After hearing this, Youye immediately showed a look of disappointment and heartbreak.
"Since you feel that way, then... just go!"
"I originally wanted to show you what real sword techniques are, to help you become a Duel King, to reach the King-level duelist status!"
Sigh... "Since you're leaving, that means we're not meant to be. I'll just have to wait for the next fated person."
Seeing Youye's disappointed and pained expression, Bai Yun'er realized she had said the wrong thing.
The legendary top-level duels often involved dueling for fun, and Youye, who was in front of her, might be one of those who enjoyed playing games with the system. If she missed the opportunity, it could be her greatest loss in life!
To avoid any regrets, she immediately bowed.
"I certainly trust you, senior, but what you said about the Heavenly Might Awakening Sword is really hard to believe!"
"How about this... let's duel. If you can easily defeat me, then I'll believe you!"
She finished speaking and lowered her head, waiting for Youye's response.
Youye smiled when he saw Bai Yun'er with her head lowered, his mouth curving up. The one thing he feared most was when people just ran away without giving him a chance to show off.
As long as he was given a chance to display his skills, Bai Yun'er wouldn't be able to leave!
However, he didn't immediately agree. He pretended to think for a moment, looking pained, as though he was regretful of the opportunity.
"Alright, alright..."
"To let a potential King-level duelist disappear just like this... It's truly a pity. I'll give you this opportunity!"
With that, Youye walked over to the computer in the shop and said slowly, "Pick any device, I'll duel you first so you can see my strength."
"Huh? You mean on Master Duel?"
Bai Yun'er, who was just about to take out her folding duel disk, was dumbfounded.
She had encountered many Earth-level Master Duelists, but they all used physical cards for duels. This would be her first time seeing a Master Duel being done online.
"What? Master Duel follows the same rules as a normal duel, so what's wrong with that?"
Youye looked at her indifferently and asked in return, "We both follow the same duel rules, so is there any problem?"
In physical card duels, he didn't even have a full 40-card deck, so how could he duel like that?
Why then use Master Duel? The reason was simple.
As long as you know all the card details and the duel rules accept the existence of a card, you can recreate it in a Master Duel.
In this world, there were no restrictions on card information; if you knew about a banned card from your past life, you could recreate it in Master Duel. That's why Youye's card pool in Master Duel was nearly complete, with even his full set of Pearl Tears Sorrows cards...
For this reason, ever since he started playing Master Duels at sixteen, he had always been at the top, and he even used a simple, brainless deck like Source Batch (Source Number), never even bothering with a high-level card like Sky-Tower Dragon.
"Ah, I see."
Bai Yun'er thought for a moment, realizing Youye had a point. Generally speaking, cards available in Master Duels should also be available in physical card duels.
She sat down by the computer near Youye and began logging in.
You also started to log in, but of course, he used a secondary account. His main account was too well-known and wouldn't be very credible, so a secondary account with a carefully adjusted rank was the right choice.
Once Bai Yun'er finished logging in, she looked at Youye's device and saw that his rank was... Platinum 3!
Her eyebrows furrowed slightly. Youye's rank wasn't too low, but it wasn't that high either. Most Earth-level Duel Masters were Platinum-ranked, but only a few from the Mysterious-level could reach Platinum 5.
If you think about it, Platinum 3 wasn't too impressive. Many strong Earth-level duelists hovered around Diamond rank, and only a few could even challenge the Diamond 2 or 3 ranks.
From this, Bai Yun'er could tell that Youye was an Earth-level Master Duelist, and not a very strong one at that. This made her feel a little disappointed. With the help of her family, at least twenty or fifty Earth-level duelists had helped her modify her deck, but none of them were useful.
A regular Earth-level duelist saying they found a potential King-level duelist... She was beginning to think it was an overstatement.
But an Earth-level duelist who could help her, a Yellow-level duelist, was still worth the price of 999,999.
Youye, however, pretended not to notice her disappointment and began inviting Bai Yun'er to duel. Then, he said, "For the first game, we'll set the LP to 4000 (normal is 8000). I'll use any random deck to duel you, and then you can watch me play a Heavenly Might Awakening Sword deck on Ladder."
"I'm fine with that. But, for the second round, you'll be using Heavenly Might Awakening Sword on Ladder? And at this Platinum 3 rank?"
Bai Yun'er looked at Youye, stunned.
Master Duels had strict control over duel rules, meaning no one could "boost" their rank by playing on behalf of someone else. Every victory or defeat was crucial.
For Youye to use her Heavenly Might Awakening Sword deck on Ladder seemed like he was going to deliberately show her the deck's weaknesses, which, oddly enough, was quite touching.
"No problem. Just watch carefully. For the first round, let's get started. You'll go first. Let me see how well you've mastered the Awakening Sword."
Youye waved his hand nonchalantly.
For him, Master Duels were easy to throw away. If he wanted to lose, he could, but he could never truly lose!
"Alright!"
Bai Yun'er nodded seriously. As a Yellow-level duelist, even with her family's support, she only had one chance per month to practice with an Earth-level duelist.
"Let's begin!"
Youye nodded, glanced at his deck box, and chose the Dragon Fist deck to start the duel.
Youye (4000 LP) vs Bai Yun'er (4000 LP)
Bai Yun'er went first. Both players drew five cards, and the duel began!
"I activate the spell Dragon Awakening Sword from my hand. Its effect allows me to add a card from my deck with the Awakening Sword category to my hand. I choose to add Awakening Sword Strategist—Longyuan!"
"Then, the effect of Awakening Sword Strategist—Longyuan allows me to discard another Awakening Sword card or a Phantom Dragon monster to activate. I'll discard Awakening Sword Master—Moye from my hand!"
"Now, according to Longyuan's effect, I can Special Summon him in attack position, and then I'll summon a level 4 Phantom Dragon Synchro Token with 0 attack and defense!"
"Next, I'll tribute Longyuan and the Synchro Token as tribute. Come forth, the pride of the Bai family, the strongest card of our lineage!"
"Special Summon—Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
As Bai Yun'er announced, the mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on her Master Duel battlefield.
Youye: ???
Even with a pure Awakening Sword deck, a card combo like Dragon Awakening Sword + Moye could easily have been used to get a good setup back in his past life... But this? She had smoothly executed an entire search and special summon, only to summon the iconic 3000 ATK monster—Blue-Eyes White Dragon!?
For a moment, Youye stood frozen. There was no way a normal duelist wouldn't be shocked at this display!