Aspiring to become a magnetic field card player!

"I activate my last card in hand, a normal magic card... [Bonfire]!"

"According to the effect of this card, once per turn, you can add a Level 4 or lower Flame-Type monster from your deck to your hand!"

So, looking at the large magic picture that appeared on the spirit field, listening to the spirit explaining its effect...for some reason, John's extraordinary inspiration seemed to remind him that some danger was coming, which made his heart tighten involuntarily.

Then, he immediately realized that this strange feeling in his heart was most likely derived from the ordinary magic card and the bonfire in the spirit field... But it was indeed very strange to John.

He watched You Ling flipping through the deck, and saw the ordinary Normal Magic Card on the field, and couldn't help feeling confused... It clearly looked like a simple card, with such a short effect and such an ordinary card name, but why did it give him such a strange feeling?

──Obviously, as an anime duelist native to this world, John didn't understand You Ling's theory of "the fewer words, the stronger the effect", and the simple truth that the truly powerful people always keep things simple.

However, it was obvious that objective things like strength would not be affected by the will of the duelists. This strange and even creepy feeling of his probably came from the resentment that seemed to span the world and covered the bonfire created by Youling.

——After all...that was in Youling's original world. Countless duelists were defeated by this card, and almost fainted from anger when they saw it. The huge resentment was enough to swallow up the world.

──In another world, just as You Ling said... this simple bonfire does have the terrifying power to make the opponent give up the duel immediately and surrender the deck on the spot once it is played!

But no matter how much he didn't understand the true power of the Bonfire, John was very clear about the current situation of the duel and knew what Youling was going to do... It was obvious that the Bonfire activated by Youling only needed to add a monster to the hand to serve as the cost of the Flame King's Island - no matter what it was!

Seeing this, John felt that he could almost guess what You Ling would do next... Under the effect of this Bonfire, once a new Flame monster is added to his hand, the effect of Flame King's Island will follow. After the explosion, he will retrieve the monsters from the Flame King's family that can be special summoned directly to carry out his so-called next move!

At this point, John understood - after all, the greatest fear comes from the unknown. After knowing what the other party is going to do, things become extremely clear.

...John raised his head and stared at You Ling - the only question now was, under the current circumstances, to what extent the You Ling on the opposite side could further attack him, and whether he could stop his attack in the next round!

While You Ling was activating the effect and dispatching monsters from the deck, he looked at all the objects in his deck that could be retrieved with the Bonfire effect, and couldn't help but smacking his lips, feeling a little bored... That's right, as someone who had used powerful decks like the Perfect Bonfire deck and Snake-Eye Flame King, he felt a little uncomfortable looking at these monsters in his deck that were obviously much less effective.

——Even in this world where Snake Eyes has never appeared and no powerful Fire Monster has ever wreaked havoc, this Bonfire is not even a famous powerful card... You Ling has seen its traces in the card deck of the teacher in the roadside infirmary.

──That's right, the world today has obviously not suffered from the sweep of the "Fire Attribute Horror Deck", and all duelists still don't understand the value of magic cards of this level... But for You Ling's duel that has reached this point, it is enough!

At this moment, with all the preparations just made, John's spirit has been completely tense, almost to the limit. Most of the duelists in the audience also saw that the most critical moment of this duel was about to come, so everyone held their breath and looked nervously at You Ling's hands, to see what monster he would dispatch from the deck... At this point, no matter who they were, they were particularly looking forward to how You Ling would play out in this endgame!

Even Judai and Shark Sister, who were watching the battle silently in the standby position behind You Ling and the others, had stood up, looking at their friend curiously, expecting what You Ling would do... Whether it was Judai as a friend, or Shark Sister, who was almost half a disciple, they were all full of curiosity and anticipation about You Ling's next move.

