Chapter 1008: Divine Incarnate
Chapter 1008: Divine Incarnate
The Three Fallen Angels descend!
In an instant, the Three Fallen Angels are summoned once more. The pitch-black angels stand tall on the field, their wings spread as they hover beneath the dark sky, with the Dark God of Fear looming behind them.
Jou's expression turns grave. "The next God is coming."
"Indeed", the God replies coldly.
"And it is not just any God. Today, the one descending is a deity of supreme status, even among the Three Gods!"
As he raises the card in his hand, the thick Darkness it emits seems to engulf all sense of direction.
"Shadow’s Awakening! The ultimate aggregation of all evil in the world, the ultimate God—
—Divine Incarnate, summon!!!"
Suddenly, everyone is plunged into darkness. Breathing becomes labored, the sound echoing in their ears. An invisible pressure seeps through their spines from all directions, causing their skin to tingle with a fine, burning pain, as if a million needles are pricking their fear-stricken nerves.
Then, the Darkness explodes.
Descending onto the field is a colossal, grotesque sphere, like the sun's core exposed after being devoured by a tengu, its surface roiling with waves of liquid metal.
Though it is just a black sphere, it seems to contain an entire world—a world consumed by fear and despair, a world that makes one tremble.
"Finally, it appears", Kaiba says, his focus intense. "The final God."
He has seen this before, but only once. Even that brief encounter was enough to leave an indelible impression.
Divine Incarnate, descends!
[Divine Incarnate, Attack Power?]
Jou: "Another monster with unknown Attack Power."
But he has seen enough to know that the more mysterious something is, the harder it usually is to deal with. Especially when that something is a bizarre black sphere, which immediately brings to mind Youxuan's bird egg.
However, the bird egg represents the supreme Sun God among the Godlike Deities, while Divine Incarnate is the counterpart to the Winged God Dragon among the Gods. The Winged God Dragon is a golden egg, and Divine Incarnate is a black egg, a fitting parallel.
"Divine Incarnate’s Attack Power is variable", the summoning God announces with a surge of power.
"But Divine Incarnate’s Attack Power will always be higher than the opponent’s.
Its Attack Power automatically becomes 1 more than the highest Attack Power on the field!"
Yes, always 1 more than the highest Attack Power on the field, a nod to the Winged God Dragon’s ability to convert the Duelist’s Life Points to Attack Power.
If these two deities were to face each other, and the Winged God Dragon’s side had sacrificed Life Points to convert to Attack Power, and then Divine Incarnate appeared, its Attack Power would become 1 more than the Winged God Dragon’s. The result of their battle would be the Duelist on the Winged God Dragon’s side taking exactly 1 point of battle damage, no more, no less, no overflow, no waste—just a precise cut.
It’s as if Divine Incarnate is taunting the Winged God Dragon.
Of course, the real card for Divine Incarnate has been modified. Its Attack Power is the highest Monster Attack Power on the field + 100, and it also has the effect of preventing the opponent from activating any Magic or Trap Cards for two turns after summoning. In the past, if it could be summoned, it was a powerful tool for locking down the opponent.
But the cost of obtaining this isolation effect for Sea Card was the loss of all resistances from the original work, even changing the noble divine attribute to a dark attribute. The unique "Evil God Beast" from the original work was also changed to "Fiend", leaving it with no dignity or prestige.
At this moment, Youxuan had no monsters on the field, and the monster with the highest Attack Power was Root of Fear.
Then, the Darkness sphere floated to one side of Root of Fear and slowly landed. The smooth, chaotic surface suddenly bulged and twisted into sharp spikes, transforming into a skeletal covering in an instant. The black sphere split open at its center, morphing into a massive demonic form with two heavy feet that crashed to the ground.
[Divine Incarnate, Attack Power? → Attack Power 4001]
"This Evil God has the ability to change form at will", Jou said. "It even transformed into the shape of its ally?"
Of course, the effect of Root of Fear applied to the entire field, reducing the Attack Power of all monsters except itself by half, regardless of whether they were friend or foe. However, the newly arrived Divine Incarnate was the supreme Evil God, and the effects of lower-tier gods were completely ineffective against a higher-tier god.
"Battle!" the Evil God declared. "The two supreme Evil Gods are immune to any Trap Card effects, and even if you have a Trap like you did last turn to negate battle damage, it won't help. You might block one hit, but not the second.
Divine Incarnate, direct attack!"
Transformed into the form of Root of Fear, Divine Incarnate took a step forward. A punch, covered in skeletal armor, broke through the air. Even without a direct hit, the divine power carried by the punch was enough to impact the soul.
An ordinary Duelist might have the means to counter such an attack, but they would not have the mental fortitude to activate them against a god of this caliber.
Of course, Youxuan was not an ordinary Duelist.
"Then, I'll activate a Cover Card!" Youxuan said. "Trap Card, Precise Defense.
Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from the Graveyard in Defense Position!"
A golden light shot out from Youxuan's Duel Disk Graveyard.
"Special Summon 'Iron Knight - Kiyah Fried' from the Graveyard in Defense Position!"
The black-armored knight stood firm, raising a steel shield to block the attack. The heavy punch from the Evil God slammed into the small shield, with the diameter of the punch being larger than the entire Iron Knight.
"Blocking with a weak monster won't help", the Evil God said. "There's still a hit from Root of Fear!"
Youxuan replied, "The effect of Precise Defense ensures that the Special Summoned monster won't be destroyed by any means this turn."
"Nani?"
The power of the Evil God surged from the punch, slamming through the Iron Knight. The black knight wobbled but managed to remain standing, refusing to fall.
The Evil God narrowed his eyes.
The effect that prevented destruction this turn applied to the Iron Knight, not the Evil God, so even Trap resistance was useless. The Iron Knight's body became an absolute shield, one that even a god could not penetrate.
"Then, this turn ends", the Evil God said coldly. "It seems you've survived another turn."
"Yes", Youxuan smiled. "And with each additional turn, things get worse for you, don't they?"
"Hah."
The Evil God sneered.
"Now that I have successfully summoned my true self, I have two supreme Evil Gods on the field. What good does it do you to survive another turn?"
"Who knows? It might not be as bad as you think."
(End of Chapter)
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