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Chapter 334 Sacred Thistle
“【The Deception of the Sinful Treasure】.” Li Guanqi muttered with a frown, “This is troublesome.”

This perpetual magic is the kind that can cause your heart and lungs to stop, but fortunately, [Tiger] is in effect, so it depends on how the opponent tries to withstand it.

【The Deception of the Sinful Treasure】Katu flashed through the void, and the plaza tiles beneath his feet began to shake violently. The hard cement ground rippled like flowing water and quickly “melted”.

To everyone's astonishment, towering trees radiating white light rose from the ground, their bark adorned with moonlight-like patterns. In just a few seconds, the concrete and steel Xunyang Square vanished completely, transforming into a sacred and dreamlike vast forest.

【The Deception of the Sinful Treasure】is not a field magic, but it is highly spiritual and has a certain derivative impact on the present world.

"This—Report to command center! The target has activated an unknown capability, and the environment has drastically changed! Repeat, the environment has drastically changed! We're now... seemingly in a forest?"

The bomb disposal team leader held a shield in one hand and gripped a walkie-talkie tightly in the other, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

Teacher Da Mi and other ordinary citizens had already followed instructions to evacuate Xunyang Square. Even a hundred meters away, still shrouded in a 'white forest,' a group of people looked around in confusion and wariness: "Am I...am I dreaming?"

"Look, someone's live streaming!" Doumen looked at his phone and waved to Teacher Dami.

Teacher Da Mi took a closer look and discovered that a mysterious person was "risking his life to livestream," with headlines that were absolutely outrageous—"Supernatural phenomena are occurring frequently, is it magic or has the world changed?"

With over 500,000 viewers watching the live stream, Yu-Gi-Oh! has gone viral once again.

"【The Deception of the Sinful Treasure】!" Teacher DaMi's eyes lit up as he watched the live stream, and he excitedly whispered, "This is the materialization of the 【Sinful Treasure】worldview!"

Doumen swallowed hard, his voice hoarse: "Do these girls have their own server running when they play cards?"

"Top [Bird G]! I wonder what deck the guy is using, will this top him cause trouble?"

"No, buddy," Doumen retorted, "we're stuck in the White Forest. Aren't you worried about yourself?"

“If that girl had any ill intentions towards us,” Teacher DaMi replied casually, “we would have died countless times by now.”

If the world is peaceful and has a future, then a blank sheet of paper is like a gentle girl. The guards formed a circle, back to back, warily surveying the scene around them that defied all scientific common sense; their modern tactical equipment seemed out of place in this secret realm.

Deep within this created white forest, phantoms flicker in the haze, and the figures of two girls emerge among the trees, one named Sen'er and the other Fu'er.

Filled with curiosity, they ventured deeper into the forest, where the legendary witch lay dormant.

Li Guanqi was stunned by the sight: "Such strong spirituality."

Ignoring the commotion around her, Bai Zhi stood quietly in the center of the monsters, waving her hand at the cards on the field.

"Lizette, the Saint of the White Forest, who has freed her hand, activates the effect of Deception of the Sinful Treasure!"

Add 1 "Thistle" card from your deck to your hand.

In the illusion of the white forest, Sen'er and Fu'er stumble into a secret realm, where a dark demon bends down and offers them an apple.

A card flies out of the deck.

Sen'er and Fu'er took the apples and examined them with curiosity.

The white paper took the card that popped out of the deck and showed it, saying, "I'm adding [Sacred Thistle] to my hand."

Li Guanqi's pupils contracted slightly.

"Activate the effect of [Mega Fusion] in the Graveyard, add this card to your hand."

With a gentle wave of her hand, Bai Zhi caught the [Melody Beast Fusion] that flew out of the graveyard.

“Next, activate the spell card—” Bai Zhi held the card between two fingers, showed it, and slapped it down, “【Holy Thistle】!”

"Show the Extra Deck's [Bloodthirsty Saint] and send [Deception of the Sinful Treasure] from the field to the Graveyard."

"Succumb to desire!"

The bat, who had been hesitant, finally succumbed to the temptation of the dark demon, or rather, to the desire within her own heart, and took a bite of the apple.

