No matter what, this third duel still belonged to You Xuan and Peacock Dance.
Although the president was excited, he did not steal the show by saying he would fight the fourth duel early.
You Xuan and Peacock Dance, after their break, took to the Sky Arena and started their duel.
“DUEL!”
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“I’ll take the first turn.”
Peacock Dance drew six cards from her deck, exuding an imposing aura. She glanced at her hand and summoned one of the monsters in a defensive position.
“I summon Harpie Lady 3 in defense position.”
A beautiful woman with exposed breasts, a beautiful face, but a strange hairstyle appeared on the field. She held her wings in her hands, protecting herself, with a defense power of 1400.
“Your monster is very beautiful, just like you.”
You Xuan joked.
“Oh, thank you for the compliment, but my Harpie Ladies are all unruly monsters. If you underestimate them because of their beauty, be careful not to get scratched.”
Peacock Dance responded with a confident smile. After she finished speaking, she covered a card on the field and ended her turn.
“My turn, draw.”
Playing is playing, laughing is laughing, You Xuan would not underestimate any opponent. Especially since Peacock Dance's deck has many powerful cards.
You Xuan looked at his hand. The six cards in his hand were Bright Fusion, Gem-Armor Armadillo, Crystal Rose, Sacred Shield - Reflect Mirror Force, Swamp King Tengri, and Gem-Knight Seraphinite.
Good, there was no dead draw. He even had the ability to OTK his opponent.
However, Peacock Dance’s back row made You Xuan a little wary. If he remembered correctly, Silver Screen Wall was one of Peacock Dance’s cards.
This card had the powerful effect of halving the attacking monster’s attack power when the opponent declared an attack.
In real cards, in order to limit this powerful continuous trap, it was given a negative effect that required the player to pay 2000 life points each time they entered their standby phase, or to destroy the card without paying the life points.
But in the original work, there was no such restriction. If the card was covered, his attack would be greatly affected unless he was able to get rid of it.
“I Normal Summon Gem-Armor Armadillo. I activate its effect and add Gem-Knight Obsidian from my deck to my hand.”
Gem-Armor Armadillo, with an attack power of 1700, appeared on the field and stared at the Harpie Lady opposite it, waiting for its master’s command to tear her apart.
Of course, You Xuan would not enter the battle phase like that. He hadn’t finished his plays yet.
“Then I activate Bright Fusion. According to its effect…”
“Hold on!”
At that moment, Peacock Dance interrupted You Xuan’s play and, with a mischievous look, revealed her covered card.
It was a trap card, and the card picture showed a bird-man releasing an attack wave upwards.
“I activate Avian Assault. Its effect is to release one Bird-Beast-Type monster on my field, choose two cards on the field to destroy. Harpie Lady 3, you’re in trouble.”
Harpie Lady 3 heard Peacock Dance’s words, nodded, and let out a sharp cry. She soared into the sky, transformed into a giant pillar of light, and crashed into You Xuan’s field with a huge force.
She directly destroyed Gem-Armor Armadillo and Bright Fusion, and she herself was consumed by the immense power.
“Tsk.”
Seeing that he had been cleared, You Xuan frowned slightly. Peacock Dance’s covered card was Avian Assault, which was really unexpected.
It was fine that Gem-Armor Armadillo was destroyed. He was just missing a Fusion Material. But Bright Fusion being interrupted was a huge loss.
This card was very important for Gem-Knights. Once activated, it could directly fuse into a Gem-Knight Fusion Monster that had an effect, and it could also add cards to the graveyard.
But the downside was that this card was a continuous spell card.
If it was destroyed during activation, it would not add to the graveyard, meaning it would have no effect.
“What do you think, you underestimated me and paid the price.”
Peacock Dance cackled with glee at the success of her plan.
“I did not expect that.”
You Xuan nodded. He really did not expect Peacock Dance to be so tricky.
“Dance, good job. Keep up the momentum, you can do it.”
Seeing You Xuan being cleared by Peacock Dance, Jonouchi cheered for her from below.
“No need to tell me, I’ll win this game with all my might.”
Peacock Dance smiled, as if it was natural for her to win this game.
But the blush that appeared on her face as she heard her sweetheart’s encouragement did a good job of revealing her true feelings.
About this kind of love display during a duel.
You Xuan just wanted to say: Yes, that’s right, Jonouchi, support her, support her quickly.
“My turn is not over yet. I send Swamp King Tengri from my hand to the graveyard and add Fusion to my hand from my deck.”
