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"Duel!" x2
[You Xuan, LP4000]
[Jinzo (Spirit), LP4000]
"I'll take the first turn, draw card." You Xuan took the first turn. "I activate the Spell Card 'Foolish Burial', sending one monster from my Deck to the Graveyard.
From my Deck, I send this card"
He drew the monster card automatically searched from his Deck.
"'Killer Snake' to the Graveyard."
The few people who had retreated to the side to watch the match quickly guessed the strategy You Xuan was using this time.
"Killer Snake, so he's using the Abyss Soldier-centric strategy." Chazz Princeton stroked his chin in thought. "I remember it's a quite, uh, no... a quite powerful strategy."
"Yeah, what kind of duel will You Xuan have this time?" Jaden Yuki exclaimed excitedly. "I'm really looking forward to it."
Syrus Truesdale: "Am I the only one who finds dueling a Spirit of the Fall Wind a bit scary?"
"..."
"I set one monster in face-down Defense Position, then set one card. Turn end."
Jinzo (Spirit): "My turn, draw card."
The Jinzo (Spirit) didn't use a Duel Disk, but rather a giant card projection with its back facing outward floated behind him.
With a wave of his arm, a faint electric arc pulsed, and a new card fell from the air.
"I activate the Spell Card 'Graceful Charity', I draw three cards from my Deck, then discard two cards from my hand."
Jinzo's voice was deep and muffled.
"Then, the effect of 'Jinzo - Returner', one of the cards I just discarded. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon one 'Jinzo' from my Graveyard!"
The Jinzo - Returner that appeared in the GX anime had no drawbacks, but when it was made into a real card, the restriction "Jinzo summoned by this effect is destroyed during the End Phase" was added.
However, the Spirit's card in hand was naturally the anime version, without this restriction.
Syrus Truesdale and Chazz Princeton exclaimed together, "He's coming out so fast!?"
"Indeed!"
A hint of excitement actually appeared in Jinzo's cold, hoarse voice.
"The other card I just discarded was myself! According to the effect of 'Jinzo - Returner', I revive myself through this duel!"
He yelled impatiently, and his ghostly, translucent body disappeared. Just one second later, Jinzo's image appeared in the front monster zone, his body gradually gaining substance from its ethereal state, as if phasing back to his original form.
"Finally! The feeling of resurrection!" He was uncontrollably excited.
Of course, this was not a complete resurrection, but merely a temporary experience of gaining physical form under the rules of the duel as a spirit.
But even such a brief taste of revival was enough to excite him, and it made him even more determined about his ultimate resurrection.
"I activate my Set Card, Continuous Trap - 'Royal Oppression'!" You Xuan flipped up his backrow. "As long as this card is on the field, both players can pay 800 Life Points to negate the Special Summon of a monster, or the activation of an effect that would Special Summon a monster, and destroy that card!"
Jinzo: "Nani (What!)!?"
Royal Oppression was a Forbidden Card in modern Yu-Gi-Oh! However, similar to 'Rivalry of Warlords' that You Xuan had used before, it was an ultimate oppressive card that would make modern Yu-Gi-Oh! players gasp, but it was overlooked in its early days.
This could be seen from the Forbidden & Limited List. As an ancient card, Royal Oppression was first listed as a Semi-Limited Card only in the Synchro Era and formally Forbidden in the Xyz Era.
It showed that this card was unremarkable in the slow-paced early Yu-Gi-Oh! environment. Moreover, as long as this card was on the field, both players could pay 800 Life Points to negate each other's Special Summons, making it a double-edged sword for the activator and not that easy to use.
It wasn't until the Synchro Era, when the Yu-Gi-Oh! environment began to rely more and more on various monster Special Summons for combos, that this ancient card began to be regarded by players as the representative of insidious and extreme lockdowns.
"Therefore, I pay 800 Life Points," You Xuan said, "to negate the Special Summon effect of 'Jinzo - Returner'!"
[You Xuan, LP4000 → LP3200]
"Urgh!"
