A duelist never gives up!

"Here we go," Nero said, inserting the drawn card into the Duel Disk. "I activate the Spell Card Bargain Shopping, sending the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand to the Graveyard and drawing two cards from my Deck."

"Then, I Normal Summon Ten Thousand Hands, activate Ten Thousand Hands' effect, and add 1 Ritual Monster or 1 Ritual Spell Card from my Deck to my hand." Nero said.

"I added the spirit's seance to the hand card."

"Does she have another Soul Bird God - Yan Peacock in her hand?" Mina couldn't help but ask as she watched Nero add the magic card to his hand again.

"Maybe he's just pretending." Qingshi comforted him. If Yan Kongque was summoned again in this situation, Xuefeng would be in very bad situation.

"I then activate the effect of Chaos Fantasy Magician in my hand. Show this card in your hand to your opponent. Add 1 "Black Magician" or a monster with that card name from your deck, excluding Ritual Monsters. After that, choose 1 card from your hand and return it to the top of your deck."

"I add the Magician's Twin Souls to my hand, then select a card from my hand and return it to the deck."

"Immediately afterwards, I activated the Ritual Spell Card Soul Descendant, banishing the Soul Bird God - Hiko Peacock from the graveyard, and Ritual Summoned from my hand - Soul Bird God - Hime Peacock."

"Is this... another soul bird?" Xuefeng frowned slightly as he looked at the beautiful woman who appeared on the field.

"Activate the effect of Princess Peacock. This card: This card can only be activated if it is Ritual Summoned successfully. Select up to 3 Magic/Trap Cards on your opponent's field and return them to the owner's Deck. After that, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Spirit Monster from your Deck, ignoring the summoning conditions."

"I bounce Water World from your field back to the Deck, then Special Summon Amano Iwato from the Deck in Defense Position."

Without the bonus of the water world, Xuefeng's monster attack power returned to its original value.

"But Ji Kongque's attack power is only 2500, while Tiechou's attack power is 2600!" Xuefeng looked at Tian Yanhu on the opponent's field and immediately understood everything. "And the two cards in your hand have been revealed to me. They are Magician's Twin Souls and Chaos Fantasy Magician, right?"

"You're right. It seems that your basic duel knowledge is pretty good." Nero showed the two cards in his hand nonchalantly, which happened to be the Magician's Twin Souls and the Fantasy Magician of Chaos.

"Did he really predict it? Why did Xuefeng know what Nero's hand card was?!" Mina asked in surprise.

"So that's how it is. I understand now." Qingshi's mouth began to dry out. "I didn't expect it to be like this. It seems this duel has just begun!"

"What's going on? Tell me!"

"..."

"I enter the combat phase and use Peacock to attack your Six Flower Fairy Snowdrop." Nero commanded.

Snow Wind: 4000lp → 2700lp.

"And then, my turn ends." Nero said, taking the Peacock from the Duel Board back into his hand. "Activate during the End Phase of the turn this card was Special Summoned. Return this card to its owner's hand, and Special Summon two 'Spirit Bird Tokens' (Bird-Type, Wind, Level 2, Attack/Defense 4) to your side of the field."

As soon as he finished speaking, two tokens appeared on the field.

"What's this? He acted so cool, but he just ran away like that?" Mina said angrily. She could see that although Nero looked calm on the surface, he was actually at a disadvantage. The attack power of the iron chopsticks was 100 higher than that of the peacock, which became an obstacle that Nero could not overcome at the moment.

"It's just a delaying tactic," Qingshi explained. "Nero's deck must have cards that can resolve this situation. Right now, she's just constantly strengthening her defense to prevent herself from being killed. Now it all depends on Xuefeng. If Xuefeng can quickly kill Nero before she draws the key card, she'll win the duel. But if Nero succeeds in delaying Xuefeng, then her plan will succeed."

"Tsk, that's really bad. If you have the guts, just fight head-on."

“That’s what pulling is.”

"It's my turn, draw a card!" Xuefeng had a premonition that this duel... he could win!

"I enter the Main Phase and Normal Summon Solitary Sparkle!" Xuefeng slammed the card she had just drawn onto the Duel Field. "Activate Solitary Sparkle's effect... Huh? It won't activate?"

"The effect of Tianyanhu is that as long as this card exists in the monster zone, both players cannot activate the effects of monsters other than soul monsters." Nero's cold voice sounded.

"In that case, I'll banish my breakthrough skill from the graveyard to negate the Amano-Iwato on your field." Xuefeng sent the breakthrough skill out of the field. "Then I'll release Solitary Spark and Special Summon a Plant-Type monster from my deck. Come on, second Iron Chopsticks!"

As another iron chopstick appeared on the field, the atmosphere of the duel reached its climax.

"Two monsters with 2600 attack power! Is Yukikaze-san really that strong?!"

