Yu-Gi-Oh!: Starting with a Toxic Deck and Depressing the World

"Roar!!"

As Jiang He raised a hand, the blue-and-white, ice-crystal-spiked dragon monster on his field, [Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon], let out a roar.

It opened its mouth and gathered a blast of freezing air, firing it across the field at the silver humanoid monster that had just been revived and Special Summoned on Leo Akaba's field, [Spirit Tech Force Pendulum Warlord]!

The monster struggled as it froze, then vanished from the bottom up, banished in a shower of faintly glowing particles!

"Next, according to the effect of the Continuous Spell [Branded Regained], once per turn, when a LIGHT or DARK Attribute monster is banished, I can return it directly to the Deck, and I can also draw one card from my Deck!"

Smiling, Jiang He promptly drew a card from the Deck on his Duel Disk!

"Nani?! Impossible! You have a second [Albion the Branded Dragon] in your Extra Deck that you can banish as the cost?!"

Seeing this, Leo Akaba, his opponent across the field, widened his eyes and cried out at Jiang He in disbelief!

Then, as if he had suddenly realized something, he stared at Jiang He, his face turning purple-red!

The bulging veins that had split open on his bald head began spurting blood again like syringes!

Sure enough! That damned brat Jiang He had deliberately refrained from activating [Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon]'s effect to Set a third [Branded Separation] Trap from his Deck, all to lay a trap for him!

It wasn't at all what he had secretly guessed-that the damned bastard Jiang He no longer had a second [Albion the Branded Dragon] in his Extra Deck to use as the activation cost!

[Ding, Leo Akaba's Emotion Points +3,000!]

"But I still have three [Spirit Crystal Fire Core] on my field!

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