"Quick-Play Magic - Mystical Space Typhoon!"
A card appeared before Youyu, and a pitch-black whirlwind rose out of nowhere, the tempest sweeping through the deep darkness of the surrounding field.
"Destroy the Field Magic - Sin World!"
Paradox was a little surprised.
What was going on? Do duelists these days just start off with wind without any preamble? So aggressive?
"Sin World" is a weakness in his deck, he naturally couldn't be unaware of that, so he had of course arranged a corresponding countermeasure.
"Counter Trap Dark Bribe!" Paradox waved his hand, and the Set Card beside him flipped over, "Negate the effect of Magic Trap, then your opponent can draw a card."
The unruly whirlwind was instantly restrained by the trap's effect. The tempest seemed to struggle for a moment, but ultimately could not escape its fate of being dismantled and dispersed.
Thus, this Mystical Space Typhoon failed to successfully take down "Sin World".
But it didn't matter, because after drawing a card due to the side effect of "Dark Bribe", Youyu's hand was still six cards, effectively making it a zero-card cost to take out a trap, not losing anything.
Besides, he still had plenty of tricks up his sleeve.
"Activate the Magic Card from hand, E - Emergency Call!"
Youyu played a Magic Card, and immediately a giant projection with the letter "E" appeared before him.
"This card allows me to add any 'Elemental Hero' from my deck to my hand. I choose 'Elemental Hero Featherman'."
Youyu picked out Featherman from his deck, then revealed it along with two other cards from his hand.
"Activate the Magic Card - Polymerization! Fusion of 'Elemental Hero Featherman' in hand and 'Elemental Hero Wildman'! Fusion Summon——
——Elemental Hero Wild Wingman!"
The heroic Featherman transformed into a green whirlwind, while the muscular Wildman turned into a golden beam, and the two converged on the ground, erupting from the vortex formed by the Fusion Magic into a visible wild storm.
Out of the storm stretched talons like those of a falcon, cleaving through the green whirlwind as if it were being sliced. The sturdy hero beat his snow-white wings, feathers fluttering through the sky upon his debut.
[Elemental Hero Wild Wingman, Attack Power 1900]
Among the many Elemental Heroes, as a fusion monster exchanged three to one, Wild Wingman only has an attack power of 1900, which may not be considered strong.
But he is precisely the hero that can deliver a deadly blow in this scenario!
"Effect of Elemental Hero Wild Wingman!" Youyu declared, "Discard a card from hand, destroy a Magic Trap Card on the field! I discard a card from hand, destroy the Field Magic 'Sin World'!"
As Youyu inserted a card from his hand into the graveyard, the hero on the field simultaneously spread his wings. The flapping of the wings whipped up an invisible storm, the sweeping feathers in the wind seemed to receive a charging order, and with a "whoosh", they scattered uniformly in all directions.
Paradox was taken aback again.
So determined to blow up my field?
I haven't even mentioned the effect, how did you just know to blow up my field?
But even so, he has a second line of defense.
"Flip the Set Card! Trap Card - Skill Prisoner!"
Paradox shouted, and the trap at his feet quickly flipped over.
"Choose a card on your field; this turn, all Monster effects targeting the chosen card... are negated!"
Paradox spoke, raising his hand skyward.
"The card I choose is Field Magic - Sin World! This turn, any Monster effects targeting Sin World are negated!"
The storm instantly subsided, countless feathers rebounded as if they had struck an invisible barrier. The force released by the trap turned into pitch-black immaterial energy, binding Wild Wingman, forcing the hero to kneel on the ground in mid-air, gritting his teeth to support himself.
It must be said, Paradox was indeed very cautious, starting off by adding double defense to his Sin World.
Moreover, under the protection of "Skill Prisoner", even with cards left in hand, Youyu couldn't continue using Wild Wingman's effect to destroy Sin World.
Youyu had to admit that Paradox indeed handled these two waves of attacks beautifully, however...
