The hero's strike directly pierced through the 0 attack point Chalice Priestess.
"Attack monster versus attack monster battle, 2100 points of battle damage, I won again this time, Xiao Ai."
From childhood until now, duels between Yilin and Aisha always ended with Yilin's victory.
Now it seemed, the outcome of this duel would be no exception.
"Hahaha, pay up, Irena."
The second-year students who bet on Aisha losing in the betting pool beamed with joy, feeling like they'd hit a windfall.
"Wait a moment." Pushing down the wide-brimmed witch hat on her head, Irena only left a mysterious smile.
"What's there to wait for, Irena, you're not thinking of reneging on the debt, are you?"
"Isn't it that the duel isn't over yet? Look~"
Aisha LP: 2000
"Hm? What's going on? Taking that hit head-on in Attack Position, her Life Points actually didn't change at all!"
Looking at the display on the field, Aisha's steadfastly maintained 2000 Life Points, the second-year students who thought they could collect their gambling winnings couldn't help but rub their eyes in disbelief.
And in Aisha's Spell & Trap Zone, during the battle between the hero and the priestess, another Continuous Trap Card was flipped open by Ling Ling .
"——Activate Continuous Trap Card [Soul Barrier]!"
[Soul Barrier Trap Card Effect: While you control a monster, battle damage inflicted to the controller of this card becomes 0.]
Appearing before Aisha, a faint golden, fragile barrier, a C-rank Spell Trap Card.
The defense it provided couldn't compare to substantial defense and counter-kill cards like [Negate Attack] or [Mirror Force].
A Continuous Trap Card that can remain on the field indefinitely seems wonderful, but [Soul Barrier]'s effect only prevents Aisha from taking battle damage while she has a monster.
If all monsters on the field are destroyed, a direct attack from the opponent will still inflict fatal damage.
"Blocking the battle damage with this Trap Card?" Yilin couldn't help but sigh: "I have to admit, Xiao Ai, you've become tougher to beat down."
Continuing the Battle Phase, unable to decide the match with the burning Sparkman's single strike, the other Elemental HERO Knospe attacked Aisha's second face-down defense position monster.
[Volcanic Rat ★★ FIRE][Pyro-Type ATK: 500 DEF: 500]
Flipped open from the face-down defense position card, the cute red squirrel, with a 100-point defense difference, was regrettably defeated by Knospe.
"Squeak squeak! (RNM!)" (Note: RNM - rì nǐ mā, vulgar insult, equivalent to F*** your mother)
[Volcanic Rat] destroyed
"I set one more card, turn end."
Yilin, flinging a Spell/Trap card into the back row area, put down her hand card and ended this turn's offensive.
Just as Yilin ended, the Continuous Trap Card on Aisha's field reacted again.
"Is it really just becoming tougher to beat down?" Ling Ling said: "Continuous Trap Card [Soul Barrier], plus Continuous Trap Card [Human-Wave Tactics], you probably still don't understand what that represents, right."
The Continuous Trap Card [Human-Wave Tactics], activating during the End Phase, allowed Aisha to Special Summon trash monsters equal to the number destroyed this turn onto the field.
"Since 2 of my monsters were destroyed this turn, I can Special Summon 2 more monsters from the deck!"
"Ah, this!!" Yilin's round eyes suddenly widened.
Two C-rank Trap Cards, usually ignored on normal days, actually produced an unexpected chemical reaction when linked together.
Irena, wearing the witch hat, smiled mysteriously: "[Soul Barrier] prevents Aisha from taking damage as long as she has a monster on the field. And [Human-Wave Tactics] ensures that Aisha's field has a continuous supply of monsters."
"Absolute defense!" Other second-year students exclaimed in surprise.
The second-year students of Fusion Academy, having dueled in the academy for a year and a half, had never seen such a tactic before.
Irena added: "After all, this is a tactic that can only be accomplished by a deck of trash monsters, it's exclusive to the little cutie Aisha~"
Amidst everyone's intersecting astonishment, Ling Ling had already used Aisha's hand to Special Summon 2 trash monster cards from the deck onto the field.
"I use [Human-Wave Tactics] to Special Summon Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters from the deck, two [Yoyo]!"
[Yoyo ★ LIGHT][Angel-Type ATK: 300 DEF: 100]
Materializing side-by-side like joined Tetris blocks, two tofu blocks with question marks above their heads, Yoyo floated on Aisha's field with an expression -_- that seemed to have seen through everything.
Aisha: "Could these be the 2 Yoyo I summoned yesterday? Both Lin-chan and I used newly summoned monsters, amazing!"
No, actually one was an old Yoyo, just that they look exactly the same, impossible to distinguish.
"Using trash monsters to form an impenetrable defensive wall. Indeed very tricky, Xiao Ai, but is there one point you've overlooked?"
After a brief moment of surprise, Yilin immediately perceived the biggest weakness of this tactic.
"Although [Human-Wave Tactics] can infinitely summon Level 2 or lower trash monsters, the number of monsters in your own deck, Xiao Ai, is limited. Especially in practical combat tests where only 20 cards can be used, this weakness is even more obvious."
As long as Yilin continuously attacks, constantly destroying Aisha's trash monsters, there will eventually come a moment when Aisha's deck runs out of monsters.
"Just taking hits won't win the duel, Xiao Ai."
"Just taking hits? It seems you haven't realized the severity of the situation yet, Lin. My turn, draw!"
Starting the turn and drawing a card, sure enough, guided by the two Yoyo, the third Yoyo in the deck was also drawn by Ling Ling.
"I summon the third [Yoyo] from my hand in Attack Position, then change the other 2 Yoyo on the field to Attack Position as well!"
[Yoyo ATK: 300]x3
The tofu Tetris blocks joined together again; the sight of three Yoyo floating side-by-side was both peculiar and comical.
"Putting three 300 attack point Yoyo in attack position, masaka ( - Japanese loanword meaning 'could it be'), Xiao Ai, you..."
Clearly seeming like a suicidal move, yet Aisha's operation, full of confident aura, seemed to make even these seemingly harmless tofu blocks threatening.
"I won't just take hits. Watch carefully, this is the fighting style exclusive to trash monsters! B-rank Spell Magic Card——[Triangular Power]!"
"You're kidding, right?"
Among the spectating crowd, no one expected that someone would choose to spend 100 Spell Points to craft a Spell of B-rank rarity that supports such trash monsters?