Yu-Gi-Oh!: Starting as a Rabbit-Eared Demon King

The group arrived at the castle gate. Li Youming, Yugi, and Jonouchi handed over ten stars and entered the castle, while Anzu and Honda were also allowed in after Li Youming's explanation.

"As expected, Bakura-kun has more face," Honda said with a chuckle.

"After all, I am the national champion, officially recognized here. I am very strong in the game and have beaten Seto Kaiba, but that was a private duel, and those who don't duel can refuse to acknowledge it. Naturally, I would give them some face," Li Youming explained with a smile.

"It seems that giving Seto Kaiba ten stars worked. Seto Kaiba is not waiting here for Win Xiaobiao's stars."

Li Youming didn't like this part of the storyline and wanted to prevent Seto Kaiba's soul from being extracted. And having stars meant...

"Jōnei! Game!" A charming female voice interrupted Li Youming's thoughts. He saw that Mai Kongque had also entered the castle and greeted Li Youming and his group.

With the addition of the peacock dance, everyone started chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere inside the castle became noticeably lively.

"Youth is wonderful." Li Youming looked at Jonouchi, who was behaving like a monkey in front of the peacock dance, and recalled a passage he had seen not long ago.

"I've forgotten everything from before, but you need to remember to come home early tonight. There are people waiting for you at home."

"How wonderful! But a card player doesn't take a partner! Don't be tempted by beauty!" Li Youming shook his head and made what he thought was the right decision.

"Welcome everyone!" A strange London accent rang out, and everyone saw Pegasus sitting opposite them drinking red wine and greeting them.

"You've finally arrived! Welcome to the Duel Kingdom finals!" Becton paused, then said meaningfully, "There are fewer people in the finals than I expected."

As soon as Bekas finished speaking, one of the bodyguards behind him broke out in a cold sweat.

Pegasus ignored him, saying, "It doesn't matter. I'm not interested in cats and dogs anyway. It's fine as long as my favorite person is here." After saying that, Pegasus looked at Li Youming and the game with lingering interest.

“We have five people, so one person will get a bye. How do we decide who gets the bye?” Pegasus pretended to rub his temples. “I’ve got it! Whoever is willing to duel with Seto Kaiba today will get a bye.”

After Pegasus finished speaking, Seto Kaiba stepped out from one side of the dueling platform in the middle, ready to begin the duel.

"Hey, who's up here? The loser's out." Pegasus invited in a playful tone.

"I'm unlikely to go." Mai had her own belief in winning, but the pressure of dueling Seto Kaiba was still too great. After all, he had a long-standing reputation, unlike in the game.

"Only a fool would go," the phantom thief Keith scoffed without replying.

"I'll do it." Li Youming raised his right hand, gestured to Pegasus, and then walked straight towards the passage.

"Go for it, Bakura!" Honda and the others cheered for Li Youming. Li Youming gave everyone a thumbs up and headed straight for the field.

"It really is you, Bakura!" Seto Kaiba's intense fighting spirit ignited as he looked at Li Youming approaching.

"Although I also want to duel with Yugi to avenge my previous defeat, the way you woke me up is even more infuriating!" Seto Kaiba declared to Yuming Li.

"But I acknowledge your strength, I admit you are my opponent!" Seto Kaiba placed his deck on the dueling platform: "Come on, Bakura, let's draw our dueling swords and have a good fight!"

"As you wish!" As a card dealer, how could Li Youming let go of the opportunity to duel Seto Kaiba? The sense of oppression and excitement was unparalleled.

"Duel!" "Duel!"

Li Youming (Bakura): 2000

Seto Kaiba: 2000

"Let me see this battle of the titans!" Pegasus picked up a glass of red wine and began to drink with great interest.

"My turn, draw!" Li Youming took the initiative and declared, "I set one monster face-down, then set four cards face-down. End of turn!"

Li Youming's hand count: 1

"My turn, draw!" Seto Kaiba saw the card he drew and immediately placed it on the field: "I summon the Lamp Demon (1800/1000) in Attack Position, attacking the face-down monster on Bakura's field!"

"Reveal the monster, the Shapeshifting Jar (700/500), both players discard all cards from their hands and draw 5 cards!"

After saying that, Li Youming looked at Seto Kaiba with a teasing smile: "I hope you don't have a Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

"Hmph~" Seto Kaiba dropped his five cards, one of which was a Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

"Really? Well, I'm really sorry." Li Youming tried to calm Seto Kaiba down, hoping that Seto Kaiba would have a mental breakdown and perform a terrible play.

However, this disappointed Li Youming, as Seto Kaiba was unusually calm today for some reason.

"Stop with these pointless little tricks, let's settle this properly and fairly." With that, Seto Kaiba face-down three cards. "My turn is over!"

Seto Kaiba's hand: 2

Li Youming became serious upon hearing this. "My turn, draw!" Li Youming looked at the card he had drawn: "I will sacrifice a face-down card on the field to send the Golden Kingdom Lich in my hand to the graveyard, destroy one of your cards on the field, and destroy the face-down card on your left back row!"

After Li Youming removed a trap, he ended up in the graveyard. Li Youming suddenly felt that he was having a really bad day.

Regrouping, Li Youming continued, "I'll tribute another face-down card from the field to return a Golden Kingdom Lich from my Graveyard to my hand, and then Special Summon a Zombie monster from my hand. I Special Summon Golden Lord - Golden Kingdom Lich!"

A golden, immortal emperor appeared on the field, eyeing Seto Kaiba menacingly, as if intent on annihilating him.

"Bakura is really going all out right now," Yami Yugi remarked, watching the card game between Li Youming and Seto Kaiba.

"Seto Kaiba is growing up really fast." Li Youming was also inwardly complaining. Fighting Kaiba was a pleasant thing, but fighting was a very mentally taxing thing.

"Activate the effect of the Golden Kingdom Lich. After Special Summoning it using my own effect, its ATK increases by 1000 for two turns!"

Golden Kingdom Lich: 2500-3500

"I'll attack your Lamp Demon with the Golden Kingdom Lich! Undying Ray!"

Following Li Youming's command, the Golden Kingdom lich's eyes flashed crimson light as it shone towards the Lamp Demon.

"I won't let you succeed so easily! Open the cover card! Continuous Magic Lamp! The Lamp Spirit can hide inside the Magic Lamp, making the Golden Kingdom Lich's attack miss!"

A yellow magic lamp appeared, and the lamp's spirit vanished instantly. The Golden Kingdom lich's ray of immortality struck empty air.

"Referee, this isn't cheating?!"