Duels should be played with a smile.

"Because your own monster was destroyed, your Cerberus's attack power was reduced, and you also lost your Equip Trap Card, so your Cerberus has no resistances! I don't even need to do anything; I can just launch an attack and win immediately!"

"but!"

"As payment for destroying my Blue-Eyes White Dragon, I will defeat you with this monster!"

"Bear the wrath of the ultimate dragon!"

The card I retrieved using Blue-Eyes Dragon from the Abyss in my last turn is the Ultimate Dragon I'm using to seize victory right now!

"Pure white power contained within the source of infinite time, raise your wings that tremble amidst the intertwining echoes of souls, and emerge from the azure abyss! White Dragon with Abyss Eyes!"

At the edge of time and space, in the azure abyss, the pure white dragon, who exists as the guardian of all blue-eyed dragons, finally flapped her blessed wings and descended here, carrying the power of all blue-eyed dragons.

"When the White Dragon of the Abyss descends, you must bear the wrath of all the dragons in the graveyard!"

"When a face-up 'Blue-Eyes' monster you control is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon this card from your hand and inflict damage to your opponent equal to 600 for each type of Dragon monster in your Graveyard."

"My grave contains four types of dragon monsters: an ancient white stone, a white spirit dragon, a blue-eyed white dragon, and a blue-eyed jet dragon. Therefore, you will suffer 2400 points of damage!"

"Furthermore, the Abyss-Eyed White Dragon's attack power can be increased to the same level as a dragon monster in my graveyard. I will use the power of the Abyss-Eyed White Dragon to unleash the fury of the graveyard dragon upon you!"

I also took the opportunity to vent all the frustration I've been holding in!

The most beautiful and strongest ultimate dragon among all the Blue-Eyes dragons inherited the wrath of the Graveyard Dragons. Under her guidance, the Graveyard Dragons appeared one after another, condensing their resentment at being defeated into a massive energy, which they then blasted towards Leyou.

Having just thoroughly ravaged the seahorse, it's now Leyou's turn to receive the same treatment. Although the number of dragons in the graveyard is one less, not enough to completely wipe out Leyou's LP, but...

However, 2400 points of damage is enough to deplete the seahorse's LP.

Seahorse's tactics were too easy to predict. As early as when he drew this card, Leyou had already figured out when it would come into play.

"Sometimes, too much power isn't necessarily a good thing..."

"Sometimes, you don't necessarily have to do the work yourself to defeat the enemy."

"And, most importantly, never let your opponent know what you're thinking."

When the smoke cleared, just like before with the seahorse, Leyou was completely unharmed.

In front of him was a dark purple vortex.

The vortex absorbed the wrath of the Graveyard Dragon, and now, this power will be turned against the very source of that wrath.

What makes acrobatics acrobatics is its unpredictability—and of course, it could also be due to its targeted nature.

"Kaiba, since you saw that I used [Double Damage] which can reflect combat damage, why didn't you consider whether I also brought other cards that reflect damage effects?"

Why do you think I would reveal my true intentions directly to you?

Why do you think I can't figure out your tactics?

"The Quick-Play Spell Card [Painful Soul Curse] can only be activated when an effect that inflicts damage on yourself is activated by your opponent. The damage from that effect on yourself is taken by your opponent."

"Experience for yourself what it feels like to feel the power of the Blue Eyes fall upon you!"

The energy gushed out from the vortex, directly transferring the damage that should have been borne by Leyou back to Kaiba. The Life-Slaying Card in his hand, which could bring the dead back to life most of the time, could not save him at this moment.

The violent impact sent the seahorse flying. If it weren't for the seahorse's amazing physical strength, which allowed it to regain its balance with a backflip in the air and land smoothly, it might have ended up like a certain arrogant banana, crashing into a barbed wire fence with its mouth open and eyes closed, a scene that became famous.

[Haima LP: 2000→0]

The Blue-Eyes' power source is entirely Kisara. Now that the Abyss Eye White Dragon has killed Kaiba with a single breath, does that... qualify as a form of domestic violence?

Tsk tsk tsk, isn't the younger brother position in the Haima family a bit too much?

"This defeat was not because I defeated you, but because you defeated yourself."

Unlike before, after defeating Kaiba, Leyu didn't provoke him. Instead, he adopted a serious and earnest demeanor, as if he wanted to have a serious talk with Kaiba.

