Chapter 459: A Major Crisis for Darkness
Chapter 459: A Major Crisis for Darkness
"I summon the End Knight!"
A red-cloaked swordsman clad in armor appeared on the field, brandishing a longsword, his eyes concealed behind a visor. As he landed, he skillfully executed a flourish with his blade.
[End Knight: ATK 1400]
"Upon a successful summon, the effect of the End Knight lets me send any Dark Attribute monster from my deck to the graveyard!" Dark Blizzard explained as he began his search.
The ability to precisely send any Dark Attribute monster to the graveyard was simple, brutal, and practical—a timelessly powerful asset for any Dark Attribute-focused deck.
And as the Red-Eyes family was predominantly Dark Attribute, and Dark Blizzard's own deck relied on the same attribute, the End Knight was an extremely compatible external attachment.
However—
"Hold on a moment."
Dark Blizzard's search was abruptly interrupted by You Xuan, who calmly flipped over a face-down card and pointed to his backrow.
"I've already activated this face-down card—the Continuous Trap, 'Darkness-Sucking Magic Mirror'.
As long as this card remains on the field, all effects of Dark Attribute monsters on the field or in the graveyard are negated."
Dark Blizzard froze for a moment, as if stunned for two seconds, before slowly raising his head to look at the trap card in You Xuan's backrow.
A massive magic mirror appeared under the trap's effect, clearly reflecting the knight's figure. Dark energy was drawn out from the knight's body, relentlessly being sucked into the mirror.
The End Knight instantly wilted, as if all its energy had been drained, and it couldn't help but kneel dejectedly on the ground, its entire body feeling powerless.
Dark Blizzard: "..."
As its name implied, the Darkness-Sucking Magic Mirror was the Dark Attribute counterpart to the Flashing Magic Mirror.
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon were the respective representatives of the Light and Dark Dragon types. If the effect of the Flashing Magic Mirror was "White Dragon must die," then the Darkness-Sucking Magic Mirror was undoubtedly "Black Dragon must die."
Dark Blizzard's search froze. He looked at the wilted knight on his field and then at his hand, which consisted of a deck that was 90% Dark Attribute.
Suddenly, his mouth twitched.
He felt like he couldn't play this hand at all.
"What's wrong?" You Xuan narrowed his eyes. "Mr. Darkness, as a powerful duelist, surely a single trap card won't stump you?"
Could someone be stumped by a single card in their entire deck? No, that couldn't be... Dark Blizzard grit his teeth and declared:
"Then, let's battle! End Knight, attack the Guardian of the Grave!"
Although the End Knight's effect had been negated, its raw stats remained intact. The Guardian of the Grave raised its halberd to defend, but the End Knight deftly dodged the halberd with a flick of its sword tip and pierced the guardian's throat.
[You Xuan: LP 4000 → LP 3600]
"End of turn." Dark Blizzard declared heavily.
"My turn, draw." You Xuan waved his hand.
"I activate the two face-down cards on the field—two copies of the Trap Card 'Goblin's Business Tactics'.
Each one allows me to draw a number of cards from my deck equal to the number of 'Goblin's Business Tactics' in my graveyard, plus one. Then, I return one card from my hand to the bottom of my deck."
"You don't have any Business Tactics in your graveyard!" Dark Blizzard exclaimed.
"Correct," You Xuan replied, "So I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Emergency Food' from my hand. I send the two Business Tactics on the field to the graveyard and recover 2000 Life Points.
Now, when the two Trap Cards resolve, there will be two 'Goblin's Business Tactics' in the graveyard.
Thus, I draw a total of six cards from my deck and return two cards from my hand to the bottom of my deck."
"I activate my face-down trap card, 'Call of the Living Dead'!" You Xuan announced. "This card allows me to Special Summon a monster from my graveyard in an attack position. I Special Summon 'Guardian Sphinx'!"
A massive sphinx with the body of a lion and the head of a human appeared, its golden fur shimmering in the light.
[Guardian Sphinx: ATK 1700]
"Sphinx, attack the 'End Knight'!"
The knight was swiftly defeated, and Dark Blizzard's black cloak billowed in the wind, fluttering wildly.
[Dark Blizzard: LP 3000 → LP 2700]
"In my second Main Phase, I activate the effect of 'Guardian Sphinx,'" You Xuan continued. "This card can be changed to face-down Defense Position once per turn. I return Guardian Sphinx to a face-down position."
The sphinx statue returned to its slumber, once again becoming a face-down card.
"I set a monster in face-down Defense Position. End turn."
Dark Blizzard gritted his teeth. The confidence he had at the beginning of the duel had vanished, and he now faced a dire situation.
That annoying Sphinx could flip itself face-down each turn and had the powerful ability to return all of his monsters to his hand when flipped face-up. And even if he wanted to quickly break through this predicament, his opponent still had the 'Darkness-Sucking Magic Mirror' in the back row.
In this situation, his options were very limited.
"Not drawing a card, Darkness?" You Xuan smiled. "Or do you want to surrender now? After all, I'm a kind person, and I can't bear to see others suffer. I'm easy to talk to."
Dark Blizzard realized that You Xuan was mocking him with his own words.
"Don't get cocky," Dark Blizzard said through clenched teeth.
What a joke! He was Darkness, the one destined to shroud the world in darkness one day. When had he ever endured such humiliation?
"My turn, draw!" Dark Blizzard declared. "I activate the Magic Card 'Magic Book of the Pot,' which allows both players to draw three cards from their decks!" (Original card)
Dark Blizzard drew his cards quickly and his eyes flickered as he caught sight of one particular card.
He did have a way to bypass the 'Darkness-Sucking Magic Mirror' and launch an offense.
"First, I activate my face-down trap card, 'Sixth Sense'!" Dark Blizzard explained. "I declare the numbers five and six, and you will roll a die. If the result is either five or six, I draw that number of cards. If not, I send that number of cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard."
"Roll the die," You Xuan said.
However, it seemed that although Dark Blizzard had inherited the Ace of the Gambling King and his appearance, he had not inherited his luck. The die landed, tumbled twice, and stopped at the number three.
Undeterred, Dark Blizzard drew three cards.
"Then I send three cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard."
Immediately, he flipped another face-down card.
"I activate my trap card, 'True Red-Eyes Spirit'!" Dark Blizzard proclaimed. "This card allows me to Special Summon a 'Red-Eyes' monster from my graveyard. Rise again, my soul, my flesh and blood, Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
Lava once again transformed into a fiery dragon, twisting and turning in the air. As it spiraled downward, transparent flames surged forth, and it took on the form of the Black Dragon King.
Red-Eyes Black Dragon, summoned once more!
[Red-Eyes Black Dragon: ATK 2400]
"Now, I activate the Magic Card 'Black Fireball'!" Dark Blizzard shouted. "When I have a 'Red-Eyes Black Dragon' on the field, this card inflicts damage to my opponent equal to the original ATK of the 'Red-Eyes' monster!"
(End of Chapter)
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