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Chapter 436 Albus: Reincarnated just now, and a new card appears right after?

"You...you can see me?"

As soon as Axelcia uttered the words, she abruptly covered her mouth.

It’s over.

Alarm bells rang in her mind, and Shen Shen's admonishing face kept flashing in her mind.

"Don't create unnecessary complications and get entangled in unnecessary karma!"

She frantically clicked "Show Busy," and while her virtual avatar was idling, she ripped off her helmet.

"I was seen!" Her voice was strained and trembling slightly.

"They saw us? That doesn't make sense." Albus frowned. "Didn't Sister Shen Shen say that Dragon-level access is very rare? There are only a dozen or so in the whole world, what are the chances of that?"

“But she saw me! And she even talked to me!” Axelcia was so anxious that she spun around in circles. “The skin of a little girl who looked about ten years old.”

"BUG?" Albus offered a dubious guess.

"Do you think this is scrap metal from four hundred years ago?!"

Axelia yelled and contacted Shen Shen in the control room: "Supervisor, someone in the metaverse has discovered us. What should we do?"

A short while later, Shen Shen quickly replied: "Have Xia Sheng report this to the authorities. You guys keep going, I'm busy right now."

"You two have successfully reincarnated, and new cards have been released."

"I'm making cards now, like 'White Dragon's Fallen Heir' and 'Black Dragon's Acrisia.' I'll check out the effects later."

"A new card?!" (X2) Albus and Excalibur exclaimed at the same time, unable to hide their excitement.

"I was just reincarnated, and now I have a new card!"

"Great--"

The commotion startled Xia Sheng, who was resting with his eyes closed. He opened his eyes, looked at the two startled 'ancient people', and calmly asked, "What's wrong?"

Albus briefly recounted the events, including the metaverse and the new card.

Xia Sheng's relaxed expression faded, and he became serious.

He paused for two seconds, then decisively said, "Send me the locations of your nodes."

Albus was taken aback: "Then... how should we respond? We can't just leave them hanging, can we? They're someone important."

"Keep the conversation casual," Xia Sheng said calmly. "Randomly ask questions, but be careful not to mention anything about the underworld."

"Received." Albus took a deep breath, took the helmet and put it on, like a brave warrior about to go into battle.

Axelasia is a chatterbox; she can talk for ages with cute little girls, so it's best if he handles this.

At the same time, Xia Sheng also put on his helmet and, based on the location information sent by Axelia, created a new account and logged in directly at that node.

hum-

Xia Sheng's consciousness entered the metaverse, and the next second, it was overwhelmed by the roaring crowd and noise.

The arena was completely surrounded by a dense array of virtual avatars with various IDs.

He frowned, then skillfully operated the system interface, enabling advanced blocking.

The whole world is quiet now.

"Give my friends some visibility access," Xia Sheng's voice rang out in the room.

"Okay." Albus responded immediately, adding the friend to the whitelist in the block list.

The next moment, a figure wearing the [Iron Beast Flame Girl] Prestige skin appeared in Xia Sheng's field of vision.

His gaze swept across the room, then settled on the little girl sitting quietly next to Kit's skin.

Skin clearly visible – [Asteria in the White Forest].

“Asteria…”

Xia Sheng's pupils contracted slightly, and he muttered to himself.

This skin holds extraordinary significance in the metaverse; it's the only skin without multiple versions and the only skin without special effects.

Just as the signature says: "Clean and white, simple and peaceful."

In terms of commemorative value, all the skins in the store combined can't compare to this ordinary original skin.

This is the skin chosen by Bai Jian'an, the first user in the history of the metaverse.

It is also the top-selling item in the entire mall to date.

A little girl who can see them and is using this skin...

Things are more complicated than I imagined.

Xia Sheng controlled his virtual avatar and instead of heading straight for Albus, he strolled around the area at a leisurely pace.

Like a passerby drawn by the duel, he surveyed the arena with interest, finally stopping casually next to [Iron Beast Flame Girl], forming a subtle triangular position with [White Forest Asteria].

Albus was racking his brains to find a topic: "Hey, do you think that son-in-law in the second round will let the Palace Master go first?"

He tried to make his tone sound gossipy and natural, just like Axelcia usually did.

"Maybe." [Asteria] lowered her head, her voice flat, focused on the notebook on her lap, seemingly unconcerned about the epic battle on the field, as if she were just a record-keeping tool.

“Hey passerby, just arrived.” Xia Sheng interjected, glancing at the dueling arena before turning back to Albus. “What’s going on? From what you’re saying, there’s some talk about letting someone go first?”

Albus thought to himself, "Good brother," finally he didn't have to awkwardly chat alone anymore.

