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"Icy flames envelop everything in the world, let the black flowers bloom! Synchro Summon! Come forth, 'Black Rose Dragon'!"

The girl's clear, cool declaration echoed in the air, and a giant dragon with outstretched wings appeared before everyone.

Unlike typical Western dragons, its entire body was covered in rose petals. It was as if it were wearing the most magnificent dress, yet it exuded a deadly danger.

"Black Rose Dragon, Rank 7 / Fire / Dragon / Synchro" "ATK: 2400 / DEF: 1800"

"One or more Tuner monsters + one or more non-Tuner monsters"

It really is the "Black Rose Dragon"!

When you hear the surname Izayoi Yuki, you should make some connections.

It seems that even in a different world, the two remain closely connected.

"Your simple, rigid defenses are useless against 'Black Rose Dragon'. When 'Black Rose Dragon' is successfully Synchro Summoned, its effect activates. Destroy all cards on the field..."

"and many more!"

Yuki suddenly spoke up, shouting, "The 'Black Rose Dragon' hasn't been successfully summoned yet! At this very moment, I'm activating my face-down card—the Counter Trap: 'Horn of Ascension'!"

"Horn of Ascension (Counter Trap): Tribute one monster you control. Negate the monster's Normal Summon, Flip Summon, and Special Summon, and destroy it."

As one of the cards previously set up by Yuki flipped up, the monster it covered was shattered, and a horn conveying the will of heaven sounded.

Upon hearing the desolate horn sound, the "Black Rose Dragon," which was about to make a move, froze instantly, let out a mournful cry, and exploded into countless rose fragments.

"Black Rose Dragon..."

"The effect of 'Black Rose Dragon' requires a successful Synchro Summon to activate; now that the Summon has failed, it no longer works."

You Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Gaika had a trap that could handle this situation, otherwise taking a "Black Rose Dragon" sweep would have been a huge blow.

"It was actually stopped?"

Izayoi Yuki sent the "Black Rose Dragon" card into the graveyard, a flash of surprise crossing her red eyes.

She originally thought that this attack would completely render You Xi powerless to resist, but now she realizes that she was too naive.

"But it's not over yet. Since the 'Black Rose Dragon' isn't working, we'll just have to launch a direct assault."

"Activate 'Rough Man's Expectation'. If you control no monsters, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or higher Normal Monster from your Deck. Special Summon 'Mandala Trumpeter'."

Izayoi Yuki played a spell card from her hand that she had intended to use after "Black Rose Dragon" cleared the field, channeling its power to create a plant-type datura flower that appeared on the battlefield.

"Mandala Angel Trumpeter, Level 4/Earth/Plant/Adjustment" "ATK: 1900/DEF: 1600"

"Next is the effect of 'Carrot Man': Once per turn, discard 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand, and Special Summon this card from your Graveyard."

As fertilizer was injected into the soil, the giant "carrot man" grew out of the ground again.

With the loss of her Summoning Power and "Black Rose Dragon", Yuki Izayoi now has two more low-level monsters with 1900 ATK on her field.

"You don't have any defensive walls on your field right now. Do you think that one face-down card can stop you?"

Without missing the opportunity for Yuki to weaken herself in order to activate the trap, Izayoi Yuki said without hesitation, "'Mandala Angel Trumpeter' and 'Carrot Man,' I'll use these two monsters to attack directly."

"what……"

[Yu Xi's LP: 8000 → 4200]

Without any hindrance, Yuki withstood both direct attacks with her own body.

If this were a duel with 4000 base points, this would be the time for the player in the "Flickering Candle in the Wind" cheat code to go into overdrive.

"Looks like the other face-down card can't be used. I'll move on to Main Phase 2 and use the 4-star 'Mandala Angel Trumpeter' to adjust the star level of the 4-star 'Carrot Man'."

As the battle ended and Izayoi Yuki, having secured all the kills, waved her hand, and a new Synchro Aura immediately exploded and bloomed on her field.

"The awe-inspiring power of a king is about to unfold! Behold the earth-shattering force! Synchronous Summon! Appear!!"

"The Crimson Dragon!!"

Chapter 16 The Fake Card with One Card and Five Corpse Dismemberments

4 stars + 4 stars = 8 stars!

The second synchronized light shone brightly under the clear sky, resonating with the girl's crimson eyes. Accompanied by a domineering and furious dragon roar, a pair of demonic dragon wings unfurled. Containing the flames and soul of the crimson lotus, the dark red demonic dragon roared down.

"Crimson Dragon, Level 8/Dark/Dragon/Synchro" "ATK: 3000/DEF: 2000"

"One or more Tuner monsters + one or more non-Tuner monsters"

"What...it's actually the 'Crimson Lotus Demon Dragon'!?"

Looking up at the giant dragon casting a vast shadow and the intense aura emanating from it, Youxi was utterly astonished.

So it turns out there's more than just "Black Rose"...

