A duelist never gives up!

"It's the Mechanical Snake - Cong Yunyuan Luzhi again." Yuan Qi couldn't help but complain as he looked at the monster in front of him. He had seen this monster in two consecutive duels. How versatile is this thing?

Seeing that Hara Nana didn't move, the Guardian continued by slapping a card onto his Duel Board and said, "Then I Normal Summon the Fairy Princess - Kaguya."

As soon as the guardian finished speaking, a fox that looked like a human appeared in a green and yellow kimono on the duel field. She gently covered her cute little mouth with the dark red folding fan in her hand, and there was a hint of sadness in her green eyes, as if she was really Kaguya-hime in the myth.

"Isn't it time to activate the effect now?" Ai blinked and said.

"Well, it's time." Yuan Qi nodded.

It might be too late if you delay any longer.

While Hara Nana and Ai were talking, the Guardian reached out and activated the effect of Fairy Tale Princess Kaguya: "I activate the effect of Fairy Tale Princess Kaguya. This card can only be activated when this card is successfully Normal Summoned. Add 1 Magician-Type monster with 1850 ATK from your deck to your hand."

"Chain," Hara Nana quickly pointed at his Field Spell Card and said, "I activate the effects of Wind Bird and Mysterious Map. This can only be activated if the opponent successfully summons a monster. I summon a Wind Bird monster!"

"Want to summon a second Giant Bird?" The Guardian noticed Yuan Qi's intention and continued, "Then I will continue to chain the effects of Fairy Legend Princess - Kaguya!"

"Once per turn, you can activate this effect by targeting 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. Your opponent can send 1 card with the same name as that monster from their Deck or Extra Deck to the Graveyard to negate this effect. If not sent to the Graveyard, return this card and the targeted monster to their owner's hand!"

Yuan Qi looked at the guard's actions, was stunned for a moment, and then a faint smile appeared on his face.

He was still thinking of using the Fierce Wind Emperor to rescue Kaguya, but now it seems that is no longer necessary.

"Well, c1c2c3, let's start dealing with the effects." Yuan Qi said to the guardian.

"Well, I will deal with Kaguya's effect and choose the Turtle Beast Kamesiel on your field as the target. May I ask if you have the Turtle Beast Kamesiel in your deck?" The guardian pointed at the beast on the original seven fields.

Yuan Qi glanced at the evil beast beside him and said, "No, you can take it back."

"Then, the turtle beast Kamisiel and Kaguya return to my hand." As soon as the guardian finished speaking, the turtle beast on the original seventh field and Kaguya on the guardian's field turned into two white lights and flew into the guardian's hands together.

"I will process the effects of Windbird and Mysterious Map, and Normal Summon Windbird x Robin from my hand." Hara Shichi slapped the Robin in his hand on the duel disk and said.

"Robin! Robin!"

The cute robin flapped its little wings and appeared in front of Yuan Qi, shaking its head.

"I continue to deal with Kaguya's effect and add the second Fairy Legend Princess - Kaguya from the deck to my hand." said the guardian.

"Well, now that the effects are resolved, I'll start another chain," Hara Nana said solemnly. "I'll activate the effect of Windy Bird x Robin on my field, adding a Level 1 or lower Bird-Type monster from my deck to my hand. At the same time, I'll banish Windy Bird x Toucan's effect, returning this card to my hand! C2C!"

"I choose to add the Gale Barrier Statue to my hand!"

"Gale Barrier Statue?!" Honglian, who was watching the battle from the side, looked at Yuan Qi in shock, "Is there actually such a fighting style?!"

"The Fierce Wind Barrier Statue is from the Bird Beast Tribe, so of course it has this kind of fighting style." Yuan Qi said as he slapped the Fierce Wind Barrier Statue in his hand directly on the Duel Plate, "Then, I Normal Summon the Fierce Wind Barrier Statue!"

"Boom!"

With a dull sound, the statue-like Gale Barrier fell to the ground. Although its attack power was only 1000, it had a powerful blocking effect.

"As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, neither player can Special Summon any monsters that aren't Wind-attribute monsters... It seems I was careless." The Guardian said disembodiedly, looking at the Gale Barrier Statue on Harachi's field. "But I still have the Mechanical Snake - Murakumo Enryuchi on the field. If I can directly attack your Gale Barrier Statue, I can continue my attack."

