The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

Who knew that summoning a single 6-star monster with 2500 ATK would only result in Special Summoning four 2-star or lower Zombie-type monsters from the Graveyard.

This truly surprised everyone.

In the end, he was defeated without any doubt by Manjoume's Lightning using the Disruption King technique.

As for the truth about Abydas III, it is that he was indeed a minor pharaoh in history, but the title of god of duels was given to him by a group of sycophants who dared not defeat him, which allowed the pharaoh to win every time.

However, Abydas III was not angry upon learning this fact and suffering a crushing defeat. After experiencing the true joy of dueling, he even longed to duel with everyone present.

"It's a pity I can't stay in the mortal world. If possible, would you all like to ascend to the underworld with me? That way, the joyful duel would end in one go, which is such a shame!"

Everyone present broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this; for modern humans, this was an extremely terrifying thing.

Go to the underworld? Wouldn't that be tantamount to actively seeking death?

So the Tenth Prince stepped forward and suggested, "Ahem, we appreciate the Pharaoh's kindness, but we haven't lived enough yet."

"You might as well go and duel with other Pharaohs, especially the legendary Pharaoh who returned to the underworld a few years ago. It is said that he once resided in the body of the Duel King Yugi Muto, and his strength is considered top-tier in the dueling world!"

"Yeah yeah......"

The crowd, driven by a strong will to survive, echoed this sentiment.

After hearing what the Tenth Generation said, Abidas III's eyes lit up: "There is such a strong person, then I must go and meet him!"

And so, with everyone watching, Abidas III excitedly left the mortal world with his entourage.

......

Meanwhile, inside a dark cave.

A tall man in a black trench coat and wearing a mask grinned wildly: "Finally, finally I'm back! I, Titan, have returned from hell to take my revenge on you!"

Chapter 92 School Festival, Cosplay

Seeing that Titan was dragged into hell by the Dark Game before he could even say a last word, everyone gasped in horror.

Everyone was even more shocked by Kang's power; a triple Kang completely crushed the opponent, leaving them with no chance to fight back.

During a duel, they're always trying to outmaneuver you, leaving you no chance at all. How can you have a proper game like that?

Traditionally, the general understanding of duels has been to maximize the consumption of resources to create monsters with high attack power. Players who can create monsters with high resistance or strong removal abilities are considered skilled.

A typical duel is about back and forth, with you setting up the field and me clearing it, and vice versa, going back and forth, which is quite enjoyable!

However, today's duel has refreshed everyone's understanding of dueling—using 'counter' to interfere with the opponent's behavior!

Due to the limitations of the era and the card pool, ordinary duelists cannot specialize in the 'counter' tactic, which leads to the general public not paying much attention to 'counter'. However, there is now a typical tactic that can demonstrate its power, but it is only limited to the Declarer series. To achieve the goal of setting up multiple 'counter', it will be at least after the Synchro era.

People have now realized that building high resistance and board clear is far less effective than building 'counter'. Multiple 'counter' can easily destroy the opponent's tactics. Although their decks cannot specialize in this, they have begun to pay attention to this kind of effect.

Asuka understood this perfectly well, because Jaden had said: 'Building high attack power is less effective than building a last will, building a last will is less effective than building resistance, building resistance is less effective than building interference, and building interference is less effective than direct lockdown.'

The reason why the real-world card environment has become so harsh is precisely because of this. It is also because of this that 'counter', which can directly disrupt the opponent's tactics at the source, has become the main tactic of most mainstream decks.

Therefore, Asuka's current deck is far stronger than everyone else's decks. Even Judai and Ryo Marufuji dare not say that they can definitely defeat her Declarator deck.

Of course, once you collect more hero monsters with more attributes in the later stages of the game, it's not impossible to fight them. Even if you take some damage, you can still continue to unleash your power.

In conclusion, Asuka's strength has now jumped to the top three among everyone due to the strength of her deck.

..乭....

The morning sun was just rising outside the old dormitory gate.

After the duel ended, Asuka's brother, Tenjouin Fubuki, also regained some of his memories. It is said that he remembered having had a similar experience in the past after seeing Titan being taken into the dark world and disappearing before his eyes.

