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Chapter 126 Building a grave, huh?! I'll dig up your grave! (4K)

"By the way."

Seeing Xu Ran's bewildered expression, Shen Yi said somewhat embarrassedly.

"As long as [Lone Dancer Chihiro] is in the graveyard, neither player's minions can be tethered."

This is why Shen Yi wanted Xiao Ai to change her form.

By using Xiao Ai's effect to summon three minions with no effect on Xu Ran's field, and then using Qian Xun's effect to lock these three minions and prevent them from being freed, the effect of blocking the opponent's minion slots is indirectly achieved.

Xu Ran's deck relies on the [Miner] minions on the field constantly calling various spell cards from the spell deck to operate.

Since each Miner minion specializes in a particular type of mineral, Xu Ran often needs to summon Miner minions that correspond to multiple minerals on the field in order to fully search his spell deck.

If three of the five minion slots are forcibly occupied, leaving only two miners, he should still be able to deploy, but his efficiency will definitely be greatly reduced.

However, to be fair, Shen Yi found Chihiro's combo to be very smooth, especially the combination of [Dance Floor Dance - Chihiro] + [Lonely Dancer - Chihiro], which combined self-restraint and grave effects, and Shen Yi was very satisfied with it.

Moreover, this is an effect that Qianxun cannot achieve in He Kan's deck because He Kan is restricted by his contract with the Dream Dance Troupe and cannot add followers from other slots to his deck.

Xu Ran, of course, knew Shen Yi's intentions.

There are only two slots, and you can't freely release minions on the field.

This means that he must calculate the gains and losses for every summon he makes next, otherwise he might accidentally trap himself. Xu Ran looked at his hand and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Meanwhile, in a private box in the venue, Pei Mingyi was staring intently at the two duelists fighting on the field.

At his father's behest, he was put in full charge of investigating Pei Minghong's cause of death, especially finding the mysterious duelist who was able to defeat Pei Minghong at the level 1 stage.

That's why Pei Mingyi came back here today to watch the game.

He had only heard of Shen Yi's reputation before, but when he arrived at the scene, he realized that the strength of this person's deck was indeed on a completely different level from that of ordinary low-level duelists.

Who has a good player who can launch a powerful attack during the opponent's first turn at level 1?

Pei Mingyi felt that if he encountered such an opponent in a duel, he would definitely curse.

As a relatively successful duelist among the new generation of the Pei family, although he cannot match his younger brother Pei Minghong in duels, he is still somewhat confident in his dueling abilities.

He knew Xu Ran's deck, so he was well aware of how having three slots occupied would affect the [Miner] deck.

Thinking of this, Pei Mingyi's gaze fell on Shen Yi.

This guy is someone we need to keep a close eye on during the invitational tournament.

After much deliberation, Xu Ran finally took action.

This time, he didn't immediately perform a Normal Summon. In this situation, a Normal Summon would undoubtedly be reckless.

He actually has a spell card in his hand that sends a [Miner] minion to the graveyard to activate its effect, but this is not a precise search.

"My turn!"

Xu Ran spoke up.

For some reason, he spoke with unusual emphasis when he said this, as if he was stressing something.

As he spoke, he drew a spell card from his hand.

"Activate the spell card [Miner Recruitment]."

"Once per turn, I may Special Summon a [Miner] minion from my deck."

Xu Ran had already decided what to do next while he was thinking. He continued almost without pausing, "Special Summon, [Gem Miner - Forest Worm]."

With a flash of light from the summoning, a young man appeared on Xu Ran's field.

"Activate the effect of [Gem Miner - Forest Worm] once per turn: Send the top three cards of my spell deck to the graveyard, and then I can add any [Gem] spell cards from that deck to my hand."

However, this time, perhaps due to bad luck, or perhaps because there were too many cards in the spell deck, diluting the amount of [Gem] cards, the Forest Worm's effect did not allow Xu Ran to retrieve the corresponding spell card as desired.

However, Xu Ran had anticipated this.

He quickly drew another card from his hand.

"Then, activate the spell card [Miner's Wash]. This can only be activated if there is a [Miner] spell card in my graveyard. Banish all cards in my graveyard and then add the spell cards thereto to your hand."

