A duelist never gives up!

"Know more, know more!"

The robin still appeared in the original seven games with high spirits. It seems that the frequent appearances today did not make it feel tired.

"I activate the effect of the robin, and at the same time chain activate the effect of the bald eagle in the exclusion zone, c1c2!" Yuan Qi stretched out his hand and shouted.

"I first added the Bald Eagle from the exclusion zone to my hand, and then I added the DD Crow from my deck!"

After saying that, Yuan Qi slapped the Bald Eagle on the field and said, "Because of the effect of the Robin, I Normal Summon Windbird x Bald Eagle!"

"Then activate Bald Eagle's effect to add 1 Level 7 or higher Beast-Type monster from your deck to your hand. After that, you can Summon 1 Beast-Type monster!"

The bald eagle soaring in the sky made a loud and clear sound, grabbing Joanna's heart buried high in her chest.

Sure enough, he has a second Emperor or Titan in his deck?!

Even if I summon a second Emperor or Titan, their combined attack power shouldn't exceed 8000. Plus, I have a covered monster on the field. Its defense is practically zero, but it can still withstand one attack...

"I'll add Gale Emperor Riza to my hand from the deck!" Yuan Qi said as he added Gale Emperor Riza to his hand.

But this action made Joanna's eyes light up.

Although Gale Emperor Ryza has good attack and powerful board clearing effects, it has no resistance!

It can neither search for traps and block attacks at the same time like the Emperor, nor does it have the invincible three-color resistance like the Titanfox. After clearing the field, it is just an ordinary high-attack monster!

Yuan Qi glanced at the inexplicably excited Joanna, opened his mouth, and said nothing. He simply quickened his movements and said, "I will sacrifice the bald eagle and robin on the field. The superiors are calling!"

"Gale Emperor Raiza!"

The green-clad Gale Emperor Leiza, wearing a green cloak, appeared majestically on the original seven fields. His pair of blue eyes sparkled like gems in the dazzling sunlight.

"I activate the effect of Gale Emperor Ryza!" Harachi pointed at the face-down card on Joanna's field and said, "I return the monsters you're covering and the Wind Wanderer x Emperor Enterprise from my graveyard to the deck!"

A gust of wind blew by, and the monsters on Joanna's field were sent to the Extra Deck, and the cyclope materials in them were sent to the Graveyard.

“3000+2800+1000=6800……看来我还有1200lp可以用。”乔安娜计算着原七场上的怪兽攻击力，露出一丝轻笑道。

"No, I will end this duel in this round." Yuan Qi broke Joanna's fantasy without hesitation.

"You should have used up your Normal Summon by now. Without the Free Summon, what else do you plan to do? Double Summon?" Joanna stared at Yuan Qi intently. She hoped that Yuan Qi was just bluffing, but... considering Yuan Qi's current situation, did he really need to do this?

"Double Summon... I have this card, but it's been sitting in a box collecting dust for ages." Hara Nana seemed to recall something, a look of nostalgia playing across his face, but he quickly returned his attention to the duel. "Even though I don't have a Double Summon, adding a Normal Summon shouldn't be a problem."

As he spoke, Yuan Qi showed a card in his hand and said, "I activate the effects of Wind Bird and Mysterious Map!"

"You can only activate this during your Main Phase. Show your opponent a Level 1 "Windbird" monster from your hand, and banish from your Deck a "Windbird" card with a different name than the monster you showed. Afterward, Summon the monster you showed!"

Chapter 9: He is Yuan Qi.

The scorching sun baked the rooftop, and the slowly rising temperature made the atmosphere of the duel even more heated.

"I show you my Windbird x Toucan, and I'll send them out of the deck!" Hara Nana said, slapping the Toucan in his hand onto the Duel Board. "After that, I'll Normal Summon Windbird x Toucan!"

Accompanied by a breeze, a toucan with gray-blue wings slowly descended from the sky and stood next to the tall Fierce Wind Emperor.

"I activate the effect of Windbird x Toucan!" Hara Shichi reached into the Banished Zone and said, "If this card is successfully Normal Summoned, I can activate this effect by targeting one of my banned "Windbird" cards. Add that card to your hand, and then, after that, I can Normal Summon 1 Beast-Type monster!"

"Add the Wind-Wandering Bird from the exclusion zone to your hand?" Joanna realized something when she heard it, and the color drained from her playful face. There was no doubt that Yuan Qi's purpose in doing this was...

"I'll add Windbird x Imperial Enterprises to my hand again from the banished area!" Yuan Qi said, slapping another card on the Duel Board. "Then, I Normal Summon Windbird x Ostrich!"

With the entry of Windbird x Ostrich into the duel field, the total attack power of the monsters on Yuan Qi's field finally reached 8000. However, since it has already been deployed here, Yuan Qi does not intend to stop there.

