Chapter 165 Trap

“At this moment, I activate a trap!” Just as Brother Jue drew his card, Snow shouted quickly, "[Ju-on]!" (The Grudge!)"

As soon as the declaration was made, the animation effect followed. A trap card flipped over on his field, revealing the card description.

"This card can be activated during the opponent's draw phase. Its effect is… to declare a type of card. In the next two draw phases, including this one, if the opponent draws a card of the type I declared, they must discard it." Snow paused for a second and then said, "The type I declare is… Spell Card!"

As he finished speaking, Feng Bujue stared blankly at the card in his hand, and said in a strange tone, "Ho~ Spell Card, huh…"

"Hmph… if I guessed right, please discard that card in your hand." Snow snorted. "Of course, even if you insist on not throwing it away, the system won't allow it."

"Yeah," Feng Bujue said, "That's why…"

At this point, he waved his hand and placed the card he drew face-down in the monster zone of the duel disk. In the arena, a huge face-down card image immediately appeared.

"I summon a monster in face-down defense position." Feng Bujue's declaration was tantamount to announcing that the other party had guessed wrong; he had not drawn a Spell Card.

"Tch… consider yourself lucky." Snow clicked his tongue in displeasure. "But this still doesn't change anything… you won't survive the next turn."

He had a great advantage on the field, so he was confident.

Snow had carefully considered when he activated [Ju-on]. In a match with such a huge card disadvantage, the disadvantaged party could only rely on Spells in 80% of the cases. Whether it was replenishing hand cards or clearing the field… Quick-Play Spells were the most effective and could be activated instantly in almost every phase. Therefore, Snow declared "Spell Card."

If Feng Bujue really drew a Spell Card, he would have to discard it directly, which would be equivalent to losing…

Even if he didn't draw one, the situation wouldn't improve much… After all, Brother Jue's current situation meant that he could no longer rely on his life points to withstand a round. In any case, he had to play the card in his hand to have a chance of surviving the next turn. In that case… Snow could also judge the type of his card based on the position of his face-down card—simply put, face-down in the front row meant it was a monster, and face-down in the back row meant it was a trap, and it definitely couldn't be a Spell.

"Don't worry, I will live until you die…" On the other hand, Feng Bujue's momentum did not diminish at all. While retorting, he issued an attack command, "[Sakamoto-kun], attack [Python Demon]! Knee…"

"Trap Card! Activate!" This time, Brother Jue's attack declaration was only halfway through (in fact, it had already taken effect, whether the name of the move was announced or not was optional), when Snow interrupted him, "[Ayamashi's Awakening]!"

This was the second [Ayamashi's Awakening] in his deck, and its effect had been explained earlier…

Without a doubt, [Python Demon] was also an Ayamashi-type monster, and it now met the condition of "being attacked," so the Trap Card was successfully activated.

After a series of operations, [Python Demon] turned into white light and became a sacrifice. Another Ayamashi monster, [Noderabo], was Special Summoned to the field from Snow's deck.

[Noderabo]'s image was roughly that of a monk wearing ragged Japanese black monastic robes. His appearance was颓然 strange. Although he did not have the feeling of being "powerful" or "狰狞", he exuded a chilling air.

Legend has it that Noderabo are monsters that appear in abandoned temples. Because the villagers never went to the temple to give alms, the abbot died resentfully. The resentment after his death turned him into a monster. He appears in the ruined temple every evening, lonely ringing the bell, and the bell sounds extremely悲凉. If someone lodges in this temple, Noderabo will bite off the traveler's throat.

"Attack power of 2000, huh…" Feng Bujue muttered when he saw the card. "And… it also has the effect of 'cannot be targeted for attack when there are other allied monsters on the field.'"

"How about it? Are you about to despair?" Snow then said, "I know what you're planning. You're hoping to kill my [Python Demon], and then let [Sakamoto-kun] continue to stand on the field. That way… next turn, my [Tamamo-no-Mae] still won't be able to attack you directly, and you'll still be able to take the 800 attack power of [Evil Kappa]. Heh… too bad, now I have another monster with 2000 attack power on my field, and this monster can also attack you directly with the effect of [Oxygen Deprivation Zone]. Even if you use [Sakamoto-kun] to kill [Evil Kappa] now, next turn… you'll still be taken out by [Noderabo] in one hit."

"[Sakamoto-kun], attack [Evil Kappa]! Secret Technique - Knee Impact!" This time, Feng Bujue completely ignored the other party, only shifting his gaze slightly, and once again commanded the monster on the field to attack.

