Chapter 104 Finally Freed

"My turn, draw a card."

A golden light appeared in Youxuan's cemetery, and two cards flashed out.

"Activate the effects of two 'Killer Snakes' in the Graveyard. During your Standby Phase, when 'Killer Snakes' are in the Graveyard, you can retrieve them from the Graveyard into your hand."

Two cards are drawn from the Graveyard Area and returned to the hand.

Beetle Knight's face twitched.

Restocked ammunition
He already understood how the opposing team's combination worked; the killer snakes were the endless ammunition for the underworld's soldiers.

Sure enough, You Xuan immediately sent one of the killer snakes he had recovered back to the cemetery.

"The effect of 'Abyss Soldier' ​​is activated. By discarding a Water monster in your hand, you can return any card on the field to the owner's hand.

Therefore I discard the water-attributed 'Killer Snake'."

"I knew it!"

Beetle Knight shouted.

"Open the face card, Trap Card 'Forgetfulness'! When the effect of an Attack Position monster on your opponent's field is activated, that activation is negated and that monster is changed to Defense Position!"

Judai: "Eh? But shouldn't you know that Yugen has an announcement on the field?"

You Xuan raised his eyebrows.

From the looks of things, does it seem like there is a way to deal with the announcement?

"Interesting, I'll accept the challenge then." You Xuan said, "Then activate the cover card, Continuous Trap - Announcement from the Palace!

All Trap Cards on both sides' fields have their effects negated!"

The notice recovered by the abyss soldiers once again demonstrated its divine power. Invisible pressure swept across and suppressed the entire venue.

"As expected!" Beetle Knight shouted, "Counter-trap - counter-check!

When a Trap Card is activated, that activation is negated and the card returns to the owner's deck!"

There is indeed a solution.

You Xuan held his chin and nodded slightly.

The power of the counterattack took effect, and the notification was forcibly terminated. The trap card turned into a golden light and flew back to the deck on Youxuan's duel disk, and the deck was shuffled by itself.

"Even if it's the trap-killer 'Notice from the Palace', there's nothing to be afraid of as long as you negate its activation before its effect is applied.

And the effect activated later will be processed first, so when the effect of 'Forgetfulness' is processed, 'Notice from the Palace' is no longer on the field, so the effect of the Trap Card 'Forgetfulness' that I activated becomes valid!

Due to the effect of 'Forgetfulness', the activation of 'Abyss Soldier' ​​is invalidated and it is changed to defense position! "

Beetle Knight laughed.

"Just stay still, Abyss Soldier!"

The power of the underworld seemed to be temporarily restrained. The abyss soldiers were forced to half-kneel on the ground and crouch down under the trap, temporarily changing into a defensive posture.

[Abyss Soldier, Attack Power 1800 → Defense Power 1300]

"Now your combination has been broken," said Beetle Knight proudly.

He saw that, whether in attack or operation, the Abyss Soldier was the absolute core of the opponent's tactics. As long as the effect of the Abyss Soldier was negated, there was nothing to be afraid of.

In the next round, his insect army will launch a Jedi counterattack and sound the clarion call for a reversal.

Can you take out another Unit-3 and kill it in seconds?
"Open the face card, Continuous Trap - Call of the Living Dead." You Xuan said, "Resurrect the monster in my graveyard in attack position. I choose another 'Abyss Soldier' ​​in the graveyard to revive."

Beetle Knight: “.”

The whirlpool in the cemetery opened up, and transparent water burst out from it. The soldiers of the water tribe leaned out of the abyss and returned to the field. The whirlpool leading to the underworld below them seemed to blow out gusts of cold wind.

You Xuan said, "Very good, very exciting. But what are you going to do with the second one?"

Having foreseen the inevitable future, the beetle's face was distorted: "Please, please ...

However, he didn't expect that You Xuan was not in a hurry to activate the effect, but calmly showed another card.

"Equip the magic 'Explosive Fire Piercing' and equip your 'Millennium Scorpion'."

Come on, big brother, have some cigarettes, you’re welcome.

Beetle Knight: “?”

At this juncture, what does it mean to suddenly send yourself equipment?
"The attack power of a monster equipped with Explosive Strike increases by 400 points, and when attacking a monster in defense position, if the attack power exceeds the defense power, it can gain the defense penetration effect." You Xuan said with a smile, "I'm giving it to you, you're welcome."

[Millennium Scorpion, attack power 2500 → attack power 2900]

The Millennium Scorpion's attack power increases by 500 when it destroys a monster in battle, so its attack power increases to 2900.

"But of course, you know that great power usually comes with risks. So 'Explosive Strike' has a side effect." You Xuan explained with a smile, "When this card leaves the field, the equipped monster must be removed from the game directly."

Beetle Knight thought about it.

When leaving the field, the equipped monster is removed from the game.
He suddenly understood something, and his expression suddenly twisted: "Are you... are you going to..."

"You guessed it right. Unfortunately, no prize." You Xuan smiled, "The effect of the second 'Abyss Soldier' ​​is activated. Discard another water attribute 'Killer Snake' in your hand and return any card on the field to its owner's hand.

What I want to return, of course, is the equipment magic 'Explosive Fire Piercing'."

The equipment magic suddenly turned into a golden light and flew back into You Xuan's hand.

"Of course, since I am the owner, it will return to my hand. But since 'Explosive Strike' has left the field, the equipped monster must be removed from the game.

Remove 'Millennium Scorpion' from the game!"

The dimensional crack opened again, and the huge suction force made the Millennium Scorpion fly off the ground, and it was directly sucked into it and kicked out of the game.

Beetle Knight felt like crying but had no tears as he looked at the field which had become as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

Not
Why is there such a dog combination in the world?

What kind of bastard would come up with such a tactic?
Judai was also stunned: "Ah, this."

Although you can clear the field by directly using Abyss Soldier to bounce away the opponent's monster, the bounced monster will still be a usable resource after it returns to your hand.

By combining the effect of Abyss Soldier with the side effect of Explosive Strike, you can banish the opponent's designated monster without returning it to your hand. And because Explosive Strike will be returned to your hand and can be reused, and Killer Snake can also salvage itself infinitely, there is almost no resource consumption in the whole process.

Although You Xuan thinks that he has basically won at this point, the opponent still has cards in hand. If the opponent prints a Chestnut Ball to survive and does not kill it this round, then compared to directly using the Abyss Soldier to bounce the Millennium Scorpion back to the hand, this will cost the opponent one more card resource.

Well, that's it. It's definitely not because sending the Millennium Scorpion to a duel in another dimension would make it more enjoyable.

But the other side doesn't seem to think so.

Beetle Knight has given up struggling and put on the Mask of Pain.

Please just give me a quick fix.
He wanted to leave this unfriendly world quickly and be reborn.

I will never play cards again in my next life.

"Fight." You Xuan waved his hand and ordered, "Direct attack by the Abyss Soldiers!"

Looking at the sinister soldier rushing towards him with sword in hand, the Beetle Knight let out a long sigh and closed his eyes.

It may sound a bit outrageous, but after experiencing several rounds of the monster being repeatedly bounced, sent to another dimension, and being notified unilaterally, now that such a direct knife is about to fall on the top of his head, the fear of death is not what comes to his mind.

But liberation.

Great, we don't have to duel anymore.
[Beetle Knight, LP 1400 → LP 0]

(End of this chapter)