Chapter 75: Fusion Assault!

Asuka: "Eh-ah-ah!"

As always, Yu Xuan showed no mercy—he immediately unleashed the full firepower of his Card Cannon. The doubled firepower, freed from restrictions, poured over the girl without hindrance, erupting in a thunderous blast of towering black smoke.

【Asuka, LP4000 → LP200】

The entire arena fell silent in shock.

Who is Asuka Tenjouin?

A top-tier elite from the middle division, she had been guaranteed a spot at Obelisk Blue since enrollment. Even setting aside her appearance, many regarded her as a leading candidate for Rookie of the Year.

Everyone expected a fierce battle between masters—intense offense and defense, a thrilling, satisfying climax.

Yet by the end of the first turn, it already looked like it might be over?

Xiao Rixiang Xinghua, who had stood motionless at the sidelines since the last duel, her expression blank and eyes hollow as if broken, finally regained her vitality.

No, more accurately—she seemed radiant, her gloom swept away, a smile tugging at her lips.

That’s it!

Teach her a harsh lesson! Break her just like you broke me!

Gradually forgetting her earlier misery, Xinghua’s smile grew twisted.

“I was careless.”

Asuka braced against the impact and exhaled sharply.

Using her body to absorb damage for counterattack was her usual tactic, but if she misjudged and took too much, she’d just end up killing herself—pure comedy.

Such an unprecedented and bizarre death might nail her to the college’s wall of shame, becoming a laughingstock.

Asuka shook her head, forcing her focus back to the duel.

“Due to the effect of ‘Double Seba Dance,’ my monster can counterattack.”

“Go! Direct Attack of the Digitized Ballet Skirt!”

The female digital star leapt into the air, spinning gracefully like a ballerina, one leg sweeping through the wind toward Yu Xuan.

【Yu Xuan, LP4000 → LP3000】

“Effect of the Equip Spell ‘Angel’s Wings’! When battle damage is dealt, add an extra 300 battle damage!”

【Yu Xuan, LP3000 → LP2700】

Yu Xuan blocked the virtual impact with his dueling pad, swaying slightly but standing firm.

“I’ll set three cards face-down. End my turn.” Yu Xuan said. “At the End Phase, the side effect of ‘Restriction Release’ activates: Machine-type monsters affected by this card are destroyed at the end of their turn.”

The Card Cannon exploded in a burst of ash.

“However, the effect of ‘Card Cannon’—when this card is destroyed and sent to the graveyard from the field, draw one card.”

Yu Xuan drew a card.

The crowd finally exhaled slightly.

“That was intense for the first turn.”

“Asuka Tenjouin’s LP is now like a candle in the wind—extremely dangerous.”

Yu Xuan: “...”

He’d forgotten about the “candle in the wind” clause. Locking HP was a curse in the original—usually, whoever locked it first gained the advantage. Yet now Asuka had been pushed into counterattack HP.

Hmm, but maybe it’s not that mystical here?

“My turn, draw!”

Asuka steadied her composure.

She’d seen through his tactic and struck back hard—but due to Restriction Release’s side effect, he had no monsters on the field.

But his face-down cards...

“Hesitation won’t help.” Asuka’s gaze hardened. “I will carry out my duel!”

“Attack! Direct Attack with ‘Digitized Ballet Skirt’!”

As the Digitized Ballet Skirt leapt and spun, its elegant form surged forward, delivering a spinning kick straight at him.

“Predictably bold.” Yu Xuan narrowed his eyes. “Then I activate my face-down card—Trap: Dimension Wall!”

“When your monster declares an attack, the battle damage is inflicted on you instead!”

Crowd: “!!!”

“You reveal a trap like this at a moment like this?!”

This trap instantly reversed the situation—now it was Asuka who would take the direct attack and lose.

“Of course there’s a counter.” Asuka swiftly inserted a card from her hand. “Quick-Play Spell: ‘Heroine’s Light!’” (Anime card)

She sent her “Digitized Ballet Skirt” to the graveyard and revealed another card from her hand.

