Chapter 316 The Prince Appears
Bai Chu subconsciously glanced at his own card and said, "Gu Ke, who is stupid and who is smart? Just try it and you will know the answer."
"Do you think you can scare me?" Gu Ke snorted coldly: "Enter my battle phase!
I know that as long as a monster Special Summoned from the Graveyard other than "Tell the Emperor Dragon_Lark" is face-up on the field, "Tell the Emperor Dragon_Lark" cannot be destroyed by battle or effect.
Then, I will start with your [Fighting Flame Swordsman]! I will use [Shell Layer_Rejection] (ATK3300) to attack [Fighting Flame Swordsman] (DEF1100).”
"I won't just sit there and wait for death!" Bai Chu waved his hand and opened the covered card on the field, "At this moment, I activate the covered Normal Trap Card, [Chained Dragon Flame Blade].
You can select 1 FIRE monster on the field, and equip this card to that monster as an Equip Card that increases its ATK by 700. After that, you can change 1 Effect Monster on the field to face-down Defense Position.
I choose to equip the [Fighting Flame Swordsman] with the [Flying Dragon Flame Blade with Chain] and cover your [Shell Layer_Rejection]!"
"Bai Chu, do you really think that the trap card you put down in front of me can be effective on me?"
Gu Ke snorted coldly and showed a card in his hand: "I pay half of my life points and activate the counter-trap card from my hand, [Red Restart].
When your opponent activates a Trap Card, this card can negate that activation and set that card directly. After that, your opponent can set 1 Trap Card from their Deck in their Magic & Trap Zone. After activating this card, your opponent cannot activate Trap Cards until the end of the turn.
"You blocked my trap card for one turn... It seems like you really want to kill me this turn."
"That's natural, Bai Chu. Fall into deeper despair! Feel fear and tremble! Uh...hahahaha—"
(Gu Ke's health value 4100→2050)
The cover card that Bai Chu activated was forcibly pressed, and he could only helplessly select a new trap card from the deck to cover the field. However, it was unknown whether the covered card would have a chance to be activated.
[Shell Layer_Rejection] floated in the air like a giant fortress, slowly flying over the head of [Fighting Flame Swordsman] and shrouding him in shadow.
Despite the huge power disparity, [Fighting Flame Swordsman] still fearlessly swung his sword, but was blocked by an invisible barrier, which bounced back the flaming blade and shattered [Fighting Flame Swordsman]'s body.
"Ah——" (White Cluster's HP 4000→1800)
"Was the attack successful this time? It seems that you are really helpless, Bai Chu, I didn't know you could be so helpless.
Look, Your Highness, before you can make a move, Bai Chu's head will soon be in my pocket."
"Prince?!" Bai Chu instantly became alert. He looked up and looked around. Sure enough, he saw a familiar figure on the slopes of the barren mountains on both sides of Juyong Pass.
A long time has passed since the two of them parted. This is the first time that Bai Chu has seen the prince and Gu Ke appear at the same time as people who are familiar with each other. Although Bai Chu had already expected this relationship, he still found it incredible when he actually witnessed it today.
The prince had just ambushed Qin Zhen's main force at the Yaoerling battlefield and came here alone. Gu Ke said that he would capture Qin Zhen alive in front of the gate of Juyongguan. Unexpectedly, he missed the battle between Gu Ke and Qin Zhen, but happened to catch up with the duel with Bai Chu, a person he could not face.
The prince originally wanted to stand in the dark and quietly observe the duel, but his trace was scanned by Gu Ke. Gu Ke always disliked the prince as a traitor who didn't want to work or contribute, so he immediately exposed his whereabouts. He wanted to see what the prince's position was.
"Long time no see...Bai Chu." The prince had a cold and distant look, as if he was a stranger he had never met before: "I thought you would have made some progress after three days of absence, but it seems that you have not changed much, and you are still the you in my memory."
"Yes, I will never change. I hope that nothing in this world will change, but this is just my delusion after all." Bai Chu took a deep breath, his hands trembling secretly.
"I haven't changed. I've always been like this. It's you who imagined me as someone else... you imagined me as your friend."
The prince's voice was as cold as ice: "I told you that, right? If we meet again, we will be enemies to the death."
“Yes, Prince.” Bai Chu waved his hand and pointed into the air: “After I defeat Gu Ke, Prince, you will be my next enemy. I will thoroughly wash away the humiliation of losing to you last time!”
"What are you talking about, Bai Chu? What are you talking about!" Gu Ke shouted angrily, "What qualifications do you have to assume that you can defeat me? Aren't you the one who will die soon?
