Chapter 961: Counterattack!

Lina: “Level-two Tuner monster ‘All-Seeing Eye’! Level-three ‘Silent Psychic Priest’! Tuning!”

【2+3=5】

The magical circuit restructures the equation of life—a crystallization of science and magic! Synchro Summon!

“Level five, Mana Construct!”

Within the Synchro halo, a gear-shaped magical array appeared; mechanical conduits spread like veins from empty space. Amid crackling arcs of electricity, a metallic humanoid encrusted with crystals slowly descended from the luminous screen.

【Mana Construct, ATK 2400】

Lina’s teammate Victor, watching from outside the field, praised: “Excellent! Lina completed her Synchro Summon first. If she keeps this up—”

But before he finished, You Xuan spoke: “At this very moment, I activate the counter trap ‘Black Horn of Ascension’!”

“When your opponent special summons a monster, you can activate this: negate that special summon and destroy that monster.”

A black horn floated into the air. Its sides flapped with demonic wings as it slowly rose, blowing a forbidden blast.

The Mana Construct, barely landed and still unsteady, trembled violently. Electricity sparked and crackled across its body, then under the forbidden sound, it exploded into a fireball, shards burning as they scattered.

Lina: “Nani!?”

The airplane-haired commentator couldn’t help but exclaim: “Oh oh! Who would’ve thought Lina’s Synchro monster was destroyed before it even touched the ground? Clearly, You Xuan entered this solo match fully prepared!”

You Xuan continued: “And at this very moment, the effect of my ‘Althea of Abundance’ also activates.”

“While ‘Althea’ is on the field, each time either player activates a counter trap, draw one card.”

You Xuan drew a card, then smiled: “What a pity—your Synchro Summon didn’t succeed after all.”

Lina gritted her teeth: “It’s just one trap. Don’t get too cocky.”

“Just one trap?” You Xuan laughed.

You clearly don’t understand at all.

You don’t understand the terror of the Counter Angel.

Just now, Lina used two monsters as materials to summon ‘Mana Construct.’ You Xuan destroyed it with a single counter trap—already a 1-for-2 exchange. Then, activating the trap triggered Althea’s effect, letting You Xuan draw another card, widening the card advantage further.

A single trap granted You Xuan massive advantage. This is why Althea is one of the core Counter Angels—each time a counter trap activates, she gains cards, and with that resource flow, the opponent quickly falls behind.

But Lina kept playing: “Send ‘Silent Psychic Priest’ from the field to the graveyard, and special summon the monster previously banished by this card’s effect.”

“Thus, ‘Mind Girl’ is special summoned!”

A young girl with golden hair, resembling a psychic child, returned to Lina’s field.

【Mind Girl, ATK 500】

“Mind Girl’s effect: when this card is special summoned after being banished from the game, place the top card of your deck face-down in the banished zone.”

Lina drew the top card from her deck and shoved it directly into one side of her D-Ride’s card box.

“Then, activate my face-down card!” Lina said. “Continuous trap ‘Enhanced Revival’!”

“Select one monster of level four or lower from your graveyard, special summon it, and increase its level by one, and its ATK and DEF by 100 each!”

“Revive, ‘Silent Psychic Priest’!”

The priest, just sent to the graveyard, returned to the field—now wrapped in trap energy, its body blazing like fire, its level rising from three to four.

“Level two, Tuner monster ‘Mind Girl’!”

“Level four, ‘Silent Psychic Priest’!”

“Tuning!”

【2+4=6】“Born from the chaotic storm of thought, a mad incarnation feasting on twisted psychic energy—tear apart reality! Synchro Summon!”

“Level six, Psychic Demon!”

Within the Synchro halo, a twisted transparent vortex formed. The spinning psychic ring shattered amid the psychic storm. Purple-black neural fibers erupted from empty space, weaving around the Synchro column to form the demon’s silhouette. Massive bony wings crackled with psychic lightning; floating vertebrae released arcs of electricity.

【Psychic Demon, ATK 2400】

The airplane-haired commentator excitedly cried: “Oh oh! Who could’ve imagined that after Lina’s first Synchro Summon was shattered, she immediately performed a second one in the same turn!”

“Double Synchro!” Victor, outside the field, also affirmed: “This girl’s got some guts!”

Lina, feeling she’d performed brilliantly, beamed with pride.

You think you’re so good at trapping? Try trapping this one!

“At this moment, ‘Mind Girl’s’ follow-up effect activates,” Lina said. “When this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, the card previously banished face-down by its effect is added to your hand.”

Lina added the card banished by Mind Girl to her hand.

Mind Girl banishes a card from the top of the deck when summoned, then returns it to hand when leaving the field—effectively drawing a card through this Synchro Summon sequence.

“Now, Psychic Demon’s effect activates!” Lina said. “Once per turn, you can randomly select one card from your opponent’s hand and guess whether it’s a monster, spell, or trap.”

“If you guess correctly, that card’s ATK increases by 1000 until the end of your opponent’s next turn!”

Guess correctly and gain 1000 ATK. Guess wrong and suffer no penalty—so even a wrong guess lets you see one random card from your opponent’s hand for free. Either way, you gain. It’s essentially an effect that activates every turn.

“But at this very moment, you’ve triggered another trap,” You Xuan smiled.

Lina: “Nani!?”

“Counter trap ‘Divine Punishment’!”

You Xuan raised his hand. The D-Ride’s side trap flipped over. Thunder rolled across the sky, as if shaking the heavens. Dark storm clouds churned above the Psychic Demon—clearly, they meant business.

“When a monster effect activates, ‘Divine Punishment’ forces you to discard one card from your hand.”

You Xuan sent one card from his hand into the D-Ride’s graveyard.

“Negate that effect and destroy that monster!”

Lightning struck. The Psychic Demon exploded under the blast, screaming in agony—before it could move, it was reduced to fragments.

“And naturally, since a counter trap was activated, ‘Althea of Abundance’s’ effect triggers again.”

You Xuan slowly drew another card.

“When a counter trap activates, I draw one card from my deck.”

At the same time, another card in You Xuan’s hand was revealed.

“Also, the effect of my hand card, ‘Dragon of the Underworld, Judge of Sin,’ activates.”

“When a counter trap under my control negates an opponent’s card, I can directly special summon this card from my hand.”

“Come forth, Dragon of the Underworld, Judge of Sin!!!”

(End of Chapter)