Chapter 973 A tense offensive and defensive battle!

"What the hell! Why doesn't this brat called Long Ya play by the rules?"

"What should we do? Taro, if this continues, it's only a matter of time before Ji Zang is defeated. I'm also worried whether our tactics can really continue to hold up!"

In the Suns' maintenance station, Ash and Taro became nervous when they saw that Yoshizo was in a dead end.

"I understand your concerns." Taro swallowed hard and said with a determined look, "But you know our situation. If it were a real monster showdown, we wouldn't stand a chance of winning. So, this tactic must continue!"

"Taro..."

After a brief silence, Ash suddenly laughed, "Ah, you're the captain, so you have the final say. Don't worry, we can definitely hold on. While there's still time, I'll adjust my deck a little. Next round, I'll definitely buy you more time!"

"Please, Ash!"

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

"Gu! Looks like I can't hold on much longer~!" On the high-speed track, because he couldn't play any cards and couldn't replenish his hand, Ji Zang could only helplessly announce the end of his turn, and the initiative once again fell into Long Ya's hands.

"Hahaha~! I haven't had such a satisfying duel in ages. Draw a card!" (Round 8)

【High-speed counting point Jizang 7】

【High-speed counting point Longya 7】

"Oh? It's a wrecking wheel?!"

After confirming the card he had just drawn, Long Ya's face once again showed a lewd smile. He looked up at Ji Zang's front court and thought to himself, "The attack power of the Hand-Holding Demon is 1000 points. As long as he takes the damage from the Destruction Wheel, the winner of this duel will be me!"

Having decided on the next tactic in his mind, Long Ya raised his hand and inserted the card into the duel disk.

"I cover a card on my backfield, end the turn!"

"Gu~! My turn, draw a card!" (9th turn)

【High-speed counting point Jizang 8】

【High-speed counting point Longya 8】

"Yoshi, this card comes just in time!" Looking at the red card in his hand, Ji Zang suddenly felt hopeful that he could continue to hold on. However, just when he was about to insert the card into the duel disk, he heard Long Ya activate the effect of the trap card again.

"Trap Card Activate, Destruction Wheel!" (Original anime effect!)

"This card's effect allows you to select 1 face-up monster on the field and destroy it. Afterward, both players take damage equal to the destroyed monster's ATK."

"However, because there is a Death Wombat on my field, this effect will not harm me!"

"Now, the target I want to destroy is the Hand-Handed Demon!"

"Go, get out of here!"

Whoosh!

A ring full of grenades flew out of the trap card like lightning and was put on the neck of the Hand-Holding Demon. Just when its effect was about to be activated, Ji Zang raised his hand and opened another cover card that had been covering the backfield since early morning.

"Activate the Continuous Trap Card, Power of Holding Hands!" (This card is from the anime. How dare you tell me the Suns are poor with such a rare card?!)

Pointing at the card that was already activating its effect, Yoshizo said loudly, "The effect of this card is that when there are two or more monsters in Defense Position on your field, all Defense Monsters on your field will not be targeted by the effect, nor will they be destroyed by the effect!"

"Nani?!"

Boom!

Just when Long Ya was looking at him in disbelief, the wheel of destruction also exploded violently. Unfortunately, because the Hand-Holding Demon could not be destroyed by the effect, the wheel of destruction could not cause any damage to either player.

"Damn it, this guy is always trying to be clever with me!"

The fatal blow did not have the desired effect, and Long Ya's face became visibly ugly.

"Activate the special effect of Field Magic Card High Speed ​​World 2!"

"By removing 7 high-speed counter points, I can draw a card from the deck!"

【High-speed counting point Longya 8→1】

Swish!

A card was added to the deck. After taking a look at it, Long Ya raised his hand and inserted it into the duel disk.

"I cover a card in my backfield, end of turn!"

"Huh! Surprisingly, I made it through another round!"

After letting out a long sigh from the bottom of his heart and calming himself down, Ji Zang raised his hand and touched his deck.

"My turn, draw a card!" (10th turn)

【High-speed counting point Jizang 9】

【High-speed counting point Longya 2】

After confirming the card he had just drawn, Ji Zang nodded slightly, raised his hand and slapped it on the duel disk.

"I Normal Summon: Rock Giant, Defense Position!" (Attack 1300, Defense 2000)

Summoning a three-star Normal monster to his front field, Ji Zang continued, "At this moment, because the number of monsters on the field has increased again, the defense of the Hand-in-Hand Demon has increased by 2000 points!"

Hand-in-Hand Demon's defense 5000＞7000

"That's terrifying! The defense is only 7000 points!"

There were shouts of surprise from the commentary booth in the central venue, and Tsuda Hiro then turned the screen to Long Ya.

"The Hand-Holding Demon in the frontcourt of Ji Zang has become a veritable Wall of Sighs. Given that it cannot be destroyed by any effect, can Long Ya really break through this line of defense?"

"Haha, that's pretty good!" Long Ya sneered and slowly clicked the card start button. "But unfortunately, this is the end of your journey!"

"Trap Card activated, it's your own fault!"

"This card's effect is to inflict effect damage equal to the number of monsters on your opponent's field x 500!"

"You now have five monsters on the field, so you will take 2500 points of damage!"

Ji Zang: “!!!”

"Damn it, is this all I can do? Aa ...

Click!

Jizang LP2000＞0

The black mist that flew out of the trap card enveloped Ji Zang layer by layer. With a scream of pain, his health value returned to 0. The deceleration protection mechanism of the D-wheel car was triggered. Ji Zang, who was defeated in the duel, was forced to enter the ramp route back to the main venue.

"Haha, I won!"

Having won the first victory in this riding duel competition, Long Ya was naturally very happy. Obviously, at this time he was still unaware of the seriousness of the problem!

