Duels should be played with a smile.

Seeing the top spin again, Philvo held his breath, then suddenly remembered that this card seemed to have just been drawn by the opponent.

This essentially eliminates the possibility of the opponent launching a rapid, aggressive attack.

That's fine.

Indeed, after the spinning top was specially recruited, the projection did not perform any further actions due to the existence of skill draw.

Like a human-machine game already destined to fail, it still diligently played all its cards and then ended the round.

Then wait to die.

"I thought this mainstream battle would be something spectacular, but looking back now... it's rather dull."

Slightly disappointed, Philvo casually summoned a few monsters and launched an attack, securing victory in the best-of-three series.

The first round was a one-card pass with the suppression skill; the second round was a one-card pass with the Xiaomi skill; and the third round was a one-card pass with the skill draw skill.

As it turns out, in the mainstream no-restriction battles, the situation of clearing the game with a single card seems to account for a large proportion – it has to be admitted that, in the case of no restrictions, some cards are indeed invincible in terms of power.

After the initial boredom, a sense of emptiness followed. Seeing the three projections he had been fighting gradually dissipate, Philvo sensed that something else had disappeared along with the projections.

"Are you able to move around now?" Philvo asked casually as he turned around.

"Yes... but it may take some time before you are fully recovered, but at least you can leave here now."

The rat rider also seemed somewhat indifferent, showing no elation at being freed from the cage, which surprised Philvo.

“That’s enough.” Philvo shut up the rat rider who seemed about to say something. “Now, go and call your old buddies.”

"According to my calculations, the real show is about to begin."

Today, Philo wore a pure white long dress. Her tall figure didn't need any extra embellishment to show off her simple yet flawless beauty.

And now, beneath that fair neck, on the chest concealed by the long dress, glimmers of light are faintly appearing.

The deep purple light formed a striking contrast with her simple and elegant style.

"His movements... were quite quick."

……

"emission!"

Bearing power sufficient to destroy the world, the catapult turtle unleashed a devastating attack.

This is not an exaggeration; it is the truth.

Even though it wasn't a dark duel, the power of that shot still shook the earth, as if a natural disaster had struck.

Under such incredibly violent bombardment, there was no such thing as smoke or dust, because the salt dust was also annihilated.

A huge circular hole appeared in front of Ella, encompassing most of the dueling arena. It was directly blasted away by the cannon fire, leaving a smooth curved surface.

If it weren't for the laws of dueling protecting Ella, she might have needed to retreat quite a distance to ensure her safety.

"Now... even if it's not a dark duel, no one will come to cause trouble for a while."

In the Dark Duel, when LP damage is reflected in reality, it follows an exponential trend. 100 points is insignificant, 1000 points is already considerable damage, 6000 is about half a life, and 8000 is the death of the character.

And just now... after the original 32,000 was compressed to 16,000, and after an exponential increase, the result is the scene that is now presented to Ella.

It wasn't anything special; it was just that a huge area had been hollowed out into a hemispherical shape.

After the duel ended and she confirmed that K was indeed nowhere to be found, Ella quickly began searching for him.

They're trying to figure out how to get Leyou and the others in, and... where exactly is the inherited fiberglass being held in this special location?

Ella knew very well that K had been defeated by her due to carelessness, but the duel just now was not a dark duel. Since the cunning, or rather the cowardly K had this consideration, he must have other means to save his life.

At the very least, she clearly saw K reveal a meaningful smile a second before the shelling was fired.

It's somewhat complicated, and there's definitely a slight sense of regret at being defeated, but more than that, there's a thought-provoking sense of "anticipation."

Yes, it was anticipation, as if he had long awaited this moment of defeat... or perhaps something else entirely.

"Thinking about it carefully... according to Leyou, if K's purpose is really as he says, then his actions over this period of time have been absolutely terrible."

It looked impressive, with cards being destroyed and minions being sent to attack, but in reality, apart from the initial impact, it had virtually no effect, at most only slightly interfering with Leyou and his group's actions.

This is the kind of behavior that would be criticized as meaningless in a typical RPG game—it's like setting up a big screen in your lair to watch your minions feed the enemy one by one, doing nothing, and then getting beaten up and saying "Oh, Moses Roy."

"Alright, it's time for you to come out. You should be a little more proactive at times like this..."

Before Ella could finish speaking, a snow-white figure flew out from the emerald crystal on Ella's heavy front armor.

"Hey hey~ I know, I'm just waiting for you to chase that guy away..."

With her somewhat lazy demeanor and nonchalant expression, she was indeed a snow woman.

Just like when Ella hid in Leyou's crystal, Leyou had more than one precaution before setting off. After hiding Ella, he also had the Snow Maiden nest inside Ella's body, providing double protection.

"You put in a lot of effort in the duel just now, so you can look around here and see how to lure that guy in or how we can get out. Leave the task of finding the Inherited Fiberglass to me."

Taking the initiative to stop the task that required greater concentration, the Snow Woman followed that faint, almost imperceptible sense and flew off into the distance.

