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Chapter 1376 Ancient Saint Dai Longjishen, and

"Who is the strongest among the first-year students of Duel Academy?"

[Great Universe, Activate!]: "Eh? Yuki Judai, right?"

[Mona Lisa Enthusiast (on a business trip)]: "It depends on the situation, but it should be Yuki Judai. This is just my personal opinion."

[RX-75]: "Isn't it Yuki Judai? If the third grade is included, it will be different."

[Who says the one standing in the light is the hero]: "Someone other than Yuki Judai and Misawa Sora."

In the past, there was a topic on the Duel Academy forum, a discussion about who was the strongest rookie among the freshmen of the Duel Academy in the academic year of 2005. Teachers and students who were active in the forum, using anonymous IDs whose identities could not be revealed (roughly), enthusiastically discussed the issue. Although no final and definite conclusion was reached, the one with the highest number of votes was undoubtedly Yuki Judai, followed closely by Manjomu Jun and Tenjouin Asuka.

Misawa Daichi's name did not appear in the top three, top five or even top ten rankings. The main reason is unknown, but it may be related to the fact that strange names such as "Misawa Sky", "Amazawa Ocean", "Four Arithmetic Operations", and "Gosei Kiyotsu" distracted the votes that others originally wanted to cast for his name.

And now, it's time to prove the result of that discussion. Among the four contestants who entered the semi-finals, except for Kaisar Ryo and Amajiroin Fubuki, who are respectively a third-year student and a second-year student who failed a grade, the remaining Amajiroin Asuka and Yuki Judai are both first-year students.

However, there was no tension between the two opponents on the field. Judai smiled casually as if it was a daily sparring match and said to Asuka: "How many times have we dueled against each other?"

"It's hard to say. We've always been dueling together since we entered school." Asuka, who was already ready, raised her left arm. The duel disk filled the virtual deck with cards, and five cards automatically popped out for Asuka to draw as her hand. "In a blink of an eye, a year has passed."

"Yeah, I have to say that time flies. A year has already passed in the blink of an eye." Judai's duel disk was ready and he played his cards. "So many things have happened in this year. It feels like the duel with you, Asuka, at the beginning of the school year is still fresh in my mind."

"Don't keep focusing on that time, Judai." Asuka said with one hand on her waist, dissatisfied, "I have changed a lot in this year."

"I feel the same way, Asuka. I met a lot of friends and experienced a lot of things. It was a very fulfilling year."

Looking at Asuka in front of him, Judai's thoughts went back to their first meeting and first duel a year ago. At that time, Asuka needed to defeat Judai in order to enter the abandoned old school building to investigate Fubuki's disappearance, so she was cold and tough. But in the blink of an eye, Asuka's face now reveals genuine relaxation.

Following Asuka's advice, he stopped recalling and looked at the girl in front of him with a bright smile: "Then, let's enjoy the duel together, Asuka!"

"While you can enjoy the fun, I won't go easy on you, Judai~" Asuka smiled and pulled out a card.

Judai also drew a card and responded unyieldingly, "I feel the same way about this."

"So."

  "Duel!"

[Asuka Tenjouin: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Yucheng Tenth Generation: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

"I'll attack first, Judai." Asuka pulled a card from her deck and looked at the six cards that appeared in front of her. She pointed at one of them without hesitation. "Activate the magic card [Preparation for Ritual]. Select a Ritual Magic Card from my deck, and then select a Ritual Monster with the name on that Ritual Magic Card from my deck and graveyard."

"Add those two cards to your hand."

In front of Asuka, all the Ritual Magic Cards in her deck were displayed to her, like rotating merchandise in a shop window, and she chose one of them without hesitation and said, "The Ritual Magic Card I chose is this one, [Silent Prayer]."

"Then, add this Ritual Monster mentioned in [Silent Prayer] - [Ancient Saint Dai - First Dragon] to your hand."

Seeing Asuka's [Silent Prayer] transform into a portal and release a familiar blue dragon, and then the two cards fly into Asuka's hand together, Judai said in surprise: "Did you add [Ancient Saint Dai - Beginning Dragon] to your hand so quickly? But why do I remember that the ritual magic card corresponding to [Ancient Saint Dai - Beginning Dragon] should be [Blessing of the Spirit]?"

"Just like the Fusion Materials of some of your Fusion Monsters are not fixed, Ritual Monsters can be summoned by more than one Ritual Magic Card. This [Silent Prayer] can not only Ritual Summon [Ancient Saint Dai-Original Dragon], but also the names of two other Ritual Monsters are written on this card."

Asuka explained with a smile. She played another card after her hand grew to seven. "Then I'm going to use this card. Normal Summon [Divine Sorcerer of the Proclaimer] in Defense Position, and use its effect to send [Three Sacred Ones] in my deck to the Graveyard, raising its Level by the Level of [Three Sacred Ones], which is 11☆, until the end of the turn!"

The [Sacred Shaman of the Proclaimer] given to Hayato appears on Asuka's field. Although she only has this card in her hand and no other related [Proclaimer] monsters, [Sacred Shaman of the Proclaimer] itself is a powerful single card that fits the Ritual Summoning system very well.

