A duelist never gives up!

"Into the Main Phase, I cover a card. Immediately afterwards, I activate the Spell Card—Hand Erase!" Julie said, inserting the Spell Card into the Duel Board. "This card's effect is that the player with cards in their hand discards all of them. After that, each player draws from their deck the number of cards they discarded. I send three cards from my hand to the Graveyard and draw three cards from my deck!"

"Because I have five cards in my hand, I will draw five cards." Yuan Qi sent the five cards in his hand to the graveyard and drew five cards again.

"Here it comes!" Julie looked at the hand card that was drawn and her breathing suddenly became rapid.

"I Normal Summon Minotaur! Activate Minotaur's effect and send Bashoku from your deck to the Graveyard!"

A muscular Minotaur appeared on the field, brandishing a sledgehammer. His impressive performance and 1700 attack power made him somewhat famous in the dueling circle. However, Julie didn't plan on keeping him active on the field for long. She sent the Horse-Headed Demon in the Graveyard to the Outer Zone and continued, "Next, I will banish the Horse-Headed Demon in the Graveyard and Special Summon Banshee from the Corpse Realm!"

"Then, I activate my face-up card—Spell Card, Fusion!" Julie shouted, opening the card she had just covered. "I send the Minotaur and Banshee on the field to the Graveyard. Come out! Underworld Dragon, Dragon Death!"

The huge evil dragon appeared on the duel arena again, staring at Yuan Qi with its scarlet eyes and roaring angrily.

"Don't worry, Longshen, we'll be able to wash away the shame of last time soon." Julie stroked Longshen's back and said solemnly, "I activate Minotaur's effect, banishing Boron Death Jack Pumpkin from the Graveyard and Special Summoning Boron Death Jack Pumpkin from my hand!"

"Finally, I activate Banshee's effect, banishing this card from the Graveyard and activating Undead World from the Deck!"

Shadows fell across the stadium, and skulls and rotting wood once again littered the ground.

"I cover a card and the turn ends!"

"I didn't expect her to use up all the cards in her hand in one round." Yuan Qi looked at Julie and said, "She has no cards at all."

"Okay, okay, it's our turn, Yuan Qi, draw the card!" Ai commanded.

"My turn, draw a card!" Yuan Qi looked at the cards he had drawn and instantly thought of a strategy. "I enter Main Phase 1 and Normal Summon the Golem Dessert: Madeline Witch."

The lovely witch lady appeared on the field again sitting on the silver fork, but this time she was not as energetic as the previous times. Her pair of glass-like heterochromatic eyes were full of confusion, as if asking Yuan Qi: Why me again?

"This is how I play three cards," Yuan Qi waved his hand. "I activate the effect of Madeline Witch, retrieve a Golem Dessert Monster from the deck and add it to my hand. I also add Jelly Angel from the deck to my hand."

"Immediately afterwards, I activated the magic card Resurrection of the Dead and special summoned the owl from the graveyard to the field." Yes, while the Notebook Erasure helped Julie to build up the graveyard, it also happened to help Yuan Qi build up the graveyard resources.

"Don't even think about it! I chain-activate the effect of Boron Death Jack Pumpkin. Once per turn, during your opponent's Main Phase, you can target 1 Undead-Type monster in your or your opponent's Graveyard. Special Summon that monster to your side of the field. After that, banish this face-up card until the End Phase! I select the Owl in your Graveyard and Special Summon it to my side of the field!"

"In this case, your resurrection of the dead will be invalid because you have lost the target!" Julie pointed at Yuan Qi.

"I'll chain your chain." Yuan Qi calmly inserted a magic card into the duel disk. "I activate the Quick Attack Magic Card - Forbidden Holy Grail. Do I need to repeat its effect?"

"Tsk, this card again." Julie would certainly not forget the effect of the Forbidden Holy Grail. If it weren't for this fast-play magic card, she might have had a chance to turn the tables.

"Okay, I choose your Jack Pumpkin. Do you have any chains?" Yuan Qi asked.

"No, go on."

"Because Jack Pumpkin's effect was negated, Owl was Special Summoned to the field."

"Next, I activate the effect of Owl, banishing the Rescue Cat from the Graveyard and Special Summoning Golem Dessert Madeline Witch from the Deck in Defense Position."

