Yu-Gi-Oh!: Ultimate Duelist

Homeroom teacher Gao Hongliang explained, "When we summon a defense monster, we can choose to put it face-up, meaning in front-facing defense position. Of course, we can also choose to put it face-down defense position."

At this time, a curious classmate couldn't help but ask: "Teacher Gao, is there any difference between these two states?"

Gao Hongliang smiled and replied, "Face-up defense is like putting your monster out in the open. This could be because the duelist is overconfident, believing their monster can withstand the opponent's attacks. Or perhaps they're trying to draw the opponent's attack and trigger certain card effects. Of course, it's also possible that only in this state can the monster unleash the power of other cards, such as the monster's own effects or the cards it's covering."

Gao Hongliang paused, then continued, "The advantage of back-defense is that it prevents the opponent from knowing the details of my monster, thus creating psychological pressure on them."

As if he knew the students would have questions, Gao Hongliang continued, "Of course, there's another possibility. That's the monster in face-down Defense Position, which has a Flip effect. That means the monster must be flipped over in order for the effect to occur. Once our face-down Defense Position monster is attacked by the opponent's monster, it will directly flip back to face-up Defense Position. Of course, on your next turn, you can also flip the face-down Defense Position monster on the field back over to face-up Attack Position. This is what we commonly call a Flip Summon."

At this point, Gao Hongliang's expression suddenly grew serious, and he said, "Note that the Flip Summon here does not take up our Normal Summon opportunities each turn, because the previous Face Down Defense Summon already took up our Normal Summon opportunity."

After all, Gao Hongliang had seen too many students make common sense mistakes due to their unfamiliarity with the duel rules. Therefore, he could only emphasize them several times during his daily classes so that his classmates would pay more attention.

At this time, it was Lin Hao's turn.

Lin Hao took a deep breath and slowly pulled out a card, his eyes flashing with wisdom.

He said calmly, "Summon [Charging Captain] (ATK 1200/DEF 400) in Attack Position, then activate its effect: When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand."

"I Special Summon [Disc Warrior] (ATK 1000/DEF 1000) from my hand in Attack Position."

Lin Hao's movements were smooth and there was no hesitation at all.

Then, without hesitation, he made a surprising decision: "Then use [Disc Fighter] (Attack 1000/Defense 1000) to attack [Cave's Hidden Dragon] (Attack 1300/Defense 2000)."

Seeing this, everyone present was slightly stunned and immediately started talking at once.

"What is Lin Hao doing? He actually used a monster with only 1000 attack points to attack a monster with 2000 defense points."

"Could it be that he wants to activate some card's effect by lowering his own health?"

"As far as I can remember, I don't think so."

"There are so many types of cards, how can we possibly have seen them all?"

Gao Hongliang coughed as he watched his classmates' outrageous discussions unfold. He then said, "Students, don't jump to conclusions. This Disc Fighter card has a special effect: when attacking a monster in Defense Position with a Defense Strength of 2000 or higher, it will be destroyed without any damage calculation."

"Ah?" Everyone opened their mouths in surprise.

“It actually has this effect.”

"I suddenly realized that Lin Hao's application of cards is very superb."

"Indeed."

At this moment, Tang Shengzhi also noticed something was wrong and quickly said, "Activate the Trap Card [Explosive Dragon Breath]. Its effect is: Release 1 Dragon-Type monster on your field. Destroy all face-up monsters with a DEF less than the ATK of the released Dragon-Type monster. Since the monsters on your field all have a DEF less than [Hidden Dragon], I'm releasing [Hidden Dragon] to destroy all monsters on your field."

Lin Hao remained unfazed. He smiled and said, "Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Mysterious Chinese Pot] in my hand. Its effect is: Release 1 monster on your side of the field. Choose one of the released monster's ATK or DEF, and restore Life Points equal to that value. The monster I chose to release is [Charging Captain], and then choose its ATK."

In an instant, Lin Hao's health rose to 5200. Lin Hao ended his turn directly.

After Tang Shengzhi drew a card, he said happily: "Lin Hao, I'm ready to attack."

Lin Hao smiled and said, "Come on."

Tang Shengzhi raised the corner of his mouth: "Are you so confident?"

Lin Hao shrugged: "Come on."

Tang Shengzhi said excitedly: "I activate the magic card [Cost Reduction] in my hand. Its effect is: discard a card from your hand. During the turn this card is activated, all monsters in your hand lose 2 levels."

Tang Shengzhi sent a card to the graveyard and continued, "Summon [Emerald Dragon] (ATK 2400/DEF 1400) in Attack Position."

"Since you have no monsters on the field, Emerald Dragon attacks the player directly."

Following Tang Shengzhi's command, the Emerald Dragon spewed out a stream of blazing flames, attacking Lin Hao. Lin Hao's health dropped to 2800 points.

Tang Shengzhi then said, "I cover a card on the field. The turn ends."

Lin Hao drew a card and said, "Activate the Spell Card [Reinforcement]. Its effect is: Select a Level 1 or lower Warrior-Type monster from your deck and add it to your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. I choose [Iron Knight Kia Friede], a Level 4 Warrior-Type monster."

"Summon [Iron Knight Kia Fried] in Attack Position (ATK 1800/DEF 1600)."

Lin Hao's eyes were full of determination.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card - [Release] from my hand. Its effect is: I can release 1 [Iron Knight Kia Freed] on my field, and Special Summon 1 [Swordmaster - Bare-Shirted Kia Freed] from my hand/Deck."

"Release [Iron Knight Kia Freed] on my field and Special Summon [Swordmaster - Bare Shirt Kia Freed] in Attack Position (ATK 2600/DEF 2200)."

However, Lin Hao hesitated for a moment, then said, "Cover one card, and the turn ends."