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Indeed.
When he heard that Pegasus J. Crawford wished to meet him, Yu Xuan had a faint suspicion that it was probably about cards. He was just an unknown freshman at Duel Academy, perhaps a minor celebrity within the academy, but he shouldn't have been noticed by someone of Pegasus J. Crawford's caliber.
Since Pegasus wanted to see him, the most direct reasons Yu Xuan could think of were either because he had severely beaten one of Pegasus's card professors earlier that day, using rather cruel methods, or because Pegasus had heard that Yu Xuan had, years ago, stolen an AI's Blue-Eyes White Dragon, subsequently leading to rumors that he was "the man watched by the legendary Seto Kaiba."
Regardless of the reason, the only possible motive for the opponent to be interested in him was card dueling.
To be honest, Yu Xuan had somewhat guessed this before coming, so he was mentally prepared for a duel. According to the academy's card drawing lessons, dueling against powerful duelists was beneficial. Performing under a stronger "aura" could better hone a duelist's own strength.
Of course, he also considered that this duel couldn't be for free.
However, while Yu Xuan was still pondering, Kaiba Mokuba surprisingly spoke first: "That's not impossible, but if it's just a duel, wouldn't it be a bit boring?"
Pegasus J. Crawford calmly said, "Then what do you mean?"
"I remember that the prize for last year's Industrial Illusions tournament was a replica of Mr. Pegasus's 'Relinquished' used in Duelist Kingdom, right? If I'm not mistaken, there should still be some replicas left from that batch, correct?"
Yu Xuan raised an eyebrow.
Good heavens, he hadn't even opened his mouth, and Mokuba seemed to know what he was thinking.
What was this called? Perfect synergy?
"I understand." Pegasus J. Crawford smiled. "Of course, there are only two replicas left. If your party is interested, taking one is no problem."
Mokuba also smiled, exchanging a glance with Yu Xuan.
"What do you say? Interested in trying your hand?"
To be honest, he actually still wanted to see Yu Xuan duel. He just felt that this person's duels were very special.
"Then I shall respectfully accept your offer," Yu Xuan smiled, stood up, "Please enlighten me, Mr. Pegasus."
Both parties stood up and, led by Pegasus, left the restaurant and arrived at the dueling arena.
"Duel!" x2
[Yu Xuan, LP4000]
[Pegasus J. Crawford, LP4000]
"I'll go first, draw!"
Pegasus J. Crawford placed a monster card.
"I Normal Summon 'Thousand-Eyes Idol' in Defense Position!"
[Thousand-Eyes Idol, DEF 1200]
"When 'Thousand-Eyes Idol' is successfully Summoned, I Special Summon any number of 'Thousand-Eyes Idol' from my hand."
Pegasus J. Crawford drew two more cards from his hand.
"I Special Summon two more 'Thousand-Eyes Idol'!"
[Thousand-Eyes Idol, DEF 1200] x2
"Next, I activate the Continuous Spell, 'Treasures of the Dark Ruler'. As long as this card is on the field, when I Tribute Summon two or more monsters, I draw two cards."
Pegasus J. Crawford waved his hand, and another card image appeared in his Spell & Trap Zone.
"I set one more card to the field, and end my turn."
"My turn."
Yu Xuan drew a card.
Pegasus J. Crawford, although controlled by Zorc Necrophades in the original series and unable to fully represent his true power, was still considered a "legendary duelist." Legends also had different tiers, and Pegasus J. Crawford was theoretically stronger than someone like Rex Raptor or the Paradox Brothers.
So, this time, Yu Xuan also directly brought out his updated main deck.
"I Normal Summon 'Nepthys' Guardian'."
A gift from Scheer, one of the Neo Domino City's three musketeers, what was summoned was a maiden with long silver hair and golden armor, her red cloak like a burning blaze.
[Nepthys' Guardian, ATK 1400]
"Guardian's effect: I destroy one card from my hand, then Special Summon one 'Nepthys' monster, except 'Nepthys' Guardian', with 4 or less stars from my hand."
The Guardian swung its greatsword, and flames surged, burning and dispersing a card from his hand.
"I Special Summon 'Nepthys' Oracle'!"
[Nepthys' Oracle, ATK 600]
Pegasus J. Crawford looked thoughtful. "A Nepthys Phoenix God deck." He remembered that it should be a rather rare deck.
"The hand card I just destroyed was the Quick-Play Spell 'Silent Burning'."
Yu Xuan took out the Spell Card that left the Graveyard.
"By banishing this card from my Graveyard, I add one 'Silent Swordsman LV7' from my Deck to my hand."
Yu Xuan drew the card searched from his Deck, and his Deck automatically shuffled itself in the Duel Disk.
"'Silent Swordsman LV7' cannot be Normal Summoned, but it can be Special Summoned by Tributing a Spellcaster-Type monster on the field.
Therefore, I Tribute the Spellcaster-Type 'Nepthys' Guardian' on the field.
The silent wing entrusted with hope, the light magician, appear hereā
āāTrue Silent Swordsman, Summon!"
The flaming maiden swordsman disappeared in a white aura, replaced by a silver-haired magician, who gracefully descended onto the field, accompanied by almost transparent white light.
[True Silent Swordsman, ATK 1000]
"I see, the followers of Nepthys are all Spellcaster-Type monsters, so they can be Tributed for Silent Swordsman's Summon. At the same time, their hand destruction cost sends 'Silent Burning' to the Graveyard, which can then be used to search for Silent Swordsman."
Pegasus J. Crawford smiled.
"Two systems with unexpectedly good synergy."
Both True Silent Swordsman and Nepthys were considered quite rare cards in this world, so the person before him was likely the first to combine these two systems.
"I can Special Summon 'Candy Clown' from my hand in Attack Position. Therefore, I Special Summon 'Candy Clown'."
[Candy Clown, ATK 0]
"Next is the effect of 'Nepthys' Oracle'," Yu Xuan said. "Oracle can Tribute itself and another monster on the field to Special Summon 'Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys' from the hand or Deck.
I Tribute 'Candy Clown' and 'Nepthys' Oracle'!
The god descended from the ancient Phoenix Fire, be born through the guidance of blazing flamesā
āāSacred Phoenix of Nepthys, Summon!"
Soaring flames transformed into the shape of fiery wings, and the dazzling golden body of the divine bird appeared within the phoenix flames!
[Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys, ATK 2400]
Behind them, the card professors couldn't help but show a slight change in their expressions.
"To summon two ace-level monsters in the very first turn!"
Silent Swordsman and Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys, either of which was considered a super-rare, high-level monster capable of being a deck's ace in their eyes.
Especially Krok Dixon, who had just been defeated, now had wide eyes and a strange expression.
So you weren't just capable of using those annoying "three brothers" cards?
To immediately set up such a formation at the start was already quite strong in his understanding.
So why did he use those irritating disruptive cards against him before? Was he deliberately messing with his head?
Krok's face darkened, and he became even more withdrawn.
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