Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1703 Summer Triangle

"Magic Card 'Fusion'!"

Without any fancy prefixes, Zero reveals the most original and classic fusion magic.

"Send Fusion Material Monsters from your hand and field to the Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon!"

Zero Yi played two cards of the Phantom Melody and sent them to the graveyard.

“Send the ‘Phantom Musician: Genius Mozart’ and ‘Phantom Musician: Eleki’ that you returned to your hand to the Graveyard and perform a Fusion Summon!”

Two Phantom Monsters appeared on the field, their music swirling into a vortex. The two monsters were drawn into the vortex and disappeared into the merging light. Then, the light intensified, like flowers of music blooming, with countless musical notes dancing in the air, and the songstress descended in dazzling radiance.

"O angelic lament! O supreme genius! Guided by the conductor's baton, let our powers converge! Fusion summon! Now, on this stage, let the song of victory resound—"

—A Fantasy Melody of Chinese Songs: The Radiance of a Diva!

[Phantom Melody: Diva's Bloom, Attack Power 1000]

"Oh, another fusion has occurred," You Xuan said. "Another formidable fellow has emerged."

“I’ve said it before, this is my fight. If I have to show you my strength and determination before I can move forward, then I will not hesitate.”

Lingyi's gaze remained unwavering, and her words were filled with steely resolve.

"Battle! Illusory Melody: Blooming Diva, attack 'Radiant Star Knight: Winter Triangle'!"

Normally, at this point, we would probably be in the classic flag-style questioning segment: "What?! You actually used a monster with low attack power to attack?" But Yuugen doesn't.
Well, the truth is that Yuugen also had a vague impression of the effect of this Phantom Fusion. Although he didn't remember it very precisely, he generally knew that this thing seemed to have a combat-type effect of "having a special attack on specially summoned monsters".

"The effect of 'Radiant Diva'!" Zero said, "'Radiant Diva' cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects, and all battle damage this card deals to your side is 0!"

In other words, it's basically invincible in combat. Immune to damage and with full destruction resistance, it can be considered a decent tank even if it just stays on the field with its back to the opponent.

But You Xuan knew it wasn't that simple.

"Furthermore, when Blooming Diva battles an opponent's Special Summoned monster," Zero continued, "after damage calculation, destroy that opponent's monster and inflict damage to the opponent equal to the difference between that monster's original ATK and this card's original ATK!"

In layman's terms, it's combat damage reflection. However, this reflection value is relatively fixed, depending solely on the card's original attack power. This means that even if you manage to reduce the card's attack power to 0, the damage won't increase accordingly.

The melody blossomed from her voice, her singing flowing like a galaxy, her tone clear as morning dew on crystal, yet smooth as silk. A subtle, underlying will seemed to emanate from within that voice—

—Come on, let's have some fun.

Unable to contain himself, the Shining Star Knight roared and swung his sword. But the result was predictable: the sword struck the transparent sound barrier and was immediately damaged by the backlash. He groaned and retreated, not only exploding but also having his energy reflected back onto You Xuan.

[Yu Xuan, LP2900 → LP1800]

Winter Triangle, break through!

"It can't destroy anything, but it can still bomb monsters and deal damage back, making it a somewhat troublesome opponent," You Xuan said. "However, at this moment, another effect of 'Radiant Knight - Winter Triangle' also activated."

Lingyi frowned: "It's still effective?"

Although the other party was troublesome with her dazzling diva, she secretly felt that this knight named Winter Triangle was no less formidable.

"If Star Knight Winter Triangle is sent to the Graveyard while carrying an excess of materials, you may choose another Star Knight from your Graveyard to revive on the field."

Yu Xuan shook a card that had returned from the graveyard.

"I Special Summon 'Star Knight Gadgetzan II' back to the field from the Graveyard." Although it's not written on the card, I call him a Star Knight, that's just how capricious the Duel King is. Okay, not really. Actually, "Star Knight" is the traditional translation; this series is also translated as "Satellite Knights," and the original name does contain "Star Knight."

The constellation Altair appears in the sky, its starlight surging, transforming into a knight returning to the scene.

【Star Ingenius - River Drum II, Attack Power 1700】

Zero: "I remember this Starman. Its effect is that it can revive other Starmen when summoned."

“Miss Zero has a good memory.” Yu Xuan said with a smile. “Not bad. When Star Knight Gadrum II is successfully summoned, Special Summon all Star Knights except Gadrum II from the Graveyard in their Defense Position.”

As he spoke, a second cluster of starlight appeared, outlining a new constellation in the sky. The new star fell, transforming into a new knight.

"Special Summon 'Starman Teens IV'!"

[Star Guardian - Tenjin IV, Attack Power 1500]

It was another familiar monster. Zero frowned: "What's this guy's effect?"

"Yes, when Tianjin Si is successfully summoned or Special Summoned, he can also search his deck for other Star Guardians and add them to his hand."

Yu Xuan spoke lightly, and at the same time, the deck performed an automatic search, and another new Star Guardian was ejected into his hand.

"I added 'Stark Sirius' to my hand from my deck."

Ling Yi remained silent, but her expression was solemn.

As expected, she hadn't been overthinking it; this deck called Stars was truly troublesome. Its powerful resource generation and cyclical abilities made it seem like if she carelessly released any monster, it would immediately trigger a chain reaction, affecting its entire arsenal.

“Set a card down, and the turn is over,” Zero said.

"Now it's my turn, draw a card."

You Xuan draws cards, and the game continues at a leisurely pace.

"Then, stack the Level 4 'Starman Gadgetzan II' and 'Starman Teens IV' together to create a stacking network with the two monsters and Xyz Summon them!"
"Dorum, the Knight of Purgatory!"

【Dorum, Knight of Purgatory, Attack Power 2600】

Dorome Unit 2!

Zero asked, "Are you going to transform again?"

“Of course.” You Xuan smiled. “The effect of Purgatory Knight Dorome: Remove one Xyz Material, then discard one card from your hand to activate this effect.”

He sent one of his cards into the graveyard.

"I'll overlay a LIGHT 'Star Knight' Xyz Monster onto this card to perform an even greater Xyz Summon! This time, I'm going to Xyz Summon this card!"

He unleashed his Extra Deck, and a Dark Monster popped out, which he then placed directly above the Infernal Knight on his Duel Disk.

A beam of light shot into the sky as the Infernal Knight leveled up and evolved within the Overcharge Aura. The silver-armored knight, adorned with magnificent golden light, had wings that shimmered like they were made of gold behind him, and triangular shields formed from pure gold energy in his hands.

Shining Star Knight: Summer Triangle, Xyz Summon!

(End of this chapter)