A duelist never gives up!

Sierra was delighted that Julie's hard work had finally paid off.

But as a duelist, she had no intention of giving up just like that!

"My turn, draw a card!"

Sera looked at the card she had drawn and frowned slightly, but soon relaxed again.

It's not the card I wanted, but... it should be enough to deal with the current situation.

"Wait, during your Standby Phase, I will activate the effect of Evil Eye of the Death King. This can only be activated during both players' Standby Phases if there is a face-up card in the Field Zone. This card in the Graveyard will be Special Summoned in Defense Position!" Julie said quickly.

The cold ghost fire burned in the air again. As the undead king, he followed his race very well and appeared on the duel field.

however……

"I've known about this kind of thing for a long time!" Sera opened her face-up card without hesitation and said, "When your Death King's Evil Eye is successfully Special Summoned, I will activate the Trap Card - Bottomless Pitfall!"

"Switch to inside defense position!"

The Deathly Hallows, which had just appeared on the field, stepped into the pit again. This time, it was not sent to the home of the undead - the cemetery, but directly turned into a covered card on the field.

"This is troublesome." Yuan Qi couldn't help but say after seeing this scene, "If it is covered by the bottomless sinkhole, it can't be reversed."

"I'm afraid this Death King card will be useless in this duel."

Chapter 18: It’s good to be in a bad state.

"Not only that."

Xuefeng observed the situation on the field and said, "Julie-san currently has 0 cards in hand, 0 face-up cards, and two of the four monsters on the field are unusable. However, Sera-san still has a face-up card, a monster, and two hand resources..."

"It's Senior Julie's advantage." Nero, who had been silent all this time, spoke up.

"Huh? Is it senior Julie's advantage?!" Xuefeng was about to say that senior Sera's advantage might be a little bigger, but when he heard Nero say that, he was confused again.

Yuan Qi's eyes lit up and he looked at Nero with interest: "Why do you say that?"

"All of Sera-san's Trap Cards are basically for the current turn and summons," Nero said with a deadpan expression. "In other words, Sera-san's Hole and Pitfall series are useless against monsters that have already appeared."

"The Insect Demon's attack and breakthrough power aren't very high, so if Senior Sister Sera wants to attack..."

"We have to rely on extra monsters!" Xuefeng suddenly understood something and clapped his hands.

"Ah."

Although Xuefeng interrupted him, Nero didn't get angry and continued, "Sera's attack methods are nothing more than Hope's double combo, which can directly deal 5000 damage, and Lightning King with an attack power of . But no matter which attack method is used, Julie's only attack position Jack Pumpkin on the field will activate its effect and escape before entering the battle phase, leaving all the remaining monsters in defense position to Sera-senpai."

"And the monsters sent to the cemetery will become resources for Julie-senpai," Nero explained.

To put it simply, if you can't kill the opponent, you will help him build a grave.

If she doesn't fight, Sera will be killed by Magella's 2800 attack power in the next round.

"It looks like the situation is going to be a stalemate." Ai looked at the two people on the field and made his own judgment.

While Nero was explaining, Sera also began her own actions.

"I enter the main phase," Sera said, slamming a card in her hand onto her Duel Board. "I Normal Summon Lanka's Worm Demon!"

"Ah, it's coming again..." Hearing Sera's actions, Yuan Qi couldn't help but said helplessly.

Sure enough, a pair of soft little hands covered his eyes again.

The familiar darkness once again enveloped Yuan Qi.

"What are you talking about, Yuan Qi?" Xuefeng asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing, don't mind it." Yuan Qi waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

There's no way around it. It's the same whether the Lankan Worm Demon wears the clothes or not. No, if we talk about temptation alone, it might even be more tempting than wearing clothes.

But, Yuan Qi is not a lolita complex!

"I activate the effect of Lanka's Worm Bewitching and add Trion's Worm Bewitching from the deck to my hand." Sera said lightly.

"Are you planning to replenish trap cards in the next round?" Xuefeng couldn't help but guess as he watched Sera's operation. After all, there was only one trap card left on Sera's field.

