A duelist never gives up!

"What are you talking about?" Ai asked in confusion.

"I'm saying... we're at a disadvantage," Yuan Qi said, but a look of excitement crossed his face. "He has Purple Night and Flame-attribute Horned Rabbits on the field, a Summoning spell in hand, and a Star Relic card in his graveyard... Don't you see his strategy?"

"Wait! Wouldn't that put us in trouble?!" Ai glanced at Yuan Qi's hand and couldn't help but ask, "Why do you still look so happy?"

"Really?" Yuan Qi was stunned. He touched his cheek and found that he had a smile on his face since he didn't know when.

"Are you enjoying the duel?" Ai couldn't help but ask.

"Maybe...right?" The smile on Yuan Qi's face gradually faded. "Sorry, I got a little carried away."

Having resolved the horrific crisis, gained powerful strength, and gotten closer and closer to his goal, his tense nerves relaxed slightly.

"This duel is obviously very important," Yuan Qi said after taking a deep breath. "If we lose, we'll have to find another way to qualify for the Trial Grounds Festival."

I don’t know what the conditions will be like by then.

"No." Ai gently stretched out her slender arms from behind Yuan Qi's neck, hugged Yuan Qi and said softly, "Smile."

"It's okay to be casual, enjoy yourself, and even lose. The festival still has over half a year to go. Even if we fail this time, we can find another way." Ai whispered in Yuan Qi's ear, "You've done very well."

"Is that so?" Yuan Qi's smile returned to his face. He looked at the monster on the bamboo repair field with a determined gaze and said, "But I didn't say I would lose!"

"Well, of course you won't lose!" Ai said with a slight smile, "You are the duelist I chose!"

"let's go!"

"Talking to himself?" Zhu Xiu looked at Yuan Qi with some suspicion as he opened his mouth inexplicably and didn't know what he was saying, but soon he turned his attention back to his own field.

If it was a proliferating G, Yuan Qi should have launched it long ago. Hui Liuli and Silk Stockings have been named, the Little Mermaid has also been used, and the traps on the field have also been launched. In other words, there is no resistance anymore!

"Then, I activate the magic card—Summoning Magic!" Zhu Xiu inserted the magic card in his hand into the Duel Disk and shouted, "I banish the Horned Rabbit on my field and Aleister in the graveyard!"

"Fusion Summon!"

"Summoned Beast Purgatorio!!!"

Chapter 7: You can’t get over this Blue-Eyes White Dragon joke, right?

As a huge blue magic circle appeared in the air, Purgatorio, covered in purple flames, poked his head out from it and descended on the duel field with a roar.

"Purgatorio's attack power increases by the number of cards on the opponent's field x 200. Now you have four cards on the field, which means... it increases by 800 points!" Zhu Xiu stretched out his right hand and said in a deep voice.

Purgatorio's Attack Damage: 2300 → 3100!!!

"So strong! If that's the case..."

"The attack power exceeds that of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" someone in the audience exclaimed.

"Why is it the Blue-Eyes White Dragon again? Is this joke just too much to handle?" Qingshi complained. Ever since he started dueling at the age of six, whenever there was a discussion about attack power, people around him would bring up the Blue-Eyes White Dragon for comparison.

Why is it?

"Then, I enter the battle phase!" Zhu Xiu continued on the field, "I use Purgatorio to attack the Divine Shadow Yi Midrash on your field!"

"Aqi, the attack is coming!!!" Ai quickly reminded.

"Yeah!" Yuan Qi quickly stretched out his arms and prepared to meet the impact.

"Peng!"

Following the fierce attack, Midrash was destroyed by Purgatorio and disappeared into thin air, while the remaining aftermath all rushed towards Yuan Qi.

"Forehead……"

The expected huge impact did not come, but it was like a breeze that blew up Yuan Qi's clothes and loose cuffs.

Original seven lp: 8000→7600.

"It's just a 400lp impact. Why are you suddenly shouting so loudly?" Yuan Qi said a little embarrassedly.

He was just ready to bear the impact.

"Cough cough." Ai coughed twice and turned her head away. The monster opposite suddenly rushed towards her. She had no time to calculate the strength of the impact.

"It's not over yet!" Zhu Xiu continued, "Purgatorio can attack all the enemy monsters once each! So I will continue to attack the Narcissus Mermaid!!!"

Seeing Purgatorio rushing towards her with a ferocious face, the beautiful mermaid became angry and started to fight fearlessly, brandishing her sword.