Asuka asked in confusion, "But why would you go to the dark world, brother?"

Fubuki explained helplessly, "It wasn't my choice to go in. We received special lessons in that dormitory and participated in a test duel in the dueling arena just now. Then, like Titan just now, we were swallowed by darkness and engaged in a brutal duel in that world that is unimaginable to ordinary people."

Jaden stepped forward and asked, "Then who brought Fubuki-senpai to that world?"

Fubuki shook her head slightly: "I don't know either, but the person who asked me to participate in the test duel that day was Daitokuji-sensei?"

“Huh?!”

"It's actually Master Daitokuji?"

Judai stroked his chin: "Daitokuji-sensei? I knew he was no ordinary person, but unfortunately he has long since disappeared."

He also told the Daisuke family about Lin's situation before his disappearance at Daitokuji Temple and his identity.

"One of the Seven Stars, Master Daitokuji really kept it well hidden."

"Even the academy didn't know about this, how embarrassing! It's ridiculous!"

Everyone was very surprised by this, but it was a pity that Daitoku-ji Temple had already fled.

In any case, the Seven Stars have already dealt with six of them, and now only Daitokuji is left. He will reappear before them sooner or later.

......

For the next two weeks, Daitoku-ji Temple remained missing, and the academy returned to a long-awaited period of peace.

However, Duel Academy is celebrating a very important event today – the School Festival!

This is an open campus festival where students organize various interesting activities, and people from both inside and outside the school are welcome to visit.

However, academies like Duel Academy, located on isolated islands at sea, obviously cannot invite many people from outside the school.

Therefore, the Duel Academy's school festival is basically a group of three dormitories each holding their own events, and then visiting and playing in each other's dorms.

The blue dormitory mainly hosts tea parties and cocktail parties, while the yellow dormitory hosts temple fairs and sells snacks, which Judai, Asuka, and others are not very interested in.

So a few acquaintances who often hang out together gathered at the Red Dorm Judai for a meeting, and they watched with great boredom as the Red Dorm students made arrangements for the cosplay event below.

Misawa, who was standing nearby, suggested enthusiastically, "Why don't we participate in the Red Dorm cosplay duel? There's no point in worrying about Daitokuji-sensei all the time."

Jaden shrugged. "You're right. It wouldn't be bad to have some fun during the school festival. What do you think, Asuka?"

Asuka agreed, saying, "I think it's okay. We can't keep being so tense all the time."

No one else had an opinion either.

"Then it's decided."

Meanwhile, in a corner out of sight of the students, the figure of a pretty young girl flashed by.

'Hehe~, I've finally met you, little master!'

......

When Judai arrived at the changing room, many people had just changed their clothes and were coming out.

Asuka was among them; she and her best friends Junko and Momoe each wore a "Hawk Lady" outfit, forming the "Hawk Lady Trio," which looked extremely pleasing to the eye.

Judai quickly changed as well, but his outfit was rather flamboyant, consisting of unwanted spare parts pieced together into a bizarre and eclectic mix.

The armor of the [Magic Warrior Destroyer], the gloves and magic hat of the [Dark Daoist Zaki], the shoulder armor and cloak of the [Elven Swordsman], the shield of the [Iron Knight Gia Fried]... it's as if a bunch of monsters have been forcibly fused together by hyperfusion.

Asuka asked, dumbfounded, "Judai, what are you cosplaying as?"

Jaden scratched his head awkwardly and laughed, "I don't even know what this is called, it's just a hodgepodge of cosplay outfits. Anyway, I don't have any other cosplay outfits, so I'll just make do with this one, haha."

Asuka: "Isn't it pretty good?" ( ^ △ ^|||)︴

However, this outfit still fits Jaden's personality of favoring fusion monsters.

Instead of focusing on Jaden's strange appearance, everyone turned their attention to the person who came in through the door.

dong dong dong...

A series of heavy footsteps approached, followed by Wan Zhangmu's soft laughter.

"Wow, this is quite a scene! Let me see what you're all playing!"

