Chapter 421: Advanced Techniques

"My turn!"

Ansel quickly drew a card, glanced at it twice, and curled his lips: "Normal Summon, Variable Machine Dragon Cannon Shooter Dragon!"

Boom—, two huge cannon barrels rose from the ground, and immediately after, a crimson dragon body rose from the ground on tracks. A giant mechanical dragon with a head and cannon barrels loaded on its body stood on the field!

Because the brand-new imaging equipment was activated, the figure of the Shooter Dragon appeared very huge, and many audience members even had the feeling that they could touch it at close range.

Variable Machine Dragon Cannon Shooter Dragon, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK 2800.

"Huh? A Level 7 monster summoned directly?"

"How can that be? Doesn't a Level 7 monster require two sacrifices?"

The audience discussed it heatedly.

"Ha..." Ansel laughed softly, shouting to the audience nearby, "Ladies and gentlemen! This is the first magic trick I want to perform—The Great Mechanical Dragon Transformation!

Variable Machine Dragon can be Normal Summoned without Tributing!"

"Wow!"

"Oh!!"

He seemed to be a performance-oriented entertainment duelist.

Tiancheng Guang looked at his hand, but didn't mind, waiting for his opponent to perform.

Dueling is not just a competition; in this world, there are various developments on different levels. In the original work, Wan Zhang Mu once considered becoming an entertainment duelist, but eventually apprenticed to Edo and successfully entered the professional duelist circle.

In short, the duelist circle is also very complex.

"However, the original ATK and DEF of the Variable Machine Dragon summoned this way will become half."

Visible to the naked eye, the body of the Variable Machine Dragon shrank, and in a short while, it became only half its previous size.

Variable Machine Dragon Cannon Shooter Dragon, ATK: 2800 → 1400.

"Eh?" Some students saw this scene and couldn't help but mutter, "What's the point of summoning it like this?"

I don't know if Ansel had sharp ears or if this student was simply his "plant," but Ansel's eyes lit up, and he shouted to the audience on all sides: "That's right, with only 1400 ATK, how could it possibly last until the next turn?

Everyone, don't blink, the magic is about to begin—I set two cards and end my turn!"

Tiancheng Guang raised an eyebrow and drew a card from his deck.

"Oh! Pause right there, Student Tiancheng—pay 1000 Life Points to activate the Continuous Trap Card, Skill Drain!"

The trap card engraved with the Underworld Demon King Hades slowly flipped open, and a strange light wave extended outward from the center of the field.

At the same time, the size of the Variable Machine Dragon was actually slowly growing!

Ansel, LP: 4000 → 3000.

Variable Machine Dragon, ATK: 1400 → 2800.

"Wow? What's going on?" someone exclaimed.

"The ATK returned to normal?"

"But wasn't the original ATK 1400 now? How could it return to normal—"

Ansel shook his hand gently: "No, the Variable Machine Dragon's ATK of 1400 was because of its effect. Therefore, under the influence of Skill Drain, it lost that effect, and its ATK naturally returned to normal."

Sounds of surprise rose one after another.

Some spirits were even discussing it with each other.

Unlike the last duel, Ansel was not using low-level high-ATK monsters this time, but directly summoned a high-level monster!

Although the logic was the same, the feeling was completely different.

"How about it, Student Tiancheng, my magic."

Tiancheng Guang smiled and responded: "It is indeed a very interesting magic trick."

"Still laughing, what are you going to do with that hand?" Tiera asked, struggling on the side.

"Why didn't you draw Foolish Burial?" Tiera asked with some confusion.

According to her understanding of Tiancheng Guang's deck, as long as he used Foolish Burial to send the Old Entity from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard, and then used the Old Entity's effect to destroy Skill Drain, he could take advantage of the situation and continue.

But now, Tiancheng Guang didn't have those cards in his hand; they all looked like Fusion support cards.

How was he going to deal with this?

"Heh, watch closely—at this point, it's indeed time to teach you some advanced playstyles!"

?

Tiera looked at him in confusion.

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card, Diffusion Fusion!"

A bright white diamond fell from the sky and flickered in front of Tiancheng Guang.

