Chapter 230: The Choice Between Attack and Defense
Never before, an ordinary "Ancient Mechanical Soldier" would make its holder Chronos so anxious. He looked at the mysterious Li Xue and felt very uncomfortable.
[Should I take the risk to summon this monster? ] Chronos thought, as long as he summoned this monster, there would be hope to end this duel in this round, but if he was restricted by the opponent, then the "Ancient Mechanical Soldier" with only 1300 attack points would become its biggest weakness!
At the same time, 1300 attack points combined with Chronos's current only 1500 LP will also become very dangerous!
After hesitating for a while, looking at the increasingly approaching turn timer, Chronos decided to think twice for the time being. He did not summon the "Ancient Mechanical Soldier", but used another card in his hand: "I activate the magic card "Angel's Charity" Ah Noone, draw three cards from the deck, and then send two cards in my hand to the graveyard Ah Noone."
Li Xue: [Who said that this card cannot be stopped? Oh, it seems to be me...】
The opponent used a banned card, which was not beyond Li Xue's expectations, but this feeling was just unpleasant - knowing that the opponent would definitely use this "Angel's Charity", but she couldn't deal with the opponent. Could she immediately print a hand-trap version of "Prohibition Order"?
Although if a "Gray Flowing Beauty" was printed, it could also complete the effect of blocking this "Angel's Charity" at this time, but in the eyes of Li Xue, who was currently in the "God's Perspective" state, among the several cards drawn by this card, there was really no card that could work in this round...
So she was just simply unhappy with the banned card, but she didn't feel threatened at all.
After Chronos drew the card, looking at the three cards drawn, plus the "Ancient Mechanical Soldier" left in his hand, he felt a little tricky - two of the three cards were trap cards, and the only monster card was only "b-Destroyer Dragon Beast" with an attack power of only 1500 points. Trap cards cannot work in this round, and that "b-Destroyer Dragon Beast" has the same flaw as "Ancient Mechanical Soldier", with too low attack power to give Chronos a sense of security.
In other words, Chronos still needs to make his own choice between "continue to attack" and "stabilize the defense line".
After a little consideration, Chronos decided to trust his first feeling and give up the monster card used for attack.
"I will send two cards to the graveyard, one is "Ancient Mechanical Soldier" Ah Noone; the other is..." Looking at the remaining three trap cards, Chronos thought for a while and said to Li Xue: "I will send 'b-Destroyer Dragon Beast' to the graveyard Ah Noone."
"Then, I enter the battle phase: I use 'Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Titan' to attack 'Dragon God Saphira'-infinite bombing Ah Noone!"
After all, there are only two trap cards in hand, so Chronos didn't hesitate and went directly into the battle phase. At his command, the huge ancient weapon in the shape of a "centaur" opened all its cannons and aimed at the elegant Dragon Goddess on the Lixue field. In front of the huge "Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Titan", the Dragon Goddess, which was originally of a decent size, began to look as small as a bird. When countless missiles and artillery fire hit the Dragon Goddess, the fountains on the side of the "Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Titan" began to spray a large amount of steam. At this moment, the power of steam was called to the extreme!
Half of the fountains were spraying steam, and the other half of the fountains began to gradually form a net. A glorious church appeared in the net, and the hymns gradually sounded, as if trying to resist the damage for the Dragon Goddess and prevent her from dying... However, it failed. Under the battle rules of ancient machinery, magic will lose its luster, traps will be crushed by iron hooves, and only pure force can survive!
"Boom!" The Dragon Princess God exploded in the sky, and the extra missiles and artillery fire also sprayed on Li Xue's body...
[Li Xue: lp3000→1100, gorgeous points: 400]
"There is still 1100 points of damage left, Noone..." The smoke and steam had not yet dissipated, and Chronos did not see Li Xue's field, but he saw the lp scoreboard hanging in the sky first. The opponent's gorgeous points did not decrease. This made Chronos feel somewhat reasonable at the same time. Although in general, the elimination of the duelist's trump card will bring a certain degree of gorgeous points reduction, but now the duel with this "Fujiwara Yukino" is obviously no longer a normal duel.
[Chronos: lp1500, gorgeous points: 250→260]
[So little... By the way, I remember that if you eliminate a popular monster, the gorgeous points will be reduced because some viewers don't buy it, Noone... But in general, it will increase by at least 20 or 30 points... When did the popularity of this "Dragon Princess God·Saphira" become so high? 】Kronos frowned. He didn't know if Li Xue released the restrictions of the "God's Perspective" and allowed the skill effect to act on the opponent, then the inexperienced Kronos would not have this idea, and even whether he could continue to play cards properly would become a problem.
After a while, the smoke and steam dissipated, and what appeared in Kronos' eyes was... the intact "Dragon Goddess Saphira"? !
"Mamma Mia!" Kronos was shocked, "What's going on, Noone, the 'Hymn of Prayer' can't be activated?!"
"It seems that you really need to brush up on the basics of dueling - how about signing up for an interest class in the future?" Li Xue said expressionlessly with her eyes closed, but Chronos on the opposite side always felt that her voice was slightly sarcastic: "The effect of 'Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Titan' is that I cannot activate magic traps when you attack... However, the effect of 'Prayer Hymn' that can replace the destruction of ritual monsters does not need to be activated, but can be directly banished to replace the destruction. Therefore, the effect of 'Prayer Hymn' replacing the destruction is not restricted by your 'Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Titan'; at the same time, because you sent the light attribute 'b-Destroyer Dragon Beast' from your hand to the graveyard, I can also activate the effect of 'Dragon Princess Goddess Saphira' at the end of this round." (Note 1)
The hymn sounded again, and the Dragon Princess Goddess soared in the sky, and her dance changed again - this time the dance can bring the lost light spirit back from the underworld and serve her master again!
【Li Xue: lp1100, Gorgeous Points: 400→435】
“…Oops!” Chronos gritted his teeth, he knew he had made a mistake. Originally, he thought that the opponent could not use the effect of “Prayer’s Hymn” to replace the destruction of “Dragon Goddess Saphira” this round, so he sent the ‘b-Destroyer Dragon Beast’ in his hand to the graveyard without pressure; but now the situation is obviously becoming troublesome: Dragon Goddess is sent to the graveyard and then Special Summoned again, so that it can activate its own effect at the end of the round and retrieve the light attribute monster from the graveyard!
The opponent’s purpose is self-evident, it is the “Ernest” that was sent to the graveyard and not retrieved!
And if Chronos used the common move point to summon “Ancient Mechanical Soldier” or “b-Destroyer Dragon Beast” in this round, it is very likely that he will fall into a passive state in the next round - their attack power is very low, and they can’t break through the opponent’s defense when “Dragon Goddess Saphira” is on the field!
However, if the opponent's trump card is just an "Ernest", he will still have a way to deal with it. Chronos looked at the card in his hand and continued his turn with a heavy heart: "Entering the main phase 2, I will cover two cards, Ah Noone; then... the turn ends."
Looking at his two covered cards and the two "Devil's Declaration" on Li Xue's field, Chronos felt heavy-hearted, knowing that these two cards would become a big problem for him again when it was the opponent's turn: [If this guy really has the ability to predict his own deck and my hand or deck, then this card will be my only hope...]
The moment the turn ended, the Dragon Princess Divine Dance ended, and the shining angel returned from the underworld again!
"I will return the 'Ernest' in the graveyard to my hand." Li Xue still closed her eyes, and her tone was flat, as if she didn't care about anything: "Then, my turn, draw a card."