The moment Gun King appeared, the pressure he radiated didn't just shock Quan Lin—
Even Ye Bufan and Ye Lingling were stunned.
Just like Tian Nan and the others before, in their perception, there was no such thing as Number 86, and within the Heroic Champion archetype, nothing like this card existed either.
Meaning:
This card in front of them shouldn't exist at all.
But Quan Lin's monster on the field—Number 79: Burning Knuckler King – Shift Rotate Champion—was already drenched in cold sweat.
His entire spirit avatar was stiff with terror.
Because, as a warrior-type monster from the same Number series, he naturally knew of Gun King's existence.
And that was precisely why he panicked.
—Number 86's original card was supposed to be sealed somewhere in the Spirit Universe.
—And every spirit who knew of Gun King received a rule warning:
"Forbidden to speak of Gun King's existence."
Combine these two facts, and the conclusion was simple:
Gun King should be completely unknown and absolutely unattainable.
So how could a mere Mystic-rank duelist like You Ye possess it?
"You're all confused, I know," You Ye smiled.
"But Number 86 really does exist."
"And don't panic yet—
I'm not done building my board."
Seeing him say that, the three watching stopped asking questions.
With You Ye's terrifying dueling knowledge, if he said it was real, then it was real.
The monster had already been summoned, after all—there was no faking that.
But what exactly was You Ye planning…?
Even the oppressive aura coming from Gun King was far stronger than the one emitted by Quan Lin's Number 79, summoned by an Earth-rank duelist.
Raw aura didn't decide everything, but:
When a Mystic-rank summon suppresses an Earth-rank monster purely by presence—
It's obvious who's stronger.
"I activate the Normal Spell from my hand—Forbidden Order."
"Once per turn: I declare a card name.
This turn, my opponent cannot activate the effects of cards with that original name.
For the rest of this Duel, I cannot activate effects of cards with that original name."
You Ye, placed the card on his Duel Disk and continued:
"And I declare—
Number 79: Burning Knuckler King – Shift Rotate Champion."
Quan Lin froze.
"So Senior… you have a card that destroys without targeting?"
Immunity to targeting was the most common weakness for Burning Knucklers—so Quan Lin immediately assumed this was the case.
And since Runick cards skip the Battle Phase, destruction during battle or damage step didn't apply.
But You Ye shook his head.
"No."
His smile turned strangely wicked.
"The card I'm declaring is…
Number 86: Heroic Champion – Rhongomyniad."
Quan Lin / Ye Bufan / Ye Lingling:
"HUH???"
All three were stunned.
Seal… his own monster??
Even Ye Bufan, with centuries of experience, had never seen that before.
Misclicking was one thing.
But mis-declaring a card name?
How could he possibly declare the wrong name!?
And most importantly—
Quan Lin clearly didn't even HAVE Gun King in his Deck!
Declaring his own monster had no benefit whatsoever.
Unless…
This monster… had some kind of effect that transfers control?
Or does it have negative effects on the opponent later?
While the three of them frantically theorized, You Ye smiled even more eerily.
"You're wondering why I did that?"
They all nodded silently.
You Ye's expression clearly said he hadn't made a mistake.
So, of course, they wondered.
"You'll understand… next turn."
He ended his turn with an unsettling grin.
Quan Lin suddenly felt extremely uneasy.
Quan Lin's Turn
"My turn. Draw!"
"I activate Promoter's hand effect—since you have a monster, I can Special Summon—"
"Wait.
Why can't I Special Summon?
Why can't I activate the effect??
I can't even Normal Summon!?"
Quan Lin froze mid-sentence.
His Promoter couldn't activate its effect.
He couldn't Normal Summon either.
"You want to know why?"
You Ye's tone turned gentle—like explaining something to a confused child.
"Gun King's effect:
At the end of each of your turns, if it has material, it MUST detach one."
Quan Lin's mouth twitched.
After confirming again, he finally realized:
Gun King, with four materials, had—
Full Special Summon lockdown
Full immunity
Cannot be destroyed by battle
Gains ATK/DEF
Material detach each turn
Facing a monster like this—
What could he possibly do?
Only one choice:
Pass.
After the materials dropped off one by one, maybe he would finally get to move.
But then—
"Wait.
This isn't right," Ye Bufan suddenly said.
"Why did Senior use Forbidden Order… on a monster that's FULL IMMUNITY?
It shouldn't affect it at all!"
The realization hit all three of them:
If Gun King was immune, Forbidden Order shouldn't matter.