On her chest, which seemed far too small compared to Philvo and Ella, a silver-red crystal also emitted a faint glow.

……

The passageway outside the Magic Academy, which had previously been surrounded by a bunch of minotaurs, now appeared unusually empty.

One second ago, Leyou and his friends were fighting a group of minotaurs, and the next second, they all vanished as if they had never existed.

However, the door in front of him remained tightly closed.

"what's the situation?"

Having not sensed any contact from Ella, Leyou was also somewhat confused. After trying to push the door open and finding it wouldn't budge, he shrugged helplessly and looked at the other three.

"Wait?! What's going on with you guys?"

A chill ran down Leyou's spine. At that moment, he felt an eerie silence all around him, and a sense of dread crept over him.

The three people standing before them—Jaden, Yusei, and Yusaku—were all frozen in place, as if their time had been paused.

No, it's not just them...

Leyou vaguely understood why the surroundings were so quiet.

When the flow of air is stopped, no sound can be transmitted.

His question was answered only by himself.

Even... without realizing it, he stopped breathing—he almost overlooked this and was unaffected, probably because the crystal on his chest was emitting a faint light, reminding him that he actually had a non-human side.

However... the color of the crystal changed at some point.

It turned pure white.

It is not filled with white, but rather appears white because it has lost its original color but has not completely dissipated.

"Welcome... to my world."

Some familiar sounds rang out, coming from all directions. With no air movement, Leyou herself didn't know how she heard the sounds.

She instinctively looked up and saw a guy wearing red sunglasses standing in front of her, smiling at her.

And... in the blink of an eye, he was no longer where he was before.

“You don’t seem flustered. Based on my observation of you, you don’t seem to have experienced many big events.” K spoke slowly, as if analyzing Leyou. “Your personality isn’t the kind that can stay calm all the time. I’m a little curious why you calmed down so quickly after only a slight surprise.”

Suddenly, they arrived at a place filled with red clouds, and the ground beneath their feet had become somewhat dry and dusty. Coupled with the various strange phenomena that had occurred before, it was indeed easy to panic.

"It's very simple."

Leyou's brain was racing as she thought, her peripheral vision taking in the unfamiliar place.

"I just need to put my situation into the context of the countless games I've played, and then I won't panic."

"Oh? That's an interesting way of putting it." K was somewhat surprised, even praising it. "Could you explain it a little? We still have plenty of time. I don't mind if you try to stall for time by explaining it to me. And you wouldn't mind explaining your thoughts, would you?"

K's eyes seemed to see through everything, displaying great wisdom, and his leisurely demeanor suggested that he had everything under control, which allowed him to have such leisure.

“Since you’re so free, I’ll naturally keep you company.” Le You smiled slightly, appearing even more relaxed than before. He looked around a few times and, after finding that the scenery in other places was just as monotonous as the surrounding area, he shook his head and began to explain.

"It's a very simple logic. It looked like time had stopped there. According to the plot of the script, those shameless men could have made dozens of pages of indescribable scenes. But you dumped me here alone to chat with you. There's no other explanation besides that you couldn't do anything to me in that situation, right?"

K didn't say anything or express his opinion, but continued to ask, "You said it was that kind of situation, but now it's clearly a different situation."

"That makes it even simpler." Leyou chuckled easily again: "The boss guarding the gate has already spoken up; it's clearly a classic verbal sparring scene from games, isn't it?"

"If I were a better talker and successfully persuaded you, you'd probably burst into tears, kneel down, and admit your mistake. That wouldn't be such a bad thing, would it?"

The obvious teasing made Leyou very happy. No matter how much nonsense they talked, she wanted to try her best to take the initiative in the rhythm.

Having finished her explanation, Leyou didn't give K a chance to ask any more questions and immediately countered, "I've finished explaining, but I also have a question for you... What are you trying to do by going through all this trouble to bring me here?"

K seemed slightly surprised and didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took off his red sunglasses, carefully put them in his jacket pocket, and then looked at Leyou again.

He frowned slightly, but his eyes were filled with joy, and the corners of his mouth turned up wildly, making a rather strange expression.

He spoke slowly.

"That...is because it's interesting!"

"...?"

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I watched all the new SZBF and JOJO movies I had saved up in one go, so satisfying!

What kind of fake card is that, Royal?

What kind of trash is that rabbit?

The golden, shimmering voice uttered the secret code, giving the impression that it might pull out Wang Cai at any moment—it was quite strange.

Incidentally, the group suddenly started talking about unsolvable fields, which led to the topic of Old Ai's unsolvable field. Then several people mentioned that they remembered a perpetual spell called "Four Powers," but they couldn't find it.

Upon further investigation, it turned out to be Ed's... So why would Ed have this kind of card?!

The reason you keep losing in the anime is because you're using these random cards!

Chapter Sixty-Five: You are truly despicable now!

When I post a question mark, it's not that I have a problem, it's that I think you have a problem.