"Hmph, you won this time. You're the winner, the winner takes all, whatever you say is right."

After dusting himself off, Kaiba stood up with Kisara's help and acted as if nothing had happened.

Since it's a virtual avatar, it will revert to its pre-duel state after the duel.

However, Leyou, Philvo, and Kisara all entered using their original bodies.

Elves don't easily appear in the real world, but they have no such worries in the elf realm.

"So, what is your purpose in challenging me to a duel this time, without any apparent reason?"

This time, when Kaima invited Leyou to a virtual duel, he didn't say anything else. After arriving, he immediately started playing cards. Now that the game was over and Leyou had been beaten and become obedient, Leyou finally had time to ask Kaima about his purpose.

His gaze shifted back and forth between Leyou and Philvo. Kaiba paused for a moment before asking, "You're not from the future, are you? But you know a lot of things, don't you?"

"Oh? Why do you see it?"

"intuition."

"..."

"If you think so, then so be it. Anyway, I can't explain it to you clearly. Whatever you think it is, then it is."

Anyway, Leyou still doesn't understand what's going on with itself.

"Another vague answer like this. If it weren't for that... I really would like to grab you and put you on the lab table for some research."

"so what?"

"If problems arise during the competition, you'll have to solve them yourself. I'm just an organizer of the competition. All I want to do is open Seahorse Park all over the world. I don't care about anything else."

Seahorses are not stupid; in fact, they are very intelligent.

For Hikari Motors, which had introduced a brand-new dueling format, this tournament was optional, but at the suggestion of Leyou, they decided to hold it anyway.

The reason is not only that holding the competition can help Kaiba Corporation take another step forward and bring him closer to his dream of opening Kaiba Park all over the world, but also because after learning more and more information from Kisara and the Pokémon in the virtual world, he has come to understand that some things are bound to happen sooner or later.

Not to mention, he's been having recurring dreams lately of being in a mysterious temple.

Inside the hall were three crystal statues, and in the center of the three statues were crystal shards scattered all over the ground.

But his dream ended there. He did many things in his dream, but the temple remained unchanged—he didn't even know what the statues meant.

This mystery had been troubling him until two days ago when he learned some information from a dragon spirit in the virtual world.

Those statues appear to be of three legendary dragons who guarded a realm of elves adjacent to the real world ten thousand years ago—and also served as a seal.

With his vast knowledge and extensive reading, he naturally understood that, according to his guess, this was a very cliché story.

It's nothing more than him and two other beings being chosen by these legendary dragons, and then needing to save the world or something. The broken statue in the middle might be the world-destroying demon king or something that has escaped its seal.

Now he and the other two chosen ones need to go through numerous trials to gain the approval of the legendary dragon, and then the three of them will gather together to defeat the world-destroying demon king.

All of the above are just the seahorse's own guesses, but he doesn't know who the other two people might be, nor does he care.

He only wants to use this competition to expand the Seahorse Park to the world.

As for saving the world, why not just leave it to Leyou? Didn't he say from the beginning that he was there to save the world? In that case, what difference would it make if he saved one more world?

You treat me like a tool, and I'll treat you like a tool too. That's perfectly reasonable, isn't it?

You, Leyou, are such a powerful person, you shouldn't need the help of three heroes to save the world all by yourself, right?

Chapter 134 I, a righteous person, cannot stand idly by! 32/34

Sometimes, time flies by, like when you're working on a project or writing. A cup of tea, a movie, and two thousand words can take a whole day.

For example, while waiting for the match to start, countless people are fighting tooth and nail in the ranked ladder, only to find out at the end that their rank is Silver V.

During the not-too-long, not-too-short wait for the tournament to begin, the world of duelists has undergone considerable changes.

Firstly, due to the release of the new Duel Disk, most duelists went to explore and duel in the virtual world. Many lucky ones gained the recognition of the spirits, and some strong duelists even obtained a lot of good cards from the spirits. As for the top duelists, many of them have already begun to learn advanced summoning methods other than Link Summoning.

However, for most duelists, those advanced summoning methods are not easy to learn. Although the rules are not difficult, they are just addition and multiplication. However, if they cannot achieve mental and physical synchronization with those extra monsters and cannot get the monsters' response, they cannot summon them.

