Chapter 81: The Legend of the Black Dragon and the Devil
[Gate Guardian ATK: 3750]
[Arcana Knight Joker ATK: 3800]
Aisha: "Mr. You Ling , it seems we're stronger, eh."
You're not mistaken, remove the 'seems', we are stronger.
"Hehehehaha, scared, aren't you? Our strongest triune demon god!"
The Paradox Brothers laughed wildly in unison, their demonic laughter echoing in the underground space.
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, indeed scared."
You Ling had seen the effect of Gate Guardian's card.
It was completely just a vanilla monster with only star level and attack power.
To exhaust resources summoning such a monster, You Ling couldn't help but be alarmed by the opponent's intelligence.
But cautious as You Ling was, he didn't completely let down his guard.
Thinking from their perspective, if these two brothers were truly so foolish, how did they manage to push the so-called Duel King to a desperate situation?
One of the Duel Kings the Paradox Brothers mentioned must be Yugi Muto .
It's just that due to the long passage of time, You Ling had forgotten the anime plot he watched in his childhood, only remembering the relatively famous rule-bent labyrinth.
"I end this turn."
The Paradox Brothers declared the end, and control of the Tag Duel passed to Kevin, who was in the last position.
"My turn, draw!"
Drawing a card, Kevin looked at the Arcana Knight Joker with 3800 ATK on the field and couldn't help but sigh.
"Aisha Carlos's strongest monster is truly formidable, the strongest Arcana Knight Joker."
Each of the opponent's three demon gods, if taken out individually, was at a level comparable to or surpassing Red-Eyes Black Dragon .
And the fusion of three demon gods of that caliber still didn't surpass Arcana Knight Joker in attack power. The potential of the three Poker Knights could be said to have been brought out to the fullest by fusion.
"Your strongest power, let me borrow it this turn, Aisha. To break through the opponent's guardian god!"
In a Tag Duel, since one can revive a teammate's monsters from the Graveyard, then using a monster summoned by a teammate on the field to battle is undoubtedly also possible.
Declaring the start of this turn's Battle Phase, Kevin directly used Arcana Knight Joker to attack Gate Guardian.
"Take down the opponent's strongest monster!——『Arcana Holy Cross Slash』!"
The sacred longsword drew two slashes in the air, forming a cross of light that slashed towards the fused Gate Guardian.
"Hehe, you fell for it!"
The Paradox Brothers sneered insidiously.
"When you declare an attack, Gate Guardian's effect activates!"
The ominous premonition came true; You Ling immediately retorted: "A big vanilla monster like Gate Guardian, what effect could it have!"
"Little girl, what are you talking about?"
This time it was the Paradox Brothers' turn to be confident, without a trace of the previous rule-bending guilt.
"Gate Guardian, perfectly inheriting the power of the three elemental demon gods, how could it not have an effect? Watch carefully!"
The Paradox Brothers picked up Gate Guardian's card from the tabletop and displayed it generously.
[A monster that attacks this card has its ATK become 0. This effect can be used 3 times while this card is face-up.]
This time, it was really written on the card's text.
Unlike the vanilla Gate Guardian You Ling saw at the High Elf Research Society before, the fused Gate Guardian in the Paradox Brothers' hands respectively inherited the effects of Thunder, Wind, and Water Demon Gods , capable of reducing the opponent monster's attack power.
And because it fused the power of three demon gods, this effect could even be used three times.
"Why is this different from the card I saw?"
You Ling's puzzled gaze turned towards Rovik behind him.
Since it was an imitation card produced by the Brown family's industry, he should know something.
As a result, Rovik just shrugged helplessly, indicating he also had no clue why the opponent's Gate Guardian was stronger.
Perhaps because they were in different worlds, the specific power of card spirits also deviated.
As an 11-star monster after the fusion of three demon gods, such an effect truly matched the strength of [Gate Guardian].
The Paradox Brothers roared, declaring the effect, "Raise the water barrier, turn Arcana Knight Joker's attack power to 0, Gate Guardian!"
Although Arcana Knight Joker could discard a hand card to negate an effect targeting it. But effects like the Demon God's that don't target cannot be countered.
Duelists, ultimately, those that don't target are superior.
[Arcana Knight Joker ATK: 3800→0]
"Hehe, it's over."
The insidious sneer of a successful scheme was reflected in the Paradox Brothers' treacherous counter-kill tactic.
Aisha & Kevin LP: 3700
After recovering with Absorption Shield, Yu Ling and Kevin's Life Points stood at 3700.
However, with its attack power reduced to 0, this unstoppable battle would inflict battle damage equal to Gate Guardian's 3750 attack points to both of them.
Aisha: "If the battle damage goes through, we'll lose the duel!"
"How can we lose to such an effect by being tricked!"
You Ling flipped over the Trap Card set last turn, temporarily changing the attack, and it was a significant change.
"——Activate Trap Card [Tricky Plan] ! I discard [Summoned Skull] from my hand, reducing [Gate Guardian]'s ATK by the ATK of [Summoned Skull]!"
Summoned Skull, with 100 more attack power than Red-Eyes Black Dragon, when discarded through Tricky Plan's effect, the reduction amount was also as high as 2500 points.
[Gate Guardian ATK: 3750→1250]
If this were a normal monster, eating a thunderous weakening from Summoned Skull, there was a high probability its attack power would also become 0.
But undeniably, the fused Gate Guardian's 3750 attack power was indeed not low.
Even after eating a weakening from Summoned Skull, it still forcibly destroyed Arcana Knight Joker through the counterattack formed by the convergence of triple elemental power.
[Arcana Knight Joker] destroyed
Aisha & Kevin LP: 3700→2450
Fortunately, You Ling discarded Summoned Skull at the critical moment, barely preserving his and Kevin's Life Points in this crisis.
The problem is, how to attack next?
Even Arcana Knight Joker couldn't do it; even if Gate Guardian's attack power was weakened, the remaining 2 uses of its effect to turn the opponent monster's attack power to 0 still existed.
"——Activate Magic Card [Pot of Avarice] !"
Ending the Battle Phase, Kevin calmly flung a card onto the tabletop.
[Pot of Avarice Magic Card Effect: Target 5 monsters in your Graveyard; shuffle all 5 into the Deck, then draw 2 cards.]
"I return the three Poker Knights, Arcana Knight Joker, and Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my Graveyard, a total of 5 monsters, to the deck. I draw two cards!"
If Pot of Greed is an A-rank forbidden card, Pot of Avarice can only be considered a B-rank card.
The reason is that recovering monsters from the Graveyard and putting them into the deck is equivalent to wasting resources.
"Draw card, draw card!"
Kevin, having drawn two extra cards, scanned their faces, then looked at Aisha.
"Do you believe that the fate between rivals can create miracles, Aisha Carlos?"
"Nani?"
"I saw a passage in an ancient text in my family. The legend says that the union of a demon and a black dragon can create a monster with infinite possibilities!"