Chapter 227 Attack of Baboons

The messenger frowned.

What's wrong with this person? He's not panicked at all when he saw Olihagang's barrier?

Normally, even if you just feel the energy generated when the barrier is activated, you should feel your soul trembling, right?
The messenger looked at Xia Youxuan with confusion, but quickly suppressed his emotions.

Anyway, now that the barrier is activated, his power has been strengthened to the maximum extent. No matter where this guy came from, as long as he is offered to the God of Orichalcum through this duel, it will be fine.

"Activate the magic card 'Angel's Charity'." The messenger continued, "Draw three cards from your deck, then choose two cards from your hand and discard them."

He drew a card from his deck, and the two cards in his hand were sent to the graveyard, as if they were swallowed by the bloody duel disk.

"Then cover a monster, then cover a card, and the turn ends."

You Xuan: "Then it's my turn, draw a card."

He pulled out a monster in his hand.

"Normal Summon 'Asura'."

[Asura, attack power 1700]

Ashura, a 4-star soul monster, has a multiple attack effect that can attack all monsters on the opponent's field. In the early real card competition, it was also recognized as an excellent low-level fighter.

"Ashura attacks the covered monster."

Asura's six arms simultaneously waved short swords and threw flying swords. The monsters on the field were instantly shot into sieves.

"The monster you attack is 'Swift Flying Squirrel'." The messenger said, "When this card is destroyed by battle, recover 1000 life points, then Special Summon any number of 'Swift Flying Squirrels' from your deck in Defense Position.

I Special Summon two more Swift Flying Squirrels."

[Emissary, LP 4000 → LP 5000]

Two new block monsters appeared on his field.

Swift Flying Squirrel was also one of the better Last Words Monsters of the year. Hitting it would give the opponent life points, but if you don't hit the opponent, you can immediately gather the sacrifices for the higher-level summons, and you can easily summon powerful higher-level monsters first. If everything goes well, you can suppress the entire duel in one fell swoop.

"The effect of Ashura can attack all monsters on the opponent's field once." You Xuan waved his hand gently, "Attack the remaining two 'Swift Flying Squirrels'."

Asura threw the flying sword again, and the remaining two monsters were also pierced through the hearts by the ten thousand swords and exploded.

"Then I will restore 1000 health points for each Swift Flying Squirrel destroyed."

[Emissary, LP 5000 → LP 7000]

“And it’s not over yet”

The beast's mouth twitched, revealing a ferocious sneer.

"The moment you defeated the last mole, the effect of this guy in the cemetery was also activated." The messenger raised his hand and shouted, "'Forest Barbarian Green Baboon' in the cemetery!
When a Beast-Type monster on your field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you can pay 1000 life points to Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard! ” (Old version effect)

Upon hearing this, You Xuan instinctively raised his eyebrows, thinking, are you talking nonsense? Isn't this thing able to take off only when "the Beast on the field is destroyed by an effect"?

But he immediately thought, oh yes, this is the era of GX.
This is not an animation effect, but the old version effect of the real card "Forest Barbarian Green Baboon" before adjustment.

Any player who has experienced the real card competition in the GX period will never forget this card. Green Baboon was a powerful single card that was immediately discovered to have amazing potential after its release, and this card was used as the core to build a Green Baboon BEAT-type top deck based on the Beast Tribe.

In fact, K Company later made a bureau ruling and weakened the effect text for this card, and coupled with the accelerated version change, current players may not be able to understand the strength of this card when they see it. But You Xuan was lucky enough to have experienced that early version and still has some impressions.

The current Green Baboon effect states that he can be Special Summoned from the hand or graveyard only when a Beast-type monster on the field is destroyed by a card effect. But the earliest version did not have this, it only said that he could be Special Summoned "when a Beast-type monster is destroyed".