"There are two four-star monsters." Julie couldn't help but grin, and a smile appeared on her pretty little face.

"Ayi, come here." Yuan Qi reached into the card box and took out the Crown Tiramisu.

"Yeah." Ai nodded and put his hand on Yuan Qi again. Just as the two were preparing to perform super summoning, a faint voice suddenly sounded.

"I say, there's a time when the Madeline Witch's special summon is successful, right?"

Yuan Qi stopped what he was doing and looked at Julie's cover card. "Yes, there is indeed a time. Do you want to open your cover card?"

"Hahaha! Of course, this is a gift I carefully prepared for you. Enjoy it, Yuan Qi!" Julie said, and suddenly opened the cover card on her field.

"I activate a Trap Card—Gray Prison! This can only be activated if you control any face-up Advanced Summoned, Ritual Summoned, or Fusion Summoned monster. Until the end of your opponent's next turn, neither player can Synchro or Xyz Summon. The effects of any Synchro or Xyz monsters on the field are negated, and they cannot attack!"

"Want to overpower summon?"

"Go and have your sweet dreams!"

Chapter 28: A small charge.

"Hey, this is too targeted." Yuan Qi looked at the trap card activated by Julie, and had to put the Crown Tiramisu in his hand back into the card box.

"Hmph! Countering the card is also a reasonable strategy!" Julie said, slightly raising her smooth chin.

"Come on, let me see how you can deal with my dragon death without Tiramisu!"

"Then... watch it for me!"

Although Yuan Qi really wanted to say this, he actually couldn't deal with it for the time being.

"I activate the magic card - Puppet Dessert Roll." Yuan Qi inserted the magic card into the duel disk.

"Then I enter the combat phase and use the owl to attack your Jack Pumpkin."

"Because both have 1500 attack points, my Owl is destroyed in battle. At the same time, due to the Owl's effect, it is returned directly to the deck. Then the effect of the Golem Dessert Scroll is triggered, and a Golem Dessert monster is retrieved from the deck and added to my hand. I choose the Owl to add to my hand."

"I'll take Jack the Pumpkin to the cemetery," Julie said nonchalantly.

"I cover a card and the turn ends."

Yuan Qi said.

"My turn, draw a card!" Julie drew a card from the deck and immediately shouted impatiently, "I enter the battle phase, Underworld Dragon Dragon Death attacks Madeline Witch!"

A strong impact blew, and Yuan Qi frowned slightly. Although he had been on this continent for so many days, he was still a little uncomfortable with getting injured while playing cards.

Original Seven: 4000lp → 2400lp

"Because of Dragon's Death, your Madeline Witch won't be destroyed by battle. However, at the end of the Damage Step, your Madeline Witch's Attack will become 0. I can then summon a Dark Soul Token with the same level and attack power as your Madeline Witch's original level! Then I'll use the Dark Soul Token to attack your Madeline Witch!"

Original seven: 2600→1000lp

"The Madeline Witch was destroyed in battle, and her effect was activated to return to the deck, triggering the effect of the Puppet Dessert Scroll. I added the Puppet Dessert Thousand Layer Cat from the deck to my hand." Yuan Qi added the Thousand Layer Cat to his hand.

"I cover a card and the turn ends. It's your turn."

"My turn, draw a card." Yuan Qi took a look at the card he drew and covered the field with it. Then he said, "I enter the main phase and Normal Summon Jelly Angel."

"Then I activate Jelly Angel's effect, Tribute Jelly Angel, and Special Summon Owl from the Deck in Defense Position. Immediately afterwards, I activate Owl's effect, banishing Jelly Angel from the Graveyard and Special Summoning Golem Dessert Pudding Princess from the Deck in Defense Position."

"Tsk, you realized it so quickly?" Julie narrowed her eyes and looked at the monster in defense position on Yuan Qi's field.

Yes, the effect of Dragon Death allows Julie to quickly inflict 3000lp damage to the opponent, but this is also the flaw of Dragon Death - as long as the opponent puts the monster in defense position and the defense is higher than the attack power, Dragon Death will be in an awkward situation.

"I'm ending my round like this. It's your turn now."

"It's my turn, draw a card!" Julie's eyes lit up as she looked at the card she drew. She didn't expect that she would also draw this card. It seemed that the victory of this duel was already tilted towards her.

