Want to play cards? I'll use my King's Deck!

The ultimate burst of damage gained by utilizing the opportunity to destroy the Extra Deck is a classic playstyle of the "Extra Deck Emperor".

Fierce and powerful, once successful, it can establish an absolute advantage.

If Wendy had successfully executed this combo in the previous round, the duel would probably have been over much earlier.

Even if they fail, taking this sudden blow will not only severely damage Canglan's strength, but will also greatly disrupt his plans.

"Ha, and you're the one talking about me? Aren't you the same?"

Seeing that Canglan had been thoroughly outmaneuvered by his opponent, Shenwei couldn't help but gloat and mock, "You said you were different from the careless me, that there were loopholes in the opponent's formation that only you could exploit, but in the end you still got completely outmaneuvered by them?"

"Shut up!"

Cang Lan, who had lost the water purifier, was choked and unable to speak. She could only glare fiercely at Shen Wei, who seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold, before turning her attention to You Xi and Wendy—mainly the former.

"Did you just do that on purpose?"

These words sounded somewhat nonsensical, but You Xi knew exactly what Cang Lan was asking.

"Yes, I did it on purpose."

You Xi nodded, confirming Cang Lan's guess.

"I said that before to make you lower your guard, Senior Canglan."

In TAG's Duel Mode, duelists can view their teammates' face-down cards and graveyard information. Therefore, Yuki obviously already knew that Wendy's face-down card included "Dark Supreme Summon," and Yuki's shout when "Ether the Emperor" was banished was purely for show.

Her acting skills weren't exceptional, but they were more than adequate for the time.

"Looks like we really were tricked."

As Canglan spoke, Shenwei reminded him, "Hey, now's not the time for you to express your thoughts on this. Hurry up and use my card. If you don't hurry, it'll be too late."

"No need for you to tell me—chaining the effects of 'Nutz the Elder God,' activate the quick-attack spell: 'Pot of Greed!'"

As Canglan spoke, the last face-down card left over from the previous round by Shenwei immediately stood up.

[Pot of Greed (Quick-Play Spell): You can target a total of 3 banished monsters of your own and your opponent's. Shuffle those 3 monsters into the owner's Deck. Then, draw 1 card from your Deck.]

"Based on this card's effect, shuffle 'Thunder Dragon - Thunder Dragon,' 'Thunder Beast Dragon - Thunder Dragon,' and 'Ether the Emperor' back into the deck, and then draw 1 card from the deck."

"So that card was the 'Pot of Greed'?"

Wendy said in surprise.

This card was probably added by Kamui to recycle the resources of the banished "Thunder Dragon", but now she can no longer recall "Emperor" during the EP.

"While I didn't expect you to possess something like 'Dark Supreme Summoning,' a threat that has already been used is no longer a threat."

Regaining her composure, Canglan continued playing her card: "Using my Normal Summon this turn, I summon 'Deep Sea Songstress' in Attack Position."

"Deep Sea Diva, Level 2/Water/Sea Dragon/Adjustment" "ATK: 200/DEF: 400"

The waves crashed and surged again, and a mermaid, retrieved using the "Sea King's Dragon Riders" effect from the second image, emerged from the water and sang loudly.

Beside it, a young man with trident in hand and hair like seaweed emerged from the water.

"When 'Deep Sea Queen' is successfully summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Sea Dragon monster from your Deck. Special Summon 'Neptune the Abyss King'."

"Sea Prince Nip, Abyss King, Level 1/Water/Sea Dragon" "ATK: 800/DEF: 0"

"The effect of 'Sea Prince' has activated."

You can activate this effect by sending 1 "Poseidon" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, except "Poseidon Neptune: Abyss King". Add 1 "Poseidon" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Poseidon Neptune: Abyss King".

"Send the third 'Dragon Rider' to the Graveyard as cost, and add 'Sea King's Sniper' from your Deck to your hand. Then, use the effect of 'Dragon Rider' to search for 'Rainbow Dragon'. The effect of 'Rainbow Dragon' allows you to Special Summon this card if it's added to your hand from the Deck."

"Rainbow Dragon, Level 5/Water/Sea Dragon/Adjustment" "ATK: 0/DEF: 2600"

The card that popped out of the deck was slammed onto the Duel Disk, and a third wave rose up, with a water-colored serpent dragon meandering within it.

A brilliant, harmonious light also shone forth.

"Use the 5-star 'Rainbow Dragon' to adjust the star level of the 1-star 'Sea Prince'."

5 stars + 1 stars = 6 stars!

"O dragon that has frozen all things, awaken now! Send my enemy to eternal slumber! Synchronize Summon! 'Ice Barrier Dragon, Light Lance Dragon'!!"

"Ice Barrier Dragon, Light Lance Dragon, Level 6/Water/Sea Dragon/Synchronize" "ATK: 2300/DEF: 1400"

The adjusting halo, transformed from the "Colorful Dragon," passed through the body of the "Sea Prince," attracting countless swirling ice crystals and snowflakes.

With a head outlined in a hexagonal snowflake and an ice-blue body, the giant dragon emerged from the harmonious light.

This is the youngest of the three dragons in the Ice Barrier deck. Its powerful effect speaks for itself, and it's a perfect match for the Azure deck.

"The effect of 'Light Lance Dragon' is activated!"

[Discard any number of cards from your hand to the Graveyard to activate this effect. After that, the number of cards on the field that were sent to the Graveyard are returned to their owners' hands.]

This is not the source-digitized version, but rather the original version. However, there isn't much difference between the two here.

