You Ye took another card from his hand and once again chained.
"C5 — I activate the effect of Red Merrow from my hand. I banish Dirge from my Graveyard and Special Summon it!"
"Interesting. You jumped first to reduce one Special Summon — impressive, senior. Very decisive!"
Guo Buxuan was full of praise.
If you had waited to resolve Red Merrow afterward, he would've drawn one more card.
You Ye, didn't even give him that chance.
Chain resolution (last in, first out):
C5: Red-Eyes banishes Dirge from the GY and is Special Summoned
C4: Guo Buxuan's Maxx "C" resolves
C3: Called by the Grave resolves
C2: You Ye's Maxx "C" is negated
C1: Galaxy Soldier successfully Special Summons itself
"Galaxy Soldier's second effect — when this card is Special Summoned, I add one 'Galaxy' monster from my Deck to my hand."
"Then, C2 — Photon Emperor's effect in the Graveyard.
If this card is sent to the GY from anywhere except the field, and another 'Photon' or 'Galaxy' monster exists on my field or in my GY, I can Special Summon it in Defense Position."
"Galaxy Soldier is in my field, so the condition is met!"
After finishing the chain, Guo Buxuan turned to look at You Ye.
In this situation, Red Merrow was definitely going to mill cards.
"C3 — Red Merrow's effect. I blind-mill three."
Chain resolution:
C3: Red Merrow mills three cards
C2: Photon Emperor Special Summons itself
C1: Galaxy Soldier adds Galaxy Wizard to hand
Before the effects finished resolving, Guo Buxuan carefully examined You Ye's Graveyard.
Even though You Ye was still under Maxx "C", Guo Buxuan was afraid of something unexpected appearing.
When the three cards hit the Graveyard, he finally relaxed.
Nothing critical.
You Ye, glanced at the Graveyard with mild regret.
Still, regret aside, any effect that could be activated would be activated.
"I milled Primeval Planet Perlereino and a second Dirge.
Perlereino's effect — I target Dirge in my Graveyard and add it to my hand."
Guo Buxuan immediately took back the tempo.
"Photon Emperor's second effect — during the turn it's Normal or Special Summoned, I gain one additional Normal Summon of a LIGHT monster this turn."
"I use that to Normal Summon Galaxy Wizard."
"Then Galaxy Wizard's second effect — I Tribute it to add one 'Galaxy' card other than Galaxy Wizard from my Deck to my hand."
"Because a monster on your field activated an effect, I chain C2 — I Special Summon Little Mermaid from my hand and mill three."
You Ye calmly chained his hand effect.
Guo Buxuan wasn't surprised — the card was already public knowledge.
The real concern was what You Ye would mill, and how he should respond.
Chain resolution:
C2: Little Mermaid is Special Summoned, mills three
C1: Galaxy Wizard adds Galaxy Summoner to hand
After seeing the milled cards, Guo Buxuan's face filled with relief — and lingering fear.
You Ye, meanwhile, smiled.
"I milled Siren Mermaid and Shaddoll Squamata.
Shaddoll effects form an automatic chain."
"C1 — Squamata sends one Shaddoll monster to the GY.
C2 — Shaddoll Beast draws one card.
C3 — Siren Mermaid Fusion Summons!"
"Midrash?" Guo Buxuan muttered.
Although You Ye had never summoned El Shaddoll Midrash before, as a Heaven-Rank Duelist, Guo Buxuan had already researched every possible Fusion You Ye could make.
Information is power.
"Correct."
The moment Xiaomi hit the field, Galaxy-Eyes would be completely locked.
The next turn would be pure domination.
"That's unfortunate. Let me show you the true strength of a Heaven-Rank Duelist."
"Just now, I chained C4 — Called by the Grave, targeting Siren Mermaid in your Graveyard. Her effects are negated until the end of the next turn!"
Guo Buxuan smiled as he activated it.
"Another Called by the Grave?
A god drew? No… that confident look — this was your second predetermined draw, wasn't it?"
You Ye, narrowed his eyes, thinking.
"Correct. This is what makes Heaven-Rank Duelists terrifying."
Guo Buxuan felt a chill.
If he hadn't reached his "guaranteed draw" moment just now, he'd already be locked out.
"Relax. The chain isn't finished yet."
You Ye, smiled calmly.
Former world champions relied on god draws — a Heaven-Rank Duelist drawing what they must draw wasn't strange at all.
Chain resolution:
C4: Called by the Grave banishes Siren Mermaid
C3: Siren Mermaid's effect is negated
C2: Shaddoll Beast draws one
C1: Squamata sends Resh Shaddoll Incarnation to the GY
"Resh Shaddoll Incarnation's second effect — once per turn, if sent to the GY by an effect, I mill cards equal to the number of original Attributes on the field."
"I control WATER and DARK.
You control LIGHT.
So I mill three."
"I milled Red Merrow and Reverberation.
Their effects form a chain — C1 Red Merrow, C2 Reverberation."
"C2 Reverberation adds the banished Siren Mermaid back to my hand.
C1 Red Merrow mills two more."
"I milled Merrow and Merrow activates — Graveyard Fusion!"
"I fuse Shaddoll Beast and Merrow to Fusion Summon—"
El Shaddoll Midrash
Spellcaster / Fusion / Effect / DARK / Level 5
ATK 2200 / DEF 800
A green-haired girl holding a staff nearly as tall as herself appeared beside Shaddoll Beast.
She glanced back at You Ye — surprised, and a little regretful.
This Heaven-Rank Duelist had only obtained her card a few days ago…
Yet he already stood at the pinnacle.
While most of her original users still struggled at Earth Rank.
"That's my turn. Your move."
"I'm curious — can you pull out another card that answers Xiaomi?"
You Ye smirked.
Guo Buxuan's Extra Deck had been fully exposed by intelligence from the Bai family.
He owned Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon — permanently forbidden — but no Rank-4 option capable of dealing with Midrash.
Unless he top-decked Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, he was done.
Even then, the resource loss would leave him with nothing.
Guo Buxuan grimaced.
He did run Kaijus.
He did run Forbidden Droplet.
But his bond wasn't strong enough to draw whatever he wanted.
The card he just drew… couldn't deal with Midrash.
He understood.
He had been greedy.
If he'd chosen Kaiju instead of Called by the Grave, things wouldn't be this bad.
"Looks like you don't have it.
Then this duel is over."
"Not quite," Guo Buxuan replied slowly.
"I can't deal with Xiaomi, but you can't use Siren Mermaid either.
Your Little Mermaid and Reinoheart are locked.
Even next turn, you'll struggle to mill Merrow — and even if you do, it's only one Fusion."
"That would be true… if I didn't run Horus."
Guo Buxuan froze.
Special Summons were locked.
Even Horus couldn't bypass Midrash.
And You Ye's Graveyard had neither Glow-Up Bulb nor Destrudo.
So what could he do?
"Continue. You can't just let them die."
Guo Buxuan nodded.
His only goal now was survival.