"My turn, draw a card!"
Godwin drew a card once again, his pitch-black eyes emitting a blade-like light as he spoke with a cold voice.
"In this turn, let me make you understand that losing to me here, losing to the power of the strongest god, is your fate!
I activate the Magic Card Revive the Dead, which can revive any Monster Card from the graveyard to the field.
The one I want to revive is this one..."
He pulled out a Monster Card from the graveyard and slapped it directly onto the Duel Disc.
"I Special Summon the 'Priest of the Sun' from the graveyard!"
The priest, initially used as Synchro Material at the beginning of the duel, was quickly reborn on the field as a huge resurrection symbol appeared in mid-air.
[Priest of the Sun, Attack Power 1000]
"At this moment, I activate the Cover Card, Trap Card 'Call of the Death God'!"
Godwin activated his last back row.
"This card can only be activated when a monster is Special Summoned from your graveyard. Choose a 'Supai' or 'Red Ant' in your graveyard and Special Summon it from the graveyard!"
A card exited from his graveyard.
"I revive 'Red Ant' from the graveyard!"
[Red Ant, Attack Power 700]
"Two new monsters, and I haven't used my Normal Summon this turn." Yugen paused, smiled slightly, and said, "Is it coming?"
Godwin shouted, "I sacrifice 'Red Ant' and 'Priest of the Sun', to perform an Upper-level Summon!
Unleash the ultimate power, destroy everything in the world—
—Earth-bound God - Viracocha Raska!!!"
The moment the card was slapped onto the Duel Disc, thunder echoed outside the window, and burning purple flames twisted into otherworldly totems in mid-air, like burning Nazca Lines, seemingly turning city streets into altars of flesh and blood.
A colossal stone heart condensed in mid-air, intricate veins flashing with dark red blood light, each heartbeat seemingly shattering all the glass within a hundred meters. Completely confused citizens of the surrounding districts suddenly had their physicalized souls extracted, a thousand silver streams merging into a torrent, injected into the surface of the stone heart filled with blood vein patterns amidst shrill cries.
Earth-bound God - Viracocha Raska, descends!
[Earth-bound God - Viracocha Raska, Attack Power 1]
The Earth-bound God modeled after a bald eagle from the Nazca Lines, also the strongest among all Earth-bound Gods in the animation. The advent of the Earth-bound God must absorb the souls around its environment as a blood sacrifice, making this characteristic even more sinister than the Three Evil Gods.
As for its strength... judging by its attack power of only one point, you can see a bit of it.
Of course, as long as you defeat the Earth-bound God head-on in the duel, and win the Dark Game, the souls devoured by the Earth-bound God can return to normal.
Yugen said, "I activate the other effect of 'Absolute King J Revolution' from the graveyard.
During the opponent's turn, remove this card from the graveyard, reveal the top card of your deck, and if it's a normal trap, set it face-down on the field.
If it's not, send that card to the graveyard."
Godwin: "The top three cards of your deck were decided by you, so the top card must be a trap."
"That's right."
Yugen smiled, waved his hand, and set the drawn card on the field.
However, Godwin was unconcerned, sneering, "Oh, I see. Adjusting the order of the top cards of the deck, setting a trap on the field... your succession of offensive moves was neutralized, and this is your next defensive strategy?
But the Trap Card cannot be used in the turn it is set. And even if it could be used, it would be ineffective against the Earth-bound God!"
Godwin laughed heartily.
"Earth-bound God - Viracocha Raska is unaffected by any Magic or Trap Card effects!
Moreover, Viracocha Raska can, once per turn, directly change the opponent's Life Points to 1!" (Original effect)
No matter how much Life Points are left for the opponent, it directly changes to 1. This effect is why Viracocha Raska is called the "strongest Earth-bound God" and is the rarest and most powerful effect in the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! system.
Of course, when rendered into a physical card, this key effect, its trademark feature, was omitted and never realized in card form.
Furthermore, this effect directly "changes Life Points to 1," not dealing effect damage. Therefore, this effect is not considered "dealing effect damage" under rule judgments, so all immunity to damage or damage reflection effects are ineffective against it.
"Activating the effect of the Earth-bound God!
Pole Star Obey!"
The colossal bald eagle Earth-bound God flapped its massive wings, and a storm of destruction crashed down in a blinding light, violently sweeping over Yugen as if to topple the building.
[Yugen, LP 1200→LP 1]
"Moreover, the Earth-bound God can ignore the monsters on the field and directly attack the player."
Godwin squinted and sneered.
[Earth-bound God - Viracocha Raska, Attack Power 1]
If the direct attack goes through, it will directly decide Yugen's defeat.
Yet Godwin paused for two seconds to observe his opponent, only to find Yugen expressionless, seemingly unreactive to this turn of events.
"Hmph, of course, in the turn when Viracocha Raska activates its effect, I'm unable to enter the battle phase." Godwin sneered, "But if you think you can struggle for one more turn like this, you're too naive!
Activate the Magic Card—
—Fireball!
