Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Chapter 1614: Card drawing phase, preparation phase, mental collapse!

However, although Saiou spoke with great vigor, it seemed as if he was about to launch [Lightning Storm] right away.

However, the card [Lightning Storm] is not a 2nd-speed quick-attack magic card, but just a normal magic card. If Saiou wants to use it, he has to wait until he enters his main phase.

In the process of a round in a duel, although it will not be used most of the time, the preparation stage still exists. After Saiou completes the card drawing stage, he needs to go through the preparation stage to enter the main stage.

At this moment, looking at the arrogant Saiou, Ed decisively activated the cards in the backcourt: "You actually took the initiative to tell me what you were going to activate? So, Saiou, you are not a professional duelist. It is very dangerous to let others know what cards you have in advance!"

"During the opponent's preparation phase, I opened the cover card in the backcourt - [Psychic Break]!"

Looking at the card that Ed activated in surprise, Saiou said, "Have you ever used that card before, Ed?"

"Heh, have you forgotten where this is? I came to the Duel Academy to study, so of course I learned a lot of new things." Ed shook the [Psychic Break] card, "My duels used to be more practical, but after practicing the academic duels that advocate theory for a while, my duels are no longer the same as before!"

"In today's Duel Monsters environment, there are all kinds of search cards that allow people to dispatch key cards from their own decks, but the existence of this [Psychic Break] is an effective suppression of it, and it can discard the key cards that the opponent has retrieved with great difficulty. Or, it can be used to deal with people like you who explain the cards before they are activated!"

Ed pointed at Saiou and said, "You can activate [Psychic Break] only if you declare a card name. If the card with the declared card name is in your opponent's hand, your opponent will discard all the cards in their hand. But if the declared card is not in your opponent's hand, I will discard a random card from my hand."

It may seem like a gambling card, but the effect can be stabilized depending on the user's skill.

"The card name I declare is, [Lightning Storm]!"

As Ed said the name of the card, the [Lightning Storm] that Saiou had just drawn was shattered by a bolt of lightning before it could be activated.

This wave, this wave is a tribute to the legendary duelist from another world, Xinbeng Ge. It turns out that when playing cards, you must declare clearly which stage you are in.

As he watched Saiou's card being shot down by himself, Ed looked at Saiou with a smug smile on his face: "A shattered future? I did see it, but I saw the future where your card was shot down, Saiou."

But after hearing Ed's provocation, Sai shook his head and said, "Resistance is meaningless. Why don't you understand? Fate has indicated that your future is ruined, Ed. So the result must be like that. No matter how hard you resist, you can't change the future in the slightest!"

"You're so proud of just discarding the Lightning Storm I just drew, but what are you going to do with my second card?"

After Saiou revealed a card from his hand, Ed's eyes widened, because that card was the Spell Card [Lightning Strike], which also had the effect of destroying all monsters on the opponent's field. Moreover, compared to [Lightning Storm] which had restrictions on activation and destruction targets, the use of this card did not require any conditions to be met!

"Activate the magic card [Lightning Strike] to destroy all monsters on the opponent's field!" Finally entering his main phase, Saiou played the [Lightning Strike] card and waved his hand, saying, "Leave the stage now, heroes who are in the way!"

"I won't let you get what you want!"

Ed looked at the monsters on his field and shouted, "The [D·hero Twilight Man] on my field is not just for show! Once per turn, I can activate the second effect of [D·hero Twilight Man] by targeting a monster on the field! This effect can also be activated during the opponent's turn!"

"The one I chose is——[D·hero]!"

"Shelter Twilight Utopia!"

The golden light was cast by [D·hero Utopia] onto the regeneration warrior beside him, and the cloak on his body was dyed by the golden light.

In this light, the values ​​of Ed's [D·hero] did not change at all, but this golden light itself was an enhancement that had already been completed.

"Under the effect of [D·hero Utopia], [D·hero Death] will not be destroyed by battle effects this round, and the battle damage to both sides will become 0." After a pause, Ed continued, "In addition, my [D·hero Blood Demon-D] will not be destroyed by the opponent's effect because of the effect of [D-Power]!"

The thunder fell, as if to avenge the destruction of [Lightning Storm] by Ed's [Mind Break], but [D·hero Blood Demon-D] and [D·hero Fatal Man] on Ed's field faced the thunder and rushed out of the attack range safely!