"I discard 'Sea King's Sniper' from my hand and bounce 'Deep Sea Diva' back to my hand. Also, because it was used as cost for WATER effect activation, 'Sea King's Sniper's' effect activates, destroying 1 face-down card on your opponent's field."

With no monsters in the frontcourt and only one Gaika in the backcourt, it's obvious what kind of disruption Wendy is going to cause.

And what Wendy has to do is quite simple.

"Then I'll activate this trap card first: 'Ceasefire Reinforcements'."

Before "Sea King's Sniper" could hit its target, Wendy flipped up her card and said, "Use this card's effect to Special Summon 'Emperor's Rider Adria' from my deck in Defense Position."

"Emperor's Rider, Edia, Level 1/Light/Warrior" "ATK: 800/DEF: 1000"

A beam of light shot out from the trap card, and a female knight dressed entirely in silver appeared, stepping on the light.

He waved and blew the horn to summon his new companions.

"If the effect of 'Heavenly Emperor's Knight' is activated, and the monster is Normal or Special Summoned, Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF. In this case, we're Special Summoning 'Arctic Penguin.'"

"Polar Penguin, Level 2/Water/Water/Adjustment" "ATK: 800/DEF: 1000"

The cold air froze into ice, and a giant penguin clad in ice armor flapped its wings and flew into the battlefield.

"The effect of 'Polar Penguin' activates."

If this card is Special Summoned, you can target 1 monster your opponent controls; return that monster to its owner's hand.

"Select 'Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon' and return it to your hand."

By binding ice with ice, Wendy launched another counterattack through the combined summoning of "Heavenly Emperor's Rider". Wendy successfully sent the "Light Lance Dragon" summoned by Azure back.

But this time, Canglan's expression didn't change as it had when he was frustrated.

"As expected, this way you'll have no ability left to interfere with me. I activate my Normal Spell: 'Rise'! Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Fish/Seadra/Aqua monster from my Graveyard in Defense Position, reviving 'Poseidon's Heavy Armor'."

"Poseidon's Heavy Infantry, Level 2/Water/Sea Dragon" "ATK: 0/DEF: 1600"

The monster previously abandoned by "Giant Abyssal Shark" has been revived by Azure, but its weak stats alone don't warrant much attention. Therefore, the focus remains on its effects.

"As long as 'Heavy Armored Soldier' ​​is on the field, I can Special Summon one more Level 4 or lower Sea Dragon monster during the Main Phase, in addition to my Normal Summon. The one I'll summon here is, of course, 'Deep Sea Queen.' 'Deep Sea Queen's' effect has no limit on the number of times it can be Special Summoned from the Deck: 'Yellow Spinner Yellow Carp Duet.'"

"Yellowfin and Yellowtail Duet, Level 3/Water/Sea Dragon" "ATK: 1500/DEF: 700"

The mermaid queen, who was bounced back by the "Light Gun Dragon", re-materialized and sang again, summoning new henchmen.

The moment the attacker appeared, it fired a water arrow, which hit Wendy's deck squarely.

"If 'Yellow Swallow' is Special Summoned, banish the same number of WATER monsters you control from your opponent's Deck. I currently control 3 monsters, so I banish 3 of your cards. Then activate its ② effect."

[You can target 1 Level 4 or lower WATER monster you control. That monster's Level increases by that level.]

The effectiveness of level-based regulation is self-evident; everyone knows perfectly well why it exists.

Yu Xi's gaze turned serious: "Is it finally coming!"

"Double the level of 'Yellow Spinner' to 6 stars, and adjust the star levels of 'Deep Sea Diva' and 'Yellow Spinner' (both currently at 2 stars)!"

2 stars + 6 stars = 8 stars!

"The fury of the deep sea has now erupted. Let the waves of destruction surge forth! Synchro Summon, Level 8—'White Aura Whale'!"

"White Fighting Aura White Whale, Level 8/Water/Fish" "ATK: 2800/DEF: 2000"

"One or more Water-type monsters (excluding those with a Tuner attribute)"

A synchronized light, far more dazzling than before, burst forth, causing the humid air to permeate all directions. Appearing before Yuki and Wendy was a gigantic white whale.

The long, resounding cry of whales echoed through the sky, awe-inspiring all five senses.

"When 'White Whale' is successfully Synchro Summoned, it can destroy all Attack Position monsters on your opponent's field. However, since all your monsters are in Defense Position, this effect is meaningless. But 'White Whale' can attack monsters twice in one turn, and inflicts piercing damage on Defense monsters, which your lower-level monsters alone cannot completely defend against."

After taking a hit from "Thunder Emperor", Azure's extra mass was greatly reduced, making it the most suitable trump card he could summon under the current circumstances.

But it doesn't matter.

Firstly, the nature of his deck means it doesn't rely heavily on the Extra Deck; secondly, this is a TAG doubles match. So, the priority here is to weaken the opponent as much as possible.

"Activate the last effect of 'Yellow Swallow.' Banish this card from the game, and until the end of this turn, increase 'White Whale's' ATK by 100 times the number of banished monsters."

"Increase attack power based on the number of monsters eliminated?"

Wendy glanced at her banishment zone: "I currently have three monsters banished here."

"This is one 'Yellow Swallow,' therefore the 'White Fighting Aura White Whale's' attack power increases to 3200."

Canglan loudly commanded, "Advance to battle level! 'White Battle Aura White Whale' attacks 'Heavenly Emperor's Rider Adiya' and 'Extreme Ice Beast Polar Warrior'! [White Refinement]!"

Accompanied by a long, drawn-out whale cry, a large amount of water vapor formed a thick column of air that shot out from the whale's head, hitting Wendy's two monsters squarely.