A duelist never gives up!

Even though she lost the Narcissus Mermaid, with the help of the Demon King, Rusalka, wearing a silver-white long dress, still walked out of the fusion vortex like a soldier with a long sword in her hand.

Chapter 122: The ultimate weapon to kill gods - Thunderbolt Arceus!

Yuan Qi looked at the Rusalka Mermaid of the Pearl Tear Lament Clan on his field and breathed a sigh of relief. This way, no matter what card the God of Dark Duel drew in the next round, he would not be afraid.

"Next is clearing the field." Yuan Qi glanced at the front-barreled dragon on the field of the God of Dark Duel, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Barrel Dragon has a powerful effect that makes it undestroyable by battle or effects, and cannot be targeted. If you rely on the Pearl Tear's main system, you may not be able to deal with this monster even if you use up the entire deck.

However, Pearly Tears does not restrain itself.

Let me emphasize again that Pearly Tears has no self-restraint!

"I activate the effects of the Pearly Tear Sorrow-Tribe Renoheart on the field and the Pearly Tear Sorrow-Tribe-type Kusagakure in the graveyard, and send Pearly Tear Sorrow-Tribe Siren Mermaid and the top two cards of my deck to the graveyard!"

Ignoring the two cards sent to the graveyard, Yuan Qi directly activated the effect of the Siren Mermaid and said, "I activate the effect of the Siren Mermaid in the graveyard, return the Swamp Demon King, Little Mermaid, and Siren Mermaid from the graveyard to the deck, and Fusion Summon - Pearl Tear Lament Tribe, Kaledohart!!!"

"Clap!"

The flexible long whip made a crisp sound when it hit the ground. As one of the few male monsters in the Pearly Tear Elegy, the Pearly Tear Elegy tribe's Kaleidohart, nicknamed Squidward by many players, appeared in front of Yuan Qi with a grin on his face!

Caredoheart of the Pearly Tearful Lament has a powerful card bounce effect: "When this card is Special Summoned successfully, or when a Water-Type monster is sent to your Graveyard by a card effect while this card is on the field, you can activate this effect by targeting 1 card on your opponent's field. That card is returned to its owner's Deck." However, it is useless against the Forebarrel Dragon, which cannot be targeted, so Hara Shichi did not use the effect of Caredoheart of the Pearly Tearful Lament.

Kaleduhart of the Pearl Tear Singing Tribe was just a filler. The original seven's real purpose was...

"I'm placing the Little Mermaid of the Pearly Tear Lament Tribe and the Kusaka-Wrath Tribe on the Link Markers!" Hara Nana held up a card from his Extra Deck in front of him. "The summoning conditions are two monsters, including a Dark monster! Link Summon!"

"Dark, the Dark Spirit of Shadow!!!"

Dark, the only male among the spirit users, a black-haired wizard with his calves wrapped in white bandages, appeared in front of Yuan Qi with a staff in his hand. Around him, wisps of black magic power appeared faintly in the air, as if they would transform into Dark's power and be launched at any time.

"I activate the effect of Dark, the Dark Spirit, targeting 1 Dark monster in your opponent's Graveyard. Special Summon that monster to the zone this card links to." Hara Nana casually pointed at the Graveyard of the Dark Duel God and said, "I Special Summon the Bullet Tracer Dragon from your Graveyard to my field!"

There is no special meaning in choosing the Bullet Tracer Dragon. In fact, it doesn’t matter whether it is fired or not. The next step is the key to victory!

"I set the Shadow of Darkness Dark and Projectile Tracer Dragon on the field to the link mark!"

"The summoning conditions are 2 monsters, including a Level 2, Level 2, Link 2 monster! Link Summon!"

"Satellite Shining·Naughty Elf!!!"

That's right, Yuan Qi summoned the Dark Spirit Envoy only to forcibly dispatch the Naughty Spirit, and why did he dispatch the Naughty Spirit...

"I haven't Normal Summoned yet this turn," Harachi said, slapping the last card in his hand onto the Duel Board. "I Normal Summon the Siren Mermaid of the Pearly Tearful Lament Tribe!"

The Siren mermaid with a pair of wine-red eyes appeared on Yuan Qi's field wearing a light skirt and holding a slender sword hilt in her hand. She looked like a beautiful girl and a warrior ready to go.

The Dark Duel God looked at the Siren Mermaid of the Pearly Tear Singing Clan slowly emerging from the original Seven Fields and suddenly smiled. "I see, is this your plan? Achieving this level with a human body is indeed commendable, but... I advise you to stop here. If you surrender now, perhaps I'll be in a good mood and give you a reward, but..."

After saying that, a hint of gloom flashed across the cute little face of the Dark Duel God: "If you continue, I will be angry."

