A duelist never gives up!

"Eh...it's you who's supposed to be in violation of the time limit, isn't it?" Sera blinked her green eyes and pointed at the five face-up cards on the duel field that had been covered at some point. "My turn ended a long time ago."

What?! When did she stamp her card?! Wait, was she just talking to herself there, actually stalling for time and making me lose by timing out?!

How despicable!

"Oh, don't be angry." Sera's playful and cute face showed an apologetic expression. "According to my test, there doesn't seem to be any such thing as an overtime violation in Dark Duel. But it may be because the time is too short. If it were any longer, you might be declared the loser directly."

"Tsk, it's my turn, time to make some time!" The man hurriedly drew a card from the deck, then looked at his hand and smiled with confidence.

A perfect hand! Nothing to fear anymore!

"I enter the Main Phase and activate the Continuous Spell Card - Sword Fight Repulsion Wave." The man first inserted a Spell Card into the Duel Disk, then continued, "Then I activate the Spell Card - Unexpected, and draw the Sword Fighting Beast One-Eyed from the Deck."

[Gladiator Beast Cyclops (4*) Earth Beast Warrior / Normal ATK: 1900 DEF: 1500]

"Immediately afterwards, I activated the effect of Sword Fight's Repulsion Wave and Special Summoned Sword Fight Beast Gun Fight from the Deck," the man continued.

[Sword Beast Gun Fight (4*) Wind Bird Beast / Effect ATK: 1500 DRF: 800]

"Then... I'll return One-Eyed Dou and Gun Dou to the Deck and Special Summon Sword Beast Caesar!"

"Wait, that's a fusion monster, right? Don't fusion monsters need to be fused with magic cards to be special summoned?" Sera said, looking at the giant bird that suddenly appeared on the field.

"Hmph, you're so ignorant! Some powerful Fusion Monsters can be Special Summoned directly from the Extra Summoning mode, even without Fusion, as long as their summoning conditions are met!" The man looked at Sera's shocked face and nodded in satisfaction. That's right, be shocked! Be terrified! Tremble before my powerful Duel Monsters!

"Oh, I see..." Sera stroked her smooth and delicate chin and nodded thoughtfully.

"It's not over yet!" the man pointed at Sera's backfield. "I activate the effect of Gladiator Caesar. When this card is successfully Special Summoned, you can activate this effect by targeting up to two cards on the field. Destroy those cards. I choose two face-down cards in your backfield and destroy them!"

"Ah? You want to destroy two? I only have five covered cards in total... Can you destroy one?" Sera said pitifully.

"This is a dark duel with souls at stake. I will not show mercy!" the man said calmly.

"Tsk, stingy." Sera opened a face-down card. The little girl's soft voice suddenly became as cold as an ice cellar in the cold winter. "I chain-activate the Trap Card - Insect's Fall. This turn, you can only activate it when the opponent's Special Summoned monster on the field activates its effect. That effect is negated and destroyed."

"what?!"

A huge spider web fell from the sky, covering the blue bird from the sky and sticking it tightly into the hole.

“You actually have a powerful trap?” The man clenched his fist unwillingly, but it didn’t matter, he had only used two hand cards and still had four hand card resources in his hand!

"I haven't used a Summon this turn yet, so I Normal Summon Rescue Bunny."

A fat gray and white rabbit appeared on the duel field, looking around with a pair of bright eyes.

"I activate the effect of Rescue Rabbit. This card on the field can be banished to activate this effect. Special Summon two Gladiator Beasts, One-Eyed Fighter, from your deck to the field!"

"And, since I have a "Gladiator Beast" monster on the field, I Special Summon Slave Tiger from my hand!"

Following the man's series of operations, three more monsters suddenly appeared on the field.

"I activate the effect of Slave Tiger, Tribute this card, return the Gladiator Beast One-Eyed Dou on the field to the Deck, and Special Summon Gladiator Beast Gun Dou from the Deck!"

"Activate the effect of Gun Duel. This card uses the effect of a 'Gladiator' monster to target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field. Destroy that card." The man pointed at the face-down card in the middle of Sera's face. "I choose to destroy your face-down card!"

"Here you go again." Sera helplessly opened the cover card beside her, "I activate the Trap Card Lost Wind, negating the effect of your Sword Beast Gun Fight and reducing your attack power by half."

Does it protect the cover card in the middle?

The man became alert. There was no monster on the opponent's field, and they were still so leisurely in this situation, which meant that they must have an attack in the backcourt.

