A duelist never gives up!

Chapter 68: On the power of self-arrangement chain.

"brush!"

The sharp card cut through the air, causing a sharp sound, and as a result, Yuan Qi's hand of cards increased from 5 to 6.

"Since you want me to go all out..." Yuan Qi gently stroked his hand with his fingers, finally stopping on a card, "In that case, let me use this monster."

"I enter the Main Phase. Since I have no monsters on the field, I Special Summon Kusha-Wrath-Tribe, Fenrir Wolf from my hand!"

"Boom!"

It seemed as if a heavy creature had crashed to the ground, stirring up clouds of dust. When the dust gradually settled, Sera could clearly see the face of the monster.

It was a red werewolf.

It was a red werewolf holding a gray iron axe.

It looked no different from an ordinary monster, and its size and appearance were not exaggerated to the point of shocking people, but for some reason, Sera's heart suddenly started pounding, as if... it was the warning sent by the body of a creature at the bottom of the food chain when encountering a predator.

Danger! Warning! Danger! Warning!!!

So, without any hesitation, Sera opened her cover card.

"I activate a Trap Card—Bottomless Pitfall!" Sera shouted. "This can only be activated when your opponent successfully Normal Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster. Those monsters are changed to face-down Defense Position. Monsters changed to face-down Defense Position by this effect cannot change their position!"

"I change your Kusha Nurarihyon Fenrir Wolf to face-down Defense Position!"

As Sera finished her words, a dark hole suddenly appeared under Fenrir Wolf's feet, swallowing her like a giant mouth!

Fenrir Wolf of the Kusha Nuwei tribe → Geka.

"A decisive choice." Yuan Qi's lips curled up slightly, and he used his black pupils to gently scan all the monsters on Sera's field and said, "But this is just the beginning. Be prepared for me to wipe out the entire field."

"You're quite arrogant! You don't really think you're invincible, do you?" Sera shrank back slightly after hearing Yuan Qi's words, but still said with courage, "Just watch me play you like a fool!"

After all, talking nonsense is part of a duel. You can lose a duel, but you can’t lose your momentum!

Besides... Yuan Qi still has 5 cards left in his hand, with three Kangs on his field, one Kang in the backfield, and one Kang in the graveyard. If used well, he can match them one by one and intercept all his cards!

"Really? Then...how about this trick?"

Yuan Qi inserted a card into the Duel Board and said, "First, I activate the Continuous Magic Card - The String Sound that Splits Through the World of Evil."

"Qiang!"

Along with a flash of white light, the sound of strings that pierced through the whole life appeared in Yuan Qi's backfield.

"Then, I Normal Summon the Mello Mermaid of the Pearly Tearful Lament Tribe!"

Along with Yuan Qi's shout, the Mello mermaid from the Pearl Tears Elegy tribe, holding a silver hammer, timidly appeared in front of Yuan Qi. Her pair of yellow eyes, as bright as amber, looked around uneasily, looking like a frightened little rabbit.

After all, she was being stared at by a large group of monsters on the opposite side. It would be strange if she wasn't afraid.

But even so, the monster on the opposite side couldn't hurt her at all.

because……

"I activate the effect of Merlot Mermaid, a Pearly Tearful Lament. This card can only be activated if it is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned. I send the top three cards of my deck to the Graveyard. Then, I chain-activate the effect of Strings of the Sundering, a World of Destruction. If a monster is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned on the field, I can activate this if I have a "Merlot Mermaid" monster or "Visas Starfrost" on the field. Send the top three cards of my deck to the Graveyard! C3C3!"

That's right, one of the most annoying things about the Pearl Tear deck to opponents is that many of its deployment steps can be done through self-chaining to protect the monsters/effects it wants. Now Merlot Mermaid is c1, and Strings of Destruction is c2. According to the rules, Sera can only choose to activate the effect of Felicia's Worm Bewitching to target Merlot Mermaid, or use Regulus XIV to negate the effect of Strings of Destruction.

