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

...

"Clang—"

The hallucination was like shattered glass.

Luo Bai's consciousness returned to the dueling arena, and he was still unable to catch his breath.

[Countdown 8...7...6]

The intelligent referee issued a prompt.

If there is no action for fifteen seconds, it will be judged as passive play and the round will be forcibly ended.

His fingers trembled slightly as he pressed them against the Extra Deck, the explosion still vivid in his mind.

"mistake."

"I will not return."

"A bubble."

"even so..."

Luo Bai's gaze hardened, and a mechanical voice echoed in his mind.

"The evolution of electron flow".

"It's endless!"

It is endless.

"Upgrade and transformation!"

Xyz Summon

"【Electronic Dragon. Infinite, 2100/1600】!"

Cyber ​​Dragon. Infinity (by Bilibili illustrator leo)

"boom!"

A pair of enormous mechanical wings unfurled high in the sky behind it, a howling wind arose, and the [Electronic Dragon. Infinite] appeared, its roar shaking the heavens and the earth. The hard metal exuded a cold and ruthless aura.

"So it finally came," Melonica said in a low voice.

"Activate the face-down card [Vampire Awakening] to Special Summon [Vampire Duke] from the Deck."

"【Duke of Vampires】Special Summon Trigger: I declare a Trap Card. You must send one Trap Card from your Deck to the Graveyard."

Luo Bai expressionlessly opened the deck list and sent a [Infinite Bubble] to the graveyard.

"At this very moment, activate the [Vampire Empire] effect and destroy [Cyber ​​Dragon.Infinite]!" Melonica shouted.

"You know perfectly well that you can't destroy it." Luo Bai's hands hung down, his voice somewhat low, as if he were lost in thought.

"Remove one Xyz Material, activate the effect of [Cyber ​​Dragon.Infinite], negate and destroy [Vampire Empire]."

With a bang, the field of the Vampire Empire was destroyed, and the duel arena returned to its initial state, which happened to be a desolate wilderness at dusk.

Melonica clenched her fists and said, "Then how are you going to deal with the six monsters on my field?"

"Qianjin is in a defensive state; she can't absorb anything indefinitely."

"You only have one card left in your hand, there's no need to struggle anymore."

Indeed, as she said, with just two materials, [Cyber ​​Dragon. Infinite] only has 2700 attack power even if you absorb another one. Even if you add another [Cyber ​​Dragon. Triumph], it won't be enough.

All monsters on the opposing team have an attack power of over 2400 and a base score of 2600. 【Vampire.Gold】 can boost the attack and defense of Undead monsters by up to 2500.

Time ticked by, second by second.

A calm voice echoed through the desolate wilderness:

"Activate the Continuous Magic Card [Machine Drive Night]".

"All face-up monsters on the field are transformed into Machine-type monsters."

Upon hearing this, Melonica's eyes widened suddenly, and she completely lost control, roaring, "You...you turned my monster into a machine..."

"What's the point anyway!"

"What exactly are you pursuing?!"

Luo Bai replied indifferently, "Our mechanical monsters gain 500 attack and defense points, while the opponent's mechanical monsters lose 500 attack and defense points."

"Just to improve this little bit of attack power!" Melonica's face turned red, and she was agitated, clearly very dissatisfied with his perfunctory answer.

"You changed everything to be machine race, just for this...?"

"No," Luo Bai said softly.

Play one card from your Extra Deck.

"I am fighting for the purest victory."

In an instant.

Melonica's six monsters on the field and Lobe's [Cyber ​​Dragon Core] on the field all released light circles under their feet. The next second, "thump thump thump thump!", they all disappeared on the spot.

A tremendous beam of light suddenly rose up.

"Special Summon." Luo Bai's voice was as still as a corpse.

"【Chimera Fortress Dragon】!"

Chimera Fortress Dragon (by Bilibili illustrator leo)

Chapter 70 Author's Ramblings 2.0

9189 is following the update!

A typical book needs 200,000 to 300,000 readers to follow it, but as you can see, my book only has a little over 100,000 readers.

This week, my follow-up count went from 4400 to 9189!

As a result, the number of new users reached dropped from 17600 to 2519 yesterday.

This isn't a paid subscription website; it relies heavily on new user traffic.

12800 reads, 50-60 yuan in earnings.

My old book is updated once a week. Yesterday, I received new traffic, 4000 reads, which will generate 50-60 yuan in revenue.

I understand the reasoning behind it all; it's quite obvious, it's just a matter of the subject matter.

There are probably only a few hundred thousand readers of Yu-Gi-Oh! on the entire platform. I've only managed to get a stable 100,000 readers (it'll drop in a few days), that's really my limit. There are no new readers, sob sob.

You might not know this, but this chapter I'm publishing today, with about two thousand words, might only take two or three minutes to read once, or even just a few dozen seconds. But I actually spent about four hours writing it.

This includes duel construction, plot arrangement, summoning words, character development, atmosphere creation, and careful word choice.

After finishing writing, I need to check three more times for duel bugs and whether the outline has been broken. I also need to find illustrations and simulate Kondratiev waves in YGO.

By the time I finished all of this, it was already two or three in the morning.

The two summoning phrases for Orochi's appearance, "Great warriors slumbering in the deep sea, the highest masterpiece of a thousand years of wisdom," are just eighteen simple words, but who knows how long I pondered them.

This is also the culprit that caused my old book to go from being updated once a day to once or twice a week.

Once you accumulate enough stories, you'll reach the Epic level. Readers who don't have the [True Epic] fan badge should reflect on whether their [story] with the author is insufficient.

Let's have some stories (interactive elements), okay?

Paragraph comments, book reviews, likes are all fine, but if you can do *that*, that's even better, you know what I mean.

In addition, I'll start a bug collection section. Any mistakes or bugs (not considered suboptimal operations) that occur in this book, whether in the past or future, can be posted here, and the author will make corrections or responses accordingly.

(Collection of Nonsense)

There's nothing we can do about non-optimal operations; writing a book isn't like actually playing cards, you have to pursue a certain level of artistry and drama.

For example, why does Infinite not support Awakening but support the field? Why doesn't Nova pull an Cyber ​​Dragon from the graveyard? Why doesn't Infinite absorb a monster to use as material?

All of this was to create a memorable scene where a Jedi tire rolls six people at once.

Honestly, the reading threshold should be quite high. I didn't expect that there would be so many readers who understand the story behind the card, and who actually understood many of the metaphors!

I never expected that so many people would read such a complex plot and story.

I even created a secondary account because I was afraid of getting scolded!

Here, I solemnly announce!

The author is male, male, male!

Stop using gifts to express your feelings!

How could a female fanfic writer possibly produce such a high level of purity?!

This book covers OCG-style card games, the actual atmosphere of KC events, anime-style summoning phrases, mixed world-building card illustrations and stories, famous memes from the Yu-Gi-Oh! community, and even songs by my teacher, Gou-sensei.

You couldn't write this without at least ten years of Yu-Gi-Oh! experience!

That's enough, everything's been made clear, stop confessing your feelings secretly. I'm starting to seriously doubt the sincerity behind your flower and love letter gifts!

Come here for fencing!

(Confession to the author)

Chapter 71 If you can't afford to raise them, just say so.

...

The [Leader] can influence not only the Card Spirits, but also the corresponding races in the real world.

Therefore, they are also divided into different grades.

The leaders of the reptile race and the leaders of the dragon race are clearly not on the same level of combat power, just by listening to their names.

In ancient times.

The Dragon Clan, Warrior Clan, Mage Clan, and Demon Clan are known as the Upper Clan, while the other nineteen are the Lower Clan.

However, with the development of civilization...