...what about the third wave?
Here, Youyu drew another card from his hand, indicating that we'll go straight to Elemental Hero Pay-to-win...
...oops, I mean Airman.
The pay-to-win hero, costing tons of Crystal Stones with a price already skyrocketing into the heavens, was finally making his debut!
High-tech blue armor, transparent goggles, enormous metallic glider wings mounted on his back, the dual turbines at full throttle, roaring as this hero hovered with arms crossed in mid-air.
[Elemental Hero Airman, Attack Power 1800]
"When Elemental Hero Airman is successfully summoned or special summoned, one of two effects can be chosen." Youyu explained, "I choose to activate the effect of destroying a number of Magic Trap Cards based on the number of heroes on my field."
He raised his hand, once again pointing at this pitch-black deep world.
"I want to destroy still... Field Magic - Sin World!"
Paradox gritted his teeth: "I told you, according to the effect of 'Skill Prisoner', all Monster effects targeting 'Sin World' this turn are negated..."
"That's not necessarily true." Youyu smiled.
I think you, future person... simply don't understand the awesomeness of pay-to-win heroes!
Airman casually flew up, two turbines on the glider wings accelerating, emitting a roar as if they were about to overload.
A white whirlwind roared as it tore through the skies, rampantly sweeping. The entire space shook under the storm summoned by the hero, cracks appeared in the glass-like walls surrounding the pitch-black world, and the ground began to split.
In the blink of an eye, this awe-inspiring field was completely shattered under the storm stirred by Airman, even before enduring a single turn.
With the removal of the Field Magic's restriction, the spirit of the Rainbow Dragon roared and broke free of control. The "Malefic Rainbow Dragon" on Paradox's field let out an ear-piercing roar, followed by a burst of rainbow-colored light from within, as it self-destructed entirely from the inside, exploding into pieces.
"Damn, without 'Sin World' on the field, Malefic Monsters must all be destroyed..."
Paradox gritted his teeth while scrutinizing Youyu with a more reverential gaze.
Why, despite having the protection of "Skill Prisoner," was Sin World still destroyed by Airman...actually, Paradox knew the reason.
After all, he wasn't a duelist from the DM era; he came from a time when Duel Monsters had long been developed and perfected in a distant future. At that time, the effect texts of many cards were already very standardized, and many nuanced rules were widespread, so he naturally understood them.
The issue of "targeting" is also one of the most confusing and perplexing aspects of Yu-Gi-Oh. However, after K Consortium standardized effect texts in recent years, it has become easier to distinguish than in the past.
According to the current standards, only effects that clearly state "need to choose a card to activate" are considered to have targeted.
If an effect is described as "this effect can be activated when certain conditions are met, selecting a card on the field to destroy," then the description of "selecting a card to destroy" is considered non-targeting.
To simplify, only when selecting a target action occurs before "activate" does it count as targeting.
Using the infamous pay-to-win hero Airman as an example, Airman's effect reads, "This card can activate upon a successful summon, select Magic Trap Cards on the field to destroy," so this effect is considered non-targeting, won't be negated by Paradox's "Skill Prisoner."
If Airman's effect read, "This card can activate upon a successful summon, select Magic Trap Cards on the field to activate, and destroy the selected card," then this description would be considered targeting and negated by "Skill Prisoner."
Paradox frowned, looking at Youyu with more caution.
He initially believed that Duel Monsters just started in this era, so even for the Duel King, the understanding of the rules of this game should be limited by the era.
But never expected, the depth of understanding shown by Youyu, the Duel King, far exceeded his expectations.
No, it's not just that.
Paradox was supposed to be appearing before Youyu for the first time, showing off his deck of "Malefic" cards from a distant future, yet the opponent came straight at his Field Magic, relentlessly remembering his weakness as if known beforehand a thousand times...
At this moment, Paradox couldn't help but fall into deep contemplation.
...Am I the future person, or is he?