"Oh, it's the deck's Fusion Spell." Ansel recognized this card immediately.

"Gem-Knight? Oh oh! Ruby, look quickly, it's Gem-Knight—" In the preparation hall, Johan saw Gem-Knight and immediately called his Crystal Beast family. A cat with a ruby embedded in its tail heard this and immediately jumped onto his head, looking up.

"Using Diffusion Fusion at this time?" Chui Xue tilted his head in confusion.

"According to the effect of Diffusion Fusion, activate when the opponent has a monster on the field. Send Fusion Materials from the deck to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon 1 Gem-Knight Fusion Monster other than Rock-Type from the Extra Deck!

When this card leaves the field, that monster is destroyed. After this effect is activated, until the end of the turn, you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck unless it is a Gem-Knight."

"The Gem-Knight restriction, huh."

"It seems that today, Aguang is not planning to use the same materials to fuse different Fusion monsters."

Several friends saw Tiancheng Guang's train of thought.

"I will send Gem-Knight Crystal and Gem-Knight Tourmaline from the deck to the Graveyard to perform a Fusion—come, Crystal, who absorbs light, Fusion Summon!

Level 7, Gem-Knight Prismaura."

A silver-white figure flew out from Tiancheng Guang's deck, its red cape fluttering in the wind, and it slowly landed on the field.

Gem-Knight Prismaura, Level 7, Earth Attribute, Thunder-Type, ATK 2450.

"Prismaura!"

"It's Gem-Knight—"

Some students from the Fusion Department cheered when they saw it appear.

"Captain, go for it!!!" Serena shouted to Crystal from under the stage.

Prismaura can be said to be one of Tiancheng Guang's most commonly used and favorite Fusion monsters; its appearance count is no less than the Flame Swordsman series. At the same time, Crystal is also Tiancheng Guang's earliest Gem-Knight. Some students in the Fusion Department who want to play Gem-Knight decks have been influenced by Tiancheng Guang to some extent and choose to use this card.

Crystal heard Serena's voice and prepared to turn around to respond, but suddenly felt a strange force sweeping through its body.

Its right leg bent, and it almost fell, so it hurriedly used its long spear to support its body. At the same time, its body also began to fade rapidly, and its shiny body gradually became gray and white.

"How can this be, Master—" Crystal felt the loss of power and finally noticed the combination on the opposite side.

It was actually Skill Drain!

Wouldn't it be useless then?

"Don't worry, Captain, I have it all figured out."

"Gem-Knight Prismaura, your most commonly used Gem-Knight, possesses the effect of discarding a Gem-Knight card to destroy a face-up card on the field—but under Skill Drain, its effect is useless!"

That's right!

This was also what all the audience members were thinking.

"Normally speaking, that is the case."

Normally?

"But—there are many details in a duel, student! Let me perform a magic trick for you too! Discard Gem-Knight Fusion from my hand, activate Gem-Knight Prismaura's effect, destroy Skill Drain!"

"Master?" Prismaura forced its body up, aimed its shield at the Continuous Trap Card, and asked in confusion.

"Don't worry, Captain. Just do as I say."

"Huh? Tiancheng Guang, are you crazy! Its effect is negated—"

"What's going on, what is Brother Guang doing!?"

"Even though there is Skill Drain, he still wants to activate the effect? What is Tiancheng thinking?"

Tiera, floating beside Tiancheng Guang, was the most confused.

She completely didn't understand what Tiancheng Guang was doing.

"Watch closely, one day, you will also use this technique—chain Gem-Knight Prismaura's effect, activate the Quick-Play Spell Card...

Fusion Recovery!"

What?

Ansel didn't clear things up, only to see the Prismaura on the field instantly decompose, turning into Crystal and Tourmaline.

But it wasn't over yet—

Swoosh!

A beam of golden light flew out from the position where Prismaura originally was and instantly hit Skill Drain!

Only hearing a "crack," in the reflection of Ansel's eyes, Skill Drain actually slowly cracked, and then...

Boom!

Shattered!

Skill Drain, destroyed!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 422 =====