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Chapter 800 The Terrifying Duelist (7K)

Rin took a deep breath.

Looking at the dragon flying in front of her, protecting her, Rin felt an immense power welling up from within her.

This card was forcibly given to her by Yugo before the preliminary selection.

Previously, for some reason, she and Yuwu felt a strange sense of crisis. Although the sense of crisis was fleeting, they still kept it in mind.

Originally, she found it strange that the carefree Yugo would take such a thing to heart, but Yugo insisted that Rin bring his card.

Looking back now, I guess that guy overheard my complaint that time.

Although she's easygoing, she always takes her own affairs very seriously...

"When a Witch of Winds - Snowbell is Synchro Summoned using Synchro Material, that Synchro Monster cannot be destroyed by the opponent's card effects."

"Oh ho, it also comes with resistance to effect destruction?" Yuri stroked his chin, leaned forward slightly, and looked on with great interest.

Although he was not his Adam brother.

But it turns out, the "Eve" sisters are quite interesting too.

Rin glanced at her cue cards.

"Cover a card and end the turn."

"Is that all?" Youli spread his hands generously. "I can wait for you to do more."

“There’s no need for that!” Rin retorted decisively.

You Li chuckled, not minding at all.

Watch out, Rin—

On the bullet screen, Yugo finally changed his content.

But even without his reminder, Rin knew perfectly well.

The guy in front of me is a dangerous individual who actually kidnapped Liuli!

"My turn, draw a card." Yuri glanced down at the card he had drawn.

"Activate the magic card, Predator Activity!"

[Predatory plants!?]

[It's actually a predatory plant!]

The live stream room, which was just filled with Yuu's comments, suddenly saw a flood of comments.

The sudden surge in comments startled Yugo and Rin, but as they observed the reactions, conversations, and tones of these people, they gradually realized that these people were likely their relatives, friends, or acquaintances.

[Predatory Plants, is this a deck that Guang Ge often uses?]

[So that's how it is, this guy is a fusion dragon, right!]

[Watch out, Rin, fused dragons are really tough to deal with!]

Everyone has seen the situations of Yuto, Yugo, and Yuya, and knows that they all have "Xyz Dragon, Synchro Dragon, and Pendulum Dragon". Therefore, when they found that the opponent was using Predator Plant but still looked like this, they immediately understood everything.

Predatory plants are a very difficult deck to deal with...

However, the good news is that there is a lot of information about this deck!
Everyone has a good understanding of the cards used to prey on plants, all because of their research on Hikari Amagi, so...

"Special Summon 1 Predator Plant Monster from your hand. Then, add 1 Predator card other than Predator Plant from your Deck to your hand. After this card is activated, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck until the end of this turn."

"Special Summon 'Spider-Dragon' from your hand, and add 'Drosera' from your Deck to your hand!"

It really was those two!!
Rin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If it's one of these two cards—

That will work!
Spinosaurus, a predatory plant, level 4, dark attribute, plant race, attack power 1800.
It was a plant that looked like a spiny dragon, with its gaping, bloody maw glaring menacingly at Rin.

"When the Venus Flytrap Spinosaurus is Normal or Special Summoned, you can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; place 1 Predator Counter on that monster. Monsters with a Predator Counter that are Level 2 or higher become Level 1."

The Venus Flytrap Spinosaurus roared, and a seed flew out from its body, landing on the Synchro Dragon.

Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, Level 8 → 1.
[A marker has been placed on Crystal Wing!]

[Then, won't it be merged into something next!?]

"Normal Summon, Level 2, Plant-eating Sundew Frilled Lizard"

Yu Li chuckled as he summoned a monster. The familiar monster made many people clench their fists in nervousness.

Plant-eating sundew umbrella lizard, level 2, dark attribute, plant race, attack power 600.
"The effect of the hairy sundew lizard. You can activate this effect during your Main Phase. Choose one Fusion Material Monster from your hand, field, and any monsters on your opponent's field with Predator Counters, and send them to the Graveyard. You can then Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck."

Furthermore, as long as this monster exists in the Monster Zone, any monster for which I am used as Fusion Material and has a Predator Counter placed will have the DARK attribute!

"Now!" Rin instantly raised her hand. "Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon's monster effect. Once per turn, when the effect of a monster other than this card is activated: you can negate that activation and destroy it. If this effect destroys a monster, this card's ATK increases by the original ATK of the monster destroyed by that effect until the end of this turn!"