In the GX version, the Bureau ruled that this card "also applies to the damage step". That is, when a Beast is destroyed by battle, it can still jump out of the graveyard. This means that as long as the Green Baboon is in the duelist's hand or graveyard, almost all of the Beast monsters held by the duelist will be covered with a layer of destruction resistance. When the opponent deals with any Beast monster on the field, they must consider that hitting any monster may cause a chain reaction.

This ruling was not changed until 2009, when Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DS was released, and it was readjusted to "Cannot jump during the damage step", which means that the Green Baboon can no longer jump when the Beast Tribe is destroyed by battle. So although the effect text was not changed at the beginning, in actual operation it has become that the Green Baboon can only appear when the Beast Tribe is destroyed by the effect.

It is conceivable that such a ruling modification has greatly weakened the Baboon Deck in terms of the deck concept, basically taking away the immortality that the deck is proud of.

However, it is conceivable that what You Xuan is facing now is undoubtedly the version before the ruling was changed.

And if the opponent is using the Beast Tribe specialization with Green Baboon as the core, then what You Xuan is facing now might be a variant of the top deck Baboon BEAT in the heyday of the GX era.

“So that’s how it is. No wonder people say that the messengers sent by the organization are extraordinary.” You Xuan understood.

In this elf world, using a top-tier deck from the GX era, wouldn't it just be a random kill?
but
You Xuan narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth, seeming to be more interested in this duel.

This trip to the fairy world is really worthwhile.
"Pay 1000 health points to revive the 'Green Baboon' in the cemetery!"

[Emissary, LP 7000 → LP 6000]

A huge green baboon jumped out onto the field, beating its chest in a protest, and glaring at Asura with a ferocious look on its face.

[Forest Man-Green Baboon, Attack Power 2600]

"Then activate the face-up card 'Dash'!" the messenger shouted, "Destroy a face-up Beast-Type monster on your field, then select a monster on your opponent's field and return it to the deck."

He paused, a cruel smile appearing on his ferocious face.

"I destroy the Green Baboon on my field, and return the 'Asura' on your field to the deck!"

The green baboon roared and charged like a human cannonball. Asura, who had been hit, immediately turned into a beam of golden light and flew back to You Xuan's deck, but the green baboon also exploded into pieces.

"But at this moment, the effect of another Green Baboon discarded in the graveyard is activated." The messenger grinned, "When the Beast-Type on your field is destroyed, Green Baboon can pay 1000 life points and Special Summon itself.

Green baboons are also beastmen. Therefore, when green baboons on the field destroy, green baboons in the cemetery will regenerate! "

[Emissary, LP 6000 → LP 5000]

After the green baboon on the field was shattered, a vortex leading to the cemetery immediately opened up on the ground. The second green baboon beat its chest and roared, then jumped out onto the field again.

[Forest Man-Green Baboon, Attack Power 2600]

"And the green baboon receives the power of 'Orichalcum's barrier', and its attack power increases!"

The green baboon beat his chest again and roared. A hexagram mark appeared on his forehead, and his whole body seemed to be burning with green flames.

[Forest Banren - Green Baboon, Attack Power 2600 → Attack Power 3100]

"Hahaha, see? This is the most powerful power God has given me!"

You Xuan pondered.

Green Baboon, the Forest Monster, is indeed a very powerful card in this era. However, You Xuan thought that Ashura is a soul monster, and it should be returned to the hand at the end of the turn it is summoned, so your trap was a bit hasty.
Although it is true that bouncing the deck consumes one more card's resources,
But then he remembered that the demon bishop didn't even recognize the android Soga.

From this perspective, perhaps the elves' level of acquisition and understanding of cards is generally lower than that of duelists from the outside world, so it is not surprising that they do not recognize the characteristics of soul monsters.

In fact, You Xuan has a considerable advantage in the anime world simply by relying on his knowledge of the card pool, and this seems to be even more prominent in the elf world.

The messenger put his hands on his hips, still humming and laughing.

"I don't know who you are, but regret your foolish challenge. You don't stand a chance against the immortal green baboon!"

(End of this chapter)