Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1675 Ceremony
You Xuan was beginning to develop a slight interest in the girl. However, he could ask her about it later, after getting rid of this annoying fly.

"Let's finish this quickly." You Xuan glanced at his teammates behind him. "Leave it to me, okay?"

Judai, of course, was already used to it, and waved his hand, saying, "Oh, since Yugen has said so..."

The others didn't have any objections either.

The ghostly Yami Yugi said to Omoikami Yugi, "This is a good opportunity to see the strength of this king who has merged dimensions."

"Hmm." The game character nodded, also showing an expression of interest.

The two of them were not very familiar with You Xuan. They only knew from You Xuan's status in the fusion dimension and other people's descriptions that he was also a king with outstanding strength.

However, they had only heard about it and had not yet seen it in person. In addition, during the Duel Kings melee training in the past few days, Yu Xuan had been busy traveling between different dimensions to make preparations before departure, so they still had not had the opportunity to witness the other party's true strength.

“You fools who don’t know what’s good for them.” Hark sneered. “Although I don’t know where you came from, you’re being naive if you think just anyone has the right to challenge the governor of the Academy Army.”

The duel boards for both sides were set up.

"Duel!" x2
[Yu Xuan, LP4000]

【Harker, LP4000】

"I'll start the offensive!"

Hack shouted and drew his first five cards. The duel disk display quickly transitioned from "Draw" to "Standby Phase" and then immediately to "Main Phase".

The Duel Kings watching from the sidelines all felt a chill run down their spines.

Yuma: "Just as Yugen said, in this dimension, you can't draw cards if you go first in a duel!"

This was a truly revolutionary change for duelists of the old era.

What should I shout in the first round? "My turn, no card draw?"
Hack continued his maneuver, revealing a Ritual Monster with a sinister smile: "First up is this card, the effect of Light Lance Dragon's Shadow Robe!"

Shadow Cloak!
The other four Duel Kings were fine; they were hearing this name for the first time. But You Xuan narrowed his eyes.

He knew the great name of Shadow Robe. It was once a popular top-tier deck in the meta, and it was the hope of the entire village, bearing the heavy responsibility of reviving its glory.

In the 2015 World Championship, Shadow Spirit even reached the runner-up position, only narrowly losing to Celeste in the finals, but still achieving a commendable second place in the world rankings.

As the governor of the Ritual Army, it's reasonable for Hakkar to use this deck. After all, Ritual has always been a relatively unpopular summoning deck in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!

“The effect of Light Lance Dragon’s Shadow Robe,” Hack said. “Discard this card from your hand and you can add one ‘Shadow Robe’ monster from your deck to your hand, excluding Light Lance.”

He sent the ritual monster into the graveyard, and at the same time, the monster's phantom image briefly flashed across the field.

Although it's called Light Gun Dragon, it's actually more like a cosplay of the Ice Barrier Light Gun Dragon. A warrior is wearing ice-blue armor shaped like a light gun, wielding a longsword that looks like it's forged from ice, and his helmet resembles a hexagonal snowflake.

But the image flashed by in an instant, the afterimage scattering like snowflakes. At the same time, a card popped out of the deck and was drawn into Hack's hand: "I add 'Shadow-Clad Warlock - Shurito' from my deck to my hand."

Hakkar adds the monster card to his hand after revealing it.

“Next is the effect of this card in my hand, ‘Shadow Cloak of the Shining Sword Bird’,” Hark continued. “Discarding this card from your hand allows you to add one ‘Shadow Cloak’ Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand. The one I’m adding from my Deck to my hand is this: ‘Shadow Cloak’s Resurrection!’”

The ritual magic exclusive to the Shadow Cloth was successfully summoned into his hands through the search effect.

"Then, activate the Ritual Spell 'Shadow Cloak's Resurrection'!" He raised the spell he had just summoned high and shouted, "Tribute monsters from your hand and field as Ritual Materials until the number equals the number of Shadow Cloak monsters to be Ritual Summoned. Then, Ritual Summon 'Shadow Cloak' monsters from your hand and Graveyard!"

He then revealed the spell he had just acquired.

"Then there's the effect of 'Shadowbreaker' from my hand. When performing a Ritual Summon of a Shadowbreaker Ritual Monster, you only need to use the Warlock card as a substitute for the required Ritual Material!"

He sent the monster card to the graveyard. At the same time, a handsome but naive little wizard appeared on the field, his body dissipating as a point of light and being absorbed by the ritual magic card, followed by a surge of energy bursting from that card.

"Perform a ritual summoning of the Shadow Robe in the graveyard!" Hark shouted. "Appear, Shadow Robe of the Shining Sword Bird!"

He was a young man with silver hair, striking heterochromatic eyes, and a weapon woven from bird songs. His clothing was also in the shape of birds and beasts.

[Radiant Sword Bird's Shadow Robe, Defense 2300]

"Wow, it started with a series of searches and then proceeded to perform a ritual summoning," Yuma said. "This guy seems pretty good after all!"

The girl said, "I've already said it, the commanders of the academy's army are all extraordinary individuals, and they should not be underestimated."

Hack didn't explain the effects of the Shining Sword Bird, but just sneered.

These people are completely unaware of the terrifying effect of the Shining Sword Bird when it goes first. But that's good; the information gap gives them a greater first-mover advantage.

Shining Sword Bird's Shadow Robe: During either player's turn, you can select any monster summoned from the Extra Deck. Until the end of the turn, reduce that monster's ATK to 0 and negate its effects.

In other words, regardless of whether the opponent is a user of Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz, the Shining Sword Bird Shadow Spirit Dress can suppress them to the maximum extent.

This opening move is designed to hinder and disrupt the opponent's next turn. What follows is preparation for unleashing one's full power in the next turn.

“The ‘Shadow-Clad Warlock Shurito’ that was just sent to the graveyard as ritual material has another effect,” Hack said. “If this card is Tributed by a card effect, you can then add a Warrior-Type ‘Shadow-Clad’ Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand.”

This is the card I want to add to my hand from my deck!

A card popped out of the deck and was displayed by Hack with a sinister grin.

"The Trident Dragon's Shadow Robe!"

This is his trump card.

When the Trident Dragon's Shadow Spirit Dress is successfully Ritual Summoned, you can banish one card each from your opponent's hand, field, and graveyard. It perfectly replicates the powerful abilities of the Synchro version of Trident.

And that's not all. If his Shadow Cloak becomes the target of a spell, trap, or monster effect, he can then discard the card from his hand to negate that activation.

This is equivalent to the Shadow Cloak on the field gaining resistance to the target being targeted.

With such a solid start, he felt he already had a 70% chance of winning.

(End of this chapter)