"That's right, at times like this we should take advantage of the opponent's gaps and summon the strongest and most powerful monsters in our deck with a series of exciting combos... and then wait for the opponent to call out their trump cards to challenge. This is what a thrilling duel should be, You Ling!" At this moment, even You Cheng Judai, who was sitting in the audience as his opponent, was cheering for You Ling and encouraging his friend.

"Tsk... what do you know?" However, Shark Sister, who believed she understood You Ling better in dueling, clearly had a different opinion. "At a time like this, You Ling definitely wouldn't foolishly summon his trump card monster as a target like you said... Instead, he'd summon multiple monsters and interference, creating a more complex situation and resistance. He'd then pass the problem to the opponent while preserving resources, and then gradually force his opponent to death—that's how You Ling duels!"

"That's definitely not right! That would be too boring and not fun at all... What you said is not a duel!" Of course, Judai did not agree with what Shark Girl said and still retained his own opinion.

——So, in the end, You Ling’s two friends just looked at each other, turned their heads away, and stopped talking... Obviously, as disciples of You Ling’s friend, they both had completely different understandings of You Ling.

At this moment, under the attention of everyone, You Ling slowly raised his hand, pulled out the search target from the deck, and then held it high and displayed it directly!

It was a crimson monster, just like the search criteria for a bonfire, and it was clearly related to the word "flame"... No, judging from the monster's appearance, it was just a strange statue covered in crimson armor, with the mark of a fire-attribute monster.

Therefore, those people with better dynamic vision couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the target that You Ling was searching for for the first time... Obviously, no one expected that at such a moment of everyone's attention, You Ling would show such a monster.

"According to the normal magic [Bonfire]..."

You Ling shook the card and showed it to John opposite him.

"I add a four-star Flame-type monster... [Infernal Fire Barrier Statue] to my hand."

Hearing this, the whole place fell silent. John, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but doubt his ears and eyes at this moment... This made his entire expression a little difficult to control for a moment, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

But instinctively, John seemed to realize something, and a strange feeling arose. Goose bumps immediately spread all over his body... and cold sweat broke out!

"Wait wait wait... What kind of [expert] is this Ling!Meng+{首,#发] you retrieved???"

Volume 1: Chapter 187: Just tell me whether it is shocking or not

"I'm adding a four-star Fire attribute monster [Infernal Fire Barrier Statue] from my deck to my hand!"

At the moment of hearing You Ling's extremely shocking words, John even thought that it was because the duel made him too nervous, and he might have heard it wrong - so, when he first heard the name of this card, John was confused.

He even tilted his head and blinked... but perhaps it was the reminder of a certain elf beside him, which was temporarily invisible to everyone except him and Judai, that confirmed that he had heard correctly.

After shaking his head vigorously and taking a closer look, John got a positive answer from the duel disk... At this point, after seeing the image of the card clearly, John was not only stunned, but the entire duel field fell into a strange silence for a moment.

It wasn't just him. At this moment, under You Ling's influence, the entire duel arena fell silent... Whether it was in the audience seats, on the commentary desk that You Ling didn't know about, or some other existence that was secretly watching this duel - everyone or everything looked at the card that was shining high in You Ling's hand, silently.

──Almost everyone who knows this card has the same question in their mind about the card in You Ling's hand... What the hell are you going to do?

As for John, as a duelist with many years of experience, he certainly remembered vaguely that in the vast card pool of Yu-Gi-Oh, there seemed to be such a strange deck... It was called the Barrier Statue series.

This series can't actually be called a whole deck - they are merely classified by attributes, with different racial attributes according to several basic attributes of Yu-Gi-Oh, but they are just a few barrier-like monsters with almost identical attack and defense values... and just as their card name "Barrier-like" describes, each of its monsters has the terrifying effect of turning the duel board into a barrier after appearing, sealing the special summoning abilities of monsters other than its own attributes.

