A duelist never gives up!

"Then, I Special Summon the Sky Knight of the Machine World!"

The Sky Machine World Knight holding two swords fell from the sky and landed at the place where the Purple Night Machine World Knight was before - opposite the Radish Elf.

"I activate the effect of Azure Mecha Knight!" Takeo shouted impatiently. "This card can only be activated if it is successfully Special Summoned from your hand. Add a number of your opponent's "Mecha Knight" monsters, other than Azure Mecha Knight, from your deck to your hand in the same column as this card!"

"I added the Azure Knight of the Machine World from my deck to my hand!"

Perlivia looked at the two cards in Zhu Xiu's hand and asked curiously, "Do you have any cards in your hand that can be covered and Special Summoned?"

"There's exactly one." Zhu Xiu slowly placed a card from his hand opposite the Evil Legacy Heart Sea Fairy, then slapped his last card onto the duel disk and said:

"If there are two or more cards in the same column, this card can be Special Summoned to your side of the field in that column!"

"I Special Summon the Azure Knight of the Machine World!"

The silver-colored Azure Knight of the Machine Realm appeared in front of Zhu Xiu, and the sapphire on his head was shining with a cold light.

"Not bad." Purlivia clapped her hands lightly and said, "Now we have two monsters. We can connect two."

"No need for you to explain." Zhu Xiu drew a card from the Extra Deck and said, "I will set the Azure Mecha Knight and the Azure Mecha Knight on the field to the Link Marker!"

"Connect Summon!"

"Star Keysliva!"

A girl with long purple hair, wearing light soft armor and holding a silver-white long sword, walked out of the connecting circuit. Her pair of clear green eyes like emeralds were filled with a hint of coldness that made it impossible to look directly at her.

"I'm going to activate the Star Key Shiliva's effect!" Zhu Xiu stretched out his hand and shouted:

"Only during your Main Phase. Select 1 [Star Relic] Spell/Trap Card from your Deck and Set it on your side of the field!"

Chapter 96: In That Case...

"I cover the field with the Spell Card - Heir of the Star Relic!"

As Zhu Xiu finished speaking, a pitch-black face-up card slowly appeared on Zhu Xiu's field. Usually, even if a magic card is face-down, it can be activated in the same turn, so -

"I activate the Spell Card—Heir of the Star Relic!" Zhu Xiu fiercely opened the face of the card and said, "You can only activate this by targeting 1 monster in your Graveyard. That monster is Special Summoned to your side of the field in the Link Zone of the Link Monster on the field!"

"I will put it in the cemetery..."

"chain!"

Perlivia interrupted coldly, "I activate the effect of Satellite Shining Radish Elf, freeing Satellite Shining Naughty Elf on my field, negating the effect of Star Relic Heir!"

“Good luck, good luck!”

Accompanied by a series of crisp electric sounds, the heir of the star relic that was originally flashing with white light suddenly dimmed.

"That's the end of it," Purlivia said calmly. "Neither the Machine Knight nor the Summoner's Axis have any cards that can help you with your expansion. As for the Three War Talents or Spirit Operations... if they existed, you would have used them long ago, right?"

"It's exactly as you said. It's a pity that I haven't gotten started with the three-way battle and mental operation."

Facing Perlivia's explanation, Zhu Xiu nodded. "But isn't it a bit too hasty for you to simply choose to invalidate the inheritance of the Star Relic?"

"Rash?" Purlivia slowly looked at the two cards that Zhu Xiu had covered at the beginning. "One is a summoning magic, and the other is an unknown card... Do you have any cards that can save the situation?"

"Although it's not a particularly powerful card, it's enough to be considered a hope for me right now." Zhu Xiu said, gritting his teeth and flipping over a face-down card on his field. "I activate the magic card - Resurrection of the Dead!"

"Special Summon I:P Masquerade Reina from your Graveyard to my field!"

