Chapter 881: Ally

Seeing that its pride-and-joy battle destruction resistance seemed useless against the giant insect in front of it, Marshmallon was suddenly panicked, turning its head to look at Fujiki You Xuan with a look of seeking help.

Fujiki You Xuan didn't let it down: "Then I activate my set card."

"Trap card 'Scrap-Iron Scarecrow'!"

The trap flipped over, and a small cross-shaped iron scarecrow flew out to the front, blocking in front of Fujiki You Xuan like a shield. Catastor crashed into the scarecrow, popping out sparks, as if a translucent barrier had bloomed in front of the scarecrow.

The Executive frowned: "What?"

"Scrap-Iron Scarecrow can negate an opponent's monster's attack," Fujiki You Xuan smiled slightly and waved his hand gently. "And after activation, this card is not sent to the Graveyard, but can be set again directly on the field."

After speaking, the metal scarecrow that had just blocked Catastor's attack was dragged back into the trap card by several rusty wires and set on the field again.

Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, the soul trap that runs through the entire 5D's anime, is probably one of the most iconic traps Yusei Fudo uses most frequently. After negating an attack, it can be set again, meaning as long as it is on the field, it can be activated and reused repeatedly.

Of course, according to the rules, trap cards cannot be activated in the turn they are set. Therefore, even if it is set again, it must wait until the next turn to be activated. So, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow's effect can be seen as "negate an opponent's attack once per turn."

Yusei had been using this trap since he first appeared in the newbie village, all the way to the final battle of the anime, and it even played a crucial role in the tactical game against ZONE.

"Tch, stalling with traps? It's just delaying your death."

The Executive snorted.

"End of turn."

Fujiki You Xuan: "My turn, draw card!"

He naturally changed Marshmallon's battle position first: "Change Marshmallon to defense position."

The soft white little thing crouched down, turning from attack to defense.

【Marshmallon, DEF 500】

This way, at least Marshmallon wouldn't become a weak point to be broken through.

"Next, I normal summon 'Submarineroid'!"

One of Fujiki You Xuan's soul monsters, but it hadn't had a chance to appear for a long time. The small submarine drilled out from the ground, accompanied by splashing water, its anthropomorphic eyes rolling around.

【Submarineroid, ATK 800】

"Battle," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Submarineroid attacks!"

As he gave the order, the small submarine had already dived into the ground, disappearing with a splash of water.

The Executive was surprised: "Attacking with only 800 attack points?"

"Submarineroid's effect," Fujiki You Xuan chuckled. "This card can attack directly."

Submarineroid rose from the Executive's back row, firing several torpedoes that exploded on the Executive's face one after another. The Executive raised his arm to block the impact, but his body still slid back half a step under the impact.

【Executive, LP 4000 -> LP 3200】

"And after Submarineroid attacks, it automatically changes back to defense position."

Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand casually.

【Submarineroid, ATK 800 -> DEF 1800】

The submarine immediately retreated, shrinking back onto Fujiki You Xuan's field, its small anthropomorphic hands crossed in front of its chest.

Hit and run, how exciting.

"Tch, insidious broken submarine," the Executive snorted coldly. "Then I'll solve you first next turn."

"Is that so?"

Fujiki You Xuan smiled, slowly inserting another card into his back row.

"Then you'd better work hard."

"I set one card in the back row. Then I activate this card..."

Fujiki You Xuan held the card in his hand above his head.

"Continuous Spell 'Temple of the Kings'!"

The office scene where the two were located changed abruptly. The spell fragments floating in the air refracted cold blue light, pinning the shadows of both duelists onto the obsidian floor tiles carved with hieroglyphs. Those complex ancient priest characters seemed to squirm, like sand boas in the desert slithering on the stone slabs, and the majestic golden hall wrapped the entire scene in a cold atmosphere.

Yes, it was clearly a Continuous Spell, but the movement when activated carried special effects of field transformation, just like a Field Spell.

There were other cards of this type; some non-Field Spell cards in the original work also carried similar field transformation effects when activated. For example, Teacher Da Desi's famous Great Universe was clearly a Continuous Trap, but it also summoned a cosmic starry field when activated.

In the DM anime, "Temple of the Kings" first appeared in Marik's servant Odion's hand and was a card exclusive to Marik's Tombkeeper clan. At that time, the anime version of Temple of the Kings was indeed a Field Spell. The Temple of the Kings in Fujiki You Xuan's hand was also obtained from the Tombkeeper clan, but it had now been modified by him to the old version's effect of the physical card.

Until 2015, the effect of the physical card "Temple of the Kings" was that the controller of this card could activate Trap cards in the turn they were set on the field. But later, because this effect was too overpowered and broke the balance, and easily led to some unscientific loops, it suffered the fate of being banned for a long time.

After 2015, Konami modified the effect, adding a "once per turn" restriction to the Temple's effect; the controller could only allow one Trap card to be activated in the turn it was set per turn. The Temple was thus heavily nerfed, but it also ended its long prison life.

Fujiki You Xuan: "End of turn."

The Executive seemed to have instinctively felt a hint of bad aura from this temple: "What is this?"

"Well, who knows?"

Fujiki You Xuan shrugged with a smile.

"Why don't you try and find out?"

The Executive didn't speak.

There was no evidence, but he instinctively felt a dangerous aura from this golden temple.

A bad premonition that trying it would lead to death.

But he quickly suppressed this premonition: "My turn, draw card!"

He was Taiyi's Executive, the highest level under the Three Emperors. He walked through various timelines and had cleaned up countless traitors and people who threatened the organization's safety, many of whom were the best duelists in their respective timelines.

His Ally of Justice power feared nothing.

"My turn, draw card!"

The Executive glanced at the card he drew and looked up at Marshmallon, which had turned to defense and shrunk into a ball.

"A troublesome thing that cannot be destroyed by battle... I'll deal with this first."

"Activate Spell card 'Soul Taker'!"

"Destroy one monster on the opponent's field, then the opponent gains 1000 Life Points."

The Executive pointed at Marshmallon on Fujiki You Xuan's field.

"Destroy Marshmallon!"

As he spoke, a giant demon-like claw shot out from the void, grabbing at Marshmallon, tightening quickly, as if it would immediately wrap around it and blow it up!

Marshmallon's expression changed again, and it turned to look at Fujiki You Xuan once more.

Save me, save me, save me!

Fujiki You Xuan didn't let it down again: "Activate set card, Counter Trap 'Scrap-Iron Fence'!"

"When a monster on your field is about to be destroyed, activate this, so that this monster cannot be destroyed by card effects this turn!" (Original card)

(End of chapter)