Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"【Sin-World】..." Wang Yang frowned, "It's just a Field Spell Card, so what exactly is this ominous feeling..."

"The Duel Monsters that destroyed the world are undoubtedly beings that bear the sins of humanity, and the [Sin] deck I use is the best proof of that." Paradox raised the Duel Disk in his hand. "To be my enemy is, in a sense, to be my enemy, the history of Duel Monsters, a history full of sin."

"While [Sin-World] is on the field, I can forgo drawing a card during each draw phase and instead add a random [Sin] card from my deck to my hand."

Paradox raised his head proudly, eager to hear the praise from the few people before him who could be considered "ancient people" to him.

The unique feature of the "Sin" deck he uses is that it can send powerful monsters that originally required certain conditions to be summoned directly to the graveyard, thereby Special Summoning "Sin" monsters with the exact same combat power and even inheriting the same special abilities.

For example, to summon Cyber ​​Ender Dragon in the normal way, you need to collect three Cyber ​​Dragons as Fusion Material and one Fusion Card. However, the Sin-Cyber ​​Ender Dragon created by stealing Cyber ​​Ender Dragon can be Special Summoned directly by sending Cyber ​​Ender Dragon from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard.

It can summon a powerful monster with 4000 attack power and defense penetration without even needing to use its normal summon slot. It's incredibly strong.

However, Paradox also remembered an old proverb that had been passed down for a long time: "Powerful cards are often accompanied by risks." The drawback of the [Sin] monsters, whose summoning conditions are so simple, is that if [Sin-World] is not present, the [Sin] monsters will self-destruct. In addition, their special summons can only be sent from the "Deck" to the Graveyard.

Thinking of this, Paradox glanced with some disdain at the [Sin - Blue-Eyes White Dragon] in his hand and the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] he had obtained from an old man named "Muto Sugoroku" in the future relative to the present era.

Quite subtly, Paradox inadvertently found himself in an awkward situation known as "high-star starting hand." He had only collected one copy of [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], and when it was accidentally drawn into his hand, [Sin - Blue-Eyes White Dragon] became useless. It was unclear whether it was due to his own luck or a problem with [Blue-Eyes White Dragon].

Speaking of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon held by Sugoroku Muto, whose card was stolen by Paradox, was in a damaged state and could not originally be used to duel monsters. However, because Paradox developed a card transfer technology specifically for obtaining powerful monsters, he successfully transferred the damaged Blue-Eyes White Dragon into a normal card.

However, Paradox waited for a long time but did not hear any exclamation from any of the people below.

It wasn't that nobody spoke, it's just—

"Huh? Is that all?" Jaden scratched his head, puzzled. "Isn't there any more complicated effects? Like, your monster can increase its attack power by 1000 points when attacking a monster with higher attack power?"

"Although it's called [Sin-World], which sounds cool and the special effects look impressive, the actual effect is pretty lackluster." Hayato shrugged, looking like he didn't take [Sin-World] seriously.

"You guys don't know anything!?" Paradox wished he could grab the group by the collar and explain in detail how important [Sin-World] is to the [Sin] deck. Just the fact that it ensures you won't have a bad hand next is already very useful, okay?

However, before he could explain, Hayato's words dealt him a fatal blow.

"Random card draw, and then restricting yourself from drawing cards other than [Sin], sounds pretty useless. After all, don't true duelists get whatever they want to draw?"

Muto, a nonsensical gamer: "Indeed."

Yu Cheng, the God of Draws, Judai: "That's right."

Immovable Inka Yusei: "Yes, yes, yes."

Why are these ancient people so pretentious? Paradox's mood grew increasingly annoyed. He snorted coldly, too lazy to continue talking to them, and went on with his own round.

“Although it’s just a piece of paper for now, it’s not entirely useless. I included this card in my deck precisely because I anticipated this situation.” Paradox inserted a card into the Spell & Trap Zone. “Activate the Normal Spell Card, ‘Discount Shopping,’ discard a Level 8 monster from my hand, and then draw two cards from my deck.”

"What I'm going to discard is the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] in my hand, and then I'll draw a card."

"It's Kaiba's [Blue-Eyes]!?" Yugi was quite shocked that Paradox possessed [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]. He had forgotten about it before because it hadn't been mentioned again, but now Yugi remembered that among the materialized monsters that attacked the Duel Monster Tournament venue half an hour later was [Blue-Eyes White Dragon].

"That's right, I told you so. My deck contains the strongest Duel Monster cards from various eras. Although the Blue-Eyes White Dragon is just a regular monster with 3000 ATK, it was indeed the strongest in the history of Duel Monsters at a certain period."

"In that case, I certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity to take it into my hands, and naturally I would also defeat the guy who was blocking my way."

Paradox did not clarify the misunderstanding in the game. After all, one was snatching a Blue-Eyes card that had been torn in half from a helpless old man, while the other was taking the precious ace card from the legendary duelist Seto Kaiba. Obviously, the latter had more face.

