Duels should be played with a smile.

"I'm a kind-hearted person, and seeing how much you like restoring your LP, I'll help you out again!"

"I'm setting the pendulum scale for [Entertainment Mage Fire Puppet] and [Dragon Swordsman Radiant Star Pendulum] in my hand!"

[Dazs LP: 8500→9500]

Dartz absorbed the magical power, and after recovering 1000 LP, he suddenly laughed without warning.

"Hahaha...hahahaha!"

"Duel King! You're right, this deck of yours is just for fun, for making people laugh!"

Fire Puppet and Radiant Star stood on either side of Joyful Play, one juggling and the other wielding a sword, but this was not the reason Dartz was laughing.

"You just said that Pendulum Summoning requires summoning monsters of different levels between two scales, but you've set two scales of the same level directly!"

"If this is all the stuff you use to make people laugh, then I admit, you've made me laugh!"

“You’re right!” Leyou said with a smile. “This is indeed something I use to make people laugh, but not to make you laugh.”

"I hope you can still smile later."

The fire puppet in the pendulum area suddenly trembled, almost extinguishing its own flame, as it sensed that something bad was about to happen.

"When a Pendulum Monster exists in the Pendulum Zone, in addition to the scale, it also has a Pendulum effect that is different from the Monster Effect!"

"I activate the effect of Radiant Star to destroy the Pendulum Card on the other side and search my Deck for a card with the same name!"

The Fire Puppet's premonition came true; it was cleaved in two by Radiant Star's sword. In the instant it was destroyed, it used its own fire to write several large characters in the sky.

There's a mole!

Then it rolled into the extra deck.

"If the monster effect of Fire Puppet is activated in the Extra Deck, and this card on the field is destroyed, Special Summon a 'Fun Wizard' monster other than the same name from your hand or Deck."

"I Special Summon [Entertainment Mage Damage Juggler] in Defense Position!"

Unfortunately, this deck is purely for fun. It doesn't have a certain "Human Body Burial" or a certain "Blackwing Business Trip Person," and a certain "Great Mage" is still with Ayla.

Otherwise, we could really let Dartz experience what true entertainment is like!

But it's not bad as it is now.

"Dartz! There are two Level 4 monsters on the field, time to attack!"

"I'll stack the damage juggler and Little Du, both of whom are L4 on the field!"

Above the temple, a dark vortex appeared in the sky. At the same time the vortex appeared, the god of despair and hope, who was being conceived, also sensed it.

"The rebellious fang that defies the forces of dullness from the darkness! Now, it descends! Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"

[Dark ☆☆☆☆ Dragon · Attack Power 2500]

A jet-black dragon descended upon this place. As it came into existence, the heterochromatic-eyed spirit dragon beside it also roared, seemingly unwilling to submit to each other and wanting to compete.

Just as the two dragons were about to fight, the Sky Magician standing to the side gently waved to them and easily calmed them down.

"The effect of Dark Rebellion is to remove 2 Xyz Materials, halve the ATK of any Giants on your field, and add it to Dark Rebellion."

"Rebellion unleashed!"

Dark Rebel absorbed the power of the Giant Spirit, leaving the Giant Spirit with only 900 attack power, now reduced to a mere 450, making him the kind of being easily killed three times by the Lion Wizard.

"Into battle!"

"Heterochromatic Spirit Dragon, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, and Sky Magician, Attack Giant Spirit!"

"With so little LP of yours, you dare to call yourself invincible?"

"My ace hasn't even been played yet!"

Chapter 159 suggests checking the concentration of war criminals in the deck.

"Muda! Muda muda! No matter how powerful your monster's attack is, it's all useless before my invincible spear and shield!"

The rebellious dark forces and the fearless heterochromatic eyes launched an attack on the Orichalcos giant. The giant was easily destroyed, and although it became slightly stronger after rebirth, the strength was very limited, and it was immediately defeated again.

The aftershocks of the battle easily penetrated the giant's defenses, but the final damage did not reach Daz.

Behind the ever-resurrecting giants, the hideous Orichalcos absorbs all damage.

[Giant Spirit Attack Power: 450→950→1450→1950]

[Orichalcos Weapon absorbs 5650 damage]

【DAZ LP: 9500】

Dartz remained calm and composed, seemingly unaffected by the fierce battle ahead.

"Do you see that, Duel King? This is the absolute difference in power between you and me!"

"A true powerhouse doesn't need any fancy summoning methods. I only need the simplest combination of monsters to make you despair!"

After defeating all three monsters, Dartz actually became stronger, and he certainly had the confidence to say that.

This simple and brutal combination is something that even a novice duelist can understand. So those who had regained hope because of Leyou's performance suffered a significant blow to their faint glimmer of hope after seeing this seemingly unsolvable situation.

"Solvador Kana! Darzine! Do you really think this is all the tricks I have up my sleeve?!"

Dazi remained calm and composed, and Leyou showed no sign of panic either.

"Dartz! You know absolutely nothing about recreational duels!"

