Chapter 227

The envoy frowned.

What's wrong with this person? Is he not panicked at all seeing the Orichalcos Barrier?

Normally, even just feeling the energy stirred up when the barrier is activated should make one's soul tremble, right?

The envoy observed Fujiki You Xuan suspiciously, but soon suppressed his emotions.

Regardless, now that the barrier is activated, his power has been maximized. No matter where this guy came from, he just needs to offer him to the God of Orichalcos as food through this duel.

"Activate Spell Card 'Graceful Charity'." The envoy continued. "Draw three cards from the deck, then choose two cards from your hand to discard."

He drew cards from his deck, and two cards from his hand were sent to the graveyard, as if swallowed by that blood-colored duel disk.

"Then set a monster, set another card, and the turn ends."

Fujiki You Xuan: "Then my turn, draw card."

He drew a monster card from his hand.

"Normal Summon 'Ma Xiu Luo'."

【Ma Xiu Luo, ATK 1700】

Ma Xiu Luo, a 4-star Spirit monster, has the effect of being able to attack all monsters on the opponent's field multiple times. In the early days of physical card competition, it was also recognized as an excellent low-level attacker.

"Ma Xiu Luo attacks the set monster."

Ma Xiu Luo's six arms danced simultaneously, throwing short swords. The set monster on the field was instantly shot into a sieve.

"The set monster you attacked is 'Nimble Momonga'." The envoy said. "When this card is destroyed by battle, I recover 1000 LP, and then Special Summon any number of 'Nimble Momonga' from the deck in face-down defense position.

I Special Summon the other two 'Nimble Momonga'."

【Envoy, LP 4000 -> LP 5000】

Two new set monsters appeared on his field.

Nimble Momonga was also a relatively excellent "last will" monster back in the day. Attacking it would give the opponent LP, but if you didn't attack, the opponent could immediately gather offerings for a Tribute Summon, easily summoning powerful high-level monsters first. If it went well, it could achieve field suppression for the entire duel.

"Ma Xiu Luo's effect allows it to attack all monsters on the opponent's field once." Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand lightly. "Attack the remaining two 'Nimble Momonga'."

Ma Xiu Luo threw its flying swords again, and the remaining two set monsters were also pierced through by ten thousand swords and exploded.

"Then, every time a Nimble Momonga is destroyed, I recover another 1000 LP."

【Envoy, LP 5000 -> LP 7000】

"And it's not over yet..."

The corner of the meat beast's mouth twitched, revealing a ferocious sneer.

"The moment you destroyed the last mole, the effect of this guy in the graveyard also activated!" The envoy raised his hand and shouted. "The 'Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest' in the graveyard!

When a Beast-type monster on your field is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, you can pay 1000 LP to Special Summon this card from your hand or graveyard!" (Old version effect)

Hearing this, Fujiki You Xuan instinctively raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, are you kidding me? Doesn't this thing only jump out when a "Beast-type on the field is destroyed by an effect"?

But he immediately thought, oh right, it's the GX era now...

This wasn't an anime effect, but the old version effect of "Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest" before the physical card adjustment.

No player who experienced physical card competition during the GX era could forget this card. Green Baboon was a powerful single card whose amazing potential was discovered immediately after its release, and a Green Baboon BEAT-type top-tier deck centered on Beast-types was built around this one card.

In fact, later on, Konami made rulings and weakened the effect text for this card, and combined with the acceleration of the environment and version changes, current players might not be able to understand its strength back then. But Fujiki You Xuan was fortunate enough to have experienced that early version and still retained some impressions.

The current Green Baboon effect stipulates that it can only be Special Summoned from the hand or graveyard when a Beast-type monster on the field is destroyed by a card effect. But the earliest version didn't have that; it just said it could jump out "when a Beast-type is destroyed."

And in the GX-era version, the ruling for this card was that "it also applies in the Damage Step." That is to say, when a Beast-type was destroyed by battle, it could still jump out from the graveyard.