After speaking, that rather奇葩 combat posture reappeared. [Sakamoto-kun] appeared behind [Evil Kappa] like a flash, and shattered the latter's後腦勺 with the knee of his long legs.

In view of this being an all-ages game, the scene of the head shattering was not shown very explicitly. At the moment of the kill, the killed party turned into white light and burst open.

Beep beep beep—

After the monster was destroyed, Snow's life points were also deducted by the difference of 1200 points, but he still had as many as 6000.

"Tch…" Then, Snow spat and continued, "The effect of [Evil Kappa]… activate!"

Obviously, [Evil Kappa] was also an Effect Monster. According to Snow's logic, it was not worth putting such a thing with an attack power of only 800 into the deck just for the sake of the "Ayamashi" attribute.

"When [Evil Kappa] is destroyed, you can add an Ayamashi-type monster with 2000 or more attack power from the deck to your hand, and then shuffle the deck." As Snow said this, the system's "floating card selection" effect had already been generated in front of him.

He quickly completed the selection on the virtual interface, and then a card automatically popped out of the deck slot of the duel disk.

Snow drew the card, glanced at it, and put it into his hand. At this time, his duel disk automatically shuffled his deck.

"Hmph… Your turn ends there, right?" Two seconds later, Snow spoke again, his eyes full of killing intent.

"My turn… ends." Feng Bujue really had nothing else to do—he had played the card he drew, and the monster on the field had attacked…

"My turn! Draw!" Before the other party could finish speaking, Snow shouted loudly and reached out to draw a card.

After looking at the card he drew, he said, "At this moment, the effect of [Nine-Tailed Fox Tamamo-no-Mae] will be recalculated."

As he spoke, Tamamo-no-Mae's attack and defense returned to 0, and Sakamoto-kun's attack power also returned to 4000 points.

However, a second later, Tamamo-no-Mae's "absorption" effect began to activate again… Because Feng Bujue's other monster card was in face-down defense position, its gender and race were unknown and not included in the absorption range. Therefore, this time Tamamo-no-Mae could only absorb Sakamoto's attack and defense.

In the blink of an eye, Sakamoto-kun's attack and defense were halved again, and all the reduced value was added to Tamamo-no-Mae.

"Alright… I'll just be blunt." After the effect calculation was completed, Snow's gaze shifted to the face-down monster card on Feng Bujue's field. "Your strategy is obvious… You know that the [Oxygen Deprivation Zone] only works on face-up monsters, and face-down defense position monsters… because their race is unknown before they are flipped face-up, they are not affected by this effect. In other words… no matter what this monster card is, to survive this turn, setting it face-down in defense position… is your only option." Saying this, he held up three fingers. "Of course, for me, behind this 'no choice' of yours… there are still three possibilities that need to be considered."

Snow paused and then said, "First, the monster card you set has no flip effect and will be affected by the [Oxygen Deprivation Zone]. In this case, you are doomed. Even if this monster's defense is above 2000 (a monster with an attack power above 2000 that can be Normal Summoned without tribute will definitely be accompanied by some negative effect, but many Normal Summon monsters with a defense power above 2000 do not have negative effects), it's useless. As long as I attack it once with Tamamo-no-Mae, let it become face-up defense position and clarify its race, then my [Noderabo] can bypass it and attack you directly."

"Second, the monster card you set has no flip effect, but it will not be affected by the [Oxygen Deprivation Zone] and has a defense power of 2000 or more. In this case, I have to find a way to destroy this monster to kill you… But what is the probability of you surviving? Not to mention whether there is a card in your deck that meets the above conditions, even if there is, can you just happen to draw it in this turn?"

"Third, the monster card you set is a card with a flip effect. In this case, it doesn't matter whether it is affected by the [Oxygen Deprivation Zone], because the defense power of Flip Effect Monsters summoned in this way is definitely not more than 2000. As long as it is attacked, it will die. After it dies, you will have no 'wall' to use. The remaining question is… what is the effect of this monster?"

After he finished analyzing this, he smiled and said, "Oh, right, the above assumptions are still based on the premise that I do nothing this turn and directly enter the Battle Phase… Now that I've said this much, do you still think you'll have a next turn?"

"As someone who isn't even a Duelist, you're quite the talker." Feng Bujue crossed his arms over his chest, standing proudly, completely unmoved. "Whether I have a next turn, why don't you try and see?"

