Chapter 89 Misawa's Countermeasures

"I will then activate the equipment magic 'Power of the Guardian' and equip one of the 'Variable Beasts - Gunner Dragon'!"

Misawa's backfield equipment card emerged, and the golden protective light enveloped the entire body of a Gunner Dragon.

"When the equipped monster fights, it gains a magic counter and its attack power increases by 500." Misawa said, "And by removing the magic counter on this card, you can protect the equipped monster from being destroyed by battle or card effects!
Then enter the battle phase!"

Misawa waved his hand and launched an attack directly.

"Now that the trap is blocked, you can no longer counterattack my attack! Like I said, let's decide the winner in this round, first place!
First, the Mathematician attacks the Cover Monster!"

The covered monster flipped over and turned out to be a blonde female magician, squatting on the field with her hands around her staff.

[Apprentice Magician, Defense 800]

Of course, a defense of 800 could not stop the attack. The mathematician waved the magic wand in his hand, but what was emitted was not a magical impact but a long string of mathematical symbols and formulas, which swirled around the magician like mental pollution.

The apprentice magician tried her best to resist, but in the end, she seemed unable to resist the power of mathematics. She held her head and screamed, and then exploded with a bang.

You Xuan could empathize with this.

Mathematics can really make people explode
"The effect of 'Apprentice Magician'," said You Xuan, "When this card is destroyed by battle, Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Magician-Type monster from your Deck in face-down Defense Position."

He unfolded the deck and drew a card.

"'Apprentice Magician' itself is a Level 2 or lower monster, so put the second 'Apprentice Magician' from your deck face-down on the field."

"It's a last words type monster. Then Gunner Dragon Unit 1, attack the covered magician again!
At the same time, the effect of the 'Power of the Guardian' equipped on the Gunner Dragon is activated!
Gunner Dragon's attack power increases by 500!"

[Variable Beast·Gunner Dragon, Attack Power 2800 → Attack Power 3300]

The powerful artillery fire destroyed the second magician, but of course it also triggered the Last Words effect.

"This time, I'll use Level 1 'Holy Magician' from my deck to cover it."

[Holy Magician, Defense 400]

"Then Gunner Dragon Unit 2, attack the Holy Magician!"

The covered monster flipped over, revealing the petite magician's true form. But at this moment, she swept the staff in her hand, and a burst of magical light fell into the graveyard area of ​​Youxuan's duel disk.

"At this moment, Holy Magician's monster effect is activated. If this card is flipped face-up, you can add a Magic Card from your Graveyard to your hand."

You Xuan pulled out a magic card that popped out of the graveyard.

"I recovered 'The Prankster Twin Demons' from the graveyard."

Misawa: “They blocked everything.”

This leaves him with the only Gunner Dragon whose attack power has been reduced to 400 that hasn't attacked yet, but because of the Meteor Bow, this thing could have attacked directly.

"The last 'Variable Beast Gunner Dragon' attacks directly!"

You Xuanqing closed his eyes, stood straight and calmly endured the bombardment of the three-dimensional image.

[You Xuan, LP 3000→LP 2600]

It was almost a tickling-level attack, and the purpose of venting anger was greater than the actual damage.

"Then activate the other effect of 'Magic Wand', send this card and the equipped monster to the Graveyard, and draw two cards from your Deck.

I send both Magic Wand and Mathematician to the graveyard and draw two cards!"

After drawing the card, he immediately played one of them again.

"Magic Card 'Seven Star Sword'! Remove a Level 7 monster from your hand or on the field from play, and draw two cards!
I remove from play the Level 400 'Variable Beast Gunner Dragon' on the field with its attack reduced to , and draw two more cards.

Then the round is over!"

You Xuan: “It’s my turn, draw a card.

First, activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed' and draw two cards from your deck."

Then Yugen plays the card that Holy Magician retrieved from the Graveyard last turn.

"Magic Card 'Mischievous Twin Devils'! Pay 1000 Life Points, discard a card at random, and your opponent chooses a card to discard."

[You Xuan, LP 2600→LP 1600]

"Just throw away the randomly selected one, the second one from the left to the right." You Xuan said casually.

The card playing here is different from that online. Generally speaking, the so-called "randomly select a card and discard it" means randomly selecting it based on the opponent's inside status.

"You don't think it's possible that I just happened to have a second 'Twin Demons' in my hand, right?"

Misawa discarded the card he designated into the graveyard and smiled confidently.

“Your guess is indeed correct.

But! I have prepared more countermeasures for you than just this.

The second card that the Prankster Twin Devils discarded was chosen by me, and I chose to discard this card. "

He showed a magic card and then went to the graveyard area.

"I discard Electric Snake from my hand. When this card is discarded by the effect of an opponent's card, draw two cards from your deck!"

You Xuan watched with interest.

Wow, he actually brought this kind of thing. And since he even brought this kind of thing, it means that he must have a "compensation treasure card" in his deck, but he may not have drawn it at the moment.