Is it explosive armor or a magic cylinder? Or maybe... a mirror reflection?!

If it was a mirror, I couldn't attack rashly. Unfortunately, there was only one Gladiator Caesar in my deck, otherwise I could destroy another covered card now.

However, in that case, let's use Gladiator Nero!

"I activate the Spell Card - Resurrection of Gladiator Beast, Special Summoning Gladiator Beast Re-Fight from my hand!"

"There are three Gladiator Beasts on the field, coming!" the man shouted. "I'm returning the three Gladiator Beasts to the deck and special summoning Gladiator Beast Nero from the Extra Deck!"

Hehe, Gladiator Nero's effect: When this card battles, your opponent cannot activate Spells, Traps, or Monster effects until the end of the Damage Step.

In other words, attack and propaganda traps are useless against it!

"This monster is huge! I wonder what effect it'll have... Never mind. It's countered." Sera looked up at the massive monster on the field and slowly opened the face-down card on her right. "Chain Activate Trap Card - Bottomless Pitfall. This card can only be activated when your opponent successfully Normal Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster. Those monsters are changed to face-down Defense Position. Monsters changed to face-down Defense Position by this effect cannot change their position."

"puff!"

Chapter 74: Come, my pride! My soul!

As the Gladiator Beast Nero on the field turned into a cover card, the man's breathing became rapid. There was no doubt that he was now at an absolute disadvantage. His original full hand of six card resources were completely replaced by the opponent's three cover cards!

"I'll end this round like this." The man said unwillingly.

"My turn, draw a card." Sera's eyes lit up as she looked at the card she drew. Without hesitation, she said, "I activate the Magic Card—Pot Full of Lust and Gold. Banish six face-down monsters in the Extra Deck and draw two cards from your deck."

"brush!"

After drawing two cards in a row, Sera slapped a monster onto the Duel Board. "I Normal Summon Lanka's Bug Bewitcher, activate Lanka's Bug Bewitcher's effect, retrieve a Bug Bewitcher monster from the deck, and add Trion's Bug Bewitcher to my hand."

Insect Demon?!

The deck famous for its traps?

After all, he'd been a hunter for several years. While not necessarily skilled, he certainly had some experience. On the surface, the insect demon appeared to be a pink and tender little girl, but that was merely a hunter's disguise. Behind that adorable, charming face lay either a gigantic arthropod or a plant with a gaping maw, waiting for its prey to be enticed by its dazzling appearance, draw closer, and then... devour it in one gulp!

No, even so, Lanka's Worm Demon's attack power is only 1500, while the Gladiator Beast Nero I covered has a defense power of 1800, she can't attack at all!

“I’m entering the battle phase.”

"What?! Wait!" the man forced a smile. "Little sister, are you mistaken? The attack power of Lanka's Worm Demon is only 1400, and the defense power of my Gladiator Nero is 1800. You're not planning to use Lanka to attack my Nero, are you?"

"Oh, I see." Sera expressionlessly opened a face-up card. "Then I activate the Trap Card—Metalized Magic Reflective Armor. Targeting Lanka's Worm Demon, its Attack and Defense increase by 300."

"Wait, wait, even if that's the case, Lanka has only just reached 1800, right?" Cold sweat had already begun to form on the man's forehead. His intuition told him that he must not let this little girl attack him, otherwise, something bad would happen.

"I say, what the hell are you worrying about?" Sera looked at the man in confusion, a hint of doubt in her green eyes. "Aren't we dueling in the dark? If I'm a scumbag, shouldn't you be happy?"

"Eh... this... this." The man hesitated and couldn't speak, but Sera was too lazy to listen to his answer and said directly:

"I use Lanka's Worm Bewitching Demon to attack Gladiator Nero!"

The Gladiator Beast Nero, who was originally covered, turned around with the attack, looked at the smiling Lankan Worm Demon, and let out a deafening roar, but was swallowed by the giant flower behind Lanka and disappeared without a trace.

"I knew that the trap card had other effects besides adding 300 attack and defense points, right?" The man said solemnly, gritting his teeth.

"Yes." Sera nodded seriously.

"That……"

"But why should I tell you?" Sera tilted her head.

"..."

"I cover a card and the turn ends." Sera covered the drawn card on the field and ended the turn.

Damn little devil!

The man's breathing quickened unconsciously. It was unbelievable. In this duel, he was being outmatched by a girl who was probably not even 16 years old. Was this the new generation of duelists? It was too terrifying. With such proficiency in using Trap Cards, her dueling level must be very high, right?

