Isn't the battle phase over? Not over yet?

"What do you mean, Senior?" It took Ye Lingling a good while to snap back to reality and ask.

Bai Yun'er also looked at Youye with a blank expression, not understanding what he was doing.

Only Munin clicked her tongue beside them, complaining inwardly that Youye was too ruthless to use this move. The last time she experienced it, Youye completely ruined her field.

"Exactly what it says. Do you have any objections to entering the Battle Phase? If you do, you can make a move during the Draw Phase, Standby Phase, or Main Phase 1." Youye asked with a smile.

Looking at Youye's smiling face, Ye Lingling felt a chill down her spine for some reason. Her duelist's intuition told her something big was coming!

But unfortunately, she didn't know what that "big thing" was.

"No objections." Ye Lingling looked at her hand, her heart trembling, but after thinking it over, she replied.

Of course, she didn't want to answer like that, but she had no effects she could use on her field or in her hand, so she could only say that.

"Alright, then I'll end the Battle Phase." Youye's smile became even more eerie.

"At the point just before the end of the Battle Phase, I activate the Trap Card Evenly Matched from my hand. When I have no cards on my field, this card can be activated from my hand at the end of either player's Battle Phase. Then, according to its effect, your opponent must banish cards from their field, face-down, until they control the same number of cards as me."

"I only activated Evenly Matched on my field, which means you choose one card to keep."

After saying that, Youye paused slightly and added a reminder: "Just a reminder, against this card, unless you can negate it, any resistance is useless. It's a high-level effect that targets the duelist."

Hearing Youye say that, Ye Lingling's face suddenly darkened. Then, as if remembering something, she said speechlessly, "You mean even complete resistance to effects is useless?"

"Yes," Youye nodded.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling fell silent, staring at Youye's Evenly Matched.

Compared to the thinking Ye Lingling, Bai Yun'er was stunned. Isn't Evenly Matched a card from her family? And it's one that no one uses!

Seriously, what normal duelist doesn't enjoy battling? Who would skip the Battle Phase to clear the board? Is that something a normal duelist would think of?

But she had to admire Youye's idea. Without Spell/Trap negation or Triple Negate, this is practically guaranteed to hit. For example, Ye Lingling currently has four monsters and one Field Spell on her field. With this move from Youye, if nothing unexpected happens, Ye Lingling will likely only keep her ace monster, Bai Tiandi.

However, even keeping it makes it a target. The Runick system can destroy monsters. While Bai Tiandi isn't affected by the effects of Extra Deck monsters, it is still affected by Runick Spell Cards.

One could only say that Youye's initial disadvantage of having his Extra Deck almost completely banished was nearly reversed by a single card!

In a room in the Bai Family's residence, a middle-aged man was watching Youye and Ye Lingling's duel with interest. The man was Bai Lingtian, the current head of the Bai Family and Bai Yun'er's father, an Earth-level Duelist specializing in the Blue-Eyes Archetype.

When Youye's Extra Deck was reduced to only five cards, he thought Youye would have to rely on some card technique to win. He never expected a single card to turn the tide.

"Patriarch, this is a card from our family." Just as Bai Lingtian was wondering what card he could trade for this one, the butler beside him, dressed in a suit, understood his expression and spoke respectfully.

"???" Bai Lingtian looked at him with a bewildered expression, as if to say, Are you kidding me? How could I, the patriarch, not know that such a powerful card is in the Bai Family?

"Our ancestor obtained this card from somewhere 300 years ago and said it was trash with no development value. It was placed on the Tier 2 List and no one has developed it since. The day before yesterday, Senior Youye exchanged for this card. I paid attention to it and didn't expect it to be used like this," the butler replied respectfully.

"A trash card our ancestor spoke of 300 years ago? Now on the Tier 2 List?" Bai Lingtian was startled, then fell silent for a moment. Looking at Youye on the computer screen, he slowly said, "Put it on the Special Card List. As for the ancestor, I will speak to him personally later."

"Yes!" The butler nodded, said nothing more, and prepared to leave.

"Wait, first send the Original Card of this card to me. I want to test its strength myself first." Seeing the butler about to leave, Bai Lingtian knew that after he spoke to the ancestor, the Original Card would definitely be taken away by the ancestor temporarily. So, he called out to the butler and instructed him again.

"...Yes." The butler instantly understood Bai Lingtian's thoughts and nodded in agreement.

In the dueling room.

"How is it? Have you chosen?" Youye looked at Ye Lingling.

"I've chosen. I'll keep Bai Tiandi," Ye Lingling replied.

Youye nodded, not surprised. After the effect of Evenly Matched resolved, the phase rewound to the Battle Phase, and he continued to make his moves.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Runick Destruction from my hand to Special Summon Hugin. Then, I activate Hugin's effect, discarding the Spell Card Card of Demise from my hand."

"I Chain 2 the effect of Dogmatika Fleurdelis, the Knighted from my hand..." Ye Lingling began. She already knew the effect of the Runick card beforehand, so she naturally wouldn't let Hugin search for Fountain. However, she stopped halfway through her sentence, stunned.

Due to the restrictions of the Dueling Rules, she couldn't activate Fleurdelis's effect?

"Isn't it strange that you can't Chain?" Youye asked, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Ye Lingling was silent for a moment, then nodded. She didn't understand. The Battle Phase was clearly over, and it was now Main Phase 2. Why couldn't she activate the effect of Fleurdelis from her hand?

Could it be that Fleurdelis can only be used in Main Phase 1? That's impossible! Although Main Phase 2 is used less often, she definitely remembered successfully using it in her memory!

Bai Yun'er beside her was also confused. Since yesterday, she and Ye Lingling had dueled at least ten times in Master Duel, and Fleurdelis's effect had never failed to activate. Why couldn't it be activated now?

"Look at the phase! It's not Main Phase 2 right now, it's the Battle Phase. After using Evenly Matched, I can still Chain Quick-Play Spells. Since it hasn't reached Main Phase 2, Fleurdelis's Special Summon effect, which activates in the Main Phase, cannot be activated right now," Youye explained.

"Can Quick-Play Spells be used like that??" Ye Lingling looked at the phase recorded on the Duel Disk, feeling completely bewildered. Her mind was filled with: No, is this even allowed?

"Senior is truly not just skilled with card combos, but also masters the use of various phases so perfectly." Bai Yun'er quietly took note. Evenly Matched was a card from their Bai Family. As soon as Youye left, she would immediately go and try to acquire it.

However, she didn't know that someone was already preparing to get there first.

"Since there are no issues here, Hugin's effect resolves. I add Fountain from my Deck to my hand."

"Next, in Main Phase 2, I activate Fountain. Then, I activate the Archetype Quick-Play Spell Slumber from my hand targeting Hugin, banishing the top three cards of your Deck. Fountain's effect activates, recovering Slumber and Destruction from the Graveyard to draw two cards!"

"I activate the Blazing Fire I just drew, targeting your Bai Tiandi on the field, destroying it, and banishing the top two cards of your Deck."

"I Chain 2 to Blazing Fire's effect, Special Summoning Fleurdelis from my hand!" Seeing Youye gaining so many cards and her Bai Tiandi about to be gone, Ye Lingling felt a bit anxious and immediately spoke up.

But the moment she spoke, she regretted it. She had made a mistake, and a big one...

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