Duels should be played with a smile.

"Hunter, begin the hunt for that weak monster!"

The hunter, holding a bow and crossbow, nocked an arrow and carefully aimed—then, a strange power enveloped him, and his powerful body suddenly felt weak. When he looked up again, the girl in front of him had changed.

"Zero's effect, Tribute to activate, Special Summon 1 Sky Striker Monster from the Extra Deck."

The deep blue water enveloped the girl, obscuring everyone's view. When the water receded, the girl had changed into a powerful, deep blue armor.

[Water · Link 1 · Machine Race · Attack Power 1500 · Arrow↗]

"Link Monster, what is that?"

"You don't need to know so much about Duel Monsters. Who can you blame for not watching our press conference? The effect of [Sky Striker Princess - Shizuku] is that the ATK and DEF of monsters on your opponent's field are reduced by 100 for each Spell Card in my Graveyard. At this moment, I have a total of 5 Spell Cards in my Graveyard."

"Then, since there are no monsters left in my Main Monster Zone, I can activate the face-down card [Sky Striker - Hawk Thruster] to target Shizuku. It will not be affected by the effects of other cards. And since I have three or more Target Spell Cards, she will not be destroyed by battle this turn."

"At the same time, I have added another Spell Card to my Graveyard, and your ATK and DEF are reduced by 100 points."

"Now, please begin your attack. Your attack power is very high, but if you can't kill me, the next round might be different."

Looking at the monster whose power had been diminished by the invisible water ripples, Gu Yu felt a sense of frustration. If she hadn't destroyed that area earlier, she might have already defeated it, but now she was just one step behind.

In the stands, countless spectators stood up excitedly. The cute and powerful girl, coupled with the machine that many people considered even more "sexy" than the girl, made the world focus on Flashblade at this moment.

At the same time, many people had other ideas in their minds—if they could leave the girls aside and wear that mecha themselves, that would be even better!

Chapters 1-4: Activating the Super Transformation Form! (22 more chapters)

"Even if you can't destroy the monster, you still have to take the battle damage! How could you possibly defeat me after taking so much battle damage! You were very kind of you, giving me an extra 3000 LP!"

"My monsters, attack! Tear this weak monster apart!"

At a command, five monsters, empowered by powerful buffs, charged toward Shizuku with unstoppable momentum.

"What a heartless boss! I get beaten up at night and during the day too. I really want to quit!"

While silently complaining, Shizuku, aided by the Hawk-type thrusters, maneuvered and weaved among the five powerful monsters controlled by dark forces, like a butterfly flitting among flowers, passing through a sea of ​​blossoms without a single petal touching her. Only occasionally did a few gusts of wind blow against her, causing her to sway slightly.

Five monsters chased after Shizuku, who flew ahead like an ace pilot, engaging in a fierce aerial battle and dodging all the fatal attacks.

【乐游LP：8000→7400→6600→5600→4100→2200】

"Duel King, you've escaped with your life!"

With a sinister utterance, Gu Yu, having no cards in hand, could do nothing but end her turn.

"Tsk tsk tsk, your turn is over? Then it's my turn to play Yu-Gi-Oh!!"

"But before that, I will activate Shizuku's effect. During the End Phase of the turn I Special Summon, I can add 1 Sky Striker Spell Card with the same name that is not in my Graveyard to my hand from my Deck."

"I don't need to think about what I'm looking for, Flash! Get to my side!"

Shizuku's mecha once again manipulated the power of flowing water, handing over the crucial card [Sky Slash Activation - Crossfire] to Leyou.

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

With only 2200LP left, he showed no sign of defeat on his face. His spirited demeanor made all the duelists in the arena look forward to the performance to come.

"First, there's the [Refinement Fusion] from the graveyard. I go back to my deck and draw 1."

The persistent card left again, and when Leyou saw the card he had drawn, his eyes lit up.

Sure enough, as long as the woman with the sword was around, her equipment started arriving one after another!

Now that everything is ready, it's time to begin the performance!

"Reveal! Show the circuit of enlightenment!"

As Leyou called out, the crystal on his chest emitted a faint light, and for the first time in this world, the power from the electronic world was revealed to everyone.

The summoning circuit appeared in the sky, signifying the girl's resolve to go to the battlefield with her sword.

"The summoning condition is 1 Sky Striker monster other than the EARTH attribute. Arrow confirmed. I will set the arrow for Shizuku on the field!"

The girl emerged from the mecha, her heavy armor transforming into a light blue stream of light that flowed into the circuit, filling the lower right arrow.