"I never said my only trump card was 'Black Rose Dragon'."

As if sensing Yuki's thoughts, Izayoi Yuki said, "No matter what kind of duel it is, I will use them together to achieve victory."

"Set two cards, and the guaranteed effect of 'Crimson Dragon' activates. During the End Phase, destroy all monsters on my field that haven't attacked except for Crimson Dragon. However, I currently have no other monsters on my field, so the effect is wasted."

"After that, activate the effect of 'Phoenix Lycoris' from the Graveyard, banishing the Plant-Type 'Mandala Angel Trumpeter,' and Special Summon this card in Defense Position."

"Phoenix Lycoris radiata, Level 8/Fire/Plant" "ATK: 2200/DEF: 0"

This time, nourished by the souls of their kind in the cemetery, a plant resembling a phoenix grew vigorously in front of Izayoi Yuki, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a monster the size of a human.

Yu Xi recognized the monster; it was one of the vicious members locked up in the OCG's dark room, a landmine that would explode at the slightest touch.

"There's nothing more that can be done. Round over."

With a final move that slightly bolstered the scene, Izayoi Yuki announced the change of turns.

Now it's You Xi's turn to perform.

"My turn, draw a card!"

With a slight pull, Yuki pulled out the salary card for that round and flipped it over to show Izayoi Yuki and Hoshino Mai.

"I drew the Normal Monster: Dark Knight Gaia. At that moment, the Continuous Spell: Will of the Mortal activates! Draw 1 more card from my Deck."

Seeing that Izayoi Yuki did not activate the face-down card, Yuki's fingers touched the deck again.

A shade of yellow, identical to that of "Dark Knight Gaia," reflected the sunlight into his retina.

"I drew 'Queen Knight,' draw 1 more. 'Demon Summon,' draw 1; 'Magnet Warrior Alpha,' draw 1; 'Guard Knight,' draw 1."

"Wow, this is really..."

Starting with the first card, "Dark Knight Gaia," Yuki started a crazy "card-drawing chain," and her hand size increased to more than 7 times in just a few seconds.

Even though most of them were just ordinary monsters, the scene was still very impactful.

It's so big that it makes you wonder, "Does this guy really have no feelings?"

"How are you, Xiaoxue?"

Xingye Wu smiled and looked at Shijuya Yuki, asking with great interest, "Do you still think that Yu Xijun's success back then was purely accidental luck?"

"...The duel isn't over yet, it's too early to draw conclusions."

Izayoi Yuki was clearly taken aback, but she remained defiant.

"Besides, almost all of those cards are useless normal monsters, so having more cards in your hand is meaningless."

"That's true."

Having a lot of cards in your hand is nothing more than intimidating; the key is the quality of the cards. With Yu Xi's hand, giving him more cards is practically the same as having none.

"Then all we need to do is convert these cards into usable resources, right?"

The one who answered Izayoi Yuki's question was not Hoshino Mai, but Yuki.

After drawing the first card after "Guardian Knight", Yuki didn't seem to draw any more ordinary cards and stopped drawing like crazy, officially entering the first phase of her turn.

"I set one card to my back row, then activate 'Hand Elimination'!"

"Hand Elimination (Normal Spell): Players with cards in their hand discard all of those cards. After that, each player draws the number of cards they discarded from their deck."

"Right now, Izayoi-kun has 0 cards in his hand, so I'm the only one who benefits from this effect: discard 5 and draw 5!"

Turning the disadvantage of having too many ordinary cards into an advantage, Yuki, who had significantly changed her hand, then lightly tapped the Duel Disk: "Then I activate the Spell Card: 'Monster Reborn,' and according to its effect, Special Summon 'Magnet Warrior Alpha' from my Graveyard."

"Magnet Warrior α, Level 4/Earth/Warrior" "ATK: 1400/DEF: 1700"

A summoning halo shimmering with colorful light opened, and a magnetic warrior with a U-shaped magnet mask was resurrected on the battlefield.

Seeing this utterly unremarkable monster, Izayoi Yuki wondered, "Is it reviving a low-level mortal instead of 'demon summoning'?"

The monster "Demon Summoning" is quite famous.

With an attack power of 2500, it can be deployed with just one sacrifice and has been known as the "King of Single Sacrifice" in low-level, low-intensity duels.

By any measure, that monster is more deserving of revival than "Magnet Warrior Alpha" and is more qualified to fight against "Crimson Dragon".

"That's because of this card."

Yuki inserted a card into the Duel Disk, and the emerald green card materialized in response to his voice: "Spell Card Activated: 'Brotherhood Bonds' (Anime Version)!"

"Pay 1000 Life Points, then target 1 monster you control. Special Summon 2 Level 4 monsters of the same Type as the monster from your Deck. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack, nor can they be Tributed for a Tribute Summon. 'Magnet Warrior α' is a Rock-Type monster; Special Summon 'Magnet Warrior β' and 'Magnet Warrior γ'!"