"Owl's attack is 1500, and its defense is 1100. Madeline Witch's attack is 1400 and defense is 1200. As for Pudding Princess... attack 1800 and defense 1800?" Julie looked at the cute monster on the field in confusion. "She's a five-star monster that requires a sacrifice to summon, and she even has the title of Princess, yet she only has 1800 attack?"

"That's not right. Crown Tiramisu clearly requires a four-star monster as Xyz material. If Hara-Shichi wants to hold out until the prison effect of the Pure Gray Painting ends, there's no point in Special Summoning a five-star monster."

Julie lowered her eyes, and after a brief thought, a combo gradually emerged in her mind.

"I enter the main phase, use Dragon Death as a sacrifice, and summon the Evil Emperor Gaius!" Julie sent the Dragon Death on the field to the graveyard without hesitation, and then slapped the monster she had just drawn on the duel disk.

Immediately afterwards, a humanoid monster covered in black armor and with a pair of large bull horns appeared on the field. In his hand, he held a purple energy ball, which seemed ready to be launched at his enemy at any time.

"If this card is successfully Advanced Summoned, target 1 card on the field. Banish that card!"

"I choose the puppet dessert Pudding Princess on your field!" Julie pointed at the Pudding Princess on Yuan Qi's field.

"Have you been discovered? Luckily, I was prepared." Hara Qi opened the cover card from the first round and said, "I'm chaining Magical Doll Night to negate your Gaius's effect."

"Sure enough, there's a problem!" Julie frowned. "Then I'll activate the effect of Graveyard Horse-Headed Ghost, banish this card, and Special Summon Boron Death Jack Pumpkin."

Why are the undead called the undead? Of course, it’s because they can jump back and forth in the cemetery.

So, Jack Pumpkin, who had clearly been damaged by the battle before, returned to the field and fought hard once again.

"Into the battle phase, I'll use Gaius to attack the owl on your field."

"Due to the effect of Jelly Angel, monsters special summoned with this card cannot be destroyed by battle." Yuan Qi said lightly.

"Then I'll use Jack Pumpkin to attack Witch Madeline."

"Madeline Witch was destroyed and returned to the deck, but at the same time, the effect of the Golem Dessert Roll was triggered. I added Jelly Angel from the deck to my hand."

"Tsk, my round ends just like that." Julie smacked her lips.

In another turn, Yuan Qi will be able to Xyz Summon, so... we must fight quickly!

"My turn, draw a card."

"I enter the main phase and switch Pudding Princess to attack position."

"Attack Position? Are you trying to destroy my Jack Pumpkin?" Julie quickly activated Jack Pumpkin's effect. "I activate Jack Pumpkin's effect to Special Summon from the Graveyard—Dragon of the Underworld! Then, banish Jack Pumpkin face-up!"

"How annoying! He's jumping out of the graveyard again." Ai frowned cutely and said, "If only there was a DD Crow right now, I could just banish her graveyard monsters!"

"Yeah, why not?" Yuan Qi looked at Ai and said.

"Hehe, I believe that with your superb skills, you can solve the current dilemma even without cards like DD Crow. Come on, Ah Qi, teach her a lesson!" Ai said seriously.

"I knew you'd say that." Yuan Qi continued, as if he had expected this to happen. "I'm entering the combat phase."

"Huh? You're not mistaken, are you? Whether it's my Gaius or Dragon Death, their attack power far exceeds that of your Pudding Princess!"

"So what? I'll use Pudding Princess to attack Gaius!"

"It's like throwing an egg against a rock! Gaius, fight back!" Julie shouted.

The lovely Pudding Princess bravely charged at Gaius, but was blown to pieces by Gaius' powerful energy ball and was defeated.

"See, this is what happens when you overestimate your abilities!" Julie laughed, pointing at Princess Pudding's miserable appearance.

"It's not over yet, I'm going to activate the effect of Pudding Princess!" Yuan Qi said gritting his teeth. Because of the impact just now, he only has 400lp left.

"After damage calculation for the battle between this card and your opponent's monster, you can activate this effect by targeting 1 card your opponent controls. Destroy that opponent's card! I select the Dark Dragon on your field and destroy it!"