"Walking with Sky Striker, walking with prayer! O steadfast flower blooming on the battlefield! Transform your blade into the solid earth, become a steadfast shield protecting your comrades! Link Summon! Sky Striker Activation! Link 1! [Sky Striker Princess - Quine]!"

The girl in mid-air raised her long sword high. Earthy yellow energy surged from the circuit, merging into the sword and spreading out, enveloping the girl as well. Then it transformed into a sturdy shield, standing firmly on the earth.

[Earth - Link 1 - Machine Race - Attack Power 1500 - Arrow ↘]

Although it might sound a bit jarring, Zero's earth-attribute armor really does look like a giant excavator.

When Quesna is successfully summoned, a special effect can be activated. Although that effect is actually not very useful in the current situation, it is a demonstration session after all—Quesna herself is not very useful in this situation.

"Quine's effect: If a monster is successfully Special Summoned, you can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. That monster cannot attack until the end of your opponent's turn!"

"The power of the earth will imprison my enemies!"

Using futuristic equipment and speaking fantastical words, the giant arm on the Quinei armor slammed into the ground, sending a shockwave towards the strongest dragon god opposite, binding it after it struck.

It wasn't until this moment that the audience snapped out of their daze at the link summoning and stared blankly at Quine, who resembled Hercules.

"This is... Link Summoning! So the Sky Striker series is about a girl changing into different armors and gaining different abilities to fight? As a mecha girl fan, I have to get this deck!" A spectator said, his eyes red as he stared intently at Zero, who indeed looked no different from a mecha girl.

"You're a total mecha girl fetishist! How come I never knew that before?" His friend next to him mercilessly exposed him. "You're not a fetishist at all, you're just a pervert!"

After seeing the cute yet cool Sky Striker Princess, many people have been awakened to a new XP, and some even plan to challenge the Duel King later to win that Sky Striker Princess set.

"I activate the Spell Card [Sky Striker Activation - Sky Striker], adding [Sky Striker Machine - Multi-Task Striker] from my Deck to my hand. Since I have 3 or more Spell Cards in my Graveyard, I can draw another card!"

"At the same time, because of Quesna's effect, as long as Quesna is on the field, I can recover 100 LP every time I activate the effect of the Sky Slash Spell Card."

The recovery effect is negligible, mainly intended to showcase Sky Striker's versatility and improve other players' impressions of her—so they'll forget the fact that they were stuck with bad luck in the game.

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card [Sky Blade Machine - Multi-Task Blade]!"

One of the most crucial cards in the Sky Striker archetype, it allows Sky Striker's resources to be reused repeatedly, and sometimes it can make resources that were originally unusable usable through certain operations. At the same time, it can also protect your own spell cards, such as when a Sky Striker is successfully activated.

After activating this card, Leyou finally had time to look at the extra card he had just drawn, and then his face darkened again, and he immediately put it down.

Is this never going to end?! The woman with the knife has already arrived, what are you doing here?!

"The effect of the Warblade Machine can be activated once per turn by targeting one card on your field other than this card. This turn, you cannot chain the activation of my Spell Cards, and you can send the targeted card to the Graveyard."

With no face-down cards on the opponent's side and no monsters on the field having a speed-up effect, the effect of the Warblade Machine is not very useful—it's mainly to send the newly drawn Armor Fusion back to its original state.

It's not like a winged Kuriboh, why did you handle it so many times!

Philvo, who was in charge of the broadcast, successfully captured this scene. Then, she had a flash of inspiration and displayed the equipment fusion that had just been thrown down on the projection screen, allowing players all over the world to see it.

"So that's how the Fusion Armor card is used! It can draw cards, be used as a consumable for spell cards and sent to the graveyard, and it can also increase the number of spell cards in the graveyard. It's really a perfect fit for Sky Striker! When I get a Sky Striker deck, I'm going to put three copies of Fusion Armor on it!"

Many clueless Sky Striker deck users and aspiring players have gone astray in this way. They don't know that Leyou's deck only has this one card.

"Time for a second Link Summon! A good card like Lightning Bolt can't be used only once!"

"The summoning condition is 1 Sky Striker monster other than Fire attribute. Arrow confirmed, I will set the arrow on the Quinea on the field!"

Just like before, he escaped, but this time, the energy from the khaki armor reached his upper right shoulder and ignited a raging fire.

"Walk with Sky Striker, walk with prayer! O blazing flower blooming on the battlefield! Ignite the flames of rage with your blade, become the karmic fire that burns away all enemies! Link Summon! Sky Striker Activated! Link 1! [Sky Striker Princess - Ryouri]!"