  For example, at this moment, after Asuka sent a card from her deck to the graveyard, [Divine Shaman of the Proclaimer] absorbed the power of a white phantom, and her level instantly soared to 11☆. At this moment, she is enough to meet the star-level requirements for the liberation of most ritual monsters!

[The Proclaimer's Divine Shaman] [2☆/Light→11☆/Light]

[Angel Clan/Koukou/Effect]

[500/300]

"The level of [Ancient Saint Dai - First Dragon], as I remember it, is 7☆. Should we use the ritual magic card we just retrieved to ritually summon [Ancient Saint Dai - First Dragon]?" Judai looked at the six cards in Asuka's hand. Although the ability of ritual summoning is not much inferior to that of fusion, or even better, Judai's impression of rituals mainly comes from Hayato and Asuka.

Whether it is [Ryukyuu Takumi] or [Cyber ​​Angel - Benten], the unrestricted [Cyber ​​Angel] is completely unlike a ritual deck in its ability to earn cards, so much so that Judai has always felt that it is normal for a ritual deck to always maintain a certain level of cards in hand.

"If I release [The Herald's Divine Sorcerer] now to Ritual Summon [Ancient Saint Dai - The Dragon], I can also use the effect activated when [The Herald's Divine Sorcerer] is released to Special Summon a new Angel-Type monster. But no, I wanted to retrieve [Ancient Saint Dai - The Dragon] just to let him escort the monsters on my field. At least before the end of my deployment, I have no intention of Ritual Summoning him."

Asuka shook her head and played the third card. "I'm going to activate this Continuous Magic Card, [Silent Barrier], and then immediately use its second effect - activate it during my Main Phase, and add a [Silent] card or a [Legal Guardian] Ritual Monster other than [Silent Barrier] from my deck to my hand."

"I chose the [Silent] monster - this [Silent Dragon Hyun Ji - Saphira]."

In the audience, Jonouchi had a distressed expression: "[Silent Dragon Hyun-ji - Saphira]? Such a familiar name, I feel like I've heard of these cards somewhere before, but they look so strange, completely new cards."

"No, although they are all new cards, it's normal for you to feel familiar with them, Kazuya boy~" A frivolous voice came from the water curtain where Pegasus was, "The prototype of that [Silent Dragon Princess Saphira] is another monster from the same period as [Guardian of Law] and [Ancient Saint Dai - First Dragon] - [Dragon Princess God - Saphira]~"

Although he has been slacking off for a long time in recent years, Bekas was still very attentive when designing Duel Monster cards in the past - excluding the same-model-changed color-changing cards like [Double-mouthed Dark Ruler] and [Two-headed Thunder Dragon] - he is also familiar with all the cards he has designed. In the water curtain, his virtual game image showed an interested smile, "But, the praying girl in [Silent Voice Barrier], and the previous [Silent Voice Prayer]. What an interesting evolution."

Asuka retrieved [Saphira, the Silent Dragon Princess] but did not add it to the existing five cards in her hand. Instead, she discarded it directly to the graveyard and said, "I will discard this [Saphira, the Silent Dragon Princess] that I just retrieved and added to my hand from my hand to activate its effect and send a Ritual Magic Card from my deck to the graveyard."

Although its appearance had changed, when Asuka discarded the card and a mature lady in white gauze with wings on her back appeared in front of her, Misawa in the audience immediately recognized the true identity of the monster: "Is that the [Dragon Princess God - Saphira] who defeated me in the quarterfinals before!?"

"It's not a ritual monster anymore, and it looks more like a human than its previous dragon-man form?" Misawa said this with a hint of disappointment.

After hearing what Misawa said, Asuka explained: "Yes, [Saphira the Silent Dragon Princess] is the form that [Saphira the Dragon Princess God] changes after controlling and contracting her power to a certain extent. It is also the form that integrates my ritual monsters to form [Silent]."

"I will use the effect of Saphira, the Silent Dragon Sage to send this second Ritual Spell Card, Silent Prayer, from the deck to the graveyard. Then, with the follow-up effect of Saphira, the Silent Dragon Sage, I can add another Warrior- or Dragon-Type Light Ritual Monster from the deck or graveyard to my hand."

"I chose this Light-attribute Warrior-type Ritual Monster - [Guardian of Silent Voice - Guardian of Law]." After discarding itself and searching one card in the Graveyard, [Saphira, the Silent Dragon Princess - Saphira], which has the strength that a modern Duel Monster should have, brought a new card to Asuka's hand. She kept the number of cards in her hand still at six, and added this card to her hand, and said, "At this moment, Judai, I am ready for the Ritual Summon!"

"I'm not using a magic card, but I'm using the effect of this [Silent Dragon Sage - Saphira] that I just discarded from my graveyard. I banish it to activate it!"

Asuka took advantage of the illusion of [Saphira, the Silent Dragon Princess] in front of her to banish the cards in the graveyard to prevent her from making a second trip. She watched as it spread its wings and flew up like in the card image of [Silent Prayer], casting a brilliant light. Amid the falling feathers, Asuka held up the two cards in her hand, "Until the combined Levels become higher than the Level of the Ritual Summoned Monster, I release the monsters in my hand and on the field! Ritual Summon a Warrior-Type or Dragon-Type Light Ritual Monster from my hand!"

