Chapter 72: The Ace Combination
Chapter 72: The Ace Combination
If there was one word to describe Xing Hua's current mood, it would be 'shattered'.
How could anyone's ace and soul be summoned on their opponent's field? Don't you find it strange when you shout it out yourself?
Nevertheless, the Burning Fiendhemoth had arrived on her field, its body flowing with scorching lava. Even though it was just a holographic projection, she could almost feel the searing heat waves. And in front of the Fiendhemoth was a massive iron cage, confining her within, as if engaging in some sort of bondage play.
[Fiendhemoth Pyro, 2500 DEF]
Yu Xuan continued, "I activate the Spell Card, 'Greed Jar', drawing two more cards from my deck. Then, I activate this card from my hand—Spell Card: Planetary Transformation! I add a Field Spell Card from my deck to my hand."
Although he had drawn with Greed Jar this turn, he still hadn't drawn the crucial Field Spell. However, drawing into a searcher was close enough. Yu Xuan reflected on his draw, feeling that achieving a God Draw was still a long way off for him. It required both persistent practice and more real-world dueling experience.
"I add 'Megalith City' from my deck to my hand," Yu Xuan declared. "Then, I activate the Field Spell, 'Megalith City'!"
A rumbling sound filled the air as crisscrossing bridges rose, and a metallic city of machinery took over the dueling arena.
"Then, I set a card."
A projection of a pitch-black card appeared by Yu Xuan's feet.
"I activate the effect of 'Megalith City'!" Yu Xuan waved his hand. "Once per turn, I can destroy one card I control and add a 'Ro-Machine' card from my deck to my hand.
I destroy the Set card I just played."
The Set card shattered into pieces, and a projection of a massive garage appeared before him.
"According to the effect of 'Megalith City', I add the second copy of 'Submarineroid' from my deck to my hand," Yu Xuan explained. "Although I cannot conduct a Normal Summon during the turn I summoned 'Fiendhemoth Pyro', the Set card I just destroyed was 'Submarine Garage'.
When a Set 'Submarine Garage' is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Machine-Type monster from my hand."
He slapped the monster he had just searched onto his Duel Disk.
"Appear now, Submarineroid 2!"
The second tiny submarine jumped onto the field, revealing a super fierce gaze.
[Submarineroid, 800 ATK]
Koizumi Hoshino twitched her lips, wanting to say something but stopping herself. However, her eyes clearly conveyed her thoughts—
—How is it you again?!
Some Ra-Yellow students who happened to be in the audience were all too familiar with this scene and felt a mix of sympathy for the beautiful senior and a twisted sense of pleasure.
Especially those students who had personally suffered at the hands of the submarine in the past week felt a mix of emotions. They cursed Yu Xuan for his complete lack of tenderness towards the fairer sex, while also secretly urging him to go all out.
"First, I change the first 'Submarineroid' to Attack Position. Then, I enter the Battle Phase. The first 'Submarineroid' attacks, targeting Hoshino directly!"
The first submarine launched its attack, and two torpedoes whooshed past the front lines, rushing towards Hoshino.
"I activate my Set card!" Koizumi shouted. "Trap Card: Overweight! It doubles the ATK and DEF of one monster on your field! I double the ATK of your 'Submarineroid' 1!"
[Submarineroid, 800 ATK → 1600 ATK]
Audience: "What?! You actually doubled your opponent's ATK voluntarily?!"
"The other effect of 'Overweight'!" Koizumi continued. "The monster whose ATK was doubled by this effect cannot conduct a direct attack!"
Everyone present finally understood.
"You increased its ATK at the cost of preventing a direct attack. As expected of the senior!"
"Not only that, but now Yu Xuan can only target the 'Wilderness Warrior' on her field, which is in face-down Defense Position. When 'Wilderness Warrior' is destroyed, she can Special Summon a Warrior-Type monster with 1500 ATK or less from her deck."
Yu Xuan, of course, had thought of this: "Then, I accept the effect of 'Overweight' and cancel the attack of 1.
But now, 2 attacks! 2, direct attack!"