"Tsk... a chain effect?" Sera couldn't help but frown at this scene. She subconsciously stretched out her arm to activate the effect, but after a moment's hesitation, she retracted her arm and said, "I won't chain it. You handle the effect."

Hara Shichi nodded, "Then I will send six cards from the top of my deck to the Graveyard!"

As Yuan Qi spoke, he flipped open the deck and said, "The six cards are: Pearl Tears Lament Clan-type Kusha Rage Clan, String Sound that Pierces the Destruction of a World, Ancient Vanguard Kyleberk, Sword Priest Mdora, and Fairy Legend Princess - Snow White!"

When Sera heard this, her face turned pale.

Honestly, she wasn't afraid of Yuan Qi getting some powerful cards, but she was afraid of getting multiple effective cards, because that meant...

"I can dodge your effects by chaining them together," Yuan Qi said calmly. "I activate the effects of Kelberk, Ancient Vanguard of the Cemetery, Strings of Slicing Through a Lifetime of Destruction, and the Pearly Tear Lament-type Kusha Rage Tribe. C1, C2, C3."

"Tsk, damn it!" Sera clenched her fist unwillingly, but could only reply weakly, "There is no chain!"

Yuan Qi nodded and continued, "First, I'll send two cards from the top of my deck to the Graveyard. Then, I'll add Lament of a Lifetime of Evil to my hand. Then... you and I will both send five cards from our decks to the Graveyard!"

Although both teams sent five cards from their decks to the graveyard, Sera had basically no cards that could be activated in the graveyard, so in a sense, it could only be considered a one-sided graveyard pile-up by the original seven.

"The cards I sent from my deck to the graveyard were Foolish Sub-Burial, Claws of a Lifetime of Bad Friction, Little Mermaid of the Pearly Tearful Lamentation Tribe, Foolish Burial, Planetary Transformation, Shaddoll, and... Demon King of the Swamp!"

It's broken! He's piled up with lower-level monsters!

No, rather, it would be weird if you didn't get any cards after stacking so many, right?

Sera's face darkened and she began to think of a countermeasure.

If Yuan Qi keeps using self-chaining to avoid his own attacks, then he will have no way to stop him. So instead of trying to interrupt him in the middle of his attack, it would be better to... get rid of Yuan Qi's terminal!

"I activate the effects of the Little Mermaid, the Claw Sound of the Eternal Evil Friction, and the Shadow Beast in the graveyard, c1c2c3!"

Come on, fuse, and see how I deal with your fusion monster!

"And, since the top card of your deck was sent to the Graveyard, I'm chain-activating the effect of Medieval Vanguard Kyleberk in your hand." Hara Nana revealed a card from his hand. "If a card from your hand or deck is sent to your opponent's Graveyard, you can activate this effect by targeting 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls. Special Summon this card from your hand. Afterward, return the targeted monster to its owner's hand."

"I target Hyperidon, the Divine Tree Beast on your field, and return it to the Deck!"

"what?!"

Chapter 69: Fusion Summoning!

Miscalculated.

Sera looked at the cards displayed by Yuan Qi and couldn't help but think.

No, it should be said... Yuan Qi's strength is beyond his imagination.

He had clearly defeated many top duelists in the dueling world with his new build, but compared to Yuan Qi who was standing in front of him, those duelists were just fireflies competing with the bright moon, and were not on the same level at all.

However, even so, we can't give up!

"I chain-activate the effect of Felicia's Worm Bewitching!" Sera shouted, gritting her teeth. "Once per turn, remove 1 Xyz Material from this card, and send 1 'Hole' Normal Trap Card or 'Pitfall' Normal Trap Card from your deck to the Graveyard. This effect becomes the same as the effect of that Trap Card when it was activated!"

"I'm sending Grave Cavern from my deck to the graveyard, negating the Ancient Vanguard's effect and deducting 2000 LP from you!"

"Clap!"

