Chapter 1107: Champion Combo
Chapter 1107: Champion Combo
As the Horsehead Specter was removed from Yu Gi, a withered hand emerged from the Darkness, pressing firmly into the ground.
The Rusty Scimitar, the tattered Red Scarf on the Green Armor, and the Zombie Warrior, whose helmet's two horns were both broken, emerged from the underworld, carrying a heavy stench of decay.
Colossal Zombie Gajela, Attack Power 2800
This card is actually one of the many variations of the classic monster, "Warrior of Gajela." This warrior's backstory is incredibly rich, with versions ranging from a transcended celestial archangel to a dark and corrupted demon lord, and now, a zombie-transformed, demonic version.
"Take this and die!"
The Skeleton Knight roared.
"Underworld Dragon Necrodragon, attack Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Lance Dragon!"
The Underworld Dragon gathered its strength once more, and the Skeleton Knight's steed began to accelerate. The power of speed converged within the Underworld Dragon, granting it an extraordinary momentum as it charged toward the Light Lance Dragon!
The Underworld Dragon's effect allows it to avoid destroying a monster in battle. Instead, after damage calculation, it reduces the opponent's monster's Attack Power to 0 and summons a Dark Soul Token with the same Attack Power as that monster to the user's field.
The battle between the Underworld Dragon and the Light Lance Dragon would result in 700 battle damage, after which the Light Lance Dragon's Attack Power would be reduced to 0. Following this, the Skeleton Knight's field would still have a Dark Soul Token with 2300 Attack Power and another with 2800 Attack Power from the Colossal Zombie Gajela.
More than enough for a decisive blow.
"Although it's been a fine ride", the Skeleton Knight's steed accelerated to its maximum speed, "it's time to end this!"
As the Underworld Dragon charged with a lethal momentum, Youxuan merely smiled lightly.
"Don't be in a rush, it's not time yet."
Youxuan shook a card in his hand.
"I discard Chestnut Ball from my hand to activate its effect.
Chestnut Ball can be discarded from the hand during the opponent's Attack Declaration to force the attacking monster into Defense Position."
The Skeleton Knight: "What?"
A round, golden ball flew from Youxuan's hand, circling the Underworld Dragon. The mighty dragon's fierce momentum immediately waned, and it slumped down, its body turning into a blue defensive stance, defending the side of the Skeleton Knight's steed.
Underworld Dragon Necrodragon, Attack Power 3000 → Defense Power 0
"Uh, the Necrodragon's Defense Power is only 0..."
The Skeleton Knight gritted his teeth.
"But I still have Gajela's Attack!"
Although the decisive blow was thwarted, he couldn't let the disgusting Light Lance Dragon survive to the next turn.
"Colossal Zombie Gajela, attack Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Lance Dragon!"
Gajela's scimitar slashed through the Light Lance Dragon's ice armor. The Light Lance Dragon let out a mournful cry as its body shattered into ice crystals and disappeared.
Youxuan, LP 1100 → LP 600
"Place a card face down, my turn ends."
The Skeleton Knight said smugly.
"What do you think? Your ace has been defeated, the power of the undead is infinite! Even if you use underhanded tactics to temporarily remove the Necrodragon, I will summon it back with the will of the dead, no matter how many times!"
"Ace?"
Youxuan laughed and shook his head.
"It seems you still don't understand at all."
The Skeleton Knight: "What?"
"You don't understand the terror of a champion's power", Youxuan sneered.
In fact, if he were to rank the champions of past world tournaments, the Frog Deck, as the champion of the eighth world tournament, would undoubtedly rank among the top in terms of its ability to control the game and mess with the opponent's mindset.
This isn't just because Frogs and Cyber Fish are adept at back-and-forth plays, or because the Light Lance Dragon can infinitely return cards to the hand in a single turn.