Besides, he hadn't lied; he had indeed defeated the old man blocking his way. As for whether Yugi and the others interpreted the "guy blocking their way" as "Seto Kaiba," that was their own problem.

“I never expected that even Kaiba would…” Yugi’s expression was quite serious. “It seems we have to be careful, otherwise we might repeat Kaiba’s mistakes.”

However, another question arises in the game: "The cost of discarding cards plus the cards drawn are limited to level 8 monsters, so in the end you only draw two cards."

"It's not as efficient as [Angel's Charity] in terms of graveyard clearing, and it's not as cost-effective as [Pot of Greed] in terms of card draw. Like that field spell card [Sin-World], it's a card with unclear purpose."

This time, Paradox didn't need to say anything. Ten, who was standing next to the game, spoke up for him and said, "No, if possible, it would be better to use cards like [Angel's Charity] and [Pot of Greed], but it's not that we don't want to, it's that we can't."

"Although I'm not entirely sure what the future banned/limited card list will look like, Pot of Greed was already a limited card when I was in school, and in my second semester at Duel Academy, it was even put into the banned/limited card blacklist."

"In my time, there was a watered-down version of 'Angel's Charity,' called 'Angel's Baton,' which involved drawing two cards and discarding one. However, cards like 'Angel's Charity' and 'Pot of Greed' have been banned for decades."

Yusei also explained the future situation: "Although the Duel Disk allows the use of these two cards, they are discontinued, and the newest ones are antiques from decades ago, all of which are privately collected."

Using antique cards to play cards is like using a centuries-old antique bowl to serve food—it's excessively extravagant, and no one would do something so careless as to not cherish the cards.

However, in this era, there seem to be plenty of [Pot of Greed] and [Angel's Charity] cards circulating in the market. Yusei thought to himself, then his eyes lit up. If he brought back some "souvenirs" on his way back, wouldn't that be...?

“Then I’ll draw two cards.” Paradox didn’t pay much attention to the communication between the other players. Instead, he drew two cards on his own and couldn’t help but smile smugly when he saw the cards he had drawn.

“Then, I will send the Cyber ​​Ender Dragon from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard.” The purple Cyber ​​Ender Dragon was pushed into the Graveyard by Paradox, and behind him, the ultimate technique of “Cyber ​​Stream”—the Cyber ​​Ender Dragon—emerged.

"They actually abandoned their old friend [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] right from the start," Hayato raised an eyebrow. "And they sent it to the graveyard instead of excluding it. It looks like things are going to get a bit complicated."

"Come forth, [Sin-Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon]!"

With a shout from Paradox, several bolts of black lightning converged around the [Electronic Terminator Dragon], creating several pieces of pitch-black armor that ruthlessly embedded themselves into its body, ignoring the struggling [Electronic Terminator Dragon].

Then, black lightning surged forth, engulfing the entire body of the [Electronic Terminator Dragon], and the eye monitors glowing in its three heads went out. But in the next instant, all six eyes simultaneously lit up with a scarlet light.

"Gahoo!!!"

【Sin - Electronic Terminator Dragon】【10☆/Dark】

[Machine Race/Special Summon/Effect]

[4000/2800]

"Mada Mada! I'm going to send the [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon] from my deck to the graveyard again, the second [Sin] monster, [Sin God - Rainbow Dragon]!"

Just like with [Cyber ​​Ender Dragon], Paradox sent [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon], which he had retrieved from his deck, to the graveyard. And next to [Sin - Cyber ​​Ender Dragon], [Sin God - Rainbow Dragon] appeared in the same way.

【Sin God - Rainbow Dragon】【10☆/Dark】

[Dragon/Special Summon/Effect]

[4000/0]

“John and Caesar’s cards! And they’ve all been dyed black, and even their attributes have changed to dark!” Jaden stared wide-eyed at the two Paradoxes that had been taken from his friend and whose appearances had been altered to look completely different from their former selves.

"Their attack and defense are the same as the original monster, so maybe even the effects will be..."

Even from a distance, the sharp-eyed gamer noticed that the attack and defense values ​​on the cards [Cyber ​​Dragon] and [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon] were equal to those of the two monsters in front of him.

Although Paradox's movements were so swift that the effects of the two monsters sent to the graveyard couldn't be clearly seen, the game, because it connected with a certain person, speculated that these two "Sin" monsters might have inherited the effects of the original monsters.

Meanwhile, Yugi, the protagonist of Millennium Puzzle, couldn't help but complain to Yami Yugi outside: "He takes other people's monsters, transforms them into similar monsters in a different state, and doesn't even change their effects, attack power, or defense."

"I suddenly have a feeling that Paradox's motives for killing Pegasus are not so pure. Is it really just that he wants to change the future, or does he think that he and Pegasus have the same style of fighting monsters?"

"Could it be that after the [Sin] Monster is destroyed, he'll pull out [Narcissus] like he did after Pegasus' [Cartoon] Monster was countered, and pull out some other 'true trump card' or something?"

Chapter 494 Go, slap him twice.

