Yu-Gi-Oh!: This isn't a duel!

【Phantom Spirit - Seeker Melusin】【★1】【Water/Mage/Effect】【Attack: 500 / Defense: 300】

As the monsters rapidly spread across the field, You Yang frowned slightly.

Titania did not stop her operation; her mechanical arms suddenly spread open to the sides, and the cold, synthesized voice echoed again in the data tunnel.

"Open it to me again!"

"A circuit connecting to an unknown other world!"

"Om-!"

With her call, the connection circuit that had just disappeared suddenly opened up behind her once again!

The connecting arrows in the eight directions flashed a dangerous red light, as if breathing.

You Yang gently stroked the top of the deck with his fingers, his eyes becoming deep as he secretly made his plans.

Are they really willing to sacrifice two cards in their hand just to forcefully summon the Tuner, just to perform a series of Link Summonings in this turn?

This kind of reckless expansion... Is the opponent's deck the kind that focuses on graveyard resource recovery and rapidly increasing connection value?

If so, then that would be a bit tricky.

After all, these kinds of decks are all about grinding out the opponent's time, and right now, he just doesn't have that much time to waste!

Titania's voice interrupted You Yang's thoughts; it was a chant that seemed to come from the abyss!

"The summoning condition is 2 or more 'Phantom Tempest' monsters!"

"I'm setting the [Phantom Spirit Melusin] and the Link Monster [Phantom Spirit Sixteen Hestia] on the field to Link markers!"

The two monsters instantly transformed into streaks of light and rushed into the circuit.

"Among them, I used LINK-2's [Phantom Spirit: Sixteen Witches Hestia] as two link assets!"

"O ghost lurking in the sea of ​​data, open the back door to the abyss!"

"Rewrite the laws of the system, and let the cries of agony echo throughout the world!"

"Link Summon!!"

"Appear! LINK-3—[Phantom Spirit: King of Privacy Banshee]!!"

Rumbling--

The light from the connecting circuit dimmed and thickened, emanating a sickening sizzling sound of scales rubbing together. Then, a massive and terrifying body slowly crawled out of the light.

It was a monster that was half human and half snake, with a lifeless, pale face on its upper body and a thick snake tail covered in heavy armor on its lower body.

Her head of hair wasn't actually hair, but rather tiny, forked mechanical snakes that hissed in the air.

【Shadow Spirit - King of Privacy Banshee】【LINK-3】【→】【↓】【↓】【Dark/Mage/Link/Effect】【Attack Power: 2100】

With the appearance of this colossal monster, Titania's offensive unfolded like mercury:

"At this moment, the effects of [Phantom Sorcerer: Sixteen Witches Hestia] and [Phantom Sorcerer: Seeker Melusin], which were sent to the graveyard as linking materials, activate simultaneously!"

"Chain 1, the effect of [Illusory Spirit - Sixteen Witches Hestia]".

"This card can only be activated when it is sent from the field to the graveyard."

Add 1 "Transfiguration" card from your deck to your hand.

"I've decided to add the counter trap [Phantom Necromancer Protocol] from my deck to my hand!"

"Chain 2, the effect of [Phantom Spirit - Seeking Melusin]".

"This card can only be activated when it is sent from the field to the graveyard."

"Add 1 'Transformation Sprite' monster (other than the one with the same name) from your Deck to your hand."

"I've chosen to add [Phantom Tempest - Malware Will-O-Wisp] to my deck!"

As the two cards flew automatically into Titania's hand, a glint flashed in You Yang's eyes.

As expected... the cemetery has an extremely strong ability to recover resources and earn cards.

The hand that had just been lost was instantly recovered through monster effects.

After the search was successful, a card in Titania's hand immediately burst into white light!

"The chain reaction has been completed."

"I activate the effect of the [Phantom Swarm - Malware Will-o'-the-Wisp] that I just added to my hand!"

Titania held up the still-glowing card:

"This card can only be activated if it is added to your hand by a method other than drawing a card."

"Special Summon this card from your hand."

"Appear—[Phantom Spirit: Malware Will-o'-the-Wisp]!"

With a flash of light, the pure white ghostly mechanical body reappeared on the field, like an immortal and indestructible spirit.

"It's not over yet."

Titania coldly pointed to the cemetery:

"Activate the second effect of [Phantom Stalker - Malware Will-o'-the-Wisp]".

"If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can target 1 'Transfiguration' monster in your Graveyard other than the same name card; this effect can be activated."

