Chapter 145: The Decisive Final Assault
Chapter 145: The Decisive Final Assault
"It's my turn now, time to draw!" You Xuan declared as he drew his card. In that instant, a blinding blaze erupted from the Graveyard zone of the Duel Disk, and a fiery phoenix soared skyward.
It was as if the tranquil firmament had been torn asunder, with countless fiery particles converging into a tangible form, dancing and spinning in the air as if the flames had been imbued with life.
The rising inferno unleashed a powerful energy, gradually revealing a majestic silhouette. A golden divine bird with feathers shimmering in dazzling light, its eyes like burning stars, noble yet commanding respect.
"Upon being destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, the effect of 'The Phoenix God of Nephthys' allows it to resurrect during my next standby phase. Thus, the Phoenix God of Nephthys returns!" You Xuan explained.
[The Phoenix God of Nephthys: ATK 2400]
"Furthermore, when successfully special summoned this way, all Magic and Trap cards on both sides of the field are destroyed!"
Spectators exclaimed in surprise: "It can clear the backrow too when it revives?"
"The combination of Silence and Nephthys has minimized the benefits of Lord Pegasus' Beast King's field-wiping effect," commented a woman with a black hair clip. She was none other than Card Professor Tiramoke, one of Lord Pegasus' elite subordinates and a user of a Vampire Deck, whom You Xuan had dueled in the side story.
"Lord Pegasus has utilized the destructive power of Beast King to its fullest, yet it was effortlessly countered. No, not only that, this young man continues to find opportunities to counterattack while defending against his assaults."
The experts nodded in agreement.
Indeed. While it appeared that Night Journey had been relentlessly attacking, he had already expended more than half of his Life Points to do so, while his opponent's Life Points remained untouched.
"Is he really a student of the Duel Academy?" Tiramoke furrowed her brows.
"To be honest, he's already stronger than many of us Card Professors," she admitted.
Kark Dixon remained silent, his eyes narrowed in thought.
"Is the Phoenix God's field wipe paving the way for a subsequent offense?" Night Journey asked, his voice deep and serious. "But it won't be that easy. I activate a face-down card, the continuous trap, 'Chain of the Demon World'!
Bind one monster on the field with the demon's chain, preventing it from attacking or activating its effects!"
An evil green chain shot out from the trap card, coiling around the Phoenix God's body. The golden divine bird struggled, but the flames that enveloped it gradually dimmed, creating an eerie, bound play on the field.
"The effect of the Phoenix God has been negated, allowing my backrow to remain intact," Night Journey stated.
"Moving to the Main Phase," You Xuan continued, revealing another card from his hand. "I activate the magic card, 'Black Hole'! All monsters on both players' fields are destroyed!"
A pitch-black celestial body appeared, as if a rift in the starry river was releasing infinite gravity, indiscriminately seeking to annihilate everything on the field.
Night Journey frowned. "By destroying my defense line and freeing the 'Phoenix God of Nephthys' from the bindings of the 'Chain of the Demon World,' are you planning to clear my backrow again next turn to set up another assault?
A fine calculation, but—"
He raised his hand and flipped another face-down card.
"I activate the face-down trap, 'Magic Drain'! When a magic card is activated, negate the activation and destroy that magic card. However, you can also negate this card by discarding a magic card from your hand."
You Xuan: "I won't discard a magic card."
"Then the activation of 'Black Hole' is negated!"
The pitch-black vortex vanished instantly, along with the storm and gravity it had generated, leaving the field silent once more.
You Xuan: "In that case, I'll proceed with a normal summon and bring out 'Killer Tomato' in attack position."
[Killer Tomato: ATK 1400]
"'Killer Tomato' attacks the face-down 'Beast King - Barbarossa'!"
As the audience watched the cheeky little tomato with a mischievous smile bounce toward Night Journey's field and headbutt the face-down monster, their hearts leaped to their throats.
Good heavens, the tomato is fighting!
A counter-vortex opened up, and the little tomato rammed headlong into the storm, only to stumble back, dazed and confused. Frustrated that its proactive attack had failed to secure a kill, the little tomato retreated.
"I'll set one card and end my turn."
"My turn, draw!" Night Journey declared as he drew his card.
"I activate 'Greed Jar' and draw two more cards!"
After drawing, he immediately played one of the cards he had just drawn.
"I activate the magic card, 'Magic Flowerpot'! Send one Continuous Magic Card from the field to the Graveyard and draw two cards!"
Although the card was named "Magic Flowerpot," its actual effect when made into a real card was to "send a Continuous Trap Card from the field to the Graveyard" to activate it. However, since Night Journey had both Continuous Magic and Continuous Trap Cards on the field at the moment, it made no difference.
"I send the Continuous Magic Card, 'Treasure of the Netherworld,' to the Graveyard and draw two cards."
Night Journey drew again from his deck.
After drawing, Night Journey paused for a moment and then smiled slightly. "My premonition was correct. Kaiba Seto's interest in you is not without reason. You truly are a Duelist worthy of my full strength.
So in this Duel, I will also hold nothing back. I summon my strongest monster in its evolved form!"
The Card Professors seemed to understand something, their faces changing at his words.
"Could it be that Lord Night Journey is about to bring out 'that' card?"
Tiramoke crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Things are getting more and more interesting."
Night Journey already had a card in his hand.
"I activate the magic card, 'Polymerization'! Fuse the 'Beast King, Barbarossa' on the field with the 'Divine Machine King, Ur' in my hand!"
The Divine Machine King, Ur, appeared on the field, and together with the Beast King, they transformed into a golden beam of light that disappeared into the vortex of fusion. A brilliant light burst forth, and the vibrant energy took on the shape of a divine beast—a spiraling spear and crimson armor flashing with the cold light of metal.
The King of Divine Beasts donned crimson metal armor and descended in an even more unstoppable form!
Beast Machine King, Barbarossa Ur—Fusion Summon!
This was also Night Journey's strongest ace, summoned during his final battle after freeing himself from the control of the Evil God with the help of a game in the original story. In the original story, it was a Fusion Monster, but when it became a real card, it was changed to an Effect Monster with a modified effect.
[Beast Machine King, Barbarossa Ur: ATK 3800]
"He's really brought out Lord Night Journey's strongest monster."
The Card Professors were in an uproar.
Even they seemed not to have witnessed Night Journey dueling with his full strength in a long time.
"Then, I Normal Summon 'Seraph Cavalry' from my hand!"
[Seraph Cavalry: ATK 1600]
This was also one of the monsters Night Journey had used in the original story. However, it was just a four-star Angel-Type monster with an effect that increased the Attack of other Angel-Type monsters on his field by 300; nothing special.
"The effect of my Continuous Trap Card, 'Blood Tribute,' activates!" Night Journey declared. "I pay 500 Life Points to perform an additional Normal Summon!"
[Night Journey: LP 1500 → LP 1000]
"I pay 500 Life Points and tribute 'Seraph Cavalry'—
"Level 6, Twin-Headed Beast, I summon you!"
[Twin-Headed Beast: ATK 1700]
"This turn, I will launch my decisive final assault!" Night Journey proclaimed. "If you can handle it, then show me what you've got!"
(End of Chapter)
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