The effect of Agido the Ancient Sentinel—both of us mill five cards!
"I milled Reinoheart, Merrli, and my archetype Continuous Trap Tearlament Sulliek. Their effects automatically stack into a Chain!"
"I choose:
Chain Link 1 — Reinoheart mills cards,
Chain Link 2 — Sulliek searches a Tearlaments monster from the Deck,
Chain Link 3 — Merrli performs a Fusion Summon!"
"And then—Chain Link 4, the Graveyard effect of Trivikarma, banishing itself to search a card that lists the Visas Starfrost archetype!"
Chain Resolution (last in, first out):
CL4: You Ye adds the Field Spell Primeval Planet Perlereino to his hand.
CL3: Merrli fuses with Reinoheart in the Graveyard, Fusion Summoning Tearlaments Kitkallos.
CL2: Sulliek adds Tearlaments Scheiren to hand.
CL1: Reinoheart mills two more cards.
"I milled Performage Trick Clown."
"When this card is sent to the Graveyard, once per turn, I can target one Performage monster in my Graveyard and Special Summon it. Its ATK and DEF become 0, then I take 1000 damage."
"I target itself."
Performage Trick Clown Special Summons itself.
Its ATK/DEF becomes 0.
You Ye LP: 7000 → 6000
"I Normal Summon Tearlaments Scheiren."
"Then I use Scheiren and Performage Trick Clown as link materials—"
"Link Summon!
Link-2 — Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy!"
"It's useless, senior," Xiao Bi said immediately.
"You didn't activate Kitkallos earlier—you already know that under Skill Drain, Dharc can't use his effect to steal my monsters and climb your board."
"Heh," You Ye chuckled.
"I didn't summon Dharc to steal your monsters."
"I summoned him simply to leave a monster on the field."
"And after four more steps—your Skill Drain will be destroyed."
"Four steps?!"
Xiao Bi stared blankly.
On You Ye's field:
Dharc
Mudora the Sword Oracle
Kitkallos
In the Graveyard:
Destrudo
Hand: two face-down unknowns, one revealed Field Spell.
Normal Summon already used.
Extension already used.
How do you break it in four steps?!
You Ye, smiled and continued calmly.
"Step one: I activate Primeval Planet Perlereino, searching Reinoheart from my Deck."
"Step two: I activate Reinoheart's effect—banish Scheiren from my Graveyard to Special Summon it."
"Step three: I use Dharc, Reinoheart, and Mudora as Link materials!"
"Ride the gale that connects unknown worlds—
Link Summon!
Link-4 — Accesscode Talker!"
The duel arena instantly digitized.
From the surging code emerged a metallic warrior wielding a massive spear.
Accesscode Talker
Cyberse / Link / Effect
DARK / LINK-4
ATK 2300
"Step four—Accesscode Talker's effect!"
Before You Ye could finish—
"It's useless!" Xiao Bi interrupted loudly.
"I can't chain to Accesscode—but Skill Drain is still on the field!
His effect will be negated!"
"That's what you think," You Ye replied.
"I activate Accesscode Talker's second effect—
I banish one Link Monster from my field or Graveyard to destroy one card you control!"
"This turn, I can't banish a monster of the same Attribute again."
"You banish Dharc, it's still useless!" Xiao Bi said firmly.
You Ye, smiled strangely.
"Who said I'm banishing Dharc?"
"I banish—Accesscode Talker himself."
The moment he declared it, Accesscode Talker vanished from the field.
"What?!"
Xiao Bi froze.
Then—
From the banished zone, the spear of Accesscode Talker fired downward like a divine judgment.
"I choose Skill Drain. Destroy it."
BOOM!
Skill Drain shattered.
"WHY?!"
"How was Accesscode's effect not negated?!"
Even Harald, watching from above, shouted in disbelief.
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"It's because Accesscode left the Monster Zone before resolution…"
His Rescue-ACE deck had no Extra Deck lock.
