"Split Demon Realm Rose, attack 'Survivor from Another Dimension'!"
The roses of the Demon Realm waved their vines, the vibrant flowers opening and closing like a mouth eager to devour its prey.
"At this moment, the effect of Split Demon Realm Rose," Yubel said, "copies the attack power of the target."
[Split Demon Realm Rose, Attack Power 0 → Attack Power 1800]
Two vine-like tentacles ensnared the arms of the Survivor from Another Dimension, while two more spear-like vines pierced through. The Survivor from Another Dimension was suddenly impaled and exploded out of the field.
"Of course, with the protection of the 'Knightly Spirit', the Split Demon Realm Rose itself won't be destroyed in battle with a monster of equal attack power."
Yubel chuckled softly, slowly flicking out a card with two fingers.
"Then activate the Magic Card 'Heaven and Earth's Treasure Scroll.' In a turn where an upper-level summon is performed, you can draw two cards from the deck. However, the drawn cards can't be used this turn, and if they can be covered, at least one must be covered on the field."
Yubel drew two cards, glanced at them, added them to her hand, then selected three cards from her hand.
"Cover three cards, the turn ends."
"Three cards in the back row, that's indeed terrifying."
Yugen said tranquilly.
"But at the end of this turn..."
On Yugen's field, a jet-black lightning sprang from the Dimensional Rift, crashing onto the field like thunder. The lightning exploded on the ground and transformed into a tattered cloak. The warrior clad in the cloak returned once more.
[Survivor of the Other Dimension, Attack Power 1800]
"What?" Yubel frowned, "The Survivor from Another Dimension? That guy should have been taken down already..."
"He is called 'Survivor' for a reason," Yugen said. "During the end phase of a turn where this card on my field is excluded from the game, the excluded card will be special summoned back to my field."
"Excluded from the game..."
Yubel glanced at the rift in the sky and came to a sudden realization.
"Dimensional Rift huh?"
The effect of Dimensional Rift sends all monsters to be excluded from the game rather than to the graveyard. When Survivor from Another Dimension is destroyed in battle, it is excluded, and its own effect triggers to resurrect it on the field.
Thus, their monsters are at a stalemate; one can copy the opponent's attack power constantly while being invincible in battle, and the other can resurrect infinitely from exclusion. The battle of these two monsters is meaningless.
"A monster specially designed to combine with Dimensional Rift, huh." Yubel sneered, "Clearly, we need to deal with the troublesome rift first."
"My turn, draw a card."
Yugen said.
"At this moment,"
Yubel waved her hand.
"Activate the cover card, Trap Card 'Sand Tornado'! I destroy one magic or trap card on the field."
Her target was obvious.
"Destroy the Continuous Magic 'Dimensional Rift'!"
The magic that was the biggest thorn in her side thus far dissipated into nothing within the tornado.
Yugen was unfazed and proceeded to the main phase.
"Use 'Survivor from Another Dimension' as a sacrifice for an upper-level summon! The emperor of light and thunder power—"
"—Thunder Emperor Zaborug, summon!"
Survivor from Another Dimension vanished in the storm of sacrifice, incandescent light and thunder rallying together, transforming into surging celestial thunder striking the ground.
The cloak of the emperor fluttered in the wind as he hovered mid-air, with the thunder rolling like an army awaiting orders.
[Thunder Emperor Zaborug, Attack Power 2400]
"Sacrificed the Survivor... I see. If the Dimensional Rift hadn't been destroyed, the sacrificed Survivor would also be excluded and resurrected at the end of the turn, allowing continual use as a sacrifice." Yubel commented.
"When Thunder Emperor Zaborug is successfully summoned, destroy a monster on the field."
Yugen pointed towards Yubel's field.
"Destroy the Split Demon Realm Rose."
Thunder gathered, forming an electric sphere in the right hand of the Thunder Emperor. The sphere roared and blasted toward the Demon Realm Rose.
"The Demon Realm Rose's invincibility is limited to battles," Yugen said, "it's powerless against effect destruction."
Yubel: "Activate the cover card, Trap Card 'Darkness of Substitution'!"
As her words fell, a cloud of black fog released from her trap, forming a barrier like a mist before the Demon Realm Rose. The Thunder Emperor's electric light was completely absorbed into the swirling cloud, disappearing without a trace.
"Using the Thunder Emperor to break the battle invincibility of the Split Demon Realm Rose is a good idea." Yubel chuckled, "Unfortunately, I seem to have the upper hand."
"Then activate Equipment Magic 'Rainbow Robe'."
Yugen revealed his equipped card.
"Equip to 'Thunder Emperor Zaborug.'
Radiant energy covered the Thunder Emperor, resembling a flowing armor of colorful light.
"When the monster equipped with Rainbow Robe is in battle, during the battle phase, the opposing monster's effect is negated."
Yubel: "!"
In other words, in battle between Thunder Emperor and Rose, the effect of the Demon Realm Rose becomes void, reducing it to a 0 attack figure.
But what shocked Yubel wasn't just that.
She was horrified by the fact that this equipment magic also works effectively on her true form!
Yubel, having evolved in the cosmos through the light fluctuation process, now has three different forms. But in any form, her attack power is originally 0. However, her true form can't be destroyed in battle and can rebound battle damage to the opponent, which is her main combat strategy.
But merely this one piece of equipment magic is enough to reduce her proud form to a 0 attack figure!
Centered around Dimensional Rift, the Exorcism System, and now this startlingly targeted Rainbow Robe...
Is this a coincidence?
Can mere coincidences really target her this precisely?
"Thunder Emperor Zaborug, attack the 'Split Demon Realm Rose.'" Yugen declared, "And during the battle phase, the effect of 'Rainbow Robe' renders the Demon Realm Rose's effect void during the battle steps."
Yubel: "Tch..."
However, another effect of the Split Demon Realm Rose is that when it's destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard, it leaves behind two derivatives. These derivatives can be used as sacrifices for an upper-level summon in the next turn, providing substantial sustainability.
Now that Dimensional Rift has been destroyed, even if the Demon Realm Rose is defeated, next turn...
"During the attack declaration phase, I activate Speed Attack Magic 'Light Divinity.'" Yugen announced, "Special summon an Angel Race monster from my hand. The special summoned monster's attack power is halved, and it is destroyed during the end phase."
Yubel: "?"
An Angel Race summoned at this moment?
What is that supposed to be?
Yugen: "Special summon this Angel from my hand.
Flash Exile!"
[Flash Exile, Attack Power 1600 → Attack Power 800]
"The effect of Flash Exile," Yugen smiled, "while this card is on the field, all cards sent to the graveyard are not sent to the graveyard, but excluded from the game directly.
Yubel: "......"