[Machina Force, Attack Power 4600]
"Hahaha! This is my ace, my strongest Fusion Monster! With it on the field, you've got no chance!"
Pandora's Rare Card Hunter began to swell with arrogance, as if summoning such a gigantic monster made him invincible.
But truth be told, managing to summon a 4600 attack power monster during the DM era was indeed quite impressive. Back then, the game environment wasn't as complex as it is today, and solutions for clearing the battlefield and high attack monsters were relatively limited. The President could decimate the current environment with just his Normal Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with 4500 attack power, which speaks volumes.
Youyu wasn't familiar with the Machina deck, so he was genuinely surprised when his opponent suddenly brought out such a monster with 4600 attack power. A monster resembling a Gundam stood on the opposing field, its myriad guns and missiles aimed at its opponent, looking quite intimidating.
"Machina Force, attack!" the Hunter bellowed, "Machina Shot!"
The gigantic robot opened fire on Youyu's side. The overwhelming firepower filled the sky, missile trails criss-crossing in the air, and bullets rained down like a torrential downpour.
The Sparkman on Youyu's field quickly raised his arms to release an electric defense, but it was utterly pointless. Facing a powerful 4600 attack monster, his meager defense was as negligible as tissue paper, and with a painful grunt, he was torn to pieces by the intense firepower.
[Youyu, LP 4000 → LP 1000]
(Sparkman: Damn, I knew being first out never ends well 凸(艹皿艹))
"With your field empty now," the Hunter laughed, "and I still have Commander Covington who hasn't attacked yet!"
[Commander Covington, Attack Power 1000]
"Go, Covington, direct attack! This duel is mine!"
"Activate Set Card – Hero Signal!"
The Trap Card on Youyu's field flipped open, and a spotlight pierced through the smoke to the sky above, forming a round symbol hanging high in the air, projecting the "H" that represents a hero.
"Hero Signal is a Trap activated when a Monster on my field is destroyed in battle." Youyu pulled a card from his Duel Disc, "I can choose an Elemental Hero level 4 or below from my deck for a Special Summon. I Special Summon 'Elemental Hero Featherman'!"
A pale green whirlwind rose on the field, and the green hero unfurled his white wings, flying onto the field and landing on one knee before Youyu, arms crossed defensively.
[Elemental Hero Featherman, Defense Power 1000]
"Tch, Covington's attack power equals Featherman's defense power. There's no point in attacking." The Hunter sulked and pursed his lips, "I'll set one card, turn end."
According to Duel Monsters rules, monsters with the same attack power fighting each other will be destroyed together, but when attack power equals defense power, no monster is destroyed, nor is any battle damage inflicted.
The Hunter glared at him, "You've got a reprieve, but next turn, my Machina Force will definitely take you down."
Youyu shrugged, unfazed, seemingly unperturbed by the overwhelmingly disadvantageous situation.
"My turn, draw." He casually drew a card.
However, some people seem to be normally drawing cards, while in fact, they have already activated a skill at this very moment.
Destiny Draw!
If the opponent were a player, facing this kind of situation, they'd definitely be wary of the opponent triggering a D-Draw skill.
But honest NPCs stick to the rules, how could they understand the cunning player's tricks?
"From my hand, I activate the Magic Card - Dark Magic Curtain!"
Youyu played the Magic Card, a 3D card appeared around him, projecting eerie white bones and a billowing dark curtain above his head.
"By paying half my LP as the cost, summon a Magician from the deck!"
[Youyu, LP 1000 → LP 500]
In the air, the white bones raised skeletal arms to reveal the curtain beneath, red mist floating out from below. A lithe red figure leaped out, somersaulted gracefully in mid-air, and landed on the ground in a crouch.
In his red robes, under the Magic Hat were silver strands of hair. He stood up, an emerald Magic Staff sweeping an arc before him, dispersing a gust of magical wind along its path.
Dark Magician, Summon!
[Dark Magician, Attack Power 2500]
"Pandora's card, huh." The Rare Card Hunter squinted, "But what can you do even if you summon the Dark Magician now? With just 500 LP left, you're barely hanging by a thread. My Machina Force has an attack power of 4600, can you still turn the tide?"
"Set two cards, end turn."
Youyu couldn't help but admire the Rare Card Hunter as a true hero, daring to tell his opponent "barely hanging by a thread" during a duel.
Throughout Yu-Gi-Oh! history, those daring to say "barely hanging by a thread" to their opponent in the anime usually end up with grass growing over their grave markers...
Even the super BOSS level World-Ending Evil God couldn't escape this rule; now this nameless Ghouls minion dares to touch this taboo, admirable indeed...
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