Everyone who has had dueling experience knows that this Special Summoning is an extremely critical link in a duel, a link that most decks have to bypass. This means that after setting up this barrier monster on the opponent's field, if your side cannot fight or other means to eliminate it, and your deck happens to be incompatible with the attributes of the opponent's barrier monster, then your entire game will be shrouded in the pressure of that terrifying barrier monster... and then you will fall into the pure and painful torture of "don't even think about playing Yu-Gi-Oh anymore".

John had heard about it before - according to legend, there are some terrifying decks with extremely strong deployment capabilities, which can even mobilize cards from the deck at will. After completing the deployment and playing their own scene, they can place a barrier monster with the same attributes as themselves, making it impossible for the opponent to play Yu-Gi-Oh at all... For example, just like You Ling's action of finding the Karma Flame Statue with the Bonfire just now, it was extremely stupid.

——And at this moment, judging from the current situation of the duel... It seems that You Ling is not willing to let John play Yu-Gi-Oh.

After showing the card, You Ling didn't wait for John to react, but quickly slapped it onto the field while he was still stunned... as if he didn't want to give anything a chance to react.

"Then, I Normal Summoned [Infernal Barrier Statue]... After that—I ended my turn!"

You Ling's movements were indeed very fast, worthy of his good hand speed after being single for many years and completely immersed in the duel... Before John could react, You Ling had already pressed the end-of-round button on the duel disk, giving up the round.

——So, under the operation of the built-in AI of the duel disk, John's turn arrived... representing the first action of his turn, the card drawn at the beginning of the turn quickly popped out from the top of his deck.

Subconsciously, John's instinct as a long-time duelist made him pull out the card and add it to his equally empty hand.

──After seeing this scene, You Ling nodded with satisfaction.

...He has now gained a lot of experience in fighting these anime duelists - he just wants to get everything done quickly, and then take advantage of the opponent's divine power behind him, before that supernatural being can exert its power, to quickly end the round and let the opponent draw his own cards, thus fixing the situation.

──This is what they call as long as I play badly enough and the round ends quickly enough... the opponent won't even have time to react before he gets the chance to draw a card!

John, who was an anime duelist on the opposite side, obviously didn't need to consider You Ling's twists and turns - so he just stared at You Ling's weird scene with his eyes wide open, and shouted in confusion.

"No, You Ling...how many of you are there? How did you pass like this?"

Clearly shocked by You Ling's utterly disastrous play, John completely lost focus on his own hand. Instead, with a look of astonishment on his face, he stared at You Ling and asked the question most duelists were thinking: "The way you looked just now, I thought you were going to summon some incredible monster... Where are your explosions and your Flame King monsters?!"

Hearing this, You Ling simply shrugged and replied in a puzzled tone, "Huh? What are you talking about? This is all I've said... In that situation, there shouldn't be a better solution than the one I'm facing right now, right?"

Then, perhaps due to his good relationship with John, You Ling explained with exceptional patience, unlike his previous duel with the Seven Kings of Barian: "In that situation just now, the essence of the deployment is to use the resources in my deck to dispatch enough resistance to stop your attack during your turn and let me survive..."

"Well, in this endgame, there's probably no card in my entire deck that offers more resistance and blockade than [Infernal Barrier Statue]... Isn't this the best possible setup? What else could I ask for?"

After saying this, You Ling extended his right hand and pointed clearly at John's grave. "Just as you said before—all your family members, those seven lower-level Gemmon monsters, are already lying in the graveyard."

"As we all know, the most feared thing about the barrier-like card series is that the opponent summons a random monster and destroys it directly..."

At this point, You Ling looked at John across from him, a sinister expression already visible on his face. "Hehehe... But thanks to that [Ultimate Gem Formation] you just used, in this situation, you probably don't even have many monsters in your deck that can be Normal Summoned."

"Then what else do you have to fight against? What else can you use to break through my [Karma Flame Barrier Statue]?"

As he spoke, You Ling even raised his head and pretended to be relaxed as he continued to attack John: "No matter how powerful your [Ultimate Gem God] monster is, it can't violate the rules of the duel... Special Summon it under the blockade of the [Infernal Barrier Statue], right?"

