This Hextech Duel Master is a pro at getting targets.

"The rules for this Duel Kingdom Tournament are a little different from those of regular tournaments~"

Standing atop the city wall, Pegasus, in his peculiar accent, began to explain the rules of the tournament.

All the contestants stood beneath the castle, listening intently with great excitement.

Chapter 42 You wouldn't dare, would you? Dinosaur Ryuzaki?

"As you top duelists have surely noticed, each participant has two star chips in your hand."

"This competition will adopt a 'battle royale' style of rules!"

"The Star Chips are equivalent to your lives!"

"In every duel to come, the duelist must wager at least one star."

"When someone loses all their star chips, they are disqualified from the competition and eliminated!"

"Finally, within 48 hours of the start of the competition, the first four duelists to collect ten star chips and reach the castle gate will be eligible to participate in the final battle of this tournament!"

"The duel officially begins!"

"The time limit is forty-eight hours!"

"Anyone who fails to collect ten star chips within this timeframe will be considered a loser and will be forcibly deported!"

"So, duelists! I wish you a triumphant return!!"

"I hope that every duelist can find what they've been longing for here!!!"

Enjoy the game to the fullest!

As soon as Pegasus finished speaking, another round of enthusiastic cheers erupted from below.

Several more colorful fireworks exploded, and the excited duelists dispersed, some even finding opponents on the spot and starting duels right there!

The highly anticipated grand competition has finally begun.

You Shuo is also preparing to begin his own actions.

According to the original plot, the first opponent of "Yami Yugi" (also known as "Yoga") is the insect moth that throws the "sealed" card into the sea.

However, due to You Shuo's appearance, the insect moth was unable to participate in this competition, so correspondingly, Wang Yang's first opponent will also change.

"Alright, let's say goodbye here for now! Hopefully we'll meet again at the castle gate tomorrow!"

You Shuo greeted them a few times in a friendly manner before parting ways with the main characters.

Kyoko Masaki was taken aback: "Huh? Yu Shuo, aren't you coming with us?"

Honda Hiroshi pondered, "If we go together, it means all three contestants will be searching for opponents together, which would probably be very inefficient, right?"

Kyoko Masaki thought about it and agreed.

Of course, she wanted to spend more time with You Shuo, even if they were just good friends.

However, precisely because they were just good friends, Kyoko Masaki couldn't do anything more to persuade them to stay.

After saying goodbye to the main characters, You Shuo began a aimless hunt.

As he walked among the various realistic landscapes, he recalled the rules of the Duel Kingdom in his mind.

Compared to the previous battle rules, Duel Kingdom has not only made more detailed and exciting additions, but also introduced a very new and special hidden rule...

The battles that will take place on this island will be full of unknowns and possibilities!

After passing through the grassland, You Shuo arrived at a desolate plain.

Looking around, one could see several contestants fiercely battling it out on the dueling platform in the distance, with quite a few onlookers.

You Shuo looked around and tentatively challenged one of the contestants to a battle: "Hello, wanna fight?"

But the contestant immediately backed down upon seeing You Shuo: "You...you...you're the champion hunter You Shuo?! No way! I...I'll go with someone else..."

You Shuo: ...

How can this be done?

It seems that because of his outstanding performance recently, some contestants with average strength are not willing to fight him.

In this way, even if You Shuo has superb card skills, his rate of acquiring stars will be very low when there are no opponents.

Just as You Shuo was considering whether to put on a disguise, a somewhat familiar voice came from behind him.

"Hmph~ You Shuo!"

"I never expected you to be here!"

"Come on, let's fight!"

"If I beat you, I'll be the strongest Duel Monsters player in the country!"

The speaker's accent is a bit strange.

You Shuo turned around and took a look.

Sure enough, the short guy wearing a red hat and a green jacket was none other than the runner-up of the National Duelist Tournament—Dinosaur Ryuzaki.

Dinosaur Ryuzaki looked at You Shuo with a defiant expression, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

He was already very dissatisfied with You Shuo on the ship, and now that they've met here, he's determined to have a good fight with You Shuo!

You Shuo smiled.

He was just worried about not finding an opponent.

"Come on, two stars!"

