Duels should be played with a smile.

Edward now has 6 cards in his hand.

"Then comes the effect of the Fate Draw: Draw 2."

"Finally, the effect of the beginning of the end: draw 3."

He currently has 11 cards in his hand.

It even feels a bit overwhelming.

Compared to the Snow Woman's only two cards, one is so poor she can't even afford to eat, while the other is so rich she's rolling in money.

"Tsk tsk tsk, 11 cards in hand. If it weren't a hero deck, but some other powerful deck, I think Yuki Onna would be in trouble."

Ella nodded in agreement: "Yeah, just summon three monsters, stack a color declaration, and set a trap, and the Snow Woman will just run away."

"Ok?"

Leyou felt like she had heard something incredible.

"You didn't do this when you were playing cards with the Snow Woman before, did you?"

"What's wrong?" Ella turned around and looked at Leyou with a puzzled expression. "Is there a problem with this?"

"The easiest way to win is to play two color-coded monsters and a spell, right? Then when it's your turn, you can just play casually and win."

A few beads of sweat slid down Leyou's forehead.

What you said is indeed correct... it's just...

Leyou suddenly began to feel sorry for the Snow Woman.

It seems I shouldn't use any Golden Kingdom items next time I fight the Snow Woman.

Let's switch to the simple and unpretentious migratory bird instead. It doesn't need anything extra; it's just too plain.

The snow woman, who was in the middle of a duel, suddenly felt a cold wind blow by. She looked around curiously but did not find anything unusual.

"That's strange. How could I, a snow woman, feel cold?"

Ed, focused on the duel, didn't notice the Snow Woman's strange behavior. He was looking at his hand full of cards and was caught in a dilemma.

Aside from knowing that there's a virtual world card on the other side, the remaining four cards are all unknown. Even though I have a lot of cards in my hand, I still feel like I don't know where to start.

"At times like this... we have no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it."

After some thought, Edward used the DNA strategy of his hero deck.

"Benevolent One's effect: Discard any other HERO monster from my hand to activate this effect. Target me. I discard Divine One from my hand."

[Dark 5★ Warrior 1800 Defense]

"Then there is the second effect, which can be activated if a double summon is successful. Select a 'Phantom HERO' monster other than the same name from your Deck and place it face-up as a Continuous Trap in the back row. After this effect is activated, you can only Special Summon HERO monsters from the Extra Deck until the end of the turn."

"I will place the [Phantom Hero Incremental Man]."

"Incremental effect, when used as a perpetual trap, during the main phase for both players, release 1 hero monster on your field to Special Summon yourself."

"I Tribute Incremental, Special Summon myself, and activate another effect. If I successfully Special Summon from the Spell & Trap Zone, I can activate this effect to Special Summon Level 4 or lower Phantom Heroes from my Deck."

If Yuki-onna still has Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring in her hand at this point, she can prepare to throw it at the Incremental Monster. With the Self-Restraint of the Almighty Monster, the Hero Deck cannot even struggle to pull out an Extra Powerful Monster to just sit back and do nothing.

However, Yuki-onna's hand didn't have Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Edward's hand wasn't something that Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring could stop.

Not to mention that he still has the Gunners, androids, and Theocrats left over from before on the field.

"Based on the effectiveness of the additional human, I will specially recruit a second android!"

"The android delivers the Mist Maiden to the grave once again; the Mist Maiden searches for Hero Monsters!"

"The second effect of the android: Once per turn, banish a HERO monster from your Graveyard and search your Deck for 1 Fusion!"

After a series of smooth and fluid maneuvers, Edward had two more monsters on the field, and still had 11 cards in his hand.

At this point, Edward faced a new choice.

The monsters on the field already have an attack power of over 4000. If we attack them directly without any obstacles, we will win immediately.

However, this is clearly just wishful thinking.

However, if we continue to invest resources in building up the field, it's like having no heroes with any resistance or defense. If we actually manage to win, the results might not be very good.

Seeing that Edward had stopped, the Snow Woman spoke up: "What's wrong? Why did you stop? I don't have a single monster. You could have won just by attacking!"

Without batting an eye, and with five cards in the back row, the Snow Woman shamelessly uttered these words.

"I'm just thinking about how to win!"

After reassessing the current situation, Edward made a decision.

While ensuring continued operation in the next round, increase resource investment.

Given the Snow Woman's confident demeanor, regardless of how many interference cards were in those cards, there must have been at least one that was a life-saving card.

Since that's the case, let's try to force out all those cards first. With surplus resources, even if it takes one more round, we can still win!

"I'll set up arrows for the androids and augmented humans on the field!"

"Relink and summon the Crusader!"

"The effect of the Cross is to resurrect the Disc Man in the graveyard!"

A monster with four discs stuck in its body, looking like it might run up to you and ask, "Hey bro, wanna buy some discs?", revives from the graveyard. It throws two discs at Edward's deck with its backhand. The discs hit the deck and bounce off the two cards at the top of the deck, sending them flying into Edward's hand.

The onlookers exclaimed, "Great job!"

"Disc Man's effect, activated only once per duel: If this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, draw 2 cards."

