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Chapter 408 Sea Crystal Girl VS Moonlight
As the command was given, the Fire Phoenix roared to the sky, its sound waves transforming into tangible ripples of flame.

Immediately afterwards, the sky was torn apart, and countless burning feathers fell like a meteor shower.

【Evil★Twin Lila】Looking up at the rain of fire, her glasses reflected the apocalyptic flames.

"Boom——!"

Fire rained down on Li Guanqi's battlefield.

【Day of Wrath】, 【Day of Tears】, 【Dreamlike Shadow - Griffin】, and 【Evil★Twin Lila】 successively let out mournful cries, their bodies slowly melting and dissipating in the flames.

After the flames subsided, Li Guanqi's playing field was completely empty.

"Feel the pain, human!" The Fiery Phoenix stared at Li Guanqi and roared, "You have nothing left!"

"Unfortunately, my monster not only has deep bonds, but also holds grudges." Li Guanqi's gaze turned cold, and he suddenly waved his hand, "When [Day of Tears] is sent to the graveyard, its effect activates!"

Return the [Ruri] card from the graveyard to the deck and deal 1200 damage to your opponent!

A beam of light shone from the graveyard area, and the phantom of [Day of Tears] appeared, its cannon muzzle converging a destructive beam of light, aiming at the Fiery Phoenix.

The fiery phoenix's expression changed, and it quickly erected a wall of fire.

"It's not over yet." Li Guanqi didn't pause. "It will trigger the grave-sending effect of [Day of Wrath] in a chain reaction!"

"Return 'Day of Tears' from your graveyard to your deck, then target 'Phoenix' on your opponent's field and send that card to the graveyard!"

"What?!" The Fiery Phoenix exclaimed in surprise.

【烽火猞猁】 can only represent “destruction”, not “sending off”.

"Roar!" The unwilling battle spirit of [Day of Wrath] suddenly rushed out, roaring as it raised its battle axe and pounced straight at the [Fire Phoenix] in the air.

"Boom boom——!"

The giant axe of [Wrath] struck [Fire Phoenix], and at the same time, the punitive beam of [Day of Tears] also slammed solidly into the armor of the Fire Phoenix.

A blinding burst of light erupted as the [Fire Phoenix] exploded. The Fire Phoenix let out a muffled groan, its virtual body trembled violently, and a large number of data sparks shot out from the armor on its chest, causing its health points to plummet.

Phoenix's base score: 8000 → 6800
On the battlefield, the heatwave subsided, leaving both sides' fields empty except for the rising embers of data.

In fact, both sides already knew the outcome of the duel, but the general could not surrender like an AI soldier.

The armor of the Fiery Phoenix was dull and lifeless, and the flames in the gaps looked like candle flames that could be extinguished at any moment.

He looked at his now-empty battlefield, looked up at Li Guanqi, and said in a deep voice, "My turn is over."

“End phase.” Li Guanqi said calmly, “[A-Bao A-Ku] effect reset, return to the field.”

As soon as he spoke, the space behind him began to distort.

Countless jet-black bats appeared out of nowhere, swirling and converging into a small vortex before dispersing to both sides.

A silver-haired, red-eyed girl stepped out, wearing elegant black stockings that accentuated her fair skin, and quietly landed beside Li Guanqi.

【A-Bao A-Ku, the Shadow Without Light】, returns.

Immediately afterwards, the space on the other side seemed to be cleaved open by an invisible blade, and a pale blue halo flashed by.

"【Xiaoye】Effect removed, return to the field."

The agile female ninja was already half-crouched on the ground, the short blade in her hand gleaming coldly.

[S:P Saya], is back.

The two monsters returned to the field, and the Fiery Phoenix glanced at the void beside it.

Generally, monsters that are excluded by the effect of [Sayonara] 2 will return to their starting position during the End Phase.

However, the [Reincarnated Flame Armadillo Lizard] resurrected from the graveyard will be permanently banished after leaving the field. The effect of being forcibly banished upon leaving the field has higher priority than anything else.

Rules are rules.

The armadillo lizard is gone.

The Fiery Phoenix gritted its teeth, its fists clenched tightly beneath its armor. It didn't speak, but its resentful gaze was louder than any roar.

Bonds and wills, in the end, cannot prevail over the rules.

