bookcurios Chapter 125 Swift Attack on the Raptor (2)
Chapter 125 Swift Attack on the Raptor (2)
How to make a fire burn brighter? Split a whole bundle of firewood into several pieces and light them all at once. —An ancient proverb
The black-haired beauty in the red cheongsam closed her folding fan and yawned listlessly.
"Ha~ Boring."
The effect of 【Secret Power 21 - World】distorts time, causing chaos in the surroundings and rendering everything ineffective for anyone other than the user, thus skipping the turn.
If a Pokémon were to use this ability outside of duels, it could even cause the bizarre phenomenon of time "freezing."
Specifically, it feels like time has been paused for everything, except for you, who can continue your activities unaffected.
"I was waiting for him to come and confront me, but nothing happened."
The world was rendered meaningless the moment it landed, so there was no fun to be had afterwards.
She leaned against the corridor outside the North Duel Academy lounge, the light from the corridor ceiling casting a long shadow on her.
Compared to her slender figure, the shadow appeared quite swollen and enormous.
—(Boundary line passed)—
After dinner, Xing Liang dragged Xing Ya, who was trying to slip away, back to the dueling room to continue practicing cards. They were accompanied by Grayson and another guest.
Asot-Fuber, an elder of the Asot clan.
Unperturbed that Xing Liang had initially left him hanging, the thin man took the initiative to introduce himself to Xing Liang at the end of dinner.
Oh right, and there's also Mai, who came along because she was worried about Xing Liang and afraid he might do something outrageous.
After watching two brutal duels in Jurassic Park, Fuber and Gorison exchanged a glance, and Fuber proposed a duel with Xing Liang.
"There's no need to hold back. I want to know your true strength."
They wanted to see if Xing Liang was qualified to be hired as a tutor for the Asot family.
After all, they planned to have Xing Liang teach their students, but...
Upon hearing this, Xing Liang paused in inserting the Punk deck into the Duel Disk, and instantly switched to the Fear Peptide.
And since his hands weren't very clean, he secretly slipped a few more cards in before inserting the deck into the Duel Disk and shuffling it.
Yes, to prevent deck manipulation, the Duel Disk has an automatic shuffle function, and the cards you want to search for will automatically pop up.
There won't be a situation where not shuffling the deck results in a situation like having three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Fusion in your hand at the same time.
"Normal Summon 'Raiding Raptor - Tribute Shrike', its 1st effect can be activated during your Main Phase of the turn this card is Normal or Special Summoned: Send 1 'Raiding Raptor' card from your Deck to the Graveyard."
Swift Raptor - Tribute Shrike ATK1800
Out of courtesy, Xing Liang conceded the first attack.
We can't let the guests lose too badly, can we?
Of course, compared to that, his cue cards were not very polite.
Or rather, quite offensive.
"Didn't draw a monster."
Xing Liang muttered something under his breath; he currently had only ordinary traps in his hands.
Fuber did not feel relieved upon hearing this; on the contrary, he was on edge.
The absence of monster-themed hand pits suggests that Xing Liang likely possesses something even stranger.
"The card 'Infinite Impermanence' in your hand can be chained to target the Tribute Shrike on your field, negating that card until the end of the turn."
Sure enough, it's a hand trap.
"The effect of the card 【Rapid Raptor - Slaughtering Shrike】 can be activated if you control a DARK monster. Special Summon this card from your hand. As a cost, after this effect is activated, you cannot Special Summon any monster other than a DARK monster until the end of this turn."
Strike Raptor - Strangling Shrike DEF1100
"I stacked a Rank 4 Strangler Shrike and a Rank 4 Tribute Shrike to Xyz Summon a Rank 4 Raider Knight!"
Raider Knight ATK2000
"Attack Knight's effect: Remove 1 Xyz Material to activate this effect. I choose to Xyz Summon a 'Raid Raptor' Xyz Monster, one Rank higher than this card, from my Extra Deck as an Xyz Summon!"