"Stop? Angry?" Yuan Qi twitched his lips, wondering if this so-called Dark Duel God had lost his mind. "You've almost won this duel. No matter how angry you are, can you still conjure up a meteorite? Oh, and you have to add a stocking, because my Rusalka Mermaid of the Pearly Tear Lament Clan is in the connection zone with the satellite Shining Naughty Elf."

The connection area of ​​the satellite Shining Naughty Elf will not be the target of the effect. Now Rusalka is standing under one of her connection areas, and the other connection area is reserved by Yuan Qi for his own God-killing weapon.

"Let me put an end to this duel," Hara Nana said, drawing an extra card. "I stack the two monsters, Renoheart of the Pearl Tear Lament Tribe and Siren Mermaid of the Pearl Tear Lament Tribe! These two monsters form a Gyro Network, and I Gyro Summon—Number 41, Mud Sleeper, Sleeping Tapir!!!"

The Dark Duel God looked at Yuan Qi's movements and shook his head slightly: "Stubborn."

"You're the one who's stubborn, aren't you?" Yuan Qi waved his hand and shouted, "I'm entering the battle phase! Use No. 41 Mud Sleeping Tapir to attack the active Stinger Dragon on your field!!!"

"Peng!"

The sleepy tapir half-opened his eyes, swung his drunken fist, and punched the active striker dragon in the air to pieces!

Dark Duel God LP: 8000→6400

"Then I enter Main Phase Two!" Yuan Qi said, eagerly raising the monster he had prepared from his Extra Deck. "This is the end!"

"I stack the No. 41 Mud Sleeping Monster, the Sleeping Tapir!"

"Come out! Humanity's ultimate and final strike to destroy disaster!! The ultimate weapon to kill gods!! Arceus the Thunderbolt!!!"

"Boom!!!"

A huge figure like a hill shot out from the super-massive vortex. The piercing roar and the colorful light spurting out from the port seemed to be showing its existence to the world, making people unable to help but shift their gaze over there.

This is the end point of all super monsters, this is the embodiment of violent aesthetics, this is the ultimate weapon of god-killing - Thunderbolt Arceus!!!

"Let's go all out, Arceus, Thunderbolt!" Harachi slowly extended his hand, his handsome face brimming with confidence. "I activate the effect of Arceus, Thunderbolt! This card can only be activated by removing two Xyz Materials from it. All other cards on the field are sent to the Graveyard!!!"

Chapter 123: Do you think you are sure to win?

As soon as Yuan Qi finished speaking, a huge plasma cannon shot out from the hands of Arceus, the Thunderbolt. Both the Forebarrel Dragon on the Dark Duel God's field and the Rusalka Mermaid of the Pearl Tears Elegy Clan on Yuan Qi's own field were engulfed by the blazing artillery fire at this moment.

In the face of the rough clearing behavior of Arceus on the Thunder, the God of Dark Duel just watched expressionlessly, or even if she activated the Forward Barrel Dragon, it would be of no avail.

Because it is under the protection of the satellite Shining Naughty, the Forebarrel Dragon cannot target the Thunder Arceus.

"It's not over yet!" Yuan Qi quickly reached into the cemetery and said, "I will activate the effects of the Pearl Tear Lament Clan's Kaledohart, the Pearl Tear Lament Clan's Rusalka Mermaid, and the String Sound that Pierces the World of Destruction in the cemetery!"

"I added Lament of a Lifetime of Destruction from my deck to my hand. After that, I Special Summoned Kaledoheart, a Pearl Tear Lamenter, and Rusalka Mermaid, a Pearl Tear Lamenter, to the field once again!"

Accompanied by two dazzling white lights, the two monsters that were originally sent to the graveyard by Arceus, Thunderbolt, returned to the field again - it would be better to say that it was precisely because of their eternal resurrection effect that Yuan Qi dared to activate the effect of Arceus, Thunderbolt so wantonly.

"One negates the special move, one counters the special move... Then..." Yuan Qi thought for a moment, raised his hand, pointed at the graveyard of the Dark Duel God, and spoke again, "I activate the effect of Sword Priest M'dora in the graveyard, banishing this card and returning the Chaos Dragon in your graveyard to the deck!"

"This way, everything is foolproof." Ai nodded in satisfaction. "No matter what she draws, there's no way she'll get a card that can resolve this situation."

"Well, there should be no problem." Yuan Qi also breathed a sigh of relief, and his originally tense nerves relaxed.

No matter what, the outcome of this duel is no longer in doubt.

"I cover a card, and the turn ends." Yuan Qi inserted the Lament of One World Bad that he had retrieved into his hand into the Duel Disk, and the turn ended.

"Do you think you've won?"

The Dark God of Duel, who had been keeping his head down and saying nothing, suddenly smiled and spoke.

