Chapter 68: Weevil's Tactic
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"How dare you! Do you think I, Weevil, can be scared by you?" This is a duel now, everything is decided by victory or defeat.
Weevil has the upper hand, how could he possibly lose?
"Attack, Traptrix Myrmeleo!!"
Facing this attack, Yu Miao forcefully took 1600 points of battle damage.
For some reason, Yu Miao had felt something was off with his body since the start of the duel.
It felt like something was about to break out of its shell.
The spirit of the old [Exodia] seemed to be constantly muttering strange things in his ear.
[Yu Miao: 4000LP → 2400LP]
Weevil, seeing Yu Miao take substantial battle damage, judged that the face-down card was a fake trap!!
"Then I set the 'Bottomless Trap Hole' I just searched for."
"Your turn, Yu Miao."
Weevil, like a poisonous spider, had already laid full of traps, waiting for Yu Miao to step into them again.
Yu Miao remained unmoved. He drew a card from his deck and directly entered his Main Phase.
Weevil had already revealed his trap: the second "Bottomless Trap Hole".
Traptrix Myrmeleo's ATK is 1600. To summon a monster exceeding this value would inevitably trigger the Trap Hole.
Spell Card, Graceful Charity.
Yu Miao drew 3 cards from his deck, then chose two cards to send to the Graveyard.
"In that case, I set one monster face-down." After performing this operation, Yu Miao simply ended his turn directly.
Setting a monster face-down?
"Giggle, such a cowardly act, you coward." The more Yu Miao acted like this, the more unrestrained Weevil became.
Draw!
Weevil drew.
Spell Card, Pot of Greed.
When in doubt, draw 2 cards first.
This is the charm of DM.
After replenishing his hand with two new cards, Weevil's face was filled with glee.
"Aha-hahaha, it seems heaven wants you dead. Let me defeat you within this turn." Yugi Muto, overjoyed, activated a targeted card from his hand.
Nobleman of Crossout.
Seeing this Spell Card, Yu Miao's eyelids twitched.
This card was the number one killer of "face-down monsters", bar none!
In his previous life, when playing Yu-Gi-Oh! with friends, since everyone loved using 3 Man-Eater Bug, 3 Marshmallon, 3 Spirit Reaper, 3 Stealth Bird, 3 Magician of Faith...
Basically, all sorts of annoying flip-effect monsters ran rampant.
So this "Nobleman of Crossout" was a must-include card.
"Behold, under the power of Nobleman of Crossout, that annoying face-down monster disappears!" Weevil shouted.
A sharp longsword directly pierced Yu Miao's face-down monster, which was... the forbidden card "Cyber Jar".
Unfortunately, even Cyber Jar was useless because "Nobleman of Crossout" destroyed it and removed it from the game.
Since it was a Flip Effect Monster, both players started checking their decks and had to remove all copies of that card from the game as well.
Weevil certainly didn't have the Machine-type Cyber Jar, and Yu Miao also had only one copy of this forbidden card.
"Not finished yet, I activate the Spell Card, Multiplication of Ants."
"Tribute Traptrix Myrmeleo to Special Summon 2 'Army Tokens' on my field."
Ding~
Two big soldier ants appeared.
[Army Token, 500 ATK, Insect-Type]
"Yu Miao, let me give you a little bonus, activate the Spell Card, Shallow Grave!" Weevil's tactic was very clear; he wanted to weave a hellish web to thoroughly trap Yu Miao inside.
Watching the other struggle helplessly, making life worse than death for them, giggle.
[Shallow Grave: Both players select 1 monster from their own Graveyard and Set it on their own field in face-down Defense Position.]
Weevil chose the Insect Maiden that just entered the Graveyard to Set.
Yu Miao chose Gaia the Magical Knight to Set directly.
At this moment, Weevil played another Spell Card, one very familiar to Yu Miao: "Star Blast"!
This is a Spell Card that pays Life Points to reduce a monster's Level.
[Weevil: 4000LP → 3000LP]
Weevil paid 1000 Life Points to reduce the Level of a monster in his hand by 2!
"Aha-haha, I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn yet."
"Witness the power of the ultimate Insect."
"Tribute the Set Traptrix Myrmeleo to Tribute Summon this invincible Insect Queen monster."
Ding~
A foul stench devoured the Traptrix Myrmeleo. A massive insect shadow appeared behind Weevil's body.
[Insect Queen, 2200 ATK, Insect-Type]
"So disgusting." Téa, looking at Insect Queen's appearance, only felt terror.
It has to be said, Insect Queen's appearance score is practically negative.
Isn't Traptrix Myrmeleo much better looking than this thing?
"Slurp~" Weevil licked his lips, clearly captivated by Insect Queen's charm, saying: "The invincible Queen's ATK increases by 200 for each Insect-Type monster on the field."
There are a total of 3 Insect-Type monsters on both fields.
Insect Queen, and the two Army Ants Token.
[Insect Queen: 2200 → 2800 ATK]
"Hahaha, this is the power of Insect Queen, eventually surpassing even the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that can crush any enemy!"
"But Insect Queen has a weakness: before each attack, it must tribute 1 monster on its controller's field."
Because of this, Weevil kept two Army Ants on his field; they are the Queen's ammunition for attacks.
"Enter the Battle Phase." Weevil tributed one Army Ant, allowing the Queen to attack Yu Miao's face-down monster (Gaia the Magical Knight).
The poor Army Ant became food, granting Insect Queen the right to attack.
The current battle situation made Téa very worried; she noticed Yu Miao had been at a disadvantage all along.
Unintentionally, Téa even accidentally touched a switch nearby.
The machinery inside the projection room started operating.
At this moment.
The students over at the plaza noticed that a duel was suddenly being displayed on the "canvas" hanging in front of the main teaching building.
It was precisely the battle between Weevil and Yu Miao.
"Wah, so Téa and Yu Miao are there." Joey immediately recognized Weevil, that bastard.
In Duelist Kingdom, it was this bastard who threw away the incredibly precious Exodia cards.
"In this duel, Yu Miao is at a disadvantage." Mai judged the situation at a glance.
On the screen, Insect Queen bit and destroyed Yu Miao's face-down monster Gaia the Magical Knight.
All the students were frightened by this cruel scene.
Even some appearance-focused female students were shouting loudly:
"Yugi, you have to do your best!"
"Yugi, you must defeat that disgusting insect!"
Yugi himself was right next to Joey. His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to clarify something... but it seemed useless!
"Ya-hahaha."
"The Army Ant Tokens can attack too."
The damage wasn't high, but the insult was extremely strong.
Yu Miao's right arm was bitten by an Army Ant, losing 500 LP.
[Yu Miao: 2400LP → 1900LP]
"Enter Main Phase 2. I set one card, then activate this Continuous Spell Card."
Ding~
Insect Barrier!!
Having used all his hand cards, a green "sticker" lit up beside Weevil.
[Insect Barrier: Insect-Type monsters your opponent controls cannot declare an attack.]
Seeing this green sticker, Yu Miao warily looked at the card Weevil just set.
That card was probably the Continuous Trap Card DNA Surgery.
Yugi Muto raised the corner of his mouth.
That's right, the Continuous Trap Card he set was DNA Surgery.
Once activated, he would change all monsters on the field to "Insect-Type". Yu Miao's monsters would then be unable to declare attacks due to the "Insect Barrier" effect.
Moreover, Insect Queen's ATK would continuously increase as Yu Miao kept summoning monsters.
Hahaha, this is true hell.
Weevil ended his turn.
At this moment, Insect Queen started laying eggs.
(End of Chapter)
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