Yu-Gi-Oh!: The journey of the Duel King from scratch!

After a whole day of fierce competition, the duelists vying for the title of the second generation Duel King were all determined. Just like in the first generation battle city, these eight duelists picked from thousands of people gathered in the central square of the Duel Academy.

The amphitheater was once again packed, but since people from other schools were not allowed to stay in the Duel Academy, most of the spectators were just students.

Of course, because this GX Duel Tournament is an important large-scale event that will determine the birth of the second generation Duel King, there will be actual live broadcasts all over the world.

"Everyone, congratulations on making it through the GX Duel King Tournament preliminaries. Now I will announce the next round of the competition to you, Noone!"

As the main person in charge of the Duel Academy, Principal Chronos proudly served as the chief referee again. He stood on the duel arena with a microphone in his hand and pointed to the large screen behind him. Principal Chronos said loudly: "The eight duelists who successfully advanced to this duel competition are as follows. First place, Yuki Judai! According to the rules of the GX Duel Competition, as the first place, Yuki Judai is eligible to freely choose his first duel opponent!"

Looking at Yuki Judai who had changed back into the Obelisk blue elite uniform with a smile, Principal Chronos encouraged him with great satisfaction: "Jiudai, the title of Duel King requires not only great strength, but sometimes luck is also very important. So, teacher, I hope you can make good use of this limited right to choose your opponent and successfully advance!"

"Oh! Don't worry, Principal Chronos, I will make good use of this opportunity!" Determined to win the title of the second generation Duel King, Yuki Judai replied with the same high spirits.

"Well, great, next up is World Champion Ed Phoenix, second in the standings!"

"Out-of-school personnel, Shadow Duelist, Haradou Jieyou, third on the standings!" (Note: This is a pseudonym.)

"Off-campus staff, Marufuji Ryo, fourth on the standings, um, not bad, not bad, you are worthy of being a graduate of our Duel Academy, Liang-kun, you need to keep up the good work!"

"Duel Academy second year student, Sorano Daigo, is fifth on the standings. Very good! As a freshman, we need to keep up this momentum!"

"Duel Academy third year, Manjomu, sixth on the standings, you have to work harder, you can't lose to your junior, Noone!"

"John Andersen, third year student at Duel Academy, ranked seventh on the points list. As a new transfer student, John, you need to keep working hard!"

"Outside the hospital, the terrifying deck destroyer—X. As a super strong duelist ranked third in the active professional duel league rankings, can he complete a comeback from the eighth place in the points rankings? Let's wait and see!"

"Humph, as expected, a few shameful little mice have sneaked in!" As a special guest attending the GX Duel Tournament and sitting in the VIP seat, Li Youfeng naturally saw the list of all the qualified contestants. Needless to say, but Li Youfeng, who had long known that darkness would secretly cause trouble, had always remained quite vigilant.

After all, a large number of people have begun to disappear, including Domino. Although it has not yet affected Kaiba Seto and others, such a change is obviously not something that science can explain.

After introducing all the contestants, Principal Chronos then turned his attention to Yuki Judai.

"Everyone, as the principal of the Duel Academy, I, Chronos, will be the referee of all duel matches. Now, I declare the GX Duel Tournament officially open!"

"Yujo Judai, as the number one on the standings, you have the right to skip the random draw and directly choose one of the remaining equal duelists as your opponent!"

"So now, are you going to exercise your special rights?"

"Ah? You can just choose your opponent without drawing lots!"

Unexpectedly, getting first place would bring such benefits. Yuujo touched his jellyfish head awkwardly and said with a smile: "Well, I don't think it's necessary to be so troublesome. In fact, I don't want any privileges. Why don't I also..."

"Oh, excuse me for interrupting you!" X, dressed in a formal suit, stopped Yuujo Judai from speaking and took a step forward. "Your name is Yuujo Judai, right? This is a rare opportunity. How about choosing me to be your opponent?"

"Tsk~!" With a hint of disgust in his eyes, Ed walked to Yuki Judai and whispered, "Jiudai, I've heard a little bit about this guy's duel skills. Anyway, if possible, you'd better not choose him as your first opponent."

"Don't choose him as the first opponent?" Looking at Ed in confusion, Yusuke Judai asked, "What does this mean?"

"I'm sorry, I can only tell you that no one in the professional league can beat this X in the first duel. That's just his style of playing cards. Please forgive me for not being able to tell you more." As a professional duelist, even though Ed has regarded Judai as a family member, there are some principled issues that cannot be revealed directly.

"What the hell? So weird? Haha, Ed, I have to say, your words have aroused my interest! But then again, Ed, have you ever duelled with this guy?"

Spreading his hands, Ed replied with a smile: "Of course, otherwise I would remind you here?"

The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and Yuujo Judai asked cautiously: "So, did you win or lose your first duel with him?"

"Isn't this nonsense? If I don't win, I can get the title of world champion?"

"Fuck, if you can do it, why can't I? Okay, don't say anything, just watch me deal with him!"

He already had the urge to compete with Ed, and seeing how seriously Ed spoke, Yuki Judai's duelist spirit was ignited!

After all, a duel is only fun if you duel with a strong opponent. Therefore, Yuki Judai, who loves duels, will not let go of such a rare opponent.

"Hey, Yuki Judai, what are you thinking about, or are you scared?"

As the third-ranked player in the active professional player rankings, X is known for his perverted personality and torturous dueling style!

Of course, the reason why Ed said that no one in the professional league could beat X in the first duel was that this guy was severely autistic and refused to repent even after his deck was exposed.

"Mr. X, this is an official duel, so please don't say anything provocative!"