So why declare Rhongomyniad?
They were all Earth-rank duelists.
Their senses were sharp—they could hear Ye Bufan's whisper clearly.
All three were confused:
What was the point of Forbidden Order?
But they had no answer.
Quan Lin ended his turn.
You Ye's Turn
"Wait! Why didn't Gun King detach a material!?"
Quan Lin shouted the moment You Ye drew.
Gun King's forced end-phase detach effect didn't activate.
Even though he had confirmed it many times.
So why didn't it happen!?
"Was it Forbidden Order??
But Gun King is fully immune—
Forbidden Order shouldn't affect it!"
He turned to You Ye in complete bewilderment.
Only one thing didn't add up:
Forbidden Order.
You Ye, chuckled.
"It's not 'affecting' it.
It's changing the rules."
"Forbidden Order is a card that changes the rules of a Duel.
Gun King is strong—but it must obey the rules."
"So in this Duel,
Gun King cannot activate effects."
Quan Lin's mind went blank.
"But… why does Gun King still have its four-material effects? It's clearly using effects!"
Those were EFFECTS, weren't they!?
You Ye, smiled, appreciating the moment.
This was the beauty of K-language rulings.
"Look carefully.
Gun King's four-material abilities are continuous effects—
They do NOT activate."
"And Forbidden Order says:
'For the rest of this Duel, you cannot activate effects of the declared card.'"
"Meaning—
Forbidden Order does NOT stop Gun King's continuous, non-activating effects."
Quan Lin's face turned completely pale.
Permanent four-material Gun King?
Full Special Summon lockdown?
Full immunity?
Indestructible?
While You Ye's main Deck is Runick?
This wasn't a duel.
This was torture.
Even if he tried to stall—
Runick would deck him out long before Gun King lost materials.
Ye Bufan and Ye Lingling had already moved toward the door instinctively.
Runick alone was bad.
Runick + permanent four-material Gun King was simply illegal.
What could anyone even do?
Break Gun King?
Stop Runick?
Impossible.
"Alright," You Ye smiled.
"I'll give you a choice."
"Do you want to be milled to death by Runick—
Or beaten to death by Gun King?"
"…"
Quan Lin's heart shattered.
Five choices earlier were already painful.
Now he had two, and both were equally miserable.
But the rules didn't care about his feelings.
So, trembling, he pointed weakly:
"…Gun King."
Several turns later, he died from battle damage.
Duel over.
But before Quan Lin could speak—
A black mist flowed into the duel room through the back door.
A figure shrouded in darkness stepped out.
"You're You Ye… aren't you?"
The man's voice was hoarse and trembling with suppressed fury.
"Bold!
A Dark Duelist dares to intrude into my Ye Family!"
Before Ye could respond, Ye Bufan had stepped in front of him—Duel Disk already active, holding a scroll.
The scroll radiated a power extremely similar to the forced Dark Duel contract.
"Heh. Intrude?"
The shadow laughed mockingly.
"I walked in openly."
Ye Bufan frowned, puzzled.
He prepared to tear the scroll and force a duel—
"Wait, Family Head."
You Ye stopped him.
Ye Bufan froze, then looked back—
and saw You Ye staring at the shadowed figure with an odd expression.
"You're… Wang Yu, aren't you?"
Quan Lin immediately shook his head.
"Impossible. Wang Yu isn't—"
Before he finished—
The man laughed bitterly:
"Yes.
I am Wang Yu."
"One who came…
to avenge myself against you!"
"Huh? Revenge?
Pretty sure this is the first time we've met," You Ye blinked.
Quan Lin was baffled.
Wang Yu was supposed to be one of the strongest Earth-rank duelists in all of eastern Dragon Country—almost ready to ascend to Heaven-rank.
So why was he like this?
Ye Bufan also realized:
No wonder the family guards didn't stop him—
The rule was that people You Ye wanted to duel should come willingly.
If they stopped him, they would be in the wrong.
So he quietly stepped aside.
Wang Yu snarled:
"Yes, it's your first time seeing me."
"But because you won the appreciation of the boss of the Dark Duelists—
HE decided to give YOU the resources originally prepared to push me into Heaven-rank!"
"And he ordered me to duel you—
with a Servant Contract!
If I lose, I become your servant!"
"I am Wang Yu —
One of the strongest in the entire eastern region!
Who wouldn't welcome me!?"
"But you—
YOU took all my resources!"
"Dark Duelists?
