"Kevin, he actually took damage first in this duel?" Everyone exclaimed simultaneously.
Exceeding 1000 points of defense power, the backlash damage from the magic power's aftershock shot towards Kevin Set, also causing his expression to change abruptly.
If he took this damage, it would be too humiliating.
Even if he won this duel, as the strongest in the grade, being the first to have half his Life Points taken down by the dead last, Kevin's pride would not allow such a thing to happen.
"I activate the Trap Card set last turn——[Attack Invincibility]!"
[Attack Invincibility Trap Card Effect: During this Battle Phase, battle damage inflicted to you becomes 0.]
"That's, a B-rank Spell Trap card!"
Trap Card [Attack Invincibility].
People often confuse it with [Negate Attack].
Actually, this Trap Card, also B-rank, is more flexible than [Negate Attack] under special circumstances.
For example, the effect of making battle damage inflicted to oneself 0 can successfully help Kevin save face at this moment.
An invincible barrier manifested before Kevin, neutralizing the backlash of this magic power fluctuation for him.
Ling Ling couldn't help but sigh: "A B-rank rare card? As expected of the top of the grade, quite extravagant indeed."
For ordinary first-year students, they rarely choose to craft B-rank Spell & Trap cards that require 100 Spell Points.
But this restriction definitely doesn't apply to Kevin, the top of the grade with a 100% practical combat test win rate.
Conservatively estimating, Kevin's deck contains at least 2 to 3 B-rank Spell/Traps.
Ling Ling could only pray that Kevin wouldn't draw any more rare cards next.
"Nicely done, Aisha Yuna Carlos."
Kevin, having neutralized the reflected damage with a trap, his eyes gradually became serious.
"Did you think it was over just like that? This card is the real counterattack, Kevin."
Following Kevin's play, Ling Ling, not to be outdone, flipped over the Trap Card set down in the first turn.
"——Activate Trap Card [Counter Punch]!"
[Counter Punch Trap Card Effect: When a Defense Position monster you control is attacked, if its DEF is higher than the attacking monster's ATK, destroy the attacking monster.]
Unlike Kevin's B-rank rare card, the one Ling Ling flipped over was just a D-rank Trap Card.
But this Trap Card, when paired with the super high defense power of [Priestess Who Received the Chalice], had a miraculous effect.
According to the duel rules, attacking a Defense Position monster, even if its ATK is lower than the DEF, does not result in destruction.
Unless you have this [Counter Punch] to seek justice for you.
"One punch to defeat the enemy, send [Lizard Soldier] flying!"
"Heeyah!"
The blue-haired priestess shouted angrily; her seemingly slender little fist sent the fully armed Lizard Soldier tumbling head over heels.
[Lizard Soldier] destroyed
His own materialized lizard monster on the field being pulverized by the girl's small pink fist, such a counterattack still made Kevin feel somewhat embarrassed.
Most importantly, the victorious proclamation Kevin made at the start of his turn definitely couldn't be realized this turn anymore.
"Equipped with [Light of the Elves], [Mighty Valkyria] continues the attack!"
The angel Valkyrie flapping her wings responded to Kevin's second attack declaration, raising her sword of light high, and slashed through the blue-haired priestess's slender, flat-chested body.
2100 points of defense is high, but after being boosted by the Equip Card, [Mighty Valkyria]'s 2200 attack points were even higher.
[Priestess Who Received the Chalice] destroyed
Irena shook her head regretfully: "Is this the best she could block? Well, that can't be helped."
Even though [Priestess Who Received the Chalice]'s defense power is higher than most low-star monsters. But hoping to block the grade's top student Kevin with just this single monster was clearly unrealistic.
"Letting you luckily survive this turn, huh, Aisha Carlos. But next turn, you definitely won't have such good luck!"
Putting down the card in his hand, Kevin Set unwillingly ended his turn.
"Oh, in your view, this is luck?"
Ling Ling raised Aisha's white-haired little head, mocking without reservation, even that tuft of ahoge looked full of aggression.
"But in my view, this is the inevitable outcome. Your obsession with victory, on the contrary, became the shackles that made it impossible for you to defeat me this turn."
"Student Aisha, you actually..."
This time, including the homeroom teacher Aileen, everyone was shocked by Ling Ling's statement.
In this duel, her superhuman confidence and judgment were hard to connect with the former dead-last girl.
"Is this the potential that humans can stimulate in desperate situations?"
Finally, Teacher Aileen attributed Aisha's overly abnormal change to 'potential stimulation'.
Aisha: "It's all because of you, Mr. Ling Ling, everyone's impression of me seems to have become weird!"
"My turn, draw."
Ignoring Aisha's complaints in his mind, Ling Ling started his turn and drew a card.
"I summon one monster in face-down defense position, then set one card in the Spell & Trap Zone, turn end."
A play no different from the previous two turns; for Aisha's deck, defense was the only viable tactic.
However, the second Spell & Trap card Aisha set attracted everyone's attention for another reason.
"Xiao Ai, where did she get the Spell Points to craft a second card?" Yilin asked in surprise.
"I see, is it Spell Point borrowing?" Aileen, however, understood immediately.
As the homeroom teacher, no one knew better than Aileen about Aisha's precious and pitiful 10 academic points accumulated over a semester.
So pulling out the first D-rank Trap Card [Counter Punch] was understandable, but the second Spell/Trap card was definitely abnormal.
"That child actually had the courage to borrow Spell Points... In just one day, she completely overturned the weak impression from the past," Teacher Aileen couldn't help but sigh.
After Ling Ling ended his turn at lightning speed for the third time, Kevin also gradually got used to the fighting style of the 'Aisha' before him.
"This time, I absolutely won't let you have another chance to escape. My turn, draw!"
After glancing at the card drawn this turn, Kevin threw the card out without hesitation and activated its effect.
"Watch carefully, this is the fundamental difference between you and me. A-rank Spell Card——[Pot of Greed] activate!"
Pot of Greed, a forbidden card level Spell that requires 400 Spell Points to craft.
The effect is very simple and crude: draw 2 more cards from the deck. Creating something from nothing, a brainless one-for-two super strong card.
Pressing his fingertip on the deck in the Elven Eye, Kevin drew two consecutive cards.
The instant Kevin Set drew the cards, the immense draconic aura formed by the black dragon, almost like a flood bursting through a dike, surged violently from the yet-to-be-summoned card.
This didn't even require guessing; everyone could feel it.
Kevin Set had finally drawn that legendary [Red-Eyes Black Dragon].