retracted slowly, transforming into a fist. This fist could naturally represent a number, namely "0".

And so, amid the roar of the Phantom Power Carrier's engines, Vector's last card, a monster that could be used to activate its deployment, was cut into pieces by the whistling wind.

"So, the first attack has five cards, the second attack has zero cards... the story is done!" You Ling said, then withdrew his hand and looked at Vector, who had empty hands and looked stunned, and nodded with satisfaction.

Up to this point, not only the duel arena, but even the audience seats were silent as if all sounds had disappeared. Perhaps everyone was so shocked by You Ling's abnormal tactics that they were speechless - the entire duel arena was so quiet at this time that you could hear a pin drop.

The only person who was relatively restless was Vector, standing opposite the Wandering Spirit. After all, he was a direct victim of the Wandering Spirit's torture, and the pain he endured was self-evident. After a few seconds of stunned silence, he looked at his empty hand, his anger and pain reaching their peak, and even his entire body began to tremble.

"You...you...why the hell are you doing this...!" Vector was even a little incoherent. He was probably really speechless because of You Ling. He had never seen anyone playing cards like this before, and he didn't know what to say.

But at this moment, all of Vector's words of pain and insults only made the Youling, the instigator, feel even more delighted... He raised his head, exhaled deeply, and closed his eyes in a rather wicked way as if accepting praise, enjoying the tranquility of the duel arena and Vector's impotent rage across from him.

He even recalled the wonderful feeling of using the magical card [Thief's Smoke Jade] to refine the opponent's hand in the OCG environment during a certain period of time in his previous life, and watching the opponent's hand destroy one of the cards.

Although the operation he is performing now cannot be compared with the strength of [Thief's Smoke Jade] in his previous life, after all, one is a precise reduction and the other is a blind reduction, which can be regarded as a world of difference... But just like the theory of a certain deck that "stack 1 card is a blind pile, and stack 20 cards is a precise pile", if You Ling blindly reduces four or five cards like he is doing now, it is definitely no different from a precise reduction.

Therefore, You Ling didn't have any intention of replying. He just crossed his arms and looked at the opposite side with satisfaction, as if he was admiring his own victory and felt a sense of accomplishment.

"Hehe, no matter what you say or do, now that things have come to this... it's finally your turn to play Yu-Gi-Oh, Vector-kun." You Ling smiled and shook his head, holding out his equally empty hand and waving it towards the opponent. "Then... I declare, this round is over!"

Immediately afterward, with the announcement of the Wandering Spirit's turn's end, the card banished by the Deep Sea Sentinel, the [Forbidden Holy Grail] in Vector's hand, returned to his hand as scheduled... bringing his hand, which had been alarmingly empty, back to a meager number of cards.

In this situation, while Youling's previous nerfs were indeed quite satisfying, after this Holy Grail returns and the next turn's card draw, as mentioned earlier, it will definitely be given to the opponent's turn, and Vector will still have space to operate with two cards in his hand during his own turn - but he still has to discard the Forbidden Holy Grail, which has no effect on the Youling side and is therefore of no use for the time being.

In other words, for Vector, there was only one card left to unfold—his next draw.

However, as the Wanderer, who knew he would be fighting the Seven Emperors and had set his sights early on, had already inquired about Vector's deck and his dueling style. Based on the number of cards in this expansion, and the information he had seen of Vector's entire deck, he likely didn't have any cards that could be activated in this situation to reverse the situation.

Although You Ling had no cards in hand, and creating the scene and reducing his hand consumed too many resources, he still had monsters such as Phantom Aircraft Mother, Ice Spirit God, and Sea Prince on the field... In the era they were in, these monsters with thousands of attacks standing on the field were a threat that needed to be dealt with.

...However, You Ling actually knew that this was only the information he had collected about Vector's deck before.

If You Ling's guess was correct, he knew that according to Vector's [One of the Seven Emperors] setting, in this situation, the most influential card he could pull out, the one that could turn the tide in this single draw, was probably...