"Go, Crystalwing Synchro Dragon!"

Go forth, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon!!!

Just as the hairy scorpion opened its mouth, ready to bite the Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, a terrifying flash appeared on the Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon's body. Immediately afterward, the hairy scorpion let out a mournful howl, collapsed in pain, and then transformed into a gentle breeze, merging into the Synchro Dragon's body.

Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, ATK: 3000 → 3600.
【pretty! 】

These are the voices of almost all of Rin's friends and family who are watching.

After all, everyone is quite familiar with the Predator Plant deck. Losing a fusion method, losing its most powerful way to remove opponent's monsters through fusion, Predator Plant will find it very difficult to cope with the current situation!
Yes!
It works!

A smile appeared on Rin's face.

"Oh—why did this happen!" Yuri couldn't help but gently rub her forehead, her tone almost like a lament, "Why did my fusion, which I was just preparing, fail!"

Rin revealed a confident smile: "Predator Plant is a card that Amagi-san often uses! Everyone already knows about the Predator Plant series of cards and how to deal with them! Even if you place counters on it, as long as you can't fuse it, then it's all useless!"

"Ugh……"

Looking at Yuri's appearance, Rin felt a great weight lifted from her heart.

Something's not right...

At this very moment, when Rin and Yugo were celebrating joyfully.

Liuli's face turned somewhat pale.

"What's wrong?" Yuya asked kindly.

Something didn't feel right about her.

It's not right.

Because the current development is simply "too smooth" and "too standard".

It's as if a duelist using a Predator deck would indeed encounter this kind of trouble when faced with such a situation.

but--

Something is very wrong!

She still hasn't forgotten the day she suddenly encountered Youli.

Of course she wanted to resist, of course she wanted to duel with Yuri—

However, at that moment, she was suppressed in an instant!

Although she didn't have Serena's strong physique, and although she only gradually began to learn about spirits after that, in the Xyz Dimension, one also needs a strong spirit and physique to be "worthy" of dueling with others!
The oppression she felt back then... was far more terrifying than it is now... much more terrifying!!

"The card that Amagi-san often uses?" Yuri gently rubbed her forehead, looking somewhat sad. "It sounds like you're quite familiar with Amagi-senpai?"

Rin was a little confused by the question, but she still looked up slightly and said, "Of course, Amagi is a member of the 5DS team, and we are very familiar with the 5DS team."

Yugo and I were trained by Yusei from the 5DS team.

"I see--"

Rin didn't detect any difference in tone and continued, "So, I'm not afraid of using a predatory plant deck. After all, even if I'm not familiar with Amagi-san, information about his deck must have spread to different dimensions."

As Rin spoke, she felt more and more confident. With the gentle breeze blowing, she felt her body become more relaxed and light, and she felt that she was in better condition than ever before.

"Hehehe... Hahaha—"

Unexpectedly, Yu suddenly laughed.

"In other words..." He suddenly stopped, then lowered his hand, revealing a face that showed no sign of tension whatsoever, and stared wide-eyed at the [sky] beside him.

"Now, you're watching too, Senior Amagi!"

Hikaru Amagi frowned slightly.

Nearby, Tierra, who was making instant noodles, said with great interest, "Oh, he guessed it."

Almost simultaneously, others realized it as well.

Although no comments were displayed, it seemed that Hikaru Amagi was indeed watching the live stream at this moment.

"It's been quite a while since we parted ways in the Synchro Dimension. I wonder how your training is going, senior. I'm in a terrible state—" Yuri looked at the sky, her eyes widening, her face gradually becoming somewhat ferocious, and her smile becoming increasingly terrifying. "Ever since I personally killed King Akama Zero, and was finally able to do what I wanted to do, leading the Fusion Army to the world he envisioned, I've become increasingly bored!"

! ! ? ?
He killed the Red Horse Zero King?!

Akama Reiji jumped up.

Not... Amagi Hikaru?

Yuri didn't expect Amagi Hikaru to reply, or rather, he didn't care whether Amagi Hikaru replied or not—after all, he hadn't even opened his own live stream.

As a participant in a duel, a duelist can only open their own live stream, and the live stream will also block all information related to their opponent.

Therefore, there was no need for him to waste time turning on the live stream.