"That monster was Special Summoned in Defense Position!"

"Awaken—[Phantom Spirit: Seeker Melusin]!"

As the command was given, the vortex in the cemetery began to spin again.

【Phantom Spirit - Malware Will-o'-the-Wisp】releases a white data-pulling beam that shoots straight into the depths of the graveyard.

The next second, the blue mechanical mermaid was pulled by the beam of light and returned to the battlefield, curling up and assuming a defensive posture.

Titania's cold, electronic fingertips swept across the void, pointing precisely at the enormous half-human, half-snake monster on the field.

"Continue the unfolding."

"I activate the effect of [Phantom Spirit - Privacy King Banshee] on the field."

"During your or your opponent's Main Phase, you can Tribute 1 'Transfiguration' monster you control other than this card to activate this effect."

"Spectate 1 'Transfiguration' monster from your Deck to your field in the zones linked to this card."

"I choose to unleash the [Phantom Swarm: Malware Will-o'-the-Wisp] on the field!"

The moment the command was given, the mechanical snake hair of [Phantom Spirit - Privacy King Banshee] danced wildly, and it spewed out eerie purple flames that instantly engulfed the [Phantom Spirit - Malware Will-o'-the-Wisp] beside it.

Amidst the piercing sound of data decomposition, the white ghost dissipated into countless points of light, followed by a purple stream of data that re-condensed on the connection arrow of Privacy King Banshee.

"Reconstruction".

Special Summon from Deck - [Phantom Spirit Inquiry Common Card]!

As the light faded, a small electronic sprite with a cunning face and a purple cloak floated in mid-air, surrounded by faintly visible code.

【Phantom Spirit - Search Basic Card】【★1】【Dark/Mage/Effect】【ATK: 300 / DEF: 100】

Without any pause, Titania raised her hands, and the connection circuit that had just closed was opened for the third time with a roar under her will.

"Circuit - Restart".

"I've set the [Phantom Spirit - Query Common] and [Phantom Spirit - Seeker Melusin] on the field to the link marker!"

"The soul of data circulates in the corridors, weaving an eternal curse!"

"Link Summon again!"

"Return, LINK-2 [Phantom Spirit: Sixteen Witches Hestia]!"

As the two monsters transformed into streams of light and entered the circuit, the six-armed, brass-colored mechanical statue descended once more amidst a crimson data storm, its flames burning even more fiercely than before.

Just then, a purple light shone in Titania's graveyard area.

"Chain effect. The effect of the [Phantom Spirit - Search Common Card] in the Graveyard activates!"

"This effect can only be activated if this card is in your Graveyard and a 'Transfiguration' Link Monster is Link Summoned to your field."

"Add this card to your hand."

A purple data stream flew back from the graveyard like a boomerang, landing precisely in Titania's hand and transforming back into that monster card.

Titania did not insert the recycled card into her hand slot, but instead held it high and showed it to Youyang.

Surprisingly, a hint of arrogance, characteristic of the powerful, was lurked within that otherwise unwavering electronic voice:

"Did you notice? This newly recovered [Phantom Spirit - Query Card] has special permissions to rewrite connection rules."

"That is—if you use a 'Phantom Tempest' monster on your field as Link Material for a 'Phantom Tempest' monster, this card in your hand can also be used as Link Material!"

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, the pupils of You Yang, Shuang Zi, Xiao Ye, and the others standing behind them suddenly contracted.

"It's... a Link Summon from the hand?!"

The people present were all experts in Link Summoning, and using cards from their hand to perform Fusion Summoning was commonplace. However, in the rules of Link Summoning, the materials usually had to be on the field.

This method of directly using cards as physical connection materials is indeed very rare!

You Yang didn't speak, but the solemnity in his eyes deepened.

Titania ignored the shock of the crowd and slammed the card down. The connection circuit behind her burst into an unprecedentedly dazzling light, illuminating the entire data tunnel in a stark white light.

"Final Calculation—Begin!"

Chapter 280 A Heroic Showdown in Reality vs. a Ghost in the Virtual World!

The brilliance of the Link Summoning shines once more!

Titania said loudly:

"I'm linking the [Phantom Stalker Inquiry] card in my hand with the [Phantom Stalker Privacy King Banshee] LINK-3 card on the field!"

"Link-1 plus Link-3 equals Link-4!!"

With her shout, the purple sprite transformed into a stream of light from her hand and flew out, rushing into the portal representing the highest level together with the enormous Gorgon on the field!