"That's easy." Hara Qi gently flipped open a face-down card on his field and said, "I activate the Trap Cards - Wind Bird and Dream Town!"

"You can only activate this during your or your opponent's Main Phase. Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Beast-Type monster."

"I Normal Summon Windbird x Bald Eagle!"

Accompanied by a flash of white light, the brown bald eagle once again appeared on Yuan Qi's field.

"I activate the effect of Bald Eagle and add a Level 1 or higher Beast-Type monster from the deck to my hand. After that, I can summon a Beast-Type monster. Then, I chain activate the effect of Windward Wanderer x Ostrich to the banished zone and return this card to my hand. C7C1!" Yuan Qi said as he added Windward Wanderer x Ostrich to his hand.

"Then, I added Gale Emperor Reiza from my deck to my hand!"

"Next, I Normal Summon my Windbird x Ostrich." Yuan Qi pointed at the Guardian's graveyard and said, "I banish the Snowflake Light in your graveyard, and then Summon a Bird-Beast monster in my hand!"

Raiza, the former Seventh General, held the Wind Emperor high in the air and declared, "I offer the Wind Bird x Bald Eagle and the Wind Bird x Robin on the field as a sacrifice, a Superior Summon!"

"Gale Emperor Ryza!!!"

Accompanied by a gust of strong wind, the Fierce Wind Emperor Leizai fell from the sky and stood in front of Yuan Qi like a mountain.

"I activate the effect of Gale Emperor Reiza!" Hara Shichida shouted. "If this card is successfully Advanced Summoned, target 1 card on the field and 1 card in your or your opponent's Graveyard. Return those cards to the top of their owner's deck in the order they prefer!"

"I choose to target the Mechanical Snake - Murakumo Enrochi on your field and the Giant Bird of the Valley of the Clouds in my graveyard. Return these two cards to the top of the deck!"

As soon as Yuan Qi finished speaking, a violent hurricane blew up on the field, bouncing the Mechanical Snake - Mukumo Yuanluzhi back into the deck.

"This leaves you with only one way to break through," Yuan Qi said, looking at the Guardian. "Your deck can't possibly play a card like Infinite Ephemeral, so..."

"Excuse me, is there a Bigfoot from the Unbounded Realm in your hand?"

Chapter 18: That’s not necessarily true.

"Do you think I have?"

In response to Yuan Qi's question, the guard said indifferently.

"Judging from your attitude, I think he has it." Yuan Qi raised his eyebrows.

The Guardian didn't reply, instead revealing a card in his hand. "I activate the effect of Unbounded Bigfoot in my hand. This card can only be activated by showing it to your opponent. Your opponent randomly chooses 1 card from your entire hand, and you discard that card. If it's not Unbounded Bigfoot, then Special Summon 1 Unbounded Bigfoot from your hand, and you draw 1 card from your Deck."

"No way, is there really one?" Ai held her cute little head and said with a headache. If the guardian did not have the Bigfoot from the Unboundary Realm, this duel could be declared over directly.

"That's just what I said..." Yuan Qi pulled the corner of his mouth, his face looking a little ugly.

The Guardian folded up his hand of cards, cut them gently, and then unfolded them again. "I have seven cards in my hand. Please choose one and discard it."

"I don't seem to understand what they are saying." Xuefeng, who was standing behind Yuan Qi, asked Honglian in a low voice.

"The second effect of Bigfoot of the Unbounded Realm is: When this card is discarded from your hand, you can activate it by targeting a face-up card on your opponent's field. Destroy that card," Honglian explained in a low voice. "His goal is to have Hara Nana help throw Bigfoot down to destroy the Gale Barrier Statue."

"Only a one in seven chance of success? That's too low, isn't it?" Xuefeng asked in confusion. "As long as Yuan Qi isn't too unlucky, there won't be any problems at all."

Honglian sighed helplessly and said solemnly, "But the Bigfoot in the Unbounded Realm doesn't have a one-round effect. This means that as long as he misses, he can keep throwing until he hits!"

"Huh?" Xuefeng finally realized the seriousness of the problem. "Does that mean the Fierce Wind Barrier's destruction is inevitable?"

"That's right. The only solution now is for Yuan Qi to send all six cards except the Bigfoot of the Unbounded Realm to the Graveyard in the card throw. That way, even if the Gale Barrier Statue is destroyed, the Guardian won't be able to do anything." Honglian turned his gaze to Yuan Qi who was in the duel and said, "I just don't know if he has such good luck."

