Xiaoyuan: "..."
Look at the opponent's formation: Torture Wheel, Crossbowman, Submarine. Then look at the bunch of disruptive things lingering on my field...
Suddenly, a deep sense of helplessness overcame me.
In just this one turn, I lost 1900 Life Points, and the field remains locked with no movement allowed. I didn't see any chance of a comeback in the remaining cards in my hand.
I've already lost all hope...
"Don't give up!"
Ohara suddenly spoke up.
Xiaoyuan, stunned from behind the scene: "Ohara..."
But then he shook his head and gritted his teeth: "So what? This is 'that person' from the Yellow Dormitory, and in the end, they were never an opponent we could defeat.
And with this kind of formation, I can't see any hope of breaking through... In the end, we haven't even touched his Life Points so far.
In such a situation, do you want to say we have a chance to turn the tables just by drawing a card?"
Ohara was silent for a moment.
Then he slowly said: "Xiaoyuan. Actually, about the duels... I know I'm far inferior to you; I don't really understand them either.
But, I only know that no one has ever cared about me before. Until I came to the Academy and shared a dormitory with you. When you got as angry about my matters as you would your own, I was really happy.
I did this not because I was really so angry with those arrogant elite students. I did it just because I hoped I could do something for you too."
"Ohara..." Xiaoyuan was speechless from the emotion.
"So..."
Ohara took a step forward, full of vigor.
"Every duel has relied on you, on your strategies to get us through. But now, it's my turn... to do something for you!"
Yugen: "..."
No, both of you seem a bit confused, don't you? You two are the ones illegally acquiring rare cards, so why are your lines making me out to be the Great Demon King...
"My turn, draw a card!"
Ohara shouted loudly, his arm drawing an arc in the air as he drew a card.
"Activate Magic Card 'Dark Temptation', draw two cards from the Card Deck, then remove a Dark Attribute Monster card from the game!"
Ohara, full of energy, quickly drew two more cards.
Seeing the cards he drew, Xiaoyuan couldn't help but be stunned.
"That card..." he muttered, "You actually drew that card in this situation. Ohara, you really did it for me..."
He quickly came back to his senses and regained his resolve.
"Summon it, Ohara! This is proof of our bond, our turnaround move!"
"Alright!"
Ohara first picked out a card from his hand.
"First, according to 'Dark Temptation's effect, remove the Dark Attribute 'Goblin Assassination Squad' from the game from my hand."
After a card was removed, he directly played one of the cards he had drawn.
"I sacrifice 'Swiftfoot Velociraptor' for an Upper-level Summon!
Appear, Material Dragon, break through this despairing blockade, proof of the bond between Xiaoyuan and me—
——Level 6, Material Dragon, summon!!!"
The Velociraptor disappeared into the whirlpool of sacrifice, and a golden Dragon Race with an abstract physique emerged from the light!
[Material Dragon, Attack Power 2400]
"At this final moment, to draw a Level 6 Upper-level Monster, and it's even the counter to blood-draining effects, Material Dragon..." Mitsuzawa said.
"Indeed." Asuka nodded, "When Material Dragon is on the field, all effects that damage Life Points are reversed to restore Life Points. It's the perfect counter to the damage effect of lockdown-type Card Decks."
"This way, when the binding monster leaves the field, 'Torture Wheel' is also destroyed!" Xiaoyuan instructed, "Then use the Equipment!"
Ohara obediently played another card from his hand.
"Equipment Magic 'Gigantification'! Equip it to 'Material Dragon'. When your Life Points are lower than the opponent's, the equipped monster's Attack Power becomes double the original!"
[Material Dragon, Attack Power 2400→Attack Power 4800]
"Attack Power of forty-eight hundred!" Mitsuzawa said, "Indeed, I always said so. If Xiaoyuan could overcome his weak-willed nature, he would be excellent in actual combat."
"The three monsters on the opponent's field are all in Defense position, so let's start by taking down the most troublesome one." Xiaoyuan said.
Ohara nodded: "Attack with 'Material Dragon' on 'Ojama King'!"
Material Dragon spewed a blaze-like impact from its mouth. Ojama King was blasted through the chest, muttering something indistinctly like "Ojama Ojama", before being blown to pieces.
"But of course, destroying a Defense position monster doesn't harm me."
Yugen calmly accepted the transparent shockwave sweeping across his field, and said serenely.
"Heh, of course, I know that." Xiaoyuan said, "Set the other card we drew!"
Ohara complied: "Set one card face-down, end the turn."
"Then it's my turn, draw a card." Yugen said.
"In the preparation phase, your 'Crossbowman' will activate its effect, dealing 600 damage to me." Ohara said, "But since 'Material Dragon' is on the field, the damage is turned into an equivalent LP recovery!"
[Ohara, LP 2100→LP 2700]
"Oh, I carelessly added health to the opponent. What a problem, now all the blood-draining lockdown tactics are backfiring." Yugen said.
"Indeed." Xiaoyuan said with some pride, "The bond between us has reversed the situation in one stroke!"
"Impressive, impressive... Then activate Magic Card 'Pot of Greed'. Return five monster cards from the graveyard to the Card Deck and shuffle, then draw two cards."
Five cards popped up from the graveyard in an instant.
"I return 'Magic-guided Grocer', Ojama Yellow, Green, Black, and 'Ojama King' to the Card Deck."
The cards returned to the Card Deck one by one, and the Deck automatically shuffled swiftly.
"...Then draw two cards."
After drawing, he raised his eyebrow slightly.
"Oh, my draw seems pretty good too."
Ohara and Xiaoyuan both held their breath.
What could it be this time?
But it's okay.
Xiaoyuan suppressed his anxiety.
In the last turn, Ohara's "Dark Temptation" double draw not only brought back the game-saving "Material Dragon", the other card was also a powerful trap, "Bottomless Trap Hole".
As soon as the opponent summons a monster with more than 1500 Attack Power, it can be directly destroyed and removed.
This way, even if the opponent manages to create a powerful monster, it can be immediately eliminated...
"I sacrifice 'Crossbowman' for an Upper-level Summon."
At the instant the Monster Card was placed, a brief flash of red seemed to flicker in Yugen's eyes.
It was as if the extraordinary power from the card briefly merged into the duelist's body at the moment of summoning.
"The trap's nemesis, the man-made monarch who commands Telekinesis—
——Artificial Human - Telekinesis Intimidator, summon!"
Ohara and Xiaoyuan: "Nani!!?"