【Sin - Electronic Terminator Dragon】【ATK4000】

【Sin God - Rainbow Dragon】【ATK4000】

"Summoning two monsters with 4000 attack power in one turn is a bit too much," Yusei said, frowning.

In his era, although there were some high-attack decks, most of them had already rotated out of Standard. More decks focused on smooth development, summoning multiple monsters in one turn, defending against the opponent's attacks, and interrupting the opponent's development.

Rather than summoning a powerful monster, it was more common in his era to summon several monsters of slightly lower strength, in case the main monster was defeated and the player was rendered powerless.

Most standard terminal monsters have an attack power of around 2000. A monster with an attack power of 3000 is considered a powerful attacker. For example, Yusei's friend and rival, Jack Atlas, has a ace monster called "Crimson Dragon" with an attack power of 3000. It also has the powerful effect of destroying all of the opponent's defense position monsters when it destroys a defense position monster.

However, Paradox managed to summon two powerful monsters with an attack power 1000 points higher than that of the Crimson Dragon almost without any cost. Judging from Mr. Game's mutterings, those two monsters might even inherit their original powerful effects.

That's a bit too much of a cheating, isn't it?

"Hmph, this is the [Sin] deck. The [Sin] monsters I use symbolize the darkness and evil hidden behind Duel Monsters. As the desires in people's hearts increase endlessly, [Sin] monsters even transcend the original limits of Duel Monsters and can be summoned without any cost."

Paradox seemed quite pleased with Yusei's expression. Compared to older figures like Hayato Kobayashi, Yugi Muto, and Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, whom "that person" hailed as the most promising savior, was certainly more pleasing to the eye.

However, even if it is Fudo Yusei, he cannot, will not, and will never become a stumbling block for me.

"Both [Cyber ​​Ender Dragon] and [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon] have their own troublesome summoning conditions, but [Sin] monsters can bury them directly in the graveyard and Special Summon them from my hand."

"Since you insist on stopping me, at least defeat my [Sin-Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] and [Sin God-Rainbow Dragon] on the field first, and show me your resolve!"

Paradox said, keeping one monster card in his hand besides the [Sin - Blue-Eyes White Dragon] which was stuck there, and inserting another card into his Spell & Trap Zone. "Because it's the first turn, I can't have my Battle Phase, so after setting one card face down, my turn ends."

Paradox: 16000LP, 2 cards in hand

【Sin - Electronic Terminator Dragon】【ATK4000】

【Sin God - Rainbow Dragon】【ATK4000】

【GaiKa】

Location: [Sin-World]

"There are two level 10 monsters, but none of them have the invincible Gusta's ultimate cannon, otherwise it would be a fatal blow." Hayato casually said, looking at Yusei beside him, "Yusei, go, slap him twice."

"Hmm? Does that mean I should go first?" Yusei tried to understand Hayato's meaning, nodded, and said to Yugi and Jaden, "Everyone, watch my duel!"

"Hey, good luck, Yusei!" Jaden cheered for Yusei. "You have to at least beat them to a pulp ten times to avenge the loss of your precious card."

"Be a little careful of the opponent's possible counterattacks. Because of the characteristics of the [Sin] monster, the opponent is very likely to set up matching traps," the game player warned.

Yusei nodded, then turned around and took a step forward, looking up at Paradox in the sky: "Although it is said that the future world will be destroyed because of the rampant desires of mankind, how can we deny the past because of the future?"

"I will shatter your world-destroying delusions. Draw a card!"

Yusei adds a card to his hand and activates it immediately: "First is the Normal Spell Card [Tune]. This card can add one [Synchronizer] monster directly from my Deck to my hand, and in exchange, the top card of my Deck is sent to the Graveyard."

"I'm going to add [Junk Synchron] to my hand from my deck."

"Next, I activate the effect of [Unknown Synchron] in my hand. If there is a monster on my opponent's field and I have no monsters on my field, I can Special Summon it directly from my hand!"

As Yusei placed a card on the Duel Disk, an eyeball-shaped mechanical monster appeared out of thin air on his field, its amber pupils seemingly taking in everything.

[Unknown Synchron] [1☆/Dark]

[Mechanical Race/Adjustment/Effect]

[0/0]

"Wow, that's powerful! Its attack and defense are both 0, and it has the same effect as [Cyber ​​Dragon]!" Jaden was very interested in the future monster Yusei was using. "However, 'Adjustment' is..."

"Tuner Monsters will be a fairly important type of card in future Duel Monster deck building, because decades later a special summoning method called 'Synchro Summon' will be popular," Yusei explained to Jaden, who looked at him with a "I'm very curious" expression.

"Similar to a ritual summon, if you have both Tuner and non-Tuner monsters on the field, you can perform a Synchro Summon as long as the total star rating reaches a specific level."

"Compared to rituals and fusion with fixed arrangements, Synchro Summoning has more lenient conditions."

"That sounds like a really interesting summoning method. It's a shame I can't experience it in the future," Yugi said with some regret.

Although we don't know exactly when "Synchro Summoning" will be available in the future, judging from Jaden's performance, it won't be available for at least ten years.