Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh

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"My turn, draw."

A golden light emanated from You Xuan's Graveyard, and two cards swiftly emerged.

"The effect of the two 'Killer Snakes' in my Graveyard activates. During my Standby Phase, if 'Killer Snake' is in the Graveyard, it can return to my hand from the Graveyard."

Two cards were drawn from the Graveyard zone and returned to his hand.

Beetle Knight's face twitched.

More ammunition...

He had already understood how the opponent's combo worked. Killer Snake was the endless ammunition for that infernal soldier.

Sure enough, You Xuan immediately sent one of the Killer Snakes he had just retrieved back to the Graveyard.

"The effect of 'Abyss Soldier' activates. By discarding a Water-Attribute monster from my hand, I can return any card on the field to its owner's hand.

Therefore, I discard the Water-Attribute 'Killer Snake'..."

"I knew it!" Beetle Knight yelled.

"Open Set Card, Trap Card 'Amnesia'! When an Attack Position monster on your opponent's field activates its effect, that activation is negated, and that monster changes to Defense Position!"

Judai: "Huh? But shouldn't he know You Xuan still has 'Royal Decree' on the field?"

You Xuan raised an eyebrow.

This stance... does it seem like he has a counter-strategy for Royal Decree?

"Interesting. Then I'll accept the challenge." You Xuan said, "Then I activate my Set Card, Continuous Trap - 'Royal Decree'!

All Trap Cards existing on both players' fields have their effects negated!"

The 'Royal Decree', recovered by Abyss Soldier, once again demonstrated its divine power. An invisible pressure swept across the field, suppressing the entire arena.

"Just as I expected!" Beetle Knight shouted. "Counter Trap - 'Counter-Reversal'!

When a Trap Card is activated, negate that activation and return that card to its owner's deck!"

He really did have a counter.

You Xuan stroked his chin and nodded slightly.

The power of the Counter Trap took effect, and the activation of 'Royal Decree' was forcefully stopped. The Trap Card transformed into a golden light and shot back into You Xuan's deck on his Duel Disk. The deck shuffled itself.

"Even 'Royal Decree,' the bane of traps, has nothing to fear as long as its activation is negated before its effect applies.

Furthermore, effects activated later are resolved first. Therefore, when 'Amnesia' resolves, 'Royal Decree' is no longer on the field, so the effect of my activated Trap Card 'Amnesia' becomes valid!

According to 'Amnesia's effect, 'Abyss Soldier's activation is negated, and it is changed to Defense Position!"

Beetle Knight burst into laughter.

"Stay put, Abyss Soldier!"

The power from the underworld seemed temporarily bound. Under the trap's restraint, Abyss Soldier reluctantly knelt on one knee, temporarily assuming a defensive posture.

[Abyss Soldier, ATK 1800 → DEF 1300]

"This way, your combo is broken," Beetle Knight said triumphantly.

He had figured it out: whether for offense or overall operation, that Abyss Soldier was the absolute core of the opponent's strategy. As long as Abyss Soldier's effect was negated, there was nothing to fear.

Next turn, his insect army would launch a desperate counterattack, sounding the horn of reversal.

Could you possibly pull out a third unit and instantly defeat me again?

"Open Set Card, Continuous Trap - 'Call of the Haunted'." You Xuan said, "Special Summon one monster from my Graveyard in Attack Position. I choose to revive the other 'Abyss Soldier' from my Graveyard."

Beetle Knight: "..."

The vortex in the Graveyard opened, and transparent streams of water burst forth. The Water-Type soldier emerged from the abyss, returning to the field. The vortex beneath it, leading to the underworld, seemed to blow forth gusts of eerie wind.

You Xuan thought, Impressive, impressive, a very clever draw.

But what will you do about the second one?

Already foreseeing the inevitable future, Beetle Knight's face twisted: "No, no, please..."

However, he didn't expect You Xuan to be in no hurry to activate the effect. Instead, he calmly revealed another card from his hand.

"Equip Spell 'Blaze Cannon Assault,' equip it to your 'Millennium Scorpion'."

Here, big bro, have a cigarette, don't be shy.

Beetle Knight: "?"

At this crucial moment, what's the meaning of suddenly giving me an Equip Spell?

"'Blaze Cannon Assault' increases the equipped monster's ATK by 400, and when it attacks a Defense Position monster, if its ATK exceeds the DEF, it gains piercing battle damage." You Xuan said with a smile, "It's a gift for you, don't mention it."

[Millennium Scorpion, ATK 2500 → ATK 2900]

Millennium Scorpion's ATK would increase by 500 when it destroyed a monster by battle, so its ATK would now be 2900.

"But of course, as you know, powerful forces usually come with risks. So 'Blaze Cannon Assault' also has a side effect." You Xuan explained with a smile, "When this card leaves the field, the equipped monster is banished directly from the game."

Beetle Knight thought for a moment.

When it leaves the field, the equipped monster is banished directly from the game...

He suddenly realized something, and his expression instantly twisted: "You... you mean to say..."

"You guessed right, unfortunately, no prize." You Xuan smiled. "The effect of the second 'Abyss Soldier' activates. Discard another Water-Attribute 'Killer Snake' from my hand, and return any card on the field to its owner's hand.

What I want to return, of course, is the Equip Spell 'Blaze Cannon Assault'."

The Equip Spell suddenly transformed into a golden light and flew back into You Xuan's hand.

"Of course, since I'm the owner, it will return to my hand. But because 'Blaze Cannon Assault' left the field, the equipped monster must be banished from the game.

Banish 'Millennium Scorpion' from the game!"

A dimensional rift opened once more. The immense suction lifted Millennium Scorpion off the ground and pulled it directly into the vortex, kicking it out of this game.

Beetle Knight looked at his field, which had once again become as clean as a blank slate, and felt like crying.

No...

Why does such a cruel combo exist in this world?

And what kind of monster would even come up with such a strategy...?

Judai also looked stunned: "Oh, this..."

While bouncing the opponent's monsters back to their hand with Abyss Soldier could clear the field, the bounced monster was still a usable resource in their hand.

However, using the combination of Abyss Soldier's effect and Blaze Cannon Assault's side effect allowed You Xuan to banish a specified monster from the opponent's field directly, without returning it to their hand. And because Blaze Cannon Assault would be bounced back to his own hand for repeated use, and Killer Snake could infinitely retrieve itself, the entire process involved almost no resource consumption.

Although You Xuan felt that at this point he had pretty much won, his opponent still had cards in hand. If by any chance the opponent drew something like a Kuriboh to stall this turn and he couldn't secure the win, then banishing the monster, as opposed to simply bouncing Millennium Scorpion back to their hand, would cost the opponent one more card resource.

Yes, that's it. It's definitely not because banishing Millennium Scorpion to another dimension is more fun.

But the opponent didn't seem to think so.

Beetle Knight had already given up struggling and put on a face of pure anguish.

Please, just give me a quick death.

He wanted to quickly leave this unfriendly world and be reborn.

Next life, I'll definitely never touch cards again.

"Battle." You Xuan waved his hand, ordering, "Abyss Soldier, direct attack!"

Watching the ominous soldier charge forward with its sword, Beetle Knight exhaled deeply and closed his eyes.

It might sound absurd, but after several turns of his monsters being repeatedly bounced, sent to another dimension, and hit with one-sided negates, now, as a straightforward strike was about to land on his head, the thought that arose in his mind wasn't fear of death.

It was relief.

Good, finally, no more dueling...

[Beetle Knight, LP 1400 → LP 0]