Chapter 93 A Dark Magician Girl Intrudes?!

Upon hearing Manjoume's voice, everyone rushed outside to see what was happening, only to discover that Manjoume had actually cosplayed as a uniquely designed mecha monster, one of his signature monsters—[XYZ-Dragon Cannon]!

This mecha suit was clearly not from the academy's collection, but rather custom-made by Manjoume himself.

He spent a lot of money on this, all in order to make a name for himself at today's school festival.

However, the reactions of the crowd were far from what he expected. Most of them looked surprised, but there was little praise or flattery.

Wan Zhangmu muttered in astonishment, "What's going on? Isn't my cosplay outfit cool enough? Don't you all think it's amazing?"

The main difference is that the Jade Tei's outfit has a stronger visual impact. My impression of this mecha is that it looks cool, but it's also a bit bulky.

......

No one lingered in the changing room any longer. After most of them changed into their cosplay outfits, they headed together to the duel arena set up in front of the Red Dormitory.

The highlight of Osiris Red is the cosplay duel, and many other blue and yellow dormitories are already there waiting to watch.

In the open space in front of the red dormitory, a simple dueling area was marked out with white paint. Some students dressed as monsters were already dueling there, and the atmosphere was very lively.

When Judai and his group arrived, dozens of teachers and students present cast hopeful glances their way. They naturally hoped that this top-level student would also take to the stage for a duel, so that everyone could feast their eyes on him.

Judai wasn't in a rush to play.

However, the two students who were fighting on the field stopped their duel and voluntarily gave up their positions.

"Judai-kun, come on here!"

Seeing this, Jaden did not refuse. He took off his shield, put on his Duel Disk, and stepped onto the duel arena.

Embarrassingly, no one was willing to come up and fight him for a long time.

The teachers and students watching immediately started to jeer.

"Wan Zhangmu, you go ahead. Don't you always want to be the top student in the academy? Why not take this great opportunity?"

"Let's seize this opportunity to launch a revenge attack on him!"

"That's it!"

Wan Zhangmu's face immediately fell, looking like a cat: "What are you talking about? How can I duel dressed like this? I'd better be the referee."

Asuka didn't really want to compete with Judai, and the others hadn't changed into their cosplay outfits yet, so for a moment no one came forward.

Just then, a slender figure skipped up to Jaden and asked in a clear voice, "May I be your opponent?"

She was a cute girl dressed as a "Dark Magician Girl".

Wow, what a cute girl!

"She's so beautiful, she looks just like the real thing!"

"She's not a student in our college, is she? Is she from outside the school?"

The girl was quite pretty, instantly stunning all the teachers and students present, who then discussed it enthusiastically.

However, the person standing opposite her, Judai, knew very well that she was not a cosplayer from outside the school.

Because he sensed that the opponent was a materialized Duel Spirit, he carefully examined her appearance. 'The emblem on her chest wasn't a pentagram, but the Eye of Ugarte; it seems that's the item that maintains her form.'

'Aside from this difference, it's basically the same as a card, and I don't sense any malice in it. Interesting, could it be the spirit that Yugi Muto possesses?'

Thinking of this, Jaden raised his head and readily agreed to the girl opposite him: "Alright, of course you can be my opponent, let's duel!"

"Great!"

The black magician girl jumped for joy.

"The black magician girl is so cute!!"

Everyone assumed the girl was happy about being able to duel.

However, the dark magician girl was thinking: 'I finally managed to sneak away from my master, and now I can finally play with my little master! I'm so happy!'

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That's right, this is indeed the genuine Dark Magician Girl from the game, and she knows Jaden's identity and wants to get closer to him.

Of course, Judai is unaware of this at the moment.

Under the watchful eyes of many spectators, the duel finally began.

As the referee, Manjoume Lightning picked up the microphone and announced, "The cosplay duel between Yuki Jaden, who is cosplaying something I don't know, and the Dark Magician Girl, is officially beginning!"

After the two finished shuffling the cards, they began their duel.

The black magician girl flashed a peace sign at Jaden and smiled sweetly: "Please have mercy!"