The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　"For a Leo Beast with a defense of 2300, the cost of reducing its defense by 500 is negligible."

　"And its attack power will be increased to 2800 points!"

　"Robert, can you hear Death's cry?"

　Vittor suddenly stretched out his hand and shouted, "Leomon, attack!"

　Robert has only one magical sprite on the field, so there's no need to designate a target.

　The lion beast assumed a fighting stance and suddenly swung its sword.

　A beam of light shot out, and "Bullhead Axe King" fell to the ground.

　Robert's health points plummeted by another 1100!

　【4600→3500】

　"Corpse Slime, attack!"

　Witt shouted again.

　With "Bullhead Axe King" sent to the "Graveyard Area", Robert's "Summoning Zone" no longer contains any magical spirits.

　The "Corpse Slime" attack can directly damage Robert's health.

　Despite having only 1200 attack points, Robert's remaining 3500 health points could not withstand the onslaught.

　The moment Witt gave the order, he abruptly flipped the card over.

　"Activate the Spell Card—'Shield of Counterattack'!"

　We can't wait until the end.

　Robert knew very well that, given Witt's personality, he would definitely continue to use "Lion Beast" to attack in the next round.

　With Leomon's current attack power of 2800, if they don't activate this "Counterattack Shield" now, there's a real chance they won't have another chance...

　With the activation of "Counterattack Shield", the attack from "Corpse Slime" was successfully deflected.

　Witt finally suffered the consequences.

　Health points dropped from 8000 to 7600!

　But the "Corpse Slime" did not die.

　The ultimate technique, "Feign Death," allows the opponent to remain upright even after death.

　Witt smiled slightly and said calmly, "End of round."

　……

　"It's my turn!"

　Robert suddenly drew two new cards and added them to his hand.

　Then he glanced at the two magical sprites on the field and quickly did some mental calculations.

　"Summon Shuttle in Defense Position!"

　"Face two more cards down, and the round ends."

　In his summoning area, a small turtle-shaped magical sprite stood alone.

　"Is this the end?"

　Witte immediately drew a card.

　Having acquired two new cards, he glanced at Robert's face-down area and said, "Robert, you no longer have 'Shield of Counterattack,' bluffing won't work."

　Robert said in a deep voice, "You're welcome to try!"

　Witt's eyes flashed as he quickly considered: "Besides 'Shield of the Counterattack,' Robert's deck also has cards capable of defense and counter-attack, such as 'Failed Sacrifice,' 'Mixed Blow,' and 'Soul Summoning'... but these spell cards won't work against the righteous 'Lion Beast.' There's a very high chance that one of his two face-down cards is 'Failed Sacrifice,' and I can't take the risk."

　So he abandoned the option of sacrificing to summon an 8th-level Magical Spirit, drew another card, and said, "Normal Summon—'Troll' in Attack Position!"

　Card Name: Troll

　[Attack power: 1500]

　[Defense: 1400]

　[Ultimate Move: Self-Sacrificing Impact]

　With the appearance of Witt's signature magical sprite, "Troll," his "Summoning Zone" now contains a total of three magical sprites.

　Then he draws another card from his hand and places it face down in the "face-down area".

　The previously empty "face-down area" now has an additional card.

　"Next!"

　He looked up at Robert and gave the command to Leomon: "Leomon, attack Shuttle!"

　"Roar!" The Lion Beast roared and slashed through the air with the Lion King Maru.

　The "Pot Pot" on the opposite side was hit by a slash that dealt 2800 damage!

　Despite its high defense of 2200 points, it was still impossible for it to withstand the attack of "Lionmon".

　But the next second, the ultimate move "Sturdy" was triggered.

　The defensive power of "Potpot" plummeted from 2200 points to 0 points.

　But it was not sent to the "cemetery area"!

　Because "Jackpot" is a defensive symbol, Robert was not injured.

　But there are still two magical sprites in Witt's field!

　He immediately ordered, "Corpse Slime, attack Potpot!"

　With a spray of acid-like liquid, "Potpot" finally couldn't withstand it and collapsed.

　Robert was once again completely exposed.

　Seeing that Robert hadn't activated his face-down card even after "Potpot" fell, Witt pointed forward and shouted, "Last Glimmer, 'Troll,' attack directly!"

　"boom!"

　【3500→2000】

　The "Troll's" "Sacrifice Strike" increases its attack power by 500. However, after activation, the "Troll" will also be sent to the "Graveyard".

　Therefore, Witt did not launch a "sacrifice-hit".

　Robert didn't reveal the face-down card even when his health points were down to only 2000.