With that, Xu Ran banished all the cards from his graveyard and then added the three spell cards he had just put into the graveyard to his hand.

"When I have more cards in my hand, the effect of [Gem Miner - Forest Worm] activates." Xu Ran continued without pausing.

He had already mentally rehearsed the next sequence of moves while he was thinking about it, so typing it out was naturally incredibly smooth.

Based on the effect of the Forest Worm, Xu Ran sends two [Miner] followers, including the Forest Worm, to the graveyard to activate the effect, and randomly Special Summons a [Miner] follower from the deck.

The other follower he sent to the graveyard was named [Treasure Miner Xu Ke].

Nangong Ai's effect suppression is only effective on the field, while Treasure Miner's effects are mostly in the graveyard.

Seeing that Xu Ran had successfully delivered the treasure miner to the tomb, Shen Yi immediately sensed something was wrong.

But this time, he no longer had the ability to interrupt the other party's continued efforts.

After all, with so many cards in a spell deck, it's already quite lucky to draw [Temporary Announcement] in your starting hand; you can't complain about anything more.

Xu Ran didn't rush to activate the effect of Treasure Miner, but instead flipped over his follower deck to begin a normal summon.

The summoned miner minion immediately activated its effect, sending three more spell cards to the graveyard.

Xu Ran was lucky this time and successfully obtained a [Gold] spell card.

But Xu Ran's real purpose was clearly not there.

Xu Ran decisively activated the effect of the treasure miner in the tomb.

"When a [Miner] spell card goes from the deck to the graveyard, activate the effect of [Treasure Miner Xu Ke] to return these spell cards to the deck and Special Summon a [Treasure Miner] follower from my follower deck."

As he spoke, Xu Ran opened his minion deck.

"I choose to Special Summon [Treasure Miner Peter]."

A blond-haired, blue-eyed boy appeared on Xu Ran's field.

Xu Ran took a deep breath, then raised his hand to release Peter, whom he had just summoned, and the Miner follower, which had been specially summoned by the Forest Worm, and performed a second Normal Summon.

This time, Xu Ran's main purpose was clearly to send [Treasure Miner Peter] to the cemetery.

"Finally, it's ready." Xu Ran grinned and said, "Activate the effect of [Treasure Miner Peter] in my graveyard. Once per turn, target one minion in your graveyard and return it to the deck."

His choice, of course, was [Chihiro the Lonely Dancer].

Shen Yi narrowed his eyes.

Actually, after unlocking one tile, the Miner deck can already barely function.

What is Xu Ran trying to do by going to such lengths to return Qianxun to the deck?

However, Shen Yi soon learned of Xu Ran's thoughts.

"Then," Xu Ran said, pulling a spell card from his hand. "Activate from my hand: Spell Card [Curse of the Golden Stone]."

"Tribute all three of my [Miner] minions on the field." Xu Ran raised his hand, commuting all his minions. "Then Special Summon one [Miner] minion from my Graveyard."

"If that minion is successfully Special Summoned, it can undergo one form transformation!"

After saying that, Xu Ran opened his tomb.

"Come out, my brother!"

Xu Ran revealed the [Treasure Miner - Xu Ke].

Special Summon: [Treasure Miner Xu Ke].

Upon hearing Xu Ran's words, Shen Yi subconsciously paid extra attention to Xu Ke.

This handsome and strong young man actually did bear some resemblance to Xu Ran.

Seemingly noticing Shen Yi's confusion, Xu Ran introduced him generously: "This is my older brother, Xu Ke."

Xu Ke also nodded politely to Shen Yi.

Although he knew that it was true that some families in this world had biological brothers who became each other's followers, he never expected that he would witness such a scene for the first time in the duel arena with Xu Ran.

He had originally thought he would only encounter this situation during his duel with the Ji sisters, after all, they had hundreds of sisters.

But judging from Xu Ke and Xu Ran's expressions, there seemed to be no coercion involved.

While Shen Yi was pondering, Xu Ran had already begun to implement the follow-up effects of the [Curse of the Golden Stone].

The light of transformation shone on Xu Ke.

[Archaeological expert Xu Ke]

This is the name of Xu Ke's new card form.