However, even though one card was missing from the original seven fields, Purgatorio's attack power was still 2900, which was exactly 2800 higher than the Narcissus Mermaid's 100 attack power. So after a fierce battle, the Narcissus Mermaid still dissipated into the air unwillingly.

"Next, I will use the Purple Night Knight to directly attack you!"

"Peng!"

The huge silver spear flew out of Zixiao's hand and pierced directly through Yuan Qi's abdomen!

"Cough cough!" Yuan Qi frowned and covered his lower abdomen. He felt as if his abdomen was being stirred into minced meat by the spear, and waves of pain came over him.

"Are you okay?" Ai asked with a worried look on his face. Although it was just a fictional product of the power of duel, the impact was real.

"It's okay... What are our remaining LPs?"

"There are still 5000 left, so it's not a big problem." Ai shook his head.

"That's good." Yuan Qi nodded.

"Next, I enter the second main phase." Zhu Xiu continued without hesitation, "Because there are star relics in the graveyard, I set the Purple Night Knight and Purgatorio on the field to the connection mark!"

"Miko, who has gained the power of the Star Relic, reveal your true form once again!"

"Connect Summon!"

"Star Key Shiliwa!!!"

A brown cloak and purple long hair fluttered in the wind. A girl with a somewhat childish face appeared on Zhu Xiu's field holding a silver sword, and her pair of emerald eyes looked into the distance ethereally.

"So shouldn't it be called the Machine World Summoner Star Relic?" Yuan Qi couldn't help but say when he saw Riva on the bamboo repair field.

"The Star Relics and the Machine World are deeply connected," Ai explained, "so the main family is the default."

"I activate the effect of Star Key Shiliva," Zhu Xiu said solemnly, extending his right hand. "This can only be activated during your Main Phase. Select 1 'Star Relic' Spell/Trap Card from your Deck and Set it on your side of the field!"

"I place the Deep Cover of the Sleeping Star Relic from my deck onto the field!"

"Next, I set the Star Key Shiliwa to the connection mark!"

"The summoning condition is 1 Cyber ​​Link monster!"

"Circuit Union, Link Summon!"

"Safety Guardian!"

Star Key Shiliva, who had just appeared, was sent directly to the cemetery by Zhu Xiu, and was replaced by a blue and white robot that appeared on Zhu Xiu's field.

"Attack power...1000?" Zhu Xiu's operation immediately confused many students.

"It's fine to trade two monsters above 2500 for one 2000 monster, since we need to search for traps, but now it's changed to 1000?"

"I don't understand, what's going on?"

"If you don't understand, just read it slowly." Alice said impatiently. As the dean of the academy, Zhu Xiu's dueling skills couldn't be bad.

Soon, Zhu Xiu gave everyone his answer: "I activate the second effect of Star Key Shiliva. This can only be activated if this card that was Link Summoned is sent to the Graveyard as Link Material. Select 1 card on the field and return it to the owner's Deck."

As he spoke, Zhu Xiu pointed at the trap card on Yuan Qi's field and said, "I choose to return the Lament of a Lifetime of Disaster on your field to my hand."

"It's just as we expected." Yuan Qi said solemnly, holding the two cards in his hand.

The two cards in his hand now are One Life of Badness - Pearl World and One Life of Badness - Claw Sound of Friction. If he can't draw Grave Finger in the next round, he will be in trouble.

"This is the end of my turn!"

While Yuan Qi was thinking, Zhu Xiu also ended his turn.

"So."

Yuan Qi stretched out his finger and gently placed it on his deck, his face stern as he said, "My turn!"

"Draw a card!!!"

Accompanied by a sound of breaking through the air, a card was drawn by Yuan Qi.

"How is it?!" Ai asked impatiently.

"It's not the Named One of the Tomb." Yuan Qi placed the card in his hand in front of his eyes, and couldn't help but curl his lips slightly. "However, this card is much more powerful than the Named One of the Tomb."

"Hehe, this is the card I put into your deck. Am I awesome?" Ai looked at the card Yuan Qi drew and couldn't help but raise his chin proudly.

Yuan Qi didn't comment, but just said: "I'm entering the main stage."

"Activate the Field Spell Card - One Life of Destruction - Pearl World."

The new Pearl World replaced the old Pearl World. Although there was no difference between the two, it meant that Yuan Qi could conduct another search.