──After hearing You Ling's words, John didn't know how to refute for a moment, and was even unable to speak.

Because he knew that everything You Ling said was right, and his move might indeed be the best solution in this situation... But even if he chose this style of play, it was completely different from the big monster confrontation and shocking battle that John had imagined for his turn, which made him a little unacceptable and even a little collapsed.

Originally, he had imagined that this would be the turn where You Ling would summon out his true trump card after a series of fancy operations and explosions... Then, when the turns would change, he would make a lucky draw and summon out his strongest trump card monster, the Ultimate Gem God, to pit You Ling's trump card against his own Ultimate Gem God, starting a shocking battle that would bring this duel to an end.

——But as the saying goes, "ideals are full, but reality is skinny", what finally appeared in front of John was just a bunch of things that couldn't move at all... Whether it was attack power, level, or momentum, it didn't look like an ace monster at all, let alone a shocking battle.

"Alright, if you have any tricks, it's your turn to show them off." You Ling said as he stood behind the barrier statue, raising his hand with an extremely carefree look. "If you have a way to break this, then I can't do anything... you win."

Although You Ling looked free and easy, John was not so calm at all - he looked at You Ling opposite him, then at the group of barrier statues in front of him, and felt a little overwhelmed for a moment. He opened his mouth to say something but didn't know what to say... or he was simply speechless and wanted to curse.

At this moment, John was not the only one who was speechless. Almost everyone watching the duel was a little speechless. With the previous preparations, the emotions of most of the duelists in the venue had actually been aroused. They were just like John, hoping to witness a hearty duel... rather than seeing such a perverted summoning of barrier statues.

In the audience, the two duelists' teammates, Shark and Judai, were also speechless at this moment. They even looked at each other without letting go of their past grudges, but had no idea what to say.

After all, their argument about the operation of Youling is still fresh in people's minds...and, probably because they argued a little loudly, many viewers at the back should have heard what they said - so whether it is Shark Girl or Judai, they think it is better not to say anything at this time, as it is a bit embarrassing.

In fact, both Shark and Judai realized one thing - that is, they don’t understand the wandering spirit... they don’t understand how much of a surprise this thing can give people in a duel.

"Wow wow wow... Where's the aces' duel I've been looking forward to for so long? Where's the earth-shattering battle I wanted!?" John was getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about it in the duel arena. His face flushed red as he looked at You Ling and his thing. "You Ling! You bastard... give me back my passionate battle!"

"Haha, just tell me whether this card is powerful or not, whether it is shocking or not!" But You Ling felt justified in his anger towards John, and even raised his head triumphantly while looking at the cards in John's hand.

"—Just tell me... did you get stuck with it this round?"

Hearing this, John's momentum suddenly dropped... Then he lowered his head involuntarily and took a look at the only card in his hand - he had to admit that it was really powerful and he was really stuck.

──The card in his hand, gleaming with colorful rays of light and ready to go, was indeed a great draw, and it was a monster card that he only had a few copies of in his deck... It was John's proud ace monster [Ultimate Gem God·Rainbow Dragon], which could theoretically defeat Youling in one fell swoop.

——In an ideal situation, if nothing goes wrong, he can directly Special Summon the seven Gem Beasts that he has already gathered in the graveyard... Then, use this super ace that he is so proud of to engage in a shocking showdown with Youling, which is really touching.

——But unfortunately, under the influence of the barrier in the spirit field... everything that just happened can only exist in imagination. In reality, John can't do anything. He can only be strangled by the neck, staring at the spirit opposite.

However, all of this is so reasonable. This Karma Fire Barrier is indeed a Flame Clan monster below four stars. The bonfire's scheduling target and You Ling's words and theories just now are so perfect... so reasonable that people can't find any faults at all.

──He might have chosen the most correct way to play...but it was also the most speechless and uncomfortable correct way to play for everyone.