Before the duel, You Xuan added the normal version of Fusion that he had obtained from Kaiba to his deck.
Although his important resource point was interrupted, he could still develop. His current hand did not allow him to fuse into Gem-Knight Lady to draw out Gem-Knight King and OTK.
He could only solidify his defense first, see what cards he drew next, and then think of a way to win.
“I fuse Obsidian and Seraphinite in my hand. Come forth, a knight with a proud defense, Blue-Eyes!
As the spell card Fusion was activated in the spell and trap zone, Gem-Knight Obsidian and Gem-Knight Seraphinite fused into one in the dazzling fusion light, becoming the Gem-Knight Blue-Eyes, a knight with a sword and shield with a defense power of 2600.
At the same time, Gem-Knight Obsidian in the graveyard activated its effect, reviving the Gem-Knight Seraphinite in the graveyard, placing it back on the field in defense position.
“I cover a card and end my turn.”
Blue-Eyes, as a Fusion Monster, could not attack this turn, although Seraphinite’s defense power was high, its attack power was 0.
You Xuan did not enter the battle phase and covered Sacred Shield in his back row, ending his turn.
“Oh, you choose to solidify your defense under my offensive? Watch me break down your defense with the charm of my Harpie Ladies.”
With Jonouchi watching from behind, Peacock Dance was clearly in high spirits. She drew a card from her deck and showed a charming smile.
“My deck wants me to break through your defense. I just drew Harpie Queen. I activate its effect and send it from my hand to the graveyard, add Harpie’s Hunting Ground from my deck to my hand.”
Peacock Dance discarded the card she just drew, searched for a field, and then activated it immediately.
The Sky Arena was suddenly swept by a strong wind and transformed into a paradise for Harpies.
Seeing this, You Xuan also felt a little nervous.
Although You Xuan wasn’t the first time seeing cards from beyond this time period appearing, like the Alliance Hangar that the president used during his duel with him.
He was still a little worried to see the opponent’s deck strength increase.
The Harpie Queen card was a powerful card that Kaiba Corporation added to the real cards later because the Harpie deck was too weak. It never appeared in the anime.
“I Normal Summon Harpie Summoner. At this moment, the field spell Harpie’s Hunting Ground’s effect is activated, and I want to destroy your covered spell and trap card.”
Another card that had not appeared in the anime was summoned.
The Harpie Summoner, wielding a strange staff and sporting a pair of black wings, flew into the field.
At the same time that Harpie Summoner appeared, the field spell’s effect was triggered. Swift罡风 from the sky condensed and roared toward You Xuan’s back row.
Sacred Shield - Reflect Mirror Force could not play any role at all, and was directly destroyed.
“Oh, what a dangerous card. It’s a good thing I didn’t attack recklessly. But now that it’s been taken care of, my Harpie Ladies can act freely.”
Peacock Dance glanced at the destroyed Sacred Shield, intentionally showing a relieved expression. Then she covered a card on her back row.
“I cover a card, and then activate Harpie Summoner’s effect.”
Under Peacock Dance’s command, Harpie Summoner waved her staff and cast a spell. Her effect was to discard a Harpie card from her hand to special summon another Harpie monster from her deck, except for Harpie Summoner.
Peacock Dance discarded the Mortal Harpie Lady in her hand, and under Harpie Summoner’s summoning spell, the elegant Harpie Dancer, with her white feathers, appeared and danced gracefully on the field.
Peacock Dance special summoned the four-star monster, Harpie Dancer, with an attack power of 1200, from her deck.
“This way, the trap card you just set will also be destroyed by the field’s effect.”
You Xuan said.
Sacred Shield - Reflect Mirror Force would be destroyed. You Xuan was not surprised. Peacock Dance’s deck had a lot of wind and was specifically designed to break through traps and play defensively.
Sacred Shield would be difficult to activate successfully.
But she shouldn’t be unaware that her field effect was a forced activation. Unless she had another plan, the correct move would be to cover a card during the main phase 2 after activating the field spell.
Harpie’s Hunting Ground had two effects.
①: Bird-Beast-Type monsters on the field gain 200 attack and defense points.
②: When either player successfully summons or special summons a “Harpie Lady” or “Harpie Ladies,” that player must activate the effect. One spell or trap card on the field is destroyed.
The second effect was mandatory and could not be chosen. If the opponent did not have any spell or trap cards, they would have to destroy their own.