This is why you still need to learn Summoning – mainly to achieve the ability to synchronize your mind and body with the monsters anytime, anywhere. Otherwise, if you have two LV4 monsters on the field, and you want to summon a monster, but the monsters don't respond, you'll end up having to resort to a Super Summon, which would be too awkward.

The duelists in the virtual world are full of enthusiasm, and the duelists in the real world are just as passionate.

Because of the introduction of Link Summoning, many cards that target Attack Position monsters have seen a price surge. However, thanks to the joint efforts of Kokusai Miku and Kaiba Corporation to control prices, the market was not disrupted by scalpers who were willing to sell their own cards for profit.

The introduction of Link Summoning has brought more variables to duels. Before that, many duelists would Normal Summon Minotaur, Set a card, and end the turn. But after Link Summoning, they all learned to use it to send the Minotaur to the Graveyard and then Special Summon a monster.

This is truly a huge step forward – the introduction of Link Summoning has genuinely made many duelists who previously blindly believed in powerful monsters start to think more about the synergy between different cards and different summoning methods.

Of course, many people continue to use their original decks after Link Summoning is available, and do not bother to understand Link Summoning at all. However, most people who have tasted the benefits of Link Summoning say that it is really good.

After all, the three fundamental human traits are simply "it smells so good," "it smells so good," and...

Because the virtual world is now connected to the real world, many free-spirited spirits also come to the human world to play in various ways. However, to encounter a spirit in the real world, the duelist needs to be of a high level or have a high level of spiritual vision.

Therefore, since some time ago, urban legends have appeared in many places, and the number of people logging into Duel Links has also been increasing.

……

In the matchmaking lobby of Duel Links, three masked individuals, but easily recognizable by their clothing and hairstyles, are gathered together, awaiting their matches.

The Duel Links ladder can be joined anytime, anywhere, or you can wait at a designated location like these three.

The higher the rank score, the longer it takes to find an opponent. Therefore, many high-ranking players choose to come here to communicate with others, or to play a few games with others to warm up before their own matches start.

While ATM, Friend Hero, and Rose were waiting, the door in the distance opened, and the three people, whose hairstyles weren't particularly unique but who looked like they knew how to play cards, walked into the hall together.

"See those three? They're the Doma Three Musketeers who've been all the rage lately. Apparently, they're all using their real appearances and true forms to compete, and their goal is to win the final offline tournament." A Silver-ranked duelist looked at the Grandmaster level on the Doma Three Musketeers' uniforms and said to his companion with a hint of envy.

During this period, all three of them worked desperately to climb the ranks in order to secure a spot in the offline tournament. They only slowed down a bit after their rankings stabilized recently. However, their previous dominance on the ladder left a deep impression on many duelists.

"I know them. I even ran into that guy named Baron before. That guy's deck was really cheesy. He could just pull out a bunch of armored monsters and then duel me in real life. If it weren't for my cute sister protecting me, I would have been beaten to death... But watching him attack my sister and knock off her equipment, I think his deck was pretty interesting..." another duelist, also in the Silver rank, replied.

"Hiss~ You know what, it seems to be true! If I could use his deck to fight against some beautiful female duelists, I feel like some interesting things would happen. I've even thought of names for the moves: Subduing the Enemy's Might, Deliberate Punch, Strong Hand Skull Crack, and Breathtaking!"

"I feel like your line of thinking is different from mine."

"This kind of thing is not important. However, although Baron is very powerful, the leader of the three is actually that guy named Raphael. That guy's duels are really amazing. The whole battle was over and not a single monster appeared in the graveyard. They were either on the field or excluded. I don't know if this guy has some kind of mental fastidiousness."

"And what about that guy named Ameruda?"

"That one? I don't know, but he seems pretty bad."

Perhaps because he was getting a little carried away with the conversation, the Silver player unconsciously raised his voice, which happened to be heard by Ameruda, who glared at him and scared him into shutting up on the spot.

"Is Yugi-san really interested in that Raphael?" Jaden noticed Yugi's attention was focused on that spot and asked curiously.

"Yes, in my experience, I've dealt with Raphael, and a lot has happened. Seeing him again now, I can't help but feel a bit emotional."

While feeling moved, the game developers were also somewhat worried.