Chapter 159

"Duel!" x2

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP4000】

【Jin Guang, LP4000】

"I'll take the first turn, draw card." Fujiki You Xuan took the first move, "Activate magic card 'Foolish Burial', send one monster from the deck to the graveyard.

I'll take this card from the deck..."

He drew the monster card automatically searched from the deck.

"'Killer Snake', send to the graveyard."

The few people who had retreated to the sidelines to watch guessed Fujiki You Xuan's system this time very quickly.

"Killer Snake, so it's that tactic with Abyss Soldier as the main force," Hayato pondered, chin in hand, "I remember it's also a quite... er, no... a quite powerful tactic."

"Yeah, what kind of duel will Fujiki You Xuan have this time?" Yugi was excited, "It's truly something to look forward to."

Marufuji Xiang: "Am I the only one who thinks dueling a fairy looking for sacrifices is a bit terrifying?"

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"I'll set one monster in face-down defense position, then set one card, turn end."

Jin Guang: "My turn, draw card."

The Jin Guang fairy didn't use a duel disk, but instead, a massive card projection with its back to the outside floated out of thin air behind him.

As he waved his arm, a faint electric arc leaped, and a new card fell from the air.

"I activate magic card 'Graceful Charity', draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards from my hand."

Jin Guang's voice was dull and turbid.

"Then, the effect of the card I just discarded, 'Jin Guang - Psychic Returner'. When this card is sent to the graveyard, select one 'Jin Guang - Psychic Shocker' in your graveyard and special summon it!"

The effect of Psychic Returner in the GX anime had no side effects, but after being turned into a physical card, it added the restriction: "Jin Guang special summoned by this effect is destroyed during the End Phase."

But now, what the fairy had in his own hand was naturally the anime version, without such restrictions.

Xiang and Hayato exclaimed together: "It's going to appear so soon!?"

"Not bad!"

There was even a hint of excitement in Jin Guang's cold, hoarse voice.

"The other card I just discarded is none other than myself! According to the effect of 'Jin Guang - Psychic Returner', let myself resurrect through this duel!"

He shouted impatiently, and then his ghost-like translucent body actually disappeared. Just one second later, Jin Guang's image appeared in the monster zone on the front field, his body gradually gaining substance from a ghost state, as if de-materializing to return to his original form.

"Finally! The feeling of resurrection!" He was so excited he couldn't control himself.

Of course, this wasn't a complete resurrection, but merely gaining substance briefly under the constraints of duel rules as a fairy.

But even such a brief resurrection experience card was enough to excite him, and it made him even more determined about the resurrection...

"Activate set card, Continuous Trap - Imperial Order's Suppression!" Fujiki You Xuan flipped his back row, "As long as this card is on the field, both players can pay 800 Life Points to negate the special summon of a monster, or an effect that includes a special summon, and destroy that card!"

Jin Guang: "Nani!?"

Imperial Order's Suppression, a forbidden card in modern Yu-Gi-Oh. However, similar to the "Rivalry of Warlords" Fujiki You Xuan used before, it belongs to the ultimate "underworld" cards that modern Yu-Gi-Oh players gasp at upon seeing, but in the early days of their birth, no one cared about them.

This can be seen from the Forbidden & Limited list. As an ancient card, Suppression was only listed as a semi-limited card during the Synchro era and was officially banned only when entering the Xyz era.

It can be seen that in the slow environment of early Yu-Gi-Oh, the response to this card was actually mediocre. And as long as this card is stuck on the field, both players can pay 800 Life Points to negate the other's special summon; it's a double-edged sword for the activator, and it's not that easy to use.

It wasn't until entering the Synchro era, when the Yu-Gi-Oh environment began to rely more and more on various monster special summons to expand, that this ancient card began to be regarded by players as a representative of vicious underworld lockdowns.

"Therefore, I pay 800 Life Points," Fujiki You Xuan said, "to negate the special summon effect of 'Jin Guang - Psychic Returner'!"

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP4000 -> LP3200】

"Urgh!"

