Duels should be played with a smile.

Attack power is just a bonus; 300 points won't make much difference anyway. The real key point is the second effect that Leyou didn't mention.

Looking at the three cards in his hand, the game player recalled Leyou's amazing play just now, and hesitated to make any further moves.

Finally, after thinking for several seconds, he placed one card face-down in the front row and one in the back row, and ended his turn.

[Game Hand: 1]

Looking at the ever-increasing number of cards, Leyou felt a headache coming on.

To be honest, he would rather fight the seahorse ten times than play a game once.

This is such a headache. It feels like I've gone back to the days when Long Hui, the second player, cleverly countered the first player's five-hit combo in the Golden Kingdom.

Oh, no, it should be that when the Dragon Maid fought the Golden Kingdom, the Phoenix God's breakthrough ability in her hands was really not as good as Long Huiqiao's.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Leyou Smart Card: 4]

"During the Standby Phase, if the effect of Prayer in the Graveyard is destroyed by an effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can add 1 [Nephthys] Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand during your next Standby Phase. Prayer was destroyed by my effect last turn, so I can activate its effect now."

"I've added the Ritual Spell 'Nephthys' Reincarnation' from my deck to my hand!"

In the graveyard, a flame rose, connecting to Leyou's deck and handing over the ritual magic to Leyou.

"Ritual magic? You're using a ritual deck again?"

"It's a half-crippled ritual deck, after all, in order to deal with your Sky Dragon, no, I should say in order to deal with you, I stuffed a lot of cards into my hand."

"Come, witness the cycle of reincarnation that belongs to the Phoenix God!"

"I activate the Ritual Spell [Nephthys's Reincarnation]! I release the Level 2 card [Living Memory of the Feathered Spirit] in my hand to perform a Ritual Summon!"

"Phoenix rising from the ashes, reborn from the flames! God born amidst the flames, within the underworld! Breaking through the barriers between the mortal realm and the underworld, soaring through the heavens. Phoenix God, send your priests here!"

"Ritual Summoning! [Priestess of Nephthys]!"

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The lovely girl in white became the offering for the Phoenix God to guide His priests back. Amidst the azure flames, the priests, dressed in the same color as the flames, gracefully descended.

[Wind · 2-Star · Mage Race · Attack 1200 · Defense 1200]

"If this card is Ritual Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 [Nephthys] monster from your Deck. Destroy this card during the End Phase of the turn this effect is activated."

"By the way, is there a chain?"

To be honest, Leyou was quite worried that this card would also be a scam, but after seeing the game shake its head, it finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In contrast, the game has begun to reflect again.

His expression was somewhat serious because he noticed some commonalities among the cards.

Nephthys is the Phoenix Goddess, and a particularly prominent feature of the Phoenix is ​​its rebirth from the ashes. Coupled with the effect that Leyou just demonstrated—being destroyed by an effect and then activating its effect in the graveyard—and the self-destruction effect of this Ritual Monster, Yugi feels that he has grasped the key points of this deck.

"Since there's no chain reaction, I'll focus on the results."

"I Special Summon [Nephthys the Phoenix God] from my Deck in Attack Position!"

"Priest, call upon your gods to descend upon this place!"

The priestess nodded slightly and began to pray. In an instant, her azure robe transformed back into azure flames, enveloping her.

The priest offered himself as a sacrifice to summon the gods, but the price was that after seeing the gods' faces, he would be engulfed in flames.

But that doesn't matter. Returning to the flames, there will eventually be a moment when one returns from the flames.

As if responding to the priest's sudden call, a ball of flame descended from the sky, transforming into a phoenix amidst the gazes of thousands, and soared into the sky.

[Fire - 8-Star - Bird/Beast Race - Attack 2400 → 2700 - Defense 1600]

"Wow, that's powerful! 2700 attack power. If it weren't for the super-gravity net, the game would be..."

Before Jonouchi could finish speaking, the sound of the duel disk button beeping once again was heard.

Then, a pit leading to the deepest hell appeared beneath the Phoenix God.

The pit contains immense gravity, which even gods soaring high in the sky cannot escape.

"【Trap Hole】: This can only be activated when the opponent Normal Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster with 1500 or more ATK. Destroy and banish that monster."

The game seemed to be in complete control, and he explained the origin of the trap with a smile.

At this moment, Leyou was full of questions and even clenched his fists.

What is this garbage?! Did you just print this out?! I have a whole deck that keeps resurrecting from the graveyard, and you just pull out banished cards for me?

It's hardened; its fists have hardened.

He even considered turning the Duel Disk into a greatsword and slashing at it.

"What can I say? As expected of you! Game!"

Ritual Summoning is extremely disadvantageous in terms of card drawbacks. Looking at the two cards in his hand, Leyou didn't have any good solutions for the time being.

"Does the defensive command summon [Neptis's Narrator] have any chaining options? For example, Torrent Tribute, or other Trap Hole spells?"

Seeing the game shake its head, the older sister in the white robe finally appeared from the card and unfolded the scroll in her hand.

