Chapter 305 Enjoying It (8)

Suddenly, a seal descended from the sky, sending all three demons to the second dimension. Furthermore, its massive body took up the three demons' spaces... Now Gutaf only had two spaces left!

"Because the Fat Seal is so large, this card will take up three fighter slots." Ji Huaisu added happily.

"What a joke, you bastard! Why would you print such a rubbish card!!" Gutaf threw the cards in his hand angrily.

Gulibo, who was watching from the sidelines, became nervous: "If you're rude to the store manager, it'll get angry."

"I'm just going to curse you out, what's that? Trash! Fat! Fat pig! Get out of here!"

Before he finished speaking, the big seal on the field took a deep breath, and its already huge body grew even bigger like an airship, occupying a full 4 grids!

"Oh, I forgot to mention that if the Fat Seal gets angry, it will get even bigger," Ji Huaisu said. "If it fills up the Fighter slots, it will start filling up the Spell slots..."

"No! Stop! Please don't get bigger! I'm wrong, okay? I'm wrong!!" Gutaf screamed.

The seal, now twice its size, gazed down with a commanding gaze. Gutaf apologized profusely, and the seal finally relented. However, the occupied slot would not be relinquished! This double duel was a shared arena, meaning the demon side only had one combatant slot left.

Ji Huaisu hummed a little tune and played a card: "Then continue~Summon the Glimmer Warrior, use the effect to equip the Shadow Sword from the deck, and upgrade to summon the Purefire Judge."

The Pure Fire Judge, carrying a flaming greatsword, appeared (Level 3, with its attack power increased by 1000 points to 3500 due to the use of Shimmer as a material). Ji Huaisu waved his hand and said, "Draw a card based on the effect of Shadow Sword. Then, fight! Pure Fire Judge attacks the Great Seal!"

The Pure Fire Judge slashed at the seal with his sword. Gutaf's expression was as if he had just swallowed a snake ball... He wanted to crush the seal and swallow it right there, but he had to save it. The seal's attack power was 0 points, and if it took this attack, he would be out of the game. The Addicted Demon could lose, but he couldn't.

"Activate the strategic spell, Temporary Demonic Interference." Gutaf opened the first overlay card, "The Pure Fire Judge is possessed by a demon, and the target of attack has shifted to Ji Huaisu—"

A demonic shadow drifted towards the Judge, but Ji Huaisu slammed down a spell card: "Don't even think about it! I activate the strategic spell, Elemental Transformation. Return a fighter on the field to the deck and summon a fighter of the same nature."

The addicted demon tried to stop him, "It's no use. The demon's temporary interference targets 'race'. Your elemental transformation can only be done within a homogeneous point. Switching to a new pure fire will have the same result."

"That's not necessarily true." Ji Huaisu played a card, "I want to convert to Level 3, Turbid Tear Guardian!"

The Pure Fire Judge on the field dissipated into flames, and then the Guardian holding the Ice Shield emerged from the fire! Gutaf threw the cards again!

"How is that possible?! The Sephiroth 3 of the Path to Supremacy requires you to choose one of three, right? Why can the Pure Fire turn into turbid tears?!"

The cheering group in the audience shook their heads.

"This guy is really an amateur." Gulibo sighed.

Fander looked at him with disdain: "Isn't it natural for pure fire to turn into turbid tears?"

"Of course not! I've never seen that! I haven't heard of anything so outrageous in the memory fragments of dozens of generations ago!"

Ji Huaisu took the opportunity to spread the word to the audience: "Did you see that? This is the result of playing cards without studying and being out of touch with the realities of society for too long!"

The students in the audience gasped.

"Don't even breathe a sigh of relief! Why would you let yourself be convinced by such outrageous words, you idiots?!"

The addicted demon couldn't bear to watch any longer and warned: "The opponent's attack is coming..."

"Oh, damn it!"

Seeing the imminent attack from Guardian of Tearful Tears (2500 ATK), Gutaf frantically opened his second face-down card: "Activate the strategic spell, Call from the Deep. Special Summon a Demon Card from your Graveyard. This turn, your opponent's attacks can only target this Champion. I summon Fanatical Fusion!"

The Fanatic Fusioner with an attack power of 4000 appeared again, and the Tear Guardian's shield turned to smash the demon. At this time, Ji Huaisu played his card again.

"I activate the second element transformation~"

"Why would you play two of these cards?" Gutaf scratched his head in anger. "No, it doesn't matter. The temporary interference effect I activated earlier can still be used. Turning it back into Pure Fire will be better for me—"

"Return the Tear Guardian to the deck and Special Summon the Unstable Ranger."

"The turbid tears have turned into unfixed dust, ahh ...

Replacing the Tear Guardian was a Desert Ranger cloaked in sand. Although he was level 3, his attack power was only 1500 points.

"Wu Ding Ranger can bypass the Fighter Card and attack the opponent's Duelist directly." Ji Huaisu raised his finger, "Go ahead, attack that fat guy. Desert Flying Sand Kick!"

Wu Ding You Xia appeared behind Gutaf and gave him a merciless kick in the ass. Gutaf fell three times on the field. "Remember this!" he shouted angrily.