“‘Heroine’s Light’ allows you to send your ‘Digitized Ballet Skirt’ to the graveyard to Special Summon one ‘Digitized Heroine’ from your hand!”

“So I tribute my ‘Digitized Ballet Skirt’! Appear—”

“—Level 6, Digitized Heroine!”

The star vanished, her light scattering into swirling points. A beam shot skyward, and the curvaceous silver-haired actress spun into view.

【Digitized Heroine, ATK 2300】

“Impressive!” Midori of the Student Council blurted. “Since the attacking monster disappeared from the field, the battle doesn’t resolve and no battle damage is dealt!”

“And since it was Special Summoned during the Battle Phase, the Digitized Heroine can still attack!” another student added. “If this attack lands, it’ll deal massive damage at once.”

Asuka couldn’t help a faint smile: “I’m not that easy to beat, am I?”

She raised an eyebrow, noticing another face-down card already revealed on Yu Xuan’s back row.

Yu Xuan calmly pointed to the card: “Quick-Play Spell: ‘Book of the Moon’—cover the ‘Digitized Heroine’ in face-down Defense Position.”

Asuka: “...”

The crowd: “...”

The newly summoned giant collapsed instantly under lunar magic, becoming a face-down card.

Xiao Rixiang Xinghua: “Hahaha! That’s it! Cover! Cover everything!”

She was as joyful now as she had been withdrawn before—clearly, she was the happiest person in the arena.

“...Another effect of the Equip Spell ‘Angel’s Wings.’” Asuka took a deep breath. “When this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, draw one card.”

“Then I set two cards face-down. End my turn.”

Yu Xuan: “My turn, draw.”

“I activate the Continuous Spell ‘Extra-Dimensional Storage’!” (Anime card)

The spell card materialized; three cards automatically popped from his deck. Yu Xuan drew them and showed them to his opponent.

“When ‘Extra-Dimensional Storage’ activates, you can select three Level 4 or lower Ally monsters from your deck and remove them from play.”

“I remove ‘Y-Dragon Head,’ ‘Z-Metal Tracks,’ and ‘W-Spring Wings’ from play!”

He raised his arm and released his grip; the three cards manifested as a red metallic dragon, a tank-like metal track, and a blue battle wing, each sucked into a black vortex opening above his field.

“It’s VWXYZ,” Asuka said, her expression grave.

The crowd stirred: “The rare cards once used by Seto Kaiba!”

“Then I Normal Summon ‘X-Leader Cannon’!”

【X-Leader Cannon, ATK 1800】

“At this moment, another effect of ‘Extra-Dimensional Storage’ activates.” Yu Xuan said. “When a monster is Normal or Special Summoned to my field, if any of the removed Ally monsters bear that monster’s name, I can Special Summon the corresponding Ally from the removal zone!”

Yu Xuan revealed the two removed cards at once.

“Both ‘Y-Dragon Head’ and ‘Z-Metal Tracks’ bear the name ‘X-Leader Cannon,’ so I Special Summon both simultaneously!”

The black vortex in the removal zone reopened—two golden lightning bolts split from the void, the red dragon head and heavy metal tracks landing on his field.

【Y-Dragon Head, ATK 1500】

【Z-Metal Tracks, ATK 1500】

“These monsters Special Summoned by this effect cannot be tributes or attack.” Yu Xuan waved his hand. “But I fuse my ‘X-Leader Cannon,’ ‘Y-Dragon Head,’ and ‘Z-Metal Tracks’!”

The three machines began transforming, releasing currents that pulled them together, assembling like stacked figures into a majestic, heavy fusion mecha!

X-Leader Cannon was the head, the metal tracks formed the base, and Y-Dragon Head emerged from the groin area. (Struck out)

“XYZ- Divine Dragon Cannon, Fusion Summon!”

【XYZ- Divine Dragon Cannon, ATK 2800】

(End of Chapter)