Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!

"It’s about time to get to the main event."

Paradox’s heart involuntarily tightened upon hearing this.

What’s he up to this time?

Yugen: "I’ll use another ’Pot of Greed’ to draw two more cards from the deck."

"First off, that eyesore ’Skill Extraction.’" Yugen glanced at Paradox’s backfield Underworld Permanence, "The Sin Card Deck easily brings out high-attack monsters, combined with the effect-silencing Skill Extraction...

It’s indeed quite an annoying combination. Can’t use monster effects, and their attack power is unparalleled..."

He sighed, seemingly forced into a corner.

"No choice then, I’ll have to use this move..."

With a grand gesture, a trap card materialized out of thin air in the backfield.

"Continuous Trap ’Royal Palace Notice’!

All trap card effects are nullified except for this card!"

Paradox: "!!!"

Royal Palace Notice?

With the same effect as Artificial Human Soga, it’s considered an absolute trap breaker trap. Due to its trap-sealing effect, it’s often used as a specialized weapon against Underworld decks. However, because of its own sealing attribute, it can also join the Underworld ranks, exacerbating the darkness.

This card was a major blow to his Skill Extraction system, but what shocked Paradox more was—

—How can you activate trap cards from your hand?

But the next moment, he got his answer. The phantom of a monstrous creature appeared in the air behind Yugen, shape-shifting, with Horus’s single eye at the front of its head, executioner’s blades for hands, like a ghostly executioner.

"Executioner Demon Asura!" Paradox recognized it.

"Executioner Demon Asura allows me to activate traps from my hand during the turn it’s discarded to the graveyard," Yugen declared, "Royal Palace Notice’s effect nullifies ’Skill Extraction’!"

One standoff meets another, and the shine of Skill Extraction immediately dimmed. The suppression on all monsters on the field was lifted, replaced by an unseen suppression that pressed down on both backfields.

Paradox had a grave expression: "Skill Extraction being invalidated means the monster effects..."

"Exactly," Yugen smiled, "this means the monster effect of ’Great Angel Christina’ is now active. No more special summoning of monsters."

Paradox bit his lip, his expression darkening silently.

"It’s not over yet," Yugen added, "I then perform a normal summon of the second ’Angel O1.’

[Angel O1, Attack Power 200]

"The special summon effect of monsters named Angel O1 can only be used once per turn, so the second Angel O1 can’t be special summoned," Yugen stated.

"However, as long as a special summoned Angel O1 exists on the field, in addition to a normal summon, I can perform an additional upper-level summon of monsters of Level 7 or above!"

Yugen picked up both O1 cards from the Duel Disc at once.

"Thus, I sacrifice the two ’Angel O1’ on the field together for an upper-level summon—

—Level 7, Guardian Angel Jeanne!"

The two Little Angels turned into light points and dissipated, a summoning storm surging skyward. A nearly transparent human figure appeared in the storm, wings of protection unfurling as the Saintess descended in radiant glory.

[Guardian Angel Jeanne, Attack Power 2800]

"You’ve summoned three angels in one go," Paradox said coldly, "but none of these three angels can match my Sin Monsters."

"Don’t be so sure," Yugen smiled, "Gorgeous Venus’s monster effect.

As long as Venus exists on the field, all non-Angel Race monsters on the field have their attack and defense power reduced by 500 points!"

Paradox frowned.

Non-Angel Race... his Sin Card Deck contained no Angel Race monsters.

[Sin: Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Attack Power 3000 → Attack Power 2500]

[Sin: Electronic Ultimate Dragon, Attack Power 4000 → Attack Power 3500]

[Sin: True Red-Eyed Black Dragon, Attack Power 2400 → Attack Power 1900]

"Then activate the Magic Card ’Heaven and Earth’s Treasure Scroll,’" Yugen continued, "after performing an upper-level summon this turn, draw two cards from the deck. However, the drawn cards cannot be used this turn; if possible, cover at least one."

Yugen drew two cards, glanced at them, added them to his hand, then played another card from his hand.

"Activate Magic Card ’Soul Capturer.’

Destroy one of your opponent’s monsters, then the opponent restores 1000 Life Points.

Destroy ’Sin: Rainbow Dragon’!"

The strongest Rainbow Dragon on the field was immediately targeted as the primary threat. A demon’s giant claw reached out, locking onto the Rainbow Dragon, as if forcibly extracting the dragon-shaped soul from within.

Sin Rainbow Dragon roared, but after its soul was extracted, its body quickly exploded into pieces.

[Paradox, LP1500 → LP2500]

Paradox raised an arm to shield against the smoke and impact from the exploding Rainbow Dragon, his face only growing darker, still not speaking.

Yugen then promptly declared, "Battle phase.

Use ’Guardian Angel Jeanne’ to attack the weakened ’Sin: Blue-Eyes White Dragon’!"

Golden light like a sword ray sliced down from above the Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s head, cleaving the White Dragon in two. Endless golden light burst from the rift in the White Dragon’s body, engulfing it in a fireball.

Paradox stated, "The effect of Temporary Truce means that even if my monster is destroyed, I won’t take battle damage."

Indeed, the White Dragon fell, but the explosive flames collided with a transparent barrier a few meters from Paradox, being completely blocked.

"I know," Yugen smiled again, "but the monster effect of Guardian Angel Jeanne also activates.

When this card sends a battle-destroyed monster to the graveyard, it restores Life Points equal to the destroyed monster’s original attack power."

"Original attack power..." Paradox noted, "Sin: Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s original attack power is 3000..."

"Exactly, so I restore 3000 Life Points!"

The energy released by the destroyed White Dragon was quickly absorbed into Yugen, converted into restored Life Points.

[Yugen, LP10700 → LP13700]

Paradox gritted his teeth.

This really felt like he was only causing Yugen’s Life Points to increase.

But that’s not the main issue. The key is that the powerful Sin Monsters he painstakingly summoned might be wiped out again in this round. With Skill Extraction suppressed, that damn Great Angel effect back in play, even if he survives this round, he won’t be able to summon monsters in the next...

Paradox’s face looked like a storm, but he forced himself to maintain composure, trying to hide his inner turmoil, yet he was already at his wit’s end.

Seriously...

What kind of timeline have I landed in?

Why am I facing a Duel King like this?