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"Premature Burial (Equip Magic): Pay 800 Life Points, select 1 monster in your Graveyard. Special Summon the selected monster in face-up Attack Position, and equip this card. When this card is destroyed, destroy the equipped monster."

[Youxi LP: 8000 → 7200]

"what……"

As his LP dropped, You Xi suddenly felt his heart twitch and pain arose.

This was also the first time You Xi experienced pain in this dark duel, which was indeed not comparable to an ordinary duel. But it was still within the acceptable range.

"The one I want to resurrect is, of course, the "Super Magician - Black Magic Master and Apprentice"!"

The ground was broken open, and the "Black Magician" and the "Black Magician Girl" jumped out, becoming the inevitable deaths from overwork in this duel.

When he saw them return, Satomi Sho showed an impatient look.

“Tsk! It’s back again? These guys are such an eyesore. But even if you revive it, what can it do? This guy alone can’t fight against my mecha army!”

"What if I add this card?" You Xi stretched his hand towards the graveyard, "Magic Card: Soul Servant" effect activated! "

"You can activate this by banishing this card from your Graveyard during your Main Phase. Draw from your Deck a number of "Guardian Priest" monsters, "Dark Magician", and "Dark Magician Girl" monsters from both players' fields and Graveyards."

In the last turn, Youxi used "Magic Hat" to send a total of 3 Magic/Trap Cards to the Graveyard. The first one was "Magician's Guardian", the second one was "Light Guardian Soul Sealing Sword", and the last one was this one.

Yuxi doesn't have "Guardian Priest" in his deck yet, but at least it can produce an effect that is not inferior to "Pot of Greed".

"I have "Dark Magician" and "Dark Magician Girl" in my Graveyard right now, so I draw 2 cards. Then, because the effect of a magic card is activated, the effect of "Dark Magician's Apprentice" is activated, so I draw 1 card from my deck. If it is a Magic or Trap Card, I put it on the backfield."

Three new cards were added in one go. If it was said that a good cook could not cook without rice when there was only "Black Magician's Apprentice", then Youxi's situation has been revitalized now.

He slapped a new card from his hand.

"Activate the effect of "Magician's Twin Spirits", send 1 Level 6 or higher Magician-Type monster in your deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon this card."

"Magician's Soul, Level 1/Dark/Magician" "ATK: 0/DEF: 0"

The magic circle unfolded, and the soul of the magician whose whole body turned blue emerged from it. From the appearance, it can be seen that this is the soul manifestation of the black magic master and apprentice.

"Then activate the second effect of "Magician's Twin Souls"."

"You can activate this by sending up to 2 Spell or Trap Cards from your hand or field to the Graveyard. Draw cards from your Deck equal to the number of cards you send to the Graveyard."

"Send "Premature Burial" to the Graveyard and draw a card. Since Equipment Cards are sent to the Graveyard instead of being destroyed, "Dark Magician's Apprentice" remains on the field."

"Heh, we used the cost to avoid the side effects."

Satomi Sho said disdainfully: "How many times do I have to tell you that a mere "black magic apprentice" can't defeat my evolved mecha army!"

"There is no need for direct combat."

Without Satomi Sho telling him, Yuki knew that it would be difficult to attack without drawing cards like "Black Hole" and "Black Explosion Magic". However, he drew another joker that was enough to reverse the situation and win.

"--I release the "Magician's Twin Souls" and Advanced Summon the "Catapult Turtle"!"

"Catapult Turtle, Level 5 / Water / Water" "ATK: 1000 / DEF: 2000"

The figure of the "Magician's Twin Souls" disappeared, and in its place was a giant turtle with a long rail launcher on its back.

"Catapult Turtle? What kind of monster is this?"

"A monster that can defeat you."

Yuki explained to the frowning Satomi Sho, "The effect of this card is to release 1 monster on your field and inflict damage equal to half the attack power of that monster on your opponent."

"I see, so you're planning to use effect damage attacks when you see that the battle is going badly."