He simply guessed that Amagi Hikaru might be paying attention to Rin at this time.

He simply had a premonition, a foresight.

“But, as boring as it may be, it would be ridiculous to think that this is all I’ve done—” He turned around and looked at Rin, his gaze becoming extremely sharp and impactful, making Rin instantly nervous.

Do you know what the most suitable method is for hunting?

“…What?” Rin wasn’t answering or asking a question; she was simply confused by Yuri’s incoherent way of speaking.

"That is to lure the prey into a trap step by step, making them think they are safe and sound."

"!!!?"

“【Eve】One of them, let me show you what true 【predation】is! Don’t think that everything you know is all about preying on plants!” Yuri grinned and slammed a monster into the monster zone with a whoosh.

This scene shocked not only Rin, but also her friends and family who were watching.

Even Amagi Hikaru couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise at this moment.

What card?!
"This card can be activated if it is in your hand and you control a [Predatory Plant] monster or a [Hungry Poison] monster. Special Summon this card. After that, you can add 1 [Fusion] card from your Deck to your hand!"

A lizard with its tail covered in "cannonball" flowers and its body crouching down roared twice and jumped onto the field.

"What...what kind of monster is this?" Rin asked instinctively in a panic.

It's not just her.

Even the audience was stunned by what they saw.

What kind of monster is this?!
I've never heard of that before... a plant predator!?
"Hehehe, don't misunderstand—I am the first user to prey on plants!"

!!!

Lin felt as if struck by lightning.

but--

indeed!

Although Amagi made a name for himself with Predator Plants, and even has the world-renowned "Predator Plant Chimera Big Flower", Amagi was originally a "pure Fusion deck", and he has used all kinds of Fusion decks.

Those fusion decks had users before Amagi!
For example, ancient machinery, electronic flow, heroes, and so on...

A bead of cold sweat dripped from Rin's forehead.

【Don't be nervous, Rin!!】

She glanced at the comments and took a deep breath.

Yes, don't be nervous. Don't be nervous—

With a ferocious smile on his face, Yu slowly took a card out of his deck and showed it to Yu.

"Replacement and integration".

Another card frequently used by Amagi Hikaru!

"I don't need to say much about this card. It's a card that Senior Amagi often uses." Yuri gently shook the card. "I saw him use it often and found that it was very suitable for my deck, so I started to include it in my deck."

"Then—Spell Card, Displacement Fusion."

"Send the Fusion Materials from your Fusion Monster Card to the Graveyard, and Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck." "What I'm fusing is... hehehe... that's right, the very one you all know, the infamous... the predatory plant Chimera Giant Flower!!"

"The fusion condition is that the monsters are plant-eating monsters and dark-attribute monsters."

"I'm fusing the Venus flytrap spiny dragon from the field with the gunpowder lizard from the field!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 7, Predatory Plant Chimera Flower!"

Rumble.

A ferocious monster burst forth from the ground.

It churned the earth, roared, devoured, and hungrily stuffed everything it bumped into into its gaping maw.

Predatory plant Chimera Flower, Level 7, Dark attribute, Plant race, Attack power 2500.
Got it!

Crowe couldn't help but nervously bite his fingers.

This is the most crucial duel in the first round. If I lose, it will greatly affect my mentality in the subsequent duels!

More importantly, these people who look alike clearly have their own "stories," and who knows what might happen if they lose!

"Chimera Flower's effect: Once per turn, you can target 1 monster on the field whose Level is lower than this card's; banish that monster. Hehehehe, you should know this effect very well, right?"

Rin took a deep breath and then opened the overlay card: "That's not the end!"

Activate a trap card!
Lost Wind!

You Li examined the trap.

"You can target 1 face-up monster Special Summoned to the field. Negate that monster's effects and reduce its ATK to half!"

Rin pointed to the predatory chimera flower and said, "The one I'll choose is definitely this!"

The predatory plant, the Chimera florida, opened its gaping maw, ready to devour something, when suddenly a strange breeze blew by. Its corolla tilted, revealing a huge question mark, and then, for no apparent reason, it began to flap its vines, spinning in place until it finally lost consciousness.

Predatory plant Chimera macrocarpa, ATK: 2500→1250.
【Beautiful! Rin!】

[Well done! This has halted the enemy's offensive!]

[Perfect! Next turn, we can win as long as Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon attacks.]

Someone started popping champagne.