"I activate the effect of Windbird x Ostrich!" Yuan Qi extended his palm, commanding the Ostrich on his field. "I banish the Lyrical Robin - Lazuli Wagtail in your graveyard, and then sacrifice Windbird x Ostrich and Windbird x Toucan on the field!"

"Summoned by superiors!"

"Windbird x Imperial Enterprise!!!"

The cute emperor penguin once again appeared on Yuan Qi's field, pretending to be harmless, but everyone present knew the power hidden under this monster's cute appearance.

"I activate the effect of Wind Bird x Imperial Enterprise, adding Wind Bird and Unknown Wind from the deck to my hand."

Yuan Qi casually retrieved a magic card, then turned the Lava Demon on the Duel Disk into an attack and said, "I enter the battle phase!"

"Use Windbird x Emperor Enterprise, Gale Emperor Raiza, Gale Barrier Statue, and Lava Demon to directly attack you!"

"Crack—plop!"

The huge impact knocked Joanna away, causing her to hit the wooden chair behind her, and then she fell into the swimming pool together with the wooden chair.

Fortunately, although the cards in this world feel like paper, they are not real paper, otherwise Joanna's deck would probably be scrapped.

Joanna lp: 8000 → 0

Win: Yuan Qi!!!

"Great!" Shana hugged Yuan Qi and shouted excitedly, "We won! That's great!"

Yuan Qi felt the girl's cloud-soft body, warm as a blanket, pressed against his own. Before he could react, he caught sight of Ai's piercing gaze in mid-air. He quickly pulled away, coughing dryly twice and saying, "Don't get too close in the middle of summer. It's too hot."

"Who... who wants to get close to you? I was just too excited just now!" Shana blushed and quickly defended herself.

"Haha, you two are really affectionate." A cold voice sounded, drawing Yuan Qi and Shana's attention to Joanna in the swimming pool.

At this time, Joanna's hair was as messy as a bunch of seaweed and stuck to her face, with only one of her eyes exposed. If it wasn't still daytime, Shana might have mistaken the guy in front of her for a water ghost.

"Who was being affectionate?" Shana retorted hastily, quickly extending her hand. "Don't change the subject. According to the bet, you should return the deck to me!"

"Wow!"

Joanna suddenly walked out of the swimming pool, and drops of crystal clear water slowly flowed down her slender white thighs, wetting the ground.

"I'm willing to accept the defeat, Grandpa Arlo." Joanna called out softly to the butler beside her.

"Yes." The butler beside him pulled out a deck of cards from somewhere, as if by magic, and handed it to Shana, saying, "This is the deck."

Shana took the deck suspiciously, and then carefully began to flip through the cards one by one.

"Don't look at it. I wouldn't do anything so despicable. Besides, there aren't any cards in those third-rate decks that interest me." Joanna wiped her hair with a towel and looked at Yuan Qidao with interest. "But your Wind Bird deck is quite interesting to me. Do you want to duel with me again?"

Joanna said, striding forward with her slender legs, licking her lips slightly with her scarlet tongue, and approaching Yuan Qi step by step. "If I win, you will be at my service. If you win, I will grant you one wish that I can fulfill. How about that?"

"Don't agree to her, this guy must have bad intentions!" Shana grabbed Yuan Qi's shoulders, protected him behind her, and looked at Joanna with her orange eyes.

"I'm not talking to you." Joanna raised her eyebrows slightly and said with some displeasure.

"I don't care about this kind of thing!" Shana stood in front of Yuan Qi and said stubbornly. She was not afraid of Joanna.

Of course, if Joanna wanted to duel her, that would be another matter.

After all, she is really bad at dueling.

"No, I have other things to do." Yuan Qi behind Shana declined politely, "Besides, the wish I want to fulfill is beyond your reach."

After saying that, Yuan Qi patted Shana on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, we still have to go to the Duelist League."

"Oh oh!" Shana echoed a few times, glared at Joanna fiercely, and then followed Yuan Qi.

"It's beyond my reach... How arrogant of me." Joanna sneered at Yuan Qi's back and said to the butler beside her, "Grandpa Arlo, I want him."

The butler, named Arlo, hesitated for a moment and said helplessly, "Miss, I'm afraid this is impossible."

"Why?" Joanna pouted and looked at her butler with dissatisfaction. You know, from childhood to adulthood, Grandpa Alor has always responded to her requests.

"If my memory serves me right, judging by that face, that silver duel disk, and his exceptional dueling prowess, he should be the legendary original Seventh Player. So, I'm afraid this isn't possible." The butler paused, then accepted the offer. "He even rejected invitations from the Queen and Avis."

"He... he's that Yuan Qi?!" Joanna was shocked. "Isn't Yuan Qi using the Pearl Tear deck?"

"No one stipulated that he could only use one deck." Arlo said softly.

"Is that so...is that so..." Joanna murmured softly, "If that's the case, shouldn't I deserve it more?"

"Miss?" Arlo looked at Joanna in confusion, not understanding why she said that.