"Tch—your ability to put on a brave face is first-class." Snow retorted unhappily. "Are you trying to use bluffing… to make me think that you set an 'Effect Monster' and dare not act rashly? Don't dream!"

"Sigh…" At this moment, Feng Bujue suddenly sighed and said something that seemed unrelated to the current topic, "So… you didn't draw a Normal Summon monster that doesn't require a tribute from that draw, right?"

These words made Snow's pupils shrink and his expression tense.

"Before drawing the card, you were clearly full of killing intent and confidence, but after drawing it, your momentum changed." Feng Bujue continued, "Then you gave me a long speech, using the 'various possibilities' to test my reaction, trying to find clues from my facial expressions or body language… Hah…" He yawned pretentiously, "These… are all tricks that I've already mastered. I advise you to save your energy."

"Damn it…" Snow was already cursing in his heart. Being exposed again made him a little恼羞成怒.

After pausing for a second, Snow raised his voice and said to Brother Jue, "How do you know I didn't draw a Normal Summon monster!"

"It's simple," Feng Bujue said. "In the previous turn, you Normal Summoned [Evil Kappa], with an attack power of a mere 800… In a situation where you could directly deal life point damage to me as soon as it was summoned, you should have summoned a monster with a higher attack power, even if you gave up the monster's flip effect. From this, it can be seen that among the four cards remaining in your hand at that time, there were no monsters of four stars or less (monsters of five stars or more require a tribute to Normal Summon)." He paused for half a second, and then said, "According to my judgment, at the end of the last turn, the four cards in your hand should be a combination of a minor Trap, a Quick-Play Spell, and two high-level monsters; or a situation of a Quick-Play Spell, a high-level monster, plus two minor Trap Spell Cards."

As he said this, Snow tried his best to control the change in his facial expression, but he was secretly shocked in his heart: "He guessed right again!"

That's right, the four cards in his hand at that time were indeed a minor Trap, a Quick-Play Spell, and two high-level monsters.

"With your level and style, you wouldn't fill all five cards in the Spell & Trap Zone." Feng Bujue's words continued, "Because after that area is filled, you can't play Quick-Play Spells until a space is freed up.

"This… is your 'tendency'. In order to implement the concept of '全面压制' (complete suppression) and '万无一失' (foolproof), you will 'leave some room' to a certain extent.

"So I speculate that you left at least one or two Trap Cards that you thought were 'not so urgent to set' in your hand, and you also held a Quick-Play Spell. Your action of rushing to use [Ayamashi's Awakening] on [Python Demon] is excellent proof; if you didn't want to 'free up a Trap Card Zone as soon as possible', you wouldn't have chosen that—if you left [Ayamashi's Awakening] to [Evil Kappa] and let [Sakamoto-kun] kill [Python Demon], you could have lost 200 life points less.

"But you couldn't wait, because [Ju-on] won't be removed from the field until my draw phase next turn. If you don't activate [Ayamashi's Awakening] at that time, in the current turn, your Spell & Trap Zone will still only have one empty space, which you don't want to see…

"According to this line of thought, it's basically clear what kind of cards are in your hand.

"Heh… At the beginning of this turn, you were confidently believed that you would draw a Normal Summon monster of four stars or less; after all, you had drawn nine cards before, and only one of them was [Evil Kappa], a杂鱼 monster used for tribute. Considering the balance of the deck construction, the probability of drawing this kind of card again is very high. However… you just didn't draw it.

"If you had drawn it, everything would be easy to say. Just put it on the field directly and use this 杂鱼 to attack my face-down defense card and trigger the effect. But now… one of the monsters on your field is a god card that can't get past Sakamoto-kun's wall, and the other is an Effect Monster with an attack power of 2000 or more… It would be a waste and inappropriate to use these two monsters as tribute; even if you are willing to do so, the situation has not changed, the number of monsters on the field is still two after Tribute Summon; if you want to complete the kill in this turn, you have to 'take risks', you have to let your powerful monster attack my defense monster with an unknown effect…"

At this point, Feng Bujue closed his eyes and snorted coldly: "Hmph… If it were a 'real Duelist', they would never be confused and hesitant at this moment, but you… you were clearly the one bluffing and testing me, but you still say that I'm bluffing." Suddenly, he opened his eyes and glared at the other party, "How laughable! This great one has already said it… I will not lose to you! Do whatever you want, bring it on if you have the guts!"