Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

The audience members couldn't help but sigh.

"How can you possibly stop the Harpie's attack with only 400 attack power?"

"With this attack, the yoke will only have 100LP left."

"It seems the battle is over. Without the Armored Dragon, this guy is no match at all."

However, Yu Che just smiled slightly upon hearing those words. The moment the Harpie Girl launched her attack, he flipped up his face-down card and said loudly, "Defense Seal is a universal card that everyone carries! So I expected you to launch an attack like this!"

"What?!" Kong Quewu was startled, thinking she had stepped into some terrible trap.

"The effect of Evil Ninja: When this card in Attack Position is targeted for an attack, the controller can draw one card from the Deck!" Yu Che said, revealing the Trap Card he had just activated. "At the same time, I use another Trap Card—Monster Switch! When an opponent's monster attacks, I can return one monster I control to my hand and Special Summon one Level 4 monster from my hand!"

"Come on, Octopus Shark! Defense signal!"

With a flash of light, the evil ninja chosen as the target quickly activated its ability, contributing a card to Yu Che, before disappearing instantly.

Immediately afterwards, a fish monster with half the body of an octopus and half the body of a shark burst out from the suddenly surging wave and took the place of the evil ninja!

【Octopus Shark】

【Four stars】

[Water Attribute/Fish Clan]

[Attack/Defense: 1600/800]

Upon seeing this, the peacock dancer, who had just been visibly distressed, immediately burst into laughter, her signature high-pitched laughter echoing through the noisy venue: "Hahahahahaha!"

"You Che, your tactics are truly ridiculous!"

"Just to draw one more card, but you have to pay the price of two cards?"

"Looks like I overestimated you. This ridiculous monster can't stop my trump card!"

"Harpie! Crush that hideous fish monster!"

"Bang!"

With a single strike, smoke filled the air.

Peacock danced with a smug smile, while the audience sighed at You Che's performance.

However, what they obviously didn't know was that this combo was specially designed by Yuche for this ancient dueling era.

The thick smoke and dust gradually dissipated...

Looking at her opponent's empty battlefield, Mai thought she had won, but the next second, a strange sound came from her own battlefield.

When she noticed the harpy's current state, the once confident woman turned ashen-faced and showed a shocked expression.

Chapter 12 Double Blessing! The fickle tailor!

"Gu dong... gu dong..."

A nauseating wriggling sound gradually rose up.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and was shocked by what they saw.

Just now, the Harpie used a fierce attack to blast the fish monster Octopus Shark into pieces. However, the defeated Octopus Shark did not completely disappear. Its remaining tentacles seemed to have a life of their own and quickly crawled towards the Harpie, tightly binding her!

Restricted by these tentacles, the harpy woman, who had been a formidable fighter just seconds before, instantly became a cripple with zero attack power!

Harpy, Attack Power: 2100 → 0

"What... my Harpy... actually?!" Mai was dumbfounded; she had no idea what had just happened.

Facing the bewildered crowd, Yu Che, who had just drawn the card, explained with a faint smile: "Zhang Shak isn't a monster I picked randomly. I spent quite a bit of money to buy this card."

"When this card is destroyed by battle against an opponent's monster, you can equip it to that monster as an Equip Card! That monster's ATK will become zero, and it will also be unable to change its battle position!"

"Peacock Dance, you know about my Armed Dragon, and I also know a little about your deck."

"Without the Harpie Girl as your main fighting force, your tactics can no longer be implemented, right?"

During the Duel Kingdom era, there was no attack rollback, which is the main reason why this combo was possible.

In this era, monster attacks are more like targeting a grid. Once an attack declaration is made, the monster will definitely attack that area, regardless of whether it is the original monster or not.

"Tsk!" Peacock Dance frowned. "Set two cards face down, end your turn."

It was Youche's turn again. Looking at the cards in his hand, he smiled slightly.

In this way, the intended strategy was realized.

The reason he didn't summon Armed Dragon Lv5 to attack Harpie was that Mai Peacock's deck contained an extremely powerful continuous trap card—Mirror Screen.

As long as this card exists, the attack power of an opponent's monster is halved when it attacks.

If the card in the back row of the Peacock Dance is that card, then Yuzuru will lose his ace.

Therefore, his idea is to use the special ability of Armed Dragon Lv5 to disrupt the Harpie Girl's effect, but this operation has a prerequisite: he must have a monster with higher attack power than the Harpie Girl as "ammunition".

