Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

Gazing at the last rays of light, his eyes seemed to travel through time and space.

"He lost in the end too."

"Humans are too fragile."

His gaze suddenly sharpened.

"Dragon..." (Drag)

"They are the greatest race!"

Chapter 112 The First Duel (Part 1)

New Spiritual Year 568.

Sixty years after the cataclysmic disaster [Rampage Magic Circle] struck, the last summoned beast was destroyed, the world-destroying card spirit [Summoner Aleister] was suppressed, and civilization began to be rebuilt.

With magic card resources in short supply, major factions have successively deployed scavenging teams, mercenaries, and scientific expeditions to plunder ruins and explore ancient sites.

"Eh-"

"Run!!!"

Two screams, one from a man and one from a woman, tore through the void.

In the Wild Beast Forest, sixteen-year-old Bai and Philina are being chased by a horde of beasts. The two are independent individuals who have not joined any faction.

At this time, they had not yet met [Zero Clothes].

The principle they both adhered to was that if they couldn't win, they would run away and never linger in a fight for even a second.

"Pfft!"

Filina swung her scythe-like claws at the attacking Dark Velociraptor, splattering blood.

"Come over here!" White, who was not far away, spotted human footprints and called out to Philina with delight.

Wild beasts are the common enemy of all mankind. If you are being chased by wild beasts, running towards the crowd is the right thing to do.

Upon hearing this, Philina was secretly delighted.

Just as she turned around, the grass beside her suddenly opened its spiky maw.

"careful!"

[Bai] rushed forward and pulled Filina away.

"Pfft!"

The Venus Flytrap Dragon bit into White's back, leaving a chilling bloodstain. The various other predatory plants around White, smelling the blood, opened their gaping maws and unleashed their sharp barbs.

You're injured!

Philina noticed the wound on his back, her expression tightened, and she quickly took out some medicine.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

[Bai] said calmly, without any sign of pain on his face.

"Splash splash splash—"

While applying the medicine, suddenly, countless plant tentacles attacked the two of them.

[Bai]'s expression hardened, and he detonated the trap card [Pulse Bomb] that he had laid in advance.

"Boom boom boom!"

A chain reaction of air explosions, sparks and electricity instantly ripped through the tranquil night sky, illuminating the entire world. All the besieging beasts were stunned and let out a series of mournful cries.

"Ta-da!"

The two were temporarily safe, but the medical supplies were shattered and spilled all over the ground.

The Pulse Bomb can only stun the beasts, not kill them.

"Hang in there, you big idiot."

Philina helped the weak [White] up and encouraged her, her face tightening as she shattered a [Angel's Blood] scroll.

A beam of light shone down, and the wound on his back slowly healed.

“It’s a waste, and it doesn’t hurt…” [Bai] said weakly in a low voice.

Like Luo Bai, Bai also suffers from congenital analgesia. She cannot feel pain, but she will get tired and die.

Felina gave him a disdainful look: "Yes, yes, I know you're awesome."

"Crunch—"

The sound of twigs snapping came from behind, and the fallen [predatory plant] was slowly rising...

"Eh-"

"Run!!!"

The classic double scream, and the two of them took off running after him.

"thump!"

Before he could run two steps, Bai's legs suddenly gave way and he collapsed to his knees.

"Oh..." A look of surprise appeared on his face, but he remained calm and showed little fear. "It seems like I've lost quite a bit of blood."

He was born without pain, had dulled nerves, and had no idea what he was doing.

"You're such a hassle!"

Filina shouted, stepped forward, skillfully picked him up, and tied him tightly with the rope around her waist.

The commotion behind me grew louder and louder.

The white-clad figure shuddered, and clinging to her back, shouted, "Run!!!"

"Come on!"

"Charge, Philina!"

"Shut up!" Philina shouted, carrying the cripple on her back and charging forward.

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed through the dense forest in the dead of night, startling one wild beast after another.

Fortunately, they have always been lucky; there's always a way out.

Just as the two were about to be overtaken by the horde of wild beasts, a dazzling golden light suddenly appeared before their eyes.

"There are ruins!!!"

Overjoyed, the two exclaimed in unison, ignoring the messy footprints on the ground, and rushed into the light barrier without hesitation. The plants, animals, and beasts that followed them were violently bounced back the moment they touched the light barrier.

[Relic Light Curtain] Humans are only allowed to enter.

The moment you step into the ruins, a sinister aura washes over you.

The ancient ruins stand tall on the earth, their interior structure resembling a cave, with countless tiny openings in the walls. The mottled stones are covered with quiet and profound patterns, as if telling a long-lost story.

It seems to have a history of several hundred years, but I don't know why it has only been discovered now.

Even more horrifying was the pile of human corpses on the ruins, their skin black and purple, covered in a foul-smelling, bluish-black slime.

Venomous snakes of varying sizes rained down from the cave ceiling, crawling in and out of the corpses.

The holes in the wall were all snake nests!

"Eek..." Philina was about to scream when [White] quickly covered her mouth, silencing her.

"Shh..."

He leaned close to Philina and whispered, "Don't disturb them..."

[Bai] climbed off Philina's back, tore the [Organization] badge off the clothes of the corpse at his feet, stuck it on their shoulders, and nervously looked around.

The first thing to do upon entering the ruins: [Blend into the crowd]

Dozens of mercenaries slumped against the wall, some cutting into their own rotting flesh to bandage their wounds, others barely clinging to life, struggling to unscrew bottles of liquor…

The researcher, dressed in a white lab coat, looked nervous as he fiddled with communication equipment, trying to contact the outside world.

Someone glanced at the newcomers, Bai and Philina, and forced a bitter smile.

"Ha...two more unlucky ones."

"Bad luck?" Bai frowned.

I didn't quite understand this word at first.

Finding and entering ruins is something many people dream of. The fighting and danger are understandable, but it doesn't warrant the word "unlucky."

The two walked cautiously inside, filled with doubt.

Going back is not an option; the [Ruins Light Curtain] can only be entered, not exited, and once inside the light curtain, the card master will be unable to [Resonate].

The only way to remove the light barrier is to find all the extraordinary holy stone tablets in the ruins and [sensitize their energy].

There are three small ruins and ten large ruins.

Judging from its size, the ruins that were accidentally stumbled upon should be small, with a diameter of about two kilometers.

A hundred or so people came in to look, and they found him in less than half an hour.

"They're probably in trouble... It's okay, we've always been lucky."

[Bai] turned his head and gently patted the trembling Philina to comfort her.

She has been terrified of snakes and insects since she was a child, and she aspires to be a cool dinosaur person to intimidate these nasty creatures with her imposing presence.

Fortunately, the snakes in the ruins were somewhat strange; they didn't attack people on their own, but instead all crawled in one particular direction.

[Bai] took out two spells from the supercomputing ring, his expression solemn.

"Why don't we go and find out..." Philina said, trembling.

[Bai] shook his head, rejecting the proposal. In the ruins, humans are more dangerous than venomous snakes.

Philina said nothing more and followed in his footsteps, moving in the direction the snakes were crawling.

Along the way, the two had already seen two huge holy stone tablets covered with black cloths. The black cloths bore the twin-blade emblem of the [Organization], an unspoken rule indicating that the extraordinary holy stone tablets already had owners.