"Are we really going to win this time?"

"Unless the other party has made preparations for the divine drawing ceremony, there is no explanation."

"I enter the combat phase, and the two Iron Chopsticks will attack a Ten Thousand Hands Reach and a derivative on your field respectively!" Xuefeng said.

Nero: 4000lp → 2800lp.

"Won't it destroy Tianyanhu?" Mina couldn't help but ask after seeing this scene.

"Amano Iwaki not only blocks Yukikaze's monster effects, it also blocks Nero's. If she draws Ten Thousand Hands God again next, she won't be able to activate it due to the effect of Amano Iwaki!" Qingshi said excitedly. "Right now, the three cards in her hand pose no threat to Yukikaze. She's at a complete disadvantage!"

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

Nero looked at Tian Yanhu who was left on the field, and his originally expressionless face couldn't help but smile.

"I take back what I said before, Shirahara Yukikaze. You are not a coward. You are an excellent duelist. Therefore, I will do my best to defeat you."

"My turn, draw a card!"

Chapter 37: The Real Trump Card

"I will activate the magic card - Soul Descendant! Send Thunder Emperor Zabolg to the graveyard from the hand card, and ritually summon - Soul Bird God - Princess Peacock!" A childish voice came from Nero's young body. As soon as she finished speaking, a woman in peacock clothes appeared on the duel field and smiled at Nero.

Nero excitedly shouted to the middle-aged man opposite: "Dad! I did it!"

"Well, you did a great job. What reward do you want? How about new cards?" The middle-aged man nodded slightly with a satisfied smile.

“I want to go to school!”

The middle-aged man's originally gentle face suddenly turned cold, and his thick eyebrows seemed to stand up. He asked, "Why do you want to go to school?"

"Because...Axing and Xiaoqi are all in school." Nero's voice suddenly became softer, as if he noticed something was wrong on his father's face.

"A Xing? Xiao Qi? Who is that?"

"It's the friends I made in the park."

"No need, Nero." The middle-aged man said calmly, "You don't need to go to school. Education in school will only waste your talent."

"But A Xing said that I can make a lot of friends in school, and I want to play with my friends..." Nero clutched the corner of his clothes with his little hands and raised his head to pray.

"Play?!" The middle-aged man looked down at Nero with cold black eyes. "How much resources do you think the family has invested in you? How many people do you think are looking forward to your growth? Who do you think you are?!"

"You are Nero Arisa! The youngest daughter of the Arisa family. Your future must be to reach the pinnacle of the dueling world and become the Duel King!"

"Now you're telling me you want to play with your friends?!" The middle-aged man put his hand on Nero's slender shoulder. "Can't you feel the expectations and sacrifices your family has made for you, the responsibilities and burdens they bear on you?"

"But...but..." Nero looked at his father's dignified face, his teeth chattering and tears streaming down his face. "As for duel practice...I can also duel with my friends..."

"It's pointless!" the middle-aged man interrupted. "Dueling with a weak Duelist won't help you at all! The family will arrange for you to practice with a professional Duelist. From today on, you don't need to go to any parks. Just stay home. Do you understand?"

Nero's throat felt like it was stuck, and she seemed to want to spit something out, but in the end she lowered her head and said in a deep voice, "Yes, I understand...Father."

"Very good, this is the child of our Arisa family."

"..."

There is no point in being a weak duelist.

Then, a strong duelist would be enough, right?

Nero looked at Xuefeng with a hint of hope in his eyes. I will give it my all from now on, so... please, you must defeat me.

"I sacrifice the Tengando and the tokens on the field and Advanced Summon—Thunder Emperor Zabolg!"

"Is it actually a superior summon? And it has an attack power of 3,000!" Nero, who had been using ritual summons, suddenly switched to a normal superior summon, which surprised a lot of people, but they couldn't say what was wrong.

Superior summoning is one of the most basic summoning methods.

"2800 attack power?" Xuefeng murmured as he looked at the huge monster on Nero's field. He didn't expect that the opponent could easily break the advantage he had worked so hard to create. Now he had to consider how to deal with the opponent's monster.

"Immediately afterwards, if this card is successfully Advanced Summoned by activating the effect of Thunder Emperor, I target 1 monster on the field. Destroy that monster."

"Oh no, all the monsters on the Snow Wind Field will be destroyed!" Mina shouted anxiously.

However, Nero's next move stunned everyone. She sent her Thunder Emperor to the graveyard without hesitation: "I choose to destroy my Thunder Emperor."

"Eh? Is this... scumbag? This is definitely scumbag, right?"

"What the hell is going on? Is she knocked unconscious?"

"That's boring. I finally got it going, and this is the result?"

"No...it's not like that." Xuefeng, standing in the duel arena, shook his head as he looked at Nero's petite figure. Only by standing here could he feel the dangerous oppressive feeling emanating from his body, and the absolute confidence and calmness that would not panic no matter what situation he encountered.

