A duelist never gives up!

"Unlike the others, you didn't actually win that match... did you?"

"What are you talking about?" Julie frowned.

"Oh, have you forgotten so quickly?" Ai Huali covered her mouth and chuckled, "A few weeks ago, you competed with the Red Lotus Society for the main selection spot."

"In that match between you and my brother, Amelie, you didn't think... you won, did you?"

Chapter 52: I activate the magic card - Bright Fusion!

As Ai Huali's voice rang out, a disgusting figure instantly emerged in Julie's mind.

Ah, yes, it was that sissy who surrendered without permission a few weeks ago and thought he had won!

"Wow, so that guy is your brother. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought he was your sister." Julie said indifferently, "You actually met your sister after meeting your brother. We are really destined to be together."

Ai Huali narrowed her eyes, her emerald green pupils like a ferocious snake staring at its prey, and she looked at Julie fiercely: "Say a few more words now, or soon all you can say will be begging for mercy."

"We'll talk about it after you beat me," Julie said solemnly, "I choose to attack first."

"Entering the main stage, I usually summon Shiranui's Hermit." Julie slapped the monster in her hand on the duel disk and said.

The hermit holding a staff landed in front of Julie like the wind, stroking the necklace on his chest and muttering an unknown spell.

"I activate the effect of Shiranui's Hermit, Tribute this card and Special Summon it from the Deck—Chanting Zombie."

"Hmph, so it's still the Undead Army?" Ai Huali chuckled disdainfully. "But I heard that your Undead Army doesn't include the Death King, right? An Undead Army without the Death King is like an army without a general, just a pile of loose sand."

"Winning against you is enough," Julie said coldly. "I activate the effect of Chorus Zombie. Target 1 face-up monster on the field. Send 1 Undead monster from your deck to the Graveyard, and increase the Level of the targeted monster by 1."

"I targeted the Chorus Zombie and sent Banshee from the Corpse World to the Graveyard from my Deck. Immediately afterwards, the Chorus Zombie's level increased by one star."

Singing Zombie Level: 3 → 4 stars

"Next, I activate the effect of Banshee of the Graveyard." Julie extended her slender hand towards the graveyard and said, "I banish this card from the graveyard and activate the Field Spell Card, 'Undead World', from my deck!"

In an instant, darkness enveloped the entire stadium. Pitiful white skulls and trees covered with human faces appeared around the stadium, causing the audience to scream.

Even the commentator couldn't help but say, "Julie used the Undead's home field—Undead World—right from the start. This changes all face-up monsters on both sides of the field and in the Graveyard to Undead. If Emily's deck is similar to Yukikaze's from the previous round, themed around monster races, then this would be a sure win!"

"It's really ugly." Ai Huali looked at the scene around her and couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose, frowning. "What kind of deck should I use? For someone like you who is not gorgeous at all, using Undying is quite suitable."

Of course, an ugly field magic card like Undead World is of no use to his gorgeous deck.

"Gorgeous?" Julie sneered disdainfully, "How can something like that be useful in the face of strength?"

Julie said, showing the monster in her hand. "I activate the effect of Boron Death Jack Pumpkin, discarding Growing Flower from my hand and Special Summoning this monster from my hand."

A pumpkin monster covered in blue flames floated over the duel arena, making a strange "cacaca" laugh.

"Then I activate the effect of Flower Growing in the Graveyard, banishing this card and adding Giant Ghoul Magera from my deck to my hand," Julie said, inserting another card from her hand into the Duel Board. "Then, I activate the Spell Card - Resurrection of the Dead, Special Summoning Hermit of Shiranui from the Graveyard to my field!"

So, the Hermit of Shiranui, who had just been sent to the cemetery not long ago, crawled out of the cemetery again, but this time he still couldn't stay there for long before being sent to the cemetery.

because……

"I will synchronize the Zombies and Shiranui's Hermit on the field, 4+4 Synchro Summoning - Giant Skeleton Dragon Shine!"

The bronze dragon with flashing scarlet eyes swooped down from the sky, sticking out its dark green tongue at Ai Huali, as if it was going to devour him in the next second.

"Ugly, so ugly." Facing the dragon's provocation, Ai Huali just shook his head and brushed his sleeves. "Look at your ferocious monster. It's so brutal and rude. Just looking at it makes me feel like my eyes are polluted."

