The opponent went into a crazy full combo.
After nearly a minute of nonstop setup, the board was finally complete.
At the end of their turn, the field consisted of:
Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess (3 negations)
Ultimate Conductor Tyranno
Borreload Savage Dragon with 2 counters
A filler Ultimate Dinosaur (with a Dragon monster banished, ATK: 2200)
In total, the opponent's interruptions were:
Three monster negations from Apollousa
One full-field flip from Ultimate Conductor Tyranno
One omni-negate from Borreload Savage Dragon
After finishing the board, the opponent confidently declared the end of their turn—clearly believing the duel was already secured.
You Ye's Turn
You Ye drew a card.
A glance at his hand revealed Called by the Grave.
Entering Main Phase 1, You Ye spoke calmly:
"Now I'll show you the remaining five virtues of us Numeron duelists."
The Third Virtue — Generosity
"During a duel, we often gift our opponent a powerful 3000 ATK monster."
As he spoke—
Ultimate Conductor Tyranno and Apollousa were tributed, summoning Lava Golem
Then Lava Golem and Borreload Savage Dragon were tributed for another Lava Golem
Yuhuo's eyes burned with excitement.
This was it.
The Numeron God he worshipped—
Simple. Brutal. No nonsense board breaking.
Meanwhile, Meiluo and Mu Ning, even as spirits at You Ye's side, both darkened in expression.
The earlier "Humility" and "Tolerance" at least sounded reasonable…
But this level of "generosity"?
Two Lava Golems?!
That was too generous.
They definitely didn't want an opponent treating them like this.
You Ye, completely unfazed, continued.
The Fourth Virtue — Temperance
"Numeron duelists never use flashy combos.
One card, two or three steps, and the end board is complete.
We never waste precious duel time."
Step One
You Ye, activated Numeron Wall, sending it from hand to the Graveyard to activate Numeron Network directly from the Deck.
Step Two
Numeron Network sent Numeron Calling from the Deck to the Graveyard, copying its effect.
With no monsters on the field, You Ye Special Summoned:
No.1 Numeron Gate Ekam
No.2 Numeron Gate Dve
No.3 Numeron Gate Trini
No.4 Numeron Gate Catvari
All four appeared simultaneously.
[Machine / Xyz / LIGHT / Rank 1]
ATK 1000 / DEF 0
The Fifth & Sixth Virtues
"Next, I'll show you the fifth and sixth virtues."
The Fifth Virtue — Diligence
"I will attack with every monster I summon."
The Sixth Virtue — Courage
"One thousand attack, facing monsters with over 2200 ATK head-on!"
Battle Phase
Numeron Gate Ekam attacked Ultimate Dinosaur
You Ye, took 1200 damage
All Numeron Gates' ATK doubled
ATK: 1000 → 2000
Numeron Gate Trini attacked
You Ye, activated Forbidden Droplet, sending Gate Catvari to the Graveyard
Ultimate Dinosaur's ATK dropped to 1000
Dinosaur destroyed
Opponent LP: 8000 → 7000
Gate effects triggered again.
ATK: 2000 → 4000
Numeron Gate Dve attacked Lava Golem
Lava Golem destroyed
Opponent LP: 7000 → 6000
ATK doubled again.
ATK: 4000 → 8000
The Seventh Virtue — Loyalty
"My opponent's total LP is 8000.
My final strike will be 8000 as well."
With Numeron Gate Ekam's final attack, the opponent's Life Points dropped to zero.
Duel Ended.
Elsewhere…
Inside a world-class family's headquarters, a young man in his early twenties stared at the screen with a deep frown.
Since the death of the Numeron God, Numeron decks had exploded in popularity.
Especially in mid-high ranks—
Not strong.
But absolutely disgusting.
Kaijus.
Lava Golems.
One minute to build a board—three seconds to wipe it.
Still, those players were obvious impostors.
Everyone knew the real Numeron God was gone.
What he didn't know…
Was that this time—
He had just faced the real one.
Back to You Ye
After one Numeron game, You Ye immediately switched back to Tenpai Dragon and continued climbing ranks.
While climbing, he explained different archetype end boards to Yuhuo:
What each monster did
Where the choke points were
How to break boards efficiently
Yuhuo's respect only deepened.
He finally understood—
Going second wasn't just attacking blindly.
It was a calculation.
Prediction.
Precision.
And Tenpai Dragon…
Its battle-phase OTK potential was simply absurd.
No fear of Effect Veiler.
No fear of Nibiru.
Twenty-thousand damage lines as standard.
And if forced to go first?
One Heat Wave—
And the opponent didn't even get to play.
Three Days Later
You, Ye, reclaimed Rank #1.
The community exploded.
"The Numeron God is gone—Tenpai Dragon God ascends?"
"How do you survive a 30,000 ATK Tenpai OTK?"
"Ten generic cards—begging the Tenpai master for guidance!"
You Ye, didn't care.
That morning, he had already arrived in Kyoto for the National Tournament.
National Tournament — Kyoto
"You Ye, welcome. I am the supervisor and head coordinator for this year's nationals.
Please follow me—with your spirits."
You, Ye, nodded calmly.
Being recognized by the Duel Association was only natural.
Moments later, they arrived at the contestant lounge.
Inside stood a man in tight black combat wear, chatting with Dark Infant @Ignister.
When You Ye entered, both turned to him.
"I'm Chu Lingzuo, a Heavenly-rank duelist of the Salamangreat archetype."
"You Ye," he replied lightly.
"A duelist who only plays meta."
Dark Infant snorted.
"Enough pleasantries.
Human—can Salamangreat join Cyberse Pile?"
"Yes."
"No hesitation?"
"None."
The deal was made.
After the duel—win or lose—
Salamangreat would be given in full.
And soon…
"It's time to let the primitives understand—
the true charm of the U-Lock."