Hearing the resounding voice, Hu Tao's pupils suddenly contracted, a current coursing through her mind.
"Legend!?"
"Just by the sound of that rarity, you know it's amazing!"
Golden-orange light wrapped around the card's back, spiraling around its edges. Then, after spinning once, the card floated to a stop before Hu Tao.
[Wangsheng Funeral Parlor]
[Field Spell]
[Effect 1: Zombie monsters on this field gain 500 Attack.]
[Effect 2: Once per turn, you can send two Zombie monsters from your Deck to the Graveyard.]
[Effect 3: Each time you Summon a Zombie monster, place one "Exorcism Counter."]
Staring at the card, Luya was dumbfounded…
This…
Why were there cards beyond the ones from Yu-Gi-Oh! itself!?
This was beyond Luya's expectations—a Field Spell card… Wangsheng Funeral Parlor? That didn't even exist in Yu-Gi-Oh!
He had just been calling Skull Servant trash, and then Hu Tao pulled a Field Spell [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor]…
Hu Tao leapt up when she saw it appear before her.
"Whoa! It's actually Wangsheng Funeral Parlor!"
"Shopkeeper, why do you have a card like this!?"
"This is way too cool!"
Luya was speechless… he had no idea either.
Changing the subject, he said to Hu Tao:
"Master Hu, keep drawing, you've got three more!"
Hu Tao didn't press the question and drew again.
"Normal!"
"Normal!"
"Rare!"
Hu Tao's next three pulls—
Two Normals, both Skull Servants…
[Skull Servant] Level 1│DARK│Zombie│300 ATK / 200 DEF
[Description: A skeletal ghost that isn't strong but can mean trouble in large numbers.]
And one Rare, [King of the Skull Servants].
[King of the Skull Servants] Level 1│DARK│Zombie│0 ATK / 0 DEF
[Effect 1: The original ATK of this card is the combined number of "King of the Skull Servants" and "Skull Servant" in your GY x 1000.
[Effect 2: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can banish 1 "King of the Skull Servants" or "Skull Servant" other than this card from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card.]
In a single Deck, you could have up to three copies of the same card.
Which meant Hu Tao could put three [Skull Servants] and three [King of the Skull Servants] in her Deck.
Then, by using Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to send [Skull Servants] and [King of the Skull Servants] to the Graveyard…
She could potentially create a [King of the Skull Servants] with 5000 Attack!
Of course, explaining all of that properly to Hu Tao right now was a bit complicated… And actually executing it would be no small feat.
Still, Hu Tao had already pulled three Skull Servants—more of them would be useless to her.
As far as Luya was concerned, what mattered most was that the customers enjoyed pulling cards—and that he made his sales!
The details of the rules and strategies could come after the cards were sold.
The crowd watching Hu Tao's pulls were thrilled.
When they heard that shout of "Legend!" and saw her pull a Legend-rarity [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor], those who didn't understand much still felt their blood boil!
At once, Hu Tao grabbed her exclusive card [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor] and rushed to the Duel Device.
"Shopkeeper, can I test the card?!"
Luya nodded:
"Master Hu, you may use it freely."
With Luya's permission, Hu Tao was overjoyed as her eyes were brimming with anticipation.
Mimicking Luya's earlier actions, she slapped [Skull Servant] onto the Monster Summon Zone.
A dopey skeleton in a blue robe appeared on the Duel Field.
The skeleton grinned at Hu Tao, and she smiled back—barely suppressing her urge to perform a rite of passing on it…
"Wow!"
"This is amazing!!!"
"These cards can really summon monsters!"
Then Hu Tao swallowed hard and brought out her Legend card [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor].
But this time, it didn't go as smoothly—a flash of red light, and the Duel Device signaled an error.
Hu Tao was baffled…
"Shopkeeper!"
"What's going on!!!"
"Why won't my Wangsheng Funeral Parlor come out?!"
Luya then realized—
He hadn't explained to Hu Tao how to operate the Duel Device… She had simply been imitating his earlier moves.
Hu Tao had tried to play the Field Spell [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor] onto the Monster Summon Zone, which was why it failed to activate.
Yu-Gi-Oh! cards had three placement areas:
Monster Zone, Spell/Trap Zone, and Field Zone.
Since [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor] was a Field Spell and not a Monster Card, playing it to the Monster Zone caused the error.
Seeing Hu Tao flustered, Luya told her:
"Master Hu, you placed it in the wrong Zone—you need to put [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor] in the Field Zone!"
Then, Luya pointed out the correct spot.
Hu Tao finally found it.
She placed [Wangsheng Funeral Parlor] into the Field Zone.
A golden light shone—
The Duel Field transformed into Wangsheng Funeral Parlor!
The Skull Servant she had Summoned earlier also gained 500 Attack. From 300 Attack, it rose to 800 Attack.
Seeing this, Hu Tao felt entirely confident about the Duel Tournament.
"Hahaha!"
"In the upcoming Liyue Harbor Duel Tournament, the champion will definitely be me, Hu Tao!"
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