My anime-style card deck is fine!

The gardener was shocked; he hadn't expected that an attack of this scale, the Leaf Storm, could be launched continuously!

"There's no other way... I'll activate the follow-up effect of [Lake Light and Color in the Painting]!" The gardener looked at his hand; none of his three cards could solve this attack.

Although somewhat conflicted, I activated the [Lake Light and Colors Enter the Painting] effect once again.

"After this effect is disabled, the card slot where this card is located will be disabled for this duel and will be considered non-existent according to the duel rules." The Gardener didn't care about anything else and activated the effect directly.

This effect should ideally be combined with other cards, such as Landscape Relocation, to ban the opponent's card slots!

—It is considered non-existent according to the rules.

This is a rather severe penalty, because you can no longer activate effects on this card slot.

Naturally, there is no way to restore the card slot.

"Through this effect, I can return the previously blocked attacks and effects to you!" The gardener pointed to the opposite side, to a corner of the field, where the flower bushes and artificial rockery, bursting with vibrant colors, suddenly exploded.

It was reduced to ruins and rubble.

Bound within it, and howling up from the ruins, was none other than the [Flying Leaf Storm] that had been absorbed and sealed away in the previous round!

“Huff, huff, huff—!!”

“Huff, huff, huff—!!”

Two storms roared up in an area no larger than two basketball courts. The moment they appeared, they collided on the field, the two storms, composed of colorful petals, tearing each other apart.

Ultimately, the two attacks, capable of destroying mountains and altering terrain, were swiftly and easily thwarted.

The gardener finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When he looked up, he saw Mao drawing cards.

"Wait! What are you doing?!" The gardener's lips twitched.

"Drawing cards."

Mao blinked before realizing, "Activating [Leaf Storm] requires discarding two cards from your hand as a price."

Yes, while Pokémon moves have been strengthened, the cost has also increased.

The power of a card player lies in their hand!

The negative effect of Leaf Storm is no longer a decrease in attack power, but rather that the player needs to discard two cards from their hand, making it a Pokémon move with a huge cost!

"???"

The gardener was full of questions. "Do you want to take a look at what you're doing right now?"

So you're discarding two cards from your deck and adding them to your hand?

"However, because of the effect of [Orchid Mantis Flower], this kind of negative effect can be reversed, so I can draw two cards with the [Pokémon] tag!" Mao added cheerfully.

This indicates that he was not talking nonsense, but that it is indeed possible to do so!

"..."

The gardener was at a loss for words.

This efficiency in earning credit cards...

But before he could figure anything out, he saw Mao pull a card from his hand and slap it down. Then, the Wood Demon spewed out a golden ball of light from its hollow trunk.

The ball of light flew directly into the air and transformed into a small sun.

The bright sunshine shone down.

The warm sunlight shone on him, but the gardener only felt that it was a little too bright!

It even reached a chilling level!

"Although [Leaf Storm] can only be used once per turn, it doesn't matter!" Mallow excitedly waved her little fist. Winning her first duel gave her a lot of motivation: "Activate my effect! While I'm on the field, all Grass-type Pokémon on the field can use an extra move!"

"Witness another miracle of life, look up at the sun! Orchid Mantis, use [Sunfire]!"

Before the gardener could react, there was actually nothing he could do.

Once the Royal Gardens deck has established its board presence, its effects accumulate and continuously lock down enemy forces, making it an extremely powerful deck!

but……

The defects are equally significant.

Although the gardeners intended to improve, the initial weaknesses cannot be ignored.

Perhaps this deck can be refined and improved in the future, or even have its shortcomings addressed, but that will definitely not be now!

The exam time was far too short.

Mao's attack was simply too fast and too fierce!

In the end, the gardener could only watch helplessly as the orchid mantis gathered a large amount of golden sunlight in its hand, and then transformed it into a dazzling golden beam of light that swept across the room with a whooshing sound!

The gardener put down the duel disk.

—We lost.

Chapter 140: Endangering Public Safety!

Off the court.