As soon as Sera finished speaking, Felicia's Worm Demon shot a dazzling red light towards Yuan Qi, hitting Yuan Qi's hand hard.

Original seven LP: 8000 → 6000

The duel had just begun, and Yuan Qi's LP was deducted by a quarter. However, neither Yuan Qi nor Sera cared about the change in LP.

After all, for duelists, it’s enough for LP to be usable.

"Did you use Felicia's Worm Demon to save the sacred tree beast Hyperidon?" Yuan Qi nodded. Judging from all of Sera's current operations, she is indeed a qualified duelist. It's just a pity that the outcome of a duel is determined by the duelist and the deck. Unfortunately, although Sera did not make any mistakes in duelist skills, she has already lost in the comparison of decks.

"Honestly, I don't want to duel you with the Pearl Tear deck." Yuan Qi looked at Sera and said, "Pearl Tear Elegy is too powerful, which puts me in an absolutely advantageous position. If possible, I would actually like to use the Magic Dessert deck."

"But that won't work, right?" Sera raised her eyebrows, a hint of smile in her clear eyes. "For you, a duel is no longer just a duel. You have to win, win, and win until the end, right?"

"That's right, so... be prepared." Yuan Qi looked at Sera seriously and said, "Next, I will crush you like a hurricane."

"Like a violent gust of wind... Since when did you start saying these exaggerated words?" Sera shrugged and hooked her finger at Yuan Qi nonchalantly. "Come on, I'm ready."

"Then... I'll deal with Shaddoll's effect!" Yuan Qi said, reaching into his deck. "First, I'll draw a card!"

"brush!"

Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking through the air, Yuan Qi drew the card in front of him.

However, to his disappointment, the card he drew was not a good one, but an Ancient Vanguard that had already used two effects in this round.

Fortunately, he still has two effects to deal with.

"I deal with the effect of the Claw Sound of the One-Life Bad Friction in the graveyard and add the Pearly Tear Lament-type Kusha-Wuwei-type card from the graveyard to my hand."

This way, Yuan Qi had another expansion point in his hand, and the next step was...

"Then, I'll deal with the effect of the Little Mermaid in the Graveyard!" Hara Nana said, holding up a card from the Extra Deck. "I'll return the Little Mermaid in the Graveyard and the Demon King in the Swamp to the Deck! Fusion Summon!"

"Come out! Grafa, the Dragon King of the Dark Realm!!!"

"Roar!!!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the Dragon God King Grafa from the dark world appeared in front of Yuan Qi as if crawling out of hell.

"This is what I've been waiting for!" Seeing that Genshichi's fusion monster had finally appeared, Sera quickly reached into the graveyard and said, "I'm going to activate the effect of the trap card in the graveyard—Hollow Lutia's Worm Bewitching Demon!"

"You can banish this card from your Graveyard and target 1 "Bug-Demon" monster in your Graveyard. Special Summon that monster!"

"I banish this card and Special Summon Putica's Bug Demon from the Graveyard!"

"Aqi, we can't let her be specially recruited!" Ai, who had been silent all the time, shouted when he saw Sera's actions.

"Understood!"

Without asking for further reasons, Yuan Qi directly did the same action as Sera, reaching his hand into the graveyard and saying, "I activate the effect of the sword priest Mdora in the graveyard!"

"Banish this card, and return the Putica's Worm Bewitching Demon from your Graveyard to your Deck!"

Faced with Yuan Qi's unhesitating chain, Sera's face was startled, but she quickly regained her composure.

Was he noticed? Wasn't his reaction too fast? But even so...

I won’t let this go!

"chain!"

Sera opened the last face-down card on her field and said, "I activate the Trap Card - Grave Cave! I negate the effect of your Sword Priest M'dora and deduct 2000 LP from you!"

"Another trick?" Yuan Qi looked at the trap card on Sera's field and hesitated for a moment before speaking directly, "Then I will chain activate the effect of Grafa, the Dragon King of the Dark Realm!"

