The giant ship resembling a Profound Iron Heavy Sword arrived at the trial, its sturdy black shell enveloping its entire body, with striking purple-red patterns encircling it.
This is the strongest battleship in the fleet brought by the Light of Destruction, serving as the command ship, an emperor's flagship, a super destroyer.
Its name is Dark Eclipser!
[Kozmo Dark Eclipser, ATK 3000]
"So... so big!" Judai exclaimed in awe while gazing up at that enormous destroyer.
"The Dark Eclipser cannot be targeted by Magic, Trap, or Monster Effects," said the Light of Destruction, "and when a Trap Card is activated, it can banish a 'Kozmo' from the graveyard to negate and destroy that activation."
"It can't be targeted by effects again?" Judai said, "These ships are such a hassle..."
If it's just a big monster that "cannot be targeted by effects," this resistance isn't too troublesome. Although it's a bit tricky, there are plenty of ways to deal with it.
But if the entire card deck of the opponent's big monsters all "cannot be targeted by effects," then that's a bit of a problem.
Kozmo is that kind of card deck. Ships like Forerunner, Sliprider, and Dark Eclipser all come with built-in resistance to being targeted.
Even if you destroy them using field-wide bombardment effects like "Mirror Force," or directly through battle, their effects can drag new ship battleships from the card deck, quite troublesome indeed.
"Not only that, as long as this thing is on the field, trap cards are locked," said Yubel behind Judai, "It's a very troublesome opponent."
Saying this, Yubel squinted.
"This 'Light of Destruction'... is extraordinarily strong."
"This ends it," said the Light of Destruction coolly, "'Kozmo Dark Eclipser,' attack 'Elemental Hero Shadow Mist.'
Single-axis super laser cannon!"
The super battleship revealed its thick, intimidating cannon barrel, with spinning particles rapidly converging within the dark hole of a barrel, forming a high-concentration energy stream.
The heavy cannon fired, its momentum as if a mighty waterfall! Shadow Mist was engulfed instantly upon contact with that terrifying force, the explosive energy sweeping across Youyu and Judai's field.
Last turn, Youyu intentionally left Shadow Mist on the field because Shadow Mist had a final word of searching for a "Hero" monster from the deck when sent to the grave.
Unfortunately, under the suppression of Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju's ability, Shadow Mist's effect couldn't be activated.
"Now your field is completely empty," said the Light of Destruction indifferently.
He lowered his arm.
"Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju, direct attack!"
The Kaiju roared fiercely, endless thunder converging in its mouth! It was almost a despairing roar of thunder, golden lightning flashing across the sky, drawn in by the gravitational field into its three open gigantic mouths!
"This is bad!" X y spectator Mitsuzawa began to panic, "If you take this hit, it's all over!"
"Judai!" Manjome tightened his fist, veins bulging, "Are you going to stop here before resolving things between us!?"
Everyone's hearts were in their throats.
It was as if the fate of the entire planet faced judgment at this moment.
Judai and Youyu's combined Life Points remaining was 2800, and the Thunder King, the Lightningstrike Kaiju's attack power was 3300, and this turn, they couldn't activate any effects including Hand Pit...
Clouds of despair quietly stretched over the blue planet.
"Goodbye, Guardians of this world," said the Light of Destruction.
Boom!!!
Gravity Blast roared out, the rolling thunder lingering, the explosion thundered across the sky.
"...Hmm?"
The Light of Destruction was somewhat surprised.
[Youyu x Judai, LP 2800]
"Whew~ I was scared to death," Judai sighed with lingering fear, "I thought I was done for..."
Then he cast a look of adoration at Youyu: "As expected of the teacher! How can there still be a way to defend under such circumstances... uh, but how did this happen?"
The Light of Destruction had the same question: "Why weren't you defeated?"
Soon he noticed a fading illusion on the field, with a figure like a skeletal golden demon gradually dissipating.
"Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder? Impossible. When Hamon left the field, Thunder of Fallen's effect should have been sealed by the Thunder King..."
"It's not the effect of 'Thunder of Fallen,' but Hamon itself. When Hamon in Defense Position is destroyed that turn, all damage to us becomes 0." (Anime effect)
Youyu revealed Hamon in the graveyard, explaining.
"'Thunder of Fallen' protects us from any damage as long as any Phantasm leaves the field, while Hamon only activates when 'destroyed' itself, and only in Defense Position.
But Hamon's effect doesn't need to be activated, doesn't chain, so naturally, it's not affected by Thunder King's 'unable to activate any effects' interference."
Hamon roared proudly in the void, as if to say, I'm awesome.
"I see, even when no effects can be activated, there's still the non-chaining 'generic effects.'" Light of Destruction understood, "You are truly resourceful, Duel King Youyu."
This part may be a little too complex for the native duelists here; most didn't really understand what happened.
But that's not important; all the onlookers need to know is that Duel King Youyu found a way to avert danger and blocked the fatal blow even under the terrifying suppression of "unable to activate any effect."
After a rollercoaster of emotions, the audience's admiration for this First Duel King rose to an indescribable level.
The Duel King truly is a god!
"A beautiful defense, but ultimately just a temporary delay," said the Light of Destruction, "Then my turn is over."
"Alright! Then it's my turn!"
The unprecedentedly powerful enemy and the burden of carrying the entire planet didn't seem to deter Judai; on the contrary, he remained full of energy, determined not to let the teacher down this turn.
Perhaps this child is just simply thick-skinned, but even so, this quality is already considered extremely rare among duelists.
Perhaps it's also one of the reasons he could become the protagonist.
"Then it's my turn, draw!"
Judai glanced at the card he drew, then looked at Youyu: "Teacher, I need to borrow your card too."
Youyu nodded, indicating go ahead, don't be courteous with the teacher.
"Magic Card 'Magic Planter,' send the Continuous Magic Cards on the field to the graveyard to draw two cards!" (Anime effect)
Judai pointed to one of the cards in their back row.
"I send Continuous Magic Card 'Thunder of Fallen' to the graveyard, draw two cards!"
"Next up is the Magic Card 'Legacy of a Hero,' when there are two or more Level 4 or above 'Heroes' in the graveyard, draw three cards!"
Judai glanced at the opposing field with the menacing Thunder King, then at the surrounding modernized urban environment made of steel and concrete.
If 'Kyoutou Waterfront' is on the field, next turn Thunder King's ability can be activated again. The full lockdown of Magic, Trap, and Monster Effects, plus instantaneous burst of triple strikes, this killing blow is still quite terrifying.
Must first deal with this Field.
Although 'Kyoutou Waterfront' can use Kaiju Counters to substitute for destruction resistance, it's only limited to effect destruction.
In terms of regular destruction, it cannot do anything.
"I activate the Field Magic 'Temple of the Kings' from my hand!" Judai raised a card in his hand, "New field appears, so 'Kyoutou Waterfront' must be destroyed!"