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Chapter 174: The End of Magic
Chapter 174: The End of Magic
"You used the effect of Nirvana to summon the Phoenix God of Nephthys in this situation?" Luna frowned, "It's indeed the most troublesome monster for me in the current situation."
However, Luna lifted his arm and revealed another Trap Card.
"I activate the Trap Card, 'Fantasy's Curse'!" Luna declared. A seal, resembling a magic circle, emerged from the Trap Card and shackled the Phoenix God, causing its flames to dim as if it were temporarily bound and unable to unleash its power.
"Fantasy's Curse lets me place a curse on one monster on the field!" Luna explained, "The cursed monster's special abilities are negated, and its attack power decreases by five hundred points!"
[Phoenix God of Nephthys: 2400 ATK → 1900 ATK]
"What a pity," Asuka exclaimed. "If the effect of the Phoenix God had gone through, it would have almost cleared the field."
But You Xuan remained unperturbed. After all, against an opponent of this caliber, with four equipped monsters on the field and four Set cards in the backrow, it would be unnatural if they had no countermeasures and simply let all eight of their cards be destroyed so easily.
"Moving on to the Main Phase, I activate the Spell Card 'Advanced Draw.' By sacrificing an 8-star or higher monster on my field, I draw two cards.
I sacrifice the 'Phoenix God of Nephthys,' which is currently cursed by your Trap, and draw two cards from my deck."
The Phoenix God disintegrated into specks of light and scattered into the deck. You Xuan drew two more cards.
Glancing at one of the newly drawn cards, a slight curve appeared at the corners of You Xuan's mouth.
It's here.
Luna instinctively sensed something amiss.
What game-changing card did he draw this time?
"I activate the Spell Card, 'Angel's Alms,' allowing me to draw three cards from my deck, and then discard two cards from my hand to the graveyard."
You Xuan drew the cards and added them to his hand, then proceeded to discard two cards from his hand.
"Next, I will summon this card. I sacrifice the 'Nephthys Supplicant' on my field."
With a wave of You Xuan's hand, a card landed on the Dueling Disk with a snap.
"Advanced Summon! The bane of magic, the magic-sealing weapon—
—Magic Dispel, I summon!"
"What?!" Luna lost his composure.
"Magic Dispel"? How did he suddenly pull out something like this?
"Indeed, as long as Magic Dispel remains on the field, neither of us can activate Spell Cards, and the effects of all Spell Cards currently on the field become invalid," You Xuan explained.
"The effect of 'Armed Transmigration' allows me to summon Equipment Cards from my graveyard as monsters, and their Equipment effects are treated as their respective monster effects. However, they are still Spell Cards, so their effects will be negated by Magic Dispel," You Xuan continued.
Mmm, that's the kind of effect that would be a headache for the Affairs Bureau to adjudicate. Perhaps that's why 'Armed Transmigration' hasn't been made into an actual card yet.
If he had to guess, if it were to be made into a real card, the effect might be changed to specially summon tokens to the field and then equip them with the Equipment Cards from the graveyard. That might be a bit more balanced.
Of course, this was still the world of anime and manga, so the original effect remained. You Xuan had naturally known about Luna's signature tactic before their duel, so the inclusion of Magic Dispel was a deliberate countermeasure.
Otherwise, the core deck of the [Chaos Mutated Phoenix God] would not have included Magic Dispel.
While magic monsters were rare, they could be treated similarly to Trap monsters, which were quite common in the real card game. Trap monsters possessed the dual characteristics of both Trap Cards and Monster Cards, so in the context of real-world card rulings, they would be affected by both Trap effects and Monster effects.
【Unity Power, Attack Power 4500 → Attack Power 500】
【Magician's Power, Attack Power 4500 → Attack Power 500】
【Demon's Axe, Attack Power 1500 → Attack Power 500】
Aside from the "Jewel Sword," which had been Special Summoned in face-down Defense Position, the rest of the Equipment cards instantly went from formidable beaters to mere openings for a breakthrough, with only five hundred attack points each.
"Then, in response to the summon of 'Magic Dispel,' I activate my Set card—"
Tianma Yuxingye immediately responded.
"Trap Card—Torrential Tribute! When a monster is summoned, destroy all monsters on the field!"
It was undoubtedly a significant loss for him to activate Torrential Tribute at this juncture. He had five monsters on his field, while You Xuan only had one. Including the Torrential Tribute he activated himself, it was almost like trading six of his monsters for one of You Xuan's.
However, he had a premonition that if he didn't do this, with a bunch of five-hundred-attack monsters left on the field, he might not live to see his next turn.
And even if he managed to survive, if he missed this opportunity, he would likely be unable to counter-attack next turn due to the suppression of "Magic Seal."
The turquoise torrent resembled a violent flood as it roared and raged, like a stampede of a thousand horses charging across the field.
Although it resulted in his own destruction, the Magic Dispel had valiantly traded places with one of his opponent's monsters, fulfilling its glorious mission. On Yuxingye's side of the field, a series of explosions went off, creating a spectacular scene.
Total annihilation!
"You're quite decisive," Luna said. "Now, I've already used my Normal Summon for this turn, so I can't summon another monster. However..."
You Xuan slowly drew another card from his hand.
"I remove from play the Light Attribute monster 'Blade Knight' that I discarded from my hand to the Graveyard this turn, as well as the Dark Attribute 'Trainee Magician' from my Graveyard."
Yuxingye's eyes widened in surprise once more.
Was this turn's offense not over yet? And with this setup and these summoning conditions, could it be that...
"The souls of Light and Darkness are offered as a sacrifice to the Chaos Field, invoking the legendary ultimate warrior! The creation of Heaven and Earth—Chaos Soldier, Descend!"
A blinding golden light burst forth from the monster card in his hand.
The Chaos Soldier, a harbinger of chaos, arrived!
Amidst the chaos that overturned order and rules, the sword energies of light and darkness cleaved the sky. Light and darkness intertwined like the union of yin and yang, slicing through darkness and chaos. A warrior clad in armor descended with a longsword, akin to a divine soldier from above.
【Chaos Soldier – Harbinger of Chaos, Attack: 3000】
Yuxingye's expression turned solemn: "You immediately summoned a Chaos Soldier after clearing the field."
"Chaos Soldier, attack!" You Xuan declared. "Dual Blade Opening Slash!"
The chaotic and fiery sword of light and darkness was raised, its tip pointing towards the sky. A powerful aura erupted, and the guidance of the sword energies formed a vortex of intertwining light and darkness, transforming into countless sword shadows that swept across Yuxingye's body.
"Ugh!"
The barrage of sword shadows sent Yuxingye stumbling back several steps, clutching his chest as he fell to one knee.
【Yuxingye: LP 4000 → LP 1000】
"Then, I'll Set one card and end my turn."
(End of Chapter)
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