Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 455 Crystal Shoes

"However, it must be said that although that monster was ugly, it was still very strong."

Ye Jiahui looked approvingly at Di Xing's White Bone King, then smiled confidently.

"But as long as this [Golden Palace of Rapids Mountain] is on my field, no one can touch me."

Di Xing looked up at the magnificent golden palace and murmured to himself.

In the Grimm's fairy tale "The Raven," the protagonist travels to the Golden City of Shuttembellish (the Golden Palace of Rapids Mountain) to rescue the heroine, only to find it perched atop a crystal mountain, which he cannot enter no matter how hard he climbs.

Ye Jiahui's beautiful eyes widened upon hearing Di Xing's words.

"You even know this obscure story? I'm starting to take an interest in you. Hey, stop being that tasteless tomboy Luo Jixian's male servant, come and be my male servant!"

"Who are you calling a tasteless tomboy?!" A tic-tac-toe expression popped out of Qian'er's head.

"I admit I'm tasteless," Di Xing said with a sly grin.

"you!"

"However, I think she's quite cute, so I'm not planning to switch jobs for now."

"What are you saying?!" Qian'er blushed and panicked.

"Moreover," Di Xing continued with a sly grin, "I have a way of climbing up to the Golden Palace on this Rapids Mountain!"

"what?"

"I discarded the Bone Nightmare from my hand, which resurrected the Bone Lady whom I had banished."

The Bone Nightmare gracefully gestured for him to enter, and a dimensional rift opened before him. Supported by him, Lady Bone gracefully passed through the rift and returned to the arena.

"The White Bone Lady's effect means that, apart from her, my Zombie monsters with 3 stars or lower on the field are unaffected by the effects of Spell & Trap Cards. In other words, even your 'Golden Palace of Rapids' can't stop the White Bone King's attack!"

"How dare you!"

"Boom!" The Bone King's punch shattered the air and slammed directly into the Golden Palace of Rapids Mountain.

[The Golden Palace of Rapids Mountain] immediately unleashed countless crystal arrows aimed directly at the Bone King.

Lady White Bone simply snapped her fingers, and all the crystal arrows shattered.

The White Bone King's iron fist shattered the barrier of the Golden Palace of Rapids Mountain and struck straight at the [Iron Knight], whose attack power was only 700. If this attack passed, Ye Jiahui would be instantly killed!

"Don't even think about it! I activate the Trap Card [Chaos Blast]! When your monster declares an attack, I Tribute 1 monster on my field, destroy your attacking monster, and inflict 1000 Life Points damage to you!"

"It's no use! The Bone King is unaffected by trap cards now! And since you can't destroy it, you can't deal any damage to my life points!"

"Hmph, this princess is not activating this card to destroy your monsters, but to release [Iron Hans]!"

As the cost of activating [Chaos Explosion], [Iron Hans] was freed, and with [Iron Hans] leaving the field, [Iron Knight]'s attack power returned to 1700.

The Bone King's iron fist shattered the Iron Knight, dealing 3200 damage to Ye Jiahui, but also preventing her from being eliminated immediately.

Leafy reed ash LP4000-3200=800

"I see, so it's to free Iron Hans and restore Iron Knight's attack power? Looks like you're not just a princess-like girl after all."

"I am the princess," Ye Jiahui coughed a few times, somewhat awkwardly, and elegantly dusted off the dust that had splashed onto her from the Iron Knight's explosion.

"Heh, is that so? I banish the Spell Card [Shuffle Resurrection] from my Graveyard, return [Fallen Warrior] from the field to my Deck, and then draw a card."

Di Xing glanced at the card he had drawn. "I set one card face-down, then end this turn. During my End Phase, the effect of [Shuffle Resurrection] activates, banishing one card from my hand."

Di Xing, somewhat annoyed, sent the last White Bone King card into the exclusion zone.

"It's my turn, draw a card! During the preparation phase, banish 10 cards from the Golden Palace effect of Rapids Mountain."

Ye Jiahui glanced at the card she had drawn, then gave Di Xing an elegant curtsy.

"I admit your strength is indeed impressive, and you're a qualified male servant. Unfortunately, you've met this princess! I activate the effect of [Golden Palace of Rapids] to Special Summon [Cinderella] from my Deck!" (Light/Angel Level 4 300/600)

"When Cinderella is successfully Special Summoned, Pumpkin Carriage is Special Summoned from the Deck! (EARTH/Plant Level 3 0/300) Then, since I have Golden Palace of Rapids on my field, I add Crystal Slipper to my hand from the Deck!"

A card sprite dressed in the same beautiful princess dress as Ye Jiahui gracefully entered the field.

"Has it appeared? The ace of the Rapids Mountain deck?" Di Xing looked at the famous fairy tale character with a solemn expression.

"Then, I used two four-star [Iron Knights] to build a stacking network, Xyz Summon, Sky Knight" (Light/Angel 4-star 1900/1000)

The handsome knight clad in red-trimmed gold armor was placed in the extra monster zone by Ye Jiahui.

"Then, I, the princess, banish 10 cards from the back and activate my Duel Skill [Third Book of Fairy Tales] once more!"

"What? This skill can only be used once?"

"That's right, it can be used twice! After all, it's my duel skill, isn't it? I'll Special Summon two Cinderellas from my deck!"

"Then, Cinderella's effect adds two more 'Crystal Slippers' cards from the deck to the hand!"

"Wait, once your Duel Skill is activated, you can't Special Summon any more monsters! Cinderella's Crystal Slipper effect comes after Special Summoning Pumpkin Carriage, so it shouldn't be able to activate!"

"Hehe, my skill doesn't prevent Special Summoning, it just nullifies Special Summoning."

"what?"

Are all dueling skills in your world this overpowered?

"I equipped three [Cinderella] cards to three [Cinderella] monsters! When a [Cinderella] card is equipped to an Angel monster, it increases its attack power by 1000 points."

All three Cinderellas are now wearing sparkling glass slippers, increasing their attack power to 1300 points.

"Then," Ye Jiahui pointed elegantly and confidently at Di Xing, "while the Pumpkin Carriage is present, Cinderella can attack you directly, and your health will only be 1000 points left."

"That's it! I'll use Cinderella to launch a direct attack on you!"

"Don't even think about succeeding! I activate the face-down Spell Card [Mysterious Chinese Pot]! Release my Bone King and restore my Life Points to its ATK value!"

Di Xing LP1000+5000=6000

"Hehe, you think I don't know you have this skill?" Di Xing laughed defiantly.

"So that's how it is. They specifically added this card to target me, Princess?" Ye Jiahui crossed her arms.

"But we can only survive for a while, Cinderella, attack directly!"

Cinderella teleported in front of Di Xing like a ninja and kicked him directly.

Di Xing LP6000-1300=4700

"When I activate Cinderella's effect, if she inflicts battle damage to you with a direct attack, equip 1 of her equipped Crystal Slippers to 1 other face-up monster on the field."

"Huh? You want to activate Cinderella's effect again? But I only have Lady White Bone on the field, and her attack power is already 0."

"Who said we were going to equip your monster?"

"What? Could it be?"

"I'll give the glass slipper to the second Cinderella!"

"Spicy jujube!"