"Fusion Summon!"

In an instant, the sacred white forest underwent a dramatic change. Countless black thorns sprouted from the ground, viciously entwining the pure white tree trunks, and the holy secret realm was transformed into an ominous demonic domain in the blink of an eye.

"Born! [Blood-Soaked Bat Demon of the Death Saint]!"

Bat fell to her knees in agony, letting out a wail that was not human. Two bloody gashes tore open on her back, and a pair of bat wings covered in wet black feathers suddenly spread open, her clear eyes completely stained with scarlet.

The Bloodstained Bat Demon of the Death-Slaying Saint has descended!
Sen'er stared blankly at the sudden change in the scene, muttering something under her breath, and reached out her hand towards the mutated bat.

He wanted to save people on one hand, and was also terrified and wanted to escape on the other. Torn between these conflicting thoughts, his body seemed to be out of control, and he froze on the spot.

“Using the effect of [Tiger], draw one.” Li Guanqi said softly.

"Activate the effect of [Bloodstained Bat Demon]," White Paper said in a deep voice. "Add [Demon of the Treasure Hunt] from the deck to your hand."

"Activate the effect of [Sacred Thistle] in the Graveyard, return [Saint Lizette of the White Forest] from the Graveyard to the Deck, and add this card to your hand."

"Come again!"

"Activate the Spell Card! [Sacred Thistle]!"

"Chain activation of quick-attack magic—[Demon Hunting Sin Treasure]!"

Saint Baisen's classic combo: an abstractly drawn wanted poster appears from the void.

"Add [Diabelstar the Black Witch] to your hand from your deck."

“Next, deal with the effect of [Holy Thistle].” White Paper’s voice was completely flat. “I will send [Demon of the Sinful Treasure Hunt] on the field to the graveyard.”

"Even the immaculate saints are tainted by sin."

"In despair, I abandoned my faith and transformed into a vicious wolf guarding the demon realm!"

In the illusion of the white forest, Sen'er did not run away after witnessing Bat'er's fall into evil. Instead, she seemed to be drawn by invisible threads, step by step towards her dear friend who was stained with scarlet.

Dark thorns sprouted from the ground, their coldness wrapping around Sen'er's fair ankles, then her calves, her waist...

Sen'er reached out her hand blankly, wanting to touch Fu'er one last time. The remaining clarity and rationality in her eyes were quickly swallowed up by the filth of the demonic realm.

"Fusion Summon!"

Her pure white dress was stained with the color of sin. Sen'er twisted and howled amidst the thorns, and a ferocious phantom of a ghostly wolf appeared behind her.

"Descend, [the treacherous saint, the wolf mother of serpents]!"

With a shrill wolf howl, a strange figure appeared. She had Sen'er's face, but her eyes were fierce, and she wore a cold smile. The demonic wolf beneath her exuded a violent aura.

Li Guanqi's temples throbbed as he watched, feeling as if he were watching a horror movie.

Thankfully, he doesn't play [Bai Sen].

It must have been so heartbreaking to see Sen'er and Fu'er fall into such a depraved state.

"Using the [Tiger] effect, draw one."

He drew the top card from the deck, glanced at it briefly, and gave no further reaction.

"Send the [Bloodthirsty Bat Demon] on the field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon it from your hand—" White Paper suddenly raised his voice.

"【Diabelstar the Dark Witch】!"

A witch's figure quietly materialized. She wore a black robe, a red eyepatch over her right eye, and carried a massive demonic sword as tall as herself on her back. She looked like a mafia boss.

"Activate the effect of [Black Witch] to set [Betrayal of Sin - Sen'er Wolf] from the Deck to the field."

Li Guanqi's face darkened, his brows furrowing: "They even brought the [Forest Wolf]."

The good news is that the opposite side had a top-tier tigress, and he drew two cards.

The bad news is that the opposing side is heavily fortified and has a very strong three-dimensional structure.

