"Disappear, True Ultimate Blue-Eyes Dragon!"
The Evil God laughed. Kaiba grimaced, clenching his teeth, and reluctantly took the Ultimate Dragon card from the Duel Disc, forced to send it to the graveyard.
The overwhelming darkness of the Root of Fear exploded, instantly enveloping the Ultimate Dragon completely. The dragon roared unwillingly, but even with Absolute Resistance, it couldn't withstand the Divine Power of evolution, helplessly dragged into the abyss without a trace.
"Battle continues!" said the Evil God, "Now your field is empty!
Direct attack from the Root of Fear!"
The Evil God's roar, seeming both like a shout and a laugh. Like armor, bones covered the arm, clenched into a fist that exploded downward. The overwhelming fist power resembled thunder, accompanied by a loud blast and boundless darkness.
Boom——
The Evil God lowered his arm, seemingly convinced the duel was over, and sneered, "As entertainment, it's been decent enough. But when faced with the evolved divine being, even you, Seto Kaiba, ultimately are..."
But midway through, he suddenly sensed something was wrong.
"Huh?"
The darkness dispersed, and within the midst of the shockwave, Seto Kaiba was staggering but stood firm, panting heavily, yet resolutely standing. His body emitted black smoke, but his eyes were unwavering.
The Evil God was greatly surprised: "How can this be? You should have been directly hit..."
But his gaze swept across and immediately noticed the open trap beside Kaiba.
Trap Card - Super Z Stamina Enhancer.
Can be activated when you are about to take over 2000 points of battle damage, immediately recovering 4000 Life Points, truly a super stamina enhancer.
The evolved attack power of Evil God: Root of Fear was as high as 5000 points. Kaiba's life points were restored to 6250 at the instant before the direct attack, allowing him to endure the hit.
[Kaiba, LP1250]
Kaiba steadied, regained his breath, and confidently said, "Is that all?"
The Evil God's anger flared again: "This guy..."
Though annoyed, the Evil God had to admit this person's resilience. Although he regained a large amount of life points, enduring the attack damage, one must know it was the full-force blow of the evolved Evil God, yet Kaiba bore the shock by himself.
Originally, Evil God: Root of Fear was akin to Obelisk among the Phantom Gods, but now with rank evolution, it equated to Winged Divine Dragon.
Back in Duel City, Malik summoned a zero-attack Winged Divine Dragon. In the Dark Game, a direct attack on Joey, though from the duel rules, zero attack couldn't inflict any substantial damage, the Phoenix flames still burnt Joey's consciousness away.
Now, the rank-elevated Root of Fear should be equal to Winged Divine Dragon's attack, and the Root of Fear isn't zero attack but 5000 points of damage. Even if not a rule-based kill, it should destroy a human's spirit and willpower, leaving them a vegetable.
Yet Seto Kaiba merely faltered two steps, soon standing straight again, like an unyielding bamboo stalk.
The Evil God thought: "After all, it's the reincarnation of a priest. There truly are some unique aspects."
But it was nothing more than a bit more effort; he still didn't take Kaiba too seriously.
"Finally, activate the Magic Card 'Heaven and Earth's Treasure Scroll.' During the turn of an Upper-level Summon, draw two cards, but cannot use them. If possible to cover, at least one must be set." (Original Card)
The Evil God drew two cards.
"Set one card, turn ends."
Kaiba said, "My turn, draw card!
Activate the Magic Card 'Life-Reducing Treasure Scroll!' Draw cards until your hand becomes five, but must discard all cards in hand during the preparation phase five turns later."
The Evil God said, "More cards are meaningless, the evolved gods are invincible!"
Kaiba paid no mind, "Activate the Magic Card 'Price Reduction Shopping,' discard Level 8 monsters from the hand to the graveyard, draw two cards from the deck!"
Kaiba showcased the card in his hand.
"Discard 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from hand, draw two cards from the deck!"
Previously, during fusion, two Blue-Eyes and one Sub-White Dragon replaced Blue-Eyes. Thus, the only remaining Blue-Eyes White Dragon remained in the deck.
"Next is the Magic Card 'Angel's Charity,' draw three cards from the deck, discard two cards from hand."
Then Kaiba lifted his head, speaking.
"Divine Evolution... So you haven't entirely stagnated in the past decade. But the evolution of Blue-Eyes and I still surpasses that, no god can halt it!
Activate the Magic Card 'Revive the Dead!' Return once more from the graveyard—
—True Ultimate Blue-Eyes Dragon!"
Yet again the white light soared, like a blazing sun. The spherical light swiftly expanded, transforming once more into the descending three-headed Light Divine Dragon!
[True Ultimate Blue-Eyes Dragon, Attack Power 4500]
The Evil God remained indifferent, merely laughed, "Welcome back, Ultimate Dragon... Well, even if you return now, it's futile."
By now, his Root of Fear had evolved to 5000 attack, comparable to Five Emperors Dragon's formidable combat power. Though its deterrence effect was ineffective against the Ultimate Dragon, the dragon couldn't defeat it head-on either.
"Use True Ultimate Blue-Eyes Dragon as a sacrifice!" Kaiba shouted.
The Evil God: "!"
Having Absolute Resistance, True Ultimate Blue-Eyes Dragon should already be Blue-Eyes' evolutionary pinnacle. Yet such an Ultimate Dragon needed to be sacrificed?
"From above the Ultimate Monster's summoning, erase everything, Light Dragon! Appear—
—Blue-Eyes Light Dragon!!!"
Kaiba's current Blue-Eyes ultimate trump card, the Light Dragon surpassing even the Ultimate Dragon. The Ultimate Dragon's body swiftly solidified, motionless, like a crystal sculpture. Then cracks spread rapidly over the crystal, emitting crisp cracking sounds.
The crystal shattered apart, radiating a brilliance that soared thousands of miles into the sky. Like a soul transcending three thousand years of time, it rose from the fragmented shell, unfolding its sparkling wings, radiant as daylight.
Blue-Eyes Light Dragon, summon!
[Blue-Eyes Light Dragon, Attack Power 3000]
Gazing upward at the blinding Light Dragon, even the Evil God couldn't help but change color.
"Blue-Eyes Light Dragon? This monster... what's going on?"
Even the Evil God genuinely sensed an astounding, unconventional power within this monster's body.
It even gave him the vague illusion of facing another god!
Blue-Eyes White Dragon... Could the evolution of this spirit truly rival a god?
"Battle!" Kaiba sharply commanded, "Blue-Eyes Light Dragon, attack 'Evil God: Root of Fear'!"
The Evil God was shocked: "Attacking despite having lower attack power..."
"Lower attack power?" Kaiba sneered, "Blue-Eyes Light Dragon's Monster Effect. This card's attack power can increase by 300 points per Dragon-type monster in the player's graveyard!"
My Light Dragon lacks nothing in attack power!
"I have eight dragons in my graveyard now!" Kaiba declared, "Blue-Eyes Light Dragon's attack power rises by 2400!"
[Blue-Eyes Light Dragon, Attack Power 3000→Attack Power 5400]
The Evil God: "It actually surpasses my evolved attack power... However! In the face of Root of Fear, the attack power of all monsters is halved!
Fear's Deterrence!"
The formidable deterrence power erupted again, under the Root of Fear's deterrence, theoretically only an attack power exceeding ten thousand could directly defeat it!
Yet...
"Kida!" Kaiba declared, "Blue-Eyes Light Dragon's Effect! Any effects impacting Blue-Eyes Light Dragon can be freely selected to accept or not accept by the controller!
I choose not to accept the effect of Evil God: Root of Fear!"
The Evil God: "!"
This is possible?