Chapter 147: The Sword of Creation
Chapter 147: The Sword of Creation
"My turn, draw."
Yexing immediately slapped down the card he drew.
"I summon 'Lance Scale Bug'!"
Despite its name, the monster that appeared was a dragon. With green wings and a spiral lance in its hand, it glared menacingly at the face-down monster on You Xuan's field.
[Lance Scale Bug: ATK 1800]
"Lance Scale Bug can inflict piercing battle damage when attacking defense position monsters," Yexing explained. "I attack with 'Lance Scale Bug'!"
The Lance Scale Bug flapped its wings, and the lance thrust forward.
"But I have the continuous trap 'Soul Barrier' on the field," You Xuan said. "As long as I have a monster on my field, I won't take any battle damage, even from piercing effects."
You Xuan then flipped over his face-down monster, revealing a one-eyed giant pot with a sneering expression.
"Pot of Greed!" You Xuan declared. "When this card is flipped face-up, both players discard their hands and then draw five cards each."
Although it was now considered too slow and outdated for the current meta, Pot of Greed used to be a powerful banned card, a game-changer on the competitive scene.
Like the Nephthys Phoenix God, this card was also a gift from Sher, one of the Three Musketeers of Doma. Although Sher had passed away, his spirit lived on through his cards, now inherited by You Xuan. Perhaps Sher could finally rest in peace.
You Xuan drew a handful of cards from his deck. "I draw according to the effect of Pot of Greed!"
Yexing also replenished his hand and narrowed his eyes to examine his new cards.
"I set two cards. End turn."
"My turn," You Xuan said. He drew a card, paused briefly, and then smiled.
"As expected of Mr. Tianma, you are indeed formidable. It seems I'll have to get serious now."
Hearing this, the Card Professors couldn't help but be astonished.
So, up until now, he hadn't been using his full strength?
"Oh?" Yexing's expression showed his interest.
"You were holding back until now?"
"Not exactly," You Xuan smiled and slowly drew a card from his hand.
"Then, here I come."
You Xuan raised his right arm, and a pitch-black vortex appeared on the field before him, as if it were a portal to the underworld. Light and dark energies spiraled upward, intertwining and converging at a single point.
"Remove from play the Light attribute 'Holy Magician' and the Dark attribute 'Apprentice Magician' from your graveyard! Offering the souls of light and darkness to the Chaos Zone, I summon the legendary warrior! Creation of the Heavens and Earth—
—Chaos Soldier: Envoy of the Beginning, I summon you!"
Amidst the churning chaos, endless darkness and nothingness intertwined. At the pinnacle of chaos, a powerful force surged, and dazzling light erupted like a rising sun.
The darkness was instantly dispelled, and the blades of light and darkness cleaved through the chaos. The warrior's armor shone with a mysterious radiance as he appeared, striding through the storm.
[Chaos Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning: ATK 3000]
"Envoy of the Beginning?"
Many onlookers couldn't hide their surprise.
That legendary warrior was in the hands of this student?
Guiping nodded with a hint of relief. "Oh, it looks like you've become quite skilled at wielding the power of chaos."
His brother would surely be pleased to know this.
"Envoy of the Beginning, attack 'Lance Scale Bug'!" You Xuan commanded. "Chaos Double Slash!"
The Chaos Soldier slashed with its sword, and the light and dark sword energies seemed to rend the very heavens and earth! This attack would inflict 1200 points of battle damage.
[Yexing: 1000 LP → 500 LP]
[Curse Dragon: 1500 DEF]
"So that's how you avoid taking battle damage," You Xuan realized.
The effect of 'Blood Sacrifice' could only be activated during either player's Main Phase or the opponent's Battle Phase. That's why Yexing couldn't activate it immediately after drawing a card from the effect of 'Morphing Pot' in the previous turn; otherwise, he would have summoned a new monster and continued his attack.
However, on the flip side, if 'Blood Sacrifice' didn't have the restriction of not being able to be activated during his turn, and if Yexing had chosen to attack again last turn, his Life Points would have been reduced to 500, and he wouldn't have been able to activate 'Blood Sacrifice' this turn.
In that case, he wouldn't have been able to defend himself this turn.
The Sword of Creation descended, cleaving Curse Dragon in two, and the dragon exploded into nothingness, leaving the field.
"The effect of 'Chaos Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning' allows me to make one additional attack if it destroys an opponent's monster in battle," You Xuan explained.
The Card Professors were on the edge of their seats, their nerves taut.
Though Yexing had managed to defend against the first attack, the battle wasn't over yet. The Chaos Soldier's terrifying consecutive attack ability meant that the next strike would still seal his defeat.
And this time, Yexing's remaining 500 Life Points were insufficient to activate 'Blood Sacrifice' again and summon another wall of defense.
But Yexing had another trick up his sleeve. He played another card from his hand.
"When a monster on my field is destroyed by battle or card effect: I can Special Summon this card from my hand in face-down defense mode. I Special Summon 'Thorn Dragon of the Foreign World!'"
[Thorn Dragon of the Foreign World: 1100 DEF]
The Sword of Creation struck again, and the temporal strike of the 'Temporal Strike Blade' transformed into a myriad of sword shadows. Countless sword beams pierced the Thorn Dragon, turning it into a sieve as it fell, riddled with holes, and exploded with a loud bang.
However, Yexing wasn't done yet. He flipped another card on the field. "I activate my face-down Trap Card, 'Time Machine'! When a monster is destroyed by battle: Return that monster to the field in the same battle position it was in! I bring back 'Thorn Dragon of the Foreign World!'"
A thick, black mechanical dragon emerged from the mist of time, and the flow of time on the field reversed. Even before the smoke from the dragon's explosion could dissipate, it was pulled back by the invisible force of time, flowing backward until it completely disappeared, and the shattered pieces reassembled into the form of a purple-black dragon, returning to the field.
[Thorn Dragon of the Foreign World: 1100 DEF]
"He managed to block both attacks from the Chaos Soldier and kept his monster on the field," Guiping nodded in appreciation. "As expected of Bacas' prized student, Yexing is quite skilled."
You Xuan wasn't surprised that his attack had been blocked.
"I set two cards. End turn."
(End of Chapter)
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