Even Rin thought so.

She felt her body getting lighter and lighter.

Although she did not completely stop the other party's fusion, she successfully blocked the predatory plant Chimera Flower through the Lost Wind.

She glanced at the live stream room next to her.

Yugo's words still seemed to pass before my eyes.

There's nothing to be afraid of anymore!
Yugo is with himself!
【Rin!! Don't let your guard down! Don't let your guard down!!】

However, at this moment, a black barrage suddenly filled the entire screen.

This made Rin pause for a moment.

More importantly, she could also see that the comment actually included a signature—

It's glass!
She understood immediately.

She smiled and said to the cameraman who was somewhere, "Don't be afraid, Liuli, I will definitely help you..."

"Oh, interesting."

suddenly.

Yuri spoke up again.

Yuli looked at the lifeless Chimera Giant Flower beside her, but showed no tension whatsoever, nodding with interest.

"How……"

"Haha, at this level, how could I possibly panic?" Yuri looked at Rin. "On the contrary, you've been extremely nervous the whole time."

"!!!??"

"Although you are not a soldier of the Fusion Army, since Senior Tiancheng is watching, I will give you a little reminder. Consider it a demonstration of my cultivation achievements."

"Uh?"

Yuri slowly raised his left hand and said leisurely, "What else does a duelist need besides dueling skills?"

"It is will."

"So, what is will made of?"

"Faith, spirit, courage, perseverance, and so on..."

"There are many requirements, but as long as one aspect is particularly outstanding, it doesn't matter."

“However—” As Yu Li chatted, the smile on his face became very distorted, “one thing is very clear.”

That is... a duelist without courage cannot be called resolute.

! ! ! ! ! !
"You've been watching the live stream from the very beginning, haven't you?" Youli said slowly. "You've been watching the content in the live stream from the very beginning. Although I don't know exactly what you're watching, the people in the live stream seem to be encouraging you the whole time, right?"
From initially trembling with nervousness to gradually calming down, and finally finding courage through the support of the viewers in the live stream.

It felt as if I had fallen into an ice cave.

Yes……

Yes.

In that instant, she recalled the teachings of many predecessors and thought of many things. The more she thought, the more nervous she became, to the point that she broke out in a cold sweat.

Don't listen to him, Rin!

What's wrong with watching a live stream?!

It's just a hobby!

Yugo can say this openly and honestly.

Because he believed.

Even if he really was watching the live stream the whole time, it was definitely just because he was bored or arguing with the ordinary viewers in the live stream.

but--

Rin realized it.

She was scared.

But the moment she realized it, she became even more afraid.

because.

She realized it.

The man before her was a monster who was superior to her in every aspect—dueling, power, strength, physique, and spirit.

Moreover, his understanding of duels and his control over people's hearts are like those of a venomous snake or a hunter—a true monster!

"I rarely have such a kind heart~ Thank me."

"So, what's next..."

"Activate Equip Spell Card, Predatory Graft. You can target 1 Predatory Plant monster in your Graveyard to activate this card. Special Summon that monster and equip it with this card. When this card leaves the field, destroy that monster."

"Resurrect the Cannon Lizard in your Graveyard and activate its effect—this effect can only be activated if this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard. Draw one card."

"Finally..." Yuri slowly held up an ordinary, standard magic card in front of her.

Magic Card, Fusion!!
"The fusion condition is two Dark-attribute monsters!"

"Use the two monsters on the field to fuse."

"The two alluring flowers, which once lured insects with their fragrance, have now become one. From the hell deep within those petals, a new threat will be born!"
Fusion Summon!

Show up!
A poisonous dragon with hungry fangs.
Level 8! A ferocious, hungry, and poisonous dragon!

The ferocious purple broke through the earth's seal and roared into the canyon filled with gentle breezes.

A ferocious, hungry, and poisonous dragon, level 8, dark attribute, dragon race, attack power 2800.
At the same time, the Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, which had been calm and guarding Rin, suddenly turned white-eyed, bursting out with a bright green-white fluorescence, and roared.

As it roared, the Fusion Dragon on the field roared along with it, its eyes flashing with a terrifying purple light, echoing the Synchro Dragon.

Yuli glanced at it from the side, then looked at the Synchronous Dragon.

