Chapter 1295: The Arrival of the Super-Meta

"Come now, choose one: discard a card from your hand or destroy a monster," Victor laughed.

Well, although he said to choose one, even without choosing, he probably knew that this blonde loli would most likely choose to discard a card from her hand.

First of all, she had finally summoned a high-level monster to her field, so she certainly wouldn't discard it casually. Moreover, duelists of this era did not place much importance on the concept of hand resources. Therefore, between destroying a monster and discarding a card, she would undoubtedly choose the latter.

"Then I accept the effect of the Coffin of Curse!" Rebecca said. "I destroy the 'Emerald Dragon' on my field!"

Boom!

A golden cursed coffin appeared, and the golden light it shot out struck the giant, emerald-green jewel dragon. The giant dragon shattered into pieces, splitting into countless fragments that scattered in all directions.

"Oh?" Victor was surprised. "Is it really okay to just destroy such a powerful monster that you finally managed to summon?"

Rebecca hummed confidently: "Who do you think I am? You have an empty field and no monsters summoned, and the face-down card that is clearly a trap—did you really think I wouldn't have considered the possibility that it only triggers its true effect once destroyed?"

Victor laughed: "So, I underestimated you?"

"That's right, and you no longer have a chance to regret it!" Rebecca said. "Why do you think I summoned the Emerald Dragon first and only then activated Harpie's Feather Duster?"

Indeed, under normal circumstances, one should clear the traps before proceeding to the next step, not the other way around. Because if you summon a monster first, it is very easy to step on a trap and be destroyed before you have time to clear the back row.

"Next, I activate the Spell Card 'Monster Reborn'!" Rebecca said. "I revive one monster destroyed this turn in Attack Position!" (Anime effect)

The image of the Spell Card appeared in her back row, and then the giant Emerald Dragon flew out from that image, its entire body crystal clear and shining with brilliance.

Emerald Dragon, revived!

【Emerald Dragon, ATK 2400】

"Oh? But even so, you've only revived a destroyed monster," Victor said. "Isn't that just wasting resources for nothing?"

"Not at all, the main event is yet to come!" Rebecca revealed another Spell Card in her hand. "This card can only be activated when a Dragon-type monster has been successfully Special Summoned from the Graveyard to your field!"

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell 'Resurrection of the Jin Gang Sword'! By Tributing that monster Special Summoned from the Graveyard, I can Special Summon one 'Jin Gang Dragon' from my hand or Deck!" (Anime card)

Rebecca pointed to the emerald giant dragon shining with green light on her field.

"By Tributing the 'Emerald Dragon' just revived from the Graveyard, I use the power of the Jin Gang Sword to summon an even greater dragon—"

"—Jin Gang Dragon, summon!"

The hard emerald shattered, and the green giant dragon seemed to fly out from the crushed jade, its whole body covered in crystal-clear diamond structures, and its long tail as clear as crystal.

【Jin Gang Dragon, ATK?】

Sapphire Dragon, Emerald Dragon, and besides these, there were also the unreleased Ruby Dragon and Jin Gang Dragon; all were cards Rebecca had used in the anime. The Jewel Dragons could barely be considered an early series, but most were high-ATK Normal Monsters. Their biggest feature in the anime was that they were expensive, and most were rare cards.

Jin Gang Dragon was the strongest of them all.

"Jin Gang Dragon cannot be Normal Summoned; it can only be Special Summoned by the effect of 'Resurrection of the Jin Gang Sword'!" Rebecca said. "This card's ATK is the ATK of the Dragon-type monster Tributed when 'Resurrection of the Jin Gang Sword' was activated + 1000 points!"

"Just now, when Resurrection of the Jin Gang Sword was activated, the Emerald Dragon's ATK was 2400, so the Jin Gang Dragon's ATK becomes 3400!"

【Jin Gang Dragon, ATK 2400 → ATK 3400】

"With this, I've gained an ATK that surpasses the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in one go!" Rebecca said quite proudly. "And now, direct battle! 'Jin Gang Dragon', attack directly!"

The diamonds all over its body seemed to emit a cold light, and the blue cold light gathered in the Jin Gang Dragon's mouth, turning into a blue torrent that exploded outward. At this moment, the opponent's field was empty, and the only face-down card had already been cleared. Rebecca's eyes were bright, and she clenched her fists.

I've got this!

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But Victor's mouth still held his unchanging, confident sneer.

Boom!

The Jin Gang Dragon's attack failed to hit directly; instead, it seemed to hit something and was forced to stop just one meter away from Victor.

"What?" Rebecca was surprised. "This guy's field should have been completely empty."

The thing that blocked the attack looked like a scarecrow?

Victor laughed loudly: "For a primitive monkey, you did quite well, but what a pity! Just now, I discarded this card from my hand—Scarecrow!"

"When this card is directly attacked, I discard it from my hand, that attack is negated, and then the Battle Phase is forced to end!"

"Ending the Battle Phase just by activating it from your hand? There's actually a card like this..." Rebecca gritted her teeth. "Turn end."

"Well, for you people from the prehistoric era, it's a rare card, so it's no wonder."

Victor sneered.

"Then it's my turn, draw."

He drew a card, slowly added the drawn card to his hand, and then his eyes became sharp: "So, the monkey's performance time is over. Next, it's about time I let you see..."

He lowered his voice and sneered coldly.

"... what a duel between true powerhouses, the elite cadres of the 'Academy', is really like."

Rebecca felt uneasy and also confused.

Academy? Cadres? What does that mean?

"Then let me see what kind of death I should choose for you... using this powerful deck that only the cadre level can use, even in the 'Academy'!"

Victor waved his hand and revealed a monster card in his hand.

"First, I activate the effect of 'Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos' from my hand!"

"By discarding one Dragon-type or FIRE-attribute monster from my hand, I can Special Summon one 'Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls' from my Deck!"

He shoved the Dragon Ruler and another monster card from his hand into the Graveyard and shouted.

"Special Summon 'Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls' from the Deck!"

Substantial flames shot out from his Deck, landing on the field to form a vortex of fire. The fire transformed into the physical form of a dragon; the blazing dragon raised its head and roared, spitting sky-high flames from its mouth.

【Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls, ATK 2800】

Dragon Ruler!

If You Xuan were here, he would recognize at a glance that this was the champion of the 11th Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship in 2013, a nightmare-level super-meta that once dominated the entire environment! ===== CHAPTER 1296 =====