"That won't do. Normally, the Trap Card [King's Verses] can be activated directly from my hand if there are no monsters in my Graveyard. Therefore, when the effect of the Attack Team Knight is activated on your field, it will be chained and negated."
While marveling at how PK (Phantom Knights) and RR (Rapid Raptor) truly belonged to the same family, Xing Liang revealed his second normal trap.
"At the same time, if I have a Trap Card in my Graveyard, in accordance with the follow-up effect of the Kings' Verses, I add 1 'King of Kings' card: [Surge of the Spirit King] from my Deck to my hand."
After Kings is activated from your hand, you cannot activate the effects of monsters in your hand, graveyard, or banished state until the end of the next turn.
Therefore, Xing Liang's main deck does not contain any monsters other than Fearful Peptide.
I'm so panicked because I didn't get the monster from the draw.
I pretended.
"The Normal Spell Card [Rank-Up Spell - Rush Power] targets the Xyz Monster Raider Knight on my field. Special Summon 1 'Rush Raptor' monster, 1 Rank higher than Raider Knight, from my Extra Deck as an Xyz Summon!"
"The Trap Card [Spirit King's Wave] can also be activated directly from your hand if there are cards on your opponent's field. When you activate the effect of a Rank-Up Spell Card that includes the effect of Special Summoning a monster, that effect is negated."
After the Soul King's Wave is activated from the hand, he cannot activate the effects of LIGHT, EARTH, and WIND monsters during this duel, but this has no effect on Xing Liang.
Because his deck doesn't contain any Light, Earth, or Wind attribute monsters.
Incidentally, to avoid any unnecessary conflicts in the future, Xing Liang removed the original Zach shaft from his structure and replaced it with other "ingenious little tools".
At the same time, [Divine Declaration] has been replaced with other lower-level alternatives.
Fuber raised an eyebrow. Normally, after being resisted three times in a row, he would have no choice but to give up and compromise, but he still had some extra points on hand.
"This is really troublesome. If I have an Xyz Monster on my field, I can Card Summon [Rapid Raptor - Singing Shrike] from my hand."
Swift Raptor - Warbling Shrike DEF100
"【Raiding Raptor - Shrike of Pain】While this card is in my hand, you can target the "Raiding Raptor" monster Shrike of Pain on my field; take damage from the lower of that monster's ATK or DEF, then Special Summon this card."
Swift Raptor - Shrike of Pain DEF100
Fuber LP8000→7900
"The level of the Shrike of Pain Special Summoned by this effect becomes the same as the level of the targeted monster."
Shrike of Pain LV1→4
"I've set up a link between the Raider Knight and the Singing Shrike, and am summoning LINK-2: [Rapid Raptor - Wise Wood Owl]!"
Swift-striking raptor - Smart Wood Owl ATK1400
"This effect can only be activated if this card is Link Summoned. Special Summon the Level 4 Winged Beast-DARK monster [Raiding Raptor - Simulated Shrike] from your Deck in Defense Position. Does it have a Chain?"
Surely he can't still have a hand cramp?
Fuber looked at Xing Liang.
Xing Liang waved his hand.
"Please continue~"
"Okay, then!"
Strike Raptor - Simulated Shrike DEF1900
"The monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot be used as Link Material, and its effect is negated. I overlay Level 4 Simulated Shrike and Level 4 Pain Shrike to Xyz Summon Rank 4 [Rapid Raptor - Powerful Owl]! This card gains 500 ATK and DEF for each other Winged Beast monster you control!"
Strike Raptor - Forest Owl DEF 2000 → 2500
"Batman Owl's effect: Remove Simulated Shrike as an Xyz Material to activate the effect, and add the Level 4 Winged Beast-Type DARK monster 'Raid Team Wing' from your Deck to your hand."
"If the effect of my 'Raid Raptor' Xyz Monster is activated, I can Set 1 'Rank-Up Spell Card' from my Deck onto my field. If I Set a Quick-Play Spell Card, that card can also be activated the turn it was Set."
