Chapter 314: The Attack of the Black Scorpion

Night Shadow plays a card.

"Summon 'Armored Bee' to attack!"

[Armored Bee, Attack Power 1600]

Abe has the ability to halve the attack power of a monster on the opponent's field once per turn. With its 1600 hit points, it can easily defeat a high-level monster with an attack power of less than 3200 by fighting. As a low-level hitter, its performance can be said to be quite strong, and it can easily change the resource gap in the early stage environment.

"Kibune attacks the covered monster!"

The bee flapped its wings and flew into the air, leaving a golden afterimage as it pounced on You Xuan's monster. The monster turned over and was revealed to be a pretty girl in leather armor holding a whip full of spikes that seemed to have a special purpose.

[Black Scorpion - Mina of Thorns, Defense 1800]

Mina's defensive power was higher than Jiafeng's offensive power. She swung the long whip in her hand, and Jiafeng was immediately dizzy and retreated in embarrassment.

[Night Shadow, LP 4000 → LP 3800]

"The monster you attacked is 'Black Scorpion - Mina of Thorns'." You Xuan said, "When this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent, you can choose one of the two effects to activate.

Choose a 'Black Scorpion' card from your deck or graveyard and add it to your hand."

The card belonging to the [Black Scorpion] column belongs to the same “Black Scorpion Thieves Group” deck as the “Leader-Zarug” that You Xuan often used before.

Those who have watched the GX anime should have a deep impression of this deck. Although the monsters of the Black Scorpion Thieves appeared as villains in the Seven Stars, they are simply a group of funny people. In the end, after being defeated by Manjome, they were also recruited by Manjome as spirits.

Although this deck is only a comedy in the anime, it actually received quite good reviews from players in the early days of its release. Many of them were even widely used as key cards for some acrobatic combos, and they are also famous in the long history of Yu-Gi-Oh!

Among them, leader Zarug and "Black Scorpion - Mina of Thorns" are the members with more outstanding performances.

Needless to say, the leader Zarug was one of the key members of the first world champion "Hand Card Destruction" and was well known for his ability to destroy cards. His strength was experienced firsthand by the students of the Duel Academy.

Mina is also a very promising player. Although her attack power is only 1000, her defense power of 1800 is quite good in the early years when the standard was 1600. If she covers the inside, she can often successfully counterattack and trigger her monster effect.

Her effect combines both search and graveyard salvage, and is evaluated as a "powerful card advantage earner". And she herself is a monster named "Black Scorpion" that meets the effect conditions, so even if she doesn't invest in other Black Scorpion cards, she can still gain resource advantage by relying on her own search and salvage ability.

However, it is the tactics that You Xuan is currently using that has truly unearthed the potential of this card and transformed her into a well-known autistic top core in the early days.

"According to Mina's effect, retrieve the second 'Black Scorpion - Mina of Thorns' from the deck."

You Xuan draws a card from the deck and starts playing.

"Strengthen the defense and earn resources." Ye Ying said, "Then cover a card and the round is over."

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

You Xuan snapped his fingers.

"Trap Card——

——Death Deck Destruction Virus!"

The Death Deck is actually this thing? Ye Ying was shocked.

Of course he recognized this thing, after all, it was a common tactic used by the legendary Kaiba Seto.
"Wait, the destruction virus can only be activated when a dark attribute monster with an attack power of less than 1000 on your field is destroyed in battle!" Ye Ying said quickly.

Don’t try to talk nonsense to me, I remember the effect!
"Oh, you may not have heard of it. This is the latest development of our laboratory. We have slightly changed the effect." You Xuan smiled, "Now the deadly poison does not have to be triggered in battle. It can be triggered at any time by using a dark attribute with an attack power of less than 1000."

Night Shadow:"!"

God, they just changed some effects and relied on the support of Kaiba's card printing factory to do whatever they want, right?

Why don't you just delete the activation cost of "dark attribute with attack power below 1000"?

"I sacrifice 'Black Scorpion - Thorn Mina' with 1000 ATK. During your opponent's turn, destroy all monsters with 1500 ATK or more on your opponent's field or in their hand!" (Old version effect)

OCG, kid!

This early top-ranked deck is named [Mine Virus], and the name alone tells you what the key card is.

Death Deck Destruction Virus immediately attracted a lot of attention when it was first released, and was considered a card with great potential. The fact that it was in the black room for many years until its text was modified further confirmed the strength of this card.

In order to bring out its ability, dark attribute monsters with attack power below 1000 naturally began to attract widespread attention. At that time, the one that stood out from all the monsters that met the conditions in the card pool was Mina, who met the requirements of attack power below 1000, but had good defense and card earning ability.

The construction of [Mine Virus] came into being and was quite active for a long time, until the Death Poison, the core of the deck, was imprisoned.

