Chapter 147

"My turn, draw card."

Tiamen Yexing directly slapped down the card he had drawn.

"Summon 'Spear Dragon'!"

Although it was named Spear Dragon, the monster summoned was actually a Dragon-type. With green wings and a spiral spear in its hand, it glared covetously at the face-down monster on Fujiki You Xuan's field.

【Spear Dragon, ATK 1800】

"Spear Dragon is a monster that can inflict piercing damage when attacking a Defense Position monster," Tiamen Yexing said. "Attack with 'Spear Dragon'!"

The Spear Dragon flapped its wings, and the spear thrust out.

"However, with the Continuous Trap 'Soul Barrier' on the field, as long as I have a monster on my field, I will not take battle damage, even from piercing effects."

Fujiki You Xuan said.

"And the monster you are attacking is this."

The face-down monster flipped over, revealing a giant one-eyed jar with a leering grin.

"Morphing Jar!" Fujiki You Xuan said. "When this card is flipped, both players discard their entire hands, then each draws five cards from their deck."

Although it was too slow to keep up with the current environment due to its flip effect, in the early years, Morphing Jar was a powerful Forbidden card and a comeback artifact on the competitive scene.

This card, like The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode, was also a parting gift from Xie Er, one of the Three Musketeers of Doma. Although Xie Er had passed away, his spirit remained; he was gone, but his will would be inherited by others along with his deck, so he could surely depart in peace.

"Therefore, according to the effect of Morphing Jar." Fujiki You Xuan drew a handful of cards from his deck in one breath. "Draw cards from the deck!"

Tiamen Yexing also replenished his hand, squinting his eyes to take a look.

"Set two cards, turn end."

"Then it's my turn."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card, paused for a moment, then smiled slightly.

"As expected of Mr. Master Tianma, you are indeed very impressive. It seems it would be a bit troublesome if I don't bring out my real skills here."

The card professors were all shocked to hear this.

Does that mean that everything up to this point wasn't his real skill?

"Oh?"

Tiamen Yexing also showed an expression of great interest.

"So you were still holding back until now?"

"That's not quite it."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled and slowly drew a card from his hand.

"Then here I go."

Fujiki You Xuan raised his right arm, and a pitch-black vortex, as if leading to the Underworld, opened out of thin air on the field in front of him. Two energies, one light and one dark, soared into the sky, swirling and intersecting at one point.

"Banish the LIGHT 'Sacred Magician' and the DARK 'Apprentice Magician' from my Graveyard from play!"

The souls of light and dark are sacrificed on the field of chaos, calling forth the legendary strongest warrior! The heavens and earth open—

—Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, summon!"

Amidst a surging chaos, endless darkness and void intertwined. At the extreme point of chaos, a powerful force surged, and dazzling light erupted, like the rising morning sun.

The darkness was instantly dispelled, and the blades of light and dark cleaved through the chaos. The warrior's armor shimmered with mysterious radiance, as if appearing while stepping on a storm.

【Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, ATK 3000】

"Envoy of the Beginning?"

Many of the onlookers could not hide the surprise in their eyes.

That legendary warrior, in the hands of such a student?

Mokuba nodded with some relief: "Oh, it seems he can already skillfully control the power of chaos."

Brother would surely be happy if he knew, right?

"Envoy of the Beginning, attack 'Spear Dragon'!" Fujiki You Xuan ordered. "Super Slash!"

The Black Luster Soldier slashed with the sword in his hand, the sword aura of light and dark as if splitting the heavens and earth!

This sword strike would be accompanied by 1200 points of battle damage. Master Tianma Tiamen Yexing had 1000 Life Points left; this sword of the beginning would directly decide the winner!

"Then I will use the effect of the Continuous Trap 'Ultimate Offering'." Tiamen Yexing said. "Pay 500 Life Points to perform a Normal Summon!

I pay 500 Life Points, tribute the 'Spear Dragon' on the field, and summon 'Curse of Dragon' in Defense Position!"

【Tiamen Yexing, LP1000 → LP500】

【Curse of Dragon, DEF 1500】

"I see, using this method to defend and avoid battle damage." Fujiki You Xuan understood.

The effect of Ultimate Offering was limited to being activated only during one's own Main Phase or the opponent's Battle Phase. Therefore, Tiamen Yexing could not immediately activate the effect of Ultimate Offering after drawing cards from the effect of "Morphing Jar" during the Battle Phase last turn; otherwise, he would have definitely added a new monster to continue attacking during that Battle Phase.

However, conversely, if Ultimate Offering did not have the restriction of not being able to be activated during one's own Battle Phase, and Tiamen Yexing had chosen to add an attack last turn, his Life Points would have been paid down to 500, and he would not have met the activation conditions for "Ultimate Offering" this turn.

In that case, he would not be able to defend with such methods now.

The sword light fell, and Curse of Dragon was slashed in two on the spot by the great beginning sword, exploding and dissipating from the field.

"The effect of 'Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning'." Fujiki You Xuan said. "When it destroys an opponent's monster by battle, it can make a second attack."

The nerves of the card professors remained tense.

Although Tiamen Yexing defended this move to the limit, it was not over yet. Black Luster Soldier possessed terrifying continuous attack capabilities, and the next sword strike would still be his defeat.

And this time, Tiamen Yexing's remaining 500 Life Points were no longer enough to support another activation of Ultimate Offering to summon a barrier to block the attack.

But Tiamen Yexing immediately revealed another card in his hand.

"When a monster on my field is destroyed by battle or effect and sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon this card from my hand—

—Thorned Dragon of the Otherworld, Special Summon in Defense Position!"

【Thorned Dragon of the Otherworld, DEF 1100】

The second sword of the great beginning fell, and the combo of space-time piercing blades transformed into a sky full of sword shadows. The myriad sword lights shot the Thorned Dragon into a sieve, and it fell down riddled with holes, exploding with a boom.

But Tiamen Yexing then flipped over his back row: "Activate face-down card, Trap Card - Time Machine!

When a monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, revive that monster in the same position as it was originally!

I revive 'Thorned Dragon of the Otherworld'!"

A black, heavy machine appeared from the mist of time, and time on the field flowed backward. The smoke from the monster's explosion had not yet dissipated when it immediately obeyed the invisible power of time and flowed backward, flowing in reverse until it completely disappeared. The shattered fragments also adhered together, recombining into the form of a purple-black giant dragon, returning to the field.

【Thorned Dragon of the Otherworld, DEF 1100】

"Blocked the two attacks of Black Luster Soldier and still managed to keep a monster on the field..." Mokuba nodded slightly. "As expected of Master Tianma's prized student, Master Tianma Tiamen Yexing has some tricks up his sleeve."

Fujiki You Xuan was not surprised that the attack was blocked.

"Then set two more cards, turn end."

(End of this chapter)