Yu-Gi-Oh! Fourseasons

Continuing from the previous article, it's now Youqiu's turn.

"My turn, draw a card!" You Qiu's lips curled up slightly when he saw the card he had drawn.

"I activate the Equip Spell Card [Spear of the Piercing] from my hand. The monster equipped with this card gains 1700 ATK. When attacking a Defense Position monster, it inflicts damage to your opponent equal to or greater than that monster's DEF. I equip this card to [Autumn Harvest Dragon].

"Then, I usually summon [Autumn Harvest Brilliant Wheat] (Defense position)."

"Because a [Harvest] monster was summoned again, the effect of [Harvest Dragon] was refreshed, and the attack power of [Harvest Dragon] increased to 5700!"

"Advance to Battle Rank! [Autumn Harvest Dragon] Attack [Phoenix Dragon]!"

Yu Xia activates the effect of [Phoenix Dragon]: "I activate the effect of [Phoenix Dragon], consuming one Xyz Material, and all monsters on your opponent's field lose 1500 ATK!"

You Qiu didn't care at all: "Even so, [Autumn Harvest Dragon]'s attack power is still higher than [Phoenix Dragon]'s defense power, and because of the [Piercing Spear] effect, you will take 400 damage. Harvest Wave!"

[Autumn Harvest Dragon] spewed out a breath of dragon fire, destroying [Phoenix Dragon] and dealing 400 damage to Youxia.

Yu Xia waved his hand and said, "I activate the effect of [Phoenix Dragon]. When this monster is destroyed by battle, it can be Special Summoned to the field in the next turn."

You Qiu scoffed: "That's for the next round! [Rice Husk Warrior] and [Fire Goose], attack directly!"

[Fiery Wild Goose] flew over You Xia's head and pecked at him several times with its flaming beak.

The [Rice Husk Warrior] was not to be outdone and charged forward with a sword strike.

You Qiu ends his turn: "I end my turn."

0 cards in hand, 4 in front row, 4 in back row, 8000 life points, 3 in graveyard, 0 banished cards.

Yu Xia has 1 card in hand, 0 in front row, 1 in back row, 6000 life points, 4 in the graveyard, and 0 banished cards.

You Xia: "My turn, draw a card!"

"In this instant, the [Phoenix Dragon] effect activates! Be reborn from the ashes!"

A flame ignited on the playground, gradually growing larger and finally solidifying into a [Phoenix Dragon] (Defense position).

Yu Xia continued, "Because the number of times [Phoenix Dragon] can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard is reduced to once, [Phoenix Dragon]'s ATK becomes 1000."

"Next, I activate the Spell Card [Pot of Greed and Humility] from my hand, reveal the top three cards of my deck, and choose one to add to my hand."

You Xia flipped over the three cards at the top of the deck, thought for a moment, and added the card on the left to her hand.

Yu Xia placed the card he had just added to his hand onto the Duel Disk: "I activate the Spell Card [Heavenly Treasure Card] from my hand to draw five cards."

"What?!"

The [Heavenly Treasure Card] spell card has two versions—the first, the old version, which is the [Heavenly Treasure Card] that Yuxia just used, directly draws five cards from your hand; the second, the new version, banishes all cards in your hand and on your field from the game. Draw cards until you have two cards in your hand (copy and paste is really convenient).

Because the old version of [Heavenly Treasure Card] was too overpowered, major card manufacturers jointly created a new version of [Heavenly Treasure Card] and stopped producing the old version.

However, instead of discarding or recycling the older versions of [Heavenly Treasure Cards] they had produced, they treated them as a benefit and continued to allow them to appear in duels.

You Xia drew three cards directly.

You Xia smiled slightly: "I will draw two cards from my hand by activating the Spell Card [Pot of Greed]."

"I activate the Spell Card [Sacrifice Doll] from my hand, Tribute [Phoenix Dragon] to the field, and Special Summon 1 Level 7 monster from my hand that can be Normal Summoned! Come forth! [Summer Sun Shooter]!"