"A test of luck?" Yuan Qi pursed his dry lips and slowly said to the Guardian, "I choose to discard the second card on your left."

"Okay." The guardian nodded, and in front of Nakahara Shichi, he sent the second card on his left to the graveyard.

The monster card sent to the cemetery - Gray Flowing Beauty, is not the Bigfoot from the Unknown Realm.

"If you hadn't been chaining your cards all this time, this card wouldn't have been rotting in my hands." The guardian said in an ethereal voice, looking at the gray flowing in the graveyard.

"I'll just take it as a compliment. Go on." Yuan Qi stared at the guard.

"Then I'll activate the effect of Bigfoot of the Unbounded Realm once again." The Guardian displayed Bigfoot of the Unbounded Realm, shuffled it once more, and unfolded it. "I won't repeat the effect. This time there are six cards. Choose."

"I choose the first card on your left."

This time, it’s the Fairy Princess - Kaguya.

"Then I'll activate the effect of Bigfoot of the Unbounded Realm once again." The Guardian shuffled his hand again, "Five cards this time."

"Tsk, four more times?" Yuan Qi frowned slightly and said after a moment's hesitation, "The first one on the right."

"Okay." The guardian sent the first card on his right to the graveyard.

It is the evil turtle beast Gamisielle.

"I activate the effect of Bigfoot of the Unbounded Realm once again." Even though he had already lost three cards, the Guardian didn't hesitate. "This time, I'll use four cards. Please."

"The first one on the left." Yuan Qi continued.

"It seems your good luck has come to an end." The guardian showed a card on his left hand with regret - it was the Bigfoot from the Unbounded Realm!

"Then, Bigfoot of the Unbounded is discarded. I activate the effect of Bigfoot of the Unbounded," the guardian continued. "When this card is discarded from your hand, you can activate this effect by targeting 1 face-up card your opponent controls. Destroy that card."

"I choose to destroy the Fierce Wind Barrier Statue on your field." The guardian pointed at the Fierce Wind Barrier Statue on the original field.

The next second, the Bigfoot from the Unbounded Realm crawled out of the cemetery, stretched out its huge palm, and crushed the Fierce Wind Barrier that looked like a rock into pieces.

"This is dangerous." Honglian, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but whispered softly. She knew another name for Kaguya's evil beast realm - r8.

As the follower of the Dark Duel God, the guardian in front of him cannot be without that powerful monster. Once he has enough resources left... Yuan Qi will probably be OTK!

"Then I will activate the effect of Starlight Marble in my hand." The guardian drew a card from the Extra Deck and said, "This can only be activated by showing a "Number One" Xyz monster in the Extra Deck to your opponent. This card is Special Summoned from your hand. The Level of this card becomes the same as the Rank of the monster shown."

"I reveal No. 97 Dragon Shadow Graviton Dragon from the Extra Deck." The Guardian revealed No. 97 Dragon Shadow Graviton Dragon from his hand, then slapped the Starlight Chestnut Ball on the Duel Board and said, "I Special Summon Starlight Chestnut Ball!"

"Chestnut chestnut!"

A starlight chestnut ball as dazzling as a galaxy appeared on the guardian's field, emitting a circle of brilliant rainbow light.

Starlight Chestnut Ball Level: 1→8

"No.97 Dragon Shadow God Graviton Dragon... He really has that monster!" Honglian frowned and cast his gaze on the Wind-Flying Bird x Ostrich on the original seven fields.

If only this monster hadn't been summoned, otherwise, with the help of Gale Emperor and Emperor Enterprise, we wouldn't have been OTK.

"No.97 Dragon Shadow God Graviton Dragon... Could he be thinking of the Source Dragon?" Yuan Qi looked at the Wind-Flying Bird x Ostrich on his field, then looked at the Wind-Flying Bird x Emperor Enterprise on his field, and couldn't help but look strange.

At this moment, the guardian once again showed a card in his hand.

"I activate the effect of Thunderbird of the Unbounded in my hand. This card can only be activated by showing this card in your hand to your opponent. Your opponent randomly chooses 1 card from your entire hand, and you discard that card. If it is not Thunderbird of the Unbounded, then Special Summon 1 Thunderbird of the Unbounded from your hand and draw 1 card from your deck."

The Guardian said as he gently shuffled his only two cards before unfolding them again. "Choose. One is Kaguya, the other is Thunderbird. The probability of one in two will determine the outcome of this duel."