You Shuo readily agreed.

But the dinosaur Ryuzaki was momentarily stunned.

wait?

two?

Go all in right from the start?

Does that mean that if you lose, you'll be eliminated?

Dinosaur Ryuzaki disagreed: "Are you kidding me! I'll only bet on one!"

You Shuo couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are you afraid that you'll be eliminated if you lose? If you don't even have that much confidence, then I suggest you go find someone else."

After hearing this, Ryuzaki the Dinosaur took the bait.

"Who's scared?!" Dinosaur Ryuzaki pulled out his deck and roared, "Two it is! You'll soon see how powerful my deck is!"

"duel!!!!"

With a loud shout, the ground began to tremble and rumble.

In the blink of an eye, a dueling platform rose from the ground and was set up.

You Shuo and Dinosaur Ryuzaki each took their places in the battle area and shuffled their decks.

The LP counter lights up; the battle is about to begin!

[You Shuo, LP: 2000]

【Dinosaur Ryuzaki, LP: 2000】

You Shuo was a little unlucky.

The system randomly assigned the first attack to the dinosaur Ryuzaki.

"Hmph~ It seems the goddess of victory isn't on your side after all~"

Ryuzaki the dinosaur smiled smugly and unleashed a powerful monster card.

"My turn, draw a card!"

"Defense indicates a summons—"

"Stegosaurus!!!"

Stegosaurus

【Six Star】

[Earth Attribute/Dinosaur Race]

[Attack/Defense: 1750/2030]

[Description: A dinosaur covered in spikes. It attacks by charging forward.]

After summoning this monster, Ryuzaki the Dinosaur ended his turn immediately.

His deck is mainly composed of Dinosaur-type cards.

In the Duel Kingdom version of the rules, most Dinosaur-type monsters possess a hidden ability—Giant—which gives them a counter advantage when fighting monsters smaller than themselves.

In Duel Monsters, there are not many species that can be larger than the Dinosaurs, so in most cases, Dinosaur monsters have a counter advantage.

but……

Even so, the dinosaur monsters have a rather fatal weakness.

Yu Shuo was not worried about the powerful six-star monster summoned by the dinosaur Ryuzaki. He smiled confidently and drew cards from his deck.

"Then it's my turn, time to draw a card!"

"Attack Status Summon - Magic Gentleman J!!"

【Magic Gentleman J】

【Four stars】

[Dark Attribute/Mage Race]

Attack/Defense: 1500/1600

[Description: Strangely dressed, capriciously committing misdeeds and helping others.]

"Magic Gentleman J, attack the Stegosaurus!" You Shuo shouted, issuing the attack order.

Chapter 43 The Special Rules of the Duel Kingdom

In the ever-changing 3D projection, a mysterious magician slowly appeared and, at You Shuo's command, launched an attack on the monsters on the dinosaur Ryuzaki field!

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The dinosaur Ryuzaki laughed uncontrollably.

"That's so unprofessional, You Shuo!"

"I know you want to activate cards to strengthen your monsters the moment you attack."

"However, given that enormous numerical difference, no card is of any use!"

"My dinosaur monster—the Stegosaurus—possesses the characteristic of being gigantic, capable of suppressing any monster smaller than itself!"

"In this battle, my Stegosaurus's defense will be increased by 30% due to the type advantage!"

"Also~ Hmph~"

The dinosaur Ryuzaki crossed his arms, looking extremely proud.

You probably didn't notice, did you?

"On this island of the Duel Kingdom, the dueling arena will develop a corresponding environment based on the location of the battle!"

"We are in the wilderness, and the wilderness can provide a suitable environment for the dinosaur monsters to adapt!"

"My Stegosaurus will also receive a 30% bonus in this battle!"

"After a 60% increase, my Stegosaurus's defense will reach 3248, enough to withstand any attack!"

"Even if the Blue-Eyes White Dragon came, it would be the same!!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

At this time, many duelists gathered around to watch the battle. When they saw that it was a fight between Dinosaur Ryuzaki and Yushuo, they couldn't help but start discussing it.

"Wow! It's the national runner-up and champion hunter!"

"Stegosaurus...it's so powerful!"