[Summer Sun Shooter], Attribute: Fire, Level 7, Effect Monster, Warrior Type, Attack 2900, Defense 2500.

Yu Xia continued, "I activate the effect of [Phoenix Dragon], which can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard once per turn!"

"Because the number of times it can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard has increased to two, [Phoenix Dragon]'s ATK has become 2000!"

"Then, I usually summon [Midsummer Summer Dragon] (Defense Position)."

[Midsummer Dragon], Attribute: Fire, Level 1, Effect Monster, Dragon, Attack: 0, Defense: 0.

Yu Xia revealed a Spell Card: "I activate the Spell Card [Monster Resurrection] from my hand, discard one card from my hand, and add one monster from my Graveyard to my hand. The monster I chose is [Summer Dragon]! Since [Summer Dragon] is an Xyz Monster, it returns to the Extra Deck."

Yu Xia's smile gradually became more unrestrained: "I activate the effect of [Midsummer Little Dragon], banish one Level 5 or higher [Midsummer] monster from my hand, and change the Level of myself and one [Midsummer] monster on the field to Level 8!"

"I activate the effect of [Sun Shooter], and this monster can be treated as two monsters when stacked."

"I will treat [Summer Dragon] and [Sun Shooting Warrior] Oppai as two monsters!"

"Xyz Summon! Return! [Summer Dragon]!"

"Because of the first effect of [Midsummer Dragon], the attack power needs to be reduced, but the second effect can be activated - consuming one Xyz Material to negate the first effect of [Midsummer Dragon].

"Next is the third effect of Midsummer Dragon - consume one Xyz Material, and [Midsummer Dragon]'s ATK increases by 100 times the number of [Midsummer] monsters in the Graveyard! Since there are a total of six [Midsummer] monsters in the Graveyard, [Midsummer Dragon]'s ATK increases to 3600!"

"Then, I activate the Spell Card [Material Distribution] from my hand, which allows me to give one or more Xyz Materials from one Xyz Monster to another Xyz Monster! I give the last Xyz Material from [Summer Dragon] to [Phoenix Dragon]!"

"I activate the effect of [Phoenix Dragon], consuming one Xyz Material, and all monsters on your opponent's field lose 1500 ATK!"

Youqiu sensed something was wrong—[Autumn Harvest Dragon]'s attack power had dropped to 2700, and there were two monsters on the field with 0 attack power in attack position!

You Xia shouted, "Advance to Battle Rank! [Midsummer Dragon] Attack [Fiery Flying Goose]! Golden Crow Blaze!"

Yuqiu activates his face-down card: "I activate the face-down Trap Card [Ripple Shield - Wave Power]. When the opponent declares an attack, return all Attack Position monsters on the opponent's field to the Deck."

Yu Xia sent [Phoenix Dragon] to the graveyard in a critical moment: "I activate the effect of [Phoenix Dragon], and this monster is sent to the graveyard when it leaves the field."

Youqiu was a little annoyed—as long as Youxia could hold out until the next turn and use the effect of [Phoenix Dragon] to Special Summon it, then the attack power of [Phoenix Dragon] would become 3000, and [Autumn Harvest Dragon] could be defeated.

You Xia reluctantly ended the turn: "Turn over."

0 cards in hand, 4 in front row, 3 in back row, 8000 life points, 4 in graveyard, 0 banished cards.

Yu Xia has 1 card in hand, 1 in front row, 1 in back row, 6000 life points, 4 in the graveyard, and 0 banished cards.

Youqiu: "My turn, draw a card."

"I activate the Spell Card [Pot of Greed and Greed] from my hand, banish the top ten cards of my Deck, and draw two cards."

"Activate the effect of [Blazing Wild Goose] to Special Summon [Radiant Wheat] from the Graveyard (Defense Position)."

"I release [Rice Husk Warrior] and [Fire Goose]! Superior summon [Autumn Harvest Frost Magician] (Defense position)."

[Autumn Harvest Frost Magician], Water attribute, Level 7, Effect Monster, Spellcaster type, Attack 1300, Defense 2000.

You Xia praised, "It's a good idea to get rid of the monster with 0 attack power that's a burden."