Helpless, John, in this situation where defeat was certain, could only stare at You Lingqi and curse: "You Ling! You tmd... Chunchun Biyang's Wanyi, you..."

As a sunny and cheerful boy, You Ling naturally smiled brightly in response to such praise.

"Did you enjoy scolding me? If you do... then it's my turn!"

At this time, when the opponent's duelist was definitely stuck in the barrier and unable to perform any operations, the duel disk had once again automatically ended John's turn. After drawing the cards again, You Ling didn't even look at his hand, but raised his hand and pointed to his own field.

"Haha, prepare to die, John... I'm going to activate the effect of my field spell [Flame King's Island]!"

"Destroy a monster in my hand and on the field, namely this [Infernal Fire Barrier Statue]... Then, add a [Holy Flame King - Roc Phoenix] from your deck to your hand!"

Volume 1: Chapter 188: Electronic...Electronic Pet?

"And, at the moment [Holy Flame King - Phoenix] is added to your hand... activate the effect of [Holy Flame King]!"

"When your Fire monster [Kyakusei no Kyokai] is destroyed, Special Summon this card from your hand."

Along with You Ling's declaration, the flame representing the Flame King's nirvana appeared again in his hand. At the same time, the familiar cry of the Holy Flame King was also heard - but this time, the volume of the Peng Phoenix's cry reached a whole new level, as if the monster itself realized that the duel was nearing its end and was sentencing John on the opposite side to death.

Before this, as one of You Ling's good friends, John had probably heard about or indirectly witnessed You Ling's superior (?) dueling skills. He also talked about it briefly when the three friends of You Ling, the tenth generation, were bragging about it together. He probably knew how desperate the people of the Seven Kings of Barian who stood opposite him were... But the feeling of hearing about it and actually standing opposite You Ling as an opponent were two completely different experiences.

And now, in front of this bird that has appeared in the duel countless times and is back on the field again, as if it is immortal... John truly realized that the ending of defeat is already in front of him.

——Looking at the expression of You Ling opposite him, John also clearly realized that all of this was probably within You Ling's calculations... That's right, the Karma Flame Barrier Statue retrieved from the bonfire just now not only trapped him, but also served as firewood for the Flame King Island on You Ling to burn and complete the final blow.

After using up all the resources as a feint and deceiving all resistance on John's side, he relied solely on the remaining two cards to achieve perfect suppression in one round, and enough endurance to make the final decision in the next round... I can only say that seeing this, this entire duel was probably under the control of You Ling.

I have to admit that although You Ling's fighting style looks disgusting and perverted, and does not have the stream-of-consciousness feeling of an anime duelist... all of this can still give people a sense of planning, order and pleasure.

──In John's opinion, You Ling's expression at this moment seemed to be saying... the moment the Bonfire effect was used and the Karma Flame Barrier was taken out from the card pool, you were already dead!

Just in terms of duel level and operation planning, even John on the opposite side was convinced and had no objection. Even if he lost to such a wandering spirit, he felt it was natural... But even though he was convinced, the expression on his face was still quite complicated and entangled, as if admiration and disgust were fused together. In short, it was very facial expression.

As a true duelist, John himself is a very open-minded and cheerful boy. It's not that he cannot accept failure in a duel. Most of the time, he will just laugh it off... He just can't accept being defeated by You Ling in such a stupid way that is completely different from what he imagined. As he just said, this is not the duel he wanted at all!

As a thorough anime duelist and local native, John obviously possesses an anime dueling spirit that You Ling cannot understand─even if he fails in a duel, as long as it is done in an honorable and happy way, he can completely accept it...but unfortunately, he met the idiot You Ling this time.

——As for the mindset of this anime duelist... for You Ling, who purely traveled from the OCG world and has always adhered to the concept of "victory is above all else" in duels, it is definitely completely incomprehensible.

