Duels should be played with a smile.

"Hmm? Interesting. You've inadvertently revealed another piece of information to me." Philvo raised an eyebrow and spoke again.

She didn't quite understand what Y meant, but after thinking about it for a while, she realized that she had also fallen into a blind spot in her thinking.

From the perspective of people in this world, sharing your most crucial core deck with others is no different from entrusting your life to someone else... I guess the enemy misjudged this point.

So... we can rule out some possibilities regarding this person's identity.

"Tch... I don't know what you've found out this time, but let's see who's luckier!"

"I choose the leftmost card in your hand!"

The Thunderbird effect was applied, and Philvo's leftmost card was flipped over, revealing a card that made Y's eyelids twitch.

[Effective Mask]

I didn't get the Thunderbird, but I did get a hand trap, which is some consolation.

"Thunderbird effect, so I Special Summon Thunderbird! Then I draw 1."

[Dark 8★ Beast 2800 Attack Power]

"There are two level 8 monsters on the field. Are you going to join the fight?"

“No, no rush,” Philvo said calmly, turning his gaze to the only monster on the Y field.

"Before that, let me give you the big prize I just won!"

Flames and lava erupted from the ground, and a thunderous roar echoed throughout the entire area.

"I'll free up your connecting Kuriboh on the field and give you this big guy!"

"Let's go for a snack, you big guy! [Raging Flame Beast Togolan]!"

A gaping maw emerged from the ground and swallowed the tiny chestnut ball whole in one gulp.

Before the owner of this gaping maw could even appear on Y's field, it vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Beastmaster's effect on the field: Return both my Beastmaster and your Beasts to their owners' hands!"

"You've eaten enough, it's time to come back!"

Chapter 47 You take the bad beast? I take the Kaguya?

"Tsk, even if I was mentally prepared, it's still unpleasant to be taken advantage of like this."

Watching helplessly as his monster was easily destroyed, Y couldn't help but complain. Putting everything else aside, the Kaguya Kaiju deck is undoubtedly a top-tier deck when it comes to messing with people's mentality.

"If you're unhappy, then I'm happy."

Even though his most frequently used deck is Cyberse, he hasn't used this Kaguya deck often after acquiring it. Philvo isn't worried about his future either. Besides being strong when going second, the Kaguya deck is also very easy to control.

If you remember the phrase "You can have Kaiju, but I'll have Kaguya," you'll know about 80% of the game's mechanics.

The remaining 20% ​​depends on your synergy with the deck – commonly known as "playing what you draw".

"Your backcourt isn't moving yet, looks like you're waiting for me?" Philvo asked tentatively.

Y was very perfunctory and started blatantly lying: "Who knows? Maybe my face card is the [Burst Mode] card I searched for before?"

"Then do as you please... I'll just advance to the Battle Rank!"

"Thunderbird, attack directly!"

While the Radiant Devil deck enjoys delivering a satisfying 9000 damage blow with a single punch from a Dragonflight deck, it doesn't mean that the Radiant Devil deck lacks the ability to sustain combat.

The Thunderbird, whose size was beyond imagination, flapped its wings, which blotted out the sky, at Philvo's command, summoning endless lightning and blasting towards Y.

"Tsk, I really can't pretend I didn't see it at a time like this."

"Trap Card [Cradle of Destruction Swordsman] activated! You can only activate one card with the same name per turn. You can activate this card by sending 1 [Destruction Sword] card other than the same name and 1 [Destruction Swordsman] monster from your Deck to the Graveyard."

Special Summon 1 [Destroyer Dragon] from your Extra Deck or Graveyard!

A massive phantom of a giant sword flashed across Y's field, and a faint roar of a dragon could be heard. On the wings of the Thunderbird, an even more magnificent monster was about to descend.

"It's not over yet!"

"Activate the effect of the Trap Card I just sent to the Graveyard via its Cradle effect, [Memories of the Destroyer Sword]!"

"You can activate this effect by banishing this card from your Graveyard. Banish the Fusion Material Monster determined by [Dragon Destroyer Swordsman - Destroyer Swordsman] from my Objective Range, and then summon that Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck Fusion Summon!"

"I will perform Graveyard Fusion with the [Destroyer Swordsman] and the Dragon-type monster [Destroyer Swordsman's Companion Dragon] from the Graveyard!"

"Explosive Swordsman! Young dragon born of the sword, show your brilliance under the guidance of the Sword of Destruction!"

"Fusion Summon! [Dragon Destroyer Swordsman - Destruction Swordsman]!"

[Light - 8★ - Warrior - Attack Power 2800→3800]

Special Summon! [Broken Dragon - Destroyer Dragon]!

[Dark 8★ Dragon 2800 Defense]

Two incredibly powerful monsters, through a single card and subsequent synergy, have indeed met the conditions for being summoned, and with their combined efforts, they are about to unleash an effect greater than the sum of their parts.

However, before Y could even feel happy, he witnessed a scene that nearly caused his heart to stop beating.