With Zhu Xiu's cry, a green cross rose from the ground and stood tall on the duel field! A second later, I:P Masquerade Lena, who had been lying in the Perlivia cemetery, appeared on Zhu Xiu's field with a bewildered look on her face.

"Wow..." Purlivia tapped her smooth cheeks lightly with her fingers. There was no surprise on her pretty face, but instead an expression of "that's it".

"What are you planning to do with these two monsters?" Perlivia asked, tilting her head. "Link Summon? Link Four? Astram, the Knight of the Double Sky? With IP resistance plus double sky resistance, I might not be able to deal with it."

Zhu Xiu didn't say anything, but glanced at Perlivia's hand card.

At this moment, Perlivia only had one card left in her hand. Although she didn't know what it was, the possibility of it being activated was unlikely. Moreover, since the Thunder Spirit relied on two stars to deploy...

Zhu Xiu thought for a moment and quickly made a decision.

Being a double dome is too passive, it is better to destroy the two stars on the field of Perlivia!

"I'm setting the I:P Masquerade Reina and Star Keysliva on the field to the Link Marker!" Zhu Xiu drew an extra card and placed it in front of himself. "The summoning conditions are two or more Effect Monsters! Link Summon!"

"ACCESS CODE SPEAKER!!!"

"Boom!"

With a dull sound in the air, the access code speaker holding a spear appeared in mid-air.

"Access Code Talker." Looking at the tall and mighty monster in front of her, Perlivia's drooping eyelids slightly lifted, as if she was a little interested. "You actually have this card too?"

"From the way you sound, it seems you have it too." Zhu Xiu keenly sensed the meaning behind Perlivia's words and said, "If that's the case, you should understand what its effect is, right?"

"Of course," Purlivia said matter-of-factly. "With its simple summoning conditions and powerful board clear and kill effects, it's a very cost-effective monster for a general-purpose card."

"If that's the case... why isn't there a trace of panic or... solemnity in your eyes?" Zhu Xiu frowned and stared at Perlivia.

Since she knew the effects of Access Code Talker, she should have known that all her monsters on the field would be destroyed, leaving only one card in her hand. So why was she so calm?!

"Because I saw it." Perlivia pointed to her eyes seriously and said, "The moment you activated Raise Dead, I saw the outcome of this duel. Raise Dead is indeed a powerful card, but when there are no powerful monsters in the graveyard, it's just a special recruit to fill in the gaps."

"Could it be that the remaining card in your hand is the first move?!" Zhu Xiu subconsciously clenched his fists and said.

"It's not a first move, it's just a pretty good card. There's no point in talking about it now." Perlivia said, and as if she suddenly thought of something, the corners of her mouth suddenly curled up. "By the way, since the outcome of this duel has been decided, how about you satisfy me a little?"

"What do you want to do?" Zhu Xiu looked at the sudden smile on Perlivia's face and subconsciously took a step back. For some reason, this old friend in front of him seemed a little unfamiliar to him at this moment.

"It's not a strange request." Perlivia pointed at the access code speaker on the bamboo training ground and said, "Leave the access code behind while you process the effects later."

"Do you mean that I should leave you a monster to facilitate your deployment?" Zhu Xiu narrowed his eyes and said. There were three monsters on the field at the moment, and the removals he could use were Liva's bomb one, Liva's explosion one banished from the graveyard, and visiting himself to banish himself's explosion one, which corresponded exactly to each other. If he left the visit, it meant leaving a monster on the field of Liva.

"It's just a suggestion. The decision is yours." Perlivia wiggled her fingers. "It's not some bad taste. I just have a great card I want you to see. It's like showing a powerful card to a friend. Do you understand?"

"Seeing how aggressive you were today, I thought we were going to break up." Zhu Xiu sighed.

"Public affairs are public, private affairs are private." Purlivia said calmly, "Besides, we're just arresting Yuan Qi, not executing him immediately. He might be released after a while. He might even be bailed out by Her Majesty the Queen in less than three days."

