A duelist never gives up!

"Soufflé removes one Xyz material, and then I use Soufflé as an Xyz material, Xyz Summon!"

"Magic Dessert: Princess Pudding Chocolate Pudding Platter!"

"Activate the effect of Chocolate Platter, return the Princess Girl in the Graveyard to the Deck, remove one Xyz Material, Special Recruit Jelly Angel, Jelly Angel is Liberated, Special Recruit Owl in Defense Position, banish Owl to the Graveyard Soufflé, Special Recruit the Postman, the Postman activates his effect, and search for the Golem Dessert Castle."

"Then, I activated the Magic Puppet Dessert Castle." Yuan Qi said a lot in one breath, took a short breath, and then inserted the Magic Puppet Dessert Castle into the duel disk.

A huge puppet dessert castle stood on the field, and the sweet smell filled the air, adding a sweet touch to this romantic Chinese Valentine's Day.

"Because of the effect of the Magic Dessert Castle, I triggered the effect of the Chocolate Platter again, and specially recruited a postman. The postman searched for the Magic Dessert Salon!"

"I activate the Magical Dessert Salon!"

"And then stack the two mailmen on top of each other!"

"Super Summon!"

"Magic Puppet Dessert Teacher - Glasses Soufflé!"

Yuan Qi summoned the Soufflé once again, and then sent the Madeleine Witch and the Chocolate Platter on the field to the cemetery and said, "I will set the Madeleine Witch and the Chocolate Platter to the connection mark!"

"Connect Summon!"

"Newcomer to Magical Desserts: Fruit Tart Sister!"

"Trigger the soufflé effect again and add Madeline Witch and Gray Liuli from the graveyard to your hand!"

"Add Gray Flowing Beauty to your hand?" Ike frowned and his expression turned ugly. Could it be that the Magic Puppet Dessert could actually recycle the hand pit?

Yuan Qi didn't pay attention to Ike's expression and continued expressionlessly: "Trigger the Salon effect, cover walk, then I insert a card, and the turn ends."

This is the fastest expansion speed of Yuan Qi.

He really didn't want to stand on this stage for even a second!

Chapter 53: How many times can a piece of ash be used?

"Then, my turn, draw a card!"

Ike suddenly drew a card and said, "I enter the main phase and activate Pot of Lust and Gold."

"I chain-activate Gray Flowing Beauty, which negates your Greedy Pot of Gold." Yuan Qi sent the Gray Flowing Beauty card he had just retrieved to the graveyard without hesitation.

"As expected." Just like Yuan Qi used the pot full of gold and humbleness to exchange for ashes, his pot full of greed and gold was also just used to exchange for ashes.

"I activate the Spell Card, Planet Transformation," Ike said as he inserted a card into the Duel Board. "I add the Field Spell Card, Underworld Shambhala, from my deck to my hand."

"Next, I activate Underworld Shambhala!" Ike quickly activated Shambhala. "I activate Shambhala's effect, adding 1 Underworld monster from my deck to my hand."

"Chain!" Yuan Qi fiercely flipped open the face card and said, "I activate the Trap Card - Golem Dessert Walk, negating the effect of Shambhala on your field, and then add Golem Dessert Pudding Princess from my graveyard to my hand."

"Immediately afterwards, I activated the effect of Golem Dessert Salon, and covered the field with the second Stroll from the deck."

"Can I still recycle resources while being ineffective?" Ike frowned. After thinking for a moment, he slapped a card on the Duel Plate and said, "I Normally Summon the Subterranean Mentor."

As soon as Ike finished speaking, an orc with a huge sword in his hand appeared on the duel arena.

"Activate the effect of Subterranean Mentor, target the Soufflé on your field, and both the Soufflé and this card are changed to face-down Defense Position!" Ike shouted, extending his hand.

"Chain!" Yuan Qi said quickly, "I activate the effect of Soufflé, remove one Xyz material, and select myself as the target. This turn, Soufflé is unaffected by other monster effects."

"Unaffected by the effect?" Ike was slightly stunned, but continued, "Even if that's the case, my Subterranean mentor will still switch to inside-defense position!"