"I will release the Level 1☆ [Silent Prayer - Reason] in my hand, and then Ritual Summon this monster!"

Under Bekas's "as expected" look, a blue-haired girl wearing a red robe, whose image was extremely similar to an ancient ritual magic card [Prayer of Legalism], clasped her hands in front of her chest and prayed devoutly.

As she moved, several nested and linked golden rings unfolded around her, filled with complex and mysterious patterns, thus forming a special barrier filled with magic power. With the praying girl as the source, a magical power was guided out and rushed upwards.

"The power that resonates with each other, awakens the echo of the true voice in the heart, radiates the power of rectification, now become one!" Asuka shouted, stretching her hand forward, "Come On! The name is judgment, the name is rectification, and the one who fights to protect!"

"Ritual Summon, Level 7☆!"

"Attack! [Guardian of Silent Voice - Guardian of Law]!"

[Guardian of Silent Voice-Guardian of Law] [7☆/Light]

[Warrior/Ritual/Effect]

[2050/2500]

The mist from [Ancient Saint Dai - The Beginning Dragon] entwined the two swords, and the holy feathers from [Dragon Goddess - Saphira] fell in front of him. Although the images were different, their names and the same levels, attributes, and even attack and defense values ​​all proved that there was a great connection between the [Guardian of Silent Voice - Guardian of Law] that appeared at this moment and another ritual monster [Guardian of Law] from the past!

  Rather, it seems that [Guardian of Silent Voice - Guardian of Law] is the trinity form evolved from [Guardian of Law] after gathering the power of [Ancient Saint Dai - First Dragon] and [Dragon Goddess - Saphira]!

"Oh! It feels so strong. It only has an attack power of 2050 points, not even as high as Cyber ​​Dragon, but I can feel that the monster is very strong!" Judai couldn't help but get excited when he saw the handsome Warrior monster appear. "Is this the new power you got, Asuka? It's really Kakuichi!"

"But the monster you're releasing is obviously level 1☆?"

"The monster I released is [Silent Prayer - Reason]. When a Warrior or Dragon Light attribute Ritual Monster is Ritual Summoned, it can be used as a Ritual Summoning Monster. Because of this effect, I was able to release a Level 1☆ monster and Ritual Summon a Level 7☆ Ritual Monster." Asuka paused and smiled, "But Judai, it's too early to get excited now. I haven't used my full strength yet."

Asuka was very pleased with Judai's recognition, but she would not be easily distracted in a duel. She waved her hand and said, "Silent Prayer-Reason has more than one effect. I just used its second effect."

"And the moment [Guardian of Silent Voices - Guardian of Law] appeared, the activation condition of her third effect was met. This card exists in the Graveyard. If I have a Warrior-Type or Dragon-Type Light Ritual Monster Special Summoned on my field, I can activate it. [Silent Prayer - Law] is Special Summoned on my field!"

"Not only that, but the effect of [Guardian of Silent Voice - Guardian of Law] is chained to it. This card can only be activated when it is Ritual Summoned. I add a [Silent Voice] monster or a Warrior-Type or Dragon-Type Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand. I choose the second [Silent Voice Dragon Sage - Saphira]!"

C1 [Silent Prayer - Reason] C2 [Silent Guardian - Legal Guardian], chain reverse processing, Asuka adds a card to her hand and awakens the girl who just entered the cemetery: "Come out, [Silent Prayer - Reason], and then awaken the true power of [Silent Guardian - Legal Guardian]!"

[Silent Prayer-Reason] [1☆/Light]

【Angel Family/Effect】

[50/2050]

The blue-haired girl in a red robe gracefully appeared on Asuka's field to defend. Although she looked weak, she actually had a stronger body than Judai's [E·hero Clayman]. Her 2050 points of defense was the best evidence, comparable to the legendary powerful monster [Little White Rabbit].

But the most eye-catching thing is not the girl herself, but the changes that occurred in the armored warrior with a pair of sword arms - [Guardian of Silent Voice-Guardian of Law] the moment the girl appeared.

  The green gems on his body lit up one by one, and the barrier under his feet was activated and began to supply energy into his body. Unparalleled power bloomed from the blade of [Guardian of Silent Voice - Guardian of Law], causing its momentum to increase dramatically!

The best example is that its attack power has doubled! ?

[Guardian of Silent Voice - Guardian of Law] [ATK2050→4100]

When I was thinking about it, I actually wanted to give the Herald to Asuka. After all, there are only a few sets of rituals that can be used. No matter how much the Herald is weakened, it is still better than the original purely electronic angel.

However, when I was writing the opening chapter of Duel Academy, I had just put Ancient Saint Dai-Shilong into Asuka's deck in the first few chapters, and then K-Shop released Silence, and the Reforged Ritual Glory was included.

Although it is still not as good as the mainstream gods, the strength of the competitive deck is completely online after the second set of red and green arrays and the silent dragon god Saphira. It is also in this chapter that it finally debuts in this book.