Chapter 29: This kind of duel can't bring happiness to people

"Damn it, it's the effect of a destruction card?!" Julie reluctantly moved the Dragon Death on the duel disk to the exclusion zone. Just like the Underworld Dragon Death, Jack Pumpkin has a powerful resurrection effect, but it also has its side effects - when the monster it resurrected leaves the field, it will be directly excluded.

This means that he can no longer use Dragon Death in this duel.

"Then my Pudding Princess was destroyed in battle and returned to the deck, and at the same time, the Puppet Dessert Roll was triggered again, retrieving the Jelly Angel, and then I Normal Summoned the Jelly Angel." Hara Shichi Normal Summoned the Jelly Angel again.

"You know what I'm going to do, right?" Yuan Qi only had 400 lp left, but there was no sign of nervousness on his face. On the contrary, Julie's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it.

"The angel pulls the owl, the owl pulls the princess. At the end of the turn, the previous owl returns to the deck because of the effect of the Jelly Angel." Yuan Qi once again repeated the previous operation. Of course, all of them were in defensive position.

"At the end of the round, Jack Pumpkin returns to my field." Julie put Jack Pumpkin back on the duel disk, and then looked at the two monsters on the original seven fields, and began to feel annoyed.

I originally thought that as long as I blocked Yuan Qi's super summon, Yuan Qi would be like a fish on a sticky board and I would be able to slaughter him. But now it seems that this is not the case at all. Instead, as time goes by, I have fallen into a disadvantage.

Not only did he lose his ace, Dragon Death, but the resources he had were also getting less and less.

"No, something is wrong!" Julie reacted suddenly, and scenes of the duel replayed in her mind like a projector. Soon, she found the problem.

It’s not that my resources are decreasing, but his resources are increasing!

Julie recalled Yuan Qi's actions and focused her dark red eyes on the place she had always ignored - the magic puppet dessert roll.

Yes, if it weren't for the Magic Puppet Dessert Roll's continuous and accurate search for the jelly angels, the original seven could only survive one round by relying on the jelly angels retrieved by the Madeline Witch at the beginning, and then they would be helpless because of the monster interruption!

But even if he understood, what would it matter? Not to mention that it was too late now, even if he had discovered this matter from the beginning, there was no way to stop Yuan Qi from recycling resources.

"This card...I can't get past it."

Julie bit her lower lip and looked at the Pudding Princess on the original field in a daze. Ever since the Explosive Armor was bounced back into the deck last time, she had removed the Explosive Armor from the deck. Moreover, she did not put any invalid cards in her deck. Fast special moves and attacks were her deck style. She had never considered fighting a protracted battle.

"Her only clear card is Gaius the Evil Emperor?" Ai seemed to understand Julie's situation. "Aqi, we're going to win!"

"Well, if nothing unexpected happens." Yuan Qi nodded.

"It's my turn... draw a card." This was a draw without any hope, and in fact there was really no hope.

Julie despaired as she gazed at the card she had drawn. Growing Flower: If this card is sent to the Graveyard, you can activate this effect by banishing this card from the Graveyard. Add 1 Level 5 or higher Undead-Type monster from your Deck to your hand. If "Undead World" is in the Field Zone, you can Special Summon it without adding it to your hand. After activating this effect, you cannot Special Summon any monsters other than Undead-Type monsters until the end of this turn.

"It's useless... This weak monster is totally useless!" Sweat dripped down her cheeks to the ground. Julie suddenly felt that Yuan Qi in front of her suddenly became blurred, and ugly faces kept appearing on it, sarcastic, mocking, arrogant, and hateful, like a cold and sharp knife piercing into her internal organs.

"No... I don't want to lose... Get out of here!" Julie roared, then slammed the monster in her hand onto the duel disk. "I'm entering the main stage, the flower that normally grows!"

Yes, there is still a chance, and she still has hope of winning. Julie looked at the gorgeous little flower on her field and took out a silver base card from the card box.

Although Julie usually uses the growing flower as a graveyard resource to recruit high-star monsters, she has never forgotten one thing - that is, the growing flower is an adjustment monster!

The prison painted in pure gray has disappeared since the end of the previous round, which means that I can now use Synchro Summon!

"No problem. I've been exposed to Synchro Summons many times from my teacher, and I know what cards I need to print to win at this time." Julie's breathing began to become rapid, and she frantically searched for the possibility of victory in her mind.

So she got the answer.