My anime-style card deck is fine!

By combining the life-draining properties of parasitic seeds, one can still unleash curses at will!

Faced with the curse's life-draining effect and the ever-increasing damage from the Leaf Storm, their territory was struggling to hold out.

This is not because they are not strong enough.

It's because of the national conditions!

Because China's area and population are so vast, duels, in their constant infighting, have evolved and expanded towards special abilities, ultimately becoming less concerned with the offensive and defensive capabilities of followers, and at the point of simply using them as long as they are usable.

But that's the problem!

As is normal, in a typical duel, by the time the opponent's card player summons a card that can break through their minion defenses, they have already built a stronger defense!

After that, all you need to do is easily claim the victory that is rightfully yours.

However, Amon's Pokémon deck does not follow the usual path!

Other card players need two or three turns to summon powerful minions, but Pokémon can summon them directly from the start. Others need to work hard to stack various buffs and spend various resources to enhance their effects, but Pokémon itself has these abilities!

It can be used immediately upon entering the battle, and can be used twice more if a trainer is present!

Add to that the invincible resistance of [Protect], and all sorts of strange and wonderful skill effects, and what makes Pokémon decks so powerful that they remain unshakable to this day!

And that was indeed the case, as the group was talking.

The duel between Bubble Girl and Mao has ended; she was defeated after only two rounds.

This time, instead of using [Orchid Mantis Flower], Mao sent out [Sweet Cold Beauty Queen].

The characteristic of the Sweet Cold Beauty Queen is [Queen's Majesty]!

This is a unique characteristic of the Queen of Sweet Cold Beauty.

Its effect is to force all card effects on the field to activate after itself—simply put, it guarantees to strike first, making everyone follow behind it like a queen!

The power of this effect goes without saying.

Putting everything else aside, a single provocation shuts down all of the opponent's possibilities, leaving them with no option but to attack.

However, Grass-type Pokémon are notoriously difficult to defeat, even if they are not Pokémon or other card decks. They are so tough to deal with that they are impossible to kill!

The curse and parasitism of the Wood Demon, the provocation and trampling of the Queen, and the flying leaf blades of the Orchid Mantis!

These three Pokémon alone have created an impregnable fortress!

A short while later, Zhou Miaomiao arrived with Wu Shanyu. The group greeted each other but didn't engage in much conversation, as they were all feeling exhausted after being defeated one after another.

No more nonsense, let's get started!

The four newcomers took turns on the field. Although the painter had impressive special abilities, his basic offense and defense were too weak. He was easily defeated by Lillie's Pokémon, which broke through his defenses and took him out in one fell swoop.

They couldn't even last until the second round.

Next up is another me, although this guy can transform into a follower and personally take the stage.

However, the price of personally taking the field was that the command was not timely, and he could not have a comprehensive view of the field like Lillie. Although he obtained the same skills and attributes as Gardevoir, he still failed to break through Clefairy's defenses.

"I value his transformation ability too much."

Wu Shanyu, sitting below the stage, had no intention of competing and couldn't help but let out a soft snort as he watched Shi Lingwo's defeat.

The complete transformation looks impressive, but a card master isn't a warrior!

The battles between card masters are more like those between summoners. The essence of the battle is to drive the collision between one's own 'world' and the 'world' of others. Although I have the ability to imitate the 'world' of others, it is ultimately not my own!

Moreover, even the card maker himself cannot say that he fully understands himself.

How can someone like me completely imitate others?

A defeat without a doubt.

After I left the stage, Zhou Miaomiao and Jia Ying, who came on next, were also defeated one after another. Although they were both Silver-ranked, they did not have any special abilities and were just average Silver-ranked card masters.

There was simply no way to break through the Pipis's defense.

However, after several challenges, everyone gained some understanding of the Fairy-type Pokémon deck that Lillie possessed.

Basically, it's just those three tricks!

Clefairy builds up its defenses, then uses a special effect to transfer its own buffs to Gardevoir or Sylveon—it's that simple and straightforward.

but……

Can't get through!

Lillie's deck has four Clefairys, and the rest are Gardevoir and Sylveon.

