"Activate Trap Card - Power Concentration from my hand!" A bright red trap card appeared in front of Youyu.
Yugi was surprised, "Activating a trap from the hand!?"
"At the beginning of this turn, I discarded two cards through 'Graceful Charity,' and this guy was one of them."
Youyu said, and a card had already popped up from the graveyard. A sinister shadow appeared behind him, a monster with one eye and claws like steel blades.
Makyura the Destructor!
Also a gift from the Duel City Arc boss, Mr. Ma, chairman of the Ghouls International Express Group.
"When Makyura the Destructor is sent to the graveyard, players can activate Trap Cards from their hand during that turn." (old effect)
Youyu said, "So according to this effect, I activate Trap Card - Power Concentration from my hand! This card allows all Equip Magic Cards face-up on both fields to be equipped to a single monster."
Youyu pointed at a cute girl with silky blonde hair in front of him.
"So I transfer the Equip Magic Card - United We Stand to Dark Magician Girl! According to United We Stand's effect, Dark Magician Girl's attack points increase by 2400!"
The United We Stand card moved into the area behind Dark Magician Girl. The power of the three Magician Girls combined and poured into the Dark Magician Girl endlessly.
[Dark Magician Girl, ATK 2000 → ATK 4400]
Dark Magician Girl stood proud, her small round Magic Staff held across her chest, full of pride.
Now the girl feels like she could take on Obelisk the Tormentor with one strike of her staff!
"Attack points 4400..." Yugi was amazed, "To actually transfer 'United We Stand' to Dark Magician Girl."
All of his Set Cards had been used up, but even so, the defense on his field wasn't so easy to break through.
Marshmallon and Green Gadget were in defense position, meaning even if attacked they wouldn't cause damage; Spell Striker also had an effect preventing the controller from receiving battle damage.
There was only one target Youyu could attack to cause damage, which was the attacking Machina Fortress. But Machina Fortress had 2500 attack points, and even if destroyed, it would only inflict 1900 damage, while Yugi's Life Points were still a substantial 3000, more than enough to withstand this attack.
Moreover, if Machina Fortress was destroyed in battle, Yugi could use the fortress's effect to destroy one of Youyu's cards on the field, and next turn, if he had Machine-Type monsters with levels totaling eight or above in his hand, Machina Fortress could revive.
Either way, it's hard to say who benefits more from this.
But unexpectedly, Youyu didn't announce entering battle, instead revealing another card.
"Activate Magic Card - Star Blast from my hand!" A card appeared in front of Youyu, "Pay Life Points in multiples of 500, and activate the effect!
This turn, for every 500 life points paid, I can decrease the level of one monster in my hand or on my field by one star!"
He pointed at Dark Magician Girl in front of him.
"I pay 1000 Life Points to lower Dark Magician Girl's level by two stars!"
[Youyu, LP 1100 → LP 100]
Dark Magician Girl let out a "Yay," and two stars on her card disappeared with a "boom" effect. Her level dropped from a six-star High-Level Monster to a level four normal Monster.
Dark Magician Girl blinked her large eyes, full of confusion.
Lowering my stars by two... What is Master planning?
Yugi was also surprised, "Reducing Dark Magician Girl's stars by paying life down to 100 points?"
To him, the purpose of Star Blast seemed to be reducing the stars of a monster in hand to lessen the number of tributes needed for summoning.
What's the point in lowering the level of a monster on the field?
But he quickly understood — as the next card appeared in front of Youyu.
"Continuous Magic - Infected Mail!" Youyu said, "Once a turn, select one level four monster on your field. Only during this turn, the selected monster... can attack the opponent directly!"
"Eh!?" Yugi was stunned.
Dark Magician Girl looked at the card, stunned, then glanced at her own stars before finally realizing.
A level four monster...
Ah!
Master is talking about me!
"That's it!" Yugi suddenly understood, "So that's why 'United We Stand' was equipped to Chocolate Magician Girl at first..."
Because Chocolate Magician Girl was naturally level four. If not for the Chocolate Girl being hit by a 'Forbidden Lance,' Youyu could have activated 'Infected Mail' and let the 4000 attack Chocolate Girl attack directly.
"I use the effect of 'Infected Mail!'" Youyu pointed at Dark Magician Girl, "The target is Dark Magician Girl, this turn, she... can attack the player directly!"
[Dark Magician Girl, ATK 4400]
"A direct attack with... 4400 attack points!" Yugi was amazed, "That's amazing!"
"That's so like Youyu." The watching pharaoh nodded in agreement, "To come up with such a deadly combination."
Even so, the pharaoh glanced at the Kuriboh in AIBO's hand, not feeling concerned...
Dark Magician Girl held her breath, clenched her small Magic Staff, and puffed out her chest.
4400 attack points, and she can attack directly!