As the eighth place in the preliminaries, X's provocative behavior actually had the effect of turning the tables. Fearing that X might interfere with Yuki Judai's judgment, Principal Chronos unhappily reminded him, "And the decision to choose an opponent is in Judai's hands. You have no right to interfere with his choice, Noone."

Thinking that Yugi Judai wouldn't dare to accept his challenge, X's tone became even more arrogant, "Oh, I see. Even though you're studying at the Duel Academy, you're just a student after all. Facing a professional player, isn't it a bit too much of a stretch?"

“No, I accept your challenge!” Yuki Judai laughed disapprovingly and raised his finger excitedly pointing at X, “Come on, let me see how strong you are as a professional player!”

"Hehehe~! Very good, I won't let you down, I believe we can have a very pleasant duel!" Licking the corner of his mouth, X strode onto the duel arena while unfolding the duel disk.

Seeing that Judai and X were both ready to duel, Principal Chronos could only announce on the spot: "Since both contestants have agreed, I declare that the opponent for the first match of the GX Duel Tournament preliminaries is Yuki Judai VS X!"

“Jiudai, don’t be careless!” After patting Judai’s shoulder, Ed glared at X fiercely, then turned around and walked off the stage like everyone else.

Seeing that Yuujo Judai was also ready for the duel, Xyin smiled and said, "Haha, I'm so honored, Yuujo Judai. I heard that you are the strongest duelist in this duel academy, but I don't know if you are worthy of the title!"

"Hmph, why don't you try it and know?" Knowing that the other party seemed to look down on him, Yuki Judai thought for a few seconds, then directly replaced a set of cards and inserted it into the duel disk.

As he grows older, Yuki Judai, who has successfully entered the third grade, has made a qualitative leap in both his mentality and dueling level, especially in dueling intuition, and has shown amazing talent.

(Note: This is the protagonist, playing cards entirely on instinct.)

"Then do as you wish!"

"Duel!" X2

XLP4000

Youcheng tenth generation LP4000

"I get to attack first, draw a card!"

As a top three Duelist in the M Country Professional Duelist League, X is quite capable, especially since most of the cards he uses are original anime cards that have never been made into real cards.

"First, I want to Normal Summon Trap Jammer, Attack Position!" (Attack Power 800) (Original from the anime, defense power unknown.)

"After this, I will activate the magic card to temporarily cease fire!"

"The effect of this card is that both players can draw a card from their decks, and then until the end of the next turn of the other player, all damage received by both players will be reduced to 0 points!"

"What? Are you going to waste my turn?"

After hearing what Ed said about the third place in the professional league, Yuki Judai had already prepared for a tough battle. Unfortunately, he didn't expect that the opponent would activate such a life-saving card right at the start. Strictly speaking, it was indeed a bit surprising.

"Haha, do you really think so?"

Unable to hold back a sinister smile, X raised his hand and covered his backcourt with all the cards in his hand.

"After this, I will cover four cards on my backfield, and then activate the magic card from my hand, Hand Erase!"

"The effect of this card is that both players must send all cards in their hands to the graveyard, and then they must draw a corresponding number of cards from their decks."

"My hand has 0 cards, and you have cards, so after you discard your hand, you need to draw cards!"

"It's deck destruction?!" After seeing X's operation, Yuki Judai immediately understood the opponent's tactics, "Haha, interesting!"

Because of the rules of the duel, Yuki Judai could only "reluctantly" throw all the cards in his hand into the graveyard.

"Haha, now I'm going to open a face-up card on my backfield!" Seeing Judai had finished changing his hand, X laughed again, "Activate the magic card, Pot of Greed. According to the effect of this card, I can draw two cards from the deck."

Finally, after replenishing his hand, X said to Judai, "Okay, I'll end my turn like this!"

"Then it's my turn, draw a card!"

He raised his hand and drew a card from his deck. As an important step in his duelist legend, Yuki Judai also rarely used his brain.

"This guy has three blocked cards in the backcourt, let's test it out a bit here!"

Having already decided in his mind to destroy the opponent's backfield first, Yuki Judai raised his hand and slapped a card on the duel disk.

"Activate the magic card, Dalan!"

"The effect of this card is that it can destroy all the cards in the backfield of both players!"

"Oh, so it is. Yuki Judai, your luck in drawing cards is really as terrible as the legend says. However, your methods are still too immature to destroy my backcourt!"

As he spoke, he clicked the button to activate the trap card, and X said loudly: "At this moment, I will enter the chain and activate the continuous trap card, the royal decree!" (The original version has invalidated the effect!)

"The effect of this card is that as long as this card exists in the Spell & Trap Zone, the effects of all Spell Cards on the field will be negated. In addition, the controller of this card needs to pay 700 Life Points during each of his/her Standby Phases to maintain the normal activation of this card. If he/she chooses not to pay, this card will be destroyed."

(Chain order: Imperial decree > Dalan)

"Oh? Interesting, you actually blocked the activation of my magic card?" Suddenly realizing that the other party seemed to be an autistic player, Yuki Judai's mouth corners slightly raised!

After all, when it comes to autistic players, there are probably few duelists in this world who can be compared with his master Li Youfeng. Even his master's wife, Izayoi Kaoru, has gradually begun to adopt the autistic style of playing cards under the latter's influence.

Of course, these things were discussed behind closed doors, and Yuki Judai naturally knew what could be said and what could not be said.

"I Normal Summon, Elemental Hero Bubble Man, Defense Position!" (Attack 800 Defense 1200) (Original anime effect)

Received many years of instruction from Li Youfeng, Youcheng Judai certainly knows what it means to use Greed when in doubt. As everyone knows, although Bubble Man is a monster card, in essence, there is actually not much difference between this monster and Pot of Greed.