Who let him play Yu-Gi-Oh!

"Then activate the magic card 'Fire Soul'!" You Xuan said, "The opponent draws a card from the deck to activate.

Select a Fire-Type monster from your deck and remove it from play, inflicting damage to your opponent equal to half the ATK of the removed monster.

In the original work, O'Brien used magic when fighting against the Tenth Generation. Choosing a high-attack Flame Clan can cause great damage to the opponent in one breath. And this card was also included very early.

"Burning blood again?"

Mello frowned.

The battle hasn't even started yet. If this effect is allowed to pass, his health points will likely be burned to a precarious level within this short round.

Volcano deck, do you want to decide the outcome by directly reducing health?

A flash of light suddenly appeared in Melo's mind, and he seemed to suddenly realize why the opponent chose this deck to win.

The common feature of the Gladiator Beasts is that they "return to the deck after battle and retrieve new companions from the deck to appear", and then various effects can be triggered when the Gladiator Beasts appear through the call of their companions.

The premise of everything is "after the battle".

As long as the monsters of both sides fight, the Sword Beast System can quickly start to operate, dispatch almost any necessary resources to deal with any situation, and achieve absolute suppression on the scene.

And because Gladiator's effects are all "return to the deck to activate", they basically return to the deck after the fight instead of going to the graveyard, so they are also quite resistant to exorcism effects like Macroscopy.

Even those traditional underworld things can be put into the sword fighting beast, and they were once common in mainstream construction. They have first-class operation, efficient resource scheduling, excellent attack and endurance, and excellent compatibility with heavy pits. They are not afraid of mainstream underworld blockades and can even be put into the underworld system. The "dimensional sword fighting" put into the saint removal system has also been active as the mainstream.

The powerful external components and good compatibility with the underworld system are the important reasons why it can win the world championship.

But what if the opponent doesn’t fight you at all?

"Heh, it's interesting to defend against the sword fighting beast by avoiding battle." Mello chuckled, "It's a good idea, but the power of sword fighting is more than just this level.

Activate the cover card to counter the trap 'Disarm'!

Return a card with "Gladiator Beast" in its name from your hand to your deck, negate the activation of the Spell Card and destroy it!"

The backcourt cover card flipped over, and the counterattack beam shot out, hitting the "Fire Soul" activated by You Xuan in the backcourt.

"The activation of the Fire Soul is now invalid!"

"Okay." You Xuan didn't care. "Then I'll cast this spell again -

——Perpetual magic 'Flame Cannon'!"

The huge steel cannon landed on Youxuan's field, and the long barrel filled with dangerous aura pointed directly at Mello's field.

"Flame Cannon can destroy a monster on the opponent's field by sending a Fire-Type monster with 500 ATK or less from your hand to the Graveyard."

You Xuan showed a card in his hand and sent it to the graveyard after displaying it.

"Send the Fire-Type monster Volcano Cannonball with 100 ATK from your hand to the Graveyard.

Load the ammunition and fire!"

The small Yan Clan shells were bathed in flames, and turned into artillery ammunition and loaded into the barrel of the Flame Cannon. The cannon energy was filled, the flames flew, and the shells turned into a beam of fireballs and blasted out, with an unstoppable momentum, directly blasting through the heavy shield in the hands of the sword beast, until the tiger beast warrior was completely turned into a ball of fire and burned up.

Mello curled his lips.

Of course, he had prepared means to defend against battle damage in the backfield, but that was limited to battle damage. Moreover, even if he used traps to become immune to effect damage, he could not trigger the effect of Gladiator Beast—Gladiator Beast could only return to the deck to trigger the effect after a battle.

The Volcano is a deck that focuses on exploding cards and reducing health. The cards represented by the Flame Cannon and even the "Soul of Fire" just now have the common self-restraint of "cannot attack during the turn it is activated".

It is obvious that there is almost no option for direct combat in this entire deck.

"The effect of Volcano Cannonball is activated." You Xuan said, "This card exists in the Graveyard. Once per turn, pay 500 life points and add another 'Volcano Cannonball' from your deck to your hand."

【Youxuan, LP4000→LP3500】

The shadow of the volcanic shell in the graveyard emerged, and turned into a ball of fire and flew into You Xuan's deck. The entire deck on the duel disk seemed to be burning, and then a card automatically popped out and was drawn by You Xuan into his hand.

The second volcanic shell.

Mello's expression became even colder.

The effect of the Continuous Magic Flame Cannon on the Yugen Field is that if you discard a Flame-type monster with an attack power of 500 or less from your hand, you can blow up the opponent's monster. The Volcano Cannonball meets this condition, and it also has the ability to self-search from the deck. In other words, it is an endless supply of cannonballs.

No wonder its name is "Volcano Cannonball", it is literally the cannonball of this deck.

Not only that, the effect of the Flame Cannon is not "once per round". As long as there is ammunition that meets the conditions, it can be activated as many times as needed in a round.

In other words, next turn, You Xuan discards this cannonball in his hand to blow up one of his monsters. Then he uses the cannonball sent to the graveyard to retrieve the cannonballs in the deck, and discards the newly retrieved cannonball to blow up another one. Next turn, Flame Cannon can blow up two of his monsters at least.

It completely relies on the card explosion effect to destroy the monster's defense line, and then directly burns the duelist's health.

Mello bared his teeth, feeling a little awkward for a moment.

This guy, does he really not intend to fight head-on during the entire duel?

"Face a card and the round is over." You Xuan said.

Mello's eyes narrowed even tighter.

As expected, not even a monster was summoned.

Mello took a deep breath.

Well, I'll see how long you can escape.

"It's my turn, draw a card!"

He glanced at the cards in his hand and showed them directly.

"Magic Card 'Magic Book in the Pot', both players draw three cards from their decks." (Original card)

Mello drew a card, then waved his hand and slapped the next card in his hand.

"Normal Summon 'Gladiator Beast·Rope Fighter'!"

Flames surrounded the field, and the Beast Warrior's Gladiator Beast appeared in the flames and let out a roar.

[Gladiator Beast·Rope Fight, Attack Power 1800]

Rope Fighter is probably one of the most popular cards in the early Gladiator decks released that year. Its base attack power is 1800, which can be increased to 2100 if it is Special Summoned by Gladiator's effect.

Because all Gladiator Beasts must "trigger effects after fighting", being a high-quality fighter with low stars and high attacks is one of the key starting points for early Gladiator Beasts.

"If you don't want to fight, I will hit you until you can't avoid it!" Mello waved his hand, "Sword Beast Rope Fight, attack directly!"