He immediately got into the zone and vividly explained, "You're too late! In the first round, the Silver City Palace Master's [Fire Furnace] sent [Ancient Vanguard] directly to the graveyard, triggering the effect of [Absolute King]. The whole operation was so smooth that the Silver City Son-in-Law had just summoned [Sacrifice Demon Lotus] and didn't even have a chance to activate its effect before being taken down at full health!"

"The Palace Master of Silver City won before it was even his turn. He's incredibly strong!"

"You won before it was your turn?" Xia Sheng feigned surprise perfectly, but his eyes kept glancing at the little girl next to him.

Asteria ignored their conversation and continued to quietly write and draw in her notebook.

what is that?
Xia Sheng and Albus exchanged a knowing glance, then casually adjusted their angles to try and see the contents of the notebook.

However, no matter from which angle they peered at it, the handwriting on the notebook was as if viewed through frosted glass, distorted and blurry, with even the outlines of the strokes indistinguishable.

Not right.

This is definitely not a normal privacy setting.

In reality, Xia Sheng pressed the mute button on the side of his helmet, his voice very low: "Can you see that?"

Albus next door shook his head, looking puzzled: "I can't see it, there's interference, this isn't right."

"Sister Shen said that even if Dragon-level users guard against each other, they can still apply for access, but I haven't seen it at all."

Hearing this, Xia Sheng frowned even more deeply.

On the other side, in the dueling arena, the blue team...

With only one minute left before the deadline for changing sideboards, the Silver City Palace Master was still scratching his head, trying to figure out what to do with his deck.

She looked at Arias and Ariana, lowered her voice, and asked mysteriously, "Do you think he's really going to pull an abstract move and let me go first? Should we play [Absolute King]?"

Arias calmly analyzed the situation, only to be completely bewildered: "Knowing we're using [Silver City], why let us go first? So kind?"

Ariana, standing nearby, held her hands to her heart and tilted her head in thought: "If we go first, the traps we set in the first round can be activated in the second round. We can win without using [Absolute King]."

"Your Highness, trust the deck!" She grasped the Palace Master's hand, her expression earnest.

"Yes! Trust the deck!" The Silver City Palace Master gripped the deck in his hand, his gaze sharpening once more.

She took a deep breath and stood up.

At the other end of the dueling arena, Li Guanqi saw her stand up, raised an eyebrow, and had a faint smile on his face: "All changed?"

The Palace Master of Silver City didn't say anything, but walked straight into the dueling arena.

The two stood still, and the duel disks on their arms unfolded at the same moment, with a crisp mechanical sound echoing throughout the arena.

"duel!"

"duel!"

In an instant, system light effects converged in a row on the virtual arena between the two players. [Priority belongs to the red team]

【Please choose the order of attack】

All eyes instantly focused on Li Guanqi.

Having been defeated in the first round in the previous game, he now has the first turn. Logically, Silver City is a deck heavily reliant on traps and lacks the ability to attack later, so he should go first. However, Silver City Lord just demonstrated the consequences of going first.

"All those 'Heavenly Cup Dragon,' 'Cyber ​​Dragon,' 'Lightning Princess,' 'Blue-Eyes Inspiration,' and 'Source Number' are just fake counter-attack strategies. A true counter-attack doesn't even allow the opponent to enter the main phase." In the deathly silence of the entire arena, Li Guanqi's voice rang out clearly.

"I choose to attack from behind."

Upon hearing this, the entire dueling arena froze for a second before erupting into chaos!

"The son-in-law finally compromised."

"If the Palace Master attacks first, it will be difficult to kill him directly without the trap of the [Absolute King]."

"Nonsense! Silver City has already attacked first. Are you sure Wu Gai won't scare you to death?"

"Nonsense! If the son-in-law gets an extra draw after the initial attack, and it's a side game, what if you draw a [Lightning Storm] and you don't pee anymore?"

"Fight! Fight!"

Amid the clamor, Albus lowered his voice: "They really let Silver City get ahead."

Xia Sheng did not respond, but simply looked at the two duelists on the field.

Attacking Silver City later is not impossible, provided that your deck has absolute breakthrough capabilities.

This guy is either a madman, or... he has absolute self-confidence.

Xia Sheng glanced at the quiet little girl again out of the corner of his eye.

The entire venue erupted in cheers, but her area remained eerily silent, like an isolated island.

Asteria kept her head down, oblivious to the surrounding noise, her pen sliding smoothly across the notebook as if everything outside was irrelevant to her.

“She didn’t react at all.” Albus noticed this as well, his tone surprised. “Such strong mental fortitude.”

"Let's watch the duel first." Xia Sheng turned his head and said softly, "Find a high-profile chain and then talk to her about the duel."