Satomi Sho finally understood what Yuki wanted to do, but he didn't take it seriously.

"The attack power of the "Black Magician" is only 2800, and the maximum damage it can cause me is 1400. It's not enough!"

"Not necessarily."

You Xi tapped the duel disk lightly with his finger and flipped over the cover card he had set up with the effect of "Dark Magician Apprentice".

"Activate Trap Card: "Transformed Clay Fortress"!"

"Target 1 Level 4 or higher monster on my field, and this card becomes an Effect Monster. Equip it to the targeted monster as an Equip Card."

[Deformed Clay Fortress, Level 4 / Ground / Rock] [ATK: 1000 / DEF: 1000]

The feet of the "Black Magician's Apprentice" trembled, and huge clay fortress men rumbled up from the ground, carrying them into the air to confront monsters such as the "Mecha Colonel".

"The attack and defense of the Transformed Clay Fortress will be increased by the attack value of the equipment card. The attack power of the Black Magician is 2800, so the attack power of the Transformed Clay Fortress becomes 3800 points."

Yu Xi said: "I activate the effect of "Catapult Turtle", using "Transformed Clay Fortress" as a sacrifice, giving you half of its attack power, that is, 1900 points of damage."

"Load the shells, fire!"

As soon as You Xi finished speaking, the "Transforming Clay Fortress" transformed into a cannonball and landed on the launching pad of the "Eject Turtle", and then was launched out by the "Eject Turtle".

The clay shells passed through the protective net of the mecha legions and hit the bull's eye.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

[Satoshi Satomi LP: 4400 → 2500]

After taking a heavy blow from the human flesh bombardment, Satomi Sho's face was grim: "Damn it! Didn't I tell you that you can't defeat me by doing this? What's the difference between doing this and directly sacrificing the "Dark Magician's Apprentice"? It's just that the damage is a little more!"

“Here’s the difference!”

Two cards popped out from the graveyard, and Youxi slapped them onto the duel disk.

The familiar cold-faced magician and the pretty girl reappeared.

"Because "Transformed Clay Fortress" was sacrificed, the equipment card "Dark Magician's Apprentice" was destroyed. According to its last words effect, "Dark Magician" and "Dark Magician Girl" were Special Summoned. Then, the effect of "Catapult Turtle" was activated again, and "Dark Magician" was sacrificed, inflicting 1250 points of damage to you."

"What!?"

Satomi Sho's expression changed.

"Isn't that monster's effect only valid once per turn?!"

"I never said there was a limit."

Yu Xi's eyes flashed with sharpness as he directed the "Black Magician" to transform into a beam of white light and fly towards the Dark Duelist.

"Second shell, fire!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

[Satoshi Satomi LP: 2500 → 1250]

"And since the Black Magician has entered the graveyard, the attack power of the Black Magician Girl will increase to 2300. I will also sacrifice her."

Without giving Satomi Sho a chance to catch his breath, Yuki made another declaration.

The "Black Magician Girl" landed on the launch pad without hesitation, with her palms on both sides. As the launch pad adjusted its center of gravity, her beautiful green eyes aimed at Satomi Sho who was hit twice in a row.

"emission!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

[Satoshi Satomi LP: 1250 → 100]

Half of 2300 is 1150. After three consecutive hits, Satomi Sho's basic score was successfully reduced to below 500. Now there is only one step left.

"wait wait wait!"

Satomi Sho obviously also realized this, his face turned pale with cold sweat, and he didn't care about the pain coming from his soul and body, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, saying: "You... Youxi classmate! Wait a minute! I, I know I was wrong, I apologize to you, apologize! Let's stop and reconcile! How about it!"

He was a little nervous and stuttering at first, but became much more fluent later on.

Satomi Sho's expression was sincere, and his tone was genuine. It was obvious that he really wanted to reconcile with Yuki and stop the fight.

But after a few seconds of silence, You Xi said, "Do you remember? Satomi Sho, you said it yourself, the Dark Duel cannot be stopped, and a winner must be decided."

