"Sabersaurus!"
Aknadin waved his hand grandly. The stone tablet fell and a red dinosaur burst out from the stone slab. Its steps pounded the earth like drumsticks, a white horn atop its head sharp as a saber.
The dinosaur roared menacingly, looking terrifying, but once the fools saw this Monster, they couldn't help but laugh.
"An attack of 1900 for a Normal Monster? What's there to be afraid of?"
Xue Lang led the charge, waving his hand to command the Flame Wingman to dive towards the red dinosaur. The Hero was engulfed in flames; the air twisted along its path, and the streams of air brushed aside created a hissing sound from the scorching heat.
Bam!
A dull thud was heard, then everyone saw the Flame Wingman flying backward like a broken kite, flames wrapped around its body, crashing into the wall behind.
Xue Lang was dumbfounded.
WTF? Wasn't Flame Wingman supposed to have an attack of 2100? How did it lose to a Normal Monster with an attack of 1900?
The other fools also turned to look.
"Lang bro, is it because you usually get tired after too much action so the Monsters you Summon are weaker than others...?"
Xue Lang's face turned red with embarrassment: "How...how dare you tarnish someone's innocence like that for no reason?"
Besides, what's the relation between too much action... and the Monsters one Summons?
"Great Shogun Shien!"
Jay also revealed his trump card. The red-armored general leaped forth, a Samurai Sword with dazzling silver light horizontally slicing towards the dinosaur's side.
The blade fiercely cut into Sabersaurus, but only left a shallow mark. The dinosaur roared angrily from the pain, swung its heavy head, and with the sharp horn at its head bumped Shien, sending the general flying out.
"What the heck is this wickedness!" Jay couldn't escape his surprise, "I have a 2500 attack Shien and can't beat a four-star Normal Monster?"
Sabersaurus seized the momentum to pursue, its footsteps thundered, making the entire chamber feel like it's about to collapse.
Nora Tatsu stepped forward and shouted: "Sakuretsu Armor!"
Immediately, all his teammates looked at him like they were looking at an idiot...
"What's up?" Nora Tatsu's face turned crimson spreading to his neck, "Maybe it might help?"
Sadly, even if it was a Pokémon battle (mistakenly), the Sakuretsu Armor, infamously labeled as a Cosmic-level curse, disappointingly still had no effect whatsoever.
Bang!
The piercing blast, flames collided against the surrounding walls, the enclosed chamber became like a heated furnace. The blazing fire curtain and black smoke completely engulfed the dinosaur.
"See that?" Tatsu bro smugly said, "Sometimes it does work!"
But his words hadn't fallen when reality hit him hard.
"Watch out!" Yugi shouted.
The fire curtain was torn open, the white horn pierced through the dense smoke, the red dinosaur like an advancing tank collided head-on with Nora Tatsu!
Tatsu bro flew into the air from the collision, his body light like a leaf blown off trees by a violent wind. He landed with his back smashing the ground to pieces.
If it were a normal person, at the very least he'd be half-paralyzed if not dead.
"Aknadin!" Yugi was furious.
These people came to this world of memory for him (as Yugi thought), equivalent to being his comrades. If any of them died or got hurt, he'd consider it his fault.
He wanted to fight, but his internal Soul Power was chaotic—not just because of the surprise attack. He guessed he had been cursed during the ambush, and without lifting the curse, he couldn't channel his Soul Power to Summon spirits.
And now the Millennium Pendant fell into the opponent's hands, he couldn't use his greatest asset, the Three Egyptian God.
"Hahaha!" Aknadin laughed, "This is just the beginning! This place will be the burial ground for all of you!"
However, at this moment, to their surprise, Tatsu bro, whom they thought was at least incapacitated, stood up holding his butt as if nothing happened, cursing under his breath: "Damn, I'm gonna kick this stupid armored card back, it really is no freaking use..."
Aknadin's laughter was swallowed back, feeling a bit dumbfounded.
Could these people be Undead-Type? They survived being thrown that far by a spirit unscathed?
Actually, it wasn't without harm, the hit consumed most of Tatsu bro's health, it was pretty dangerous. But fool players don't have terms like "seriously injured" or "crippled," as long as there's health left they can continue lively.
Aknadin was surprised to find that even his partner didn't show a bit of concern, instead they mocked and jeered.
"Are you okay, Tatsu bro? Aren't you usually brave?"
"But seriously, what's the deal with this four-star Normal Monster? Does it have built-in Trap Resistance or something?"
"Perhaps it's like a BOSS Monster from other games? High attack, thick health, with inherent body control?"
Fighting BOSS is also the fools' specialty. Especially Yue Hua—a streamer lady, though clumsy at card games, she's quite skilled in traditional RPGs.
Everyone quickly adjusted their tactics, under Yue Hua's command, they started handling their spirits like in other games to dodge skills, find chances to deal damage, gradually understanding the opponent's attack pattern.
Believe it or not, it actually worked!
Sabersaurus' bull-rushing was quickly deciphered by the players. A crowd of spirits surrounded it, frantic in dealing damage, even with its thick skin it was soon left disoriented, blasted till it's skin was torn and flesh revealed.
As the spirit suffered, Aknadin himself also felt unwell.
With brows furrowed, he spoke with a deep voice: "I underestimated you, but this ends now!"
He raised his hand, another stone tablet fell fiercely. This time emerged a snake covered with red scales, a purple tongue, yellowish sharp fangs densely packed in its mouth, threatening to devour anyone at any moment.
Giant Red Seasnake, Summon!
"Holy crap, he's summoned a new Monster!"
"Is this effectively phase two?"
The Giant Red Seasnake entered swiftly, players' spirits formation was quickly disrupted. But it's not over, Aknadin also commanded Priest Set!
Joining in the battle now are Set's commonly used spirits, Dios and the regular Thunder Dragon!
Now the fools were struggling a bit. Both their opponents received a boost with Millennium Item, and their spirits underwent stern spiritual refinement, not to mention Aknadin's abilities skyrocketed geometrically thanks to the Evil God's blessing, his Summoned spirits were incomparable to players' ordinary Monsters.
But they too had backups!
Bam!
The door burst open, a Magic light bullet shot through, exploded upon Set's spirit Dios. The faceless dark-robed mage soared out, performed an agile flip, landed steadily in front of Yugi.
"Pharaoh!"
It was Mahad, having sensed the evil energies, specifically coming with four other divine Guardian Priest!