“I see, so it’s the resonance of the Adam factor…” Yuri muttered, stroking his chin. “However, it seems the effect is very weak because it’s not the real person…”

He didn't dwell on the issue too much, but instead smiled and began to describe his monster's effects.

"The Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon can only be activated when it is Fusion Summoned using monsters on the field. This card's ATK increases by the sum of the ATKs of all Special Summoned monsters your opponent controls until the end of this turn!"

"How...how could this be?" Rin's face turned deathly pale. "Different fusion conditions result in different fusion effects!?"

This is… she felt as if everything around her was eyeing her covetously, as if there were cold, venomous snakes lurking beside her, waiting for a chance to devour her.

Ferocious, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon, ATK: 2800 → 6400.
“However… the effect of Fusion Dragon can only be used on monsters of level 5 or higher. So, even if you summon Fusion Dragon… you can’t replicate the effect of Synchro Dragon.” Rin took a deep breath and forced herself to speak. “It’s a real shame, your Predator Counter has gotten you into trouble…”

"Hehehe... Magic Card, Counter Remover." "What kind of card is this!? Why would someone bring a card like this!?"

"Pay 500 Life Points. Remove all counters from the field... Heh heh heh, this is a card I was originally planning to use in my duel with Amagi-senpai. I never expected to use it in this situation. Activate this card, restore Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon's Level, and then..." He pointed to Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon on Rin's field, "...the effect of Ferocious Poison Fusion Dragon. You can target 1 Level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls. Until the end of this turn, negate that monster's effects, and this card gains the effects of that targeted monster."

"Ah!?" Rin looked at the synchronized dragon beside her in a panic.

The ferocious, hungry, and poisonous fusion dragon roared to the sky, purple branches piercing the body of the Synchro Dragon like straws, drawing power from its body.

"Hmm, hmm, so it has this effect."

He exclaimed in amazement, clapping softly, "WOW~~~ What an amazing effect! If I had blindly attacked with overconfidence, I would definitely have fallen into the trap and been defeated by this effect, right!?"

Rin's face was pale.

“But unfortunately—” Yuri did not show his signature savage smile at this moment, but instead smiled peacefully twice, “Then let’s use the Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon to attack the Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon.”

"Activate the effects gained from the Fusion Dragon at this very moment!"

The ferocious poison merged with the dragon's body, and a white dragon shadow flashed by.

"When this card battles an opponent's monster of level 5 or higher, this effect is activated during damage calculation. This card's ATK increases by the opponent's monster's ATK only during that damage calculation!"

Ferocious, Hungry, Poisonous Fusion Dragon, ATK: 6400 → 10000!

Perfectly accurate, exactly ten thousand!
【cold! ! ! ! ! ! 】

[Big Sister!!!]

"cold--"

The entire 5DS team stood up in surprise, and Kro hurriedly began to put on his clothes.

Hikaru Amagi frowned, and sighed helplessly upon seeing this scene.

A purple stream of light pierced through the screen from one side to the other. Even though the Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon tried its best to protect the girl, it was ultimately unable to suppress its opponent because its master was not present. Despite being a higher-level evolved form, it had no way to suppress its opponent. With a roar of unwillingness, it slowly turned into a green wind and disappeared from the field.

The girl in white was also swept up by the raging purple storm and crashed into the massive canyon with a deafening roar.

In just a few seconds, from the sky, the purple storm transformed into a streak of light, piercing through the entire canyon and leaving a terrifying crack in it.

After all the illusory images dissipated, Rin had lost consciousness and collapsed weakly like a rag doll, falling to the ground with a thud.

Yuri glanced at her from afar, then pressed his Duel Disk. Suddenly, his sword-like Duel Disk sprouted a "mouth," which then snapped at the sky directly above Rin, as if devouring something.

The power of the pendulum...

He glanced at the duel disk.

pity.

Her stance in this duel is one of fear and tension. If we deliberately let her recover, we might be able to shift her stance and change direction, and perhaps we could fight a few more rounds.

Of course, even so, the results were still quite good.

He was in a good mood.

Unfortunately, he doesn't plan to turn people into cards during the audition stage; otherwise, an "Eve" would be quite interesting.

but--

Although there are only two people here.

However, he felt as if he could hear a cacophony of arguments in his ears.

Ah……

It was as if a voice had reached his ears.

[You just wait, I will definitely defeat you and avenge Rin!!!]

　7K7K, it's a bit late, a bit late.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)