nucmednet Chapter 322 The Final Trial
Chapter 322 The Final Trial
"A beautiful duel. It seems the duelists of this world are not to be underestimated."
Qi Bai clapped his hands, and then his figure began to slowly blur.
"It seems my mission is complete. I'm truly curious to see how your story will unfold. However, it looks like I'll only be able to read about it in books from now on." After saying this, Qi Bai's figure completely disappeared.
Lunya: "???"
Di Xing had already arrived at Lunia's side, leaning on his cane.
"Well done, Lunya. It seems that person doesn't belong to this world."
"Yes, I feel the same way. How's your injury?"
"Hehe, I won't die, although that girl Nami just gave me a fresh injury."
[This is amazing! I never expected that all the finalists would be from our Scrap Metal District. Wait... um... okay... viewers, you're in for a treat!]
[Viewers, you're in luck! We just received a call from the tournament organizers. Since both finalists are from the Scrap Metal Zone, they've decided to hold the final match there!]
[Furthermore, both duelists just now engaged in projection duels, which consumed almost no energy. Therefore, it has been decided to proceed with the final match immediately!]
Amazing cheers erupted from the stands.
"Ugh, can't I rest for a bit? Although I didn't expend much energy during the duel, I was treated terribly afterwards," Di Xing complained.
"So that's how it is?" Lunia murmured softly.
"Hey, Lunya, what are you saying?"
"Di Xing, although I really want to duel with you, I have been persuaded by the will of the Scrap Iron Qi to have someone else who wants to duel with you!"
"The will of the scrap metal zone!?"
"Yes," Lunya smiled, "he will represent the Scrap Metal District, and the entire Fourth Level, to test you."
The scrap metal statues in Scrap Metal Plaza flashed, and a brilliant galaxy descended from the starry sky, covering the entire scrap metal racing arena. Within this light, a bright red racing motorcycle sped out, executing a perfect drift to a stop right in front of Di Xing.
The driver's face was obscured; all that could be seen was that he was wearing a blue jacket and a bright red helmet. But Di Xing recognized the attire and the motorcycle, or rather, D-theory—it was the Youxing!
"You are... Yusei Fudo!?"
"You can call me 003," the driver said without replying, but in a serious yet cheerful tone, "Young man, I'll test you in the final round of this Star-Up Competition."
No, the contestants have all changed, isn't the competition organizer doing anything about it?
Little did Di Xing know that the event team was currently in the control room frantically trying to fix the machines. Just moments ago, all the machines had malfunctioned, running erratically on their own and completely ignoring commands.
If they had a spare moment, they would have noticed a message flashing briefly on a screen in the corner: "Have a good time, Savior 003".
"What's wrong? Young man, are you afraid to accept my challenge?"
"How could that be? A hero wouldn't desert his post," Di Xing said with a smile, raising his duel disk.
Just kidding, if you're really Yusei Fudo, this is a chance to play cards with the main character of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DS, how could you let it pass you up!?
“Very well, but our duel won’t be using duel disks.” The driver raised his right hand, and a beam of starlight enveloped Di Xing. Di Xing instantly felt his injuries healed, and then, inexplicably, his Star Shuttle motorcycle came running towards him on its own, followed by the starlight covering the Star Shuttle as well.
"Alright, now it can be used for duels."
"You turned it into a D-Wheel!? Are we going to have a high-speed duel!?"
"Yes and no, I'll know the specifics once you catch up with me."
After saying that, 003 twisted the accelerator sharply and released the brake with his left hand. The red D-wheel shot out like an arrow, and beneath it, a track paved with starlight shot straight into the air.
Di Xing hurriedly hopped onto the Star Shuttle, twisted the throttle to the floor, and roared off in pursuit.
After leaving the Scrap Metal Duel Arena, the Starlight Track made an exaggerated sharp turn in the air, while the red D-wheel didn't slow down at all, tracing a beautiful arc and drifting through the corner with style.
Di Xing didn't have that level of skill, so he had to brake suddenly and narrowly made it through the bend.
At that moment, the duel system's voice rang out, "First striker, 003!"
“DUEL!”
Speed determines who goes first—it's definitely a high-speed duel! But... Di Xing glanced at his hand; he had a spell card, and it wasn't a SP High-Speed Spell, nor was the field "High-Speed World." It seems this isn't a standard high-speed duel; it's probably a regular duel conducted through D-Wheel.
Meanwhile, in the scrap metal zone arena
What did Fa, Fa, Fa, Fa say? The athletes flew into the sky on motorcycles? What's with that runway in the air?!
The commentator was in a panic. This suddenly appearing runway seemed to encircle the entire fourth floor, and all the spectators, including Ai Xiao and the others, stared in disbelief at the sky.
"Everyone, look here!" Lunya's voice brought them back to reality. Lunya was now shimmering with starlight, as if she were wearing a long dress made of stars.
"Lunya, what's wrong with you? Wait, you're here? Who is Di Xing fighting with?!" Ai Xiao looked at her friend in shock. Strangely, the other spectators seemed unable to see Lunya at this moment.
Lunya smiled charmingly, "I don't know either, but it seems that he borrowed my existence. Now I can use a portion of his power so everyone can witness that duel."
As Lunya spoke, she waved her arm, and a starlight screen appeared out of thin air, displaying the ongoing duel on Di Xing.
“我的先攻，我发动手卡【废品转换者】（地属性/战士族 2星 攻400/守200）的1效果，从手卡把它和1只调整丢弃发动。从卡组把1只「同调士」怪兽加入手卡。我丢弃【废品同调士】，从卡组把第二只废品同调士加人手卡”
003 used his left hand to draw a card from the deck on the D reel, and swung it with style.
This familiar setup, as expected, is a waste of time. "Wait! I discarded the card 'Joyful Companion - Shaking Moon Jellyfish' from my hand. This card's effect can only be activated if I have no cards on my field during my or your turn. During this turn, each time you Normal or Special Summon a monster from your hand, I draw 1 card!"
You can't use the multiplication G against the Waste 2 deck, because Waste 2's terrifying number of special summons can drain your opponent's deck. So Di Xing chose to use Jellyfish G. Actually, Jellyfish G is mainly for the Travelling Bird deck. Against Waste 2, it's better to use Cat G (Joyful Companion Meow Meow Leopard Cat, draw a card every time you summon a card from the graveyard or banished card).
The "Useless Two" deck also special summons quite a few monsters from the Graveyard and Banished Zone. Di Xing roughly calculated that a classic combo should involve 12 Graveyard special summons and one Banished special summon. Although this is a lot, it's not enough to risk emptying the deck.