"Entertainment, in essence, is about making the audience's emotions rise and fall with your every move, keeping them closely watching your every action, and ultimately immersing them in this wonderful feeling and bringing them joy!"

"Therefore, entertainment duels, from beginning to end, will always be under the control of the entertainment duelists!"

I made a small mistake because I forgot about the effects of the Orichalcos Vessel, but it's okay!

Fun decks always offer the most flexibility!

Leyou's confident demeanor caught the attention of the audience, who couldn't help but start to think, reflect, and realize that their emotions seemed to be indeed being swayed by this self-proclaimed King of Duel who wanted to engage in entertaining duels.

Could it be... that all of this was part of his plan?

People are always willing to believe what they want to believe, and a drowning person will instinctively grab onto anything they can—and so, the audience successfully convinced themselves that it was all part of the Joyful Tour plan.

They have nothing to worry about.

They really don't need to worry, because they've convinced themselves that this step is also part of Leyou's plan.

From the moment the Dark Rebel was summoned, he felt his mind become more agile, and he could also faintly sense the hopes, prayers, and expectations from countless beings.

Undoubtedly, these all came from the spectators watching the duel.

His intuition told him that it seemed he had been listening to the voices of all beings ever since long ago, before he was the way he was now.

In that instant, he seemed to vaguely understand the meaning of the word "eternity"—at least, he understood the meaning of "eternity".

Once I find the missing parts, I'll probably understand completely, right?

So, this Dartz should just hurry up and die, right?

Use the method that is most certain to completely eliminate him.

"End of combat phase, proceeding to main phase 2."

"I'm setting the second fire puppet in my hand to the pendulum scale!"

The power of the magic absorption took effect again, and Dartz's LP had reached the 10,000 mark.

This number seemed to have special significance for him, because Leyou clearly saw that Dazi, who had been silent all along, was gradually gaining momentum and solidifying his aura—that momentum did not come from himself, but from the presence behind him.

"Take your time adding it... Anyway, LP in duels is no different from armor in Souls-like games."

"Light armor is like paper, heavy armor is like paper folded in half. 1 point of LP means you're alive, and 10000 LP only means you can live for a few more seconds."

"I activate the Spell Card 'Shaking Gaze'! Destroy all cards in both players' Pendulum Zones, then deal 500 damage to you based on card effects, and search your Deck for 1 Pendulum Monster!"

"I'm adding [Odd-Eyes Masked Dragon] to my hand!"

The fire doll was blown up again; after all, that was its purpose.

"The effect of Fire Puppet allows me to Special Summon [Entertainment Mage Trickster] from my deck!"

The clown, whose main job is to amuse, made his entrance upside down. Even though it was somewhat inappropriate, his comical appearance still made many people laugh.

"Since my pendulum space is now free, I can set the pendulum again!"

"I set up [Entertainment Partner Keyboard Monkey] and activate its Pendulum effect to search my Deck for 1 Level 4 or lower [Entertainment Partner] monster!"

The Key Monkey, whose teeth are the keys of a piano, arrived on the field on a unicycle and played melodious music with his teeth in the somewhat gloomy temple.

Playing the piano is a dead end, but if you also do odd jobs in a circus while playing the piano, you can still make a living.

"I searched for [Entertainment Partner Gacha Lizard] and set it to the other side!"

Once the pendulum scales were complete again, Dartz realized that Ley hadn't performed a pendulum summon this turn.

"Could it be... that his previous attack was intentional?"

"No...it shouldn't be. I've never dueled in front of outsiders, so there's no way he could know my deck."

"He's just bluffing... but those two dragons seem a bit unusual?"

Before Dartz could examine Dark Rebellion and the heterochromatic eyes closely, the light from the link circuits lit up in the temple.

"Reveal! The circuits of the soul's turbulence!"

"The summoning condition is 2 Effect Monsters that include a Pendulum Monster. I've set Sky Magician and Trickster as arrows!"

"With two-colored light, I trace the trajectory of the future across the sky! I summon the power of the pendulum! Descend! Link 2! [The Magician of Trajectories]!"

A beam of light shot straight into the temple from the sky. Within that light, a staff extended, dividing the light into red and blue. A magician, draped in a pure white cloak, emerged from the light.

[Dark Link 2 Mage Attack 1200 Arrow ↙↘]

As mentioned before, Link 2, with the bottom left and bottom right arrows, helps to expand the Link Monsters, most of which are powerful.

Without a doubt, the Magician of Trails is one of them.

"The effect of 'Trajectory' is that if a Pendulum Monster is successfully Link Summoned in the EX Zone, you pay 1200 LP to search for one Pendulum Monster. Before a Pendulum Monster is successfully Pendulum Summoned this turn, you cannot activate monster effects, and the effects of cards in the Pendulum Zone are negated."

"I searched for 【Entertainment Partner Heterochromatic Eye Melter】!"

If this self-restraint wasn't limited to only being removed after a successful Pendulum Summon following the activation of this effect, then this card would probably be renamed "Zero's Trail" very soon.