While the endless return of cards by the Light Lance Dragon is certainly frustrating, it's not just the Frogs that use this card. Any deck with a Level 6 Synchro ability almost always includes the Light Lance Dragon as a standard component.
In fact, the deck that won the world championship was named "Frog Otk." The true ace and the move that could be called the "finishing blow" was the one coming up next.
"My turn, draw", Youxuan said.
"During the Standby Phase, I still have no Magic or Trap Cards on my field, so I can Special Summon 'Netherworld Frog' from my Graveyard."
[Netherworld Frog, Defense: 100]
"Then I Normal Summon 'Exchange Frog' from my hand."
[Exchange Frog, Defense: 2000]
"Exchange Frog's monster effect allows me to Tribute any monster on my field and Special Summon a Frog monster from my Deck."
Youxuan continued, "I Tribute 'Netherworld Frog' and Special Summon 'Death Frog' from my Deck."
Netherworld Frog vanished, replaced by the familiar Death Frog.
[Death Frog, Attack: 1900]
Skeleton Knight's eyes widened in shock.
Death Frog is a Level 5 monster, and he remembered that the Cyber Fishman Gunner in the Graveyard could revive itself by discarding a card from the hand. If the Gunner and Death Frog were Synchro Summoned, wouldn't it result in another Light Lance Dragon?
Skeleton Knight's face turned grim.
Damn, is this never going to end?
He had just boasted that his undead were indestructible, but now it seemed he was the one playing fake undead. The persistent Light Lance Dragon was the real deal. If it appeared again, it would clear his field with its effects and then directly attack, finishing him off.
However, he still had a trick up his sleeve.
Skeleton Knight glanced at the facedown card in his back row.
The facedown card was the Trap Card "Roar of Intimidation", which could prevent the opponent from declaring an attack for the turn. Even if the Light Lance Dragon cleared his field, he could stop the opponent's finishing blow.
Moreover, this would likely exhaust the opponent's hand due to the cost of the Light Lance Dragon's effect.
That would give him the opportunity to strike back next turn!
Skeleton Knight's calculations were running smoothly in his mind.
But then he heard Youxuan say, "Exchange Frog's effect continues. I Tribute 'Death Frog' and Special Summon 'Draw Frog' from my Deck."
Skeleton Knight: "?"
Tribute Death Frog? Isn't he going to Synchro Summon the Light Lance Dragon?
Wait, didn't the Exchange Frog's effect only work once per turn?
"Exchange Frog's effect, I Tribute 'Draw Frog' and Special Summon 'Mystic Knowledge Frog' from my Deck."
"..."
For the next minute, this process repeated. Skeleton Knight watched in disbelief as a horde of frogs hopped around, one after another, from Youxuan's Deck to the field, immediately being Tributed and then immediately replaced by another frog from the Deck.
Skeleton Knight was completely dumbfounded.
As Youxuan's Deck grew thinner and his Graveyard filled with more and more frogs, Youxuan finally said, "One last time, Exchange Frog's effect, I Special Summon 'Ghost Frog' from my Deck."
[Ghost Frog, Attack: 1000]
"Ghost Frog's effect, when this card is successfully Summoned, I send a Water-type, Water-attribute, Level 2 or lower monster from my Deck to the Graveyard."
Youxuan said calmly.
"I send 'Essence Frog' from my Deck to the Graveyard."
Youxuan sent another frog from his Deck to the Graveyard.
After a series of operations, Youxuan clapped his hands.
"Alright, thank you for your patience. As a reward, I am pleased to announce..."
Youxuan smiled.
"...you are dead."
Skeleton Knight: "!?"
"I activate the Continuous Spell 'Mass Accelerator'!"
A high-tech cannon appeared on the side of Youxuan's D-Wheel.
"The effect of Mass Accelerator is to inflict 400 points of damage to the opponent for each monster I Tribute. I Tribute 'Ghost Frog' and inflict 400 points of damage!"