Vander in the audience narrowed his eyes: "This guy has a terrible character."

"After all, it's an entertainment demon," Kanin explained. "Every action is unconsciously driven by the goal of entertaining others. Therefore, even indifferent emotions are exaggerated, and every word and action becomes an exaggerated performance under the influence of its own characteristics... This player is so eager to improve himself that he is willing to take risks to achieve it. His driving force is to break free from this nature."

"You actually think highly of him."

"It's not wise to underestimate such people." Kanin chuckled. "You never imagine how much someone who fights to climb up the ladder can sacrifice."

At this point, Ji Huaisu covered three cards, declaring the turn over. Gutaf's health was reduced to 1500, while Addicted Demon's still had 3000. The next turn was Addicted Demon's turn, and the Great Seal's -1000 health effect would be activated once again.

"Hey, Addictive," Gutaf said suddenly, "Show us your cards."

The addicted demon paused as he was about to draw a card: "According to the original plan..."

"Let's forget about plans now. Those idiots on the other side are not easy to deal with." Yule gritted his teeth and said, "Listen carefully, if we can take down those guys from Huilong City, we'll always have more bargaining chips at hand. But if we lose here, we're doomed. The master won't care about useless guys like us!"

"...You're right." Chen Yi nodded. A subtle black light flashed within his deck, and in that instant, his entire deck changed. Then, Chen Yi drew a card.

"The card draw is over, and I enter the main phase. The seal's effect will deal me 1000 damage. Then I chain this effect and activate the war spell from my hand, Call from Deep Space."

The Addicted Demon showed his newly drawn cards. On that spell card was printed a dark crescent moon that looked like a giant's smile!

"This card liberates a Level 4 or higher fighter on your side of the field, allowing you to summon as many fighters as possible, with a total level not exceeding the maximum level of the materials." Four cards surfaced from the deck he was addicted to. "I'm going to summon the Level 2 Bastard, Servant of the Black Moon, and the Level 3 Blood of the Moon!"

A black crescent moon rose over the arena. A large seal, encountering the moonlight, mysteriously shrank, vanishing in the black light. New fighters descended from the moon. One, like amorphous black plasma, coalesced into form, the strongest low-mass moon beast, "Moon Blood." Another, obese and with a dull smile, was the epitome of the Fallen, the Shuoyue Bastard.

The deck of the demon addicted is actually a Black Moon Outer Path!

"The Fallen are also involved..." Vander became nervous.

"Awesome!" "It's a new card!" "Moonlight, beautiful..." "Tell me about its effects!"

The audience applauded thunderously! The newly emerged fighters, though unusual in appearance, held an almost magical allure. This magical allure, combined with the novelty of seeing something new, created a direct stimulation for the nerves.

The audience's emotions quickly escalated, and some frantic spectators even tried to force their way into the duel arena to snatch the cards! The venue suddenly turned into a magical realm!

"Are you crazy? That's a heretic!" Gulibo exclaimed.

"There's no point reasoning with a crowd that's lost its mind," Mr. Gray said. "The collective frenzy and the addiction are almost drug-like. While the method of stirring people's hearts isn't particularly sophisticated, the magic within the cards makes up for it."

"Thus, the audience becomes slaves to entertainment," Mr. Lan said, "and this slavery will become the power of the demons in the most direct way."

The fact is just as Mr. Lan said. When the audience fell into a frenzy, transparent spheres that ordinary people could not see floated out from their bodies and merged into the bodies of the two demons.

The audience's faces paled, but the fanaticism in their eyes only intensified. Meanwhile, the health points of the Addicted Demon and Gutaf began to change... climbing from 1500 and 3000 points back to 4000, then doubling to 8000!

"You can't wait to cheat." Ji Huaisu watched coldly.

"I forgot to tell you, this is a true outsider duel... This health value represents more than just in-game stats; it represents 'life', including combat power and status!" Gutaf grinned. "Well done, Shenshi. Kill them!"

Addicted Demon slapped the third card. "Then I activate the effect of Waning Moon Alien, which allows me to Special Summon two Black Moon Champions directly from my hand. Aliens summoned by this effect increase the Attack of all Black Moon Champions on the field by 1000 points."

In a flash, the third Fallen Champion descended. This alien, clad in tattered robes, its face twisted like rotting flesh, was level 4. Upon his appearance, his attack power increased to 3400. Meanwhile, Moonblood's attack power increased from 2900 to 3900, while Bastard's increased to 3000.

"I activate Bastard's effect, adding two Black Moon Spells to my hand," Addicted Demon began the chain. "Then, I activate the Continuous Spell, Black Moon's Protection. As long as this card exists, all fighters on the field cannot be destroyed."

"I'm adding another activation, Black Moon's Mercy!" Chen Yi showed off his new war spell. "As long as this card is on the field, when your opponent activates a card effect, you can send a Black Moon Champion to the deck to negate that activation and destroy it. A Champion sent to the deck by this effect will return to the field at the end of the turn!"

The dark crescent moon on the field gradually shrank into a half-moon, its light growing darker. Gulibo was furious. "This is a disguised three-way conga line-up! Is this going to stop?"