Lillie, being just a Pokémon student, wasn't good at all the fancy moves, so Amon simply didn't give her a chance to change her moves and just played by following the template. It was definitely a deck that even grandma could play!

But purity and simplicity do not mean weakness!

Once the most basic offense and defense are improved to a certain level, all other effects and defenses are just paper tigers.

Lillie doesn't need to do anything. All she needs to do is wait for Clefairy to finish its power-up, then switch in Gardevoir or Sylveon using Baton Pass, and she'll win!

There's nothing else to it, it's simply because of its extremely powerful attack capabilities!

—A complete defeat!

After the paleontologists came down from the platform, Wu Shanyu's face was filled with uncontrollable mockery.

Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her and moved on to the next level.

And the next level...

There was no next challenge. Since everyone was alive, I volunteered and excitedly went up on stage to take on the challenge. After that, everyone tacitly ignored this challenge and chose to skip it.

beat? how to spell?

The long-haired troll's [High Five Surprise Attack] combined with [Fake Kneeling, Real Collision] can kill the game before the duel even begins. As the opponent, I can't even draw a card and I lose just like that!

As the crowd surged in, little Mary, who had been eager to make a good impression, watched as the group dispersed once again.

I was suddenly at a loss.

Why have they all left?

"...Did I do something wrong?" Mary pulled out a mirror, looked at her unsmiling self in the mirror, held up two fingers, and adorably tugged at the corners of her mouth.

Sure enough, it must be because he wasn't smiling!

Come on, Mary, you need to become popular!

After Mary in level 86, comes Violet in level 87.

The paleontologist had just left and was surprised to return so soon, which made him sigh. Then he remembered something and was about to return to level 80 when he saw the door open.

King Kong, Tieshan Youyou, the gardener, and the Deep Blue Mechanic walked out with dark faces.

Surrounding paleontologists.

"Finally found you, Grandpa Gu." The gardener clenched his fist.

"We've been waiting for you for so long!" The Deep Blue Mechanic grabbed the Paleontologist by the neck, his gaze cold and menacing. "And you, you just ran off with the others!"

"Do you have any further explanation? Since the defendant has no objection, this court hereby pronounces the death sentence on the defendant!"

King Kong, holding a judge's gavel, declared: "Execution immediately!"

"No, the death penalty is too much!"

"Then Aruba."

"...I still choose the death penalty."

"Objection invalid!"

Finally, the paleontologist managed to avoid the punishment of Aruba by treating everyone to a meal, and then, as if nothing had happened, he began to mingle with the crowd.

The first to take on the challenge was still the other me.

This guy has already entered the game.

"You've already tried this level before, right?" Wu Shanyu asked curiously. She had come over after her best friend entered and hadn't been able to keep up with the other people's challenges.

However, they did know about Tieshan Youyou and the others' plans.

Since the paleontologists had been hanging out with them before, it's clear that they had already finished their challenge before coming to them.

"Ah, this is a very troublesome hurdle."

The paleontologist's face darkened. He certainly wouldn't forget the battle that had just ended, not to mention that the insect had left a very deep impression on him!

Shedding Skin Ninja...

"Flying, Rock, Ghost, Fire, Dark—if you don't have cards with these attributes, I think you should give up." The paleontologist glanced at the field.

As expected, Violet on the opposite side summoned Scizor and Shedinja.

As expected, I chose to transform into a scythe.

In that instant, the paleontologist knew that this guy was doomed, and even Jesus couldn't save him!

—Because Jesus is a fairy (light) attribute, it has no effect on the Shedding Skin Ninja!

Chapter 156: Dead!

"Bang——!"

The bullet-shaped punch was once again blocked by the Shedding Skin Ninja.

When Seijin transformed into a scyther, I couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy. Although his full transformation ability was powerful, he could only use it once per duel!

If you are using your original deck.

He could use other cards to increase the number of transformations, but those types of cards were too troublesome and rare, and even he himself didn't know how to make them.

The cards I saved before were just lucky finds, created by chance.

But no matter what, he doesn't have it now!

The Scizor opposite me, looking exactly like me, calmly stacked [Swords Dance]. As someone with the same ability, I naturally knew how powerful this buff skill was!

But he was helpless.