Accesscode Talker… this card is dangerous.
Seeing Xiao Bi still confused, You Ye explained calmly:
"Skill Drain has four common rulings."
Continuous effects in the Spell/Trap Zone don't miss timing.
If a monster activates its effect while face-up in the Monster Zone and is affected by Skill Drain, the effect doesn't resolve.
If Skill Drain negates a monster, its continuous effects don't apply while it remains face-up.
If the monster is no longer face-up in the Monster Zone when the effect resolves, the effect is NOT negated.
"So Ultimate Falcon falls under rule two."
"But Accesscode Talker falls under rule four."
Xiao Bi finally understood—but his heart sank.
"But why do you know this so clearly?
These are deep ruling details—no one teaches these!"
You Ye only smiled.
In this world, Duelists explored rules blindly.
There was no official comprehensive rulebook.
That gap alone was terrifying.
And he would never reveal it.
"Alright," Xiao Bi steadied himself.
"Even without Skill Drain, I still have a 4500-ATK, fully unaffected Raidraptor – Ultimate Falcon."
"You've used your Normal Summon, extensions, everything."
"You only have Kitkallos, and her search missed timing."
"How do you win?"
You Ye looked at Kitkallos and smiled.
"Normal Summon? Extension?"
"Sorry. Tearlaments don't need those."
"As long as Kitkallos is on the field—
I am invincible."
"Kitkallos' second effect!"
"I send her to the Graveyard to Special Summon Reinoheart."
"Kitkallos and Reinoheart effects stack!"
CL1: Kitkallos mills five
CL2: Reinoheart mills three
"Eight cards total!"
"I milled Agido, Havnis, Tearlaments Scheiren, and Scream!"
Effects stacked again:
CL1: Agido mills five
CL2: Scream searches
CL3: Scheiren adds Reinoheart
CL4: Havnis fuses
Resolution:
Havnis + Kitkallos → Tearlaments Rulkallos
Scream adds Tearlaments Cryme
Agido mills five more
"Then I activate Merrli's effect—
Fusion Summon Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart!"
Two final Tearlaments stood proudly.
Xiao Bi checked the Graveyard.
No Fairy Tail – Snow…
Both Fusion monsters were Level 8+.
No Destrudo jump.
No Psychic End Punisher.
He exhaled.
My bond… surpassed his!
"You're thinking I can't make Punisher, right?" You Ye asked lightly.
"Yes," Xiao Bi admitted.
"No Level 4 or 5 bridge—you can't summon him."
"You're wrong on two points."
"First, I don't need Punisher to deal with unaffected monsters."
"Second—this is the National Tournament."
"I'll show you the power of old gods and forbidden cards."
"I activate Instant Fusion, paying 1000 LP!"
"Special Summon — Elder Entity Norden!"
The forbidden god emerged from the mist.
Norden glanced at You Ye with satisfaction.
He hadn't abused forbidden power lightly.
"Norden's effect—
When Special Summoned, target one Level 4 or lower monster in my Graveyard.
Special Summon it with effects negated."
"I target Performage Trick Clown."
Xiao Bi closed his eyes.
It was over.
3 + 4 + 4.
Psychic End Punisher.
As predicted—
Psychic End Punisher
ATK: 3500 → 9000
The storm of psychic energy obliterated Ultimate Falcon.
Direct attacks followed.
Xiao Bi's Life Points hit zero.
Winner: You Ye
National Tournament Champion
"Senior… do Raidraptors still have room to grow?" Xiao Bi asked quietly.
"Yes," You Ye replied.
"But that build requires secrecy. Without information advantage—it doesn't work."
"Get me DDD Deviser King Deus Machinex—Chairman King."
"I'll tell you."
As You Ye left the arena, a figure stopped him.
"Human. Become mine."
You Ye looked at the god calmly and replied without hesitation:
"Thanks for the invitation.
I already have a wife.
Not into guys."