Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1691 The Pleiades

Emerging from the storm of light, his snow-white armor, like that of a paladin, was adorned with gold, and his flowing cloak seemed to conceal an endless starry sky.

Star Saint Pleiades, Xyz Summon!

【Star Saint - Pleiades Cluster, Attack Power 2500】

"Is this his trump card?" Yuma said. "His first round is a Rank 5 Xyz Surge."

“Yes, it probably harbors some terrifying power.” The astral body said, crossing its arms, then paused and added, “But that’s fine, let’s see how You Xuan will deal with it.”

Shingo Hoshino said, "Activate the effect of 'Star Saint: Pleiades'!"

Once per turn, remove one Xyz Material and bounce any card on the field back to its owner's hand!

He pointed to You Xuan's backstage area.

"First, let's get that face-down card. Return it to my hand!"

Pleiades raised their weapons, and a beam of golden light shot into the sky, enveloping the Geka behind Youxuan.

"You're a cautious duelist, prioritizing dealing with the back row over monsters," Yu Xuan chuckled. "But it seems your luck isn't so good."

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.

"Activate face down card, Quick-Play Spell 'Flame of the End'!"
This card, once activated, allows you to Special Summon two 'Black Flame Tokens' to your field!

The magic was activated, and jet-black flames burned on the field, splitting into two balls, each transforming into a small demon with a jet-black body. It was as if the black flames had gained a torso and limbs, and a sinister single eye opened in the center of their foreheads.

[Black Flame Derivative, Defense 0] x2
"As a price, I cannot perform any Summon, Flip Summon, or Special Summon other than this effect during this turn," Yu Xuan said.

"A card that summons tokens?"

Shingo Hoshino cursed his bad luck, as the Subaru Star Team had just picked this very card.

But his hands kept moving: "Battle phase. 'Star Saint Pleiades,' attack the monsters covering the inner side."

The Pleiades raised their weapons again, golden beams shooting into the sky and disappearing into the endless starry sky. Then, as if something in that void had been summoned, burning meteorites transformed into a meteor shower that rained down from the sky, bombarding You Xuan's field with continuous booming sounds.

The monster covered by Yu Xuan flipped over, revealing its true form. It turned out to be a black-shelled beetle, which vanished instantly under the bombardment of the Pleiades.

[Infernal Beetle, Defense 0]

Shingo Hoshino picked out another card from his hand and played it in the back of the table.

"Set one card face down, and the turn ends."

"Pretty standard Star Saint starting hand," You Xuan chuckled. "Then it's my turn, draw a card."

You Xuan drew a card, and at the same time, golden light flew out of the graveyard, and the magic card from the previous turn floated into the air.

"The effect of the Spell Card 'Take Over 5' in the Graveyard: banish this card from the Graveyard and any cards with the same name in the Deck, and draw 1 card from the Deck."

You Xuan drew another card.

"Next, I will release one of the two 'Black Flame Tokens' on the field to perform a Tribute Summon!"

Shingo Hoshino frowned: "Can the tokens summoned by the effect of 'Flame of the End' be released as a Triple Summon?"

He asked this question because he knew that many token cards have the basic restriction that they "cannot be released for Triple Summoning".

“That’s right, but there are limitations,” You Xuan said. “Derivatives summoned using the effect of ‘Flame of the End’ can only be released for the Triple Summon of a DARK monster.”

"But it doesn't matter, I'm going to summon a DARK monster." Yu Xuan revealed another monster card in his hand.

"Archer of the bow and arrow, returned from hell, reveal yourself! Eternal Flame Archer!"

The black flame derivative's entire body burst into flames until it vanished completely within the black inferno. He was clad in heavy black armor, wielding a bow and arrow, his entire body enveloped in the burning flames.

[Eternal Flame Archer, Attack Power 2000]

Shingo Hoshino: "Eternal Fire."

“Yes, Infinite Fire,” You Xuan said. “Unlike your Star Saint, I’m using a Synchro Dimension deck.”

He then waved another card from his hand and inserted it into the back slot of the Duel Disk.

"Set a card to the back row. That way my hand will be empty."

Yu Xuan spread his hands, making a gesture indicating that his hands were empty. Then he pressed a button on the Duel Disk, and one of the face-down cards in the back row popped open with a click.

"Then activate Faceless Trap 'Call of the Dead'! This card can be Special Summoned back to your field in Attack Position from your Graveyard."

A monster card in his graveyard was discarded.

Special Summon 'Infernal Beetle' from the Graveyard in Attack Position!

The beetle with the jet-black shell jumped out and returned to the playground.

[Eternal Flame Beetle, Attack Power 1200]

"Then activate the effect of Infernal Beetle, Tribute yourself, and Special Summon two more 'Infernal Beetles' from the Deck."

The beetle disintegrated into a speck of light, and the speck of light split in two, then reassembled into two new beetles, just like it split into two separate entities.

[Infernal Beetle, Defense 0] x2
Shingo Hoshino: "What good is it if the small fry split into many more?"

"Well, who knows?" You Xuan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Battle phase!"

Yuma, standing nearby, asked curiously, "Huh? No synchronization training, just going straight into battle?"

"They're probably wary of the abilities of that 'Star Saint Pleiades' on the other side," Astral said. "If I'm not mistaken, Pleiades' effect, 'Return a card on the field to its owner's hand,' can probably be activated during the opponent's turn as well."

Yuma was shocked: "What?! Such powerful abilities?"

“It is indeed a troublesome power,” the astral body said. “But the other side has not yet handed over this ability, probably because they feel they haven’t seen a monster strong enough to threaten them.”

In other words, as long as Yugen performs a Synchro Summon and Shingo Hoshino judges that the Synchro Monster is threatening enough, he will immediately use the effect of Pleiades to bounce it back to the Extra Deck.

In that case, Yuugen would simultaneously lose all the materials he used for Synchro Synchro, maximizing his losses. Meanwhile, Shingo Hoshino's Subaru Cluster would benefit most from its resistance capabilities.

But Astral Entity chuckled, "However, You Xuan must already have his own ideas. Let's just watch and see."

You Xuan: "Eternal Fire Archers, attack!"

Upon receiving the order, the Eternal Flame Archer seemed to be engulfed in flames, as if fire from the depths of hell gathered on the bow in his hand, forming a spiraling vortex that seemed ready to burst forth at any moment as the bowstring was fully drawn.

"Are you crazy?" Shingo Hoshino frowned. "The Pleiades' attack power is superior to that of archers."

“I know, but who said we were going to attack the Pleiades?” Yu Xuan smiled. “The effect of the Infernal Archer is that when you have zero cards in your hand, this card can directly attack the opponent!”

Shingo Hoshino: "!"

(End of this chapter)