Chapter 1058 - 1031: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Not only Keihei but also others watching at the research institute were amazed that Paradox would absorb the Termination Dragon to gain a card drawing opportunity. However, Yugen wasn’t surprised.
At this moment, Paradox clearly had nothing in hand that could turn the tide; without figuring out how to create a chance to draw cards, he would be passively waiting for death. Confidence in card drawing should be the foundation of all top-notch duelists in this world. One should not hesitate due to fears like "what if the reversing card isn’t drawn," but should use all possible means to create opportunities.
People without confidence in card drawing cannot stand in the duel arena.
"Set a monster in face-down defense position."
Paradox grimly set his monster.
"Then place a Covering Card in the back row, ending the turn."
Yugen said, "Then it’s my turn, draw."
Yugen glanced at the drawn card and directly displayed it.
"Magic Card ’Magic Flowerpot’, by sending any Continuous Magic Card on the field to the graveyard, draw two cards from the deck." (Original effect)
He drew the Magic Card from the back row slot and sent it to the graveyard.
"I’m sending the Continuous Magic ’Spring of the Sky’ from the back row to the graveyard to draw two cards from the deck."
The gushing spring among the clouds rumbles into the ground, turning into white light spots that vanish. Yugen draws two more cards.
"Then activate the Magic Card ’Star Burst’!" Yugen said, "Choose a monster on the player’s hand or field and pay Life Points in multiples of 500.
For every 500 Life Points paid, the level of the target monster decreases by one star."
At this moment, his life points are unprecedentedly abundant, allowing him to ignore the cost almost at will. Yugen pointed to the Cotton Candy on the field: "I choose the Level Three ’Cotton Candy’ to activate.
Pay 1000 Life Points to decrease Cotton Candy’s level by two stars!"
[Yugen, LP15900→ LP14900]
Paradox frowned: "Specifically decreasing Cotton Candy’s stars?"
Although it seems like a meaningless move, he vaguely felt that the duel of this Duel King might not follow the conventional wisdom he knew, so each step Yugen took left him inexplicably uneasy.
"Originally Cotton Candy is Level Three, after decreasing by two stars, it becomes a One-Star Angel Race." Yugen smiled, "Therefore, I then activate the Continuous Magic ’Celestial Court’ from my hand!"
Above the sanctuary of light, sacred golden light gathers into a shining ring. Blinding golden brilliance falls as if forming a holy road to the Celestial Realm.
"The effect of Celestial Court, if there is a One-Star Angel Race present on your field, once per turn, you can special summon any Angel Race monster from your hand."
Paradox was surprised: "!"
So that’s why he specifically lowered the star level of Cotton Candy...
Using this method to fulfill the condition of having a One-Star Angel Race on the field?
Normally, One-Star Angel Race are weak minions, hard to keep on the field until the next turn. But Cotton Candy itself has destruction resistance and is very tenacious. If it can’t be removed immediately, the opponent essentially gains the right to summon Angel Race monsters from the hand unconditionally each turn.
Paradox’s gaze turned cold.
This combination must also be broken as soon as possible.
"Using the effect of Celestial Court, special summon an Angel Race from the hand. The angel I want to summon this turn is this one—"
Yugen raised his arm high. Holy light suddenly burst from the ring, a divine angel descended responding to the call, clad in pure white armor, with a pair of fiery red wings.
Great Angel Christina, summon!
[Great Angel Christina, Attack Power 2800]
Keihei recognized this card and immediately understood Yugen’s strategy, sweating profusely: "Yugen really is... as merciless as ever."
By this point, the opponent was already completely suppressed by Yugen. Although he didn’t know Paradox, he secretly felt a bit sympathetic towards this mysterious Otherworld visitor. To have just traveled to this time-space only to run into Yugen could only be considered incredibly unlucky...
Even Paradox couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth, his face turning grim.
"The Great Angel, I remember its effect is..."
"Oh? You seem to know." Yugen smiled, "That’s right. As long as Great Angel Christina is on the field, both players cannot special summon monsters!"
Paradox: "..."
Inability to special summon...
And his so-called strongest Sin Card Deck of the era, almost all monsters are like the White Dragon and Termination Dragon he just summoned. His monsters cannot be normally summoned and must send their original versions from the deck to the graveyard for special summoning.
The main forces of his entire Sin Card Deck are all Eight-Star and Ten-Star Upper-Level Monsters, only appearing through the above method. Generally, this is the strength of the Sin Card Deck, being able to summon a bunch of top-tier monsters to annihilate the opponent without sacrifices.
But without the ability to special summon, isn’t he basically unable to play any cards?
Aside from those major Sin monsters, his deck only contains a very few supportive Subordinate Monsters. If suppressed by Christina, even drawing a Defense Monster to serve as a wall would be extremely difficult.
Paradox looked at Yugen with even darker eyes.
It was not his imagination; this historically non-existent Duel King was truly poisonous.
This person is toxic from character to duel, from head to toe!
So far, Paradox had been almost constantly beaten down, and this guy still didn’t seem satisfied, appearing determined to press him to the point where he couldn’t play even one card.
"Battle." Yugen said, "Great Angel Christina, attack the face-down monster!"
The sacred Great Angel slowly ascended, wings like fire turning into barrages shooting downward. The barrages, accompanied by the translucent holy light, instantly enveloped the inconspicuous Cover Card of the opponent.
The set monster immediately flipped over. A rotund black pot-shaped object with a sneaky large eye and a wide green grin appeared to be mockingly laughing.
[Transformation Pot, Defense Power 600]
"Transformation Pot!" Paradox exclaimed, "The monster you’re attacking is the Transformation Pot!
When this card is flipped, both players discard all their cards in hand, then draw cards from their decks until they have five cards in hand!"
The Transformation Pot was pierced to pieces under the angel’s holy light, but released the energy within before its destruction. Both players drew new cards from their decks.
"Using the monster effect to replenish the hand, huh." Keihei chuckled, "But that still depends on having a chance to use them. If this attack goes through, Yugen will win!"