"My turn, draw a card." Li Guanqi waved his arm, and a card was drawn from the deck and held between his fingertips.

He didn't pay much attention to his hand; he just looked at the warrior opposite him who was now just an empty shell of armor.

With no monsters, no face-down cards, no cards in hand, and the [Togahime] card in the graveyard not meeting the trigger conditions.

The outcome of this duel is no longer in doubt.

Li Guanqi sent a card to the graveyard, his voice flat: "Discard a card from your hand to activate the effect of [A-Bao A-Ku]."

The silver-haired girl on the field glanced at him, said nothing, just nodded slightly, and then transformed into a sky full of bats, disappearing into the air.

"Special Summon [Crypto- ...

Where the swarm of bats dispersed, an ancient iron coffin landed with a thud, its lid rusted and covered with sinister runes of unknown meaning.

"Squeak-"

The coffin lid slowly opened a crack, and a huge, venomous aura leaked out.

A massive, deep red battle spirit suddenly rose from the coffin. It had no specific facial features, only a blurry outline of a ferocious beast, and its body radiated an ominous red light.

"Battle phase!"

Li Guanqi raised his hand and suddenly swung it forward, pointing it at the Fiery Phoenix.

"[S:P Saya], [The Sacred Coffin of the Carving Demon] —"

"Attack the players directly!"

The order was given.

[S:P Xiaoye]'s figure transformed into a streak of blue lightning, rushing out at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and slashing down with a dagger!
Before the Fiery Phoenix could even react, it felt a sharp pain in its chest, and a jumble of garbled data exploded on its armor.

Phoenix's base score: 6800 → 5200
Immediately following, the enormous red battle spirit on the [Holy Coffin] roared, carrying the momentum of a landslide and tsunami, and crashed into the Fiery Phoenix like a red wall!
"boom--!"

This impact was far more intense than the previous one.

The Fiery Phoenix's body flickered violently, and it was knocked back half a step. Large pieces of its armor peeled off and turned into broken data streams that dissipated into the air.

Phoenix's base score: 5200 → 3400
"Activate the effect of [Divine Coffin]." Li Guanqi waved his arm. "Target [Sun of Wrath] in the Graveyard, Special Summon that monster, and Equip this card to that monster!"

"The ATK of the equipped monster increases by a total of 600 Link Marks of the Link Monsters equipped with it."

The enormous, crimson battle spirit let out a silent roar, and the entire coffin sank into the ground and disappeared.

The next second, the earth cracked open!

Crimson cracks spread wildly across the entire battlefield, centered on Li Guanqi's feet.

"Roar--!"

A hand suddenly emerged from the crack, gripping the ground tightly. Then, the [Day of Wrath] crawled out of the ground.

He propped up his battered body, roared to the sky, and red battle spirits surrounded him, causing his aura to surge.

[Day of Wrath] Attack Power: 2800 → 4600
"The battle continues." Li Guanqi raised his hand and waved it forward. "[Day of Wrath], attack the player directly!"

[Day of Wrath] received the command and unleashed astonishing speed. He raised the giant axe, which was wrapped in blood-red battle spirits, high and cleaved it down toward the chest of the Fiery Phoenix!
The Fiery Phoenix made no defensive move; it simply stood there, watching.

"boom--!"

The giant axe struck the flaming armor squarely, and a torrent of raging data engulfed everything.

The duel system emitted a rapid beeping sound.

Phoenix's base score: 3400 → 0
【The winner is】

【Red Square】

【Duel ends】

The cold, robotic referee's voice echoed across the battlefield.

【Ding--】

[Red team's battlefield capacity increased by 100]

[Blue Team Battlefield Capacity -100]

As the light faded, the fiery phoenix's figure flickered a few times in place before disappearing immediately.

Its once imposing flame armor was now riddled with holes, and garbled data pulsed like electricity across the broken plates.

As electronic beings without a physical body, the trauma inflicted in online duels is a real injury to their physical form.

It didn't utter a harsh word or let out a resentful roar; it simply raised its head and, through its shattered mask, gave Li Guanqi a deep look.

I never expected to lose to this human I looked down on in the very first round.

The fiery phoenix turned around, dragging its smoking body, and walked step by step to the edge of the battlefield. Its figure flickered in the air, eventually turning into a stream of data and disappearing completely.

A three-minute countdown appeared in the sky, signaling the start of the preparation phase for deck adjustments.

