Chapter 192

In 2004, a vicious card was born that seemed useless at first glance, but actually caused quite a stir after being introduced into the environment.

Its name is 【Guardian of the Temple】.

4 stars, DEF 1900. The effect is that when it exists on the field, the opponent cannot draw cards except during the Draw Phase.

Seeing this card, the first thing that naturally comes to mind is "Pot of Greed," a super-versatile attachment that almost everyone carried back then when it wasn't banned. It seemed to have a little practical value, but not much. So initially, its single-card quality evaluation was average, and it didn't get a chance to be mixed into mainstream builds.

Until the birth of such a deck that was completely based on it.

That is the hand destruction of the Temple style.

The idea is very simple. As long as Guardian of the Temple exists on the field, and then activate an effect that replaces the hand, forcing the opponent to discard their hand but unable to continue drawing cards, then the opponent naturally explodes.

Just like what Fujiki You Xuan did in this duel.

At first glance, it seems that as long as you have a "Card Destruction" and a "Guardian of the Temple" in your hand at the same time, you can achieve the combo. As long as Guardian of the Temple is on the field, and then activate Card Destruction, the opponent must discard all cards in their hand but cannot draw new cards.

However, in fact, it is not that simple. Because when Guardian of the Temple is on the field, effects that include letting the opponent draw cards cannot be activated, including "Card Destruction." So if you summon Guardian of the Temple first, Card Destruction cannot be activated.

However, this could not stump the underworld seniors who pursued the pleasure of revenge on society back then.

Since it cannot be activated when Guardian of the Temple is on the field, wouldn't it be fine to activate Card Destruction first and then summon Guardian of the Temple?

Activate Card Destruction first, and then chain a second-speed trap like "Call of the Haunted" before the effect is processed to revive Guardian of the Temple from the Graveyard. In this way, when the effect is resolved, the opponent must discard all cards in their hand but cannot draw cards, dying on the spot.

Or using "Morphing Jar," which has a similar drawing effect, can also achieve the combo.

In fact, this deck is mainly for entertainment, and although it has competitive ability, it is not very strong in the same period when Chaos is rampant. But the main point is happiness.

Of course, it is conceivable that this is also a deck that easily evolves from playing cards to real-life PK. Especially when you have a perfect hand, and the opponent hasn't done anything in the first turn, and their hand is completely blown away, the next step might be to roll up your sleeves...

This is not it. Just as Fujiki You Xuan put away his Duel Disk, the Silent Magician had already floated out in a spiritual state, holding her staff with a vigilant look, protecting her master.

Perhaps even she instinctively felt that after such a duel, her master was very likely to be beaten.

Especially since the opponent is a wild, muscular man, a super-soldier-level savage who can tear open rolling gates by hand. It's really not impossible for him to use his fists in a fit of rage.

But that didn't happen. After the card game, Dashan Ping collapsed to the ground, and the cards in his Duel Disk scattered all over the floor. To a passerby who didn't know the situation, it looked like he had lost a Shadow Game.

Well, his expression of faith collapsing with dull eyes also really looked like he had lost a Shadow Game.

"It's not like this, dueling is not like this..."

He muttered to himself.

"Dueling is a duel of drawing cards, and drawing cards is the truth. It shouldn't be..."

"... What have I been doing this past year?"

Hayato couldn't help but feel unbearable when watching.

Bad, another one went crazy.

Fujiki You Xuan Victim Association member +1.

The poor savage has been isolated from the world for the past year, completely immersed in his own world. If he had come back to the academy to wander around for two months, at least he could have had some psychological preparation for the strange atmosphere of the academy today, and he wouldn't have doubted his life to this extent...

But let alone Dashan, in fact, Hayato himself felt a little suspicious when watching these card games.

The savage brother has practiced to this point, but he still can't avoid being tortured by the social revenge people. What will the future of this academy become...

Only Judai is as always.

"So—amazing! What an interesting duel, there is actually such a cool tactic, Fujiki You Xuan is so strong! Of course, you are also strong, you are all so amazing, hahaha."

The savage brother looked at this jellyfish head with no love for life.

Interesting? Where is it interesting?

Why don't I feel it...

"But I think your thinking is a bit biased. Dueling and drawing cards have nothing to do with nature or anything." Judai stepped forward and said, "Your drawing is indeed very powerful, but how should I put it..."

He frowned and thought for a while, brewing his language.

"Oh, I'm not very good at speaking. But I just feel that you always emphasize things like integrating into nature, becoming a part of heaven and earth, etc... but it's not like that at all. How boring is that kind of duel?

Every draw of a duelist is like opening up a world with his own hands, and every draw is creating the future. Rather than saying it's integrating into the world, it's more like the feeling of creating it yourself.

Compared to the messy things you think about, it's better to immerse yourself in the duel itself. Looking forward to the miracles that might appear in the next draw, and then being so excited that you can't stop, isn't that the true meaning of dueling?"

Dashan Ping was confused: "Is it like this?"

If it were ten minutes ago, the confident him would have scoffed at Judai's theory and firmly believed that what he found was the correct path.

But after experiencing the deep powerlessness in the duel just now, he is no longer so sure.

Even in his heart, he couldn't help but doubt—

——Maybe I really practiced the wrong divine art and took the wrong path?

Fujiki You Xuan: "..."

Well, sure enough, talented players and acquired training types each have their own theories.

Fujiki You Xuan naturally has shallow research on the way of god-drawing and dare not make assertions easily. But listening to this theory, it seems that Judai's god-drawing highlights a kind of following one's heart.

Compared with Dashan's training, he has no clear purpose. He will not deliberately think about what cards to draw or what cards not to draw, and even when facing difficulties, he will not think about "if I get an XXX now, I can break the situation."

Judai's main point is to leave everything to the deck to play freely. Perhaps in his view, overly purposeful drawing of cards loses the excitement and expectation that dueling brings him. Precisely because the next card is unknown to him, he will be excited.

If this is the case, then Judai and the previous generation Duel King Atem might be on different routes. Atem, who had achieved great success in the Ceremonial Battle, was a typical representative of "calling whatever he wanted," while Judai's main point is to step on the accelerator to the end and let the steering wheel follow fate...

But this is just Fujiki You Xuan's personal guess for now. He only has a little insight into the way of god-drawing, and there is still a lot to learn.

"Of course it's like this!"

Judai was quite confident in his theory, patted Dashan on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Fujiki You Xuan thinks so too, right?"

Fujiki You Xuan: "... Is that so?"

"Look, he thinks so too," Judai said seriously to Dashan.

Fujiki You Xuan: "..."

Then let's just assume it is.

Judai, as long as you are happy.

(End of chapter)