Yu-Gi-Oh!: Ultimate Duelist

Just as he fell to the ground, a strange scene happened.

A black mist as thick as ink slowly floated out from his body. The black mist rolled and surged, and indistinctly, a blurry shadow resembling a demon could be seen.

Then, something unexpected happened.

Countless winding lightning bolts suddenly burst out from the body of the black fog demon, like silver snakes with bared fangs and claws.

Lightning flowed and exploded wildly, making a sharp "crackling" sound. Each ray of lightning instantly dispelled the surrounding darkness, and was quickly swallowed by the darkness.

Under the ravages of thunder and lightning, the black fog demon howled in pain. The sound was like a curse from hell, which made people shudder.

Soon, as the light of thunder and lightning gradually dimmed, it finally stopped raging.

After the light dissipated, the black mist slowly condensed and turned into a card, swaying and floating down from mid-air.

Lin Hao hurriedly walked forward, bent down to pick up the card, and took a closer look. The card was clearly printed with the words [True Red-Eyes Fierce Thunder Emperor - Evil Demon].

The moment he saw the card clearly, a clear system notification sound suddenly rang in his mind: "Ding, congratulations to the host for gaining the recognition of Red-Eyes Thunder King and unlocking the Red-Eyes deck."

Lin Hao was suddenly filled with surprise. He didn't expect that in such a dangerous situation, there would be such an unexpected gain.

He suppressed the joy in his heart, quickly squatted down, gently shook Cheng Zhinie, and shouted anxiously: "Cheng Zhinie, wake up... Cheng Zhinie..."

Lin Hao didn't know how long he had been shouting like this, as if time had frozen at this moment. Finally, Cheng Zhinie's eyelids trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Hmm...where is this?" Cheng Zhinie's eyes were full of confusion and bewilderment, and he asked weakly.

Before Lin Hao could answer, he suddenly held his head with both hands and said in pain: "Hiss, my head hurts."

His body also swayed, and it seemed that he would fall again at any time.

Lin Hao was quick to reach out and support him, fearing that he would be injured again.

Cheng Zhinie took a long time to recover some strength and asked, "Lin Hao, where exactly is this place? How did we end up here for no apparent reason?"

Lin Hao frowned slightly and replied solemnly, "From what I know, we must have stumbled into a mysterious realm by accident. To leave here, we must defeat the Three Phantom Demons."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhinie's eyes widened and he said, "No way! How could we end up in such a haunted place out of the blue? This is too outrageous!"

Lin Hao sighed helplessly and said, "I was walking and suddenly came here, and then I ran into you. At that time, you were controlled by a dark elf. Did you lose the duel, so your body was controlled?"

Cheng Zhinie frowned and thought hard for a while. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something serious and his face turned pale in an instant.

He hurriedly looked at his chest and reached out to touch it, as if confirming something important.

Lin Hao looked puzzled and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong? What are you doing?"

Cheng Zhinie responded with lingering fear, "I remember seeing a card on the road. I thought it was very strange, so I bent down to pick it up. Who knew that a pitch-black hand suddenly stretched out from the card and passed straight through my body. I have no memory of what happened next."

After listening to what Zhi Nie said, Lin Hao couldn't help but take a breath.

He thought that if he encountered the same situation, he would definitely be caught off guard and fall into the trap.

The methods of these dark elves are extremely sinister and they will do anything to achieve their goals.

It seems that in this secret realm, even if I just encounter an ordinary card on the road, I have to be careful and cautious and not be careless at all.

"How do you feel now?" Lin Hao asked with concern.

Cheng Zhinie shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, "I feel like my body has been hollowed out. I feel limp and have no strength at all. It's like my soul has been drained away."

After hearing this, Lin Hao thought for a moment and then said, "Then I'll help you walk. Only if we go deeper into the secret realm can we possibly leave here."

Cheng Zhinie shook his head again and said, "No need. It's really inconvenient for me to move right now. I'll just be a burden to you. You go first. I'll rest here."

Lin Hao said seriously, "Even if you stay here and don't move, you'll still be in danger. After all, there are dark elves everywhere here. Given your current defenseless state, if you encounter one, you'll definitely be in great danger."

Cheng Zhinie thought about it carefully and felt that what Lin Hao said was indeed reasonable, and his body would slowly recover, and maybe he could be of help in the future, so he slowly nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Lin Hao squatted down slightly, carried Cheng Zhinie steadily on his back, and walked towards the depths of the secret realm step by step.

……

"Damn it, I didn't expect these dark elves to be so insidious and cunning!" Xiang Qian looked at his subordinate who was lying on the ground in front of him, his eyes turned red with anger, and he roared angrily.

The subordinate lay motionless on the ground, his face as pale as paper, and seemed to have no breath of life.

"Is it really like what those dark elves said, that only three people can defeat the three phantoms together to get out?" A man in a white suit next to Xiang Qian frowned and said with a worried look on his face.

"It seems this is the only way out. After all, the three of us challenged each other just now, and you and I won, only Zhang Sheng lost. As a result, Zhang Sheng's soul was ruthlessly taken away, while the two of us were safe and sound." Xiang Qian said with a gloomy face.

"I didn't expect these dark elves to be so cunning and set up such tricky rules. It's obvious that they don't want us to leave here." The man in the suit sighed helplessly.

He raised his head slightly and looked into the depths of the darkness, as if looking for something.

"No need to look. It has been more than four hours since we came in. Until now, no one else has come here. They must have been dealt with by other dark elves." Xiang Qian said with a gloomy face.

"It seems that the two of us will be left here forever." The man in the suit said in a deep voice.

"Now we can only hope that people outside will find this place and rescue us." Xiang Qian said helplessly.

"Alas, it seems there is no other way..."

……

In the dead silence and darkness, there was suddenly a sound of "thump thump thump" of footsteps.

The footsteps echoed in the silent space, like a mysterious melody played in the darkness, or a signal that unknown danger was approaching.