Thinking of this, You Ling raised his head and looked across at Vector, who had just been furious. And sure enough, he saw that the fellow across from him had completely changed his previous dejected expression. He slowly straightened up and raised his head to look at him with an expression filled with anger and even more emotions. His momentum was also constantly rising at this moment, even to a somewhat alarming level.

He looked like he had the words "I'm about to enter the second stage and start printing cards" written all over his face... At the same time, You Ling also clearly saw Vector on the opposite side slowly move his right hand to the top of his deck.

Then, he magnificently pulled out the top card of the deck, drawing a purple arc in the air - then, as if he was no longer acting, he displayed the cards in his hand high up without even looking at them... At the same time, the energy stream that represented the Seven Emperors of Barian in the anime also appeared on the face of his newly drawn card!

"Like I said before, just because I've emptied my hand to this extent, you think you can definitely win... You're dreaming!"

After saying this, Vector displayed the card in his hand and roared loudly.

"The card I drew is—[Upgraded Magic: Sword of the Seven Emperors]!"

"Due to the effect of this card, during the Draw Phase, you can reveal this card that you normally draw, thereby activating its effect—Special Summoning one Xyz monster numbered 101-107 from your Extra Deck to your side of the field..."

"And, using its own excessive amount of materials... it will be summoned again!"

—At the same time, on the other side of the duel field, the leader of the Seven Emperors, who was looking down at the live broadcast table on his mobile phone screen, perhaps having just finished a duel, narrowed his eyes, and a light of the same color as Vector's suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"Hmph, this guy Vector can actually do this..." Seeing the card used by Vector on the live broadcast table, a cold light flashed in Kamiyo Ryoga's eyes. Then, this strong light completely bloomed in his eyes, and he stared fiercely at Youling standing at the other end of the duel field.

"Well, I'll temporarily hand over this power to you...as long as you can kill this guy over there!"

The Wandering Spirit on the Duel Field clearly lacked the superpower of clairvoyance, so he had no idea what the Shark on the other side had done. He only knew that his suspicions had been correct, as he had indeed witnessed Vector, the first of the Seven Emperors, pull out this iconic card.

In the next instant, You Ling realized that something was wrong with his thoughts. The monster he heard Vector announce was completely different from the No. 104 that he had imagined.

Vector, standing across from him, shared the same expression as the shark on the other side. A nearly identical violet glint flashed in his eyes. "The monster I've chosen is... No. 101 [Silent Glory Ark Knight]!"

"Using the effect of the [Seven Emperors' Sword], this monster can be upgraded to its next level... CNO.101 [Silent Glorious Dark Knight]!"

"......What!?" You Ling couldn't help but scream. After all, this monster was completely different from the trump card he imagined Vector would use. This should clearly be the card used by Kamishiro Ryoga Shark, the leader of the Seven Emperors!

——And according to Youling’s memory, the relationship between Vector and Ryoga Kamishiro in the original anime should have been quite bad...I didn’t expect that in this world, these two people were so close that they could lend their ace monsters to others?

——In reality, in this world, Vector and Shark's relationship was just that. No matter how close they were, it wasn't to the point where they could easily lend each other their trump cards... But right now, one sentence could explain everything: "The hatred for stealing my sister is irreconcilable."

"After the appearance——CNO.101 [Silent Glorious Dark Knight] first effect!"

And so, with the rage of having his hand cut off and the hatred of Kamiyo Ryoga for stealing his sister, Vector, like a hot-blooded wandering spirit group, unleashed a combination move. Together with the faint shadow that appeared behind him, he stretched out his right hand and pointed at the monsters in the wandering spirit field.

"—Choose a monster on your opponent's field, and place it under this card as an Xyz Material!"

Volume 1: Chapter 146 True Brothers and Sisters

——The duel between Youling and Vector, their entire situation and confrontation, in the eyes of the duelists in this world, can only be described as fierce.