"Contact my father." Joanna said with a slight smile on her lips, "Tell him that his daughter has found a man she wants."

Arlo was startled, and a bitter expression appeared on his old face. In an instant, he had thousands of words to say to give advice, but in the end they all turned into a silent sigh.

"Yes."

Chapter 10: The Sun is my best friend, you still want me!

"Is deck gambling popular in the capital?"

On the way to the Duelist League, Yuan Qi suddenly asked.

It’s not because of anything else, but I suddenly remembered that Honglian is also a native of the royal capital. Is there any connection between them?

"Rather than saying it's prevalent, it's more like a bad habit among the upper class," Shana explained with a frown. "Because according to the Duelist's philosophy, the deck is their most important asset. So they believe that risking their deck in a duel is, in a sense, risking everything they have. It's a very dignified and honorable thing to do, just like a knight."

"But in reality, it's not like that at all," Shana said with a smug look. "Nobles have great wealth and power. If they lose one deck, it's gone. The family will definitely be able to provide another one. But once a commoner loses their deck, most of them can't put together a second deck of similar strength."

Shana seemed to think of something when she said this, and said with a bit of a downcast mood: "For most common people, it's already very difficult to put together a decent deck."

"Is that so?" Yuan Qi nodded slightly. To put it simply, the nobles were playing the game of "I'm going to bet everything I have!", but in fact they were not betting anything at all. The only ones who were really betting everything were the common people who were caught up in this trend.

"Well, sometimes it doesn't matter if you don't get carried away. Many nobles are well aware of this and generally don't engage in deck-betting duels with commoners." Shana said, then suddenly slowed down her motorcycle and said to Yuan Qi behind her, "The Duelist Alliance is here."

Yuan Qi turned his head and saw the tall building not far away. He got off the motorcycle, waved to Shana and said, "Then I'll go."

"Wait!" Shana reached out and grabbed Yuan Qidao, "I haven't paid you yet!"

As she spoke, Shana pulled out a pink wallet and took out a card from it. "This card contains all my money. There's about 200 million in it."

"You are so rich?" Yuan Qi asked in surprise.

"Maybe it's not even as valuable as a monster in your deck," Shana said helplessly. "I can't give you my father's dinosaur deck. Even though he dotes on me, it's not my deck after all."

"It's okay. I'm not interested in other people's decks." Yuan Qi chuckled and pushed the card back. "And I'm not interested in money either."

Shana took a step back and looked at Yuan Qi warily: "I won't sell my body!"

"I don't want it." Yuan Qi pointed at Shana's motorcycle and said unhappily, "Your motorcycle..."

"No! Sun is my best friend! You still want me!" Shana said with tears in her eyes, hugging her Sun.

"You said no!" Yuan Qi said with a headache, "Can you please listen to me and finish what I have to say? Where did you get your motorcycle? Can you make me one too?"

Shana blinked, let go of her motorcycle with confidence, and said, "This was given to me by my father who works at a research institute. I heard it's still under development. If it's truly put on the market, it'll probably be next year."

"Is there no way to get another one?" Yuan Qi said with some regret.

"Well, if you want it so badly, I can try to ask my father." Shana said after a moment's hesitation, "I just don't know if he'll agree."

"Okay, let's exchange contact information." Yuan Qi took out his mobile phone and said.

"Okay." Shana nodded. "What's the note called?"

"Yuan Qi." Yuan Qi gave his name.

"Oh, Yuan Qi..." Shana typed the name "Yuan Qi" into her phone. Then, as if she had received an electric shock, she shuddered all over. She suddenly looked up at Yuan Qi and said, "You, you are Yuan Qi? The Yuan Qi who used the Pearl Tear deck to thwart the Anti-Duelers Alliance's conspiracy at the National College Tournament?!"

"It's me." Yuan Qi nodded.

"Really, really, really?!" Shana said with her eyes wide open and covering her mouth.

"Really." Yuan Qi said calmly.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" Shana excitedly grabbed Yuan Qi's shoulders, as if afraid he would run away. "Please be sure to shake my hand. Oh, and get an autograph! And, do you have a place to stay? Why don't you come stay at my place?!"

"But I have other things to do. Can we talk about it after I get out?" Yuan Qi pointed to the Duelist Alliance headquarters, and said with some embarrassment.

"Okay, okay!" Shana quickly let go of her hand. "Then remember to call me when you're done. I also need to give the deck to my friend!"

"no problem."

"You must call!"

"Good good..."

Yuan Qi sighed helplessly, feeling that he had encountered a troublesome existence.

But compared to Shana, what happens next might be more troublesome.

Yuan Qi looked at the Duelist Alliance headquarters building in front of him, and his expression became solemn.

The three little girls only told him that Honglian and a lady named Nineteen were arrested for illegally making and using duel disks.

It sounds like that, but Yuan Qi found it very strange.

A duel disk is something that almost everyone has. Even if it is artificially created, it will not harm anyone. If that is the case, why is it considered a crime?