[Shell Layer_Reject], let's take advantage of the victory! Continue to attack [Gao Tianzi Long_Bailing] (DEF800), let him die! "
If this attack succeeds...
"The prince is watching this duel. I have a thousand, ten thousand reasons why I cannot lose. Whether it's for the Tianhen Dimension or to vent my anger, in this duel, I—"
Bai Zhu's eyes burst into blazing flames: "I activate the Pendulum effect of [Magician of Hope] in the Pendulum Zone. Once per turn, when you or your opponent's monster declares an attack, you can negate that attack. After that, destroy this card."
"What? The Pendulum Effect of [Magician of Hope]?"
Gu Ke opened his mouth wide and watched as [Magician of Hope] spread the white wings behind him and combined them into a Moon Goddess Shield, blocking the fatal blow of [Casing Shell_Rejection] and protecting [Gao Tianzilong_Bai Ling] from escaping.
"You've got this trick, well done, Bai Chu!" The prince secretly praised in his heart. "If you don't see Gu Ke's monster, you won't even be qualified to be my opponent."
"Interesting, Bai Chu. I thought you would just cry for mercy after the trap card was blocked, but I didn't expect you to have another trump card. Not bad, let's continue with the awakening ceremony of the Kabbalah Tree of Life."
Gu Ke inserted the only card in his hand into the duel disk: "I cover a card, and the turn ends.
At this time, due to the Pendulum effect of [Shell Assembler_Unstable] in the Pendulum Zone, I can draw 2 cards from my deck."
"Is it my turn?" Bai Chu stretched out his hand towards the deck, but his hand remained in mid-air, and he did not draw a card.
“Damn it, why is the prince really in cahoots with Gu Ke? Gu Ke’s clone maliciously created a locust plague in Wentang County, harvested human body parts, exploited the working people, divided and played with people’s hearts. Is there anyone in the world more despicable, more evil, and more disgusting than him?
As the saying goes, if you are not from the same family, you will not marry into the same family. The prince actually colluded with this beastly thing. What happened to me who trusted him so much in the beginning? Am I blind? Why didn't I notice even the slightest clue? "
Bai Chu felt his brain was in a mess, with no clue at all, and even had a dull pain: "No, my heart is in a mess. I need to calm down and find a way to get rid of Gu Ke first, and then settle all accounts with the prince."
After taking a deep breath, Bai Chu shouted, "It's my turn, draw a card!
During my preparation phase, the effect of [Tell the Emperor Dragon_Bai Ling] is activated! By removing the last Xyz material, I Special Summon [Fighting Swordsman] from the Graveyard again.
And when [Fighting Flame Swordsman] is successfully Special Summoned, I can get a Quick Attack Magic Card, [Fighting Flame Sword], from the deck."
After completing a series of actions, Bai Chu suddenly stopped the next move and quietly observed the current situation on the field between the two sides.
In fact, even if Bai Chu did nothing next, he already had all the conditions to defeat Gu Ke.
The steps are very simple. White Cluster only needs to use the Fusion Monster [Black Flame Knight] Special Summoned by the effect of [Flame Sword Dance] in the previous turn to attack [Shell Layer_Rejection].
There is no doubt that the [Black Flame Knight] with an attack power of only 1700 will be easily destroyed by [Shell Layer_Rejection], but fortunately, [Black Flame Knight] has the effect of reducing the combat damage to itself to 0 when it fights.
Therefore, the white cluster will not suffer backlash.
In addition, if [Knight of Black Flame] is destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard, it can also Special Summon 1 "Phantom Knight" from your hand or deck.
The [Phantom Knight] is the key character who will deliver the funeral song to Gu Ke. Although its attack power is only 2300, it has the ability to increase its own attack power by the original attack power of the opponent's monster when calculating damage in a battle with the opponent's monster.
At the moment when Bai Chu commands [Phantom Knight] to attack [Shell Layer_Rejection], its attack power will increase by 2800 to 5100, causing 1800 damage to Gu Ke.
At this time, there are 6 types of [Pendulum Shell] monsters in Gu Ke's extra deck. He can use the effect of [Open Source Shell] to recover 3000 health points and raise it to 3250.
But that doesn't help either.
Bai Chu also has [Fighting Flame Swordsman] and [Gao Tianzi Long_Bailing] on his field with attack power of 1300 and 2200 respectively. The combined attack of the two can cause 3500 combat damage, which is enough to wipe out the remaining health of Gu Ke.