Nero Arisa is very strong, even stronger than I am now. She will definitely not make such low-level mistakes in her operations!

"Because the destroyed monster is a Light monster, according to the effect, each player selects cards from their Extra Deck up to the original Level or Rank number and sends them to the Graveyard."

Here it comes, it’s for effect!

"But... I don't have any extra cards?" Although Xuefeng won a Xyz monster from the Dark Duel, he gave it to Yuan Qi because he couldn't use it due to the attributes of the deck.

"But I do." Nero sent three extra cards to the graveyard. "I sent two Prismatic Heralds and an Elder God Nutz to the graveyard, and then activated their effects."

"According to the effect of Prismatic Herald, this card can only be activated if it is sent to the Graveyard. Add 1 Ritual Monster or 1 Ritual Spell card from your deck to your hand. Since I sent two Prismatic Heralds to the Graveyard, I added Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon and Advanced Ritual from my deck to my hand."

"Immediately afterwards, due to the effect of Old God Nutz, I can choose a card on your field to destroy. I choose a card on your field to destroy. I choose a card on your field to destroy."

"Can sending extra monsters to the graveyard still be effective?!" Mina said in shock.

"Is this Nero's purpose? If there are monsters in Snow Wind that are sent to the graveyard to trigger effects..." Qingshi saw the disadvantage of Thunder Emperor at a glance. While this monster helps him to fill the graveyard, it is also "helping the enemy."

But there is no if. Most of the students here don’t have any extra monsters. Even if they do, it is impossible for them to have extra monsters that can exert effects even when sent to the graveyard.

"This kind of duel... there's absolutely nothing to learn." A classmate who was watching suddenly said in a deep voice, "Ritual Summoning? Extra monsters activated by entering the Graveyard? What a joke! I don't even have any extra monsters!"

"But your opponent does." The instructor, who had been watching the match, suddenly stood beside the student and patted him on the shoulder. "You must acknowledge this reality and formulate a corresponding strategy."

"Dueling is such a cruel thing."

As he spoke, the instructor pointed at Yukikaze in the duel arena and said, "Only those who acknowledge this and dare to face it can become excellent duelists."

"Yukikaze-san hasn't complained once since the duel began."

Of course Xuefeng would not complain, she just understood what Teacher Nafeli said at that time.

"No matter who my opponent is or what their deck is, I'll win? Nonsense! Of course I'll win! As a duelist, I'm supposed to be arrogant. Someone has to win, so why can't that person be me?!"

That's right, I want to win, no matter who my opponent is or what deck he uses, I want to win this duel!

"I told you I'd give it my all," Nero said calmly. "So, let me show you... my true trump card!"

"I activate the magic card - Advanced Ritual! I send a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck to the graveyard and ritually summon it..."

"Blue-Eyed Chaos Dragon!"

Chapter 38: My turn, draw a card.

How to describe this monster on the field?

No matter how gorgeous the words are, it will only make people feel redundant, right?

Then, just describe it like this.

Perfect, invincible, the strongest!!!

"I enter the battle phase and use Blue-Eyes Chaos Extreme Dragon to attack the Six Flower Spirit Iron Chopsticks on your field!" Nero said.

A huge energy bomb rushed towards the iron chopsticks on the snow wind field, and then the iron chopsticks dissipated on the duel field.

"Ah!" Xuefeng was knocked to the ground by the powerful impact, but she quickly stood up with gritted teeth.

Snow Wind: 2700lp → 1300lp

"I'm ending my turn now. It's your turn," Nero said.

The power of Blue-Eyes Chaos Ultra Dragon is not just its 4000 attack. More importantly, Blue-Eyes Chaos Ultra Dragon cannot be targeted by effects, nor can it be destroyed by effects. Many duelists cannot break this barrier even if they empty their decks!

Come on, Xuefeng, come and defeat my Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon!

"How can we fight this? Yukikaze has no cards in her hand, and there are no monsters, magic, or traps on the field, while the opponent has a monster with an attack power of 4,000 on the field." Mina looked at the empty duel field in front of Yukikaze worriedly.

"Believe in Xuefeng, she hasn't given up yet."

"Eh? You're not..."

"..."

"During the turn phase, chain activation, one petal of the six flowers in the graveyard."

At this moment, an ethereal female voice sounded from Xuefeng's ears.

Xuefeng was slightly stunned, then suddenly realized, "At the end of your turn, I will activate one petal of the Graveyard Six Flowers!"

"If this card is in the Graveyard and you have no monsters on the field, or if you only have Plant-Type monsters on the field, you can activate this during your opponent's End Phase. Special Summon this card!"

The cute blue-haired little girl once again appeared on the duel field with a smile on her face, holding her crystal clear little umbrella.