Yu-Gi-Oh!: Ultimate Duelist

Gu Yue shook his head helplessly and said, "Alright then. I was thinking of hiding my strength so I could save it for Fu Yi. In that case, let's duel. I can only reveal a little bit of my strength first."

Lin Hao nodded without hesitation and said crisply, "Okay!"

"The duel begins!" Lin Hao and Gu Yue shouted almost at the same time.

"It's my turn, draw a card!" Lin Hao took the lead. He quickly drew a card from the deck and said.

Then, Lin Hao continued, "In face-down defense position, summon a monster, then cover two cards. This ends the turn."

"My turn, draw a card." Gu Yue was not to be outdone and just as quickly drew a card from the deck.

Gu Yue carefully examined his hand, then that smile reappeared on his face. He said confidently, "Although the cards I drew aren't very good, I should still have no problem defeating you."

Gu Yue continued his actions as he spoke: "Activate the magic card [Bargain Shopping]. Its effect is: discard 1 8-star monster card from your hand. Draw 2 cards from your deck."

As he explained, he picked up a card from his hand and showed it to Lin Hao, "The 8-star monster card I want to discard is [Ancient Mechanical Dragon]"

As he spoke, Gu Yue placed the card steadily into the graveyard area of ​​the duel disk, and then skillfully drew two cards from the deck, the whole action was completed in one go.

Gu Yue didn't hesitate at all, and continued, "Activate the Magic Card [Magic Stone Mining]. Its effect is: Discard 2 cards from your hand to activate. Add 1 Magic Card from your Graveyard to your hand."

He quickly picked out two cards from his hand and threw them into the cemetery without hesitation. Then he accurately took out a card from the cemetery and held it high to show Lin Hao, "The magic card selected in the cemetery is [Bargain Shopping]."

Gu Yue, like a commander in control of the entire situation, continued his operations in an orderly manner: "I activate the magic card [Bargain Shopping] again."

"This time, I'm going to discard the 8-star monster [Ancient Mechanical Giant] in my hand," Gu Yue said as he showed his monster card to Lin Hao again, and then drew 2 cards from the deck.

Gu Yue spoke again and said: "Activate the magic card [Ancient Maintenance Field]. Its effect is: return a monster with [Ancient Machinery] in its name in your graveyard to your hand."

As he explained, he picked up the card he took out from the cemetery and showed it to Lin Hao, "The monster I chose is [Ancient Mechanical Giant]."

Gu Yue continued, "Activate the Continuous Spell Card [Ancient Machinery Castle]. Its effect is: Increase the ATK of face-up [Ancient Machinery] monsters on the field by 300. Each time a monster is Normal Summoned, place 1 counter on this card. If a monster with [Ancient Machinery] is Advanced Summoned, and there are more counters than the required number of Releases placed, you can use this card instead."

"Activate the Spell Card [Ancient Machinery Factory], its effect is: Select 1 [Ancient Machinery] Monster Card in your hand. Remove from play a total of [Ancient Machinery] cards in your Graveyard equal to twice the Level of the selected card. The selected card does not need to be Tributed when Normal Summoned this turn."

As Gu Yue spoke, he picked out a card from his hand and showed it to Lin Hao, "The monster in the hand I chose is the level 8 [Ancient Mechanical Giant]."

"I banish three monsters in the Graveyard: a level 8 [Ancient Mechanical Dragon], a level 4 [Ancient Mechanical Soldier], and a level 4 [Ancient Mechanical Knight], with a total level of 16."

As Gu Yue spoke, he showed the three cards he took out of the cemetery to Lin Hao one by one, and then completed this series of operations.

"Summon [Ancient Mechanical Giant] (ATK 3000/DEF 3000) in Attack Position."

Gu Yue shouted, "The mechanical power that slumbers in antiquity, awaken to the sound of gears turning! Ancient mechanical giants, with their iron bodies, unleash their might to crush the enemy!"

Suddenly, a dazzling light shot out from Gu Yue's duel disk. The light was just a faint dot at first, but then it became like a ignited flame, becoming stronger and stronger, rushing straight to the sky, as if it was about to break through the clouds.

As the light shone, a huge figure appeared and disappeared in the light.

I saw a giant made of ancient metal slowly rising from the light. Its body was like a fortress made of steel, and every metal plate exuded a heavy historical atmosphere.

The giant's head had a pair of eyes that shone with red light, like two burning flames, revealing majesty and ferocity.

Its limbs are thick and powerful, and the gears and transmission shafts at the joints shine with a metallic luster under the light, which is intimidating.

Gu Yue looked at the spectacular scene before him, a satisfied smile on his face. He said, "I'm going to activate the effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Ancient Mechanical City]. Since I Normal Summoned a monster, I'm going to place 1 counter on it."

Then, Gu Yue continued, "It's not over yet. Activate the magic card [Double Summon], and I can perform another Normal Summon this turn."

"I sacrifice the Continuous Spell Card [Ancient Mechanical Castle] on my field to summon a level 6 [Ancient Mechanical Beast] (ATK 2000/DEF 2000) in Attack Position."

As soon as Gu Yue finished speaking, a monster made entirely of steel and possessing sharp teeth appeared on his field. The monster had a sturdy build and exuded a cold, metallic quality.

Gu Yue commanded: "Enter the battle phase [Ancient Mechanical Giant] (Attack 3000/Defense 3000) attack the monster in defense position on the face-down side."

As soon as Gu Yue finished speaking, the ancient mechanical giant swung his huge fist and rushed towards the monster in the inner defense position on Lin Hao's field.

The huge fist made a sound of breaking wind, as if it could smash everything that stood in its way.

At this time, Gu Yue said, "Activate the effect of [Ancient Mechanical Giant]: If this card's ATK is higher than the DEF of the Defense Position monster, inflict battle damage equal to that amount of your opponent's Life Points. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spells or Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step."