Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1658 A Thousand Venerable Avatars
"Duel!" x2
[Yu Xuan, LP4000]

[A Thousand Incarnations, LP4000]

"I'll start by attacking first. Draw a card." The Thousand Venerable clone drew a card. "Last time was just your luck, but this time it won't happen again."

As he spoke, the dark figure cast a spell from his hand.

"Activate the spell card 'Contract with a Thousand Lords'!" the Thousand Lord clone declared. "This card is activated by the opponent paying two thousand life points!" (Animation effect)

The magic card had barely appeared on the field when a blue, transparent electric light enveloped You Xuan, and a series of crackling sounds took away half of his life points.

[Yu Xuan, LP4000 → LP2000]

The red-haired loli Yasuda Uria, now in her elf form, floated onto the field, her face contorted with rage: "What kind of logic is this, making the opponent pay life points to activate it? What kind of card is this?"

The thousand clones coldly said, "This is my power, my authority. If you're not convinced, then surpass me with even greater power."

The original anime version of the Thousand Venerable Contract did indeed have this activation condition. Of course, this setting is obviously illogical, so it was naturally modified and weakened when it was released as a physical card.

After the release of the physical card, the "Thousand Master Contract" was changed to "both players lose 1000 Life Points from their decks" when activated, which retains some of the characteristics of the original work while also being more reasonable.

In the context of the animation's 4,000 HP environment, the fact that the opponent has to take 2,000 HP upfront seems rather overpowered.

The Thousand-Supreme Avatar continued, "What just happened was only the activation cost; the effect will follow. First, the first effect of 'Contract with the Thousand Sovereigns' is that when this card is activated, both players draw one card from their decks."

You Xuan and Qian Zun's clone each drew a card.

Of course, if that were all, it would mean the opponent starts with seven cards, seemingly gaining an extra card. However, a card that has the name "Thousand Lords" printed in its title is certainly not to be underestimated.

"Furthermore, as long as this card is on the field, both players must reveal all cards drawn through this card's effect, or cards drawn during the draw phase," said the Thousand-Supreme Clone. "If the drawn card is a Spell Card, then that player cannot perform a Normal Summon this turn!"

"The inability to Normal Summon a Spell Card after drawing it is really troublesome," Uria frowned. "However, this condition should be the same for both sides."

The thousand clones revealed the card they had drawn: "The card I drew is 'Shadow Ghost,' a monster card."

Yu Xuan calmly revealed the card he had just drawn: "The card I drew is 'Cotton Ball'. This card can be Special Summoned directly from the hand when it is added to the hand by the effect of other cards."

Come on, cotton ball!

As he spoke, the card was placed on the Duel Disk. A flash of light appeared, and the white light coalesced into a fluffy cotton ball shape.

Cotton Ball, Defense 300

"You got a monster for free using my card's effect?" the Thousand Lord clone said. "But it won't be without cost. I activate the effects of two 'Shadow Wraiths' from my hand!"

At the cost of being unable to perform a Normal Summon this turn, Special Summon this card and one other Level 4 or lower Fiend monster from your hand.

He revealed two Ghosts in one go.

"'Shadow Spectre' is a Demon-type card of level 4 or lower, so I Special Summon two 'Shadow Spectre' cards from my hand!"

Two dark vortexes immediately opened on the field of the thousand clones, bursting out chaos. The hideous darkness on the field transformed into ghost-like forms, standing on either side of his field.

[Shadow Spectre, Attack Power 200] x2
"Oh? That means there are two level two monsters at the same time," You Xuan said.

“Not bad,” said the Thousand-Supreme Clone. “I’ll stack two Level 2 ‘Shadow Ghost’ monsters on top of each other! I’ll use two monsters to build a stacking network and Xyz Summon!”
NO.65! The Cursed Executor of Judgment, the Judgment Demon - the Destroyer of Judgment!!! The mark of 65 burned in the void, and the double-edged sword shrouded in red light cut through the air, like a demon clad in armor descending from the tyrannical chaotic network, with dark purple materials surrounding him.

[NO.65 Judgment Demon - Judgment Destroyer, Attack Power 1300]

Sensing the extraordinary energy within this No., You Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly: "This card, this power... I see, the avatar of Vector?"

“Indeed, this is one of the seven No. 1s in the ruins of the Seven Emperors of the Balian, originally belonging to Vector in the previous life,” the Thousand-Supreme Clone said coldly.

The Seven Emperors were originally humans who were intercepted by thousands of masters. In his previous life, Vector was also the ruler of a country, and this Judgment Demon was once Vector's No. 1.

Now that Vector is dead, it seems that this No. card was not retrieved by Yuma and the others, but instead fell into the hands of the Thousand Clone.

However, number 65 is a number preceding 100. Therefore, this card is clearly also part of the Astral Entity's lost memory fragments.

"Alright, considering we're all teammates now," Yu Xuan murmured, "Yu Ma, Xing Guang, I'll take this card for you guys for now."

The Thousand-Supreme Avatar played another card and then swiped it to the back of the field.

"Set one card face down, and the turn ends."

Yuria warned, "Be careful, Master. That monster is strange. And that guy over there isn't someone to be trifled with."

You Xuan glanced at her sideways and chuckled, "Oh? You're willing to call me master now?"

Yulia was taken aback, then her cheeks flushed slightly: "You...you mustn't misunderstand! It's just because you came to help me, so don't push your luck!"

"Alright, alright, I know, no misunderstanding." You Xuan didn't take it to heart. "Then it's my turn, draw a card."

At this moment, a burst of demonic flames rolled across the magic field behind the Thousand Lords' clone, and he spoke up to remind them: "During the period when the Thousand Lords' contract is present, all cards drawn by both sides must be publicly displayed."

You Xuan revealed the card he had drawn: "I drew 'Three-Eyed Monster,' not a magic card."

“Lucky guy,” said the Thousand Venerable clone.

Yuria praised, "Great! That way, we can still perform a Normal Summon this turn."

Yugen, however, did not rush to summon a monster. Instead, he first played a spell card: "Activate the spell card 'Take Over 5', send the top five cards of your deck to the graveyard." (Anime Card)
Yu Xuan draws five cards from his deck and pushes them all into the graveyard.

"Then summon the 'Three-Eyed Monster' again!"

The card I just drew was immediately summoned onto the field, and that round little devil with only one head jumped out and blinked its three eyes in unison.

[Three-eyed monster, attack power 1000]

"Then this card in my hand can be Special Summoned by Tributing any monster on my field."

You Xuan held up another monster card between two fingers.

"Rulers of ancient dynasties, now appear here—"

—The Pharaoh's Arrival!!!

(End of this chapter)