King Kong witnessed the entire scene. Seeing the gardener, clutching his forehead and looking dejected after his defeat, descend from the platform, he pondered for a moment before asking with concern:

"Are you alright, Lao Yuan?"

That being said, the gardener was far from being unaffected.

It has to be said that the gardener was indeed taken aback—although he had experienced the extreme arrogance of Corviknight before, he thought that was just an exceptional case!

result……

Not only is there a Leaf Storm, but there's also a Solar Flare coming up behind it!

That guy Amon actually wrote all the exam answers clearly on the first page!

"I'm fine," the gardener said insincerely.

“…Alright, leave the rest to me.” King Kong couldn’t help but pat the gardener on the shoulder, then walked up to the platform with a somewhat heavy heart.

On the other side, Mao, who was in high spirits because of Lan Tanghua's outstanding performance, calmed down when a new challenger appeared.

Then I saw King Kong's prematurely aged face.

"..." This person is actually a candidate in the same grade as my brother Amon?!

The world's great wonders.

Mao felt that she had really learned something new.

The kind-hearted Miss Mao didn't say anything, but her big, shocked eyes were so clear that she couldn't hide what she was thinking at all. King Kong could tell what Mao was thinking at a glance.

King Kong was too lazy to explain anymore.

He initially grew the beard intentionally to make himself look more mature, but it ended up making him look older and older, until he became too mature.

"Let's skip the rules and get started!"

King Kong raised the Duel Disk.

"Yes!" Mao also raised the Duel Disk. Although he was a follower, as part of the level design, Mao could use the power of the Corridor of All Things to connect and transfer with Amon in other levels, thereby gaining the ability to use the Duel Disk.

Although they are fake duelists, they are enough to be used in this level!

"The duel begins!"

The duel has ended.

Both Mao and King Kong drew cards, but compared to King Kong's five cards, Mao drew six—Amon has one more soul card slot than ordinary people.

However, since Mao himself occupies a card slot, he is actually no different from a regular duelist.

"Hmm?" As soon as he got the card, Mao realized that the Wood Demon was not in his hand.

On the contrary, it was the orchid that got the hang of it.

Mallow's own effect allows her to Special Summon Orchid from the banished zone, graveyard, deck, and hand, but this effect can only be used when Mallow enters the field—and with Mallow being a fixed Examiner, this effect can only be used at the start of the duel.

Therefore, it is obviously more worthwhile to have Orchid Mantis in the deck than to have it in your hand.

At least one more card in hand.

...But that refers to the awkward situation other decks would encounter.

Pokémon decks don't worry about these things. Just look at Mallow, who just drew Lantsurugi from the deck. He just shook the card and Lantsurugi's card art turned into Woodpecker.

Then just add it to your hand like that.

—A certain star who seems to have superpowers and is like a gambling god cheating in a casino.

Of course, this isn't a superpower for Mallow, but rather a special effect of Pokémon:

[Pokémon Holding]!

At the start of a duel, return one card from your hand to your deck and add one Pokémon minion with this effect to your hand.

This effect ensures that a Pokémon deck with only six followers won't be stuck with a dead hand due to an overwhelming number of other Ritual and Spell cards.

This is also one of Pokémon's advantages.

"Summon [Wood Spirit]." Mallow once again played her classic double-spell: "Then activate my effect to Special Summon [Orchid Mantis] from the Deck. Orchid Mantis summoned by my effect gains one Overlord Counter!"

The familiar duo of "rotten wood blossoms" makes another appearance.

However, compared to before, when everyone was more concerned about the ferocious-looking, unapproachable Wood Demon, this time, the audience focused more on the delicate and frail Orchid Mantis Flower.

This seemingly weak woman, who appears to be powerless, is actually a powerful figure capable of unleashing 20,000 points of golden attack!

And the other side.

Vajra had good luck and drew [Vajra Lawyer] directly, summoning him to the field without hesitation.

Meanwhile, the Wood Demon once again used the same trick, taking root in both of them and directly opening up the [Trick Space]!

Meanwhile, the orchid mantis once again unleashed a storm of fluttering leaves!