"It doesn't need your love, all you need is fear." Julie said calmly, "I'm ending this round. It's your turn."

"Is it over just like that? It's so short and powerless." Emily shook her head, stretched out her slender fingers and touched the deck, saying, "My turn, draw a card."

"I enter the Main Phase and activate the Spell Card - Bright Fusion!"

"What?! Ai Huali actually drew Bright Fusion right off the bat?!" The commentator couldn't help but exclaim in admiration upon seeing this scene. "Bright Fusion, a Fusion Magic Card that can send Fusion Materials directly from the deck to the graveyard, is incredibly powerful. I wonder if Ai Huali is using it as a cheat for Gem Knight: Diagonal Green as a summon, just like Hara Qi!"

"A cheat? Bright Fusion creates a slanted green?" Ai Huali said disdainfully, "Haha, let me show you the real use of Bright Fusion!"

"I send Gem Knight Xiaoli, Gem Knight Jade, and Gem Knight Hongli to the graveyard from the deck and Fusion Summon Gem Knight Lady Diamond!"

The jewel-studded knight lady stood heroically in front of Ai Huali, and the sunlight shone on her body, emitting a dazzling light.

"Is it really the Gem Knight deck?" Julie raised her right hand and covered her eyes impatiently.

"Hmph, of course. Only a deck as flashy as Jewel Knight can match my flashiness." Ai Huali raised her head proudly and said, "I activate the effect of Gem Knight Xiaoli in the Graveyard. If this card is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, I can activate this effect by targeting 1 Normal Monster in your Graveyard. Add that monster to your hand."

"I choose to add the Gem Knight Jade from the graveyard to my hand."

"She's not beautiful, but she has beautiful thoughts," Julie sneered. "I chain-activate the effect of Jack Pumpkin. During your opponent's Main Phase, you can activate this effect by targeting 1 Undead monster in your own or your opponent's Graveyard. Special Summon that monster to your side of the field."

"Because of Undead World, I can directly Special Summon your Graveyard Gem Knight, Jadeite, to my field."

The undead Gem Knight Huang Bi crawled out of Avali's graveyard and came to Julie's field, while Jack Pumpkin was also sent to the exclusion zone due to the side effects of the effect.

"Tsk, you still have this trick?" Ai Huali gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.

"It's not over yet!" Julie continued, "I activate the effect of Megaskeleton's Shine. If this card is already in the Monster Zone and a monster is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, I can activate this effect by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field other than this card. That monster's effect is negated until the end of this turn."

Julie pointed at the Jewel Knight Girl · Diamond on Avali's field and said, "I choose to negate the effect of the Jewel Knight Girl · Diamond on your field!"

Chapter 53: Don’t blink, this is the last monster you will see!

Black mist spewed out from the giant skeleton dragon's shining mouth, enveloping the jewel knight girl, Diamond. The originally brilliant diamond of Diamond dimmed in that instant.

However, facing this situation, Ai Huali's face was not at all panicked. Instead, she revealed a happy expression: "So, all the impedance you arranged has been used up, right?"

"What do you mean?" Julie couldn't help but frowned.

"Don't you understand? My Gem Knight, Xiaoli, deliberately tricked you into activating the Jack Pumpkin effect, which in turn triggered the Megalosaurus's Shine effect, just to set you up!" Ai Huali laughed. "You didn't think I really didn't know the effects of Jack Pumpkin and Megalosaurus, did you?"

"When you duelled with the Ironthorn Academy players at the night market a few days ago, the combo of these two cards was already exposed!"

"...Oh, so what?" Julie rolled her eyes playfully. "That's it? If you want to expand on it, you'd better do it quickly and stop dithering."

"Still pretending to be calm? I wonder how long you can keep this up!" Emily's face darkened. She inserted a card from her hand into the Duel Board and said, "I activate the Spell Card - Absorbing Fusion. I add Gem Knight Huang Bi from the deck to my hand, then send Gem Knight Huang Bi from my hand and Gem Knight Lady Diamond on the field to the Graveyard. I Fusion Summon - Gem Knight Topaz!"

Huang Yu, holding two golden swords, stood on the duel field. However, surprisingly, as a fusion monster, his attack power was only 1800 points!

The audience who saw this scene were immediately surprised, wondering if Ai Huali was dizzy from the heat of the sun.