Hit by Royal Oppression, Jinzo was as if struck by divine lightning, and his figure, which had just appeared in the front field, was instantly blown into smoke and dissipated.
Half a second later, a holographic image distorted, and then Jinzo's ghostly image reappeared at the duelist's position.
With one foot barely in the positive realm, he was kicked back, his revival attempt failed, Jinzo was very depressed.
"Damn it." Jinzo said in a deep voice, "Then I Normal Summon 'Mad Dog of Darkness' in Attack Position."
[Mad Dog of Darkness, ATK 1900]
A crazed yellow mad dog, roaring furiously as soon as it appeared, much like Jinzo's true inner feelings after his failed revival.
"I attack with Mad Dog of Darkness!"
The yellow mad dog roared and charged, its sharp fangs fiercely biting You Xuan's face-down monster.
"The monster you attacked is 'Skelengel'." You Xuan said.
[Skelengel, DEF 400]
"Skelengel is a monster with a Flip Effect. When this card is flipped, I draw one card from my Deck."
You Xuan drew a card.
Jinzo hummed, "Then I Set one card, and end my turn."
He couldn't be impatient. His revival was inevitable anyway, as long as he won this duel...
"My turn, draw card." You Xuan said, "The effect of 'Killer Snake' in my Graveyard. During the Standby Phase, if this card is in my Graveyard, I can return it to my hand."
You Xuan returned Killer Snake to his hand, then revealed another card from his hand.
"Then I activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed', drawing two cards from my Deck." You Xuan said, "Then I Normal Summon 'Abyss Soldier'!"
[Abyss Soldier, ATK 1800]
Jinzo examined the soldier that emerged from the current, wielding a trident.
ATK 1800, it couldn't compare to the 'Mad Dog of Darkness' he currently controlled on the field.
Royal Oppression's effect was two-way. Although the opponent had just used this card to kick his main body back to the Graveyard, which was annoying, as long as this Continuous Trap was on the field, the restrictions applied equally to both duelists.
When You Xuan wanted to Special Summon, Jinzo could also use 'Royal Oppression' to negate it.
And now the opponent's one Normal Summon per turn was already used, while Jinzo still had a high ATK monster with 1900, so the situation was still very favorable for him...
"The effect of 'Abyss Soldier'! Once per turn, by discarding a WATER monster from my hand, I can return one card on the field to its owner's hand!"
Jinzo: "!"
A bounce removal effect!?
If his 'Mad Dog of Darkness' was bounced, then Abyss Soldier would attack directly, causing a large amount of Life Point loss.
But it didn't matter.
Jinzo's peripheral vision glanced at his face-down card in the backrow.
The face-down card he set was 'Widespread Ruin', a powerful Trap Card that could destroy the opponent's monster with the highest ATK when they attacked.
Using the trap's counter to destroy the monster, he could counter-attack next turn and expand his advantage...
"The effect of 'Abyss Soldier'! I discard 'Killer Snake', a WATER monster, from my hand, returning my own Continuous Trap Card 'Royal Oppression' to my hand!"
Jinzo exclaimed in shock, "Bouncing his own card!?"
The next second, he immediately understood the crucial point.
He could use Royal Oppression to suppress Jinzo's Special Summons when needed, and when he wanted to Special Summon himself, he could use Abyss Soldier to retrieve Royal Oppression...
Does this mean that only I can't Special Summon?
Jinzo gradually began to realize the seriousness of the problem... but in fact, he only realized a part of it.
Immediately after, he saw You Xuan play another card from his hand.
"Spell Card - 'Monster Reborn'! I can Special Summon one monster from either my or my opponent's Graveyard to my field!"
He can Special Summon monsters from either player's Graveyard...
Masaka (No way!)!?
Jinzo lost his composure: "What do you intend to do!?"
"Probably exactly what you're thinking."
You Xuan smiled.
"I revive 'Jinzo' from your Graveyard!"
Jinzo: "KISAMA (You Bastard)!!!"
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