"Come forth, my full power!"
Antinomy shouted.
"Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter, attack the 'Divine Flame Emperor Uriah'!"
The arm device of the Lance Shooter exploded with an overload of white steam, energy conduits lit up with dazzling brilliance, and the slashing of the Photon Blade broke through the critical point, slicing the air into quantum fissures.
Spiral flashes tore through space, cleaving the flames spewed by Uriah. The Photon Heavy Blade's unforgiving cut shredded the Phantom Demon's body, and the crimson dragon burned as it fell.
Of course, the three thousand points of damage that would have decided the victory were entirely nullified by the "Soul Barrier," and did not impact Yugen's D-Wheel.
"End phase, the Attack Power of Lance Shooter returns to normal." Antinomy said.
[Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter, Attack Power 8000→ Attack Power 4000]
"Turn ends."
Antinomy let out a long breath.
It was a success, defeating the legendary Phantom Demon.
And the landing of the Lance Shooter gave him immense confidence, making him feel that facing someone of Yugen's caliber as a King, victory was now assured.
The Lance Shooter in the animation had terrifying suppressive power that the Physical Card did not possess. Saying that its appearance could establish half the victory was not an exaggeration.
The effect of the animated Lance Shooter was that it could negate and destroy any monster's summon, flip summon, special summon, or a summon using card effects.
Furthermore, the Physical Card's Lance Shooter could only use the negation effect once per turn, but the animation had no limit on the number of activations per turn. Its limit was that this effect could be used a number of times equal to the number of Synchro Materials used during Triangular Accelerated Synchro.
That is to say, Antinomy had just used three monsters for Triangular Accelerated Synchro, so the Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter could negate the opponent's monster summons three times.
If my Lance Shooter is on the field and can negate three summons, can you still turn the tables?
"My turn, draw." Yugen said calmly.
"Activate Magic Card 'Monster Recycling'.
Return all cards in the hand and field to the Card Deck, and then draw five cards from the deck." (Original Card)
All of Yugen's cards turned into golden light and returned to the Card Deck, automatically shuffling swiftly. Then the top five cards automatically popped out again.
"Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter, the power of Triangular Accelerated Synchro is indeed astonishing. But..."
He smiled mysteriously.
"You seem to... haven't fully comprehended the might of the Phantom Demon."
"What?" Antinomy was taken aback.
Could it be that the Phantom Demon... had abilities I was unaware of?
"The last effect of Divine Flame Emperor Uriah." Yugen said, "When this card is in the graveyard, it can be Special Summoned from the graveyard by sending a Trap Card from the hand to the graveyard."
Antinomy frowned: "I see, it indeed has a proactive resurrection ability..."
Indeed, this ability raised the threat level of the Divine Flame Emperor by another level, worthy of being a widely circulated legendary monster in the Duel Monsters Realm.
But...
As Yugen discarded a card to the graveyard, lava erupted from the ground, and the Divine Flame Emperor seemed to be showing signs of reawakening.
Antinomy shouted: "At this moment! Activate the effect of 'Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter'!
Negate and destroy monster summons, special summons, flip summons!
I negate the resurrection of the Divine Flame Emperor!"
Lance Shooter swung its lance, and domineering energy spread across the field, immediately pressing the Divine Flame Emperor's coffin back down, rendering it immobile.
"So strong, too strong, it can even negate the summoning of the Phantom Demon."
Yugen said.
"Then I will activate the effect of Divine Flame Emperor again, discard a card from my hand, and resurrect 'Divine Flame Emperor Uriah' from the graveyard."
Antinomy: "!!!"
At this point, he suddenly realized the gravity of the situation.
The effect of discarding a card from the hand to resurrect Divine Flame Emperor... is also not limited to once per turn!
Yes, his Lance Shooter has no limit on the number of activations per turn, but neither does Divine Flame Emperor.
Animated fake card faces off against animated fake card, everyone's effects are fake, so it's a matter of who is faking better.
The activation limit of Lance Shooter depends on its Synchro Material quantity, which means it can be used a maximum of three times. Divine Flame Emperor's limit is determined by the controller's number of Trap Cards in hand.
And judging by the opponent's calm reaction, the Trap Cards in their hand are probably...
Yes, the opponent's starting hand in this duel set three Trap Cards, which indicates that the deck is likely specialized with a Trap Card build focusing on Divine Flame Emperor Uriah.
Even without considering the opponent's Destiny Power of Duel King Level, the deck itself has a high ratio of traps, naturally leading to a high probability of drawing many traps.
But Antinomy currently has no choice but to grit his teeth: "Use the effect of Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter once more, negate the resurrection of Divine Flame Emperor!"
Yes, he can only choose this.
At this point, Yugen had already discarded two traps to the graveyard to resurrect Divine Flame Emperor Uriah. Divine Flame Emperor Uriah's Attack Power depends on the number of Trap Cards in the graveyard, meaning if resurrected now, Uriah's Attack Power would be directly at seven thousand points.
The Lance Shooter's Attack Power has returned to four thousand, one hit from Uriah and Antinomy would lose directly.
Yugen: "Activate the effect of Divine Flame Emperor Uriah again, discard a Trap Card from the hand, and resurrect the Divine Flame Emperor."
Antinomy looked helpless: "Use 'Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter's' effect for the third time, negate the summoning of Divine Flame Emperor Uriah."
But this third negation was also the last one. Thus, the three times of summoning negation by the Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter had been used.
And Yugen indeed revealed his hand once again.
"Discard a Trap Card from the hand again, activate the effect of 'Divine Flame Emperor Uriah'.
Resurrect Divine Flame Emperor Uriah."
Antinomy: "..."
He's out of moves.
The Lance Shooter's full strength was also his full strength, it was his limit. He had tried everything but still, it wasn't enough, now he was at his wit's end.
Three consecutive summon negations, but the consecutive suppression was merely a setup for an even more intense explosion, making the final outburst a hundred times stronger than before.
The immortal crimson dragon burst out from the lava once more, roaring in defiance!
[Divine Flame Emperor Uriah, Attack Power 9000]
Attack Power nine thousand!
"Battle." Yugen said, "Divine Flame Emperor Uriah, attack 'Technology Attribute: Lance Shooter'."
The dimension's rupturing explosion, so loud it could tear eardrums, as Uriah's dragon mouth spewed lava, with dark red fire pillars turning into scorching white the moment they escaped the mouth, burning spiral vacuum trails through space.
The Lance Shooter's armor turned a blistering red in an instant, its layered energy shields touched the flame pillar, only to shatter at the molecular level like fragile glassworks. Under absolute energy suppression, the body of the mechanical giant began layering out, thrusters melted into molten metal, crimson-white flames pierced through its energy core, and millions of photon components scattered like dandelions in a fierce wind, turning into shining data debris in the explosion.
[Antinomy, LP1500→ LP0]