Ike's mentor on the field turned over consciously and turned into a black cover card.

"He seems to have no idea about the effects of the magic dessert?" Ai couldn't help but tilt his head and asked in confusion as he watched the scene.

"That's a good thing." Yuan Qi chuckled, "It means not everyone is paying attention to me."

"In a sense, we saved the world." Ai said with a sense of injustice for some reason.

"After all, even though it was a huge commotion back then, as if everyone was doomed, the only people who truly felt the same way were the people of the capital, right?" Yuan Qi explained softly. "People from other places, upon hearing about it, would probably just think, 'Oh, so this is such a serious thing!' and then go about their own business."

“People can’t empathize with each other.”

"Who are you talking to?" Akro turned his head and looked at Yuan Qi, somewhat puzzled.

"Nothing, just talking to myself." Yuan Qi coughed twice.

On the other side, Ike silently inserted two cards into the duel disk.

If the field of this deck is invalidated, it cannot be further developed and can only be passed by covering the card.

"I'm ending this round like this," Ike said.

"Wait." Yuan Qi quickly sent a card in his hand to the graveyard. "During your End Phase, I will chain activate G of Proliferation."

"Huh? What's he doing? Activating G to multiply even though his opponent's turn is already over? Is he going to waste such an important card like that?!"

The audience in the audience couldn't help but complain.

However, Ike, who was standing on the stage, knew very well the purpose of Yuan Qi's actions.

It's not a waste, it's a pass on.

He is passing resources to his partner!

"My turn, draw a card!" Akro suddenly drew a card, then stretched out his hand without hesitation, "I activate the effect of the Souffle on the field, remove one Xyz material, and select myself as the target. This turn, the Souffle cannot be affected by the effects of other monsters!"

"Chain!" Ike suddenly opened his face-up card and said, "I chain-activate Mass Arrest, targeting the soufflé on your field, and gain control of it!"

"Chain!" Akro continued, "I activate the Trap Card Golem Dessert Walk, negating your Grand Arrest and adding the Postman in the Graveyard to my hand!"

"I'll chain again!" Ike suddenly opened his face-up card and said, "Activate the Trap Card - Subterranean Decisive Battle! Change my Subterranean Instructor to face-up Attack Position!"

"So strong! How could he chain so many times at the beginning?"

"Hand pits smashed against each other, multiple chain plays, the level of competition this year is really high!"

"As a local, I should be rooting for Ike and Lorna, but it feels like Yui and Akero have a better chance of winning."

"So you should cheer for Ike."

"I prefer to be on the side with a greater chance of winning."

The audience in the audience were eating snacks and talking about the stage, while the contestants on the stage had already started to deal with the effects.

"First, my mentor changes to face-up attack position." Ike turned over the mentor on the field and said.

"Then, Strolling, Invalidating Arrest," Akro said calmly. "The Soufflé effect is activated successfully, triggering the second effect. Another chain begins, selecting cards from both players' graveyards and returning up to two cards combined to their owners' decks."

"I chose to add Gray Flowing Beauty and Proliferating G from the graveyard to my hand."

"Then I activate the effect of my mentor, and from my deck..."

"Chain." Akro said expressionlessly as he sent a card in his hand to the graveyard. "I activate Gray Flowing Beauty to negate your mentor's effect."

Ike's face darkened, and he felt a fire burning in his heart.

That's too much! You used a single Gray Flowing Beauty three times?! Act like a human being!

Fortunately, all the excess ingredients for the soufflé have been used up, and this time, Hui Liuli may be the last time.

However, at this moment, a cold voice once again came into Ike's ears.

"Graveyard Stroll still has a second effect. Give the teacher some extra materials." Yuan Qi reminded Akro, "Wait until the opponent's turn, activate the second effect of Stroll, then activate the teacher's effect, and pick up Gray Flowing Beauty and use it again."

"Okay, I know." Akro nodded and said, "Why didn't you tell me before?"

"Previous opponents didn't need to use ash so many times." Yuan Qi explained.

Ike: "..."

Yes, actually a Gray Flowing Beauty card can be used four times.

"Then it's my turn to unfold."

