At this moment, Yugi still had no idea how many people were already drooling over him, his main reason for summoning <Gigantic Spright> was simply to get familiar with its abilities.
After these past few days of poring over books and experimenting with Spirit Energy, he realized his own powers extended far beyond what he had thought.
“Come forth, <Lemon Magician Girl>!”
A flash of light, and a magical girl clad in orange armor appeared on the field.
<Lemon Magician Girl>, ATK 800
“Set two cards, and end the turn!”
Under Yugi’s guidance, Elsie executed the moves smoothly.
With her Spirit Energy, she had no trouble paying for monsters of such low levels and ATK.
“Hmph, as expected, quite a formidable monster,” Hanma…
I mean, Ota Yukiko said, her expression slowly twisting into pure greed.
“Soon, you’ll be mine!”
“My turn!
Draw!” she declared to Elsie.
“I’ll finish you this turn, little girl.”
No one doubted her words; the difference in deck strength and skill was far beyond what a Maleficgle small monster could handle.
“I activate the Continuous Spell, <Malefic Territory>!
As its effect upon activation, I can immediately activate the Field Spell, <Malefic World>, directly from my deck!”
The duel field was instantly bathed in a brilliant purplish-red light.
Towering virtual skyscrapers rose up around them, forming a cage-like structure that enclosed the two duelists.
“Next, I activate the Continuous Spell, <Field Barrier>.
As long as this card remains on the field, neither player can destroy or activate Field Spell cards!”
It made perfect sense that Yukiko protected her Field Spells, <Malefic> monsters are destroyed without one, and <Malefic World> itself was already incredibly powerful.
<Field Barrier> provided immunity against destruction, and <Malefic Territory> gave her Field Spells targeting protection.
Together, it was nearly unbreakable.
“This is bad…
even with <Harpie’s Feather Duster>…”
Watching intently, Jonouchi Mai clenched her fists, her face tense.
“Next, I Normal Summon <Malefic Paradox Gear> in Attack Position! This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
Because there’s a Field Spell on the field, I can tribute it to Special Summon a <Malefic Parallel Gear> from my deck and add one <Malefic> monster to my hand.”
Ota Yukiko sneered.
“I’ll add <Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon> to my hand!”
“That brat…” Kaiba Hanatsuki also clenched her fists in the audience.
“When I am to Synchro Summon with Parallel Gear, I can also use a <Malefic> monster in my hand.
I’ll use a Level 2 <Parallel Gear> to Synchro Summon my Level 8 <Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon>…”
“Come forth, Level 10, <Malefic Paradox Dragon>!”
A column of light shot up from the field, and a colossal stone-like dragon appeared.
Its pale white exterior contrasted sharply with the black underwings; the spikes along its neck and back jutted out menacingly, radiating both power and malevolence.
<Malefic Paradox Dragon>, ATK 4000
“Special Summoning a monster with 4000 ATK in one go!” gasps erupted from the audience.
“After all, she’s a LV7 duelist.”
Yugi exhaled.
“Luckily, she hasn’t improved at all.
At LV5, she had this exact same monster, and at LV7, still the same, not going for a Baronne.”
If she had summoned a versatile LV10 Synchro with destruction effects like <Baronne de Fleur>, Yugi would have been in serious trouble.
But Yukiko had spent these years only bullying weaker duelists, and her skill hadn’t advanced.
Unaware of the silent mockery, she readied her finishing move.
“Normally, I can only have one <Malefic> monster on the field.
But thanks to <Malefic Territory>, I can have one of each <Malefic> monster on the field!”
“I banish <Malefic Cyber End Dragon> from the Extra Deck to Special Summon———”
“Come forth, <Malefic Cyber End Dragon>!”
Silver light flashed as three mechanical heads rose high, restrained by invisible purple energy, corrupted into dark silver machines.
<Malefic Cyber End Dragon>, ATK 4000
“This ends here!” Yukiko laughed maniacally.
“With <Malefic Territory>’s effect, the usual restrictions on <Malefic> monsters attacking only by themselves no longer apply.
Battle Phase: <Malefic Cyber End Dragon>, attack <Gigantic Spright>!”
She aimed at Yugi first, fearing the monster might have other effects, remembering the previous shoryuken incident, and cautious of potential back-row traps.
“BOOM!”
Under the dark silver assault, <Gigantic Spright> was instantly obliterated.
“Did you see that?
This is what happens when you provoke me, shattered to pieces!” Yukiko cackled.
“Mr.
Yugi!” Elsie called out anxiously, but Yugi emerged unscathed from behind her.
“Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
Not entirely unscathed, his Spirit Energy had taken a significant hit from that strike.
In this duel, he had only one transformation opportunity.
These were lessons that couldn’t be learned from books alone.
“Now, let’s end this farce.
<Malefic Paradox Dragon>, attack <Venus>!”
This was one of Elsie’s inherited weaknesses as a descendant of the Mutou family, her signature cards were mostly well-known from the First Duel King.
Every weakness was laid bare from the start.
So Yukiko didn’t bother attacking the weaker <Lemon Magician Girl>, instead targeting <Venus>.
Even though <Venus> was only 100 ATK below, Yukiko held the Quick-Play Spell, <Concentrating Current>, ready to raise <Paradox Dragon>’s DEF to ATK, potentially boosting it to 8000 and delivering an OTK.
But all the intense training Elsie had been doing wasn’t for nothing.
Depending on different hands and Set cards, he had prepared no fewer than fifteen strategies.
At this point, Elsie didn’t need to think on the fly, she only had to memorize them.
Besides, the “red pits” he’d personally selected, how could they possibly be useless?
“Go, Elsie!
Show him the true power of an underworld soul!”
“Yes!
Burn, my underworld soul!”
Poor Elsie had no idea what Yugi meant by that, but she was easily stirred by emotion.
With a fiery shout, she slammed the buttons on her Duel Disk: “Set card open!
Activate Trap Card…”
“<Sakuretsu Armor>!”