"I choose to set the Quick-Play Spell Card [Rank-Up Spell - Revolutionary Force] to my deck!"
"During your Main Phase on the turn the Simulated Shrike is sent to the Graveyard, you can banish this card from the Graveyard to activate this effect. Add 1 'Raid Raptor' card from your Deck to your hand, except 'Raid Raptor - Simulated Shrike'. I choose to add 'Raid Raptor - Nest' to my hand!"
Xing Liang clicked his tongue. This was quite different from the raptor he remembered.
Isn't Rapid Raptor supposed to stop the opponent with one card? He's already activated three Resistance cards, so why hasn't he stopped the opponent yet?
"Activate the Continuous Spell Card [Rapid Raptor - Nest], then activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Rank-Up Spell - Revolutionary Force] set by the effect of Wise Owl, and target Wise Owl, then Special Summon a Rank 5 [Rapid Raptor - Valiant Owl] from the Extra Deck as an Xyz Summon!"
Raptor - Brave Owl DEF2500
Fuber had no idea what Xing Liang was thinking; at that moment, his mind was filled with how to proceed.
"Bird's Nest 1 effect: If a 'Raid Raptor' monster is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck to your field, you can activate this effect: Add the 'Raid Raptor' Trap Card 'Raptor Sudden Attack' from your Deck to your hand!"
"Now that Brave Forest Owl has a Winged Beast monster as Xyz Material, I remove one Xyz Material to activate this effect, adding the 'Rank-Up Spell Card' [Rank-Up Spell - Leap Power] from my Deck to my hand!"
"Attack Team Wing effect: If this card is in your hand or Graveyard, you can activate this effect by detaching 1 DARK Xyz Monster Xyz Material from your field and Special Summon this card."
"I removed 1 Dynamite from Valiant Wood Owl and summoned a Winged Assault Team from my handbag!"
Raid Team Flying Wing DEF2000
"Targeting my Valiant Owl on the field, I activate the Normal Spell Card [Rank-Up Spell - Leap Power], and Special Summon the 'Raiding Raptor' monster [Raiding Raptor - Arsenal Falcon], which is two Ranks higher than Valiant Owl, from my Extra Deck as an Xyz Summon!"
Strike Raptor-Arsenal Falcon ATK2500
"Arsenal Falcon effect: Remove 1 Xyz Material to activate this effect. Special Summon 'Raiding Raptor - Hanasaki Vulture' from my Deck, then tether it to Raid Wings and Xyz Summon a second 'Raiding Owl'!"
Martial Owl DEF2000→3000
"The effect of Strike Owl is not limited to once per turn by the card name, so I remove one Xyz Material from Strike Owl to activate it and add [Raiding Raptor - Vengeful Vulture] from my Deck to my hand!"
After watching Xing Liang's duels several times, Fuber realized that simply having high-attack, high-resistance monsters on the field or one or two resistances wouldn't be enough to stop Xing Liang. He needed a more thorough endgame.
"Requires at least two Dark-attribute monsters. Set the Link Arrows on Powerful Owl and Wise Owl, then Link Summon LINK-3: [Phantom Knights Rusty Moonblade Axe]!"
Phantom Knights Rusty Moonblade Axe ATK2100
The lockdown was even more thorough, marking the end of the game.
"Since Raiders Wing is also treated as a 'Phantom Knights' card under the rules, I use the effect of Rusty Moonblade Axe to send the 'Phantom Knights' monster Raiders Wing from my Deck to the Graveyard, and then Set 1 'Phantom' Spell/Trap Card from my Deck to my Spell/Trap Zone. I choose to Set 'Rank-Up Spell - Phantom Knights' Assault'!"
"I declare the round is over."
Hmm, it's an upgrade magic. The Phantom Knights' attack... what upgrade are they going to do? It's hard to guess.