Chapter 1197: Defeat the Phantom
Chapter 1197: Defeat the Phantom
"It’s my turn again."
Everyone: "."
The members of Team 5D's were momentarily speechless.
For some reason, even with a three-to-one advantage, when Goodwin declared, "My turn", everyone still felt an involuntary pressure.
Goodwin. This guy was just that formidable.
"My turn, draw."
Youxuan slowly raised his hand.
"Then, I’ll activate the effect of 'Chaos Phantom.' Once per turn, I can select one effect monster from my graveyard and gain its name and effect!
This time, I’ll acquire the final phantom from my graveyard, 'Evil Hero The Phantom'!"
The final phantom, its energy overflowed from the graveyard and was absorbed into the Chaos Phantom on the field. The vortex of the Phantom began to tremble uneasily, the black gel-like substance rapidly solidifying and growing at an alarming rate, emitting an overwhelming aura even before it fully formed.
Crow Hogan: "The final phantom is about to appear!?"
But at that moment, Yusei Fudo stepped forward and interrupted the spell. "I activate the trap card 'Forgetfulness'!
When an effect is activated by an attack position monster on the opponent’s field, I can negate that effect and force that monster to switch to defense position!"
He pointed at the Phantom on the opponent’s field.
"Negate the effect of 'Chaos Phantom' and switch it to defense position!"
The black mass that was transforming into the phantom suddenly halted, its massive form rapidly shrinking, the solidifying shape disintegrating and reverting back to a puddle of black slime.
[Chaos Phantom, Attack Power 0 → Defense Power 0]
"Nice one, Yusei Fudo!" Crow Hogan praised. "Chaos Phantom can only activate its effect once per turn. If negated, it can’t transform into a phantom this turn.
You’ve broken the combo!"
"Yusei Fudo, as expected. You’ve clearly prepared a strategy to counter Chaos Phantom."
Youxuan said.
"Then, I’ll activate the magic card 'Dead Rebirth.'
Discard one card from my hand and add one monster card from my graveyard to my hand."
Youxuan discarded a card into the graveyard, and in exchange, a monster card emerged from the graveyard.
"I add 'Evil Hero The Phantom' from my graveyard to my hand."
Seeing him display the recovered phantom, everyone felt a chill.
The combo of sending the phantom to the graveyard and using Chaos Phantom to replicate it had been broken by Yusei Fudo. By actively recovering the phantom from the graveyard, it seemed Goodwin had abandoned this strategy.
Was he going to summon the phantom again?
Youxuan: "Normal summon 'Phantom Blaster'."
[Phantom Blaster, Attack Power 1100]
"The effect of Phantom Blaster: When this card is successfully summoned, I can special summon up to the same number of 'Blaster Tokens' as the number of monsters on my field."
Youxuan waved his hand.
"Currently, I have 'Phantom Blaster' and 'Chaos Phantom' on the field, totaling two monsters. Therefore, I special summon two 'Blaster Tokens'."
[Blaster Token, Attack Power 500] x2
Yusei Fudo, sensing something, sternly warned his teammates: "Be careful! Here it comes!"
Sure enough, Youxuan then said, "I tribute two 'Blaster Tokens' and one 'Phantom Blaster,' a total of three monsters!"
Youxuan raised his right arm. In that moment, it was as if a blood-red lightning bolt tore through the sky, causing the entire Apocalypse Altar to vibrate at a high frequency.
"This phantom cannot be normal summoned; it can only be special summoned by tributing three monsters on the field!" (Original effect)
In the real card game, 'Evil Hero The Phantom' can only be summoned by tributing three Fiend-type monsters, making the summoning conditions more stringent, and its abilities are somewhat weaker compared to the anime. However, since the Phantom Blaster and Blaster Tokens used by Youxuan are all Fiend-type, the summoning conditions are the same in both the real card game and the anime.
"The triple Apocalypse Altar’s inferno consumes all illusions, and the final phantom of the end times—
—Evil Hero The Phantom, arise!"
A purple mist erupted from a rift in space, and three pairs of skeletal claws tore through the fabric of reality. The moment the phantom emerged, a Category 12 hurricane swept across the field.
The towering demonic body, with its dark cobalt-blue exoskeleton riddled with lava-like cracks, resembled a living volcano. Beneath it, a nebula-like purple energy pulsed. The skeletal wings extending from its spine spread wide, nearly blotting out the sky. The monstrous form, a nightmare incarnate, sent shivers down everyone’s spines.
[Evil Hero The Phantom, Attack 4000]
The arrival of the Phantom King sent the entire field into a tremor!
Rua was horrified: "What kind of monster is this? No, can this even be called a monster!?"
Even Jack Atlas was moved: "This soul-shaking power, what is it?"
Yusei Fudo gritted his teeth, beads of cold sweat trickling down his face, clearly feeling the immense pressure.
"The effect of the field magic 'Fallen Paradise.' Because I have a phantom on the field, I can activate it. Once per turn, I draw two cards."
Youxuan drew two more cards.
Youxuan: "Evil Hero The Phantom, attack 'Junk Warrior.'"
The Phantom King’s bony right arm suddenly burst with lava-like veins, the entire arm swelling with energy. The skeletal wings, like a battering ram, swung back to gather momentum, the path of the punch causing the space to collapse and distort, the void warping and melting like wax under a branding iron.
Just as the punch was about to land, reducing Junk Warrior to pieces, a flash of determination appeared in Yusei Fudo’s eyes, and he shouted, "This is what I’ve been waiting for!"
Youxuan: "Oh?"
Yusei Fudo quickly played a card from his hand.
"I send 'Charge Warrior' from my hand to the graveyard to activate its effect!
When a monster on my field with 'Warrior' in its name battles an opponent’s monster, I can send this card from my hand to the graveyard to double the attack power of my monster during the damage calculation!"
As they say, the best defense is a good hand trap. This was a period of rapid development for hand traps in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's environment, and Yusei Fudo, as a master of hand traps in the anime, often used some of the most popular and even some still uncarded hand traps.
Crow Hogan was overjoyed: "You’re something else, Yusei Fudo. You must have prepared this counter to the phantom when you summoned Junk Warrior, right?"
Yusei Fudo remained silent, his face devoid of any joy.
Junk Warrior, benefiting from the effect of Charge Warrior, would double its attack power.
[Junk Warrior, Attack Power 2300 → Attack Power 4600]
Would this be enough to defeat the Phantom?
(End of Chapter)
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