With a sharp rev of the engine, Youxuan accelerated once more, channeling the full speed of the D-Wheel into the Mass Accelerator. The soul of the frog transformed into a powerful cannon blast, firing with immense force!
Skeleton Knight, LP 1700 → LP 1300
Skeleton Knight: "Tch."
The pain from the impact was intense. It seems this guy's understanding of high-speed impacts has improved even further.
He's a terrifying opponent. Just one try, and his technique has already shown such immediate improvement.
"Then, I'll activate the effect of 'Essence Frog' in my Graveyard", Youxuan said. "By banishing one 'Frog' from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon 'Essence Frog' from the Graveyard."
I banish 'Draw Frog' from my Graveyard and Special Summon 'Essence Frog' back to the field.
Essence Frog, Attack Power 100
"The effect of the Mass Accelerator, by tributing Essence Frog, deals 400 points of damage!"
Skeleton Knight: "Ugh!"
Skeleton Knight, LP 1300 → LP 900
The Skeleton Knight's expression darkened.
It seems to hurt even more this time. Could it be that he's using me to practice, to find the feel of Darkness's high-speed impacts?
"Damn it", the Skeleton Knight gritted his teeth.
But this Mass Accelerator only deals 400 damage per use. I want to see how many more times you can pull this off.
"Essence Frog's effect", Youxuan continued. "I banish 'Ghost Frog' from my Graveyard to Special Summon 'Essence Frog' back to the field."
Essence Frog, Attack Power 100
Skeleton Knight: "Huh?"
Wait, no!
Referee, there's a problem!
This blasted frog's effect... doesn't have a once-per-turn limit!?
Only now did the Skeleton Knight truly start to panic.
What the hell!
The effect of 'Exchange Frog' has no once-per-turn limit, so Youxuan's frogs have been endlessly bouncing in and out of his Graveyard, summoning one, sacrificing one, summoning another, and sacrificing another.
The Skeleton Knight didn't bother to count exactly how many there were, but he imagined there were at least ten frogs in Youxuan's Graveyard by now.
'Exchange Frog' has no once-per-turn limit, and this infernal 'Essence Frog' also has no once-per-turn limit!
In other words, with ten frogs in the Graveyard, it has ten lives; with twenty frogs, it has twenty lives!
And the ultimate killer move in this infernal combo, the Mass Accelerator, also has no once-per-turn limit.
The Skeleton Knight was horrified, trembling, and on the verge of madness.
Unbelievable, unbelievable, utterly unbelievable.
He thought the Light Lance Dragon, which could easily appear every turn and keep attacking without end, was already disgusting enough.
But there's an even greater master!
What kind of moral degeneration could lead to such a deranged combo!?
"Essence Frog, once again as ammunition", Youxuan said. "Mass Accelerator, 400 points of damage."
"Ugh!"
Skeleton Knight, LP 900 → LP 500
"From the Graveyard, I banish 'Hidden Frog' to Special Summon 'Essence Frog' again."
Then, Mass Accelerator, 400 points of damage.
"Oh!"
Skeleton Knight, LP 500 → LP 100
The Skeleton Knight clenched his teeth.
"Scum, what the hell are you?"
"Rude", Youxuan said with a sigh.
"An excellent, passionate, and polite Duelist like me is one of a kind across all dimensions."
"But unfortunately, our brief encounter seems to be coming to an end."
"From the Graveyard, I banish 'Mystic Knowledge Frog' to Special Summon 'Essence Frog' again."
Essence Frog, Attack Power 100
Youxuan snapped his fingers one last time.
"The final blow—Mass Accelerator!"
At the same moment, his D-Wheel accelerated, and in a bizarre display, it shot up the side of the track, running vertically on the wall at full speed. The power of speed perfectly synchronized with the Mass Accelerator, transforming into a spiraling cannon blast that erupted with a deafening boom.
Boom!
Skeleton Knight, LP 100 → LP 0
(End of Chapter)
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