"Your plan is certainly quite good. It might work on weaker duelists, but I'm not the type of person who can be so easily deceived!" Alexis said, looking at Jiang He with a confident smile. Her eyes flickered with sharp intelligence and a burning fighting spirit!
"As expected of Lady Alexis!" Mindy and Jasmine, her two tag-along best friends standing behind her, immediately began cheering and singing her praises.
Jiang He looked on with an odd, silent expression. For a moment, he actually felt a bit conflicted about whether he should remind Alexis of one simple fact.
Actually... he had already switched his deck.
"My turn, draw!"
Alexis pulled a card from her Duel Disk and revealed it with a self-assured grin. "From my hand, I activate the Spell Card, [Polymerization]!"
"I choose to fuse [Blade Skater] in my hand with [Etoile Cyber] on my field!"
"Come forth, [Cyber Blader]!"
As Alexis's voice fell, the figure of a bald female skater clad in white and purple briefly flickered. She and the Etoile Cyber already standing on the lake's surface flew together into a swirling yellow, blue, and green vortex above!
Soon, a burst of light erupted, and a mature woman with long black hair, dressed in a revealing crimson and white outfit, emerged from the rotating cyclone. Wearing a pair of sharp ice skates, she landed gracefully on the surface of the lake in front of Alexis.
"Hmph!" The crimson-clad figure let out a sound full of battle intent the moment she appeared.
*[Cyber Blader]*
*[Level: 7]*
*[Attribute: Earth]*
*[ATK: 2100]*
*[DEF: 800]*
"Then I won't stand on ceremony! Let's see if my guess was right!" Alexis said, the corners of her mouth curling upward. She raised her hand and pointed forward.
"Cyber Blader, crush that face-down monster! Skating Whirlwind!"
"Hah!"
Responding to the command, Cyber Blader gave a sharp cry. In an instant, she began to spin, transforming into a piercing human tornado that swept across the water toward the massive card shadow set in front of Jiang He!
Vrrr—!
The massive card shadow flipped over immediately upon being targeted. A golden light shone, and a blurry figure began to manifest. Before anyone could see it clearly, it was temporarily obscured by a "bang" as a cloud of fire and smoke from the explosion erupted.
After completing her strike, Cyber Blader quickly retreated, returning to the field in front of Alexis. She was completely unscathed.
"That's it! Well done, Alexis! Defeat that slacker boy and take his arrogance down a notch!" Professor Crowler cheered from a distance, acting like a one-man pep squad. He was so excited that his voice nearly carried all the way over to Jiang He's group.
"Hehe." Alexis kept that confident smile on her face as she watched Jiang He's reaction.
She had "guessed" that Jiang He's face-down monster was the Royal Magical Library, and that his two face-down cards were meant to counter her traps. Therefore, she had chosen a tactic that could easily "solve" his secret!
She would simply overpower him with a strong monster! She would force Jiang He to watch helplessly as his precious Royal Magical Library was destroyed!
The 2100 ATK of [Cyber Blader] was just enough to overcome the high 2000 DEF of Jiang He's Royal Magical Library!
Seeing the seemingly "shocked" expression on Jiang He's face, the smile on Alexis's face grew even wider. With this, the victory was hers! She still had a trap in her hand specifically designed to destroy monsters, and counting the two already set on the field, she was ready. Even if Jiang He summoned another Royal Magical Library, she would destroy it instantly, giving him zero chance to set up an Exodia OTK!
"A-Alexis!"
Suddenly, Mindy and Jasmine cried out in shock, pointing toward the clearing smoke in Jiang He's field to alert their friend.
As the flames and smoke dissipated, the figure of an elven swordsman in a black cloak appeared in defense position! He was crouching on the massive horizontal card shadow, completely unharmed!
It wasn't the Royal Magical Library at all!
*[Obnoxious Celtic Guard]*
*[Level: 4]*
*[Attribute: Earth]*
*[ATK: 1400]*
*[DEF: 1200]*
"That... that's the Obnoxious Celtic Guard?!"
The smile on Alexis's face froze. She stood there, completely stunned!
It wasn't just Alexis; Mindy, Jasmine, Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley all recognized it immediately. This monster card was simply too famous. It was one of the signature monsters that the Duel King, Yugi Muto, frequently used in his duels!
"Why would that slacker boy have that monster face-down?!" Crowler was equally dumbfounded from afar. Was this really an Exodia OTK deck?!
"The effect of the Obnoxious Celtic Guard is that he cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK. Therefore, Cyber Blader's attack is effectively negated," Jiang He explained with a shrug.
He really hadn't expected Alexis to pull such a "flashy" move. She had gone through the trouble of fusing a 2100 ATK monster just to attack a card that was immune to it.
"..." Alexis and her friends were speechless.
"..." Jaden and Crowler also realized the extreme awkwardness of the situation.
"One of the fusion materials for [Cyber Blader], [Blade Skater], originally has exactly 1400 ATK," Syrus muttered to himself, thinking over the mechanics. "It could have actually destroyed the Celtic Guard.
If Lady Alexis hadn't fused and had just summoned [Blade Skater] to attack, she probably could have destroyed Jiang He's face-down [Obnoxious Celtic Guard]. Then, she could have used the other material, [Etoile Cyber], to attack Jiang He directly..."
Syrus's monologue hit Alexis like a physical blow. She had completely misread the situation, and what she thought was a genius play had turned into a blunder.
[Ding! Alexis Emotion Points +300.]
Hearing the system notification, Jiang He felt that he might earn just as many points from Alexis today as he did from Chazz yesterday...
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