Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 285 Plan B

"Because Dark Ernest's effect is activated during the damage step, and the damage step can only activate effects that negate activations, while Stardust Zero's effect doesn't negate activations, it negates the effect itself."

The old man stroked his beard happily. "I see. During the damage step, even players with priority cards cannot activate cards other than those with guaranteed effects."

"However, effects such as counter traps, effects that negate card effects, effects that increase or decrease a monster's ATK or DEF, monster effects activated when flipped, monster effects activated when the monster is successfully Special Summoned, and effects activated when the monster is destroyed, banished, or added to the hand can be activated," the short, elderly man added.

"Furthermore, the passive effects can be used since they don't need to be activated. I used Stardust Zero's effect to prevent the Alien's final warrior from being destroyed. Also, Anubis of the End has an attack power of 2500 points, and because of the Swing Magician's effect, I am immune to combat damage."

"I will use the Demon Rhino Warriors to attack the final warriors of the alien planet."

The final alien warrior was finally destroyed, but thanks to the Swing Magician's effect, the Eater remained unharmed.

"I'm ending my combat phase."

"Not bad, you've finally defeated the alien's final warrior, but your battle phase is over. How are you going to win?"

"There are more ways to win in Yu-Gi-Oh! than just making your opponent's LP reach 0!"

"During my Main Phase 2, I activate the effect of Silent Shark, Special Summoning it to your field and restoring 2000 Life Points to me."

"What are you thinking? What's the point of restoring health now? Don't you know the rules of the endgame? No matter how many health you have, you lose when your turn ends... Wait!?"

Old Man Shi had a bad feeling; he hurriedly picked up the Silent Shark card to check its effect.

"This effect can only be activated during your Main Phase. Special Summon this card from your hand to your opponent's field. When this card is Special Summoned by this effect, the controller of this card draws 1 card from their Deck, and the opponent's player who is the controller of this card gains 2000 Life Points. This effect of 'Silent Shark' can only be used once per turn."

"Draw a card!?" The old man glanced at his empty deck. When a player should draw a card but has none to draw, he loses the duel.

"How insidious! I activate Stardust Zero's effect, nullifying Silent Shark's effect and destroying your Demon Rhino Warrior."

The Silent Shark's effect has been nullified.

"Heh, kid, your ideas are quite clever, but unfortunately you're still one step behind."

"Is that so? I'll activate the Silent Shark's effect again."

"What?! Isn't Silent Shark's effect supposed to be used only once per turn?"

"Yes, it means you can only 'use' it once per turn, not that you can only 'activate' it once. Because you negated the effect, you can use it again."

"This works?! Fxxk konami!"

And so, the Silent Shark in Di Xing's hand swam its fins onto the Eater's field. The Eater was forced to draw a card, and unsurprisingly, he couldn't draw it. Instantly, the crystal chessboard began to crack and then shattered.

"I didn't expect you to break this deadlock so quickly."

"Hehehe, actually this solution is something I saw someone else use."

"Regardless of whose it was, you've indeed solved this puzzle, and it's time to open that door."

As the old man spoke, the crystal walls surrounding the crystal pavilion began to shake and then opened, revealing hidden caves behind them, filled with countless dazzling and beautifully colored crystals.

"Thank you. Now, I need to search through these things for what I'm looking for. And, I can give you a discount on the grain," the old man said, pointing to the grain in the cave.

"Hehehe, sorry, we're taking all this grain," Scarface emerged from the shadows, followed by a large group of his henchmen.

"You're really lucky, kid, but unfortunately, this was all part of our patriarch's plan."

Dai Meng quickly held her sickle horizontally in front of the grain, saying, "This food is mine; you can't take it away."

Di Xing said indignantly, "Do you guys want to wipe us all out?"

"Hmph, that's just how cruel this world is."

“Indeed,” Di Xing’s anger suddenly turned into a smile.

"You can still laugh?" Scarface asked, puzzled, when he suddenly received a call from one of his men. "Boss, something terrible has happened! Our food has been stolen!"

"What!?"

"Not long after the skinny captain left, we were attacked by a group of girls. We were outnumbered and couldn't defeat them."

Scarface looked at Di Xing and his group. There were indeed far fewer girls around Di Xing. "You! You did this!"

“That’s right, I asked them to steal your grain. Thank you, Elder Zuo, your acting was really good,” Di Xing said to the short, elderly man, Elder Ji.

The short, elderly man smiled, pulled off his clothes, and instantly two jet-black wings sprouted from his back.

Scarface was horrified. "You're Crow Zuo Feiji!?"

"That's right, I didn't expect this humble Taoist priest to be quite famous."

"You bastard, is this all a setup? Just to lure us away from the food supply?!"

"That's right, this is called luring the tiger away from the mountain."

Di Xing had already anticipated that the Jia family might act first; after all, they were notorious capitalists. You could call them bad, but you couldn't call them incompetent. Wait, no, this one actually seems more like a jackal (or a weakling).

In short, Di Xing had prepared a Plan B. He asked Xiao You in advance to convey a request for assistance to Zuo Feiji through a migratory bird.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Zuo, is this your friend? His acting is superb; I almost thought I'd really encountered a miraculous event."

"Huh? Wasn't this the person you sent?"

"???"

"Ah? I just arrived and put on my disguise when this person came up to me, asking if I was waiting for someone destined to be with me, and if I would only get the food after that person completed their mission. I thought he was sent by you to help me."

"You guys, have I become part of your play?" The old man's head was covered in tic-tac-toe expressions.

"Oh dear, sir, it's no, it's a misunderstanding," Di Xing hurriedly explained.

"You bunch of bastards!" Scarface, enraged at being ignored, suddenly had a wicked glint in his eyes. "Hmph, if we can capture you, we can threaten those guys to return the grain."

"Huh? You can use your brain now?"

Scarface's side has more men and more power; if a fight breaks out, Di Xing's side won't be at a disadvantage.

"Boom!" The crystal wall behind Di Xing suddenly exploded; it was a bomb that Kit had been secretly planting.

Di Xing and his group quickly leaped out of the cave entrance, while below them, the bullet train roared towards them.

Di Xing and his group landed precisely in the grain-filled train car, gave Scarface a defiant farewell gesture, and then sped away.