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

Chapter 426 Duel Couplets

"It's so noisy here, there's no shortage of sound," Tianxuan said irritably. "Besides, your so-called perfect mask can't hide anything at all!"

"What are you talking about? Who could possibly recognize me?" Di Xing proudly touched his star-patterned headgear.

Lying on the ground, Jia Zhengyi felt like a complete idiot. He had prepared so much, only for Di Xing to show up wearing a star-patterned headgear—it was practically as if Di Xing's name was written all over the headgear.

"Damn it!" He struggled to his feet, grabbed the walkie-talkie, and shouted, "Proceed with the plan!"

Then, all the lights suddenly focused on Di Xing, and an elegant man dressed in white Hanfu, holding a folding fan and wearing a painted mask slowly walked towards Di Xing.

"Student, you're late."

"What's wrong? Does this dance have a rule that you're not allowed to enter if you're late?"

"No, but since you're late, you'll have to pass my test before you can enter."

Di Xing thought to himself: Has it started so soon?

"Alright, how will the test be conducted? A duel?"

"I would like to test you in a more refined way; I challenge you to a couplet duel."

Di Xing: "???"

At this moment, the masked audience members all began to whisper among themselves.

"The Duel Couplet? That must be that student who's really famous in Central, right? Duel Gods—The Frequent Matchmaker."

Because there were so many people whispering, the volume was enough for Di Xing and Chang Chuan to hear.

So Chang Chuan simply stopped pretending and took off his mask.

"I am the top scholar and strategist of the seventh district of the third level, nicknamed the King of Kings and the Ever-Crossing Team of Guts!"

Um, is this a hybrid of "Masquerade" and "Flirting Scholar"?

Jia Zhengyi stood on the second floor, smiling smugly. "This Di Xing's dueling skills are superb, but his academic performance must be poor, otherwise he wouldn't have even reached the lower ring level. I could easily defeat him against Chuan Chang."

"Then I shall pose a question. My first line is: 'Blue-eyed white dragon, dragon white-eyed blue!'"

"My God, it's an inverted couplet! It reads the same forwards and backwards!" someone in the audience exclaimed in surprise. He was clearly a shill for Jia Zhengyi.

Di Xing smiled slightly and casually offered the second line of the couplet: "Lonely and lofty, slaying beasts and livestock, testicles of the solitary."

"Pfft!" Mi Li, who was monitoring Di Xing through the Xuanwang Mirror, laughed rather unkindly. The [Lonely Beast Slayer] behind her looked constipated.

The masked onlookers covered their mouths and chuckled.

"You...you're disgracing us!" Chang Chuandi exclaimed, his face flushed red with suppressed anger.

"Ah, you're not satisfied? Then I'll change it—red parts, zero color red."

"He...he actually matched up!" Jia Zhengyi was completely dumbfounded. He immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Keep matching up, beat him to a pulp!"

Chang Chuan-dui fanned himself a few times, paced around a bit, and immediately stepped out of the group, shouting, "Unexpectedly, Yihao Linglizard has surpassed the limit!"

"Wow! They actually formed a pair using the Spell Card [Unexpected Rough Man], the Monster Card [Righteous Spirit Lizard], and the Trap Card [Beyond Limit], and they're all related cards!"

After a moment's thought, Di Xing blurted out, "Activation Command, Three-Colored Parts Hidden Fortress" (Spell Card: Activation Command Gear Assault, Monster Card: Three-Colored Parts, and Trap Card: Hidden Fortress)

"Oh, this!"

Chang Chuan, unwilling to give up, vigorously fanned himself with his fan, displaying "large, medium, and small, stone figures merging."

Di Xing casually said, "Red, yellow, and green, parts assembled."

"Stone figures of various sizes can be integrated, and motorized stone tools can also be connected."

"Red, yellow, and green, parts assembled, only Link and Aurora can join."

"Wow, that's amazing! In the OCG, the only Link 3 for the Machine race is [Phantom Beast - Dawn Goddess Hundred-Headed Dragon]," someone in the audience exclaimed.

Chang Chuan, furious, walked up to Di Xing and exclaimed, "Scrap Iron Soldier, Scrap Iron Shark, can actually be combined into a Scrap Iron Pterosaur!"

Di Xing calmly stated, "Red parts, yellow parts, they will inevitably be combined to form platinum parts."

The two were almost touching.

"Liangshan Pavilion, Dark Flame Star, Brave Flame Star, Fierce Flame Star, the stars shine brightly!"

"Gear Street, red parts, green parts, yellow parts, every single one is scrapped."

"You can do it without parts, right?" Chang Chuandi broke down.

"cannot"

Chang Chuan was so angry he almost vomited blood.

Seeing that the other person's mouth was bleeding, Di Xing hurriedly said, "Wait, it's just a matter of changing a pair, why are you spitting blood? Come on, listen carefully, Battery Man, single type, single two type, single three type, all types are useful."

Chang Chuandui seemed to have suddenly caught Di Xing's flaw and jumped up, "I used the character '星' (star), and you used the character '型' (type). These two characters sound too similar and do not conform to the rules of couplets!"

"What? I said it that way so you could understand. My couplet is in Cantonese, and the Cantonese word for 'form' is 'shadow'."

Then Di Xing and the materialized electromagnetic beings said to the regular team in Cantonese, "Oh crap~"

"Pfft!" This time, Chang Chuan actually spat out blood, let out a scream, and collapsed straight down.

Di Xing rushed over to help him.

"Don't die! I haven't had my fill yet! Come on, ask me, one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, lightning-fast eyes!"

"One...one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand bolts of lightning."

"Flames within villages, townships, towns, counties, and cities!"

Di Xing did one of the things he had always wanted to do.

"Phew~ That feels good. Alright, you can die now."

Then Di Xing abandoned the regular cast member who was vomiting blood even more violently.

"You bastard!" Jia Zhengyi angrily slammed his fist on the second-floor railing.

"Big brother, what do we do? Chang Chuan is furious!"

"Don't panic, execute Plan Two," Jia Zhengyi said fiercely. Immediately, elegant music filled the entire dance hall.

The masked audience members immediately paired up and began to dance gracefully.

"Hehe, that Di Xing is a student from the lower class, he definitely won't be able to find a dance partner! This way we can isolate him and put psychological pressure on him!"

"But...but brother, it seems she came in with a beautiful woman."

"Hmph, I expected this situation a long time ago. To avoid embarrassment, Di Xing might shamelessly invite one or two women he met during the exam who got into the MI6 program. So I was prepared!"

He clapped his hands, and three or four handsome boys, whose good looks couldn't be hidden even with masks on, came up to Tianxuan.

They all extended their hands, saying, "Beautiful lady, would you do us the honor of dancing with us?"

"Hmph, this way I'll definitely be able to steal that girl away from him."

However, Tianxuan simply said coldly, "I'm very sorry, I have no interest."

"What!?" Jia Zhengyi was dumbfounded. "I get it, this woman definitely can't dance!"

"Oh dear, I didn't expect you don't like dancing. I was actually thinking of inviting you," Di Xing said cheekily.

"I meant I have no interest in these people," Tianxuan said with a smile, extending her hand to Di Xing. "Idiot, can't you see I'm waiting for you to invite me? Come on, but if you dare step on my foot, you'll be sorry!"

So the two began to dance gracefully in the center of the dance floor to the classic music—Waldtfeld's "Skating Waltz".