“Activate <Nightmare Pain>’s effect.” Li Guanqi declared.
“I destroy <Spirit of Yubel> and add <Gruesome Grave Squirmer> to my hand.”
Green thorny vines whipped out, shredding <Spirit of Yubel> to pieces.
A card ejected from the Deck and landed in Li Guanqi’s hand.
“<Spirit of Yubel>’s effect activates.”
“When this card is destroyed, Special Summon <Yubel>!”
“Chain: activate the effect of <Nightmare Throne>, add <Yubel – Terror Incarnate> to hand, and then, I can Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions.”
He glanced subtly toward the Qianquegong rest area.
After a moment’s thought, he chose to only add the card to his hand without summoning it.
Qing Ji frowned, puzzled why he wouldn’t summon something that could be summoned.
On the field were only two <Yubel>.
Li Guanqi did not continue the play.
He placed one card down.
“Set one card.
Turn end.”
“End Phase.”
“<Yubel>’s effect activates, tributing the other <Yubel>.”
“In the Graveyard, <Lotus>’s effect, if <Yubel> is on the field, during my End Phase, I can Special Summon this card.”
A strange lotus bloomed from a shaft of white light, its dark red petals shaped like sharp claws.
Chronicle Counters: 2 -> 3 -> 4
Qing Ji narrowed her eyes and pressed her team’s final Card Check.
Turn One ends.
Front: <Yubel>, <Samsara D Lotus>
Back: <Pain>, <Chronicle>, 1 Set Card
Field: <Throne>
Hand: <Gruesome Grave Squirmer>, <Terror Incarnate>, 1 unrevealed card
Red Side LP: 4000
All public info was now displayed on the match’s commentary screen.
“I see now.” Zi Cai said with a sudden realization.
“<Terror Incarnate> has a downside during the End Phase, so he didn’t Special Summon it.”
“Though he could’ve used <Gruesome Grave Squirmer> to destroy it, he’d lose a dodge point during the opponent’s turn.”
“This seems like a half-finished Deck.
There are no Link Monsters.
I feel like with Links, this Deck would be really powerful.”
“That’s for the future.” Hong Mi cut in.
“Player 0748’s board only has one clear disruption point, <Samsara D Lotus>.”
“The rest is one Set card and an unrevealed hand card.”
“Not much interruption.
There’s a chance for an OTK!”
“Is that all you’ve got?” Qing Ji closed the card check and swept her arm.
“My turn, draw!”
<Reptilianne Nyami> Find the original chapter at g.com.
“Hmph———-” She smirked and confidently slapped a card down.
“Activate Spell Card: <Reptilianne Ramifications>.”
“Discarding <Nyami> from hand; I add 1 <Reptilianne> monster and 1 <Reptilianne> Spell/Trap to hand.”
A classic +1 from discard start, absolutely worth negating if you can.
Li Guanqi didn’t respond.
It was his first day missing Ash Blossom.
“So the Set card isn’t disruption huh?” Qing Ji looked at him coldly, her tone laced with mockery.
“I add <Reptilianne Viper> and <Reptilianne Recoil> to hand.”
“<Reptilianne Viper>…..” Li Guanqi murmured as he shifted into alert.
The searched monster, likely something that targets 0 ATK monsters.
Qing Ji took the cards and, eyes gleaming, swept her hand toward the graveyard.
“Activate the GY effect of <Nyami>.”
“If the opponent controls a monster with 0 ATK, Special Summon this card.”
“Rua!”
<Nyami> suddenly sprang up from the ground, pulling a silly face at Li Guanqi, startling him.
“Hehehe.”
After the scare, <Nyami> slithered back to her field, tail swaying mischievously.
“So cute.” Li Guanqi noted inwardly, despite his blank expression.
“Hiss———-” Hong Mi inhaled sharply, realization dawning.
“<Reptilianne> hard counters the new Deck!”
“The <Yubel> monsters are mostly 0 ATK, tons of <Reptilianne> effects will trigger from that.”
“Just when this new Deck was starting to shine, it runs into a hard counter.”
“It’s in the bag!”
The moment the commentators said that, Qianquegong fans erupted with excitement.
“Hahaha!”
“You countered <Skull Servants> last round, karma’s real!”
“Didn’t expect to be countered yourself huh?”
“OTK?
Let’s see you try that again!”
Bianyuelong’s supporter group didn’t dare fire back, looking toward Li Guanqi in worry, quietly cheering him on.
Li Guanqi, meanwhile, looked unfazed.
“He’s not shaken?” Qing Ji muttered under her breath, slamming down another card.
“Then feast your eyes on this one!”
“Activate Field Spell: <Reptilianne Recoil>!”
A pillar of green light shot into the sky as the chilling hiss of countless snakes echoed from all directions, drawing closer and closer.
“Normal Summon <Reptilianne Viper>!”
“When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, take control of 1 opponent’s monster with 0 ATK!”
Qing Ji sneered, pointing dramatically at <Yubel>.
“I’ll be taking that!”
“This is a full-on counter!” Zi Cai shouted.
Bianyuelong’s supporters clenched their hearts in unison, eyes trembling.
<Reptilianne Viper> flicked its tongue, sending a hypnotic gleam toward <Yubel>. Get faster updates on novelping.com.
Red light began to glow from its body as they trembled and struggled.
Just before <Yubel> fully lost control, they turned slowly toward Li Guanqi, eyes pleading.
Li Guanqi’s eyes narrowed into slits.
“Chain: activate <Samsara D Lotus>’s effect!”
“Tribute this card.
The opponent’s effect becomes: destroy 1 <Yubel> monster on the field.”
<Samsara D Lotus> shimmered into golden light and vanished.
The charm on <Yubel> faded, and with a loud crack, <Yubel> shattered.
“Activate <Yubel>’s effect!”
“When this card is destroyed, I can Special Summon <Yubel – Terror Incarnate>!”
“Chain: activate <Nightmare Throne>’s effect, add <Yubel – Terror Incarnate> to hand, then Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions!”
“Roar, Terror Incarnate!”
The air suddenly split open as two massive twin-headed demonic dragons burst forth, blotting out the sky.
Their bodies were pitch black, scales gleaming with a cold sheen.
Four crimson eyes burned with fury, locking directly onto Qing Ji.
A suffocating aura instantly engulfed the arena.
Countless audience members clung to the iron railings, hands sweating, bodies trembling uncontrollably.
“W- What is that monster…?”
Even the commentators were stunned.
“Unbelievable.
That monster…
has 0 ATK?”
<Yubel – Terror Incarnate>
Level: 11
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
“How beautiful…
utterly exquisite~~” Qing Ji’s face flushed, her expression ecstatic.
“Hahahaha!”
“I activate the effect of Field Spell <Reptilianne Recoil>!”
“When the opponent activates a monster effect…”
“Take control of 1 of their 0 ATK monsters.
Then, Special Summon a <Reptilianne Token> to their field!”
“She’s still trying to take control!” Hong Mi roared.
“Will Player 0748 give up his <Gruesome Grave Squirmer>?”
Double steal, nearly impossible to stop.
This wasn’t just a soft counter.
It was a full-blown killer matchup.
Li Guanqi looked down at his hand and, after a brief moment of thought, chose not to chain.