This meant that as long as Green Baboon was in the duelist's hand or graveyard, almost all Beast-type monsters held by the duelist were covered with a layer of destruction resistance. When the opponent dealt with any Beast-type monster on this side of the field, they had to consider that attacking any one of them could trigger a chain reaction.

This ruling wasn't changed until 2009, which was already the "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" era, when it was readjusted to "cannot jump out in the Damage Step," meaning Green Baboon could no longer jump out when a Beast-type on the field was destroyed by battle. So although the effect text hadn't been modified at the very beginning, in actual operation, it had already become that Green Baboon could only appear "when a Beast-type is destroyed by an effect."

One can imagine that such a ruling change significantly weakened the Baboon deck from the deck concept, basically equivalent to taking away the immortal body that this deck was proud of.

However, one can imagine that what Fujiki You Xuan was encountering now was undoubtedly the version before the ruling change.

And if the opponent was using a Beast-type specialized deck centered on Green Baboon, then what Fujiki You Xuan was facing now might be a variant of the top-tier Baboon BEAT deck from the GX era.

"So that's it; no wonder they say the envoy sent by the organization is extraordinary." Fujiki You Xuan understood.

In this fairy-realm environment, holding a top-tier deck from the GX era, isn't that just slaughtering everyone?

However...

Fujiki You Xuan narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth raised, seemingly even more interested in this duel.

This trip to the fairy realm was truly worth it...

"Pay 1000 LP, 'Green Baboon' in the graveyard revives!"

【Envoy, LP 7000 -> LP 6000】

A huge green baboon jumped onto the field, beat its chest in a show of force, and glared angrily at Ma Xiu Luo with a ferocious look.

【Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest, ATK 2600】

"Then activate the set card 'Berserker Crush'!" The envoy shouted. "Destroy one face-up Beast-type monster on your field, then choose one monster on the opponent's field to return to the deck."

He paused, a cruel smile appearing on his ferocious face.

"I destroy the Green Baboon on my field, then return your 'Ma Xiu Luo' to the deck!"

Green Baboon roared, charging like a human cannonball. Ma Xiu Luo, taking the impact, instantly turned into a beam of golden light and flew back into Fujiki You Xuan's deck, but Green Baboon also exploded into pieces immediately after.

"But at this moment, the effect of the other Green Baboon discarded in the graveyard activates." The envoy sneered. "When a Beast-type on your field is destroyed, you can pay 1000 LP to Special Summon Green Baboon itself.

Green Baboon itself is also a Beast-type. Therefore, when the Green Baboon on the field is destroyed, the Green Baboon in the graveyard regenerates!"

【Envoy, LP 6000 -> LP 5000】

After the Green Baboon on the field was shattered, a vortex leading to the graveyard immediately opened on the ground. The second Green Baboon beat its chest and roared, jumping onto the field again.

【Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest, ATK 2600】

"And Green Baboon accepts the power of the 'Orichalcos Barrier', ATK increases!"

Green Baboon beat its chest again, emitting a low roar. The hexagram mark appeared on its forehead, and its whole body seemed to be ignited with ghostly green flames.

【Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest, ATK 2600 -> ATK 3100】

"Hahaha, see that? This is the strongest power the gods have bestowed upon me!"

Fujiki You Xuan pondered.

Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest, is indeed a very powerful card in this era. However, Fujiki You Xuan mused that Ma Xiu Luo is a Spirit monster, which is supposed to return to the hand at the end of the turn it was summoned, so wasn't your trap a bit rushed?

Although it's true that returning it to the deck consumed an extra card's worth of resources for him...

But then he remembered that the Demon Bishop before didn't even recognize Jinzo.

In this way, perhaps the fairy realm's access to and knowledge of cards is generally lower than that of duelists from the outside world, so it's not strange that they don't recognize the characteristics of Spirit monsters.

In fact, Fujiki You Xuan's knowledge of the card pool alone was already a significant advantage in the anime world, and this seemed to be even more prominent in the fairy realm.

The envoy stood with his hands on his hips, still snickering.

"I don't know who you are, but regret your foolish challenge. In front of the immortal Green Baboon, you have absolutely no chance!"

(End of chapter)