【Mirror Sword Knight】 has a monster effect counter, 【Mega Fusion】 can summon 【Guardian Chimera】 to destroy cards, 【Sen'e Wolf Mother】 has a three-color counter, and the 【Sen'e Wolf】 trap card can also negate the effects of monsters, spells, and traps by sending 【Dark Witch】 to the graveyard.

It has a front and a back, it has health, it has explosion and it has endurance.

There are also hand cards
"Activate the effect of [Demon Hunting for Sin] from the Graveyard," White Paper continued. "This card is banished, [Deception of Sin] from the Graveyard is returned to the Deck, and you draw one card!"

She stood quietly in the center of the room, her expression completely calm.

"Pick the card."

Bai Zhi reached out and placed her hand on top of the deck. Her movements were very light and had a strange sense of rhythm.

The card was drawn.

Instead of placing the card in her left hand, she lightly brushed the edge of the card with her fingertips; the touch was extremely brief, fleeting.

In that instant, Li Guanqi clearly saw that Bai Zhi's always tense lips slightly turned up.

The arc was so small that it was almost imperceptible, yet it conveyed a sense of complete and absolute certainty of control.

Li Guanqi's heart sank.

She drew what she wanted.

Even a hand can have resistance!

"Set one card over, end the turn," the white paper declared softly.

The first round is over.

Frontline: [Black Witch], [Chimera the Beast King], [Mirror Sword Knight], [Wolf Mother of the Forest]

Back row: [Melting Beast Fusion], [Sen'er Wolf]

Hand: 2 cards

Blue team basic points: 8000
"At the end of the phase, the effect of [Chimera the Beast King] will be activated," the white paper slowly announced, "randomly selecting one card from the opponent's hand and sending it to the graveyard."

As soon as she finished speaking, the two-headed beast in the sky let out a roar, and a foul stench swept over them.

"let's go!"

With a flap of its wings, the [Phantom Beast King Chimera] pounced on Li Guanqi with immense force. The guards outside the square instantly tensed up, and dozens of dark gun barrels were raised in unison, their safety mechanisms deftly disengaged.

"Target has initiated an attack!"

"Captain! Shall we fire?!"

Facing the oncoming beast, Li Guanqi instinctively raised his left arm to protect himself.

"boom!"

The Chimera's claws did not touch his flesh, but instead slammed heavily onto his Duel Disk. The collision of metal and energy produced a muffled sound, and a card in his hand flew out and landed precisely in the Graveyard.

After landing a successful attack, the Beast King retreated back to the white paper field and hovered high in the sky, waiting for its next move.

Seeing that Li Guanqi was safe and sound, the guards relaxed a little.

"What on earth are they doing?" a young team member couldn't help but mutter.

Another team member lowered his voice and said, "I heard from the investigation department that this is called... Yu-Gi-Oh!, it's a card game."

"Yu-Gi-Oh!? Playing cards?" "This doesn't look like playing cards."

"Everyone on high alert!" The captain's deep voice interrupted the discussion. "The technical department just sent word that the barrier's energy level is still rising and could collapse at any moment! Arrange for the evacuation of the civilians!"

Inside the duel arena, Li Guanqi lowered his eyes and looked at the card that had been destroyed in the graveyard.

His eye twitched almost imperceptibly.

"That's spot on! You managed to cut out a moving point."

Off the field, various Yu-Gi-Oh! groups were buzzing with discussion about Blank's first-strike advantage.

"Fellow experts in Fantasy Demonology, what do you think of the finale? Was it tough enough?"

"Not particularly strong, but they deserved to win."

"There are four resistances on the surface. Accelerating the fusion of [Chimera] will draw one or two cards. After drawing, you will have 3 to 4 cards in your hand. It is expected that there will be one or two hand traps, which means there will be 5 to 6 resistances. To pass 5 or 6 resistances with 6 cards, you need some synergy."

"If we had intelligence, going directly through the [Dark Barrier Statue] would be even more disgusting."

"Even if you pass, it won't be of much use. Once you run out of resources, you can at most make one or two counters. But the sister T3 has at least four hands, so its endurance is crushed."

"Why not just connect [Pluto] with [Jiehang]?"

"Doesn't Geka have the [Forest Wolf]?"