Unlike his two powerful monsters, Philvo simply tossed a card into the graveyard.

"C3, chain your effect, discard G, after that I can draw 2 cards. Do you have Graveyard Finger? Sword Finger is also fine."

As it turns out, when the time comes, duelists wish they had more fingers.

The two powerful monsters that could cooperate with each other were specially recruited, but Y suddenly lost its previous momentum.

Without any follow-up chain, he could only watch helplessly as Philvo's G passed, and then he drew two cards.

"Destroy Dragon's Continuous Effect: As long as this card is face-up, all monsters on your opponent's field become Dragon-Type monsters." Y explained the effect somewhat listlessly.

The destructive power of the dragon spread across the field, forcibly twisting the massive Thunderbird into a dragon shape—although, even if the Thunderbird became a dragon, it was still not a Thunder Dragon.

After all, the entire Thunder Dragon family isn't a dragon, let alone the Electronic Dragon, Rhinoceros Horned Dragon, Disguised Dragon, or Fireproof Dragon.

After the Thunderbird was forcibly transformed into a dragon, an incomparably powerful suppressive force immediately descended upon it.

"The effect of the Destroyer Swordsman: As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, Dragon monsters on your opponent's field become Guardian monsters, and your opponent cannot activate the effects of Dragon monsters."

Thunderbird of the Uncharted Territory

[Dark 8★ Bird/Beast → Dragon · Attack 2800 → Defense 2400]

While the Destruction Sword deck is indeed unpopular, its ability to exert pressure after a successful combo cannot be said to be entirely nonexistent—some decks really can't beat it.

However, it is clear that the Shining Deck is not included in this category.

"Interesting... but that's about it," Philvo commented casually.

"End of battle phase, proceeding to main phase 2."

Philvo pulled out a card that had just been returned.

Y's eyelids twitched as she looked at it.

"Flame Kaibeast in my hand, let's do it again and eat your Destruction Swordsman."

With a snap, the enormous monster covered in flames descended from the sky once more. The once majestic swordsman, wielding a 3800-meter-long greatsword, was now left with only his sword.

Y felt that the duel was becoming somewhat pointless.

I'm tired. Let's destroy it, quickly.

"Don't rush me, I'm not done yet," Philvo said with a soft laugh.

She doesn't use this deck often, but now she understands why Ella likes it so much.

Because it's really fun to easily devour other people's big monsters.

"The effect of [Bigfoot from the Uncharted Territory] in my hand is similar to Thunderbird: reveal yourself, and then you throw one card into my hand."

Y didn't have time to dwell on these details at the moment. He randomly pointed to a picture, flipped it open, and found it was a picture of a "Yashiki-warashi" (a type of Japanese house spirit).

"Because you didn't draw Bigfoot, Bigfoot is Special Summoned, and then I draw 1."

[Dark 8★ Beast → Dragon 3000 Attack Power]

After glancing at the card drawn, Philvo couldn't help but smile again.

"The Spell Card [Snowflake Light] can only be activated if you have no Spell/Trap Cards in your Graveyard. Draw 2. After this card is activated, you cannot activate the effects of Spell/Trap Cards other than the same name during this Duel."

With an effect roughly equivalent to Pot of Greed, it naturally comes with an equally huge cost, but in the Shining Deck, this cost is negligible.

This deck only has 3 Snowflake Light cards in total, which are Spell/Trap cards.

"Another effect of Snowflake Light is to banish this card from the Graveyard, reveal one monster in your hand, shuffle it back into your Deck, and then draw 1."

"I'm returning [Starlight Kuriboh] to my deck."

Now that we're in the second major phase, and there's no way to finish them off, the role of Starlight Kuriboh becomes quite subtle.

At this point, the opponent has a 3000 ATK Kaiju on the field, a 2800 DEF Destroyer Dragon, and three cards in hand, plus a Burst Mode card revealed. This situation doesn't mean they've completely lost any chance of further development.

In fact... a single Burst Mode card can represent far too much.

"I'm not a very generous person and I don't like to give things away casually. Even if I do give something away, I don't want to see people use it against me."

"Stack my Thunderbird and Bigfoot, both of which are level 8 on the field!"

"The galaxy flowing with the brilliance of data! By the command of the controller of the electronic world, become my servant!"

"Xyz Summon! Descend!"

"[Galaxy-Eye Lightwave Dragon]!"

Behind Philvo, the phantom of the fire dragon flashed by, and countless data streams converged from all directions, forming a data galaxy.

Within this galaxy, a brilliant light appears, transforming into a magnificent dragon.

[Light · 8☆ · Dragon · Attack Power 3000]

Philvo is not Ella and cannot control the power of all Xyz Monsters, but this is a virtual world where she can use endless data to construct whatever she wants.

Composed of countless data points, the somewhat ethereal Lightwave Dragon stood silently before Philvo, like a deity.

"The effect of Lightwave Dragon: Once per turn, detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, target any Furious Kaiju on your field, and gain control of it until the End Phase!"

"Data projection!"