However, there is still hope of winning!

Although I have nothing on the field except for a continuous spell, and my hand is empty, I still have resources in my graveyard. As long as I draw a dead Su or a resurrected Gladiator, I still have a chance to turn things around!

"My turn... draw a card!"

Come on! My reversal card!

"brush!!!"

The sharp edge of the card seemed to cut through the air, making a sharp sound. The man pursed his lips, and then he saw - hope!

The man felt as if his heart was squeezed hard, and it almost stopped beating with excitement. His originally sallow face had turned flushed due to the accelerated blood circulation.

coming! coming! coming!

In this case, it's a card even more powerful than Sisu!

I got it!

"Hahaha!" the man laughed heartily, his face adorable. "I enter the Battle Phase, and then I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card—United Gladiator. I return Gladiator Caesar and Gladiator Nero from the Graveyard to the Deck, and then Special Summon them. Come out, my pride! My soul! Gladiator Director's Main Battle!"

"Boom!"

A deer man with golden horns appeared on the duel field holding a long staff.

"Wow, we're lucky." Sera raised her eyebrows. "So, do you want to attack?"

"Hmph, don't try to fool me!" The man pointed at the cover card in the middle of Sera's card and said, "You have an attack and trap card covered there."

"Who knows, but since your sword fighting beast summoned successfully, I put the lost wind back in my cemetery." Sera said, putting the lost wind back in the cemetery.

"Wait, how can you be like this? You have to tell me the effect before you activate the trap card, right?" The man couldn't help but accuse. This duelist was completely different from the duelists he had encountered before. He kept trying to hide information again and again, which was really unpleasant.

"What? You don't even know the effect of Stray Wind?" Sera said helplessly, looking very ignorant. "When Stray Wind is in the Graveyard, if your opponent has an Extra Monster on the field, you can directly place it on the field. The card placed with this effect will be banished when it leaves the field."

"I see. It seems you're not as calm as you appear." The man sneered.

"Hmm?" Sera said she didn't understand what the man was talking about.

"Still playing dumb, huh? When I successfully summoned Gladiator Beast Nero, you could have put the Stray Wind Cover back first and then activated the Bottomless Pitfall. But because you were afraid of my Gladiator Beast Nero, you activated the Bottomless Pitfall in a panic, and ended up missing the timing!"

Humph, you little brat are still a little brat after all. I've exposed you now! Come on, show me your cowardice and fear!

However, things went against her wishes. Sera just nodded and waved her hand, saying, "Scumbag, I'm still a student. Please tolerate me. I won't be a professional duelist anymore. Then you can scold me as you please from the audience."

"Oh, sorry, I forgot." Sera seemed to have thought of something and showed a guilty look. "You probably won't live to see that day."

Sera's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile:

"After all, your soul will rest here."

Chapter 75: You seem to have made a mistake. My dream is not to become a professional duelist.

arrogant.

What arrogance.

It really makes me tremble with anger.

However, after listening to Sera's words, the man understood one thing - the delicate little girl in front of him had something that he didn't have.

It's not an innate talent nor an extremely advanced dueling skill.

It is something that only young people and children have, something that is full of vitality and so bright that it makes people feel blinded, and it is called "the future".

Ah, so that’s it.

No wonder I enjoy torturing young duelists, because—I’m a loser.

My "future" is already bleak.

"Hahaha, becoming a professional duelist? How dare you say that!" The man, as if a nerve had been touched, twisted his expression and let out a sinister roar. "Such an unrealistic, ridiculous, outrageous, and vain dream? Let me help you shatter it right here!"

"I enter Main Phase Two!" the man declared. "Then, I activate the effect of Gladiator Director Main Battle. Once per turn, I Special Summon one Gladiator Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck, ignoring its summoning conditions!"

"Once again, Gladiator Caesar!"

The green birdman chirped and appeared on the field again.

"Next, I'll activate the effect of Gladiator Caesar to destroy two cards on your field!" The man's eyes turned to the two unknown face-down cards, but...

That trap card equipped to the monster seems to have a special effect, but the monster on my field has no resistance, and she also has a monster card in her hand...

"I'll destroy the Lankan Worm Bewitching Demon on your field, as well as the Stray Wind you just cast!"

Lost Wind has the effect of halving a monster's attack power. If you keep it, the opponent will definitely use it to destroy the main battle on your field.

As two beams of white light shot out, Sera's Lost Wind was sent to the exclusion zone, and Lanka turned into white light and entered the cemetery.