Due to limited budgets when building decks, and the fact that this era favored high attack power, monsters with an attack power of 2100 or higher were very expensive, and only a handful of them were in Yuzuriha's deck.

Therefore, the only way for him to activate the Armed Dragon Lv5 effect is to reduce the Harpie's attack power.

"It seems the duel is almost over." Yu Che swung down his ace. "Peacock Dance and Harpie Lady are the most crucial core cards in your deck."

"If it is destroyed, you will lose the next turn because you will be unable to summon a monster. This is the rule of the duel, and it is also the weakness of your deck!"

"Now it's my turn to attack! Attack is the call to arms!"

"Armed Dragon Lv5!!"

"roar------------"

A deafening roar resounded as a massive, heavily armored dragon beast suddenly strode into the battlefield!

As the dueling arena trembled, the hearts of everyone present also trembled.

They all thought that Armed Dragon Lv5 had to evolve from Lv3, but now they know that this monster can actually be summoned directly!

【Armed Dragon Lv5】

【Five stars】

[Wind Attribute/Dragon Race]

[Attack/Defense: 2400/1700]

Kong Quewu's expression became even more serious, but surprise still made up the majority of her expression.

"Activate the special ability of Armed Dragon Lv5," Yuche places a monster card into the graveyard, "Discard a monster card from your hand, and destroy one monster on your opponent's field whose ATK is lower than the discarded monster's ATK!"

"Right now, the Harpie's attack power is zero, which means I only need to sacrifice the Evil Ninja with an attack power of 400!"

"call----"

"Boom!!!!"

Armored Dragon Lv5 took a deep breath and then unleashed a storm of dragon breath at the harpy who was being controlled by the Octopus Shark!

The extremely lethal attack sent countless feathers flying, and the dark green breath stirred up a burst of wind on the battlefield!

"Heh!" However, Peacock Dance suddenly sneered, "You Che, I did underestimate you just now, but the real duel has only just begun!"

"The moment you activated Armed Dragon's power, I used the Spell Card—The Changeable Tailor!"

"This card allows you to transfer one of the Equip Cards equipped by a monster to another monster on the field!"

"Since this disgusting octopus exists as an equipment card, I'll give it back to you now!"

The moment the magic card lit up, the viscous tentacles left the Harpie's body and flew towards Armed Dragon Lv5, tightly binding it!

Harpy, Attack Power: 0 → 2100

Armed Dragon Lv5, Attack Power: 2400 → 0

With her attack power returning to 2100, the Harpie perfectly withstood the Armored Dragon's destructive power.

"Boom..."

The raging winds subsided, and the battle situation changed rapidly.

The peacock dance's counterattack truly took everyone by surprise.

At this moment, Youche could do nothing but stamp a card.

“Then it’s my turn,” said Mai, drawing a card. “Although I don’t know what the conditions are for Armed Dragon Lv5 to evolve again, it’s very likely that, like Lv3, it will evolve at the start of the next turn.”

"In that case, I'll crush it in this round!"

After the recent exchange, Mai had a general idea of ​​Yuzuriha's strength. Even if Armed Dragon's attack power became zero, she was not confident that she could end the duel in this round.

"Activate the Spell Card - Heavenly Treasure Card!"

"Both duelists will replenish their hands to six cards!"

"Activate Kaleidoscope: Magnificent Clone!"

"Turn my Harpy into three!"

"The Harpie Sisters!!"

The gold coins rained down from the sky like a downpour, and under the dazzling golden light, the harpy girl stepped into a dazzling magic circle with ever-changing light!

When she reappeared, the original harpy had transformed into three, and each of them possessed an enhanced attack power of 2100!

This is the classic combo of the peacock dance.

In this era, the effect of "Kaleidoscope: Magnificent Clone" is: target one Harpie on your field and Special Summon two Harpie tokens with the same ATK and DEF and named "Harpie".

This capability is far superior to the OCG-based version.

"It's not over yet!" Mai Kongque exclaimed loudly, "This turn, I drew another copy of the Fickle Tailor! Activate this card's effect!"

"Transfer the electronic bodysuit from the Harpy to the other Harpy that was just summoned!"

"Although the original main attack power will decrease, the Harpie Girl, who has inherited the main body and received the equipment card buff, will reach an attack power of 2600!"

"Go! Harpie Girl! Attack Armed Dragon Lv5!"

At this moment, Youche finally understood why Peacock Dance had included the seemingly meaningless "Changing Tailor" card in her deck—it was to achieve this tactic.

With an attack power of 2600, it was already quite high during the Duel Kingdom era.