Li Guanqi looked calmly in the direction where the fiery phoenix had disappeared.

He sighed softly, brought up his system interface, and on the map representing the network, an area that was originally blue had now been dyed a striking red.

but--

Why are there even more blue ones?
[Blue square capacity: 3312]

[Red Square Capacity: 2688]

I only played one game, how come I'm already more than 600 squares behind?

Li Guanqi looked around and saw a bunch of his own soldiers who still had basic points, but had already pressed the surrender button. His heart sank.

The general's killing speed couldn't even keep up with the soldiers' surrender?!

He originally thought this war mainly depended on the general's performance, since each game was worth 100 points, but now he found that while he was playing one game, more than a thousand AI soldiers had already played four.

Judging from the current situation, the level of Elvira's chess players is somewhat different from that of Phantom Collapse.

We can only rely on the general to hold things out for now.

Li Guanqi turned to look at his other general, Le Tong, and saw from the system notification that it was still the first round.

On Letong's battlefield, the situation was equally tense.

Her opponent is Bubble Reef, whose voice is sickeningly sweet, but standing on the field is [Sea Crystal Girl Bubble Reef] with an attack power of 7000.

It has an attack buff effect, and the field magic [Sea Crystal Girl's Battle of the Sea] provides an attack buff and all resistances.

"Now!" Yue Tong's eyes sharpened, and she waved her hand sharply, "Activate the effect of [S:P Xiaoye]!"

She pointed to the key card on the opponent's field.

"Target the [Sea Crystal Maiden's Battle of the Sea] card on your opponent's field and banish that card!"

Will it work?

Seeing this, Li Guanqi's heart skipped a beat.

Once [Fighting Sea] is removed, [Big Bubble Reef]'s all resistances will disappear, and this seemingly invincible monster will instantly become a blank slate, at the mercy of others.

"Oh dear, that won't do." The blue-haired girl on the jellyfish, Big Bubble Reef, covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her voice sweet as honey. She slowly flipped open a card and snapped a picture.

"Chain activation, [Sea Crystal Maiden's Wave]!"

A card depicting a giant wave lights up.

"Target the opponent's [Saya], and that monster's effect will be negated."

A crystal-clear wall of water rose from the ground, blocking Xiaoye's way.

Hand-operated traps, something the sea crystal girl loves to do.

Li Guanqi raised an eyebrow slightly, not surprised.

Yue Tong had anticipated this, and with a flick of her finger, she announced, "Activate the second effect of [S:P Xiaoye]!" "Target [Xiaoye] and [Yellow Weasel] on your field, banish those cards until the End Phase!"

This is the most classic usage of [Xiaoye], which avoids the opponent's targeted ineffectiveness by leaving the field through its own second effect.

The figures of Xiaoye and Huangyou transformed into data streams and were about to disappear from their original positions.

"Can I dodge it?" Li Guanqi couldn't help but feel nervous.

As long as you dodge this [Fluid Strike], once the chain reaction is resolved, [Xiaoye]'s banishment effect will still be dealt with, and [Douhai] will still be doomed.

"Hmm? Trying to run away?" Big Bubble Reef's voice was sweet, with a touch of playful humming.

She waved her hand again, flipped open her hand, and slapped down the card: "Chain 4, activate the second [Sea Crystal Girl Wave]!"

"Your [S:P Xiaoye] is invalid~"

"Two fluctuating cards in my hand." A chill ran through Li Guanqi's heart.

Le Tong's lips curled up slightly. Faced with this inevitable chain of death, she showed no panic and pointed to her own cemetery area.

"Chain 5! The effect of the [Silver Dog] in the graveyard!"

"By activating this card and [Maihime], negate the effect of [Sea Crystal Maiden Wave]!"

A silver-haired, dog-like girl leaped out of the graveyard, her body crackling with electricity, and pounced precisely on the [Sea Crystal Girl Wave] opposite her.

"pretty."

Li Guanqi's spirits lifted, and the weight that had just settled in his heart was suddenly lifted again.

The back row of Big Bubble Reef is already filled with Equip cards and two [Wave] cards, so even if she had a third [Wave] card in her hand, she wouldn't be able to activate it in this chain.

This is a desperate counterattack.