"This card can only be activated when your opponent activates a monster effect, Normal Spell, or Normal Trap Card. That effect becomes 'Your opponent chooses 1 card from their hand and discards it!'"

"Don't even think about escaping!" Sera stretched out her hand without hesitation and said, "I'm chain-activating the effects of the Beast Belt Fighting God 'King' Xuanyuan XIV, negating the effects of the Dark Realm Dragon King Grafa!!!"

"boom!!!"

After countless chain reactions, white lasers shot out from the palm of the Beast Belt Fighting God "King" Xuanyuan Fourteen like a waterfall, hitting the dark body of the Dragon God King hard, suppressing the effect it was originally about to launch.

"Then, I Special Summon Putica's Bug Demon from the Graveyard!"

The Putica Worm Demon with short light golden hair once again appeared in front of Sera with her body huddled. Her pair of deep purple eyes sparkled like gems in the sun, making people unable to help but focus on her.

"I activate the effect of Putica's Worm Bewitching Demon!" Sera pointed at the Dragon King on the original field. "If this card is successfully Special Summoned, I can activate this effect by targeting 1 Special Summoned monster on your opponent's field. Banish that monster!"

"I will exclude the Dragon King from your field!"

Thus, the Dragon God King, who had just endured a critical hit from Xuanyuan XIV, was once again afflicted by the power of the Putica Worm Demon and was sent to the exclusion zone.

"Also, since I have a Bug Bewitcher monster on my field activating its effect, I'm activating the effect of Sera's Bug Bewitcher!" Sera pointed at the Sera on her own field. "This card can only be activated if the effect of one of your own Bug Bewitcher monsters other than this card is activated. Select 1 "Hole" Normal Trap Card or "Pitfall" Normal Trap Card from your deck and place it face down on your field!"

"I'm going to place the Hollow Ludia Worm Bewitching Demon from my deck!"

Chapter 70: I enter the battle phase.

In fact, at this point in the duel, Sera already knew that she probably had no hope of winning.

The only counter on his field was a Divine Tree Beast, while Yuan Qi still had a bunch of cards in hand and the Pearl Tears Lament-type Kusha Rage-type that he had just recovered. There was also a two-star card on the field that could be connected to the Dragon Cannon Essence Pile, and a Snow White in the graveyard... No matter what, he definitely couldn't stop Yuan Qi's development.

However, failing to stop the development does not necessarily mean losing.

You have to know that there are six monsters on the field now, and Yuan Qi only has two fusions left. Even if he Fusion Summoned the Pearl Tear Elegy Clan's Kaledohart and bounced off one, he could only remove three of his own cards. As long as he didn't get rid of himself in this turn, he still had room to maneuver.

However, Yuan Qi's next move shattered Sera's fantasy.

"I activate the Field Spell Card—One World of Evil—Pearl World!" Hara Nana said, inserting a card into the Duel Board. "Once per turn, as the effect of this card when activated, you can add 1 "Pearl Tear Lament" monster or "Visas Starfrost" from your deck to your hand!"

"I added the Siren Mermaid of the Pearly Tearful Lament Tribe to my hand from my deck!"

"You actually got the Field Magic Card?" Sera couldn't help but smile bitterly when she saw this.

In response, Yuan Qi explained: "I was a bit lucky."

It would be better to say that he has always been lucky.

The original Seven Generals deck added Siren Mermaid to their hand, but didn't rush to use it. Instead, they shouted to their graveyard, "I activate the effect of Fairy Legend Princess - Snow White in the graveyard, banishing seven cards in the graveyard and Special Summoning this card!"

"Well--"

Sera bit her lower lip and let out a muffled groan of annoyance. She certainly understood Yuan Qi's purpose in recruiting Bai Xue at this time. However, even though she knew it, she could do nothing about it. She could only let Yuan Qi's fingers manipulate her fate like a puppet in a puppet show.

Wait, why does it feel a bit like a zither when I think about it this way?