"I'm sorry, Ashitaro, I still lost."

Unlike other well-funded teams, the three members of the Sun Team only had a D-wheel car. They quickly jumped off the D-wheel car. While speaking, Yoshizo handed his relay armband to the second runner - Ash.

"No, you've done a great job, leave the rest to me!"

After hurriedly putting the armband on his arm, Ash jumped on the D-wheel car and rushed out of the Suns' maintenance station.

"Ji Zang, thank you for holding on for ten rounds!" Seeing that Ji Zang still felt a little guilty, Taro smiled and patted the former's shoulder, "Don't worry, your efforts will not be in vain. In my opinion, that child named Long Ya has not discovered our true intentions yet, so the final winner of this duel will definitely be us!"

"Taro..."

It was because of his belief in his friends that he came to this competition to fight for the qualification. Looking at Taro's hearty smile, Ji Zang smiled and nodded heavily.

"Yes, our Suns team doesn't have any powerful monster cards, but our hearts are tightly connected by our bond. This is the unique duel style of our Suns team!"

Soon they caught up with Long Ya on the high-speed track. After secretly encouraging himself, Ash's eyes gradually became determined.

"Ji Zang, I won't waste your efforts. It's my turn, draw a card!" (11th turn)

Ash LP4000

Longya LP4000

【High-speed counting point Ashin 10】

【High-speed Counting Points Dragon 4】 (beat points)

Glancing back at Ash who had caught up to him, Long Ya smiled provocatively and said, "Humph, you caught up so quickly? Well, let me see how you attack!"

"Tsk~!" Although Ash was very dissatisfied with Long Ya's arrogant behavior, he did not fall for the former's provocation.

"I cover three cards on my backfield, and the turn ends!"

"Nani?"

I didn't expect that after the Kame-ryu, there would be another Kame-ryu. Especially after seeing Ash covering the backfield with three cards, Long Ya couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

"Damn it, these guys, do they really want to duel?"

There was every reason to be sure that the other party was disgusting him, so Long Ya endured the physical discomfort and started his round again.

"My turn, draw a card!" (12th turn)

【High-speed counting point Ashin 11】

【High-speed counting point Longya 5】

"Yoshi, this card arrived just in time!"

After glancing at the card he had just drawn, Long Ya then inserted it into the duel disk.

"I cover a card on my backfield, end the turn!"

"What dirty tricks does this brat want to play again?!" Ash couldn't help but take a deep breath because of Long Ya's actions, and gritted his teeth and touched his deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

"At this moment, the trap card is activated, gift card!"

Just as Ash drew a card and opened his own face-up card, Long Ya waved his hand and explained with a sinister smile, "You can only activate one of this card per turn. Its effect requires the opposing player to discard all cards in their hand and then draw five cards from their deck!"

Ash: “!!!”

"Damn, that's what happened!!!"

He now has four cards in his hand. Because Longya has the continuous trap cards Temptation of the Undead and Thorn of Magic in his backfield, if these four cards are sent to the graveyard, he will suffer 3200 points of effect damage. Such a heavy blow is definitely a warning to Ash.

He sent the cards in his hand into the graveyard with a helpless look on his face. Just as Ash had drawn five cards, the effect of the continuous trap card came as expected. Amidst bursts of screams, Ash's health points instantly reached a very dangerous level.

Ash LP4000＞800

"Haha, did you see that? This is my strength, Long Ya. Next round, I will be able to..."

"Activate Trap Card, Angel's Tears!"

As Long Ya laughed wildly, Ash pointed at the card he had just activated and said loudly, "This card's effect allows you to select a card from your hand and add it to your opponent's hand. After doing so, you will recover 2000 health points!"

"According to this effect, I will add the monster card Demon Beaver from my hand to my opponent's hand, and then restore life points!"

Ashi LP800＞2800＞2500

Long Ya: “…”

Looking at the normal two-star monster that appeared in his hand with an expressionless face, Long Ya said at this time, "It's really awesome!"

Are you sure this thing really works?

Even though Ash had to continue paying 300 life points because of the trap card entering the graveyard.

But, while this is disgusting, isn't it also a disguised mockery of myself?

"It's not over yet!"

Knowing that he absolutely could not leave the Death Wombat on Longya's territory, Ash then showed another card.

"SP High Speed Spell—Mount Duelist's effect activated!"

"This card's effect is to activate by removing 6 of your High Speed Counter Points. I can destroy all face-up monsters on my opponent's field."

【High-speed counting point Ashi 11→5】

boom!

At the moment when the high-speed counting point was removed, the high-speed spell also took effect. The powerful tornado was as sharp as a knife, sweeping across at an astonishing speed. Wherever it passed, everything was torn into pieces.

Long Ya's front line was completely powerless to fight back against this terrifying force, and could only watch helplessly as the two monsters, Death Wombat and Praise Fire, were ruthlessly devoured amid screams.

The bodies of Death Wombat and Praise Fire disintegrated instantly under the ravages of the tornado, turning into countless fragments that flew everywhere. Their existence was wiped out in an instant, without even the slightest chance of resistance.

"Because of the Death Wombat's stance, you can no longer nullify the damage. Longya, reap what you sow!"

"Gu~!"

The two monster cards were smashed to pieces, and Long Ya's life points were reduced by 600 points due to the effect of the continuous trap card Necromancer's Temptation.

Ash LP2500＞2200

Longya LP4000＞3400

"Very good!" Ash clenched his fists with a smile and nodded heavily, "I'll end my turn like this!"

Although Ash paid some price when he successfully broke Longya's effect damage blockade, it was obvious that it was all worth it.

Because this not only means that Long Ya will suffer the backlash of the permanent trap card when using the card, but more importantly, Ash also bought himself as much time as possible.