"Fight, Bastard attacks Unfixed Ranger."

Shuoyue Bastard unleashed his tentacles, lashing out at the Ranger, who only had 1500 Attack Power. Ji Huaisu calmly opened his face card: "Activate the strategic spell, Ice Shield - Reflective Force. When the opponent declares an attack, destroy all fighters on the opposing field."

"Send the Bastard back to the deck and use the Black Moon's Mercy effect to negate that card." Shen Yi attacked again, "Then use the Alien to attack the Ranger!"

The attack came again, this time from a strange man with an attack power of up to 3400. Ji Huaisu sighed deeply.

"You forced me to do this... I activated strategic magic, elemental transformation!"

This time, not only Gutaf, but even the Addicted Demon couldn't resist: "You got three Elemental Transformations in your hand?!"

"Three Yiqi Qianqiu in front and three element transformations in the back. What a genius!"

"This is how I fight. Don't you agree?" Ji Huaisu curled her lips. "The Ranger becomes the Protector of Teardrops. This card will not take battle damage if it is destroyed in battle~"

The 2500-attack Tear Guardian entered the field, but this time, Addicted Demon had no counter... because to counter, he would have to return another Champion to the deck, which would have lowered the total damage during the combat phase. He watched the Guardian being destroyed and issued his final command: "Moon Blood, attack Ji Huaisu!"

"I open the third cover card. I am the shield." Ji Huaisu flipped the last cover card. "This card allows a fighter card to take the attack instead of the original target."

"What's the use? You don't have any fighter cards anymore!" Gutaf sneered.

"You seem to have forgotten that this is a duel between two players." Ji Huaisu smiled proudly, "I designate my partner Chu Hengkong to bear this damage for me!"

"What?!" x2

In a flash, a mountain-like mass of Moon Blood shot towards Chu Hengkong, who caught it with a single hand and tossed it back onto the Devil's field like a pile of garbage! The Moon Blood howled in agony! And Chu Hengkong's health, affected by the rules of the game, became...

4000-3900=100 points!

"Well done, partner." Chu Hengkong gave a thumbs up.

"I told you to leave it to me."

The two duelists happily bumped fists. Even though one of them was at a huge disadvantage with only 100 health points, they acted as if they had won!

"...I enter Main Phase 2, and Bastard returns to the field due to his effect." Addicted Demon's expression wasn't looking good either. "Then I activate Bastard's effect to summon two Addicted Tokens on Chu Hengkong's field."

Two pieces of rotten flesh covered with eyeballs jumped onto Chu Hengkong's field, and the Addicted Demon covered the next three cards.

"Fallen tokens cannot be used as material for normal fighters and will erode your fighter cards. Cover three cards and the turn ends."

Finally, it was Chu Hengkong's turn to play cards. The addicted demon began to take deep breaths, and Entertainment whispered, "Don't panic! His Yiqi Qianqiu has been eliminated. It's pointless to lower his health now. He'll die sooner or later!"

"That's what you said...but look at that man's eyes."

Gutaf also looked at Chu Hengkong, instantly understanding his partner's concerns. The man simply looked at his remaining two cards leisurely, his expression so confident that it seemed as if the next card could destroy the world!

"Yes, it's just a bluff." Gutaf whispered, "It's just a bluff, right...?"

"My turn, draw a card."

Chu Hengkong leisurely drew a card, slapping it down without even looking at it. "I activate the War Spell, Burning Night. This card can only be activated when your health is below 1000. It halves your health and discards all cards in your hand, selecting a Wuxiu card from your deck to add to your hand..."

Furthermore, your opponent cannot activate card effects in response to this card's activation!"

The Addicted Demon, ready to unleash his power, paused helplessly. Seeing Chu Hengkong's health drop to 50, and after discarding two cards, he added a single card to his hand, even he couldn't understand. "What are you adding? Chenjun Swordsman? Summoning at this time is a 3-for-3 trade. It's completely meaningless..."

"You're wrong. The card I added to my hand is a Fighter, which is also considered a Warrior Card according to the rules." Chu Hengkong's smile deepened. "I used two Fallen Tokens as materials for the Upgrade Summon."

"Impossible!" Gutaf shouted, "The Fallen Derivative is a follower of the Black Moon. Even if you talk nonsense, you can't use it to summon a fighter—"

His shouting stopped abruptly, as the impossible actually happened. Chu Hengkong's field was flooded with an inorganic, crimson glow. The two Sinking Derivatives melted the moment they came into contact with the light. Then, based on the dissolved matter, cold metal emerged from the glow.

It was a pure white, streamlined machine with a golden exoskeleton. In the center of its perfectly teardrop-shaped head, a single blood-red eye slowly opened. The excited cheers in the arena suddenly died down, and everyone looked towards the terrifying machine that shouldn't have been there.

A symbol of perfection, a symbol of destruction, even by the standards of the outside world, the strongest and absolutely unstoppable—

"Come out! The Ultimate True Machine - Immortal Machine!"

(There are still two chapters left in this unit. Why is it so long? Because I accidentally wrote too much.

But I won't apologize.

(End of this chapter)