Perhaps in contrast to the Elemental HERO Bubble Man, Disc Man is also nicknamed "Little Desire Man"—it's only "little" because he has a restriction that he cannot be Special Summoned during the turn he is sent to the Graveyard. Before the restrictions on Special Summoning and the restriction that he can only be Special Summoned once in a Duel, Disc Man was a banned card!

Back then, the Disc Man could easily have been called the Super Strong Desire Man!

"You have a lot of space in your backcourt, but if your LP (Lower Backcourt Points) are cleared out, then having a lot of space in your backcourt is useless!"

"I activate the Spell Card [Fusion]!"

"I'll use two Destiny HERO monsters as fusion materials to perform a Fusion Summon. I'll use the Discman on the field and the Rushman in my hand as fusion materials!"

"【Heroes of Destiny: Anti-Utopians】!"

In the midst of darkness and chaos, a hero wielding immense dark power leaps out from two orbs of black energy, his identity marked by a large "D" on his helmet.

[Dark 8★ Warrior 2800 Attack Power]

"Dystops' effect: If Special Summoned, target 1 Level 4 or lower Destiny HERO monster in your Graveyard and inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK!"

"I'm targeting the divine being of the graveyard, dealing you 1600 damage!"

"Dystopians! The Hand of Oppression!"

With one hand pointing at the divine being in the graveyard and the other at the snow woman opposite, under the control of the anti-topia, the energy representing the divine being was absorbed by him, turning into a huge energy stream that blasted towards the snow woman.

[Yuki-onna LP: 4000 → 2400]

If it weren't for the fact that the effect of the Anti-Utopia card is also only used once per turn, Edward could actually win here just by relying on that effect.

After taking the hit, the Snow Woman put on a wronged look, as if she was about to burst into tears at any moment, which made the audience feel sorry for her. However, Edward had already seen through the Snow Woman's true nature before, so he was completely unmoved at this moment.

But Leyou went even further. He and Ella were even giving a score to the Snow Woman's pitiful and cute act.

"My assessment is 8 points. For an ordinary person, a typical card player would only get 6 points."

"And what about you?"

"She gets 0 points when we're playing cards, but I'd give her 10 points if we're not, since she never pretends to be pitiful when we're playing cards."

"Can't she play the victim? But when she fought me last night, she seemed like a pushover the whole time?"

"Uh... I'm not sure."

Leyou really couldn't comment on Ella's opinion, because he didn't know how Ella and Yuki-onna played cards, but thinking about Ella's double-color cards before... he felt that if Yuki-onna really looked like a pushover, then it would be quite reasonable.

On stage, Edward continued his performance.

"Spell Card [Fusion Recycle]! Target 1 Fusion Monster and 1 Fusion Material Monster used in your Graveyard, and recycle both of them."

"I will merge and sprint the man back."

"Next is the second effect of the Cross, which releases the Gunner on the field and searches your Deck for 1 HERO monster."

The Snow Woman yawned impatiently, because after so many actions, Edward still had 13 cards in his hand.

"Magic Card [Beyond Fate]!"

"Target 1 Destin HERO monster in your Graveyard, Special Summon 1 Destin HERO monster whose Level is half or less than that monster's Level from your Deck!"

"I activate my special summon by targeting the Level 10 Dominator in my Graveyard, Special Summoning [Destiny HERO Drillman] from my Deck!"

[Dark 4★ Warrior 1600 Attack Power]

He carried several drills on his body, and his weapon was an enormous drill, truly living up to his name, the Drill Man.

If this were on another film set, it might transform into Supercarrot and break through the sky, or go to another card game and imprint DNA on some players, performing a "ymksmwl,lsngy".

"Drill Man's effect can be activated if a double summon is successful: Special Summon a [Destiny HERO] monster from your hand with an ATK equal to or less than this card's ATK!"

"I specially recruit the Determined One with an attack power of 1600 from my hand!"

Unfortunately, the effect of the Determined One is only available once during a duel; otherwise, Edward could reclaim another hero from the graveyard at the end of the turn.

"And then comes another fusion! I activate [Fusion]!"

"The Fusion Materials are a [Destiny HERO] monster and a DARK Effect Monster. The Cyborg on the field and the Rushman in the hand are used as materials for Fusion Summoning!"

"Let the black cloak transform into wings that blot out the sky, carrying the enemy into an abyss of certain death!"

"Fusion Summoning! LV6! [Destiny Heroes: The Fatal One]!"

A shadow descended from the darkness, transforming into a massive figure, his cloak billowing in the fierce wind.

[Dark 6★ Warrior 2000 Attack Power]

"I activate the effect of Destiny HERO: Discard 1 card from my hand to activate this effect. Send 1 Destiny HERO monster from my hand or Deck to the Graveyard. All Destiny HERO monsters on my field gain 200 ATK for each Destiny HERO monster in my Graveyard until the end of this turn!"

"A man on the verge of death! A man on the verge of physical and mental death!"

There are a total of 8 Destiny Heroes monsters in the graveyard. Except for the Cross in the Extra Monster Zone, which is a Special Hero and cannot receive the buff, the monsters in the Main Monster Zone have all gained 1600 attack power.

The most powerful heretics even reached a full 5000 attack points, enough to directly defeat the Ultimate Dragon Knight.