[Wind · 2-Star · Mage Race · Attack 300 · Defense 1200]

"Once per turn, target 1 other 'Nephthys' card in your Graveyard. Destroy 'Nephthys' Guardian from your hand and add 'Prayer' from your Graveyard to your hand."

As apostles of the Phoenix God, flames are their faith. Within the scroll, a fiery red line connects the graveyard to the hand, then flips the mortal realm and the underworld, sending the guardian to the graveyard, awaiting the rekindling of the flames, and igniting the flames of the prayers, returning them to the world.

This is the story told by the narrator.

"As expected, all the monsters in your series can gain something after being destroyed by an effect, right?"

"That's right, the phoenix rises from the ashes, reborn from the flames, that's exactly it."

With only one Prayer card in hand and no way to set it, Leyou can only end the turn and wait for a lucky draw in the next turn.

What else can we do?

The narrator has finished telling his story, and he needs to figure out how to tell himself a story, like, maybe he'll get a Pot of Greed next turn? Or a rare card from the sky?

"At the end of the turn, the Priest will destroy himself, leaving me with only one Narrator on the field."

To be honest, if the Phoenix Jump had succeeded, the game would probably be half dead by now. But now, if it weren't for the super gravity net freezing the game, Leyou would be wondering if he was about to die.

Is this the power of Yu-Gi-Oh!?

No, Leyou thinks this is the power of the underworld card imprinters.

You are so powerful, you underworld being!

"My turn, draw a card!"

The game's eyes lit up when it saw the card it had drawn.

"I'll activate [Pot of Greed] and draw two more cards!"

[Game Cards: 3]

With two monster cards and one trap card in hand, there wasn't much room for maneuver. After a moment's thought, and with a touch of reluctance, I activated the effect of the other card.

"I activate the effect of [Trickster], discard one card from my hand, and Special Summon this card in Attack Position!"

The magician with a question mark on his head and clothes, but it's unclear whether he's the Riddler, appeared on the game field. However, he was immediately bound by the super gravity net and couldn't launch an attack.

[Wind · 5-Star · Mage Race · Attack 2000 · Defense 1200]

"Then, I set a card face down, and the turn ends."

At this point, the game has used up all the cards in the hand, but with such a front and back row, plus the restraint of the super gravity net, it truly gives one the perfect prison experience.

Moreover, as everyone knows, when someone runs out of cards in their hand, something terrifying will happen at the start of the next turn.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Leyou was overjoyed to see the card he had drawn.

"During the Preparation Phase, the Guardian in the Graveyard activated its effect. I destroy 1 [Nephthys] monster from my Deck other than her."

"This one is definitely my choice!"

The Duel Disk automatically ejected a monster card, which turned out to be the second Phoenix God.

The Phoenix God was pierced by the flames that rose from the graveyard and returned to the graveyard, awaiting the moment of rebirth.

The game's expression gradually turned serious. He could sense that the card would unleash a powerful effect at the start of the next turn.

"Game, you just used a Pot of Greed, now it's my turn!"

"I also activate Pot of Greed, draw 2."

"It seems this duel is not far from over!"

The ritual that caused me to lose cards and get stuck in my hand has finally started working again after I met the underworld person. What a joy! (sadly)

"I activate [Preparation of the Ritual], search my Deck for a second [Priestess of Nephthys], and then recycle the Ritual Spell [Reincarnation of Nephthys] from my Graveyard!"

"Then comes the effect of the first Priest in the Graveyard: Once per turn, if this card is in the Graveyard, you can destroy 1 [Nephthys] card, and then Special Summon yourself from the Graveyard! I destroy the Prayer in my hand."

"Return from the ashes!"

The Prayer in the hand transforms into a red flame, drawing the azure flames from the graveyard onto the field, before fading into silence.

Even though they have traveled between the underworld and the mortal world countless times, they do not care at all, because as apostles of the Phoenix God, they are already used to traveling between the underworld and the mortal world.

However, because they returned from the underworld rather than descending through a ritual, the priest cannot use his abilities to summon other companions or the Phoenix God.

"Next comes the second Ritual Summon! Ritual Spell: Nephthys' Reincarnation! I Tribute the Priest on the field to Ritual Summon the second Priest from my hand!"

"What? Releasing a monster to summon the same monster? That's doing nothing at all!" Honda started shouting again from below the stage, which drew a scornful look from Jonouchi.

"What do you know? Leyou's actions were definitely necessary. Don't forget, he used to beat the seahorse so badly he couldn't even lift his head!"

The voice inside the castle was not concealed in any way, and unsurprisingly, the seahorse heard it due to his naturally loud voice.

However, Kaiba doesn't have time to pay attention to Jonouchi right now, because he sees another possibility in the game's dueling system.

"Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon is fearless against the trap cards in the game, and Chaos Extreme Dragon has incredibly strong resistance. So, the duels of the future will actually be a battle between resistance and effects? Then what is the point of attack power and defense power?"

"No, it still has meaning, otherwise those four giants wouldn't have been killed by that guy so easily, so..."