Jin Guang, having taken a hit from the Suppression, seemed to be sanctioned by heavenly thunder, and the figure that had just appeared on the front field was instantly blown into smoke and dissipated.

Half a second later, a distortion of the screen like a holographic image glitch occurred, and then Jin Guang's ghost-like image returned to the duelist's position.

Having just stepped one foot into the world of the living, he was kicked back; the resurrection match failed, and Jin Guang was very depressed.

"Damn it..." Jin Guang said in a low voice, "Then I summon 'Dark Mad Dog', in attack position."

【Dark Mad Dog, ATK 1900】

A yellow, insane mad dog barked furiously the moment it appeared, which was also the most realistic portrayal of the inner state of Jin Guang, who had just failed his resurrection.

"Attack with Dark Mad Dog!"

The yellow mad dog barked angrily and rushed out, its sharp fangs biting fiercely into the set monster on Fujiki You Xuan's field.

"The monster you attacked is 'Bone Angel'," Fujiki You Xuan said.

【Bone Angel, DEF 400】

"'Bone Angel' is a monster with a flip effect. When this card is flipped, draw one card from the deck."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card.

Jin Guang grunted: "Then set one more card, turn end."

Can't be impatient. Anyway, his resurrection is a matter of time, as long as he wins this duel...

"My turn, draw card," Fujiki You Xuan said, "The effect of 'Killer Snake' in the graveyard; when this card exists in the graveyard during the Standby Phase, it can return to your hand."

Fujiki You Xuan retrieved Killer Snake and revealed another card in his hand.

"Then activate magic card 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards from the deck," Fujiki You Xuan said, "Then normal summon 'Abyss Soldier'!"

【Abyss Soldier, ATK 1800】

Jin Guang sized up this soldier who appeared from the water flow wielding a trident.

ATK 1800, it couldn't beat the "Dark Mad Dog" he currently controlled on the field.

The effect of Imperial Order's Suppression is bidirectional. Although the other party just used this card to kick his main body back into the grave, which was very mentally taxing, as long as this continuous trap is stuck on the field, the restrictions on both duelists are equal.

When Fujiki You Xuan wants to perform a special summon, Jin Guang can also use "Imperial Order's Suppression" to negate it.

And now that the other party's once-per-turn normal summon has been used, Jin Guang himself has a low-level monster with an attack power as high as 1900, and the situation is still very favorable for him...

"'Abyss Soldier' effect, once per turn, by discarding a water-attribute monster from your hand, return one card on the field to its owner's hand!"

Jin Guang: "!"

It's actually a bounce-removal type effect?

In this way, if his "Dark Mad Dog" is bounced away, then he will be attacked by Abyss Soldier, losing a large amount of Life Points in one breath.

But it doesn't matter.

Jin Guang's peripheral vision glanced at the set card in the back row.

The set card he placed is "Universal Mine - Broadsword Type", a powerful trap that can destroy the monster with the highest attack power on the opponent's field when the opponent's monster attacks.

Destroying the monster with a trap counterattack, he can counter-attack and expand his advantage in one breath next turn...

"'Abyss Soldier' effect, discard 'Killer Snake' from my hand, return the continuous trap 'Imperial Order's Suppression' on my field to my hand!"

Jin Guang was shocked: "Bounce your own card!?"

The next second, he immediately figured out the connection.

When needed, use Suppression to suppress his special summon actions, and when the other party wants to special summon themselves, they can use Abyss Soldier for self-retrieval...

Does that mean only I can't special summon?

Jin Guang gradually began to realize the seriousness of the problem... but in fact, he still only realized a part of it.

Immediately after, he saw Fujiki You Xuan play another card in his hand.

"Magic card - Monster Reborn! Can resurrect a monster in my or the opponent's graveyard to my field!"

Can resurrect monsters in both graveyards...

Ma Saka (Could it be)!?

Jin Guang lost his composure: "What do you want to do!?"

"Probably just what you're thinking."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

"I resurrect 'Jin Guang - Psychic Shocker' from your graveyard!"

Jin Guang: "KISAMA (You bastard)!!!"

(End of chapter)