My anime-style card deck is fine!

After seeing a Clefairy secretly starting to stack [Meditate] again, it became even more excited and joined the commentator next to it to start a countdown for the appearance of the Psychic Queen Gardevoir.

As for Gardevoir, he talked on and on, more than I've ever seen him talk so much.

He's definitely a die-hard Gardevoir fan!

And what happened next was exactly as the host had predicted.

Relying on the invincible defense built by the Clefairys, Lillie easily stacked four layers of [Meditation] on one of the Clefairys in just two rounds, and then used [Batter] to Special Summon Gardevoir from her deck.

"[Moon Power]!"

The moon falling from the sky killed the game!

The gardener's lips twitched as he managed a weak greeting to Lillie before descending from the platform, looking bewildered.

"Don't be discouraged, you've already tried your best."

King Kong patted him on the shoulder in comfort, while the gardener shrugged, his face expressionless, but he still tried to appear calm and said that he was used to it.

However, the gardener soon turned around and began to comfort King Kong.

because……

The next one to appear, King Kong, performed even worse than the gardener.

—He didn't even make it to Gardevoir's appearance.

"Pipi, keep using [One More Time]!" On the field, following Lillie's command, Pipi clapped happily at the gorilla in the suit.

Meanwhile, the gorilla in the suit opposite him was sweating profusely.

It kept trembling, but in the end it couldn't help but... unleash a completely useless skill effect.

The next moment, another Pipi wielded the power of the moon and slammed it down on the suit-wearing gorilla, sending him flying. The gorilla was then destroyed and dissipated in mid-air due to its health points reaching zero.

These two have each been enhanced by four levels of [Meditation]. With their offense and defense both reaching new heights, Pipi is holding hands and happily spinning around the field.

Happiness belongs to them, not to King Kong.

There was no way to use any method, so I was forced to keep using the effect that I used last time—but because the effect was not timely, I could only keep using it without any effect.

In the end, all they could do was desperately flail their fists and feet in an attempt to fight back.

but……

Even a rock wall with 5000 attack and defense couldn't break through its defenses, yet a mere suit-wearing gorilla, Pipi and the others could stand still and let him hit them without even scratching them.

"I concede." King Kong walked down from the platform with a sigh.

But they found that there was another person next to the gardener. And the only people who could be here, besides that beast Amon, and those two lazybones Wushanyu and Fanxing, were the examinees who had passed the test.

King Kong also knows this person.

Or rather, it's actually the minority who don't know each other.

Geniuses attract each other because they keep climbing higher, and the top is only so big. They will always meet in various competitions and places.

"You've already tried your best." The gardener suppressed a laugh and returned the words of comfort that King Kong had just given him.

King Kong rolled his eyes, then greeted the person next to him: "Yo, Youyou~ you're here too."

"It's Youyouda."

Tieshan Youyou replied habitually, nodding before saying, "I just arrived, but I didn't expect to see you getting beaten up as soon as I got here."

"...Let's skip this topic."

King Kong scratched his head and looked back at Lillie, who was secretly watching them from a distance—the little girl, blushing as she was discovered, hid behind the Pipis.

You'd never guess that the person who just beat him up (his follower) was the same one.

On the contrary, the pink and tender Pipi had an arrogant expression on its face.

"Then I'll go on stage." Tieshan Youyou, with his dead fish eyes, looked like he hadn't woken up yet, and slowly walked up to the platform. Lillie also noticed that someone was going on stage, so she immediately shook off Pipi beside her, put him back in her hand, and then jogged up to the platform as well.

The duel begins again!

"Activate the field card [Ancient City Remains]." Tieshan Youyou directly played the field card.

Tieshan Youyou's profession is very similar to that of a horticulturist, but compared to a horticulturist who focuses on landscape design, Tieshan Youyou is a civil engineering master!

His deck also relies on various building cards, which are stacked like building blocks to obtain various effects.

The battle was magnificent and spectacular!

However, this time, Lillie did not summon Pippi.

Or rather, only one was summoned.

"Clefairy, use [Help] on Gardevoir!" Clefairy received the command, a ring of shimmering pink light appeared in her hand, and she threw it directly at Gardevoir.

Gardevoir, who was gathering [Moon Power], suddenly saw its Moon Power expand by a large size after receiving Clefairy's help!

Attack power increased by 50%!