Sparks flew from the black longsword covered in red patterns. The fiery energy merged into the longsword, turning the sparks into karmic fire that devoured everything. The fiery red armor protected the girl, and the girl who controlled the flames was like a fire god in the world.

[Fire - Link 1 - Machine Race - Attack Power 1500 → 2200 - Arrow ↘]

If earth-attribute armor gives a sense of reliability and solidity, then fire-attribute armor gives only a feeling of power and an aggressive gaze.

"If Ryouri is successfully Special Summoned, I will recycle one Sky Spell Card from my Graveyard. I will use Sky Spell Card to recycle it, and Ryouri's ATK will increase by 100 times the number of Spell Cards in my Graveyard. I now have 6 Spell Cards in my Graveyard, so my ATK is 2100."

The longsword, now completely stained crimson, became even hotter after absorbing the residual magic power of other equipment.

Actually, you could skip summoning the Earth Blade and directly transform the Water Blade into the Fire Blade when you need to recover your LP. Then, when you have more resources, you could transform the Fire Blade back into the Earth Blade. This way, you can recover more LP. However, as we all know, in Yu-Gi-Oh!, the less health you have, the safer you are – this is definitely not a bad strategy.

"2100 attack power? That's laughable. With that little attack power, you can't even beat the weakest monster on my field! Is this the strongest monster in your deck? Link Summon, what a charade! So what if I give you two more slots? The invincible Orichalcos Barrier will give me five more monster zones!"

"You're really stereotypical." Le You smiled and shook his head. Those who know him well know that when he's like this, people will find it amusing.

"Who told you that fire attribute characters are always damage dealers? Haven't you heard of my fox-headed healer, Venthyr paladin, and pandaren brewmaster Lili?"

"Don't be impatient, I'll show you the true fighting style of Sky Striker Princess soon!"

"Activate the newly retrieved Flash Slash! I search for [Sky Slash Princess - Ryouko]! And draw one card!"

It's "Lu Shi" not "Luo Jie," it's "Going to Where" not "Where to Go," and the simplified Chinese translation is just awful!

"By the way, I have some good news for you. I just drew another Flash!

"I'll activate Flashbang again, searching for [Sky Blade - Black Widow Anchor Grab]! Then I'll draw another card!"

I used Flash three times in one round, which is incredibly advantageous. I had all the resources in my hand and had no idea how I could lose!

"I activate [Sky Slash - Rekindled Flames]! Target your Dragon God on the field and destroy it!"

With no means of countermeasures, Guyu could only watch Leyou perform.

Just then, Zero, in her Fire Blade form, raised her long sword high. The power from the rekindled flames poured into her blade, instantly transforming the sword, which was originally only a little over a meter long, into a flame several meters long. Wielding the flaming long sword, Zero charged forward without hesitation.

Even the mighty Dragon God, faced with absolute power, could only perish on the spot, burned to ashes by the raging flames.

"Because I have more than 3 target spell cards, the follow-up effect of 'Burning Flame' destroys one spell/trap card on the field!"

The dormant flames reignited, and under the horrified gaze of Yuyu and at Leyou's command, Lingyi shifted the target of her longsword from the Orichalcos barrier to the Guardian Deity's Talisman.

The Orichalcos Barrier can be destroyed, but it's unnecessary.

Anyway, this thing doesn't start on its own, so what's there to be afraid of?

"Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Sky Striker - Black Widow Anchor] to negate your Valkyrie. Like other Sky Striker Spell Cards, Anchor's follow-up effect transfers control of your monsters to me until the end of this turn!"

"Bring it to you!"

One of the most frequently used spell cards in the Sky Striker archetype, Anchor Grab, has made countless players fall at the feet of Anchor Grab, watching helplessly as their monsters are taken away by the bull—and then being kicked to death themselves.

If this card weren't limited to effects on monsters, Leyou would have actually wanted to use it to fight Kaiba. He also has a Minotaur quest that's almost been forgotten, but unfortunately, he hasn't found a suitable opportunity yet.

A massive grab anchor flew out from Zero's armor, growing larger with the wind, even more fantastical than the treasures in the Investiture of the Gods. It grew to the size of a martial god, then grabbed him and dragged him back.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Leyou suddenly raised his hands and shouted to the entire audience, "Now, please enjoy the real summoning method from the future!"

Although this looks a bit like a certain pendulum entertainment duelist, Leyou is not a fan of short essays and is not interested in pendulums.

"Reveal! The circuit that brings nightmares!"

A dark purple circuit appeared, reflecting an ominous hue.