Archaeological experts?

Is this considered a miner?

Shen Yi muttered to himself.

I just don't know what kind of effect this form will have.

In Xu Ran's previous construction, there was no existence of this older brother named Xu Ke.

However, Shen Yi knew about the card "Curse of the Golden Stone".

Its activation requires the release of three [Miner] minions, so the minions that are Special Summoned will also be given some powerful resistances.

Followers Special Summoned by [Curse of the Golden Stone] and their subsequent forms cannot be targeted by card effects, nor can they be destroyed by card effects.

Then, Shen Yi saw Xu Ran take out a treasure card.

This card's effect is similar to that of [Lonely Dancer Chihiro].

As long as this card is on the field, Miner minions cannot be banished.

Well, here comes another exception resistance, clearly designed to counter [S:P Vera].

If it weren't for the fact that Vera hadn't appeared in public duels before and hadn't been included in the deck information online, Shen Yi suspected that Xu Ran would give Xu Ke another Liberation Resistance.

He had no doubt that Xu Ran could produce such a card.

Based on what Xu Ran has shown so far, his deck is far more powerful than he imagined.

So, what is the effect of the [Archaeological Expert Xu Ke] that Xu Ran summoned and protected at such a high cost?

As a duelist, Shen Yi believed that Xu Ran was absolutely rational.

It's impossible for him to give Xu Ke such extra protection just because Xu Ke is his own brother.

"Activate the effect of [Archaeologist Xu Ke]." Xu Ran activated the effect of [Archaeologist Xu Ke] on the field. "Once per turn for both players, I may discard one card to activate this effect, returning all minions in both players' graveyards to the deck."

"???"

Before Shen Yi could react, the little sprites in his graveyard were all sent back to his deck.

"By the way, as long as [Archaeologist Xu Ke] is on the field, if a follower card goes to the graveyard due to a card effect, I can discard a card from my hand to return the follower card that went to the graveyard due to that effect to the deck."

Having finally found a sense of having the upper hand in the first round, Xu Ran grinned at Shen Yi.

His smile this time inevitably carried a hint of smugness. He had spent a lot of effort searching for cards that countered Shen Yi's deck, but he still couldn't find the cards he wanted.

In the end, it was Xu Ke's brother who volunteered that gave him the confidence to target Shen Yi's deck.

cemetery.

After watching several of Shen Yi's duels, especially after the addition of the Elf to his deck, the graveyard resources became the core of Shen Yi's dueling system.

Therefore, Xu Ran's solution was very simple: to prevent Shen Yi's burial plot resources from piling up as much as possible.

Upon hearing the response from the other side, Shen Yi was visibly taken aback.

What the hell!

Are you an archaeology expert?

Aren't you a grave robber?

Shen Yi, who originally planned to start from the graveyard in the next round, looked at his suddenly empty graveyard and felt like he was going to vomit blood.

It was clear that Xu Ran had indeed found Shen Yi's weakness.

Limiting the number of graves the little sprites can build is indeed an effective way to restrict one's own development.

but----

Shen Yi recovered quickly.

"That's not enough," he said with a smile to Xu Ran.

Seeing Shen Yi so calm, Xu Ran couldn't help but wonder if this guy had acquired some new tricks.

Xu Ran had misunderstood Shen Yi.

Shen Yi wouldn't resort to any new methods to address this restriction.

Isn't it just about discarding cards from my hand to prevent me from building a graveyard?

Then I can just stack it a few more times and it will be fine!

You only have a maximum of five cards outside of your turn —

"Then, activate the permanent spell card [Royal Treasure]."

"As long as this card is on the field, I always skip the draw phase, but in exchange, I always skip the discard phase."

Xu Ran played a new [Treasure] card.

"???" Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then stared intently at the [Royal Treasure] on Xu Ran's field.

Xu Ran certainly knew where the pain points of [Archaeological Expert Xu Ke] lay.

So he specifically chose this [Treasure Card] from his father's treasure trove.

It has to be said that this card is simply a godsend for the [Miner] deck. Given the deck's search efficiency, the card drawn during the draw phase is practically negligible. The resulting unlimited hand size instantly transforms Xu Ran into a terrifying demon king.

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