Face of the Undead, Attack Power 3300!
Watching the panel of this eerie dead face surge beyond the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon before his eyes, Dade Temple's expression involuntarily tightened.
The same type as me... no, I should say it's precisely the opposite type of monster.
The Golden Artificial Life Form that Dade Temple just used, and his representing Original Sun Series, both have the common characteristic of accumulating Attack Power through the cards excluded.
But this dead face actually gains Attack Power by shuffling all excluded monsters back into the card deck. It's diametrically opposed to Dade Temple's Alchemy Card Deck, which is truly the most unfavorable card for him.
Dade Temple exhaled a long breath of foul air.
The student said they wouldn't hold back against the teacher, and it's indeed true, isn't it?
"But the attribute of 'Face of the Undead' is Dark Attribute."
Dade Temple squinted his eyes and reminded.
"I think you haven't forgotten, right?"
"Of course."
Yugen nodded, and his gaze turned to the Continuous Trap "Element Absorber" on Dade Temple's field.
Element Absorber can block all attacks from monsters with the same attribute by excluding monsters from the hand. Previously, Dade Temple had used this trap to exclude the Dark Attribute "Dark Elf: Luna."
Although Luna has now been shuffled back into the card deck by Face of the Undead, the effect of Element Absorber that had been activated won't be withdrawn because of this. On Dade Temple's field, the complex absorbing device still shimmers with dark light, and no Dark Attribute attack can break through that layer of Energy Barrier.
"Then I'll activate the Magic Card 'Trap Disassembly.'" Yugen said, "It can destroy face-up Trap Cards on the field.
Destroy 'Element Absorber.'
The Trap Card in Dade Temple's backfield shattered, and the dark light barrier and the complex metal device exploded with a roar.
Dade Temple raised his right arm in front of him to block the aftermath of the mechanical explosion, saying helplessly: "This level of defense can't easily withstand the attack of the King, can it?"
"Next, activate the Magic Card 'Exotic Trifolium.'" Yugen said, "Discard a 4-Star Plant Race monster from the hand, choose one monster on your field, and during this turn, the selected monster can attack twice during the same Battle Phase.
However, as a cost, my other monsters on the field cannot attack... of course, I don't have any other monsters on the field right now."
Yugen chuckled and revealed a card from his hand.
"Discard the 4-Star Plant Race 'Killer Tomato' from the hand, allowing 'Face of the Undead' to attack twice this turn."
"Attack Power 3300, and it can attack twice?" Dade Temple seemed to be a bit nervous.
"Battle." Yugen said, "Face of the Undead attacks 'Golden Artificial Life Form.'
The tentacles shot out from the shattered head of the dead face, binding the Golden Life Form without question. The eerily pale doll face suddenly opened its mouth, black mist emanating from it, enveloping the artificial life. Its form eroded and broke apart while being dragged by the tentacles into its mouth and crushed into pieces.
"Ugh..."
[Dade Temple, LP 2000→LP 200]
Dade Temple seemed to be unable to stand firm after being impacted by the black mist, half-kneeling on the ground and clutching his heart.
"Impressive."
"The second attack is coming, be careful, teacher." Yugen said, "Face of the Undead's direct attack."
The round eyes of the dead doll seemed to flash with a bloody aura, the tentacles directly stabbing out, as if it were about to cruelly devour the opponent Duelist just like it did the monster.
"To devour the teacher like that, it's truly brutal... cough,"
Dade Temple coughed twice, clutching his heart. Apparently, his body was already close to failing, now further damaged by the real damage of the Dark Duel.
"But the teacher can't fall that easily either," he half-kneeled on the ground, raising his right hand, "Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Wall of Power'!"
"Oh?" Yugen raised an eyebrow.
Teacher, how are you using Caesar's cards?
"Wall of Power, when enduring battle damage, for every hundred points of damage, send the top card of the card deck to the graveyard." Dade Temple said aloud, "Battle damage becomes nullified!" (Original effect)
Dade Temple drew a large handful of cards from the top of the card deck in one go.
"So I'll send 33 cards to the graveyard, and the battle damage becomes 0!"
The cards soared in Dade Temple's hand, as if forming a shield blocking Face of the Undead's attack. Yet those cards didn't fall, instead, they seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, floating in the air, forming a vortex and being completely absorbed into Dade Temple's Alchemy Cauldron.
"Alchemy Cauldron - Chaos Refinement's effect." Dade Temple smiled, "Since this card is still on the field, naturally the cards sent to the graveyard aren't actually going to the graveyard, but are instead excluded from the game.
Therefore, this turn, including the previously destroyed 'Golden Artificial Life Form,' 'Element Absorber,' 'Wall of Power,' and those 33 cards, all are excluded from the game!"
A total of 36 cards!
"So much excluded resource suddenly fattened up." Yugen chuckled, "Worthy of Teacher Dade Temple, immediately resolving Face of the Undead's trouble."
"Haha, you're not bad either. You suddenly drove the teacher's Life Points down to a weak candle in the wind, teacher almost disappeared to ashes, it was truly dangerous."
"Ahaha, teacher instructs well."
Yugen was modest.
"Now I'll set two Cover Cards, ending the turn."
"Then my turn, draw."
He played the card he drew.
"Magic Card 'Akasha Record.' Draw two cards from your card deck, but if any card drawn has been used in this duel, it must be excluded from the game." (Original Card)
"Then at this moment, Free Ride's effect." Yugen said, "I also draw two cards."
Dade Temple glanced at the card he drew, slowly raised his head, and squinted his eyes again.
His usual eyes are like this, hidden behind thick eyeglass lenses, squinted to the point of being nearly invisible. It usually makes him look harmless, appearing timid, wanting to run faster than the Pharaoh whenever something happens.
But now, wearing the same glasses, also with squinted eyes, it gives the feeling of a sword hidden in its sheath, ready to be drawn at any time.
"Being the King in the Dueling Realm after all, a small slip and the teacher would be finished." He adjusted his glasses, speaking as if to himself, "Haha, maybe in this duel, the challenger undergoing the test is me...
Yeah. Then I won't be polite either."
He raised his hand, his red pupils briefly exposed.
"Continuous Trap 'Great Cosmos'!"
As Dade Temple's iconic legendary trap, once activated, it has already drawn the entire duel field into an boundless starry sky. Stars adorned, both duelists seem to stand opposing on the ends of the star sea, separated by an endless galaxy in-between.
"While Great Cosmos is on the field, any card sent to the graveyard by both parties won't be sent to the grave, but will be excluded from the game. Moreover, special summon from the card deck this card."
Dade Temple clenched his fist, and from the card deck seemed to emerge a fire dragon.
"Reveal yourself!
Original Sun Helios!!!