Saiou raised his lips and said, "That's true, but on the other hand, your [D·hero Twilight Man], Ed, won't be able to use this effect to protect itself, right? It can only be destroyed along with the other two [D·hero]s."

Taking up the cards of [D·hero Dusktopian], [D·hero Diamond], and [D·hero Destruction Phoenix] from the duel disk, Ed calmly replied, "It doesn't matter. Even if [D·hero Diamond] leaves my field, I can still use [Fate Draw] in the next turn, and [D·hero Destruction Phoenix] can only activate its third effect when it is destroyed by its effect."

"If this card is destroyed by a battle or effect, you can activate this effect. During the next turn's standby phase, I can Special Summon a [D·hero] monster from my Graveyard. The monsters Special Summoned by this effect include [D·hero Destruction Phoenix] itself." After sending the three cards in his hand to the Graveyard, Ed said, "This is the Phoenix-like hero!"

"Also, due to the increase in the number of monsters in the graveyard, the attack power of my [D·hero Blood Demon-D] has increased by another 300 points!"

[Ed Phoenix: 3500LP, 1 cards in hand]

[D·hero Blood Devil-D] [ATK2700→3000] [D·hero Death Slayer] [ATK2000]

Backcourt: [D-Power] [Future Fusion]

At the cost of two cards, Saiou destroyed three of Ed's monsters. With four cards left in his hand, Ed also had four cards left on the field, but he had one more resource in his hand.

"The battle of Duel Monsters is a battle of card difference? I remember that Hayato Kobayashi said something like this, right, Ed?" Saioh took out a card in his hand, "After my efforts, the gap between us is getting smaller and smaller. Let me get closer - Magic Card [Holy Grail A], activate!"

"The effect of this card is, if the card is in the upright position, it is me, if the card is in the reverse position, it is you, Ed, draw two cards from the deck."

Ed's eyes became sharp. "Because of the excessive negative effects, this card is not restricted to one card in a deck like [Pot of Greed]. Saiou, could it be that you——"

“Hehe, hehe, hehe, hehe, hahahahahaha!” A mini version of the [Holy Grail Ace] appeared above Saiou’s field and began to spin clockwise. Saiou began to laugh. “As the guide of fate, I now have the absolute power to determine my fate. I can see all of my future and choose the most advantageous one.”

"Of course, the card position of the Holy Grail Ace is the correct position!"

With a loud shout from King Sai, the cards on his field suddenly stopped spinning, exactly in the position he said!

As if he had truly seen through the entire future, Saiou now seemed to have become the incarnation of fate, with complete control over the duel. Before drawing a card with the effect of [Ace of the Holy Grail], he announced in advance: "Then under the effect of [Ace of the Holy Grail], I will add the two cards [Arcane Reading] and [Wave of Light] from my deck to my hand!"

【斎王琢磨：2900LP，手牌5→6→5→4→5】

The Saiou who was drawing the cards did not shy away from the angle at all. As he drew out the card and raised his right hand, Judai and John who were watching from the sidelines could see the card he drew clearly. It was exactly the card with the two names he had announced!

"Saiou. Sees through fate!?" Unlike John, who had duelled with Saiou once and had witnessed his kind of operation, this was the first time he saw such a show-off who knew the card he had drawn before he drew it and even read it out loud. It really opened his eyes.

"Hehe, that's right!" Saiou said, putting [Light Wave] back into his hand first, and then he played another [Arcane Card Reading] directly, "The card I will activate next is this [Arcane Card Reading]. If the card is in reverse position, the opponent can choose a card from his own deck and add it to his hand."

"This isn't a team duel, and there are no teammates for you to take advantage of the negative effects of this gambling card." Ed said coldly.

"I know that, but there is one thing I need to correct you, Ed." Saioh inserted the card of [Mysterious Card Reading] into the magic trap area and looked at the card that began to spin on the field. "Only when you bet on the unknown can you call it gambling. But for me, fate and the future are already written and can be read at any time - just like now, I have read the result of the future, of course, it is still in the right position!"

As Saiou finished his words, the card in [Mystical Card Reading] also stopped selecting and remained in the correct position!

"Then under the effect of [Arcane Card Reading] in the upright position, I can add a card with a coin flip effect from my deck other than [Arcane Card Reading] to my hand, and the upright and reverse positions of the [Arcane Power] series of cards are coin flip effects."

