Chapter 1114 - 1087: Table-Flipping Dragon
Qiu couldn’t help but say, "You... do you really plan to win using this monster?"
"This kind of creature?" Yugen laughed, "It’s truly rude. A monster as handsome and fiery as this is truly unique."
The Lava Demon God voiced its agreement with a deep, powerful roar.
"Tch, this kind of monster..."
Qiu looked up at the burning Demon God, staring at the black iron cage that bound him, his anger growing.
"I’m going to bury it now!
I Normal Summon the Adjusted Monster, ’Knight of Night Rose’!"
A swordsman with blue hair and black clothes leaped onto Qiu’s field, lightly swinging his long sword, leaving a silver arc scattered with starlight, a small white cape billowing behind him.
[Knight of Night Rose, Attack Power 1000]
"Although ’Black Garden’ would normally Special Summon a derivative on my field when you summon a monster," Yugen stated, "But since my monster zones are all filled, the effect cannot be activated. Therefore, I won’t summon a derivative."
Qiu slightly furrowed his brow.
Sealing the attack, then using Lava Demon God to burn through life points. And with the monster zones filled, I can’t use the ’Black Garden’ and ’Rose Fire’ combo to burn his life points...
Is that what he’s aiming for?
However...
"The Monster Effect of Knight of Night Rose activates, Special Summoning a Plant Race monster below Four-Star from the hand when this card is successfully summoned."
Qiu revealed another card from his hand.
"Special Summon ’Poison Root King’!"
Rather than a Plant Race, it resembled an undead zombie more closely. Its dark body emitted an ominous aura, seemingly like a decomposing creature that just crawled out of a grave.
Despite being used by Akiza in 5DS as a monster, Poison Root King was originally employed by Mr. Malikma in Duel City before it was made into a Physical Card. Although it’s a Plant Race, it maintains the Underworld-style appearance of that era’s monsters used by Mr. Malikma.
[Poison Root King, Attack Power 1500]
"Level Three Adjusted Monster Knight of Night Rose, along with Level Four Poison Root King, Star-Tuning!"
[3+4=7]
The small knight swung his sword, drawing three rings in the air, encircling Poison Root King with starlight. Poison Root King’s body disassembled, releasing four brilliant new stars aligned in a row.
"The cold flame envelops the world, the black flowers bloom!"
Akiza Izinski raised her slender arms.
"Synchro Summon—
—Black Rose Dragon!!"
Within the level of Arcadia sealed by vines, in the black garden, the roars of collapsing metal and ancient wood mixed, the rose tempest ignited everything within the domain. Blood-red petals burned like flames, forming dragon wings of roses spread open. Flower Dragon let out a frigid roar amidst the vortex of roses.
Black Rose Dragon, summon!
[Black Rose Dragon, Attack Power 2400]
"So, the Black Rose Dragon has appeared."
Yugen muttered as he glanced again at Akiza Izinski. The dragon seal on the girl’s arm continued to shine, and the aura which seemed to have reached a bottleneck in his perception now slightly increased with the dragon’s appearance.
"After all, it’s the emblematic dragon of a Dragon Sealer. Summoning the ace elf brings a bonus to the Duelist. Makes sense."
But it’s still not enough.
"The effect of Black Rose Dragon!" Akiza Izinski declared coldly, "This card can be activated when Synchro Summoned.
Destroy all cards on the field, including this card!"
Qiu Lingkong clenched his fist.
"Destroy everything! The entire world... destroy it all!"
As if complying with its owner’s will, Black Rose Dragon also let out a high-pitched angry roar.
Cards were pierced by exploding roots from Flower Dragon, spinning rose scales like countless blades penetrated through Titania’s body and pierced through the Lava Demon God on Qiu’s field. The remaining Rose Derivatives were shredded into fragments amidst the rose tempest.
Black Rose Dragon was also a frequent player in the Synchro Era in Yugen’s memories, with many mainstream players choosing to run it as a tech choice, even being restricted as a limited card for a time due to its effective field-clearing abilities.
Unable to win? Flip the table, even if the resources are fully disadvantaged in the early match, with the opponent’s field full, and my own empty. In this absolute predicament, creating Black Rose Dragon instantly cleans the field for both sides, forcefully resetting the field for both parties.
Complete field annihilation!
Of course, the protective light swords that sealed her field were also shattered under the gale, and the black garden, overgrown with vines, burned as if ignited. Scorching roots fell to the ground as the entire domain crumbled and collapsed.
Indiscriminate bombardment, sweeping across the field, even hitting herself. That is Black Rose Dragon, going berserk, blasting everything including itself.
It should have been that way.
But at that moment, Qiu pressed a button on her Duel Disc, revealing the last card in her backfield.
"Activating the Cover Card, Trap Card ’Synchro Regression.’
This card returns a Synchro Monster on your field to the extra card deck, and during the preparation phase of your next turn, Special Summon that Synchro Monster returned using this card activation back onto the field from the extra card deck." (Original Card)
Yugen said, "So it’s a trap specifically prepared to be combined with Black Rose Dragon?"
When Black Rose Dragon is summoned, it indiscriminately clears the field. But if you chain this effect while activating it using ’Synchro Regression,’ Black Rose Dragon itself can retreat back to the extra card deck, avoiding its own field-clearing effect, and return in the next turn.
Black Rose Dragon transformed into purple light and flew back into Akiza’s deck, leaving the field dominated by a blanket of white from the rose bombardment.
"Then set two cards facedown in the backfield."
Akiza Izinski continued.
"When the end phase of my turn arrives and ’Phoenix Amaryllis’ exists in the graveyard, banish the Plant Race ’Poison Root King’ from the graveyard, Special Summon Amaryllis in Defense Position from the graveyard."
The pitch-black vortex opened once more on her field, flames erupted, and the fiery-red Amaryllis flower rose in the flames like a phoenix reborn. Its fiery petals unfurled, spreading flames in all directions, like the embodiment of controller’s rage.
As long as there are enough plants in the graveyard for consumption, Amaryllis can always regenerate.
[Phoenix Amaryllis, Defense Power 0]
Qiu clenched his fist and declared darkly.
"Only you... only you are unforgivable no matter what!" Akiza Izinski said, "For Diwein and all the companions who gathered here with shared ideals, I must defeat you here!"