As expected of the protagonists, there is no need to worry about getting stuck even with so many extra components.

Drawing two more cards, Misawa smiled confidently, "Like I said, the countermeasures I prepared are perfect, number one. I have thoroughly researched and prepared for this duel."

You Xuan shrugged and smiled: "Actually, I also know that you are prepared. I am just curious to see how you will deal with it."

"Oh? You're still so calm? You're worthy of being the number one." Misawa said with a smile, "Then let me see you fight when you're really serious."

"I'm always serious." You Xuan smiled, "Activate the magic card 'Handbook Erase'. Both players discard all their cards and then draw the same number of cards from their decks."

Both players discarded their cards and drew cards. However, a card popped out from the Yuxuan Tomb area.

"When you discard a Spell Card 'Compensation Treasure Card' from your hand to the Graveyard, draw two more cards from your Deck." (Original card)
Misawa didn't say anything, but he was even more alert. Although he said so, Misawa still felt that he didn't feel any tension from Youxuan.

It felt as if the opponent had completely ignored all of his strategies and the advantages he seemed to have on the scene.

But this only made his soul as a duelist more excited.

"I must make you take this duel seriously!"

“So I said I didn’t let you win. But since you insisted, I will follow the agreement and show you my main force.

Remove the light attribute 'Holy Magician' and the dark attribute 'Apprentice Magician' from the graveyard and Special Summon them!"

Misawa's expression changed slightly: "Excluding the light and dark attributes of this summoning condition, could it be...!?"

"The souls of light and darkness are sacrificed in the field of chaos, calling for the legendary warrior to descend here!"

The two magicians transformed into light and dark energies, interweaving and pouring into the swirling black clouds in the air, as if sinking into the other side of chaos. Then a beam of golden light burst out from it, as if the sword light split the chaos itself, and a gorgeous warrior in armor stepped onto the field bathed in golden light.

"The creation of heaven and earth——

——Chaos Warrior-Messenger of Creation, summons!"

[Chaos Warrior - Messenger of Creation, Attack Power 3000] The entire venue suddenly exploded.

"Oh my god!" Professor Greed covered his face with his hands in shock, "Chaos Warrior, Noone!"

Asuka on the high platform was also shocked and trembled: "How... How could it be? The messenger of the opening up, but that is not..."

"The legendary trump card in the Duel King Muto Yugi's deck."

The academy's Caesar Maru Fuji Ryo was also shocked for a moment, but then his eyes turned toward the venue with envy.

His duelist soul began to stir.

Even he couldn't help wanting to fight the freshman.

Of course, there was also a certain jellyfish head who shared the same sentiment as him.

"Ohhh, this is so cool! A Chaos Warrior! It's a Chaos Warrior!"

Judai grabbed Marufuji Sho and swung him around frantically.

"I really want to duel with Yugen-san!"

"Brother, you're going to strangle me to death." Marufuji Sho said with difficulty.

But no one was more shocked than Misawa, who was facing the pressure of the legendary warrior in person. He took a half step back unconsciously and said in astonishment: "Your trump card is actually such a monster?"

At this moment, Misawa did not realize that what he was facing was exactly a variant of the world champion deck "Chaos" that dominated the competitive environment in reality.

For a long time at that time, chaos was absolutely the mainstream, and all Yu-Gi-Oh decks were classified into only two types: "chaos" and "non-chaos". You could either be beaten by the mainstream or join in.

The duo of "Apprentice Magician" and "Holy Magician" used by You Xuan for defense in the last round was also the golden pair commonly used by Chaos in the early stage.

These two cards happen to have one light attribute and one dark attribute. The dark attribute Apprentice Magician's Last Words has excellent defensive and knife-blocking performance, and can retrieve the light attribute Holy Magician from the deck. Holy Magician also has the powerful ability to retrieve a magic card.

You have to know that in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh, there were all kinds of amazing magic cards, many of which are banned today, and the quality of individual cards is far higher than that of regular monsters.

The magic cards recovered by the Holy Magician, whether they are Greed and Angel's Charity before they were imprisoned, the three artifacts of hand destruction that are against the will of heaven, or the field-clearing magic cards like "Black Hole" and "Big Storm", are all powerful weapons that can rewrite the situation with one card.

The defense line formed by these two cards can meet the summoning conditions of light and dark attributes in the graveyard in the second round. When it is your turn, you can directly call on the deck's ace Chaos Warrior to appear and secure the victory.

"The monster effect of 'Chaos Warrior - Envoy of the Opening'!" You Xuan said, "Chaos Warrior can give up its own attack this turn as a price to remove a monster on the field from the game!

Remove the 'Variable Beast·Gunner Dragon' equipped with 'Power of the Guardian' from the game!
Chaos Dimension Slash!"

The Chaos Warrior raised his sword high, one side of the blade was light, the other side was dark, and a torrent of light and darkness surged out, forming a two-color vortex that soared into the sky. The huge gunner dragon had no power to resist, and the dimension was shattered by the sword, and the heavy mecha was sucked to the other side of the dimension.