"1800 attack points? Is it considered a fusion monster with such low attack points?"

"I don't understand, what's the point of summoning this monster?"

"You clicked the wrong button... The Megalosaurus's attack power is 2800. You can't defeat it."

"Stupid!" Ai Huali said in a deep voice after hearing these voices, "You guys who can't even be called duelists, actually dare to point fingers at my duel?"

Then, Ai Huali continued to operate: "I usually summon the rescue rabbit."

The fat gray rabbit once again jumped in front of the audience. As for the rescue rabbit that had appeared many times in this competition, the audience naturally knew its effect.

"I activate the effect of Rescue Rabbit, banish this card from the field, and special summon two Gem Knights, Red Pomegranate, from the deck." As soon as Ai Huali finished speaking, two more warriors who controlled fire appeared on his field.

"Then I activate the Spell Card - Gem Knight Fusion." Ai Huali continued, "I send the Gem Knight Huang Bi in my hand and the Gem Knight Hong Liu on the field to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon - Gem Knight Light Prism!"

The light prism in white armor shone like a multifaceted mirror on the field, emitting a bright and dazzling light.

"Then I activated the magic card Dark Mass Production Factory and added Gem Knight Red Garlic and Gem Knight Yellow Bi from the graveyard to my hand." Ai Huali said, taking the two monsters from the graveyard back to his hand.

"First, I activate the effect of Light Prism. Once per turn, I send 1 'Gem Knight' card from my hand to the Graveyard. Then I can activate this effect by targeting 1 face-up card on the field. Destroy that face-up card," Avali said, pointing at the Gigantic Dragon Shining on Julie's field. "Destroy it, Gigantic Dragon Shining!"

"Chain." Julie sent the Giant Ghoul Magella in her hand to the Graveyard and said, "Activate the effect of Giant Ghoul Magella. If an Undead monster on your side of the field is destroyed by battle or card effect, you can banish this card in your hand or Graveyard as a replacement."

"Then, I continue by activating the second effect of Giant Ghoul Magera. This card can only be activated if it is banished from the hand or the Graveyard. This card is Special Summoned in Defense Position!"

Holding a huge machete, Magella appeared in front of Julie with a grin on her face and cast a cold look at Avali.

"A meaningless struggle!" Ai Huali's mouth curled up wildly, and she continued to shout, "I activate the effect of the Gem Knight Fusion in the Graveyard, banishing the Gem Knight Xiaoli in the Graveyard, and this card returns to my hand!"

As he spoke, Ai Huali took back the Gem Knight from the cemetery and deliberately showed it to Julie, saying, "This way, I can fuse again."

"Use whatever tricks you have." Julie looked at Ai Huali's provocative look and said impatiently.

"Don't blink, this is the last monster you'll see!" Ai Huali said, holding up the Fusion Magic Card in her hand. Then, she made a self-proclaimed gorgeous turn and inserted the card into the Duel Board. "I send the Gem Knight Huang Bi in my hand, the Gem Knight Hong Liu, and the Gem Knight Huang Yu on the field to the Graveyard! Fusion Summon - Gem Knight King Hui Zuan!"

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a gust of dust being stirred up, Hui Zuan, wearing silver armor, landed majestically on the field. In his hand, there was a huge silver sword with bright and colorful gems inlaid on the sword body, as if it was injected with huge magic power, making people afraid.

"Not good!" Nefeli, who was in the audience, saw this and quickly stood up and said, "So he summoned Topaz for the effect of Brilliant Diamond!"

"What? What is the effect of topaz and what is the effect of brilliant diamond?" Xuefeng said a little confusedly.

"The effect of Topaz is that this card can attack twice during the same Battle Phase. It is activated when this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard. It inflicts damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of that monster." Yuan Qi, who was sitting nearby, said solemnly.

"And the effect of Brilliant Diamond is: this card gains 100 ATK of the number of "Gem" monsters in your Graveyard. Once per turn, you can activate this effect by banishing 1 Level 1 or lower "Gem Knight" Fusion Monster in your Graveyard. Until the End Phase, this card is treated as a card with the same name as the banished monster, gaining the same effect."

"In this case... if Diamond attacks Julie's two monsters in Attack Position, Julie will lose!"

"what?!"