With a wave of his hand, You Qiu activated the effect of [Frost Magician]: "I activate the effect of [Frost Magician]. While this monster is on the field, all monsters on my field gain 300 ATK."

"Then there is the second effect of [Frost Magician]: Once per turn, for each [Harvest] monster banished from the field, the ATK and DEF of other [Harvest] monsters on the field increase by 300 times the number of [Harvest] monsters on the field."

"Advance to Battle Rank! [Autumn Harvest Dragon] Attack Directly!"

Yu Xia laughed and said, "It's finally time for the card that was set face down at the beginning to appear! I open the face-down Continuous Spell Card [Rebirth from the Ashes]. When the opponent declares a direct attack, I Special Summon one [Phoenix Dragon] from my Graveyard to the field in Defense Position. The opponent must attack that [Phoenix Dragon]. At the end of the turn, that [Phoenix Dragon] returns to the Graveyard."

You Qiu watched helplessly as [Autumn Harvest Dragon] destroyed [Phoenix Dragon], thinking, "Damn it! This will trigger the effect of [Phoenix Dragon], and the [Phoenix Dragon] with an attack power of 4000 will destroy [Autumn Harvest Dragon] next round. Now [Fire Flying Goose] was released when I summoned [Frost Magician], so there's no way to pull back [Autumn Harvest Dragon] in the round after next!"

Yuxia activated the second effect of [Rebirth from the Ashes]: "I activate the second effect of [Rebirth from the Ashes]. When [Phoenix Dragon] Special Summoned by this card is destroyed, add one [Phoenix Nirvana] from my Deck to my hand."

Having no other option, You Qiu had to end the turn: "Turn over."

0 cards in hand, 3 in front row, 3 in back row, 8000 life points, 5 in graveyard, 10 banished cards.

Yu Xia has 1 card in hand, 0 in front row, 1 in back row, 6000 life points, 4 in the graveyard, and 0 banished cards.

You Xia: "My turn, draw a card!"

"Activate the effect of [Phoenix Dragon] to Special Summon this monster to the field."

"I activate the Spell Card [Phoenix Rebirth] from my hand to send one [Phoenix Dragon] from the field to the Graveyard, and then Special Summon it to the field. At the same time, the [Phoenix Dragon] gains 700 ATK and can attack twice!"

The Phoenix Dragon, with an attack power of 5700, flew out of the flames, looking down at the Autumn Harvest Dragon and giving off an invisible sense of oppression!

Yuxia brought out the Field Spell Card from her [Midsummer] deck: "I activate the Field Spell Card [Tropical Summer] from my hand, and all [Midsummer] monsters on the field gain 300 ATK. Furthermore, [Midsummer] monsters with 3500 ATK can attack your opponent directly!"

You Qiu was startled and didn't react for a moment, even forgetting about his card.

You Xia declared his attack: "Advance to Battle Rank! [Phoenix Dragon] Direct Attack! Phoenix Charge!"

"Hmph." The sudden 6000 damage caused You Qiu to let out a soft groan.

Seeing that this attack was successful, Youxia concluded that Youqiu had failed to stop the [Phoenix Dragon]'s attack, so he continued to issue a second attack declaration: "[Phoenix Dragon], attack directly!"

At this moment, Youqiu realized what was happening and quickly opened the face-down card: "I'm opening the face-down card [Destruction Wheel] to destroy [Phoenix Dragon]. We'll both take 6000 damage!"

At this moment, You Qiu's inner thoughts were: "Since we can't win anymore, let's drag the other side down with us!"

Because of the [Destruction Wheel], Youqiu and Youxia's basic scores were both reset to zero, resulting in a tie.

"A draw!" Guihai announced the result of the duel.

……

You Xia stepped forward and asked, "Since you have that [Destruction Wheel] in your back row, why didn't you activate it when [Phoenix Dragon] attacked for the first time?"

You Qiu glanced coldly at You Xia, ignored her, and turned to walk into the crowd.

You Xia felt a little embarrassed, scratched the back of his head, and walked back to You Dong's side.

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