"Next, I will enter the combat phase!" Sera waved her hand and said directly.

"Don't worry," Julie said calmly. "At this point before you enter the Battle Phase, I'll activate Jack Pumpkin's effect to Special Summon Trion's Worm from your Graveyard to my field, then send this card to the Out Zone!"

The effect of Jack Pumpkin is to resurrect the undead monsters in the cemetery during the opponent's main phase. Because under the effect of the Undead World, the original insect-type Dantrine has become an undead, so it can be summoned by Jack Pumpkin.

Then, the cute Trion Worm Demon appeared in front of Julie with its little head tilted.

"I activate the effect of Trion's Worm Bewitching Demon to destroy the cover card on your field." Julie pointed at Sera's only backfield.

"Have you forgotten the effect of my Lankan Worm Bewitching Demon?" Sera pointed at her own Lankan Worm Bewitching Demon and said, "I activate the effect of Lankan Worm Bewitching Demon and return the face-down card on my field to my hand."

This way, the effect of the Trion Worm Bewitching Demon can be avoided.

"Of course I didn't forget, but it's a must, right?" Julie said unhappily.

"In that case, why don't you summon the monsters in your graveyard?" Sera said a little uncomfortably. She always felt weird watching her monsters appear on Julie's field.

"...Why are you so concerned about this?" Julie asked curiously.

"No, nothing." Sera shook her head and said, "I enter the battle phase and use Tio's Bug Demon to attack Trion's Bug Demon on your field."

In short, put your monsters back to your graveyard first.

"Then I'll use Lanka's Worm Bewitching Demon to attack the Chorus Zombies."

The originally covered representation of the singing zombies is thus reversed.

However, with a defense of only 0, it was sent to the cemetery before it was seen for long.

"Aren't you planning to deal with Magera and the Undead King?" Yuan Qi said in surprise when he saw this scene.

So in the next round, how will Sera deal with Magella's 2800 attack power?

However, Sera quickly gave her own answer.

"I'm entering the second main phase." Sera calmly concluded the battle phase, then said to Julie, "I admit that my previous words were too arrogant. I'm not sure I can defeat you now."

"But you're not the only one who's gained new powers!"

"Watch carefully my newfound power!"

As she spoke, Sera pulled out a black Xyz Monster from the card box and held it high. Her originally clear voice became heavy and long at this moment:

"I stack the Lankan Bug Bewitcher and the Tio Bug Bewitcher on the field!"

"O troll trapped in a drunken dream, show me your power!!!"

"Extreme Summon—No. 41 Mud Sleeping Monster, Sleeping Tapir!!!"

A huge gray-blue tapir, drooling and dozing off, sat down on Sera's field. Judging from the bottles in its hands and around it, it was probably drunk.

And on its belly, there are two blue numbers engraved - 41.

"grass!"

Yuan Qi, who had just regained his vision, looked at the sleeping tapir on the Sera field and almost fainted.

How to say it, before Yuan Qi, in the era when there were Crouching Dragons and Phoenix Chicks and spinning tops flying everywhere, the Sleeping Tapir was not a very powerful monster.

Even in this world, compared to powerful monsters like the Herald of Divine Light and the Dragon Mage, the strength of the Sleep Tapir is actually just that.

But ah.

But the monster in front of him was not the kind that was famous for giving people a strong sense of oppression.

But...

Failed to do it?

There are two 4-star monsters on the field?

Then... there is only one answer!

Stack 41!

Tank!!!

Chapter 19: I Normally Summon a Horse-Headed Ghost!!!

"Defense display?"

Xuefeng, who was watching from the side, tilted his head, looking at the Sleepy Tapir on Sera's defensive display with some confusion: "It's obvious that the attack power is higher than the defense power?"

The attack power of the Sleeping Tapir is 2100 and the defense power is 2000. Although there is only a difference of 100, even if it is only 100, it is very important!

"Or is it because it's going to be destroyed anyway, so why not just put it in Defense Position to block the damage... Wait, then why would we need to Oxygen Summon it?"

