Chapter 48: Five Straight Hits!

"It's the Electronic End Dragon, my brother's ace monster!"

Electronic End Dragon, Level 10, Light Attribute, Machine Type, ATK 4000.

It was a massive mechanical dragon with three heads, each emitting bright electric light; moreover, on its originally smooth and clean body, a pair of wings had appeared, making it look even more balanced and formidable.

"Just 4000 attack points," the vampire witch shrugged, spreading her hands and shaking her head. "With the young mistress on the field, what are 4000 attack points?"

"Is that so—huhuhu, activate Speed Spell, Restriction Lifted!"

Marufuji Ryo instantly revealed his hand card: "This is a spell card exclusive to Machine-type monsters. When activated, all Machine-type monsters on the field double their attack points!"

"Perfect!" From the stands, Sanzawa Daichi immediately spoke up. "That means the Electronic End Dragon's attack rises to 8000! Even if the vampire heiress boosts her defense by 3000, she'll only reach 5000—completely unable to withstand the Electronic End Dragon. Not only will she be destroyed by battle, she won't even be able to absorb LP, her own specialty!"

"Moreover, the Electronic End Dragon has piercing effect—it will drain LP even if the opponent is in defense position!"

"If she loses 6000 LP, even if the vampire heiress revives, she'll have no advantage left!"

"So that means my brother and his team win!?" Xiang asked excitedly.

Sanzawa Daichi shook his head: "But... conversely, powerful cards come with risks. After Restriction Lifted ends, the Electronic End Dragon will be destroyed."

"Battle! Use Electronic End Dragon to attack the vampire heiress!"

"I won't let you harm the young mistress!" The witch immediately flipped her face-down card. "Trap card, Messenger of Harmony—this turn, my monsters cannot be destroyed by battle, and all battle damage to me is zero!"

Saying this, she flew forward, her body glowing with eerie black light, arms outstretched before the vampire heiress, blocking every beam of light fired by the Electronic End Dragon.

"!!"

"No—ah—" Xiang shut his eyes in agony.

"It's over! Ryo's monster will be destroyed..."

"Even the Electronic End Dragon couldn't break through? How strong is this vampire heiress!"

"Looks like, Judai, it's time for the two of us to step in!" Wan Wan Zhangmu sighed regretfully, calling to his classmate.

"No!" Judai stared firmly at the field and shook his head. "No, Caesar and Hikari haven't given up yet!"

"Even if they haven't given up, the current situation..."

"Hehehe..." Marufuji Ryo chuckled softly, completely unfazed by the blocked attack—on the contrary, this was exactly as he had imagined!

"I'll cover one card. My turn ends."

"At this moment, your monster is also destroyed!" the witch cried out.

"It doesn't matter. This destruction is merely for a future reunion," Ryo said, unconcerned.

"Oh no! Brother, your field is completely empty!!"

"... My turn." The vampire heiress drew a card.

She frowned, sensing something was off.

"Reverse summon the Vampire Witch." The witch finally had her chance to stand beside the heiress and swiftly flew over.

"Next, using the effect of the Ox Demon, once per turn during the Main Phase, send a Zombie-type from my deck to the graveyard. Send Vampire Grace to the graveyard, then activate the spell card Book of the Living—Forbidden Ritual—to banish your graveyard's Electronic End Dragon and special summon Vampire Grace."

She decided to follow her instinct.

Vampire Grace, Level 6, Dark Attribute, Zombie Type, ATK 2000.

"Activate Vampire Grace's effect: once per turn, declare a card type. Your opponent must send a card of that type from their deck to the graveyard..."

"Spell Card."

"Fusion," Ryo said without hesitation, pulling a card from his deck and sending it to the graveyard.

"Strange, why isn't it a monster?" Sanzawa wondered.

"At this moment, the effect of Vampire Empire activates!" The vampire heiress slowly raised her hand; thick smoke spread across the entire city, while her wine-red eyes glowed brightly—mysterious and alluring.

"Then I activate the trap card, Intimidating Roar!"

Ryo immediately flipped his face-down card: "This turn, your opponent cannot declare an attack!"

"I'll send Vampire Infant from my deck to the graveyard and destroy your last face-down card."

Snap.

The face-down card, bathed in crimson moonlight, shattered in the next instant.

It was another Fusion card.

"One Solemn Judgment, one Fusion... Caesar has plenty of tag experience—he prepared cards in advance for his partner," Sanzawa Daichi nodded. "Too bad... the combination of Vampire Empire, Vampire's Domain, and the Vampire Heiress is simply terrifying."

"Hah! You're done now—how are you going to win?!" Camula extended her long tongue, laughing triumphantly, as if all the pain inflicted by the Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Giant had vanished.

But the vampire heiress felt slightly irritated.

She clearly sensed she had been tricked—but she didn't know where the trap lay.

She glanced at the witch, smirking confidently, and sighed inwardly.

It seemed the decision to duel in pairs had been too careless.

"End turn." With nothing left to do, she ended her turn.

"This is the last chance," Sanzawa Daichi swallowed hard.

Everyone sensed it.

If the tide isn't turned now, Tiancheng Guang and Caesar have only one fate!

"The opponent has five undead monsters on the field." Even the spirited Mingxiang couldn't help feeling uneasy, staring at the field full of Zombies—especially since they were real vampires.

"Just surrender early, little cuties~" Camula, beside them, resumed her refined ladylike demeanor, speaking sweetly.

"Can surrender count as half a loss?" Xiang, intrigued, asked.

"Xiang!" Judai shouted angrily.

"Xiang—" Caesar sighed. "Watch closely. Your brother's and Tiancheng's duel."

"!?!"