"Oh dear?" The giant bubble reef on the jellyfish throne looked slightly surprised. She tilted her head, her sweet smile fading for a moment, but quickly returning. "What a disobedient little puppy, what a pity..."

She gracefully handed over a card, her movements as elegant as if she were serving dessert at an afternoon tea party.

"Chain Six, [The Effect Obscurer]!"

A small, white-winged phantom of a magician girl flashed by, transforming into a beam of light that wrapped around [S:P Xiaoye] on the field.

"Invalidate the opponent's [Saya]!"

The confidence on Yue Tong's face froze: "What?"

"Oh no!" Li Guanqi's heart skipped a beat.

The chain begins to settle.

The light chain flowed upstream, and the magic of [Effect Vanisher] erupted first, causing the light on [S:P Saya] to dim and be marked as "ineffective".

The phantom of the Silver Dog followed closely behind, shattering the second Sea Crystal Girl Wave with a single claw.

However, this is no longer important.

Because [Saya] has been negated by [Effect Masker], its attempt to take [Weasel] away from the field was forcibly interrupted, and the two monsters were pinned to the spot.

Thus, the effect of the first [Sea Crystal Girl Wave] hit its target without any hindrance.

"The effect of [Wave] has been approved." Big Bubble Reef's voice became sweet again, and she added with a light laugh, "The follow-up effect is that all face-up monsters on my field are unaffected by my opponent's effects until the end of this turn."

But the blue water film that was expected didn't descend; the Big Bubble Reef tilted its head cutely, a little confused.

Le Tong frowned and kindly explained to her, "[Xiao Ye] is ineffective against [Effect Masker], the ineffectiveness of [Fluctuation] is not handled, and the subsequent all resistance is naturally not handled either."

"Oh, I see~~~" The Great Foam Reef opened its eyes wide in realization, exclaiming in amazement, "No wonder humans are so clever!"

Li Guanqi's face darkened as he listened. Even he couldn't tell whether Da Bubble Reef was genuinely stupid or just being sarcastic.

He leaned towards the former, after all, blue is the color of wisdom.

“But they won’t show any mercy.” Big Bubble Reef pointed playfully at Letong’s graveyard area with its finger, “because there are monsters that have been excluded.”

"Activate the effect of [Sea Crystal Girl Bubble Reef]".

Le Tong's heart tightened as she suddenly remembered that in order to activate the effect of [Silver Dog], she had just personally banished [Silver Dog] and [Mai Xiang Ji].

"This card gains 600 ATK for each banished monster until the end of the turn."

Big Bubble Reef smiled even more broadly: "Thank you for the gift!"

The [Big Bubble Reef] on the field let out a joyful cry, and the water mist around it suddenly surged, its momentum climbing to a despairing peak.

【Sea Crystal Girl Bubble Reef】Attack Power: 7000→8200
“Attack power 8200” Le Tong frowned.

She has a [Moonlight Dance Lion Goddess] on the field, but its attack power is only 3800.

The graveyard doesn't have [Moonlight Sword Dancer Tiger Princess]. Even doubling the attack power with [Azure Cat] isn't enough; I need to use [Purple Butterfly] to add another 1000 attack.

However, she doesn't have enough resources right now, and she's already used the summons.

what to do……

Someone please help... help...

Le Tong's fingertips swiped across the virtual interface, Extra Deck, Graveyard, Banished Zone... Her brain raced, simulating every possible move, yet she kept stumbling into dead ends.

My heartbeat pounded in my ears, growing louder and louder.

No, there's no other way...

Just as she was about to be swallowed by despair, a faint, almost imperceptible tremor came from the duel disk on her wrist.

It's not system feedback, nor is it a vibration in the virtual world.

It was a warm current, a call, originating from her deck.

Le Tong paused, subconsciously turning her head to look at the deck lying quietly in the card slot.

A thought suddenly entered my mind.

Who is it?
Since acquiring more powerful new cards, the old cards that had accompanied her all the way have rarely had the opportunity to appear. It's not that they are not strong, but that there are better alternatives.

They are very perceptive and know that duelists no longer urgently need them, so they always quietly immerse themselves in the depths of their decks, giving the chance to be drawn into their hands to those more powerful "newcomers".

And Letong never removed any of them from the composition.

That was her starting point, her destiny, and every day she stumbled and struggled her way through.

"Ah……"

A soft laugh escaped from Yue Tong's lips, dispelling the anxiety between her brows.

