That was a Speed Spell that didn’t require any Life Points.
Upon its activation, two magnetic suction devices appeared out of nowhere, immediately restricting the opponent’s D-Wheel.
“SP Speed Limiter’s Effect!” Yusei shouted loudly.
“For every 300 points of damage inflicted to the opponent during the turn this card is activated, one of the opponent’s Speed Counters is removed!”
“Enter Battle Phase!”
“Gatling Dragon!
Attack Grolia Wing Dragon!”
Bang bang—
Its turrets rotated, and two gunshots boomed from the mechanical monster’s muzzles.
Explosive bullets streaked through the air in parallel lines of fire, striking the Winged Beast-Type Wing Dragon circling in the sky with incredible precision!
The changing air currents and temperature surprised the monster.
It quickly changed its posture, turning to use its two massive wings as a shield in front of its chest.
Surging flames ignited before it, completely incinerating both bullets!
The Flame Wing Dragon roared, then flapped its wings, blasting a blazing flame back towards Yusei!
“Heheheh~ Useless!” The opponent, pleased with himself, revealed his ace card from the Backrow.
“You thought you could restrict my speed with Speed Spells?
But as long as I don’t take any damage this turn, your combo is meaningless!”
“The moment Gatling Dragon attacked, my Set Card was already activated!”
“Trap Card – Double Shield!”
“It makes the DEF of one face-up Defense Position monster on my field double its original value!”
Whirring—
[Grolia Wing Dragon, DEF: 1500 → 3000.]
Riding his crimson D-Wheel, the man arrogantly declared, “After its DEF reaches 3000, not only will you be unable to destroy my cards, but you’ll also suffer a huge amount of battle damage!”
“When Grolia Wing Dragon’s special ability is activated, if this card is attacked, after Damage Calculation, the attacking monster can be returned to the hand, and its own DEF increases by 100 times the attacking monster’s Level!”
“But…
Gatling Dragon’s effect can only be activated once per Summon.
I won’t be foolish enough to give you a second chance to attack!”
“So just like this!
Inflicting battle damage on you is enough!”
“You want to lower my Speed Counters through battle damage?
You should look at yourself first!”
Boom—
Explosive flames erupted around Yusei, inflicting 1300 points of damage and directly wiping out his only remaining Speed Counter.
But before the distance between their D-Wheels could widen too much, Yusei loudly initiated his second attack: “Magical Striker!
Attack!”
“Are you crazy?!” The opponent sneered, “You don’t need to surrender in such a way!
Your wretched junk only has 600 ATK; in the end, you’ll be taking over two thousand points of damage!”
Magical Striker will bypass your shielding monster and inflict battle damage to you!
Because I activated the Speed Spell – Speed Limiter earlier, your Speed Counter will also be deducted!”
“What?!” The opponent was surprised.
Swoosh—
A golden flash of light erupted from the tip of the small, nimble magic gun.
The agile Magical Striker flew into the air, precisely striking the opponent.
Urgh!
As the dazzling magical energy struck, the magnetic suction devices attached to the D-Wheel erupted in intense electric sparks.
A burst of white smoke urgently billowed from the crimson D-Wheel’s tires, causing it to lose speed.
Both their D-Wheels were once again pulled back to roughly the same speed level.
“Heheh, this is actually quite interesting.” As they sped through the dark tunnel, the opponent began to reassess Yusei.
“I originally thought you were just some insignificant trash, but now it seems you’re not entirely worthless!”
“Hey kid, my name is Akagi Ryoji, and I’m the second-in-command of the Wildfire Team.”
“With your skill, it’s a real shame you’re stuck with Dichu De and his crew.”
“I’ll give you a chance, kid.
If you surrender, I’ll allow you to keep your Deck, just hand over your D-Wheel.
At the same time, you can also become a member of our Wildfire Team.”
“That’s not a bad offer, is it?”