"Isn't the [Hades Barrier Wave] supposed to be non-chainable?"

"You are the third person I've heard in the last ten minutes say that [Pluto Barrier Wave] cannot be chained."

"Wait, why are there so many clouds today!"

"I've seen pictures and videos in many non-Yu-Gi-Oh! groups, and they're also being streamed on various platforms."

"The case is solved."

"Thanks to this duel, we are surrounded by casual gamers."

"I just pulled a 'Black Witch' card out of my pocket, which startled the guy next to me. He came up to me and asked if this card could really do 3D projection, and I was silent."

"I fell silent. My girlfriend asked me if playing this was dangerous, and also asked if I had cheated on her."

"Dude, let's chat, but don't unleash your ultimate move."

“If you look at the prices of exchange cards, you’ll be even more silent.”

"Holy crap, the price of [Black Witch] has tripled. That dog's sense of smell is really sharp."

"After Bai Senqun finished his climax, he saw the two [Saints] and the [Black Witch] and couldn't move."

"Aaaaaah, why aren't you playing [Maris]! Aaaaah, I really want to see the animated [White Queen], waaaaah!"

"Ugh, why not play [Gemini]?"

"Why not play Sky Striker? If I could just see Zero, my life would be worth it."

"It's going viral on YouTube too, and Konami can't sit still anymore."

"My turn, draw a card!" Li Guanqi lowered his eyes, his expression unreadable, and calmly drew the top card of his deck.

[Live Stream☆ Twin Princesses]

The touch of my fingertips and the card image came into view in an instant.

In an instant, his tense shoulders relaxed, and his chest, which had been suppressing his breath, finally opened up. Okay!
He didn't laugh. He looked up at the white paper, then silently added the card he had drawn to his hand.

In fact, given Li Guanqi's limited knowledge, he couldn't possibly conjure up the [Twins] deck, because he had never seen the [Twins] magic card. However, this realm of imagination might have a bug, as he could conjure up things he saw in the deep dream.

According to this logic, the accurate statement should be "cannot imagine what has never been seen", rather than "can only imagine what has actually been seen". The former has a broader scope of imagination, including what was witnessed in the state of a remnant soul, or even what was seen in a dream or forcibly memorized.

As long as it's not purely a figment of one's imagination, it can be conjured up in one's mind.

Preparation phase.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi raised his hand and said, "Liberate the [Mirror Sword Knight] on the field and activate its effect."

Special Summon 1 monster other than yourself whose name includes "Fusion" from your Deck.

The familiar scene unfolded once again: the Mirror Sword Knight plunged his sword into the earth, entered a ghostly state, and roared.

It's a familiar scene.

Li Guanqi quickly dropped a card and said, "Chain activation of [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring], negate [Mirror Sword Knight]!"

【Ash Blossom】 flew out of the void in anger, spun in mid-air, and threw a punch at 【Mirror Sword Knight】.

"boom!"

The Mirror Sword Knight's soul was shattered by a single punch.

[Sen'e Wolf Mother] simply watched from the sidelines without intervening. The three colors of Kang are quite important, so she used them cautiously.

Entering the main phase, Li Guanqi quickly picked out a hand of cards and played them: "Normal Summon!"

"【Live Stream☆ Twin Princesses】!"

A flash of light appeared, and a virtual idol dressed in a pink streamer outfit appeared on the scene. She had a cute ponytail and a bright smile on her face, making a heart shape with her hands towards the camera in the virtual space.

The lively and bright art style clashes with the horror movie scene composed of white paper demon wolves, bat ghosts, and black witches, making it seem comical and absurd.

A truly masculine style!
Non-Gemini players outside the game: "."

"As expected, all the cute ones are boys."

[Gemini] Player: "Oh—!!!"

Li Guanqi's furrowed brows relaxed, and he raised his hand, shouting, "Activate the effect of [Live☆Twin Giskiller], Special Summon 1 [Lira] monster from my hand or Deck."

"Chain activation of the Graveyard's [Mirror Sword Knight] effect!" White Paper decisively raised his hand and said, "This card is banished to negate [Live Stream Twins Kiss Gyllenhaal]!"