Two monsters can block two attacks, right?

Xuefeng looked thoughtfully at the Sleeping Tapir on the field, then clapped his hands and said, "This monster must have some powerful effect, right?!"

"Yes, it does have a powerful effect." Yuan Qi sighed helplessly, "If we don't consider the time limit and connecting monsters, the suppression power is more troublesome than skill extraction, right?"

"Eh?! Even more troublesome than Skill Drain?!" Xuefeng had seen the effect of the trap card Skill Drain, which could negate the effects of all monsters on the field. If he encountered the same situation himself, there would be no solution except for Raw Drain Tornado.

Yuan Qi actually said that this silly-looking monster in front of him was more troublesome than extracting skills?

"Let me kindly tell you about the effects of Sleepy Tapir." Perhaps having heard Xuefeng's confusion, Sera's playful face revealed a sly smile, and she said with a hint of pride, "As long as this card is in Defense Position in the Monster Zone, face-up monsters on the field will be changed to Defense Position, and the effects activated by Defense Position monsters will be negated!"

"Wait, doesn't this mean that not only can it negate the monster's effects, but it can also prevent the opponent from attacking?" Xuefeng couldn't help but exclaimed, covering her mouth. "Isn't that a bit too strong?!"

"Ahem, it's not that powerful," Sera said with a dry cough. "Sleepy Tapir also has a text effect. During each Standby Phase, the controller of this card removes one Xyz Material from this card. If it can't be removed, this card is destroyed."

"So... three rounds of skill extraction to enhance the Sealing Sword's light?" Xuefeng realized. "Even so, it's quite impressive. If we drag this out, Julie-san's advantage might become smaller and smaller."

"That's not the case." Yuan Qi shook his head and said, "There is a kind of monster that is not affected by this effect."

"Connect the monsters." Nero said in a deep voice.

Yes, Link Monsters can't be in Defense Position, so they're unaffected by Sleep Tapir, but...

"You haven't mastered the link summon yet, right?" Sera stretched out her slender finger and pointed at Julie and said suddenly.

"Well, not yet indeed." Julie said lightly.

"But I got it." Sera pointed her thumb at herself.

"So?" Julie couldn't help but frown.

"I will use my link monsters to increase our resource usage within these three rounds. Be prepared." Sera lowered her eyes and said in a firm tone.

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Julie looked at Sera with a strange expression.

Sera has mastered the Link Summoning, but she herself has not. She uses this to expand her advantage, which is a very reasonable tactic. If it were Julie herself, she would do the same without hesitation.

"I say, don't you feel unwilling?" Sera lowered her head and clenched her pink little fists.

Due to lack of talent, he was unable to master the link summons and was affected by the battle situation.

Isn’t that very frustrating?!

"Unwilling? Of course I'm not." Julie said calmly, "'Why wasn't I born into a dueling family?', 'Why is my talent so low?', 'Why don't I have such a rare card?'..."

"If you want to say you're unwilling, you can say it as much as you want." Julie's face showed a serious expression. "But if you just indulge in this kind of self-love and self-pity, you won't get stronger!"

"I want to become stronger, I want to climb higher, I want to become a powerful duelist!" Julie said in a hoarse voice, "So, I have to face myself! I have to face the fact that I don't have a strong background! I have to face the fact that I don't have extraordinary talent! I have to face all my shortcomings!"

"Then... better move forward!"

Julie said this, her dark red eyes flickering with a faint light.

This is her determination to become stronger!

"Is that so?" Sera looked at Julie in surprise, then smiled with relief.

"You're truly amazing," Sera praised sincerely. "You're shining brightly."

"I'm not a light bulb. Am I praising you too much?" Julie spread her hands.

"That's a more vivid way of putting it." Sera said, and suddenly the smile on her face disappeared. She said seriously, "But for the sake of victory, I won't change my mind!"

"Come on." Julie said in a deep voice.

Sera inserted a card into the duel disk and said solemnly, "That's it. This round is over."