1 retreated, and 2 smoothly took its place, launching its torpedoes with a whoosh, leaving a trail of bubbles in its wake.
Xing Hua's expression changed drastically, "A direct attack with 1800 ATK?"
But before she could finish her sentence, the torpedoes were already in her mouth. "Ugh!" she grunted miserably, stumbling backward amid the explosion effects, her violent movements causing quite a stir.
[Xing Hua, LP 3200 → LP 1400]
"You little punk!" Xing Hua gritted her teeth.
She struggled to restrain herself from physically slapping Yu Xuan, holding onto her idol and ladylike image.
"The attacking 'Submarineroid' changes to Defense Position. Then, I set another card face-down. End turn."
Xing Hua calmed her turbulent emotions and refocused her attention on her own dueling rhythm.
"My turn, draw!"
"At this moment, the effect of 'Fiendhemoth Pyro' activates!" Yu Xuan explained, "During the preparation phase, 'Fiendhemoth Pyro' inflicts 1000 points of damage to its controller!"
"What?!"
Xing Hua's face drastically changed, and when she looked up, she saw that ugly, tough, and blunt monster also looking down at her, its mouth agape as if sneering at her.
Then, a large mass of scorching hot lava poured down, drenching her thoroughly.
"Ahh!"
[Xing Hua, LP 1400 → LP 400]
She gritted her teeth and looked up again, her eyes now bloodshot as she glared at her opponent.
For a moment, all thoughts of being the Duel Academy's Miss Champion and a three-time winner were thrown out of her mind. Perhaps she even forgot why she was dueling in the first place, her mind filled with only one pure thought.
I'm going to kill that old Silver Coin!
"The card I drew is an Equip Spell Card, 'Devil's Axe'!" she shouted, "Change 'Fiendhemoth Pyro' to Attack Position and equip it with 'Devil's Axe'! The ATK of the equipped monster increases by 1000 points!"
[Fiendhemoth Pyro, ATK 3000 → ATK 4000]
"This brings the ATK of the 'Fiendhemoth Pyro' I gave you to 4000 points!" she yelled with a vicious expression, "Feel the power of your own monster!
Attack of the 'Fiendhemoth Pyro'—"
"Open your face-down card." Yu Xuan calmly stated, "Continuous Trap Card: Torture Wheels.
Restrain one monster on your opponent's field. That monster cannot attack or change its battle position.
I block the 'Fiendhemoth Pyro's' offense!"
Xing Hua was about to explode.
Ahhh, what the heck is this?! You eat my monster and burn my LP, and now you won't let me attack?!
Of course, the 'Fiendhemoth Pyro' is so huge that the small projection of the Torture Wheels obviously can't restrain it. But this Iron Oaf was quite cooperative; as the wheel flew towards it, it actually reached out its hands as if surrendering.
The iron wheel bound the Iron Oaf's hands, and the 'Fiendhemoth Pyro' gave a muffled "roar," stretching out its handcuffed hands towards Xing Hua as if to express its helplessness.
It's not that I don't want to help you, but I've been arrested, it seemed to say. I've got no choice.
Xing Hua's blood pressure continued to soar.
You two are in cahoots, aren't you?!
Oh, she seemed to have forgotten, these two dog things seemed to be naturally in cahoots.
"So, it's my turn. Oh right, I forgot to mention something."
Yu Xuan smiled brightly.
"The Torture Wheels have another effect, Senior.
When a monster is bound by 'Torture Wheels', its controller takes 500 points of damage during my preparation phase."
Xing Hua: "!!?!"
What?! How much damage?!
[Xing Hua, LP 400]
Xing Hua looked up in horror, and the burning Iron Oaf also looked down at her.
For some reason, she seemed to see a hint of innocence in the Iron Oaf's hollow eyes as it slowly handed over the spinning wheel covered in spikes to her.
It seemed to be saying, it's not my fault. I really have no choice.
Xing Hua sat down on the ground and screamed, "Ahhhh!"
Don't come over here!
Don't come near me, ahhhh!!!
The Torture Wheels, covered in spikes, rolled over her.
[Xing Hua, LP 400 → LP 0]
(End of Chapter)
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