Heroic Spirit Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 129 - 129

"Wow, it appeared! It's way better than the effects you see at toy stores!"

"That's not all; even the pro dueling arenas on TV aren't this impressive."

"By the way, that transfer student's monster is so pretty. Does she use a deck full of pretty monsters?"

"How nice, the monster is both cute and powerful."

"But this monster doesn't seem that strong..."

As expected, once Hoshino materialized her monster, the surrounding students burst into heated discussion. Many students with cell phones had already begun secretly taking pictures and uploading them. With this revolutionary duel disk, it was likely to go viral online in just one day.

"Kaiba, you're quite the business genius. Dueling me in front of the entire school—you don't even need to spend on advertising anymore. I'm going to charge you a talent fee, you know?"

"Hmph, a world-leading product like this doesn't need any advertising."

Though he said that, when KaibaCorp launched the Duel Arena years ago, they put in a lot of effort. But the results were undeniably impressive.

"No more small talk. Go, Lily! Attack that face-down monster!"

Even though Hoshino had another chance for a normal summon, she didn't choose to summon Siegfried right away.

First, because Lily's attack power was too low, she wouldn't be able to fully utilize Siegfried's effect to double the attack power of a Dragon-type monster used as a tribute.

Second, who starts a duel by dropping their trump card right away?

"Yes, Master!" Lily gripped her golden sword tightly in her slender arm and charged forward in a probing attack.

[Heroic Spirit - Artoria Pendragon Lily][ATK1200]

At the moment Lily's golden sword made contact with the face-down card, the monster's hidden form was revealed.

A massive purple toxic sphere shattered under the force of Lily's sword.

"I did it, Master! I succeeded!" Lily beamed with joy, turning to Hoshino.

However, Hoshino didn't look as relaxed as Lily.

From the shattered virus ball, purple gas started gradually spreading into the air.

[Hoshino Chiyuki's LP: 4000 → 3500]

[Giant Germ★★][Dark][Fiend/Effect][ATK1000/DEF100]

[When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: Inflict 500 damage to your opponent, then you can Special Summon any number of [Giant Germs] from your Deck in face-up Attack Position.]

"Due to the effect of my Giant Germ, I will Special Summon two more Giant Germs from my deck in Attack Position!" Kaiba, pleased with his strategy, quickly

"As a pirate, I'll never let a single tear fall from a loli's eye!" With a steely gaze, Blackbeard declared as he stood firm against the overwhelming light.

"Lily, don't be afraid! This is the moment to fulfill my pirate's duty!"

"Alright, I'm counting on you, Blackbeard!" Hoshino said, bracing herself against the light as she took Blackbeard's card from her duel disk.

"I activate Blackbeard's special effect! When a Lily monster on my field would be destroyed by battle or effect, I can destroy Edward Teach instead!"

"To die for a little girl is the greatest wish I've ever had!" With those final words, Blackbeard charged headlong into the scorching light.

"Ugh, he never shuts up, that pervert!" With no emotion, Hoshino coldly tossed Blackbeard's card into the graveyard.

"That creepy monster blocked the attack?"

"As gross as he was, he was actually kind of cool at the end."

The crowd, unaware of Blackbeard's more unsavory tendencies, was surprisingly touched by his final sacrifice.

"As expected from Hoshino, her monster effects are always a hassle." Kaiba frowned, clearly annoyed that his attempt to destroy Lily had been thwarted.

"Even though you prevented Lily's destruction, you still have to take 2200 points of damage!"

As Kaiba finished speaking, the wind from Blue-Eyes White Dragon's massive wings swept toward Hoshino.

[Hoshino Chiyuki LP 3500 → 1300]

"This feels even more real than the Duel Arena!" Hoshino gritted her teeth, struggling to withstand the windstorm that followed.

"Master, I'm starting to get a little angry now!" Lily, having recovered from Blackbeard's sacrifice, stared fiercely at the opponent with a growing determination.

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