"I'll add Renoheart, the Pearl Tear Singer, from my deck to my hand." Yuan Qi finished speaking before slapping the newly retrieved Renoheart onto the Duel Board. "Then, I'll directly summon Renoheart!"

Renohart, holding a long whip, appeared in front of Yuan Qi again.

Chapter 8: Brand Fusion!!!

"I activate Renoheart's effect and send 1 "Pearl Tear Lament" monster from my Deck to the Graveyard, except for a "Pearl Tear Lament" monster from Renoheart!"

"Chain!" Zhu Xiu suddenly opened the cover card he had covered last turn and said, "I activate the trap card Sleeping Deep in the Star Relic!"

"Special Summon Purple Night, Mecha Knight from the Graveyard to my field!" Zhu Xiu said, slapping Purple Night from the Graveyard onto the grid in the same column as Renoheart. "Also, due to the effect of Deep, as long as I control a Mecha Knight monster, the effects of opponent monsters activated in the same column as that monster are negated."

"Now my Zixiao and your Renohart are in the same column, so your Renohart's effect is invalid!"

As soon as Zhu Xiu finished speaking, Renohart on the original seventh field was entangled by a black mist and let out a painful groan.

"That's it," Zhu Xiu said calmly, looking at Yuan Qi. "Renohart's summon point is negated, and the Siren Mermaid's replenishment point is negated by Grave Finger's effect. The Little Mermaid needs my monster's effect to activate... There's no more moving points in your system."

"Director, you know my deck too well, don't you?" Yuan Qi sighed helplessly.

"It's because you're attracting too much attention," Zhu Xiu said expressionlessly. "It's not just me. I'm afraid quite a few people in the entire dueling world are watching you right now. Even now, there might be someone sneaking into the academy, holding a camera and filming this duel."

As he spoke, Zhu Xiu's eyes turned cold, and he turned around abruptly, giving a warning look to a place in the audience.

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?" Yuan Qi said in surprise. As long as he kept dueling, his deck information would be exposed sooner or later. Why bother doing these boring things?

"That's hard to say. You may want to continue." Zhu Xiu looked at Yuan Qidao meaningfully.

"Didn't you just say it was over? Why are you asking me to continue?" Yuan Qi chuckled.

"Ah, logically it should be over. This duel will end with my victory." Zhu Xiu looked at Yuan Qidao with a gleam in his eyes. "But you're not the kind of duelist who loses so easily, are you?"

"You still have the card that can turn the tide, right?"

Just like a few months ago, when Yuan Qi used the Book of the Moon and the Queen's Crown Tiramisu to make a comeback in his duel with him, Zhu Xiu had a hunch that now, in this duel, Yuan Qi could still break the current predicament and then... win!

"You're right. Judging from the current situation, the cards in the Pearl Tear system are no longer able to move." Yuan Qi said, "However, just like the power of your Mecha Knight cheat summoner, my deck is not only full of the power of Pearl Tear."

"Really?" Zhu Xiu pursed his lips slightly, looking at Yuan Qi with burning eyes, "Then show me!"

"Then I won't be polite!" Yuan Qi stretched out his hand and pulled the card he had just drawn from his left hand, then quickly inserted it into the duel disk and shouted, "I activate the Fusion Magic Card - Brand Fusion!!!"

"what?!"

Zhu Xiu's pupils shrank suddenly, and he almost doubted whether he had heard it wrongly.

"Brand fusion?!" Alice also stood up from the audience, covering her mouth in disbelief.

"What's wrong with the brand fusion?" Qingshi asked in confusion.

"Don't you know?" Alice said solemnly, "The CEO of the Duelist Alliance is the eldest son of the Claude family, a fusion family, and the deck he uses is the Death Prison Brand!"

"And the Brand Fusion is the core of the Branded Death Prison Township deck, and it is their family's secret treasure. Outsiders cannot obtain it at all!"

Alice once wanted to buy or trade for a set of branded axes as a deck add-on, but not only did the Claude family not agree, they also suspected that she was spying on their family's power and instructed the professional duelists in the alliance to target her. It was for this reason that Alice quit the Duelist Alliance and went to the Duelist Academy to be a teacher.

"What's going on... Could it be that Yuan Qi also has the blood of the Claude family? Why does he have the brand fusion?"

"Maybe... it was simply printed out." Qingshi said weakly.

"How could that kind of card possibly..." Alice was speechless when she spoke, and her originally impulsive brain suddenly calmed down.

It's really possible.

Judging from Yuan Qi's previous performance... this guy might really have achieved the brand fusion by himself.