Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1550 Children can be taught
Yusei: "The effect of the Cross Counterattack increases Stardust Dragon's attack power and forces it into battle once again!"

[Stardust Dragon, Attack Power 2500 → Attack Power 5900]

Attack power: 5900!
With its attack power soaring to 5,900, the Stardust Dragon's size seemed to expand several times in an instant, and its starlight became even more dazzling, almost blinding people.

The dragon's mouth opened, unleashing a silvery-white spiral of energy. The Hell Cicada King desperately unleashed an energy beam to resist, but the dark red energy was instantly dispersed by the sonic boom, and the silver shockwave tumbled and slammed into the Hell Cicada King.

Semimaru: "Ooooh!"

【Cicada Maru, LP2700 → LP1000】

"The battle is over, and Stardust Dragon's attack power has returned to normal," Yusei said.

[Stardust Dragon, Attack Power 5900 → Attack Power 2500]

His health points plummeted to a thousand in an instant, leaving him in grave danger. Chanmaru clutched his chest, kneeling on the ground, his expression contorted in agony.

They were outmaneuvered once again.

"Damn it, another trap!"

He staggered to his feet, panting, and then placed another card face down: "Face one card, turn over."

They were completely suppressed.
The duel unfolded completely differently from what Semimaru had initially anticipated. He possessed the power bestowed upon him by Lord Senzoku and had a powerful No. Card at his disposal; he had thought he should be able to run rampant in this Synchro Dimension.

But ever since he started fighting the crab head in front of him, he seemed to have been in a passive position.

In every action and every calculation, it seemed as if the other party was always one step ahead.

It felt like two chess players playing chess. He thought he was a master, able to anticipate three moves ahead and have a comprehensive understanding of the game. However, he never expected that when they actually started playing, he would feel completely restricted and suppressed.

It's as if the opponent had already calculated the path to victory from the moment they placed their piece.

No, that's impossible. He, possessing the power of a thousand masters, couldn't possibly lose; a mere Synchronization Dimension...
"My turn, draw a card!"

Yusei drew a card, squinted and glanced at the Hellish Cicada King on the opponent's field, or more accurately, the purple Xyz Material surrounding the Cicada King.

There is also an extra material, which means it has one more chance to negate a monster's effect.

In that case
Yusei sends one card from his hand to the graveyard, and reveals another card: "A 'Quick-Play Synchron' in my hand can be Special Summoned by discarding one monster card from my hand."

I discard 'Screw Hedgehog' from my hand to Special Summon 'Quick-Play Synchron'!

The short-armed cowboy was summoned to the Starry Sky Arena. He swiftly drew his revolver, skillfully twirled it twice in his hand, fired two shots, and then stylishly blew away the black smoke billowing from the muzzle.

[Quick-attack Synchron, Attack Power 700]

"And the card I just discarded was 'Screw Hedgehog'!" Yusei said. "If you have a Tuner monster on your field, you can Special Summon Screw Hedgehog directly from the Graveyard to the field."

Therefore, I Special Summon 'Screw Hedgehog' from the Graveyard!

[Screw Hedgehog, Defense 800]

"Quick-Play Synchron's effect: When this card is used as Synchro Material, you can activate this effect in place of any monster with 'Synchron' in its name!"

Yusei waved.

"I'm going to use a 'Quick-Summon Synchro' instead of a 'Scrap Synchro' for a Synchro Summon!"

Level 5, Tuner monster 'Quick-Play Synchron'!
Level Two, 'Screw Hedgehog'!
Adjust the stars!

【5+2=7】 Yusei: "Let the gathered shouts become echoing arrows that pierce the sky, becoming a path of dazzling light! Synchro Summon—"

—Level 7, Scrap Archer!

The Quick-Attack Synchron transformed into five star rings, and the Screw Hedgehog was disintegrated into two novae within the rings. A dazzling path of starlight unfolded on the asteroid field, and the mecha warriors burst forth from the starlight, flew onto the asteroid field, drew their bows, and nocked arrows. Their mechanical monoculars seemed to have locked-on sights, and the arrows locked onto their targets from afar.

[Scrap Archer, Attack Power 2300]

"Then the effect of the Junk Archer activates!" Yusei said, "Once per turn, banish one monster your opponent controls until the end of this turn!"

The Scrap Archer locked onto the Hell Cicada King on the opposite side of the field, drew the bowstring taut, and unleashed a beam of light that pierced through dimensions.

Once an Xyz Monster leaves the field, even temporarily, its Xyz Materials are sent to the Graveyard. When it returns to the field at the end of the turn, the Xyz Monster that lost its Materials becomes a useless vanilla monster.

From this perspective, the effect of the Scrap Archer is actually quite effective against Xyz Monsters.

"Then at this very moment, activate the effect of 'NO.3 Hell Cicada King'!" Semimaru said. "When a monster on your opponent's field activates its monster effect, remove 1 Xyz Material, negate that monster's effect, and this card gains 500 DEF!"

The remaining supermassive material was also absorbed by the Hell Cicada King. All the red dots on the Cicada King's wings shone simultaneously again, and a dim, scarlet light enveloped the archer. Dark red electricity crackled and popped from the archer's body, and the archer slumped down.

[NO.3 Hell Cicada King, Defense 3000 → Defense 3500]

"It's useless," Semimaru laughed. "Even though you've summoned another monster with decent abilities, it's all in vain before the Hellish Cicada King!"

Yusei: "But in that case, your monster will have used up that 'Xyz Material' stuff, so it probably won't be able to activate its effect anymore, right?"

Semimaru frowned: "Tch, that damned fellow tuner, did you see through me?"

“Now I can play freely!” Yusei said. “Then I will Normal Summon ‘Unknown Synchron’ from my hand!”

The black metal sphere was summoned onto the planetary field. The sphere bounced outward from its center with a snap, and a mechanical single eye opened in the very center.

[Unknown Synchron, Attack Power 0]

Level 1, Tuner Monster 'Unknown Synchron'!
Level 7, 'Scrap Archer'!
Adjust the stars!

Yu Xing shouted.

"Although I don't have that kind of power called Superpower, I've still been steadfastly moving forward on my path and will continue to grow stronger! That's the proof!"
A sliver of light pierces the sea of ​​stars! Let the pulse of your soul resound throughout the world! Synchronous Summoning—

—Stardust, the Shining Dragon!

The vast starlight released by the Rank 8 Synchro, the Unknown Synchro, and the Scrap Archer transformed into an endless sea of ​​stars. Within that sea of ​​stars, a dragon bathed in light spread its wings and soared out, starlight scattering behind it.

Although its form was very similar to the Stardust Dragon, subtle differences could be seen as the starlight dissipated. Both its color and body shape were different, making it seem like some kind of Stardust subspecies.

Stardust Dragon, summon!

【Shining Dragon Stardust, Attack Power 2500】

"Eek, Yusei has also adopted the Duel Dragon persona."

You Xuan, who was watching the battle from the rooftop, nodded repeatedly.

Good, good, you've made rapid progress, you're a promising student.

(End of this chapter)