John, looking across at You Ling's expression, clearly understood this, which only made his expression even more complicated. He knew that even if he grabbed You Ling and yelled at him to instill his passionate dueling philosophy into him, telling him what a truly joyful duel was, he would probably only get a confused scratch of his head... and then he would probably say, "Huh? Is there anything happier than winning?"

But even so, as such a good friend, You Ling probably noticed the complexity and displeasure on John's face at this time - so You Ling, who was broad-minded and understanding (so he thought), naturally would not turn a blind eye.

Then, as if to comfort John on the opposite side, You Ling raised his head and looked at John on the opposite side while slapping the Phoenix onto the field to operate, and spoke in a comforting tone.

"John, judging by your expression... you clearly feel like you haven't had enough fun yet, and you're even a little dissatisfied."

Then, You Ling took out the Dapeng from his hand, shook it towards John, and said, "I can understand your thoughts. You just want to see my ace monster appear and let me kill you with it, right... little greedy cat!"

As he spoke, You Ling extended his long-unmarried right hand, and with a hand so fast that only the afterimage could be seen, he expertly executed the Big Bird Blast Kirin maneuver etched into the DNA of Flame King players. "Next, after entering the field, activate the effect of my monster [Holy Flame King·Roc Phoenix]... and destroy another [Flame King Divine Beast·Kirin] from your deck and send it to the Graveyard."

"After that, it's [Flame King Divine Beast·Kirin]'s effect. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, from your hand or Graveyard, revive another Flame King monster, the trump card you destroyed earlier—[Flame King·Roc·Phoenix·Eternal Flame]!"

So, under You Ling's quick operation, his two different forms of Dapeng Phoenix reappeared on the field in the pure elemental image and the image of the Holy Flame King respectively... The Dapeng with more than 3000 attacks on both sides complemented each other, looking at John opposite from the left and right, with a full sense of oppression.

"After this... I'm gonna go straight into the battle phase!"

After rambling on about this series of actions, You Ling paused to catch his breath, then raised his head and proudly raised his chin towards John across from him: "How about it... Is it cool if it's like this?"

──Obviously, although You Ling couldn't understand John's request that "it would be fun if both sides used their ace monsters to fight each other"... and in this situation, he obviously couldn't do this either - so he brought out the understanding in his mind that "John, as an anime duelist, hopes that You Ling will use his strongest ace monster to kill him with full health."

At this point, John raised his head, looking at You Ling's reasoning, which was not quite right in terms of process and result, and looking at the two powerful Dapeng on his field, he just felt a little numb... To be honest, he didn't understand what the hell You Ling was doing. This was completely just a show of skills on You Ling's part.

So, John could only lower his head and take a look at the Rainbow Dragon in his hand, which had been stuck in the last round and had no chance to appear at all. As the owner, he could even see the depressed emotion conveyed by this card.

In response to this, John could only nod towards You Ling with a helpless smile, and his expression was even a little bit gritting his teeth.

"You Ling... Thank you so much!"

——At this moment, probably due to You Ling's mysterious operation, John's emotions fluctuated violently. You Ling could even see that around John, along with his obvious emotions fluctuations... there were even many phantoms with strange shapes appearing.

Perhaps because You Ling's inspiration was not enough, or because John's emotions were not strong enough, the image was just a few phantoms like spatial fluctuations... But even in this completely unclear situation, You Ling could probably tell that among them was the image of John's favorite member of the Gemmon family, Ruby the Rubymon, one of the Gemmon spirits.

Then, when You Ling blinked and was distracted, the shadows of the space fluctuations disappeared without a trace... as if all this was You Ling's illusion.

Seeing this, You Ling felt that even the opposing elves had come out to celebrate, which clearly showed that his trump card formation was very sincere and had thoroughly delighted John. Therefore, he completely failed to understand the complex emotions in John's tone, and only felt that he had received sincere gratitude from his friend... So, You Ling waved his hand carelessly and laughed heartily, "Haha—you're welcome!"