Yusei said coldly: “I won’t hand over my D-Wheel.
And the moment you called my cards ‘junk’, I already decided to utterly defeat you!”
“Tsk!
You’re refusing my offer?!” Akagi Ryoji furiously roared, “Then get ready to die alongside Dichu De and his group!”
“Since your turn is over, then it’s my turn!”
“My turn!
Draw!”
“I Summon in Attack Position – Grolia Golem Dragon!”
“Enter Battle Phase!”
“Crush that junk monster for me!”
“Grolia Bursting Blaze!”
Roar—
The speeding gigantic dragon opened its mouth, a fireball bursting forth and blasting towards the weak and defenseless Magical Striker in the sky.
A fierce explosion echoed in mid-air.
Countless card fragments turned into scattered light, consumed by the lingering flames.
Akagi Ryoji secretly watched this scene with satisfaction, but what surprised him was that even though an Attack Position monster was destroyed by battle, Yusei surprisingly didn’t lose a single Life Point!
“Magical Striker’s Effect!” Yusei explained with a cold expression, “Any battle damage inflicted to this card’s controller becomes 0!”
“Hmph!” Akagi Ryoji withdrew his suspicious gaze.
“But that junk is only capable of so much!”
“Grolia Golem Dragon’s Effect!
When this card destroys an opponent’s monster by battle, I can Special Summon one Grolia monster with 1700 or less ATK from my Deck!”
“I choose – Grolia Arm Dragon, Level 3!”
“Next, I’ll show you a super-advanced Dueling maneuver: Synchro Summon!”
“Level 3 Tuner Monster plus Level 4 Effect Monster!”
“Synchro Summon – Grolia Giga Dragon!”
Rumble—
Two dragons merged into one amidst surging flames.
A colossal roar echoed between their D-Wheels as a four-meter-tall fiery Tyrant Dragon roared and stomped onto the field, speeding furiously behind Akagi Ryoji’s D-Wheel!
[Grolia Giga Dragon.
[Level 7.
[FIRE/Dragon Type.
[ATK/DEF: 2100/1800.]
When this lord-tier monster appeared, Akagi Ryoji’s surroundings quickly glowed with blazing red light.
The ATK of the monsters on his field visibly increased at a rapid rate, and the raging flames across their bodies burned even more fiercely!
[Grolia Giga Dragon, ATK: 2100 → 2500.]
[Grolia Wing Dragon, ATK: 800 → 1200.]
“Grolia Giga Dragon’s Effect!” Akagi Ryoji sneered, “As long as this card is on the field, all Grolia monsters on my field gain ATK equal to the number of Grolia monsters in the Graveyard multiplied by 200!”
“Now, not only has Grolia Giga Dragon’s ATK reached 2500, but you can’t even get past Grolia Wing Dragon’s 3000 DEF!”
“Do you realize the difference between us now?”
“But even if you wanted to beg for mercy, it’s already too late!”
“You only had one chance.
Since you refused, I’ll just have to finish you off!”
“Get ready to hand over your D-Wheel and Deck while wailing in despair!
And Dichu De won’t feel sorry for you!”
“In the end, your fate will be the same as that trash: trampled endlessly by both humans and wild dogs!”
After testing, the monster card that appeared in this chapter – Grolia Wing Dragon – its effect in the Official Card Game is mandatory, and players cannot choose whether or not to activate it.
Therefore, Akagi Ryoji’s maneuver could not be performed in a real card duel.
After a reader raised a question, I attempted to modify it.
However, because there was no suitable replacement in the card pool, and other cards were not conducive to the plot’s progression, I could only handle it with a certain degree of ambiguity.
Although differences between the animated version and the real card version of cards are common, to avoid affecting everyone’s reading experience, I will do my best to prevent such incidents from happening again.
At the same time, I hope that if anyone finds issues, they can report them in the comment section, and I will correct them immediately upon seeing them!
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(end of chapter)