Darklord Ixchel
DARK / Level 10 / Fairy
ATK 2500 / DEF 2900
A slender woman with four pairs of black wings chuckled softly. She exuded a dark allure that mirrored Ma Qingxue's own aesthetic, especially as the girl stood there in her black lace dress, radiating an identical sense of shadowed temptation.
"I Set two cards and end my turn!" Ma Qingxue announced. Surprisingly, she chose not to attack, causing the spectators to stare in stunned silence.
"What's going on? Why didn't Ma Qingxue attack? Could she be worried about the Spells and Traps on You Feng's field?" Han Wu asked, his brow furrowed in confusion.
"Her dueling has one defining characteristic: she is steady," Mu Yuxi interjected. Ma Qingxue's personality was as unshakeable as a mountain. Unless an attack was absolutely necessary, she would typically only strike after confirming her safety a thousand times over. "She would rather miss ten thousand opportunities than gamble for a moment's advantage."
"Terrifying... No wonder she holds the title of number one. Both of them are monsters..." Lin Xian muttered, clicking his tongue in awe.
"My turn! I draw!" You Feng drew a card. However, just as he was about to flip his face-down Defense Position monsterCyber Jarto trigger its effect...
Ma Qingxue was even faster. "You Feng! Your movements have betrayed you! Activate face-down card: Darklord Rebellion!"
"During the turn this card is activated, I can send one Darklord monster from my hand or field to the Graveyard to destroy one card on the field. I send Darklord Ukobach from my field to the Graveyard to destroy your face-down Defense Position monster!" Ma Qingxue's eyes locked onto You Feng's hidden card.
You Feng's heart skipped a beat, and his hand froze mid-air. If the monster was destroyed while face-down, its Flip effect would never trigger. Even if a monster's effect could trigger upon being destroyed by battle, being sent to the Graveyard while in face-down Defense Position meant it was effectively neutralized.
Ma Qingxue was truly powerful. Her mind was meticulous, and her temperament was calm. In many ways, she felt eerily similar to himself.
Boom!
A sword phantom slashed through the air, shattering the card instantly.
When the spectators saw that the monster was Cyber Jar, they all gasped in unison.
The live stream comments exploded once more!
"Holy cow, it was Cyber Jar! If Ma Qingxue had chosen to attack just now, wouldn't all those Special Summoned Darklords have been wiped out?"
"As expected of Ma Qingxue. If it weren't for her steady hand and meticulous mind, she would have fallen for it in the very first turn."
Raised under the tutelage of her father, Jack Ma, and having received private training from world-class card masters since childhood, Ma Qingxue's nerves were hypersensitive to danger. It wasn't an exaggeration to say she possessed something akin to the legendary Hyper-intuition.
You Feng, on the other hand, had risen from the ranks of an ordinary student who started with nothing. Despite his overwhelming strength, Ma Qingxue clearly held the advantage in terms of refined intuition and caution.
"Not bad... I'm getting excited now. I finally have some thrilling ideas for this duel," You Feng said with a sudden, faint smile. To be honest, he hadn't felt this surge of fighting spirit since his duel with an epic figure like Marik Ishtar.
Even his recent duel with Ning Yuxiao hadn't made his blood boil quite like this.
"You Feng! I'm excited too. Let's have a duel that leaves us with no regrets!" Ma Qingxue's eyes shimmered with an unusual light. As their gazes met, Instructor Du thought he caught the faint, "sour stench" of romance in the air. Ma Qingxue had acted so decisively specifically to play around a potential Harpie's Feather Duster from You Feng!
"From my hand, I activate a Field Spell! Harpies' Hunting Ground!" You Feng slammed the card down. The duel arena instantly transformed into a vast, open plain, with the elegant shadows of Harpie Ladies circling through the air.
"Additionally, I summon a monster from my hand! Harpie Perfumer! When this card is successfully Summoned, I can add one Spell or Trap card related to Harpie Lady Sisters from my Deck to my hand. I choose Hysteric Sign!"
"Not only that! Every time a Harpie Lady is successfully Summoned, I can destroy one Spell or Trap card on the field! I choose to destroy one of your face-down cards!" You Feng pointed a finger toward her backrow.
"Activate face-down card! The Sanctified Darklord! By sending one Darklord monster from my hand or field to the Graveyard, I can target one Effect Monster on the field. Its effects are negated, and I gain Life Points equal to its ATK!"
"I discard one Darklord monster and target Darklord Superbia on my field. I gain 2900 LP!" Ma Qingxue was forced to use this card now. Since You Feng's destruction effect didn't negate the card's activation, she could still chain it at this precise moment.
Ma Qingxue's health surged by another 2,900, bringing her total to a staggering 10,900 Life Points!
"You Feng! My Darklord lineup is not something your Winged Beast Deck can break! It will become a nightmare you can never overcome! An aggro deck cannot stand against such a massive pool of Life Points!" Ma Qingxue waved her slender hand, her eyes filled with unwavering determination.
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