Inflict 500 damage to the opponent!"
Yugen raised an eyebrow, "Really straightforward and crude."
Fireball, an extremely straightforward effect, a single card exchanges for 500 of the opponent's Life Points. Ordinarily, it's a card with little use, but paired with the Earth-bound God that can reduce the opponent directly to 1 Life Point, it is reasonable.
"Die!"
Godwin shouted, as the lethal fireball exploded toward Yugen at the same time.
Yugen waved his hand, "Activate the Cover Card."
Godwin was taken aback, "Your set card was just covered by J Revolution's effect, and a trap set in this turn cannot..."
"Ordinarily it cannot be activated," Yugen said, "but a card set by the effect of Absolute King J Revolution can be activated in the turn it's set.
Therefore, activate the Trap Card 'Natural Reflection'!
This turn, any effect damage to the opponent will be reflected back onto them!"
This effect does not work against the Earth-bound God's previous effect. Because the Earth-bound God reduces to "1 Life Point" rather than dealing damage, but it undoubtedly works against this Fireball.
The Reflective Barrier appeared, and the fireball crashed into the barrier, bouncing back to hit Godwin in the face.
Godwin: "Ugh!"
[Godwin, LP3000 → LP2500]
Recoiling half a step from his own fireball, Godwin let out a low grunt.
"Tch, one petty trick after another..."
Natural Reflection can bounce back all effect damage for this turn, and even if other means are used to inflict damage afterward, it's the same. The self-binding of the Earth-bound God also prevents him from entering the battle phase this turn, making it truly impossible to finish off the opponent this turn.
"Then I'll let you live for one more turn."
Godwin said coldly.
"Cherish your last turn."
"Ah, of course."
Yugen said with a smile.
"Because this is also the last turn of the duel."
Godwin: "!"
Nani?
This guy...
The Earth-bound God has already appeared, and he also has the invincible Sun and Moon Dragon combination as an absolute defense. He still has a full 2500 Life Points, while the opponent has only 1 point left.
In such an absolutely advantageous situation, the opponent is threatening to finish him off this turn?
What kind of dimension joke is this?
"Viracocha Raska's effect, forcing the opponent to 1 Life Point, is indeed very powerful. Encountering it for the first time might indeed result in being instantly killed."
Yugen's smile gradually turns dangerous.
"But what if I knew about this Earth-bound God's existence from the start and have been waiting for its arrival all along?"
Godwin was stunned.
"What do you mean?"
"My turn, draw a card." Yugen didn't explain further, but said calmly, "Activate the cover card, the Magic Card 'Armed Regeneration'.
Select an Equipment Magic from the graveyard, cover it on a field, or equip it to a monster on your field.
I cover the Equipment Magic 'Black Necklace' that I sent to the graveyard earlier back onto the field."
Godwin: "Black Necklace?"
He suddenly had a slightly bad premonition.
"Then activate this card..."
Yugen snapped his fingers, and a Magic Card appeared in his backfield.
The final Magic that decides fate and brings the duel to a close.
"Magic Card - Great Reversal Puzzle!
Send all cards from your hand and field to the graveyard to activate. Then draw one card from the top of your deck and guess the type of this card. If you guess correctly, the Life Points of both players... are directly exchanged!"
Godwin: "!!!"
Nani!?
Directly exchanging Life Points, doesn't that mean...
Godwin's pupils shook as he suddenly recalled Yugen's last move of the previous turn.
Absolute King J Revolution can adjust the order of the top cards of the deck.
The first card on top was the Trap Card "Natural Reflection", which was set on the field last turn by Yugen using the effect of Absolute King J.
The second card was the one Yugen just drew during his Draw Phase this turn.
He adjusted the order of three cards on top altogether, which means the third card is also one he put there himself.
It'd be absurd not to guess correctly...
"You... you're going to..."
Godwin suddenly began to feel parched.
At this moment, he seemed to profoundly feel the "fate" he often talked about before.
Now it was as if he was staring directly at this so-called fate, feeling its power, its immutability, standing dominantly before him, telling him that even if he tried again, the outcome would still be defeat.
And at this moment, this fate materialized into the image of this smiling demon before him, smiling yet so cold and frightening.
This is the true demon.
Who can take all your hope away with a straight face, even smiling.
"Then I guess the next one is a Monster Card."
Yugen drew his card unhurriedly.
Then calmly showed it, using a dismissive tone.
"Oh wow, look, lucky me, it really is a Monster Card."
Godwin: "..."
"The effect of Great Reversal Puzzle, our Life Points exchange."
[Yugen, LP1 → LP2500]
[Godwin, LP2500 → LP1]
"And when Great Reversal Puzzle is activated, all cards on my field and hand are sent to the graveyard. Including the Equipment Magic 'Black Necklace' I just recovered from the graveyard."
Yugen said calmly.
"When Black Necklace is sent from the field to the graveyard, it inflicts 500 damage to the opponent."
Godwin: "........."
[Godwin, LP1 → LP0]