Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1429 Old Friend

"The effect of Silent Magician Zero negates the activation of 'Magic Dispel'!"

A sharp golden light, like an arrow of judgment, pierced the air from the magic's dispelling, tearing through it with a piercing shriek. The Silent Magician's long silver hair flew wildly in the shockwave, and the crystal at the tip of his staff suddenly spun in reverse, stirring the surrounding magic into a milky-white, transparent vortex. The shield was not a solid object, but rather woven from countless tiny chains of runes. The moment the golden light pierced the vortex, the shield's surface rippled like mercury, breaking the arrow into hundreds of wispy energy streams, the scattered fragments of light forming a brief rain of light between the two.

"Furthermore, as the Silent Magician's level increases, its attack power also increases," You Xuan said. "And when you draw a card during this turn's draw phase, the Silent Magician's level also increased by one star, so its attack power increased by a total of 1000 points this turn."

[Silent Magician Zero, Attack Power 2500 → Attack Power 3500]

"Tch, magic is ineffective? And it has such a troublesome ability hidden within."

Fica snorted coldly.

"I originally wanted to preserve some life points, but since that's the case," he said, waving his hand and playing another spell card, "then let's play the quick-play spell 'Cosmic Whirlwind'!"
Pay 1000 Life Points to banish any Spell/Trap Card from the field!

[Fica, LP2850 → LP1850]

A cosmic whirlwind, transforming into a transparent spatial turbulence, roared forth, countless stardust-like particles constructing a galactic vortex within the storm. The suspended golden treasury trembled violently, its divine radiance colliding with the chaotic currents, creating spiderweb-like cracks. As the storm's center collapsed into a miniature black hole, the golden treasury was suddenly stretched into a twisted golden stream of light, like a honeyed thread being swallowed by an invisible maw, swirling and sucked into the void beyond.

"There's a second one? Looks like you really hate my golden cabinet." You Xuan chuckled. "Alright, since you want it so much, I'll give you the cabinet."

He paused, then smiled mysteriously.

"Even if it's to get rid of the gold vault, paying 1000 health points might make your position more dangerous."

Fica said coldly, "You don't need to worry about that. I know what I'm doing."

However, if he could have, he really wouldn't have wanted to pay that 1000 health points. While his Heart of the Mind was invincible and he couldn't fight without the effect, a duelist's life is finite. And right now, his health points weren't exactly plentiful.

Another reason was pure intuition. Some inexplicable, purely premonition of danger made him feel that lowering his life points was not a good idea in this duel.

"Battle!" Fica ordered. "Hard-skinned Dragon, attack the 'Tricolor Gadgets'!"

[Yu Xuan, LP4000 → LP3200]

All three gears shattered under the attack of the Hardened Dragon, but You Xuan said, "Then the effect of the three-color gadgets also activated at this moment."

If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect, set one Continuous Trap 'Hidden Castle - Solid Fortress' from your Deck to your backrow.

As he spoke, a golden light shot out from his deck, coalescing in the back row and transforming into a face-down card.

Fica: "Then I'll activate the effect of 'Hardcore Dragon' too!"

When Hardened Dragon destroys a monster in battle, removing one Xyz Material allows for an additional attack! I removed one Xyz Material from Hardened Dragon and attacked 'Apple Magic Girl'!

While Heartheart is invincible, it lacks the ability to launch an offensive. That's why the Hardened Dragon was summoned.

Hard Dragon was relatively useful among the earliest Xyz Spells released, as its continuous attack effect could speed up the clearing of the field and sometimes help with finishing blows.

Unfortunately, they ran into a tough opponent.

"Then the effect of Apple Magical Girl activates," Yu Xuan said. "When this card is targeted for an attack, Special Summon a Level 5 or lower Spellcaster monster from your hand, then the attack target changes to that monster, and the attacking monster's ATK is halved!" Fica: "What!?"

Yu Xuan: "Therefore, I Special Summon 'Chocolate Magical Girl' from my hand, and Hard Dragon's attack target becomes Chocolate Magical Girl!"

A sudden gust of wind lifted the Apple Magic Girl's skirt, revealing her ruby-adorned wand held horizontally before her chest, candy-colored starlight emanating from her fingertips. Countless swirling crystals rose from a hexagram array that appeared on the ground, and from within a pillar of cyan-blue light, the Chocolate Magic Girl gracefully descended in high heels, cocoa powder still fluttering from her demon wings. She held a chocolate scepter in one hand, and the magical wavelengths of the two magic girls resonated perfectly, their magic intertwining to form a pink-gold protective barrier.

[Hard-skinned Dragon, Attack Power 2100 → Attack Power 1050]

In this way, not only will they be unable to launch a continuous attack, but Dr. Fica will also suffer a backlash!

Fica: "Then activate the face-down card, the Trap Card 'Desert Light'! Force all monsters on my field to Defense Position!"

The trap was activated, and in an instant, it was as if a sandstorm had swept past. The Hardened Dragon, which was charging forward in a suicidal attack, was caught in the sandstorm and immediately switched from offense to defense, abruptly stopping its attack.

[Hardcore Dragon, Attack 1050 → Defense 1300]

"Oh, you blocked it, but it was still quite dangerous." You Xuan chuckled.

Fika: "."

Indeed, one cannot be careless in a duel with this person. At first glance, the magical girl appears beautiful and innocent, but unexpectedly, she is all black inside. She is the same type of monster as Kokoro—both feign weakness, but only when attacked will the opponent realize they have stepped into a trap.

Fika: "I have converted the pseudo-god Heart to a defensive stance."

【NO.53 Pseudo-God - Heart of the Earth, Attack 1100 → Defense 100】

"Set two more cards face down, and the turn ends."

The health points are still sufficient. Although the Hardened Dragon's attack power was weakened after stepping into a pit, it has already switched to defense and cannot be considered a weakness for breaking through. More importantly, Heart of Gold is still on the field.

Although Heart of the Mind's attack buff is countered by the Silence Magician, as long as Heart of the Mind switches to defense, it's immune to effects and can't be destroyed in battle, making it quite tanky. The opponent shouldn't be able to break through for a while.

At this moment, the team members from Haima Group around him also saw through his intentions and expressed their disgust.

"They've switched to defense! Does that make them invincible?"

"How shameless! Don't they dare face the king directly?"

Fika heard this but felt nothing. What's that saying again? Escaping is shameful, but effective.

He's currently under pressure, so a defensive, wait-and-see approach might be a good strategy. After all, he's invincible, so dragging things out won't be stressful. If it becomes a protracted battle, victory will eventually come his way.

Fica had a brilliant plan, but there was one thing he overlooked.

In this world, in this dimension, someone with such a level of understanding cannot be considered invincible.

(End of this chapter)