　Witt made up his mind and sneered, "Robert, you only have one round left. Let me extinguish your life, which is like a candle flickering in the wind!"

　……

　"That's not certain!"

　Robert suppressed his inner turmoil, slowly drew two cards from the top of the deck, and then examined them very carefully.

　Without changing his expression, he added the two cards to his hand, then pressed down on one of the cards in the "face-down zone" and suddenly flipped it over.

　"Activate the Spell Card—'Soul Summoning Spell'!"

　"The effect of the 'Soul Summoning Spell' is to summon a magical spirit of no more than three stars from your 'Graveyard'."

　"I choose to recall—'Bullhead Axe King'!"

　When the minotaur wielding the giant axe returned to the dueling stage, Rowan's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile.

　The successful recall of "Bullhead Axe King" means that the card in Witte's "face down zone" is not a magic card that can destroy a Special Summon.

　Therefore, he immediately took out a card from his hand and activated it!

　"Activate the Spell Card—'Forbidden Love'!"

　Of course, Robert couldn't possibly have missed out on all three "Forbidden Love" tickets.

　Although this "forbidden love" can only gain control of the first-tier magical spirit for one turn, it can offer it as a sacrifice within that turn.

　Robert stared intently at Witt's face and pointed at the "troll" in Witt's "summoning zone"!

　Robert's idea was simple: the attack power of "Troll" was higher than that of "Corpse Slime", so he chose to NTR "Troll".

　In the blink of an eye, a "giant" with hearts above its head appeared in Robert's "summoning zone".

　And sure enough, Witt's lips twitched!

　Although Witt remained outwardly composed, Robert, who knew him very well, had already noticed his nervousness.

　But Robert was enjoying that feeling!

　He randomly drew the second card newly added to his hand and addressed Wirt, "I activate my ultimate skill 'Eye of the Wind' once again from my hand, Special Summoning the magical spirit possessing 'Eye of the Wind'—'Eye of the Storm'!"

　Card Name: Eye of the Storm

　【grade:】

　[Attack power: 1800]

　[Defense: 700]

　Ultimate Skill: Eye of the Wind Element

　Although "Eye of the Storm" is only a four-star monster with low attack and defense stats, it also has the "Eye of the Wind" ability, allowing it to be Special Summoned in wind-themed terrains similar to "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind".

　When the tornado-shaped "eye of the storm" appeared in Robert's "summoning zone", his "summoning zone" went from being empty to suddenly having three magical spirits!

　Judging from the number of magical spirits, the situation has already reversed.

　"Witt, I told you before, whether it's magic chess or a simulated duel, the winner is always the one who can keep their composure!"

　As Robert spoke, he took out the strongest, coolest, and most awesome Magical Spirit card that he had already obtained from his hand at the start, and then held it high!

　"Watch closely, I already have one four-star Magical Spirit and two three-star Magical Spirits on my field. I will use these three Magical Spirits as sacrifices to summon—Come forth, 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'!"

　The roar of the white dragon echoed from the Duel Disk, and the three tributes on the field were sent to the Graveyard.

　Robert actually summoned the strongest magical spirit with a full nine stars – the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"!

　Robert's eyebrows shot up.

　His confidence returned once again.

　He could clearly see that Witt's expression had completely broken down; he must have been terrified.

　……

　Judy, who was also providing commentary, exclaimed in surprise, echoing the atmosphere: "Incredible! Robert managed to summon a nine-star magical spirit in just one round! Although this blue-eyed white dragon doesn't have a special move, its incredibly high attack and defense make it an extremely terrifying presence in the current version of simulated duels. It even reminds me of the 'Celestial White Dragon'!"

　Amid Judy's exclamation, the audience gradually realized what was happening.

　The "Blue-Eyed White Dragon" and the "Sky White Dragon" are both Nine-Star White Dragons, and they do have some similarities.

　After that, more people placed high hopes on the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

　I want to see Robert lead this "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in a desperate counterattack and ultimately achieve victory!

　Of course, one should not rush things.

　Robert had just learned his lesson before.

　The audience saw it all.

　Currently, there is still one card in Witt's "face down zone".

　If this card is also "Shield of Counterattack"...

　Once bitten, twice shy, Robert became even more cautious about this.

　but……

　Do you think I wouldn't dare to attack?

　He suddenly smiled at Witt.

　Then, to Vittor's astonishment, he pointed at Leomon and shouted, "Attack Leomon! Destructive White Light Shot!"

　Even if that face-down card really is a "shield of retaliation," so what?

　It's just a temporary loss!

　In a duel, there's no such thing as never losing.