"Of course, no matter what card you draw next, it will not change the current situation. Or... you don't want to print out a card that doesn't exist in the deck on the spot, do you?" Yuan Qi recalled a live card printing segment he had seen in an anime, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Don't worry, I won't break the rules of a duel, no matter what." The Dark God of Duel slowly lowered his arm, which was holding the duel disk, and walked towards Yuan Qi step by step with his slender legs. "But thinking that winning a duel will make everything okay... isn't that too naive?"

"What do you mean? Are you going to breach the contract?" Yuan Qi narrowed his eyes, looked at the Dark God of Duel who was slowly approaching with a bad face and said in a deep voice.

"Breaking the contract? A duel between gods is like a contract that cannot be broken. I wouldn't do such a foolish thing." The Dark God of Duel smiled faintly. "Rather, I should be afraid that you'll break the contract."

As the Dark Duel God got closer and closer, Yuan Qi suddenly felt an ominous premonition: "What do you mean? What is your purpose?"

The Dark God of Duel didn't answer Yuan Qi. He simply flicked his hand, dispelling the Duel Disk attached to his arm. He then extended his open palm towards Yuan Qi and said, "I voluntarily surrender this duel. Congratulations, this is your victory. Then, as agreed... take me away."

"What are you... talking about?" Yuan Qi was stunned as he looked at the little hand extended by the Dark Duel God. He swallowed hard, and drops of cold sweat slid down his forehead. "Our agreement was that if I win, I will take Ino and Noah away from here."

The God of Dark Duel laughed. She pursed her rosy lips and curled the corners of her mouth. Although she didn't make any sound, her sharp laughter rang in Yuan Qi's eardrums.

"You guessed correctly. Ino isn't some illusion, and neither is Noah beside you." The Dark Duel God raised his smooth chin and looked disdainfully at Noah, who stood behind Yuan Qi. "They aren't virtual phantoms, but they aren't independent souls either. They're merely 'puppets' I created."

"Doll...?" Noah's face paled as an image, both strange and familiar, suddenly surfaced in her mind. In a vast expanse of white space, a girl who looked exactly like herself stood before her, holding a colored drawing board and smearing paint on herself with an expressionless face...

What was going on with this memory? Was I created by the Dark God of Duel? What a joke! I'm clearly a living human being, raised by my parents...

However, as Noah tried to recall her childhood memories, she suddenly discovered something.

"No, no, nothing..." Noah held his head and murmured in horror, "Why nothing?! Why is there nothing?!"

"Do you remember, Noah? Or should I say... Number Two?" The Dark God of Duel approached Noah, gently pinched the girl's chin, looked at her face, which was exactly like his own, and said with pity, "You're not human. You're just a puppet I created with a strand of my soul. Your memories, your name, your personality, everything about you is just a character design I created for this drama. As for why your memory is incomplete... after all, you're just a hastily created creation I made three days ago. I just didn't bother to make it so detailed."

No, the Dark Duel God did it on purpose.

She deliberately did not fabricate a complete memory for Noah, so that she could clearly understand at this time that she was a being without a past.

"I... I'm a puppet?" A trembling voice slowly sounded from Noah's mouth, and a line of hot and cold liquid slid down her cheeks, dripping onto the ground with a "pat, pat" sound.

"That's right, you're a puppet. You're my appendage, a part of my soul. If I were to describe it in a way humans can understand, you're just a secondary personality I created, a part of my soul." The Dark Duel God said this with a feigned compliment. "So, you can be considered the 'Dark Duel God'. Congratulations! Although you're just a puppet I created without a past, you're on the same level as me... you just don't have any power."

"Snapped!"

Yuan Qi violently knocked down the Dark God of Duel's arm, looked at her coldly and said, "Have you said enough?"

"You can't listen anymore?" The Dark Duel God smiled at Yuan Qidao, "Weren't you very proud just now? Didn't you look so confident of victory? Didn't you think you were sure to win?"

"Can you show me how proud you are of yourself? You arrogant, foolish, and ridiculous pig who makes me laugh."

Chapter 124: Now...it's time to fulfill the agreement!

If possible, the God of Dark Duel didn't want to utter the word "idiot".

After all, she is a god after all. As a god, her every word and action must be in line with the attitude of a god.

But she couldn't help it.

When she saw Yuan Qi falling into the trap step by step as she had expected, when she saw Yuan Qi personally say that he wanted to take "Ino and Noah" away, when she saw Yuan Qi confidently summoning Arceus of the Thunder, a strong desire surged in Noah's heart to ruthlessly deny all of Yuan Qi's actions!

Aren't you very confident? Aren't you very arrogant? Don't you think you have a sure win?

Let me tell you the truth! Let me tell you who is the real fool!

"Ever since our last meeting, I've noticed that your relationship with Yi is unusual." The Dark God of Duel, like an elegant magician, explained his magic tricks to Yuan Qi. "Although it seems that you two are just contractors like Hong Zhong and I, the way you two interact with each other is very strange to me."

