"Duel!" x2
"I'll go first, draw." As Youyu drew a card, he wondered if he had been getting more first turns lately…
"First, I'll use the Magic Card - Pot of Greed. According to this card's effect, I can draw two cards from my deck. Next, I'll activate the special effect of 'Illusionist' in my hand." Youyu flipped the card in his hand. "Illusionist can be special summoned from your hand by discarding one card as a cost.
I discard one card to special summon 'Illusionist' from my hand!"
As a card was sent to the graveyard, a magician covered in question marks appeared on the field, its cloak billowing in a non-existent wind.
[Illusionist, ATK 2000]
"Then I'll set a card face-down and end my turn."
Youyu ended his first turn. Meanwhile, Mr. Phoenix struggled to remind him, "Be… be careful, Youyu. He has some really terrifying cards I made…"
"I know," Youyu smiled slightly at him, "I'll be careful."
Destiny Hero Plasma, though often jested by viewers as 'the myth of no victory' due to the anime, still has quite a powerful effect.
According to the physical card effect, as long as Destiny Hero Plasma is face-up on the field, all opposing monsters' effects become negated.
This ability is quite terrifying. Especially in later deck builds that increasingly focus on powerful effects, gradually neglecting or even ignoring monster attack points, this "all monster effects negated" continuous disruption ability is very formidable.
But like the Three Egyptian Gods, Plasma in the anime's worldview is also unique and not easy to retrieve, and it requires three tributes for a summon (although Plasma is a special summon), making it supposedly not that easy to appear.
The Light of Destruction chuckled sinisterly: "Then it's my turn, draw. I activate from my hand the Magic Card - Foolish Burial, sending the Earth Attribute monster 'Giant Flea' from my deck to the graveyard."
He said this while finding the Normal Monster Card, showing it to Youyu before sending it to the grave.
Youyu frowned slightly.
He specifically emphasized it as an Earth Attribute monster…
"Then, I activate the effect of 'The Rock Spirit Titan' in my hand. This card can be special summoned by banishing an Earth Attribute monster from the grave!
I banish 'Giant Flea' from play to special summon 'The Rock Spirit Titan'!"
The card for Giant Flea ejected from the Duel Disk Grave Zone, and the Titan clad in armor, wielding a War Axe, with skin like pale stone, appeared on the Light of Destruction's field, swinging his axe through the air with a fierce force.
[The Rock Spirit Titan, ATK 1700]
"Then I tribute 'The Rock Spirit Titan' to perform a Tribute Summon!" The Light of Destruction revealed a card in his hand, "Appear! Amphibian Beast!"
A swirling current engulfed the Rock Spirit and pulled it underwater. Emerging from the turbulent sea waves was a green merman covered in scales.
[Amphibian Beast, ATK 2400]
Little Ed gritted his teeth: "In just one move, he summoned such a powerful monster, surpassing Youyu's monster's attack power..."
"Amphibian Beast, attack the Illusionist!"
The green merman leapt effortlessly, flying before the magician. Its sharp claws slashed down, and the Illusionist was helpless to resist, the question marks on its chest were slashed into three, and its form shattered.
Youyu took the small, insignificant damage expressionlessly.
[Youyu, LP 4000 → 3600]
"Set one card face-down, turn end," the Light of Destruction sneered, "The Duel King seems to be only so-so. Soon, I'll bury you, just like that other guy over there."
He gestured provocatively at Mr. Phoenix.
"My turn." Youyu remained aloof, drawing a card.
"I summon 'Elemental Hero Liquidman'."
Water surged on the ground, and a hero clad in blue-green tight uniform appeared on the field, enveloped in swirling water currents.
[Elemental Hero Liquidman, ATK 1400]
"Liquidman's effect, upon summon, special summon one Elemental Hero monster from the grave." As Youyu spoke, the card discarded by the Illusionist's effect last turn returned to his hand.
"Special summon 'Elemental Hero Blazeman'!"
This time, flames erupted from underground, and the hero donned in fiery red attire and yellow goggles appeared amidst the fire beside Liquidman.
[Elemental Hero Blazeman, ATK 1200]
"Blazeman's effect, upon summon or special summon, add a Magic Card 'Polymerization' from the deck to hand." Youyu drew from his deck, picked out Polymerization, and displayed it to his opponent.
The Light of Destruction hummed. "So, all that just to perform a Fusion Summon, huh?"
"Activate Magic Card - Polymerization!" A green Magic Card appeared with a golden glow effect in front of Youyu. "I'll fuse 'Elemental Hero Liquidman' on the field and the Fire Attribute 'Elemental Hero Blazeman'!
The fusion condition is, an Elemental Hero monster plus any Fire Attribute monster. Fusion Summon!
Elemental Hero Nova Master!"
Two heroes, one of water and one of fire, leapt into the whirlpool of fusion, erupting with energy like a volcanic explosion. The hero in red-gold armor landed majestically on the field, his flowing cape like a banner.
[Elemental Hero Nova Master, ATK 2600]
"Enter battle!" Youyu declared, "Elemental Hero Nova Master, attack Amphibian Beast!"
The Nova Master raised his palm from afar, the hot energy enveloping his fingers to his arm armor. A scorching ray shot through the air, searing the Amphibian Beast, which groaned lowly and shattered under the blaze's impact.
[The Light of Destruction, LP 4000 → 3800]
"Heh, at this level, you can't defeat me, Duel King," the Light of Destruction mocked as he waved his arm, "Trap Card - Soul Rope activate!
When a monster on your field is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, by paying 1000 LP, special summon a Level 4 monster from the deck!" (anime effect)
[The Light of Destruction, LP 3800 → 2800]
He opened his deck, drew a card, and placed a Normal Monster onto the Duel Disk.
A warrior in white armor, with nothing where his head should be, appeared on the field, holding onto the golden rope released from the Trap Card and brandishing a longsword, looking particularly eerie.
[Headless Knight, ATK 1450]
Youyu glanced at the knight and then at the Light of Destruction's hand.
Sacrificing 1000 LP for a Normal Monster… it must be for a tribute, right?
So, the guy must have already drawn the invincible Plasma, right?
"'Elemental Hero Nova Master's effect," Youyu drew a card from his deck, "when a monster on the opponent's field is destroyed in battle, I can draw a card. My turn ends."
"Is it over? Good." The Light of Destruction smirked coldly. "Because this duel, and your life, is about to end soon…
My turn, draw!
I activate 'Pot of Greed', drawing two more cards from my deck.
Then I summon 'Marauding Captain'!"
The blond captain, clad in armor and wielding twin swords, appeared center field, his cape flaunting gallantly.
"Then, the effect of 'Marauding Captain'! When summoned, special summon a Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from the hand! Special Summon 'Moon Envoy'!"
This time, a skeleton clad in blue armor appeared, said to serve the Moon Goddess, bearing a weapon shaped like a crescent.
[Moon Envoy, ATK 1100]
By this point, it was evident that the Light of Destruction's duelist level was extraordinary, and perhaps the "power" he embodied exceeded the limits of ordinary humans.
He was obviously using the deck of the body he possessed, and despite filling it with Normals, showed no sign of stagnation and still executed this combo. With just this skill, he was able to overpower the majority of duelists in this era.
And now, the Light of Destruction also had three monsters on the field.
Everyone knows what he intends to do next.
"Feel honored to be defeated in front of this ultimate power!" The Light of Destruction roared, raising an arm high and raising a card in his hand, "By tributing 'Marauding Captain', 'Headless Knight', and 'Moon Envoy' on the field, I call upon the ultimate force!
The hero of doom who ends all destinies, Destiny Hero Plasma!"