The red virus began to spread along the body of the "Beetle" on his field, and soon spread to the entire body of the Beetle. Then his monster's body began to be corroded and hollowed out little by little, becoming translucent, until it completely disappeared from the field under the erosion of the virus.

His hand followed closely. After the red virus devoured the monsters on his field, it continued to spread to his hand, quickly locking onto one of the cards, which exploded with a golden light.

Even the monster on hand was destroyed
What's worse is that he saw that the virus had no intention of leaving after eating up the monster on his field, but continued to hover over his field, as if it was not full and was waiting for fresh food to come to it at any time.

In the next three rounds, as long as he draws a monster with an attack power of 1500 or more, it must continue to become food for this virus.

But it doesn't matter.

Ye Ying looked at the cards in his hand, his eyes lingered on one of them and he narrowed his eyes. [Resurrection of the Dead].

Hey, although the Death Deck Destruction Virus is indeed powerful, for his deck which mainly consists of high-attack monsters, it almost cuts off the possibility of him drawing any monsters in the next three turns.

But as a risk, Death Poison also sent the higher-level monsters in his hands to the cemetery.

In this way, in the next round, as long as you use Resurrection of the Dead to revive the higher-level monsters in the graveyard, the balance of victory and defeat will be reversed immediately!

"I then summoned the second Black Scorpion - Mina of Thorns that I retrieved." You Xuan said.

[Black Scorpion - Mina of Thorns, attack power 1000]

He paused, then smiled, "Then activate the continuous trap 'Blood Compensation'. By paying 500 health points, you can add one more Normal Summon.

I pay 500 HP and perform another Normal Summon."

[You Xuan, LP 4000→LP 3500]

"This time I will summon 'Chief Zarug'."

[Leader Zarug, attack power 1400]

"Fight. First, 'Black Scorpion - Mina of Thorns' will attack directly."

Nightshadow frowned.

"Mina, as long as we don't kill this monster, its effect will allow the Black Scorpion Thieves to continuously replenish their troops. But it's not that easy!"

Yeying shouted.

"I activate this powerful trap 'Exploding Armor'!
When the opponent's monster attacks, that monster is directly destroyed! "

You Xuan narrowed his eyes.

Well, it's a really powerful trap.
"Then activate the trap 'Trap Disable'." You Xuan immediately followed up with a chain, "This turn, all the effects of traps on the field except this card are negated."

"What are you talking about?"

Ye Ying's eyelids twitched, and he could only watch as his powerful trump card "Explosive Armor" quickly dimmed in color until it disappeared and shattered.

Mina leaped into the air, flicked her wrist, and swung the barbed whip out. The long whip slammed into Yeying, causing him to grimaced and stagger backwards under the blessing of the true damage of the Dark Game.

While I was in pain, I was horrified to find that I also felt a little bit of pleasure.
[Night Shadow, LP 3800 → LP 2800]

Mina put down the whip and smiled at him charmingly, then retracted the whip and retreated. Ye Ying's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly used his tactical gun to suppress his thoughts of trying to open the door to a new world.

No, be serious, let's bet on the fate cards now.
"Then, when Mina's effect causes battle damage, you can retrieve the 'Black Scorpion' card from the deck or retrieve it from the graveyard."

You Xuan drew another card from the deck.

"This time, add 'Black Scorpion - Zeke the Fleeing One' to your hand."

After searching for the addition, You Xuan waved his hand again.

"Then there was a direct attack from 'Chief Zarug'."

Needless to say, Zarug was one of the first monsters to follow You Xuan in his battles, and he was an old acquaintance. The reliable one-eyed captain took out his gun, turned around like a cowboy, and then fired a shot, hitting Ye Ying in the heart.

"Ugh."

The pain of the dark game was like the burning pain of a real bullet piercing through him. Ye Ying groaned miserably and half-knelt on the ground.

[Night Shadow, LP 2800 → LP 1400]

"Then, with Zarug's effect, when dealing combat damage, you can randomly select a card from the opponent's hand and discard it." You Xuan said slowly.

Whether it is a real card or an animation, random cards are usually chosen by the player in the inside-out state. This is why the game can nail the "Oberisk's Giant Warrior" with Kaiba posing above his head for three rounds with a glowing seal sword.

Yeying's heart skipped a beat.

The opponent randomly chooses his hand. That's bad.
"By the way, you were staring at a card just now with a rather ominous smile on your face."

You Xuan narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Ying, smiled slightly, and then stretched out his hand.

"Then, the second one from the right to the left. Yes, don't look at that one, just throw it away."

Night Shadow:"."

Looking at the only photo of the dead person in his hand coming back to life.

Yeying suddenly felt like crying.

(End of this chapter)