The already powerful lunar energy, after being enhanced with assistance, saw its attack power surge to 10,000, once again surpassing the golden line!

The audience outside the venue, as well as the staff and gardeners in the audience, all expressed their numbness.

The golden thread, which was once an insurmountable wall of sighs for others, was like a virgin's genitals to Amon's Pokémon, easily pierced.

"Strong and powerful, strong and powerful!"

The gardener sighed, not optimistic about Tieshan Youyou's chances of winning—the foundation of the building had been destroyed, how could a mere Tieshan Youyou possibly turn the tide?

Neither of the two people in the audience were paying attention to the duel.

Instead, they started chatting casually.

What did they talk about? Of course, it was the story of how Tieshan Youyou got beaten up by his respective Pokémon before he arrived here!

The difference between Tieshan Youyou's deck terminal and the gardener's deck.

The gardener's [Royal Garden] focuses on various effects and negative debuffs, resembling a deep palace, capable of making attacking enemies lose their way and become trapped within it.

Iron Mountain Youyou uses the Floating City deck.

It possesses the grandeur and sheer power of a castle—but that's only true for Silver-level card players.

Although this guy's terminal is comparable to gold, Steelraven's extremely arrogant mode can even beat up gold-level followers!

The floating city that Tieshan Youyou had spent a long time building was demolished on the spot!

"And what about the second challenge?"

King Kong listened with great interest, then began to inquire: "That guy Youyou doesn't have any follower cards in his deck, so those disgusting Poison Spikes effects shouldn't work on him, right?"

"That level has an even more disgusting skill," the gardener said, frowning.

Recalling Tieshan Youyou's constant complaints, he couldn't help but shudder: "You know, [Violent Poison] is a level above [Poisoning]..."

"Okay, stop talking. I will never challenge level 81 in my life."

King Kong interrupted him directly.

The poison effect from the poison darts was already terrifying enough, but I never expected there would be such a master among them!

In the next two stages, without any follower cards, Tessayama Yuu couldn't withstand Laplace's Blizzard combo at all, and he also skipped Twintail Hand, which required follower cards to participate.

Then he encountered Mao.

"Youyou's outcome was, of course, completely unsurprising." The gardener smiled and spread his hands: "She was beaten so badly she couldn't even fight back!"

"Hahaha, no one can escape!"

King Kong also made a gloating sound without any mercy. Just as they were talking, the door behind them was suddenly pushed open again, and a new candidate walked in dejectedly.

As soon as he entered, he saw Tieshan Youyou on the high platform being sent away by a burst of lunar power.

Although Tieshan Youyou's floating city does not require a foundation, it can be built in the air.

but……

No matter how fast he builds, he can't build as fast as Gardevoir can destroy it!

There are no release conditions at all. All you need is a Clefairy cheering you on from behind, and Gardevoir can unleash two Moon Powers with 10,000 attack power each in one turn!

They beat him so badly he was completely disoriented.

"So brutal?!"

The new candidate didn't hesitate to turn around and leave, since there was no requirement to pass each level one by one...

Let's skip this level then!

Chapter 144: Heroes Who Challenge the Demon King!

"Let me go!"

The man who came was a giant, over two meters tall.

It was that mechanical vanguard in the previous war assessment, the one wearing the dark blue mech and who liked to initiate the first attack!

I don't know what this guy ate to grow up like this, but he's two heads taller than his peers. He was already over two meters tall before he even graduated from high school, and it's said that he still has room to grow taller.

But this very person was subdued by the combined efforts of the delicate and frail gardener and the old and weak King Kong!

What sustains them?

Of course it's resentment!

They've already been thoroughly beaten up, how could they let this guy get away!

"You think you can run away now that you're here? No way! Get up here obediently!" The big man was pushed and shoved onto the platform by King Kong and the gardener, while Tie Shan Youyou, who was just about to get down, suddenly lit up and jumped down without hesitation to make way for him.

At the same time, he gave King Kong and the gardener a firm "I understand" look.

King Kong and the gardener watched the warrior leave with resolute eyes, then continued to push the Deep Blue Mechanic they were supporting up.

"..."

Deep Blue Mechanic was speechless.

But looking at the adorable little Lillie across from him, he couldn't say anything. In the end, he could only raise his Duel Disk and say, "Anyway, let's duel."

"A duel!" Lillie's eyes turned serious. "Then, before the duel, let's explain the rules..."