Yu-Gi-Oh!: Zero-frame starter with a laugh! You dodge?

Chapter 38. Moonlight vs. Minotaur? Moonlight Dance with the Lion Princess!

Given this, he quickly deduced that the deck used by Mirror Mage Nurarihyon was likely not the original Mage system she belonged to.

After all, that set of Witchcraft decks is still sealed away.

With this in mind, Youfeng already had a clear outline of his deck composition and the tactics he was about to adopt.

This trial cannot be approached in the conventional, overwhelming manner.

In this way, the moonlight is well worth using.

"Further words are useless!" he shouted, flipping his wrist to reveal a golden duel disk. "The duel begins!"

The soft sound of the deck sliding into the slot was particularly crisp in the quiet cave.

【Mirror of the Mage Er'er】 gazed at him quietly, a smile of approval and expectation appearing on her beautiful face: "You seem very determined. I hope you can maintain this spirit later."

Her body shimmered with water, and her voice was ethereal yet formal: "As the challenger in this trial, I'll grant you the advantage of attacking first. Please."

Upon hearing this, You Feng almost burst out laughing.

"Benefits?" A playful smile curved his lips as he looked directly at the other person. "Your deck, which revolves around seizing control, practically begs for me to flood the board so you can react later and seize the opportunity, right?"

He simply spread his hands: "How about I give you this perk? You go first?"

【Mirror's Witch Er'er】: "..."

Her ethereal eyes widened slightly for a moment, a hint of surprise flashing across them.

In the past, when the trial participants heard that they could go first, they mostly accepted it with joy or solemnity. When had they ever seen someone who not only did not appreciate it, but also saw through the core of her deck tactics at a glance, and even turned the tables on her?

This guy... seems completely different from the ones we've met before.

Not only is their strength difficult to predict, but their insight into the battle situation and the opponent's psychology is also excessively keen.

"Heh, I'm in charge." She chuckled lightly, her face showing no anger, but rather her smile deepened. "Enough talk, let the duel begin!"

With a gentle wave of her hand, the flowing water beside her suddenly condensed into a more exquisite duel disk, its entire surface resembling a blue crystal carving. Card phantoms, seemingly formed from condensed water ripples, automatically entered into it.

"duel!"

The two spoke in unison.

Youfeng drew cards first. He had five cards in his hand and quickly scanned them.

Although it's not the most ideal hand, it's sufficient for the current Moonlight deck build.

This deck is not yet complete, lacking key Xyz and Link cards, and its tactics rely more on the synergy between Fusion Summoning and the Moonlight clan.

But it's at least enough to cope with this special trial.

"My turn!" Yuufu slammed a card onto the Duel Disk. "First, I Normal Summon—[Moonlight Lion] from my hand!"

A flash of light appeared, and a lion-shaped female beast warrior with gorgeous dark gold fur and agile posture roared as she descended onto the field.

Moonlight Lion

Dark attribute/Four-star/Beast Warrior race

Attack: 600 / Defense: 1600

"And activate its effect!" Yufeng said without hesitation, "If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, add one 'Moonlight' monster other than 'Moonlight Rajang' to your hand. Then, discard one card from your hand."

I searched for "[Moonlight Silver Dog]!"

The deck responds, and a card pops out.

"Next, send the [Moonlight Silver Dog] in your hand into the graveyard."

"And the effect of [Moonlight Silver Dog] is triggered!" Yufeng's voice flowed with a smooth rhythm. "If this card is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, Special Summon 1 'Moonlight' monster from your Deck, except 'Moonlight Silver Dog'! As long as the monster Special Summoned by this effect is face-up on your field, you cannot Special Summon any monster other than 'Moonlight' from your Extra Deck this turn."

"Show yourself, [Moonlight Ayahina]!"

A faint light flashed in the graveyard, and a card flew out of the deck and landed on the field.

In the light, a small, graceful bird with feathers shimmering with iridescent luster fluttered its wings and uttered a clear, melodious song.

【Moonlight Splendor】

Dark attribute/Two-star/Bird race

Attack: 800 / Defense: 1500

"Next, I activate the effect of [Moonlight Sprite]!" Yuu pointed to his Extra Deck area. "Once per turn, send one 'Moonlight' monster from your Deck or Extra Deck to the Graveyard. This turn, when you use this face-up card on the field as Fusion Material, you can treat it as a card with the same name as the monster sent to the Graveyard!"

One card from the Extra Deck is automatically popped out and sent to the Graveyard.

"I'm sending 'Moonlight Dancing Panther' from my Extra Deck to the Graveyard!"

"Therefore, in this round, [Moonlight Rainbow] can participate in the fusion as [Moonlight Dancing Leopard]!"

"Then—" Yuufu held up a magic card high in his hand, "Activate the magic card [Fusion]!"

A swirling vortex of fusion unfolded in the air, radiating both the bright moonlight and a dark, bestial aura.

"Use the [Moonlight Rainbow Chick] on my field as [Moonlight Dancing Leopard], [Moonlight Golden Lion], and the [Moonlight Weasel] in my hand—these three will serve as fusion materials!"

The vortex unleashed a powerful suction force, and the three moonlight monsters roared as they transformed into three streams of light of different colors and plunged into it.

"Under the moonlight, the forms of a hundred beasts converge, and the souls of the wild resonate! Fusion Summon!"

The vortex suddenly contracted, and a lithe, wild, and moonlit-like figure tore through the light and landed with a powerful impact!

"Descend! Level Eight! The dancer who commands the beasts beneath the moon—[Moonlight Lion Princess]!!!"

"roar--!!!"

A deafening roar accompanied by a wave of moonlight swept across the arena! Descending into the field was a wild female warrior wielding a massive crescent-shaped blade.

Her figure was agile and powerful, her white fur flowing in the invisible moonlight, her golden beast eyes burning with a thirst for battle, and the strange blade wheel she gripped tightly in her hand gleaming coldly.

Moonlight Lion Princess

Dark attribute/10-star/Beast Warrior race/Fusion

Attack: 3500 / Defense: 3000

A powerful aura filled the field, and in just one round, Youfeng summoned one of the core combat forces in the Moonlight system.

Youfeng glanced at his extra deck and hand.

This Moonlight deck, limited by the cards that can be collected at present, is ultimately only a half-finished product.

At the previous Dongfeng Market, most of the cards in circulation were basic fusion cards, general-purpose slot cards, and single cards from some common series.

Core support cards for higher-level summoning methods like Xyz and Link, as well as key components for certain specific sets, are almost nowhere to be found—the merchants are shrewd enough to know that cheap and practical Fusion decks and general-purpose traps sell best here, while higher-end and more specialized cards are rarely sought after.

After all, there aren't many people in the four villages who have the strength to handle more complex summoning methods.

Therefore, even if Youfeng wanted to strengthen the team, he was temporarily powerless to do so.

"Then activate the effect of [Moonlight Weasel]!"

"If this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, you can activate this effect. Add 1 'Moonlight' Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand."

With a smile, Youfeng spread out his deck and searched for one of the cards.

【Mirror of the Mage Er'er】: "Hmm? Something doesn't seem right."