"Uh, is the guardian's power powerless in front of the messenger of creation?" Sanze gritted his teeth.

Guardian Power has the excellent effect of being able to defend whether a monster is destroyed by battle or effect, but it is powerless if it cuts off the other dimension with a sword.

"Then I will remove the Light attribute monster 'Radiant Angel' that was discarded to the Graveyard last turn, and another Dark attribute 'Apprentice Magician' in the Graveyard from the game!"

Misawa: “!”

This is the summoning condition again.
Could it be possible that the messenger you created could have a second unit! ?

Of course, this is impossible. However, even though the big development is gone, You Xuan still has the small development.

"The wizard who controls the magic of light and darkness has arrived here now—

—Chaos Wizard, summon!"

[Chaos Wizard, Attack Power 2300]

"Chaos Wizard's effect is activated! Once per turn, you can remove a monster from the field at the cost of giving up your own attack.

The last 'Variable Beast Gunner Dragon' is also excluded from the game!"

The Chaos Wizard swirled his palms, and the magic of light and darkness surged in his palms. A vortex of chaos erupted from under the Gunner Dragon's feet. The heavy mecha dissipated in the magic vortex without any resistance.

Misawa: “.”

No way, sir, are you going to another dimension again?
Manjomu, who had been beaten into autism by Judai-kun in the outfield, finally raised his head at this moment, with some spirit in his eyes.

He is familiar with this trick.

This is the feeling I want! Except, except all, except them all for me!
Everyone is going to another dimension!

"But at least this way I won't be able to launch an attack in this round." Misawa took a deep breath.

The effects of large development and small development are the same. You cannot declare an attack in the round where the Dimension Slash ability has been used.

"That's not necessarily true." You Xuan interrupted.

Misawa: “!?”

"It is true that the Envoy of Opening who used this effect cannot attack this turn, but that does not mean that my attack is over."

You Xuan showed another card.

"Magic Card 'Sudden Mutation'! Tribute a monster on your field and Special Summon a Fusion Monster of the same Level as the Tributed Monster from your Fusion Deck!

I offer the Chaos Warrior - Messenger of Creation as a sacrifice!"

Misawa: “!!!”

By the way, as long as you sacrifice the Chaos Warrior that has activated the effect, you can continue to attack this round.

Moreover, the Chaos Warrior is at level eight, which means that he can unconditionally summon a level eight fusion monster to the field!
"The black dragon that has obtained the power of the meteor and called for victory, will appear by harnessing the power of lava.

——Level 8, Meteor Black Dragon, Summon!!!"

The advanced fusion form of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon obtained from the Duel Club, a giant black dragon with magma flowing all over its body, spread its wings and descended on the field!
[Meteor Black Dragon, attack power 3500]

Misawa's face changed slightly: "Surely. The legendary evolution of Red-Eyes Black Dragon can be summoned without Red-Eyes Black Dragon."

Sudden Mutation is also one of the magic cards that appeared in GX and is often used by Yuki Judai. However, he usually uses this card to evolve "Elemental Hero Bubble Man" into "New Bubble Man".

No one usually does this in real competition.

The combination that You Xuan is using now is one of the most common combos in the top decks back then. Chaos Warrior has extremely simple conditions for appearance, and can easily split a monster into another dimension. Sudden mutation can just make up for the side effect of not being able to attack after launching Dimension Slash, and can also easily exchange for an eight-star fusion monster that may be difficult to appear normally.

However, the eight-star fusion used by the world champions back then was generally the "Electronic Two-Headed Dragon", which had an attack power of 2800 and could fire two rounds per round. After the Chaos Warrior cleared the field, it transformed into a two-headed dragon and could instantly hit a violent output of 5600.

But the two-headed dragon in this world is conceivable in Caesar's deck, and You Xuan has not seen it on the market yet. Moreover, after searching, he found that the eight-star fusions that can be easily purchased at present either have summoning restrictions or are very salty.
Although Meteor Black Dragon is a mortal bone, it at least has 3500 noble points "above Blue Eyes and only below Obelisk", and more importantly, it is free.

"A direct attack from the 'Meteor Black Dragon'!"

The Meteor Black Dragon opened its mouth and a column of lava-like fire gushed out, pushing past Misawa's body.

"Ugh!"

[Misawa, LP 4000 → LP 500]

His health points were instantly blasted to a candle in the wind, and Misawa half-knelt on the ground with his teeth bared, with black smoke coming out of his body.

The big monsters were sent to another dimension one after another, and took this heavy blow without any defense. Misawa suddenly realized something.

The other party might have considered the possibility that he would set a "trap blockade" from the very beginning.

The combination of Chaos and Dimension Slash will constantly banish the opponent's monsters and launch a strong attack. Misawa's own monsters will be constantly kicked into another dimension by the disgusting effect, and because of his own "Notice from the Palace", he cannot use traps for defense.
In this situation, wouldn't he be the one who was disgusted by the "trap blockade"?

(End of this chapter)