A flash of sword light shot out from the graveyard, striking directly at [Live Stream☆Twin Princesses Gilles]. [Live Stream☆Twin Princesses Gilles] let out a painful groan, then her face turned red, and she stomped her foot in anger.

Off-site Gemini player: "So cute."

"Ahhh—I'm starting to struggle!"

Li Guanqi's expression remained unchanged as he raised his hand and said, "[Live Stream ☆ Twin Princesses] Set connection marker for single target!"

Virtual and reality form a loop high in the sky, and a square light curtain descends.

【Live Stream☆ Twins Kisskill】Transformed into a red streak of light and flew up onto the light screen, becoming a red arrow pointing to the right.

"Connect Summon!"

"Come on! Link 1, [Evil★Twin Kiskills: Trade]!"

A stream of red light coalesced and took shape, revealing a virtual streamer dressed in a tight black jacket. She also wore pigtails, but her hair was even more vibrant red, and she wore a sly smile. A small, devilish tail swayed gently on her face.

Li Guanqi pointed and said, "Send [Live Stream ☆ Twin Rila - Sweet] from the deck to the graveyard to activate the effect of [Evil ★ Twin Kissgill - Trade]."

The red-haired girl snapped her fingers, and a virtual screen unfolded in front of her. She tapped her finger and dragged a card with a blue-haired girl on it into the recycle bin icon.

"This turn, each time your opponent activates a chain effect of your 'Giskill' or 'Lila' monster, activate this effect and draw 1 card."

The white paper was rubbed between the cards in the hand by fingertips, without any chain.

Li Guanqi flipped his hand and pointed to his graveyard area: "There is a [Giskill] monster on the field. Activate the effect of [Live☆Twin Rila Sweet] in the graveyard!"

"This card—Special Summon!"

A faint light flashed in the graveyard, and a data vortex appeared out of thin air. A blue figure leaped out of it and landed steadily beside the red-haired girl.

One in red, one in blue; one in motion, one still. The two virtual streamers, with their completely different styles, stood side by side, making the entire duel arena more lively.

The off-site group chats and live stream rooms have exploded with excitement.

"I'm new to this game. I have a question. Is it true that in this game, it's popular for boys to play cute characters and girls to play fierce characters?"

"Ah, yes, yes."

"Wake up, there are no female players in this game."

"Isn't that a beautiful woman in the live stream? She looks blind, but she still plays this game even if she's blind, it must be really fun."

"Oh yeah, this game is so much fun."

"To be fair, the woman is indeed beautiful, so why does she play such dark and ferocious decks as [Mega Beasts] and [Saints]?"

"I'm more curious about the guy. All his information has been dug up online. Apart from being good at studying, he doesn't seem to be anything special."

"A guy in a really bad situation, I heard he has delusions."

Li Guanqi looked at the two monsters that had stood up on his field, but his expression did not relax. Instead, he stared at the white paper with a solemn look.

If nothing unexpected happens, she won't let him make the 'coffin' smoothly.

It seems like something is about to happen.

Sure enough, before he could make his next move, Bai Zhi raised her delicate hand and resolutely swung it down.

"Open the cover card——"

Her voice was clear and cold, yet powerful and resonant.

"Quick-attack magic, [Synthetic Beast Fusion]!"

The card flips over, and a purple fusion vortex churns wildly across the field.

"I will use [Chimera the Beast King] and [Black Witch] on the field, as well as [Gazelle the Phantom Claw King] in my hand as fusion materials."

The [Beast King] roared, transforming into a murky mass of energy. The slender [Black Witch] merely glanced at it indifferently before it disintegrated into pure dark magic. A card in the white paper fingertip also turned into specks of light, and the three distinct forces were drawn into the vortex.

"The power of all races will be brought together."

"Fusion! Summon!"

Break free from your shackles!
Bai Zhi raised his hand in contemplation, his tone carrying the authority of a superior.

"Roar!"

"King of Beasts - [Guardian Chimera]!"

Boom!

The fusion vortex suddenly exploded, and a colossal beast stitched together from various creatures descended amidst a deafening roar.

(End of this chapter)