Purlivia didn't know that Yuan Qi was the "God of Duel". She was just told that Yuan Qi and the Anti-Duel Alliance colluded to break the prison.

"I understand." Zhu Xiu said in a deep voice, "I'll do as you say, but if you lie to me..."

"Don't worry." Purvayah stared at Zhu Xiu and said, "I'm not on the side of the Duelist Alliance."

The air froze for a moment. Zhu Xiu looked at Purlivia's black eyes and fell into hesitation.

This is not simply a matter of performing one less operation.

This was Perlivia testing my trust in her. After all, from Perlivia's perspective, she certainly couldn't understand why I would become her enemy just for a student who went astray, right?

After all, why should I help Yuan Qi hide his whereabouts?

Zhu Xiu recalled the active figure of Yuan Qi in the duel arena and suddenly smiled.

There's no way. Although that guy's origins are unknown and he seemed to have popped out of a stone, he always gives people a sense of trustworthiness.

That being the case...

Zhu Xiu took a deep breath and stretched out his hand, saying, "I will activate the access code talker's effect!"

Chapter 97: Thank you for your hard work, Liva.

"When this card is Link Summoned successfully, you can activate this effect by targeting the Link Monster that served as Link Material. This card gains an attack equal to the number of Link Markers on that monster x 1!" Zhu Xiu looked up at his Access Code Talker and said, "I'm targeting the Star Key Seriva in my Graveyard. The Access Code Talker's attack power increases by 1000!"

Access code talker atk: 2300→4300!

"At the same time, I activate the effect of Star Key Shiliva in the Graveyard!" Zhu Xiu said, slowly raising his finger to point at the glittering unicorn on Perlivia's field. "This can only be activated if this Link Summoned card is sent to the Graveyard as Link Material. Select 1 card on the field and return it to its owner's Deck!"

"I choose the Unicorn on your field and return it to the deck!"

Although Lena gave the Unicorn resistance to being destroyed by effects, the effect on Liva was not to destroy it but to bounce it back to the deck. So even though the Unicorn roared unwillingly, Liva still chopped off its head with the sharp blade in her hand, and it turned into a ball of white light and returned to Perlivia's extra deck.

"Then, I activate the effect of Access Code Talker again!" Takeshi said, reaching into the graveyard. "To activate this, banish 1 Link Monster from your field or graveyard. Select 1 card your opponent controls and destroy it."

Zhu Xiu lowered his head and looked at the only extra monster in his graveyard - Star Warrior Liva, and suddenly felt a little sorry.

Star Key Knight Liva paid too much for this duel, no, it should be said that Liva paid too much for almost every duel. She had to search and replenish points, clear the field, and serve as material to be excluded by the access code talker. Except for some troublesome summoning conditions, Star Key Knight Liva can be said to be the monster that paid the most in Zhu Xiu's deck.

But since I've made the exception so many times, this one won't make a difference.

With this idea in mind, Zhu Xiu sent Star Key Shiliwa in the cemetery to the exclusion area.

"I banish the Star Key Sliva from the Graveyard, then destroy the Satellite Shining Radish Elf on your field!"

The golden spear flew out of the Access Code Talker's hand, like a feather arrow shot by an archer, and hit the Satellite Shining Radish Elf like lightning!

"Peng!"

With a dull sound, the carrot elf didn't even have time to scream before it turned into a white light and disappeared on the spot.

And then, it’s time to choose.

Although he had already made up his mind in his heart, Zhu Xiu was still a little hesitant when facing this moment.

He looked at Perlivia, first observing her expression at the moment, but met Perlivia's deep black eyes.

As if noticing Zhu Xiu's gaze, Perlivia tilted her head, as if to say, "What are you waiting for? Don't waste your time."

"I..." Zhu Xiu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I believe Yuan Qi."