Akro said, and began his daily operations: "I will place the Nun and Owl on the Link Marker, Link Summoning Dream Collapse Phoenix!"

"I discard Sigma the Machine from my hand to destroy the cover card in your backfield!" Akro pointed at the Subterranean Decisive Battle in Ike's backfield.

The fiery phoenix once again spewed flames from its mouth, burning all of Ekko's backcourt cover cards.

Chapter 54: It's all ketones now.

"I usually summon the Slasher."

Akro stretched out his hand and slapped a card in his hand on the duel disk. The next second, a silver humanoid mecha appeared in front of everyone.

"Then, I activate the effect of Radius." Akro reached into the graveyard and said, "When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, I can activate this effect by targeting a Level 1 Cyberse-Type monster in your Graveyard. Special Summon that monster, and I Special Summon Sigma the Slasher from the Graveyard to the field."

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a clear sound, Sigma with red and white stripes appeared in front of Akro with the sharp blade held high in his hand. The two mechas stood shoulder to shoulder like warriors on the battlefield.

"I stack the two monsters on the field! Xyz Summon..."

In fact, Yuan Qi's reminder was unnecessary.

There is no need to use the fourth Gray Flowing Beauty.

In other words, the opponent didn't even have the next round, and Akro skillfully killed the opponent.

"By the way, the combo you unfolded is exactly the same as before, it hasn't changed at all." Yuan Qi couldn't help but complain.

"Isn't your expansion combo exactly the same as before?" Akro retorted.

"Generally speaking, the stronger the deck, the more fixed and stable the combo. So in fact, if you can master a deck, it will take at least three months and at most half a year to basically understand it thoroughly." Akro put away his duel disk and said.

"And learn a second deck?" Yuan Qi asked curiously. He didn't know much about the process of how duelists in this world became stronger.

"No, let's try to put together a second deck first." Akro said solemnly, "The more powerful the deck, the harder it is to get."

"..."

"The results of the first round are out, the winners are Akro and Yui!" The host announced the results loudly, and at the same time sighed softly in his heart: the only normal couples in this competition have left the stage just like that.

"Next, please welcome contestants Bai Xue and Arthur, and Ikaros and Daedalus!"

"Peng!"

Accompanied by a burst of white mist, four girls appeared on the stage.

"Um... you go first later." Xuefeng said quietly to Nero, "If I run into Julie-senpai at the beginning, I'll have trouble dealing with her Undead World."

"Yeah, no problem." Nero nodded.

"Wow, are you secretly discussing countermeasures?" Sera looked at the two people whispering across from her and said to Julie, "Speaking of which, we are going to help Mr. Akro win the championship this time, right?"

"I guess so." Julie said lightly.

"In that case, now that we're the only ones left in the game, is there any need to fight each other?" Sera said boredly.

"Are you going to surrender?" Julie looked at Sera strangely.

"No, I just think it's a bit too good to beat them up in front of so many people." Sera took out her deck and said, "After all, we are partners."

"You're showing off again." Julie rolled her eyes in annoyance. Ever since Sera got the hero deck, she basically looked arrogant every day. To be honest, Julie couldn't help but want to beat her up.

Refers to the physical aspect.

"Stop talking nonsense." Julie said as she stuffed the deck into the duel board.

"Duel!" x4.

"drop!"

Julie's duel disk rang softly.

"I choose to go first." Julie said without hesitation, and then drew five cards from the deck.

"I enter the main phase and normally summon a Chorus Zombie." Julie gently slapped the monster in her hand on the duel disk.

Then, two zombies, one fat and one thin, appeared on the field arm in arm, humming an unknown song.

"I activate the effect of a Chorus Zombie, targeting myself. I send Banshee from the Corpse World from my hand to the Graveyard, giving Chorus Zombie +1 Level." Julie said, quickly banishing Banshee from the Graveyard. "I activate Banshee's effect, banishing this card from the Graveyard, and activate Undead World from my Deck!"

The breath of death enveloped the entire stadium, with skulls and branches with human faces scattered in every corner. In an instant, the stadium seemed to have turned into a kingdom of the dead.