"My turn, draw a card."
It's Yugen's turn.
Not only is Shirley on the other side ready for battle, but Qiu and Goukou, watching from the sidelines, are also curious about "Godwin's" duel.
Goukou deeply senses the terror of this person's prior duel, worried that even someone as strong as Miss might not be able to handle it. Qiu, besides knowing Godwin's power, is curious about what card deck he will pull out this time.
At least in the few duels Qiu has seen Godwin participate in, the deck tactics this person uses almost never repeat themselves. Qiu is curious about what kind of duel the opponent will display this time.
Yugen: "Normal Summon 'Scrap Iron Beast'."
A dog-shaped reptile, entirely made from machinery, covered in half-yellow, half-silver armor on its canine-like shell, with cables and pipes visible all over its body.
[Scrap Iron Beast, Attack Power 1600]
Indeed, it's the Scrap Iron Card Deck. One of the upper-tier powerful card decks in the early Synchro era, it's among the first card decks completed in this dimension with Godwin's authority.
"Scrap Iron?"
Qiu murmured softly.
It looks like a new tactic again.
This guy… How many decks can he master?
"Battle." Yugen goes straight to the fight, "Scrap Iron Beast, attack 'Apprentice Knight'."
Although that girl disguised as a male knight has the future potential of transcending the heavens as the Baroness of Flowers, at this moment, she's just an apprentice girl. Facing the charge of such a steel beast, she can't help but retreat continuously, showing a nervous look.
Shirley: "Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Flower Shield!"
Activates when the opponent declares an attack, nullifying that monster's attack, and allowing the player to draw a card from the deck!" (Original Card)
Numerous flowers fly out from the void, under the storm forming a vortex. The vortex transforms into a blood-red shield, placing itself in front of Apprentice Knight.
Scrap Iron Beast's claws and steel teeth ferociously strike the Flower Shield, and the recoil force instantly blasts the beast back. The sky is filled with flowers scattering from the backlash force.
"Draw a card according to the effect of Flower Shield!" Shirley draws a card.
"Invalidated the attack and drew a card; a decent trap indeed."
Yugen seems to praise casually and waves his hand with a smile.
"Set two cards, turn ends."
Two cards covered in the back row...
Goukou, who was just deceived by this person's trick, couldn't help but clench his fists, starting to sweat on behalf of Miss.
Hoping Miss doesn't end up as miserable as himself...
Shirley squinted her eyes.
"Two cover cards… Do you think this will make me hesitate and not dare to attack?"
Shirley shouted.
"My hatred is my strength! Years of hatred and pain, this kind of power won't be easily stopped!
My turn, draw a card!"
Shirley reveals the magic card in her hand.
"Activate Magic Card 'Fusion Birth'!
Send the top five cards from the deck to the graveyard, If there are Fusion Materials meeting the condition among them, perform a Fusion Summon for Fusion Monsters using those Fusion Materials!" (Original Card)
Shirley draws five cards at once, her gaze inspecting them, immediately displaying two monsters among them.
"Confirming two monsters among them, Beast Race's 'Holy Knight's Steed', Warrior Race Light Attribute's 'Holy Knight's Spearman', Fusion!"
A Divine Warrior bathed in light, a steed walking on a road paved with flowers, both transformed into beams of light merging into a dazzling giant vortex, a holy sword splitting open the flower vortex.
"Fusion condition is, Light Attribute Warrior Race plus Beast Race monster! Fusion Summon—
—Centaur Mina!"
Her upper body is a beautiful female knight, while her lower body is that of a centaur. The knight's curved figure is clad in silver-white armor, one hand wielding a shimmering long sword, the other holding a red shield engraved with golden floral patterns, the horse hooves striking the ground causing transparent ripples.
[Centaur Mina, Attack Power 2200]
Shirley: "Switch 'Apprentice Knight' back to attack position!"
[Apprentice Knight, Defense Power 1000→ Attack Power 1000]
The knight in silver armor shifts from defense to offense, twirling the long sword to flourish the flowers' rushing currents.
"Battle!" Shirley declares, "Centaur Mina, attack 'Scrap Iron Beast'!"
The hooves strike, the centaur steed gallops forward, the beautiful female knight's red hair flying in the wind like a blooming rose. The long sword, white as snow, slashes a silvery light, charging straight at the Scrap Iron Beast.
Qiu couldn't help but glance more at Shirley.
Immediately using Fusion Summon to launch an attack, this blonde gives her quite an impression that she's an extremely formidable Duelist.
"Centaur Mina, break 'Scrap Iron Beast'!"
The sword containing the flower vortex finally slashes down without a trace of obstruction, the sword qi surges, cleaving the steel body of Scrap Iron Beast with one strike. The circuits inside the Scrap Iron Beast break, electric currents explode around its cracked body, soon blasting it into pieces.
[Yugen, LP4000→ LP3400]
"Not over yet!" Shirley declares, "Apprentice Knight's direct attack!"
Qiu looks at "Godwin", or rather his back row cover cards.
Godwin's cover cards surely must have a countermeasure.
Sure enough, the next moment, Yugen says, "Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Dimension Wall'!
When an opponent's monster declares an attack, can activate, reflecting that battle damage to give to the opponent instead."
Space around Scrap Iron Beast starts to shatter, like a mirror being hit by a hammer and fragmenting. The ruptured space turns into a barrier, shielding the front of the beast.
Qiu isn't surprised. A trap indeed!
But Shirley only snorts coldly: "Trap? Anticipated!
Centaur Mina's Monster Effect activates! Once per turn, the activation of the opponent's Trap Card effect is negated, and the card is returned to the field as covered."
Qiu: "There's actually a backup to deal with traps?"
Shirley yells: "Basic trap tactics won't work on me! Centaur Mina, negate the activation of the Dimension Wall!"
The just exploded crack retracts like being rewound, the dimensional rift disappears, retracting back into the trap activated by Yugen. The trap is re-covered back to Yugen's field.
"It was seen through?" Qiu murmured, "This woman, actually broke through Godwin's maneuver?"
Shirley declares aloud: "My revenge and fury will transform into this revolutionary sword!
'Apprentice Knight' continues direct attack!"
The young-faced Apprentice Knight also charged out, with a transparent sword qi slashing through the empty front field towards Yugen.
Shirley's morale is high.
Great, two consecutive strikes right at the start gained the initiative, at least both on the scene and in momentum, suppressing the opponent...
Yugen: "Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Miracle's Afterglow'.
Select a monster destroyed and sent to the graveyard in this turn by battle, and Special Summon it on my field."
Yugen snaps his fingers.
"Special Summon 'Scrap Iron Beast'!"
[Scrap Iron Beast, Attack Power 1600]
Shirley lightly frowns, says: "Scrap Iron Beast's attack power is higher than Apprentice Knight, so I give up the attack."
Watching the beast on the opponent's field, Shirley ponders.
This guy… Did he intentionally take damage to keep a monster on the field?