"Oh, really?" Purlivia's long eyelashes drooped slightly. "Then act according to your own ideas. Although I don't understand, I still..."

"So, I'll end this round like this!" Zhu Xiu shouted.

"Huh?!" Perlivia looked at Zhu Xiu in surprise, her originally calm voice rising a few decibels. "You... don't believe Yuan Qi?"

"I believe Yuan Qi can defeat you." Zhu Xiu pushed his glasses and said with a faint smile, "So even if I lose the duel here because of my trust in you, it doesn't matter. Because even if I take you to find Yuan Qi, you will definitely be defeated by him!"

"Ho, ho, ho—" Purlivia let out a strange, cold laugh, a laugh she made when she was angry. "I'm glad you left the access code talker as I instructed, but I'm a little pissed that you were so arbitrary in assuming I would lose."

"How about we make a bet?" Zhu Xiu said calmly, "If you lose to Yuan Qi, and if Yuan Qi encounters a problem he can't solve in the future, you have to help him once."

"What if I win?" Perlivia raised her eyebrows and asked, "You don't seem to have anything valuable to give me?"

"How about a teacher's room at the Duelist Academy + an unlimited meal card?" Zhu Xiu said helplessly. Just as Perlivia said, he didn't have anything valuable on him.

"Well, deal." Purviya nodded indifferently. She couldn't lose anyway.

"That's settled." Zhu Xiu said calmly, "It's your turn now. Show me the card you mentioned."

Zhu Xiu's interest perked up when he mentioned Perlivia: "Then it's my turn, draw a card!"

Perlivia casually drew a card from her deck, then continued without even looking at it, "I enter the Main Phase and activate the effect of the Relict Water Mirror in the Graveyard!"

"You can activate this effect by returning this card from your Graveyard to your Deck, then target 1 "Legacy" Ritual Monster in your Graveyard. Add that monster to your hand!"

"I'm adding the Abyssal Shark from the Graveyard to my hand!"

As Perlivia spoke, she slapped the Abyssal Shark she had just retrieved onto the Duel Board again and said, "I Normal Summon the Abyssal Shark!"

The burly man with the purple shark head appeared in front of Perlivia again, like a devil from hell, and let out a sharp and cold laugh.

"Be quiet." Purviya said somewhat unhappily.

The Abyss Shark immediately shut its mouth.

"I activate the effect of Abyssal Shark," Purlivia said, commanding the monsters on her field. "When this card is Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned successfully, you can add 1 'Abyssal Shark' monster from your deck with a DEF 1000 or less, other than 'Abyssal Shark', to your hand."

"I added Shadow Relict Mage to my hand."

Purlivia sent the Shadow Legacy Spellcaster she had retrieved to the Graveyard and said, "I activate the effect of Shadow Legacy Spellcaster. To activate this effect, discard this card from your hand. Add 1 Ritual Spell Card with 'Legacy' in its name from your deck to your hand."

"I'm adding the Lost Ice Magic Mirror to my hand!"

A lost ice magic mirror? !

Zhu Xiu noticed a difference from the last time he deployed it. "Why isn't there a Retrieval Relics Ritual Water Mirror? Could this be the powerful card you were talking about?"

"No, rather than being powerful, I think this is more of a possibility." Perlivia looked at the card in her hand, her lips curled up slightly, and said, "Just watch its effect carefully!"

As soon as Perlivia finished speaking, she inserted it into the Duel Disk and said, "I activate the Ritual Magic Card - Lost Ice Magic Mirror!"

"Release 1 face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field, or combine the levels until it matches the monster you Ritual Summon. Release monsters from your hand or field, and Ritual Summon 1 "Legacy" Ritual Monster from your hand. You lose Life Points based on the original attack value!"

Purlivia stretched out her fair finger, pointed at the giant creature on the bamboo training ground, and said:

"I liberate the Access Code Talker from your field!"

"Ritual Summons!"

"Evil Legacy Heartfelt Sea Fairy!!!"