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Chapter 238: Did You Really Shuffle?
Chapter 238: Did You Really Shuffle?
Hero's Arrival!
"When your opponent declares an attack, randomly select a card from your hand. If it is a monster card, Special Summon it to your field. If not, send it to the graveyard."
Yusei currently had four cards in his hand, all of which he had drawn this turn due to the effect of 'Nightmare Mirage'. This couldn't have been a setup from his previous turn as it was theoretically random whether or not he would draw any monster cards and which ones he would draw.
Of course, for a true Duelist, everything is inevitable.
"So you're quite confident in your luck, huh?" You Xuan smiled.
"Haha, indeed. But out of caution," Yusei said, "I chain the quick-play spell, 'Emergency Provisions', sending all Spell and Trap Cards on my field to the graveyard, recovering 1000 Life Points for each.
I send 'Nightmare Mirage' and the currently activating 'Hero's Arrival' to the graveyard, recovering 2000 Life Points."
[Yusei: LP 3300 → LP 5300]
A second line of defense. This way, even if You Xuan didn't pick a monster card and he took the direct hit from Silent Magician's Magic Blast, he wouldn't lose immediately.
"Of course, since the effect of 'Hero's Arrival' has already been activated, removing the card from the field won't affect the resolution of its effect."
Yusei chuckled and picked up his four-card hand. "Pick one."
You Xuan casually pointed. "The second one from the left."
"Excellent, it's a monster card!" Yusei declared. "So I Special Summon 'Card Guard' in face-down defense mode!"
[Card Guard: 400 DEF]
As he spoke, he smiled confidently. "I'm pretty good at this; I haven't lost at a game of chance yet."
"Then, Silent Magician LV8 attacks 'Card Guard'," You Xuan stated.
"The effect of 'Card Guard' activates," Yusei explained. "When this card is targeted for an attack: send the top three cards of my Deck to the graveyard, and for each one, it gains 500 DEF."
Yusei sent three cards from the top of his Deck to the graveyard in one go.
"I send three cards to the graveyard, so 'Card Guard' gains 1500 DEF!"
[Card Guard: 400 DEF → 1900 DEF]
Of course, this defense strength meant nothing against Silent Magician's attack. Yusei's intention wasn't to increase the defense itself but to blindly send three cards from his Deck to the graveyard as resources.
Boom!
The magic light cannon fell, and the tiny shield was quickly pierced, causing 'Card Guard' to explode.
"Then I'll Set two cards and end my turn," You Xuan said.
"Alright, my turn, draw!"
Yusei glanced at the card he drew and immediately played it. "I activate the Magic Card, 'Fifth Hope'! Return five 'Elemental Hero' cards from my graveyard to the Deck, and then draw two cards."
The cards in the graveyard popped out one by one, surrounded by a golden light.
"I return 'Elemental Hero Avian', 'Sparkman', 'Clayman', 'Bubbleman', and 'Bladedge' from my graveyard to my Deck."
The five cards returned to the Deck in sequence, and Yusei quickly shuffled and reinserted his Deck into his Duel Disk.
"Then I draw two cards!"
"The effect of 'Convenience'," You Xuan said, "when you draw outside of your Draw Phase, I also draw two cards."
"I activate 'Pot of Greed'!" Yusei immediately drew and played another card from his hand. "Draw two cards from your Deck."
You Xuan smiled. "Then I'll draw two cards as well."
You Xuan felt more and more that his judgment was correct. This continuous trap card, which was obscure in the real-card environment, was incredibly powerful in the anime world. In this relatively slower environment, where Special Summons were not as frequent, it was even more useful than the infamous 'Pot of Greed' in later generations.
In a sense, this card was like an animated version of "Green Gadget".
Yusei scanned the new combination he had drawn and smiled again. "Haha, my deck is also telling me how much it's enjoying this duel. You're incredibly strong, You Xuan. But the stronger you are, the more it fires me up!"
"You're pretty amazing yourself," You Xuan smiled back.
It wasn't just flattery; he truly meant it.
To be able to use such bizarre combinations so skillfully, one could only attribute it to his innate talent, which was terrifying.
"That's necessary. And to live up to our long-awaited duel, I must become stronger and do better," You Xuan replied. "Watch closely, Yusei. I also intend to break through my limits in this duel!"
With a wave of his hand, he played another card. "Once again, I activate this card—Fusion Birth!"
You Xuan frowned.
Again?
The audience was also taken aback by this move.
In this situation? Was he really going to activate it now?
"Fusion Birth sends the top five cards of your deck to the graveyard. If they form the exact Fusion Material Monsters, you can use them for a Fusion Summon!"
Hayato was dumbfounded. "B-but the last time 'Fusion Birth' was used, the Fusion Material Monsters were returned to the top of your deck by a magic card. But this time..."
"I can only hope for the best and draw blindly," replied Mitsuru, narrowing his eyes and then smiling faintly. "Interesting. Can you really do this, Judai Yuki?"
The previous combo of using "Soul Return" to return monsters from the graveyard to the top of the deck and then using "Fusion Birth" to fuse them was challenging, but it was still considered a standard combination in this world.
After all, in this world, duelists often had specific combos with two particular cards, and this was considered a normal performance, nothing out of the ordinary.
But to blindly draw five cards and hope to gather the right Fusion Materials...
That could only be left to the almighty Godly Right Hand, right?
"No problem," Sho Marufuji said confidently. "Because big brother's draws are the strongest."
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"So, according to the effect of 'Fusion Birth,' send five cards from your deck to the graveyard!"
Yusei drew five cards in one breath, his peripheral vision catching a glimpse of them as he drew.
His eyes then lit up with an even fiercer flame.
"I did it!"
Yusei revealed the four cards he had drawn all at once.
"I drew Elemental Hero 'Avian,' 'Blazewing,' 'Clayman,' and 'Bubbleman'! So, I perform a quadruple fusion of the four attribute Elemental Heroes—Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind! Appear now—
—Elemental Hero, Eternio!"
The entire room erupted into an uproar.
"What?!?"
Even the students and teachers, who had gradually become accustomed to Yusei's incredible draws, were stunned.
He had blindly drawn five cards and managed to get the exact materials for a quadruple fusion?
And those were the same four cards he had just shuffled back into his deck?
Did you even shuffle your deck???
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