Xuefeng screamed and quickly looked towards the playing field. Sure enough, Emily on the field was impatiently shouting, "First, I activate the effect of the Gem Knight Fusion in the Graveyard, banishing a Gem Knight, Red Pomegranate, from the Graveyard and returning this card to my hand. Then, I activate the effect of Gem Knight King, Radiant Diamond, banishing the Gem Knight, Topaz, from the Graveyard. This turn, my Radiant Diamond gains the effect of Topaz!"

"Next, I enter the combat phase!"

"Use Jewel Knight King, Radiant Diamond, to attack the Gigantic Dragon Shining on your field!"

Chapter 54: I fucked

"Clap!"

As heavy footsteps rang out on the lawn of the stadium, the Gem Knight King Hui Zuan brandished his sword and rushed towards the giant skeleton dragon Shining on Julie's field at great speed, as if he wanted to cut the dragon in half.

Xuefeng in the audience quickly covered her eyes, not wanting to see Julie lose.

The audience in the auditorium cheered enthusiastically, excited about the collision between monsters.

Anna in front of the TV subconsciously gripped her crutches, staring at Julie's thin body on the screen.

And just then, Julie moved.

"chain!"

Julie showed a card from her hand and said solemnly, "I activate the effect of Vampire Plunder, which can only be activated when a monster declares an attack. I Special Summon this card from my hand in Defense Position!"

As a group of black bats flew through the air, a vampire girl with blonde hair and red eyes appeared in front of Julie with an expressionless face, holding a black umbrella.

"Hmph! Just a last-ditch struggle! Because the number of monsters on your field has changed, the attack is rolled back! I'll make a new choice..." Ai Huali said, but suddenly his face froze and he stopped talking.

"What's wrong? Shouldn't you just roll back the attack and attack again?" Julie said with a slight smile, spreading her hands. "Why don't you choose a target?"

"Damn it!" Emily gritted her teeth as she looked at the five monsters on Julie's field and said impatiently, "Wait a minute, I'll be ready soon. This... and this... No... Then..."

"Don't count it, it's just a 100lp damage difference, right?" Julie raised her chin slightly and sneered.

In an instant, the air around Ai Huali seemed to be sucked out of her, and her face turned pale. "How did you calculate so quickly?! No, how could you possibly know..."

"Isn't this a simple calculation?" Julie said calmly. "The effect of Vampire Princess is to activate once during the damage calculation between your Undead monster and an opponent's monster. You must pay a multiple of 1 Life Points to activate it (up to 100). The attack and defense of your monster will only increase by the amount you paid during that damage calculation."

"Because you currently have three Gem monsters in your Graveyard, your Gem Knight King Diamond's ATK increases by 300, from 2900 to 3200."

"In other words, even if your Gem Knight King, Radiant Diamond, chooses to attack my weakest Zombie, a Unison Zombie with only 1300 attack points, I only need to pay 2000 Lp to destroy your Radiant Diamond."

"And if you attack the Vampire Princess in defense mode first, I only need to pay 1200 Lp to block your attack."

"2000 + 1200, I need to pay a total of 3200 LP. If you then use Gem Knight Light Prism to attack my Gem Knight Jade, I will pay another 700."

"3200 + 700 = 3900. That means even if you attack me with your best attack, I'll still have 100 Lp left. And your Gem Knight King, Diamond, will inevitably be sent to the Graveyard because of the attack. Next turn, if I deploy Unison Zombies first and then use Megaskeleton's Radiance to attack the remaining Light Prisms on your field, this duel will be over."

When Ai Huali heard Julie's voice, she subconsciously clenched her palms. Her sharp nails dug into her palms, causing waves of piercing pain.

Julie is right.

No matter how he calculated, the damage was still 100lp short.

It’s only 100lp, one-fortieth of 4000lp.

But at this moment, it was like an insurmountable chasm blocking his way.

"I'm fucked." Ai Huali said suddenly.

"If I hadn't habitually recycled the fusion magic at the end, the damage would have been enough."

That's right, just before that, Avali subconsciously used the effect of Gem Knight Fusion to banish a Gem Knight monster from the graveyard. Otherwise, the attack power of Brilliant Diamond would be 3300 at this moment!

"You're not going to do what your brother did and say, 'You didn't win,'" Julie said calmly.

Julie's words immediately blocked the words that Ai Huali was about to say. Ai Huali was of course going to say that, but if Julie spoke first, wouldn't it seem that she had no magnanimity at all?