Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1700: The Blooming of the Chief
You Xuan understood.

Zero firmly believed that Zack's problem lay with her. During the day, she had thought that she might be able to get help from You Xuan and the others, but at night she changed her mind and gave up.

This idea was almost a dead end, which is why she tried to sneak away again in the middle of the night.

“If you’re worried about us, or feel bad that we’re fighting for you, then you don’t need to,” You Xuan smiled and shook his head. “I don’t know what kind of people we are in your eyes, but I can assure you one thing: I’m not some saint who came from afar just to save people from suffering.”

He tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered the seafood vendors who were traveling with him. He hesitated for a moment, then changed his mind.

"Okay, I can't say for sure about the others, but I certainly can't. I'm willing to stay here and help you fight against the Academy and confront Zack, not for you, but for myself, and that's all I'm doing."

If you helped or saved anyone in the process, that was purely incidental and shouldn't be taken to heart.

Ling Yi asked curiously, "But you don't belong to this world at all, so what reason do you have to go looking for Zack?"

“There are many reasons. Zack’s existence is a threat to us in itself, not to mention he has things we need. You don’t need to worry about those.”

You Xuan smiled and pointed to himself.

"In short, it's the same thing I said before. If you want to go find Zack alone, you'll have to get past me first. Otherwise, there's no credibility to the idea that you can take down Zack single-handedly."

".I see."

Lingyi closed her eyes briefly, and when she opened them again, a resolute look had returned to them.

“Then my turn continues. Once I defeat you, you won’t stop me, right?” she said.

You Xuan nodded: "Of course. Since you are stronger than me, wouldn't it be pointless for me to keep lingering like this?"

“Alright, it’s a deal then,” Zero said. “I’ll activate the effect of ‘Phantom Musician: Genius Mozart’!”

Once per turn, I may Special Summon one Fairy-Type LIGHT monster from my hand. However, as a trade-off, I cannot Special Summon any other monsters this turn.

"Any light attribute from the angel race? That's quite effective." You Xuan nodded.

This effect sounds very versatile, and it can be used in conjunction with other Fairy-type decks besides Illusion.

Zero: "Using Mozart's effect, I Special Summon 'Phantom Princess - Laurel Chopin' from my hand!"

After Mozart came Chopin, and one after another, heavyweight music masters appeared.

Mozart opened his mouth, and a melodious song echoed, the materialized musical score resembling a rising and falling slide. The sound princess with green curly hair leaped out along the slide of the score, her ten fingers nimbly tapping the translucent piano keys in the air, the notes floating in the music.

【Phantom Princess - Laurel Chopin, Attack Power 2300】

"Laureate Chopin's effect activates!" Zero said. "Once per turn, this card can recycle one 'Fairy-Type LIGHT' monster from your Graveyard into your hand."

Therefore, I will retrieve this card from the graveyard.

Zero shook another Phantom Melody that had returned to her hand from the graveyard. "Return 'Phantom Melody Girl - Skoya' from the graveyard to your hand."

You Xuan watched as she took the Illusionary Melody back into her hand and raised an eyebrow slightly.

He remembered the card: Phantom Musician Silcoya.

During damage calculation when your "Phantom Dancer" monster battles your opponent, you can send "Phantom Dancer Skoya" from your hand to the Graveyard to reduce the ATK and DEF of your opponent's monsters to 0 until the end of the turn.

This is a pretty good hand trap. Although it's a combat-type hand trap, unlike traditional hand traps like Kuriboh which can only block attacks and damage, it can even help your own Phantom Dancer counter-kill the opponent's powerful monsters, or, with a bit of luck, unexpectedly trap and kill the opponent.

Of course, Yuugen wasn't actually very familiar with the Illusionary Melody deck. It didn't exist in his previous dimension, so it wasn't in his card database.

He didn't remember the exact effects of Sikoya very clearly, only that it was a combat-type hand trap, but that was enough.

Zero: "And I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn. I'll then Normal Summon 'Phantom Diva Soprano' from my hand!"

A new songstress has been summoned, flying out of the card accompanied by a long, melodious soprano note. The songstress has long, fiery red hair that reaches her waist, and her eyes are covered by a hat, revealing only half of her delicate face with green skin.

【Soprano, the Songstress of Illusion, Attack Power 1400】

“Then the effect of ‘Phantom Songstress Soprano’ activates!” Zero said. “Once per turn, during your Main Phase, Soprano can send herself and other monsters on your field as Fusion Materials to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster with ‘Phantom’ in its name!”

Lingyi raised her slender arm.

"I'm sending 'Phantom Diva Soprano' and 'Phantom Melody Princess Laurel Chopin' from the field to the Graveyard as Fusion Materials to perform a Fusion Summon!"

This turn, Zero has already activated Mozart's effect "Special Summon a monster from your hand" and Laureate Chopin's effect "Recycle Phantom from Graveyard to your hand." Both of these effects have self-restriction.

Mozart's self-restriction is that he cannot Special Summon monsters other than LIGHT monsters this turn. Chopin's self-restriction is that he cannot activate monster effects other than LIGHT monsters this turn.

However, all the monsters in the Illusionary System meet the requirements of being Fairy-Type and LIGHT, so as long as you play within this deck system, these two self-restrictions can be ignored.

At this moment, both Soprano and Chopin, the two female musicians, were drawn into a colorful vortex of music. Countless notes, large and small, rose and fell in the air with specific rhythms, and the concrete musical score was stirred into a vortex, sucking both singers into it.

"Supreme genius! Noble resonance! Wings of angels! Under the baton's guidance, merge your powers! Fusion Summon! Now on the stage, let the song of passion resound! Fusion Summon—"

——Fantasy Melody, Grand Prix – Blossoming Principal! !!!

The lead singer appeared from the merging vortex, petite and delicate, her voluminous dance dress, resembling flower petals, accentuating her charm. Two enormous flower petals adorned her shoulders, and as she landed, she moved with light, graceful steps, singing a song as melodious as silver bells.

【Phantom Melody - Chief of the Blooming Sect, Attack Power 1900】

"The ATK of Blooming Master increases by 300 points for each Fusion Material monster used as this card," Zero said. "We just used two Phantoms as Fusion Material, so its ATK increases by 600!"

(End of this chapter)