Yuan Qi didn't say anything, but just looked at the Dark God of Duel coldly. If looks could kill, he would have cut the Dark God of Duel into pieces.

The Dark Duel God ignored Yuan Qi's angry look and said to himself, "You two are too close."

"You two don't seem to have a simple contractual relationship. You seem more like close companions, or even a bit like a couple."

"So, when you first appeared at the Trial Grounds, I set up a plan based on your needs," the Dark Duel God said calmly. "Since you're so eager to know the history of those years, I simply created a world that's exactly like it. Of course, I didn't do this to make things easier for you. My initial purpose was simply to entice you to continue. After all, according to the rules of the Trial, you won't be able to see me until you reach the final stage."

"However, even if you made it all the way to the end, you wouldn't sign a contract with me, right? After all, I'm the Dark Duel God who wants to destroy humanity. I'm your enemy." The Dark Duel God said this with a smug look on his face. "So, I came up with a plan."

"I'm trying to lure you into a duel with me." The Dark God of Duel raised his index finger and said, "As long as I have the leverage you want, you'll definitely agree to my terms and duel with me."

"And this brings up the second problem." The Dark God of Duel raised a second finger. "I don't have the leverage you seek. Even if I were willing to offer you untold power and wealth, I'm afraid in your eyes it would be nothing more than a piece of worthless waste stone. Those who can sign a contract with me probably disdain such vulgar things."

"So, you created Ino and Noah?" Yuan Qi said in a deep voice, clenching his fists.

"That's right, but from the beginning I only intended to create Ino," said the Dark God of Duel. "I gave Ino the same appearance as I and a personality similar to I. I also gave her a part of my soul to bring her to life. Then, I placed her in a dangerous and tragic environment, leaving her like a pitiful princess, waiting for you to lend a hand, waiting for you to fall in love with her."

"..."

"And sure enough, you followed my script and saved Ino like a hero, and Ino fell head over heels for you. It was like the two of you were made for each other, sparks flying when you were together. Everything went so smoothly, so smoothly that I couldn't help but want to laugh out loud. Well, after all, that's Ino, you definitely wouldn't ignore it, right? You definitely would care, right?"

The Dark God of Duel said this, slowly raising his third finger. "At this point, the plan is basically complete. As the number of trials increases and the time you stay in my world increases, you will become more and more attached to Ino. This way, at the end of the trial, as long as I use Ino as a bargaining chip in the duel, you will definitely let me get what I want. Of course, this also leads to the third question."

"What if I lose?"

The Dark God of Duel said this with a look of obvious displeasure. "Although I don't think I'll lose to a mortal like you, you have the God of Duel standing behind you. You might have a deck more powerful than mine. And since it's two of us dueling against one of me, it's not impossible for me to lose."

"But I've discovered I've already solved this problem." The Dark Duel God said this, loosening his hand. His black eyes gazed deeply at Yuan Qidao. "Whether it's Ino or Noah, they're both made up of parts of my soul, and my soul is a whole. Even if they appear to be separated, they're actually still inextricably linked. We're not separated at all, or rather... I am Ino and Noah!"

Yuan Qi frowned and couldn't help but whisper to Ai, "Is there no way to separate her from Ino and Noah?"

Ai, who had been silent the whole time, slowly shook her head: "Impossible, if what she said is true, Ino and Noah are actually her. They share the same soul and the same life."

"Do you understand?" The Dark God of Duel looked at Yuan Qi's expression, which was as ugly as if he had eaten a smelly shoe, and felt joy from the bottom of his heart. "From the beginning, this duel was my victory! Whether you win or lose the duel, the result is always my victory. It's just a matter of whether the victory is big or small!"

"Shut up."

Yuan Qi said in a deep voice. He really wanted to scold the God of Dark Duel, calling her a complete bastard for playing with people's hearts, playing with lives and souls!

But he didn't say that.

Because it makes no sense.

Look at her ugly face that was filled with joy from the bottom of her heart. Insults were probably a rare compliment to her. The purpose of her saying so much was probably to see her look angry and embarrassed?

In that case, I will never let her succeed!

"I won't let you go." Yuan Qi said to the God of Dark Duel with a serious face, "Let's meet again in the real world. When the time comes, I will separate Ino and Noah from you, and then... expel you from the world once again!"

"Hahaha! If you can do it, then go ahead and give it a try!" The Dark God of Duel placed his palm on Yuan Qi's chest and laughed heartily, "Now... it's time to fulfill the agreement!"

In an instant, the dazzling light enveloped the entire world.

I'm finishing up the outline of the last volume and preparing to wrap it up. This book took a long time to write...

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Target 1 face-up card your opponent controls and 1 "Golem Sweets" monster in your field or Graveyard. Negate the effects of that opponent's card until the end of that turn, and return that monster to its owner's hand.