"The one on the left." This time, Yuan Qi didn't hesitate at all and directly chose the card on the left of the guardian.

"It seems your luck is really bad." The guardian sent the card on the left to the graveyard and said, "The one sent to the graveyard is the Fairy Princess - Kaguya, so..."

"I Special Summon Thunderbird of the Unbounded Realm to the field!"

A strange red bird descended from the sky and appeared in front of the guardian, making a crisp cry.

The Guardian looked at the two eight-star monsters on his field and said, "Looks like I won."

Yuan Qi smiled noncommittally: "That's not necessarily true."

Chapter 19: Yes, what’s going on?

After hearing Yuan Qi's confident words, the Guardian cast his gaze towards the only remaining face-down card on Yuan Qi's backfield. "You have Windbird x Toucan in your hand, and there are no graves in your graveyard. Does that mean... that face-down card is something like Infinite Evasion?"

"Who knows?" Yuan Qi replied nonchalantly, "Weren't you happy when you asked me to guess before? Why don't you try to guess this time?"

"Is it a bubble? Or is it not a bubble?"

"..."

This is a game, but the guardian has only one option, because at the moment of special recruiting Starlight Chestnut Ball, the guardian can only choose to special recruit No monster.

In other words, no matter what card Yuan Qi covers, he can only do one thing.

"Then I'll bet that card isn't a bubble!" the Guardian said, holding out his hand and saying solemnly, "I'll stack the Unbounded Thunderbird and the Starlight Chestnut Ball on the field!"

"A Gyro Network consisting of two eight-star monsters, Gyro Summoned in Defense Position!"

"No.97 Dragon Shadow God Graviton Dragon!!!"

The gray Yinlizilong appeared in front of the guardian with its fangs and claws bared, looking down at Yuan Qi with its blue eyes as deep as the sea, exuding the unique pressure of a legendary divine creature - the dragon.

“然后，我发动No.97 龙影神引力子龙的效果！”守卫者继续道，“这张卡1个超量素材取除才能发动。从自己的额外卡组·墓地选「No.97 龙影神引力子龙」以外的龙族「No.」怪兽2种类。那之内的1只特殊召唤，另1只在那只怪兽下面重叠作为超量素材！”

"I select the Extra Deck's No. 107 Galaxy-Eyes Time Dragon and No. 100 Primordial Dragon as targets, using No. 107 Galaxy-Eyes Time Dragon as the Xyz Material for No. 100 Primordial Dragon!"

"Come out! No. 100 Genshulong!!!"

Gold, dazzling gold, glaring gold, a golden dragon that is impossible to look directly at appears in front of the guardian, making a deafening roar, as if announcing its arrival to the world!

"It's it, No. 100 Yuanshu Dragon." Honglian murmured softly as she looked at the glittering dragon before her. "Sigh, Yuanqi, how are you going to deal with this situation? Is that cover card... really an infinite bubble?"

"I activate the effect of No. 100 Source Dragon!" the guardian continued. "Remove one Gyz Material. Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing one Gyz Material from this card. This card gains ATK equal to the total Rank of all Gyz Monsters on the field x 1 until the end of your opponent's turn!"

"Source Dragon's rank is 1, and Dragon Shadow God Graviton Dragon's rank is 8, which means... their total attack power is 9000?!" Xuefeng stretched out her white hands, saying in disbelief, "And the attack power of Yuan Qi's Wind Bird x Ostrich is 700... Does that mean Yuan Qi will lose?!"

"Why don't you open your cover card?" The guardian looked closely at Yuan Qi's cover card.

"There's no point in opening it at this point." Yuan Qi spread his hands.

"It seems that I won the bet and I won this duel." The guardian said lightly. There was no doubt that the covered cards on the original seven fields were not infinite bubbles, otherwise they should have been opened now.

"Don't be impatient." Yuan Qi said with a half-smile on his face: "You did win the bet, but that doesn't mean you won the duel."

"What do you mean?" the Guardian asked, puzzled. If that face-up card wasn't Infinite Ethereal, then if he used the 9000 ATK Dragon to attack the Windward Bird x Ostrich on the original seven fields... wait, something seems off!

The Guardian slowly shifted his gaze to the Source Dragon on his own field. He saw a white ball of light, symbolizing excess material, swirling around the Source Dragon. Its attack and defense power were displayed as… 0?!