On the dueling field, the Palace Master of Silver City recovered from his initial shock, and his expression became solemn.

She took a deep breath and drew her first five cards.

"My turn!"

Upon seeing the five cards drawn, the Palace Master's eyes widened.

very good!

No matter what schemes or tricks you have, dare to give way to me? You'll be stepping into a trap and turning into a pig's head!

"I summon this monster!" The Silver Castle Lord slammed down a card. "Appear! [Ariana, the Summoner of the Silver Castle]!"

As the light converged, a charming figure dressed in a black and white maid dress and carrying a silver tray appeared on the field.

"[Ariana]'s effect activated!"

"Add one 'Rapilins' Labyrinth' card from your deck to your hand, excluding 'Ariana'."

Li Guanqi watched quietly without making any reaction.

"Hmm?" The Palace Master of Silver City glanced at him suspiciously when he didn't move.

A quick, no-pit rush? Or are they waiting for me?

Without further thought, she picked out a card from the high-speed search deck.

"I've added [The Mad Clock of the Silver City] to my hand."

Immediately afterwards, she picked up a card with her fingertips and sent it to the grave without even looking at it.

"Discard the card 'Clockwork of the Silver City' from your hand and activate its effect! If you control a 'Labyrinth of Rapils' monster this turn, you can activate one Normal Trap Card during the turn it is set."

In the audience area, all 10,000 city guards trembled.

"Here it comes! The most classic combo from Silver City!"

On the dueling field, the Silver City Palace Master's offensive continued.

"I send the [Fire-Blowing Furnace] from my hand to the graveyard, and at the same time, I discard another card from my hand, [Ancient Vanguard], to activate the effect of [Fire-Blowing Furnace]!"

Her speech became faster and faster, and her actions flowed smoothly.

"From the deck, set [Rabillins' Labyrinth Welcome, Welcome, Big Welcome] to the field!"

A streak of purplish-black light flashed, and a card phantom heavily covered her back row, emanating a red aura.

"In this moment!"

The Palace Master of Silver City suddenly swung his arm, pointing towards his own burial ground.

"Activate the [Ancient Vanguard]'s grave-sending effect!"

"Both players send the top five cards of their decks to the graveyard!"

"Chain two!"

"Activate another effect of [Mad Clock] in the Graveyard, and return this card from the Graveyard to my hand!"

Albus's pupils contracted slightly: "Such a smooth unfolding... Searching, summoning, earning cards, recycling resources, all done in one go. This Palace Master's proficiency is a bit terrifying."

Xia Sheng didn't speak, but stared intently at the cemetery area on both sides.

Five cards were discarded...

This is a huge test for any deck.

"Whoosh—" Both the red and blue teams piled up five cards in their decks.

【Asteria】Looking at the card phantoms floating in mid-air, she lowered her head and wrote furiously, quickly writing down the cards involved.

"Such fast recording." Xia Sheng noticed this and couldn't help but strike up a conversation, his tone as natural as an old friend, "Are you a writer?"

Asteria paused for a moment, then nodded slightly without answering, the meaning of which was unclear.

On the duel field, the Silver Palace Master flipped over her hand: "Activate the effect of the card 'Silver Princess of the Labyrinth Castle' in my hand, Special Summon this card!"

“Then—” she suddenly waved her hand, “open the cover card and activate the trap!”

"【Welcome, welcome, and a huge welcome to the Labyrinth of Labyrinth!】"

A pure white crystal door, emitting light, slowly opened.

"Special Summon 1 'Labyrinth' monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard, and then—"

"There will be no more after this." Li Guanqi smiled faintly, discarding a card. "Chain activation, [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]!"

"Invalid! [Labyrinth Labyrinth Welcome, Welcome, Great Welcome!]"

"Close the door, no welcome!"

"No!!" The Palace Master of Silver City clutched his head in despair, losing all his dignified bearing as the ruler of a city.

【Gray Flow & Beauty】invalid 【Great Welcome】, it's ostensibly a one-for-one exchange.

In reality, if [Grand Welcome] fails to pass, [Rabillins] cannot be released, resulting in one less card being destroyed, which is a loss. [Silver Princess] is stuck at the wrong time and cannot be deployed, resulting in another loss.

The fire-breathing furnace in the cemetery didn't come back, another loss.

[Rabillins] couldn't reclaim the graveyard trap, so we lost another one.

This [Grey Flow] will at least make her lose four resource points.

【Ashfall】 flew out of the void, her eyes sharp, and rushed toward the opening crystal door, exhaling a long breath before slamming her fist down.

At the critical moment, the Palace Master of Silver City gritted his teeth and pointed to the graveyard: "Chain activation of the graveyard [Arias] effect."

"Special Summon this card!"

(End of this chapter)