Yu-Gi-Oh!: Ultimate Duelist

"Even if the Judge is destroyed, there's still a more powerful monster on the field."

"Yeah, he left the more powerful Sword Hunter alone and went after the Judge instead. I don't understand what he was thinking."

"Could it be that Lin Hao is planning to summon his six-star monster this round and go head-to-head with Tan Cheng's strongest monster?"

"Could it be that Lin Hao made an operational mistake?"

The discussion among the crowd became more heated.

"What on earth is Lin Hao thinking? What's the point of destroying the Judge?"

"I don't know. Maybe he has his own plans."

"I think he's just hitting blindly. Now Tan Cheng still has the Sword Hunter."

Tan Cheng said with a grim expression, "You actually left my more powerful [Sword Hunter] alone and instead destroyed the weaker [Judge]. What on earth were you thinking?"

Lin Hao smiled and said, "Because I have already drawn that key card. This round is the critical moment that determines our victory or defeat."

Tan Cheng's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "How is that possible? Not to mention my powerful Sword Hunter, I still have 3100 HP. You're dreaming of defeating me this round."

"You'll soon find out whether it's just a foolish dream or not."

"Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Enemy Controller]: Release 1 monster you control. Choose 1 face-up monster your opponent controls, and gain control of it until the End Phase of the turn this card was activated."

"I liberate the [Dream Clown] on the field and choose to gain control of the [Sword Hunter] on your field this turn."

Tan Cheng exclaimed in shock, "What? It's a powerful card that can control the opponent's monsters? But even so, as long as you survive this turn, the next one will be your defeat."

Lin Hao said, "Don't worry, I haven't launched my attack yet. Activate the Trap Card on my field - [Chained Boomerang]. Its effect is: Equip this card to a monster on your field, increasing its ATK by 500. The monster I chose to equip is [Sword Hunter], so [Sword Hunter] now has 3350 ATK."

"During the combat phase, [Sword Hunter] will attack the player directly."

As Tan Cheng's health points dropped to zero, Lin Hao won.

As the duel ended, the students at the scene were all excited and talked about it.

"Is this duel over?"

"I didn't expect that even after Tan Chengdu summoned his two ace monsters, he still lost."

"I feel like Lin Hao is quite strong. His trump card hasn't even made its debut yet, but he's already won."

"You say someone who doesn't even have a duel disk is strong?"

"I think Lin Hao must have been lucky to win this victory."

"If it were you who faced Tan Cheng's two ace monsters, would you be lucky enough to win?"

"Lin Hao was able to win because of that powerful magic card. If I had this card, I could win too."

……

The fierce battle had just ended, but the smoke on the battlefield seemed to have not yet completely dissipated.

At this moment, Tan Cheng's eyes were empty and lifeless, like a puppet without a soul. He kept muttering to himself: "I actually lost..."

The voice was full of shock, unwillingness and disbelief, as if all this was just an illusory dream.

Tan Cheng's heart was in turmoil at this moment. He had always been regarded as a strong man by everyone and had never thought that he would lose in this duel.

He couldn't accept this fact. How could a proud man like him lose to an unknown person?

He felt that his dignity had been severely trampled upon, and anger was burning in his heart, but it was also mixed with a hint of confusion and frustration.

He just stood there in a daze, motionless, as if time had completely frozen at this moment.

At this moment, Tan Cheng's classmates gathered around and tried to comfort him.

"Brother Cheng, this time Lin Hao must have been lucky. Next time we duel, you will definitely win, Brother Cheng." A classmate with an anxious face shouted, his eyes full of firm trust in Tan Cheng.

After all, Tan Cheng has always been their role model. This failure must be just an accident. Tan Cheng’s strength should not be underestimated.

"Yes, the main reason is that Brother Cheng just had a duel, and his physical and mental strength are not at their best. This time, Lin Hao took advantage of this."

Another classmate hurriedly analyzed and tried to find a reasonable explanation for Tan Cheng's failure.

"That's right, it's obvious that Lin Hao is just taking advantage of the situation. If it's a fair fight, he won't be a match for Brother Cheng." Another classmate echoed, his words full of disdain and contempt for Lin Hao.

At this time, a classmate who was usually more rational frowned slightly and said, "You can't say that. Lin Hao must have his own ability to win. We can't just keep making excuses."

Although this classmate was also surprised by Tan Cheng's failure, he felt that the outcome of the duel should be viewed objectively.

"Hmph, you're only boosting others' morale and destroying your own," someone retorted immediately, dissatisfied. The retorting student only wanted to defend Tan Cheng and wouldn't tolerate anyone questioning him.

Listening to his classmates' arguments, Tan Cheng grew even more annoyed. He waved his hand and shouted, "Stop arguing! Losing is losing. There's no point in quibbling."

Although his voice was not loud, it was full of firmness and determination, as if declaring his principles and pride to everyone.

Tan Cheng knew that he could not lose his composure in the face of failure, but deep down in his heart he secretly vowed to get back at the place he had set.

"Yes, yes, let him be proud for a while, and next time, Brother Cheng, you can beat him back to his original form." The classmates nodded, their eyes once again lit with confidence in Tan Cheng. Everyone believed that Tan Cheng would make a comeback and regain the glory that belonged to him.

Tan Cheng nodded slightly and prepared to turn around and leave.

……

At the same time, Lin Hao, who had just defeated Tan Cheng, immediately heard the sound of the system issuing rewards.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the mission. You will be rewarded with 2000 contribution points and will also unlock the intermediate monster card pack."

When Lin Hao heard about this reward, he couldn't help but curl his lips, secretly lamenting the stinginess of the system.

After all, the so-called newbie gift pack from the system only gave me three cards, namely [Dream Clown], [Enemy Manipulator] and [Chained Boomerang].

As well as a low-level card pack that unlocks three types of cards: magic cards, trap cards, and monster cards, and 500 contribution points.

However, among these card packs, one random small card pack requires 100 contribution points. The key is that one random small card pack only has ten cards. If you open too many card packs, there will be many duplicate cards.

Now that I have finally defeated Tan Cheng, he only gives me such a small reward. It is really unreasonable.

However, Lin Hao, who knew the nature of the system well, also knew that his argument was useless and could only swallow his anger helplessly.