My heart calmed down.

She slowly raised her head, and her eyes, which had been tense with nervousness, regained their luster, even brighter than before.

On the opposite Jellyfish Throne, the sweet smile on Big Bubble Reef's face froze for a moment.

The girl in front of me had a different aura.

It was clearly the same person, but the feeling she gave was completely different. Behind her, countless blurry shadows overlapped, which were the [Moonlight] monsters that had been accumulated over time and countless duels.

"What's wrong, human? Are you sad?" Bubble Reef asked, tilting its head.

Le Tong ignored her provocation, took a deep breath, and picked up the two cards on the duel disk.

"I will stack my level 4 Moonlight Weasel and Moonlight Rainbow Hatchling on the field!"

The two monsters transformed into two golden streaks of light, intertwining and swirling in the air, together forming a chaotic energy vortex.

"Build an Xyz Network with two monsters!"

Le Tong suddenly waved her hand, her movements swift and decisive.

"Super Summon!"

"Awaken from the throne of fire, roaring King of Beasts!"

"Show yourself! Tier 4—[Kuiyan Star King - Song Hu]!"

boom--!
The energy vortex exploded with a roar, and the flames condensed in mid-air into a majestic and imposing figure.

【Kuiyan Star King - Song Hu】

Rank 4, Attack Power: 2200
“【Song Hu】.” Dapaobao Reef frowned.

"If this card is successfully Xyz Summoned, you can activate this effect," Letong said. "Set 1 'Flame Dance' Spell/Trap Card from your Deck."

A flame spread around her.

"I'll place [Flame Dance - 'Tianji'] on top."

"Open the card, [Flame Dance - [Tianji]]!"

"As a result of the effect's activation, add one Level 4 or lower Beast-Warrior monster from your Deck to your hand."

“I choose—” Following the call of the deck, Yue Tong reached out her palm and picked out the card.

"【Moonlight Rabbit】!"

Upon seeing the card, both Dapao Reef and Li Guanqi were startled.

With the addition of new cards, [Moonlight] is undoubtedly a powerful deck.

However, because of this, some older cards with weak card effects have been removed from many people's decks.

Li Guanqi slowly raised a complex smile.

As a player obsessed with maximizing his score, he can't afford to include low-efficiency cards in his deck for fear of getting stuck with bad cards, but he has always envied those who believe in deck building.

Whether it's the Fiery Phoenix or Chu Chan and Le Tong.

They all had great faith in their decks.

He had considered building a deck with a completely different style from his previous ones, but he never dared to take that step because he couldn't afford to lose.

"【Moonlight Rabbit】?" Big Bubble Reef looked at Letong warily. "But you've already used your Normal Summon, so this card can't be played."

The Moonlight Rabbit has the effect of deflecting magic traps, but it cannot jump on its own.

Normal Summoning can also summon a Moonlight monster from the graveyard, but this effect is not as good as Rajang or Rainbow Hatchling, as it doesn't give you any Normal Summon points.

"Hmph." Yue Tong snorted and waved her hand, "Excluding the [Moonlight Fragrance] from the graveyard, discard one card from your hand to activate its effect!"

"Add [Moonlight Wolf] to your hand from your deck."

"【Moonlight Wolf】—" Yue Tong slammed her hand down, "Set the pendulum scale!"

In an instant, a beam of dark blue light shot into the sky, and a huge, semi-transparent number "1" slowly appeared at the top of the beam.

Echoing the left side is the number "5" on the right side of the [Moonlight Tiger] pillar of light.

Between the two beams of light, a massive, arc-shaped pendulum composed of countless light particles appeared out of thin air and swayed slowly above the battlefield.

"Could it be."

The giant bubble reef on the jellyfish throne, its smile completely vanished.

“It’s the one you’re thinking of!” Le Tong’s voice was clear and melodious as she held the last card in her hand high above her head.

"O pendulum of the soul, swaying between moonlight and wolf howls!"

"Open the road to victory!"

"Pendulum Summon!"

The giant pendulum suspended high in the sky suddenly sank downwards, and a stream of seven-colored light shot out from it, landing precisely on the ground in front of Yue Tong.

"Appear! [Moonlight Rabbit]!"

As the light faded, a petite rabbit-eared beastwoman gracefully stood up from her crouching position.

(End of this chapter)