"This turn, we'll decide the winner—Hikari, do as we planned from the start!"

"Ah, leave it to me!"

Tiancheng Guang drew a card.

Marufuji Ryo and Caesar Liang—by any standard—were perfect students. As seniors, they guided juniors and led Judai; as friends, they searched for Tenjo Kusabi for a full year; as students, they fulfilled their teachers' requests; as duelists, they were the strongest in the academy. Yet beneath all these honors, he remained humble and kind, the pride of Blue Academy.

Unfortunately—

He had a younger brother.

The only flaw in the perfect student Marufuji Ryo: his younger brother, Marufuji Xiang.

Tiancheng Guang glanced at his hand and revealed the card he just drew: "Activate Spell Card, Fusion Deployment. Reveal Maze's Battle Wagon from the Extra Deck, then special summon Cannon Soldier from the deck."

"Immediately activate Cannon Soldier's effect: send it to the graveyard to inflict 500 damage to the opponent."

The heiress blocked it with her left hand, her expression unchanged.

Vampire Team LP: 6750 → 6250

"Insignificant. At this point, what use is that?" Camula asked, puzzled.

"Hehehe," Marufuji Ryo chuckled beside him. "As a duelist, you're still far behind."

"Huh?" Camula was startled.

"Ah—I get it now!" Judai suddenly understood everything. "So from the second turn, Tiancheng and Caesar—"

Caesar nodded.

From the moment the Ancient Mechanical Giant appeared, he had foreseen this step—he had built this stage for Tiancheng Guang!

Tiancheng Guang was a clever duelist—he wouldn't act without reason. And he had covered "Electronic Revolution," a card exclusive to Electronic Dragons!

"Exactly!" Tiancheng Guang revealed the card in his hand. "Activate Spell Card, Overload Fusion!"

"Overload Fusion!"

"This fusion spell is exclusive to Machine-type, Dark Attribute monsters. You can banish fusion materials from the field and graveyard to perform a fusion summon."

"I banish Original Electronic Dragon, Electronic Dragon Type-4, Electronic Dragon, Ancient Mechanical Giant, and Cannon Soldier—shatter everything!"

"Fusion Summon!"

"Hybrid Overload Dragon!"

Countless metal fragments flew from the graveyard, rapidly assembling on the field—soon, a mechanical dragon with seven or eight heads emerged.

Hybrid Overload Dragon, Level 9, Dark Attribute, Machine Type, ATK?

"When summoning this monster, all other cards on my field are sent to the graveyard." Tiancheng Guang sent Bright Fusion to the graveyard.

"The fusion materials for Hybrid Overload Dragon must include Electronic Dragon and at least one other Machine-type monster. Its original ATK and DEF equal the total of its fusion materials multiplied by 800!"

Hybrid Overload Dragon, ATK: 4000

"Just like the Electronic End Dragon!"

"Battle! Use Hybrid Overload Dragon to attack the vampire heiress!"

"What?!" The students below gasped.

"Even if it's the same as the Electronic End Dragon, it can't defeat the vampire heiress!" Marufuji Xiang panicked.

"My effect: pay 3000 LP."

Vampire Team LP: 6250 → 3250.

Vampire Heiress DEF: 2000 → 5000.

The massive mechanical dragon unleashed a scorching torrent of metal, which the vampire heiress casually swept aside with her sleeve.

Attack didn't exceed defense—Tiancheng Guang took damage, grimacing as he lost LP.

Student Team LP: 5550 → 4550

Vampire Team LP: 3250 → 4250.

"This... this is useless!"

"Ha—Hybrid Overload Dragon can attack a number of times equal to the number of Fusion Materials used on a Monster!" Hikari commanded the Mechanical Dragon again, ignoring the blood streaming down his body, "Attack again—Vampire Princess!"

"……Pay another 3,000 Life Points."

"What's the point of this!?" Xiang asked, bewildered.

"No, Xiang—they've won!" Judai shouted excitedly.

"What?" Marufuji Xiang was utterly confused.

Sanze Sanze Dadi explained: "To protect herself, the Vampire Princess must pay 3,000 Life Points each time, then regain only 1,000—so she loses at least 2,000 per activation. Her total Life Points are only 6,250! Hikari's team has a full 5,550 Life Points—they can afford five attacks!"

Even if she pays only 2,000 each time, she can activate her effect only three times. By the third time, her Life Points will drop to just 250—then—

Come to think of it, that Vampire Princess was incredibly strong—she banished Electronic End Dragon in advance, probably anticipating this very scenario? Otherwise, Hikari's team would've won much more easily!"

Sanze couldn't help shaking his head: "At this point, if the opponent had discarded the Vampire Princess, they might've gotten another turn… but it seems they didn't think that way?"

The Vampire Princess clearly realized this too—but instead of regret, she slowly relaxed her brow, finally understanding what had troubled her earlier: "An interesting duel. I underestimated you."

"Then—Triple Strike! Attack the Vampire Princess!"

"Pay 2,100 Life Points!" This time, the Vampire Princess could no longer easily evade the Mechanical Dragon's breath—but she still paid the extra Life Points and repelled the Mechanical Wyrm.

This was her dignity!

"Quadruple Strike!"

Now, the Princess could no longer withstand the assault. Helplessly, she was blasted backward, crashing back onto the duel platform on the castle's second floor.

"Pentuple Strike!!"

"Final blow! Hybrid Overload Dragon—attack the Vampire Lady! This is the final attack!!"

The Vampire Dame rushed in front of the Vampire Princess to shield her from the final battle damage. Amidst the blaze of light and fire, their images slowly faded, leaving only their silhouettes behind.

Ding—

Vampire Team LP: 0

Winner: Marufuji Ryo & Hikari.

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