You Ling's various tricks, whether it was the Fire King in the front or the Sea Emperor Water Scale's card-cutting tactics in the back, made him, his opponent, and even the audience in the stage very happy - and not just the audience in the stage, but also those who were far away online and in reality, such as Shark Sister who was lying in the ward, who also enjoyed watching it very much.

At the beginning of the duel, Shark's good friend Kurosaki Ruri was still asking questions on the communication software, but slowly as the duel progressed, she gradually became quiet, obviously immersed in the situation on the duel field.

As her best friend Liuli's replies dwindled, Shark Sister breathed a sigh of relief. After all, she didn't know how to answer all the questions Liuli had asked her. For example, what was going on in the duel? What was Shark Sister's relationship with Youling? Why was the deck in his possession?

As for Shark Sister herself, she felt that the relationship between herself and You Ling was very strange, and the reason for the formation of this two-person team was also extremely weird... Shark Sister couldn't just tell Liuli that she was scared by a nightmare, and then You Ling rushed over and bewitched her with a set of rhetoric.

...That's too embarrassing.

As for the deck, it's even harder to explain - everyone is a duelist, and everyone knows the simple truth that "the deck is one's second life"... Under the influence of this truth, even if you tell Liuli the truth that you were just bewitched at the time, I'm afraid no one will believe you.

As for You Ling, upon closer reflection, there was something amiss about him, too. After borrowing the deck, he hadn't even asked for advice on anything. And judging by the bits and pieces he'd said over the past few days, he seemed quite adept at playing this Sea Emperor Water Scale deck... What was the secret behind this? What on earth was You Ling thinking about, what was going on, left Shark Sister completely baffled.

The only thing that makes people feel fortunate is You Ling as a teammate. In Shark Girl's opinion, she is really good and reassuring - judging from her performance in the duel, it seems that she really doesn't need to play. Even if she is sick, she can just lie in bed and eat melons.

——Especially after the network problem in the ward was solved and she could watch the live broadcast on her tablet again, and after listening to what Kurosaki Ruri said about her former friend Drewbe being beaten up by this guy, Shark Girl's mind was filled with the simple thought of "don't fight against the wandering spirit"... She just felt that dueling with such a guy was too scary, and it was probably not something she could do at her level.

In addition to her intelligence, Kamishiro Rio has always considered herself to be an open-minded duelist. If she can win, she can win, and if she can't win, she can't win.

After her network problem was solved, the following Sea King Duel also brought Shark Sister an incredible surprise - the tactics of attacking the water spirit scales first and cutting hands, everything brought by You Ling not only stunned Vector who was standing opposite him, but also stunned Shark Sister who was sitting in the ward. Even the melon in her hand felt a little bit unappetizing.

Although the Water Scale deck already has a card with a hand-slashing effect like Liz's Abyss Fish, as mentioned before, due to the huge cost of discarding three cards in hand for Liz's Abyss Fish, as well as various factors such as the environment, Shark Girl has not thought much about the hand-slashing tactic... After all, this tactic is much more unstable than the anti-game and field-building effect that most people pursue.

Or maybe before this, Shark Girl might have secretly thought about using the cutting hand tactic once or twice, but she gave up subconsciously, or she felt that this way of fighting was not strong enough and not right... It may also be that she herself felt that this was too crude and did not conform to the moral level of a normal duelist.

But by the time You Ling's tactics were achieved and monsters like the Ice Spirit God and the Phantom Force Aircraft Mother appeared one by one, Shark Girl had already fully understood the truth: "What level of morality should a duelist have? How can a duel abandon strength for something as simple as morality?"

As Shark Sister confidently watched You Ling perform everything, feeling a sense of enlightenment, she also heard a long-awaited message from her best friend Liuli on the other end of the phone screen: "It's terrible, Li Xu, your deck..."