A card popped out of Saiou's duel disk, which he caught and showed to Ed: "The card I added is the magic card [Arcane Card Array]."

"The card that Special Summon's a monster from the Deck in the face-up position, and Special Summon's a monster from the Graveyard in the reverse position? That's no longer a gambling card, it has both effects." Seeing Saiou retrieve a card he recognized, Judai complained about the card that had good effects both in the face-up and reverse positions.

"But even if Saiou Special Summoned a monster, it would be useless. Isn't Phoenix's [D. Hero Blood Demon-D] still on the field?" John pointed at Ed's monster and said, "It has strong suppression and resistance. Unless you use a monster with extremely high basic attack power to destroy it in battle, it will be difficult to break through such a field."

"By the way, Judai, how did you know that I have a [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon] with an attack power of 4000 points, which can easily jump into the field after meeting the conditions and is extremely handsome?"

"Who asked you? Watch the game, watch the game." Regarding John's duel version of fishing man behavior, Judai said that it is more important to watch Ed's duel.

And Ed on the field looked at Saiou's five cards and said, "Just like Judai and the others said, [D-hero Blood Demon-D] combined with [D-Power] has the negative effect of making me unable to draw cards during the draw phase, but its ability to negate all face-up monsters on the opponent's field completely outweighs this flaw."

"Just like you, Saiou, know me and my deck, I also know you, Saiou, and what cards are in your deck. The one with the highest attack power among your [Arcane Force] monsters is [Arcane Force ⅩⅩⅠ-World], the top card of the Major Arcana. It is the only one that has the ability to destroy it in battle under the effect of [D·Hero Bloodthirster-D]. But can you Special Summon it when all the monster effects are negated?"

This explains that what Ed didn't say is that the reason why he deliberately saved [D·hero Fatalist] when [Thunder Strike] was activated before was that it has the ability to discard a card from hand when both players are in a turn, allowing Ed to send a [D·hero] monster from his hand or deck to the graveyard, and then increase the attack power of all [D·hero] monsters on his field by a large amount, in order to prevent the situation where [D·hero Blood Demon-D] is forcibly removed by someone in an ineffective battle.

And Ed just happened to have such a card in his hand. With the effect of [D·hero Fatal Man], every [D·hero] monster in the graveyard can increase the attack power of his [D·hero] by 200 points. There are now seven [D·hero] monsters in his graveyard, including [D·hero Disc Man], [D·hero Negative Man], [D·hero Divine Man], [D·hero Sprint Man], [D·hero Dusk Man], [D·hero Diamond Man], and [D·hero Destruction Phoenix Man]. Plus the two cards that can be stacked in the graveyard later, a total of nine cards!

As long as [D·hero Deathstroke] activates its effect, he can make [D·hero Blooddemon-D] soar from the current 3000 points to 5000 points. Can Saiou also conjure up a [Five Divine Dragons] out of thin air to die together with [D·hero Blooddemon-D]?

But no matter what he was thinking, Ed couldn't help but look at the cards in Saiou's hand. He had never heard of the [Light Wave] he just mentioned before today.

“【Power of Mysteries ⅩⅩⅠ-World】Ahaha, this isn’t a team duel after all. It’s too difficult for me to activate the power of 【Power of Mysteries ⅩⅩⅠ-World】 multiple times by myself. There’s no need for that.” Sai Ou shook his head and denied what Ed said. He glanced at the card in his hand and said, “Now that I’ve ascended to the altar, as the guide of fate, I should show you, Ed, the power to control fate!”

"Activate the Continuous Magic Card [Light Wave]! With the power of this card, all my Angel-Type monsters will be boosted, and their attack and defense will increase by 300 points!"

Although Saiou said it as if it was very simple, but at the moment when [Wave of Light] was activated, Ed felt that Saiou's entire aura had changed. His originally smooth long blue hair was now fixed into an exaggerated shape as if it had been sprayed with hairspray, and draped on his sides like wings. Even his entire demeanor had changed a bit!

But more importantly, whether it was Judai and Johann who had the talent of "Elf Master", or Ed who was in a duel, they all clearly saw the white skeleton phantom with a bull's head emerging behind Saiou!

The recently released GX anime cards are of average quality, but the Demon Matador and the matching ritual magic cards are really amazing.

I can only say that Titan's CV is Wakamoto who gets a high score, otherwise it feels completely unworthy of such an excellent card.