"We can think of other ways! Yes, other ways!"

Stimulated by a strong survival instinct, people's brains sometimes work very quickly.

Sho Satomi immediately thought of a way to crack the Dark Duel.

"As long as we intentionally tie each other, the punishment for the Dark Duel will not fall on anyone."

Indeed, the punishment for the Dark Duel is borne by the loser, and if it is a tie the duel will be left unresolved. Youxi has also heard about the loophole in this rule from Izayoi Yuki and Hoshiba Mai.

however……

In Satomi Sho's hopeful eyes, You Xi shook his head: "Although it sounds good, unfortunately, I can't agree to your request, Satomi Sho. Because - I can't believe you."

In order to achieve a draw, Yuxi must give up the current killing game, and then play a few more rounds with Satomi Sho to get enough cards for a draw.

But regardless of whether he has such a card in his hand, once he gives up, the initiative of the next round will return to Satomi Sho.

He didn't think that Satomi Sho, who was spared by him, would abide by the agreement and not turn against him.

so--

"The effect of "Catapult Turtle" is activated."

The hesitation only lasted for a moment before Youxi cut it off and uttered the final declaration.

"Liberate myself and deal you 500 points of damage."

“Damn it, damn it!!”

[Satoshi Satomi LP: 100 → 0]

Satomi Sho was engulfed by the light of the bombardment, and let out the most shrill and hateful scream in this duel...

Volume 79: Chapter : Soul Seal

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

Using the soul of the "Catapult Turtle" itself as a cannonball, the light bombardment instantly knocked Satomi Sho away and completely consumed the latter's remaining basic points.

And it was at this moment that You Xi was confirmed to have won this dark duel.

The way to win is a little bit subtle.

The HP-burning FTK of "Slingshot Turtle" is a very classic tactic in the history of OCG's Yu-Gi-Oh!, and it is usually combined with another banned card: "Magic Scientist". However, in the anime, this is a big flag - the blackened King Sang wanted to use the "Slingshot Turtle" combo to defeat Rafiel, but he failed to kill him and was killed instead.

If Rafiru, who would rather die than let monsters enter the cemetery, were here, I wonder if he would say that he "disrespected the souls of the monsters"?

Under normal circumstances, You Xi might have let this random thought run wild, but he was not in the mood for it right now.

After he was sure of his victory, his tense spirit suddenly relaxed. You Xi gasped for breath and felt a little weak all over.

Even though he pretended to be calm in front of Satomi Sho, this was his first dark duel after all, and no one could guarantee that it would go smoothly and safely.

Therefore, Youxi was extremely alert when facing Satomi Sho, fearing that even a slight negligence would lead to some unpleasant consequences.

Fortunately, after giving it my all, the final result was good.

With the emergence of the winner, the dark duel process has entered the real final stage.

That is the punishment for the loser.

The darkness surrounding the duel arena surged violently, as if it had smelled extremely delicious food. It ignored Youxi's existence and rushed towards Satomi Xiang.

Yu Xi, who was at a distance, could clearly hear Satomi Sho's terrified cry.

“Wait, wait! No, no! Don’t come over here, ahhhhh!”

You Xi closed his eyes, unable to bear to look at the tragic scene. After waiting for several seconds, when the screams gradually stopped, he opened his eyes.

On the opposite side, there was no trace of Satomi Sho anymore.

To be more precise, there was only a broken and charred body left there, and the smell that came into the nose was so nauseating that it made people want to vomit.

There are two types of punishments in a dark duel: one is determined by the winner, and the other is set in advance. In DM, Malik demonstrated this in his duels with Peacock Dance and Tapir Ryo.

It seems that Satomi Sho chose the latter method, wanting to be burned at the stake, but ended up shooting himself in the foot.

Next to the charred corpse, there were countless cards scattered around.

"This is……"

Yuxi noticed that one of the cards was slightly different, it was a blank card.

As he picked up the card, under the moonlight, the painful and desperate face of Satomi Sho appeared in the empty square on the card.