Chapter 230: It

The effect of this card: when you have cards in your hand, discard all of them.

Then, each player draws that many cards.

Tiancheng Guang and the War God discarded their hand cards into the graveyard, then both drew five cards.

Tiancheng Guang glanced at his hand cards, then closed them, waiting for his opponent's move.

"You might be wondering—if it's just about swapping hand cards, why discard the previous ones? Well, I'll tell you the answer right now!"

"Activate the Dark World's War God Silva, the Dark World's Vanguard Beki, the Dark World's Demon God Kater, and—my effect!"

"When these cards are discarded from the hand to the graveyard by an effect, they can all be revived from the graveyard!"

Under Serena's stunned gaze, the Dark World's War God swiftly pulled four cards from the graveyard and slammed them all onto the Duel Disk at once!

Dark World's War God Silva, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Demon Type, ATK 2300.

Dark World's Demon God Kater, Level 6, Dark Attribute, Demon Type, ATK 2400.

Dark World's Vanguard Beki, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Demon Type, ATK 1600.

Three demons, each with distinct appearances and colors, appeared on the field. Then, the golden Gao Gao Erde flapped its wings, slowly stepped forward, and crushed deep pits into the rooftop as it walked onto the field.

Its aura was utterly unlike the images of the other demon monsters—merely standing there, it seemed to burn the air, filling all with dread.

Dark World's War God Gao Gao Erde, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Demon Type, ATK 2300.

"You've summoned four Demon-type monsters at once!?" Serena, seeing this scene, was startled again.

She was still in the phase of ending her turn by Normal Summoning the Red Fox, yet the first thing she witnessed in this other dimension was a Spirit Special Summoning four demons at once—three of them were Upper-Level demons, all with ATK exceeding 2000!

"Hehehehe." One of the demons, hearing her shock, sneered, "Ignorant human, you didn't even bother to find out before coming to bother our Lord Gao Gao Erde?"

"Are you already shocked? Hehehehe, this is just the beginning. Lord Gao Gao Erde is a mighty warrior who will destroy this dimension!"

"Savor your final moments, humans!"

These demons were all talking more and more nonsense.

Tiancheng Guang glanced at them but said nothing.

Serena took a deep breath.

Don't be afraid!

Her Master was still fighting; she couldn't show fear and distract him!

"Hmph…" The Dark World's Demon God opposite Tiancheng Guang had been observing his expression and movements for a long while, yet he saw no fear, tension, or any other emotion on Tiancheng Guang's face.

In fact, he even felt Tiancheng Guang was daydreaming!

But daydreaming wasn't quite right.

In a serious duel, daydreaming could cause you to miss something and get hurt—it wouldn't be worth it.

Tiancheng Guang was simply recalling memories from the original story.

In the original story, after the Duel Academy students entered the other world, they were targeted by the Dark World's Tyrant King. One after another—Wan Zhang Mu, Asuka, Chui Xue—were captured without a duel, branded with the heresy of the Xiexin Sect, and eventually absorbed by the Xiexin Scripture to become nourishment for the birth of "Super Fusion."

As for the Dark World's War God, according to card art, he was actually a decent demon who often helped the weak. The real villains in the Dark World were the Dark World's Tyrant King and the Dark World's Dragon God; everyone else was merely neutral.

But in the original story, all Dark World Spirits were under the Tyrant's command, leading armies to conquer everywhere and brutally ruling the Spirits.

Tiancheng Guang had originally been uncomfortable with the disconnect between the original story's Dark World and the real-card Dark World, but after learning from Bai Jing that Duel Monster Spirits and the "bodies" in card stories were more like Spirits and original legends, he no longer found it problematic.

Either way, it didn't matter—whatever it was, if it did evil, even if it was the Light Path, it still had to come get beaten!

"No fear at all? Interesting. Is it confidence, or just pretending to be calm?" The War God watched Tiancheng Guang until he grew annoyed, then continued his move: "But it doesn't matter, because my turn isn't over yet!"

"I activate the Field Spell, Dark World Gate!"

The War God activated the Field Spell; behind it rose a terrifying wall of flesh and blood, gray-white like a pile of bones, radiating death and instilling fear.

"While this card is on the field, all Demon-type monsters on my field gain 300 ATK and 300 DEF!"

Dark World's War God Silva, ATK 2300 → 2600; Dark World's Demon God Kater, ATK 2400 → 2700; Dark World's Vanguard Beki, ATK 1600 → 1900; Dark World's War God Gao Gao Erde, ATK 2300 → 2600.

"Ahh!!" The already terrifying force had just grown stronger—Serena, who had been holding back her scream, couldn't help but cry out.

Tiancheng Guang turned to look at her, about to speak, but the War God shouted immediately: "While dueling, do you have time to care about others? Focus on yourself first!"

"I also activate the effect of Dark World Gate: discard one card from my hand, banish one Demon-type monster from my graveyard, then draw one card!"

"I discard the Dark World's Battle God Lati Na from my hand, banish the Dark World's Knight Zuer from my graveyard, then draw one card!"

"At this moment, Battle God's effect activates similarly—Special Summon it in Defense Position!"

Dark World's Battle God Lati Na, Level 6, Dark Attribute, Demon Type, DEF 2400 → 2700.

"Hahahaha! How's that? Are you scared now, human? This is the power I, Dark World's War God Gao Gao Erde, will use to rule the world!" It laughed wildly, and its demon minions couldn't help but chuckle along.

Just then—

"Shut up!"

Tiancheng Guang let out a cold snort.

"Gaa—" The War God's voice choked off like a duck with its throat squeezed, unable to speak.

The demons surrounding the area, packed tightly in layers, all stepped back in shock, staring at Tiancheng Guang.

Serena, who had been terrified, suddenly felt the pressure vanish—her body felt lighter.

"All that noise is driving me insane!"

Tiancheng Guang raised his left hand, holding up the card in it, and said: "Dueling relies on THIS!"

Then, he clenched his right fist, thumb pointing at his mouth, and added: "Not THIS!"

"You—" The War God was momentarily speechless.

"End your turn!" Tiancheng Guang crossed his arms, looking down at the War God with disdain, and added coldly.

"I'll end you in one turn!"

Chapter Two, Chapter Two, more coming soon, more coming soon

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