They're just a pack of pathetic bootlickers!!"
"I refuse to lick ANYONE!"
"And I will prove to the world that THEY CHOSE WRONG!"
"And everything starts—
With you becoming the first soul under my feet!!"
He roared like a maddened beast.
You Ye sighed lightly.
"Want to prove yourself?
Then come."
The moment Wang Yu had thrown away his future, You Ye had already understood him completely.
But understanding wasn't sympathy.
Your enemy stands before you—
There can only be one outcome.
"Come.
Dark Duel."
"Oh?
The rules let me choose which Deck you use?
Five choices again?"
Wang Yu burst into laughter.
"Yu Huo said Naturia Horus was unbeatable, that he couldn't do anything?"
"Then I choose Naturia Horus!
I'll show all of you—
I am FAR beyond what the Dark Duelists ever imagined!"
"Alright."
You, Ye smiled, taking out the Naturia Horus Deck.
You Ye (8000 LP) vs. Wang Yu (8000 LP)
Wang Yu chose to go first.
The Duel began.
"I activate the Continuous Spell Cursed Eldland!"
"I pay 800 LP to search Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine!"
"I set four cards. Turn end."
"You're using Eldlich?"
You Ye raised his brows—then immediately understood.
Eldlich is one of the top thirty archetypes in this world.
Before Heaven-rank, incredibly strong.
After Heaven-rank, even stronger—
Thanks to being able to add "stickers" like Skill Drain, There Can Be Only One, etc.
It was a monster of a Deck.
Wang Yu sneered.
"No one warned you?
Seems you're not as popular as you think."
Ye Bufan's expression darkened.
He had planned to explain after Quan Lin's duel—
But Wang Yu barged in early.
Not his fault.
"This kind of provocation is useless," You Ye said calmly.
"Against you—and most Heaven-rank duelist wannabes—
It doesn't matter what Deck you use."
"The moment you play a card,
I already know how to beat you."
Wang Yu sneered:
"Then try it."
You Ye's Draw Phase
The moment he drew—
"Chain! I activate Trap Eldlixir of Black Awakening!"
"I Special Summon Eldlich the Golden Lord!"
A golden-armored undead king stepped onto the field.
Wang Yu laughed wildly:
"Your turn, You Ye—
STRUGGLE for me! HAHAHA!"
You Ye looked at the three unknown faces and became cautious.
One of them was definitely the searched three-color countertrap.
The other two… unknown.
He began his play:
"I activate the effect of Horus the Glory – Imsety from my hand.
Send Imsety and Horus the Herald – Hapy from hand to GY—
search King's Sarcophagus and draw 1."
"Wait!
You won't be searching ANYTHING!"
"Chain 2—
I flip Mistake!"
"As long as this card is face-up—
Neither player can add cards from the Deck to hand except by drawing!"
Wang Yu grinned triumphantly.
You Ye was slightly surprised.
But not THAT surprised.
"Oh?
A search-blocker, hmm."
"Hahaha! Yes!"
"Under Mistake, you lose two cards instantly!"
He saw You Ye didn't chain anything else and laughed louder.
Chain resolves:
Mistake activates
Imsety's search fails
"You look quite proud," You Ye said calmly.
"Then let me give you a surprise."
"I activate the Continuous Spell:
King's Sarcophagus."
Wang Yu froze.
"You have THAT too?"
He frowned, but seeing You Ye with only three cards in hand and no countertrap set, he did not use the countertrap.
"Not countering?"
You Ye asked lightly.
"Hmph.
Who knows if you have more Sarcophagi or Horus field spells?
I'll pass."
"Alright."
"Since you didn't counter—
Imsety and Hapy Special Summon themselves from the GY."
"And now—
I activate King's Sarcophagus to send King's Wall of the Tomb to GY and send another Horus monster from the Deck to GY."
He sent Horus the Protector – Kebesenuef, then Special Summoned it.
He then Link Summoned Predaplant Verte Anaconda.
Wang Yu burst out laughing.
"I KNEW you'd use Verte!"
"After it's summoned—
Chain! I flip Guardian of the Golden Land!"
"It Special Summons itself as a monster,
then, since Eldlich is on the field,
I make your Imsety's ATK become 0!"
ATK 3000 → 0
Wang Yu grinned:
Go on.
Activate Verte's effect.
Do it!
I'll just negate it with my three-color countertrap!
Or you can activate it anyway—
and then be locked out by its restriction!"
Hahaha!!