With Horse-headed Ghost banished from the Game, a decayed hand seemed to reach out from the Darkness, grasping the ground.
A ragged scimitar, with a tattered Red Scarf on Green armor, as if stained red by blood. The Zombie Warrior brandished his scimitar, one of the two horns on his helmet broken, returning from Hell with a thick aura of corpse gas.
[Giant Ghoul Majira, Attack Power 2800]
This card is actually one of the classic old monsters named Jela's Warriors. This warrior's backstory is indeed rich—there's an ascended Celestial Great Angels version, a darkened Great Demon King version, and now this zombified Majira version.
"Eat this, die!"
Skeleton Knight shouted.
"'Netherworld Dragon - Undead Dragon', attack 'Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon'!"
Netherworld Dragon gathered strength again, while Skeleton Knight's warhorse also began to accelerate. The momentum of speed was channeled into Netherworld Dragon, granting it extraordinary force as it charged toward Light Spear Dragon!
Netherworld Dragon's effect allows it not to destroy monsters by battle, but to reduce the opponent's monster's attack power to 0 after damage calculation, and summon a Dark Soul Derivative with the same attack power on its own field.
The battle between Netherworld Dragon and Light Gun will cause 700 points of battle damage, afterward, Light Gun's attack power drops to zero. Next, Skeleton Knight's field will retain a 2300 attack power Ice Spear Dark Soul and a 2800 attack power Giant Ghoul Jelart attack.
Plenty to finish it off.
"Although quite the ride…" Skeleton Knight's warhorse increased speed to the limit, "it's time to end this!"
Seeing Netherworld Dragon charging with lethal intent, Yugen merely chuckled lightly.
"No hurry, it's not time yet."
Yugen flickered a card in his hand.
"I discard 'Chestnut Ball' from my hand, activating its effect.
When the opponent declares an attack, Chestnut Ball can be discarded from the hand, forcing the attacking monster into defense mode."
Skeleton Knight: "Nani?"
A round golden ball flew from Yugen's hand, circled around Netherworld Dragon. The raging giant dragon immediately drooped, it slumped weakly, its body shifted to a defensive blue stance, defending beside Skeleton Knight's warhorse.
[Netherworld Dragon - Undead Dragon, Attack Power 3000 → Defense Power 0]
"Uh, Undead Dragon's defense power is only 0…"
Skeleton Knight gritted his teeth.
"But I still have Jelart's attack!"
Although unable to kill, at least that annoying Light Spear Dragon must not survive another turn no matter what.
"Giant Ghoul Jelart, attack 'Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon'!"
Jelart's scimitar slashed, slicing through Light Gun Dragon's ice-prism armor. Light Spear Dragon wailed, its body shattered into ice crystals, leaving the field.
[Yugen, LP1100 → LP600]
"Covering Card, turn's end."
Skeleton Knight exclaimed smugly.
"How about it? Your ace has been broken, are not the undead's powers infinite? Even if you use sneaky means to sideline Undead Dragon temporarily, no matter how many times, I will summon it back with the will of the dead!"
"Ace?"
Yugen laughed, shaking his head.
"You still don't understand, do you?"
Skeleton Knight: "What?"
"...Don't know the terror of the Power of Champion." Yugen sneered.
In fact, if he were to rank personally among the world champions, as the champion of the eighth world championship's Frog Card Deck, purely in terms of its ability to traumatize and agitate psychological states, it absolutely ranks at the forefront among champions.
This is of course not just because the Frog and Electronic Fish People excel at erratic jumps, the Light Spear Dragon can infinitely bounce cards from hand each turn.
Encountering Light Spear's endless bounce is indeed annoying, but as a widespread bus plug-in within the environment, not only Frogs were using Light Spear Dragon. Almost any deck with Six-Star Synchro had to include Light Spear.
In fact, the Frog champion deck is known as "Frog OTK". Its true ace and what can be called its "Finishing Move" is actually the next move.
"My turn, draw."
Yugen said.
"Preparation stage, my field still has no Magic Trap Card present. Hence Special Summon 'Yellow Springs Frog' from the graveyard."
[Yellow Springs Frog, Defense Power 100]
"Then I Normal Summon 'Exchange Frog' from the hand."
[Exchange Frog, Defense Power 2000]
"Exchange Frog's monster effect: release any monster on your field and Special Summon from the deck a monster with 'Frog' in its name."
Yugen said.
"I release 'Yellow Springs Frog' and Special Summon 'Death Frog' from the deck."
Yellow Springs Frog disappeared, replaced by the previously appearing second Death Frog.
[Death Frog, Attack Power 1900]
Skeleton Knight: "!!!"
Death Frog is Five-Star, and he remembers the opponent's graveyard contains Electronic Fishman Gunner which can revive by discarding hand. With Gunner and Death Frog Star-Tuning, could it be Light Spear again…
Skeleton Knight's face turned unpleasant.
Darn it, can this ever end?
He just boasted his undead wouldn't perish, and now turns out he was playing a fake undead, and the opponent's relentless Light Spear Dragon is the real undead. Light Spear Dragon reappears, then another round of bounces, clearing his field and direct attack, he's done for...
Well, but he has backup.
Skeleton Knight glanced at the Cover Card in the back field.
The face-down Covering Card is the Trap Card "Intimidating Roar", which prevents attack declarations this turn. Even if the opponent uses Light Spear to clear his field, he can stop the finishing blow.
And in doing so, the opponent's hand should also be depleted from Light Spear's COST.
Then it's his chance to counterattack next turn!
Skeleton Knight calculated with certainty.
However, the next moment Yugen said: "Exchange Frog's effect continues, releasing 'Death Frog' and Special Summon 'Card Drawing Frog' from the deck."
Skeleton Knight: "?"
Releasing Death Frog? Not planning to Synchro Light Spear?
No, wait—before that… isn't that Exchange Frog's effect not limited to once per turn?
"Exchange Frog's effect, release 'Card Drawing Frog' and Special Summon 'Magical Knowledge Frog' from deck."
"..."
In the next minute, this operation repeated endlessly. Skeleton Knight was left staring blankly watching a swarm of frogs croaking and hopping back and forth, from Yugen's deck to the field, one after another, leap out and immediately release, then leap another from the deck…
Skeleton Knight was completely baffled.
Until Yugen's card deck became less, and more frogs filled the graveyard.
Finally, Yugen said, "One last time, the effect of Exchange Frog, Special Summon 'Ghost Frog' from the card deck."
[Ghost Frog, Attack Power 1000]
"Ghost Frog's effect, When this card is successfully summoned, send one Water Race, Water Attribute, monster of 2-Star or below from the card deck to the graveyard."
Yugen calmly said.
"Send 'Pure Frog' to the graveyard from the card deck."
Yugen sent another frog from the card deck to the graveyard.
After a series of operations, Yugen clapped his hands.
"Alright, thank you for your patience until now. As a reward, I am honored to announce..."
Yugen smiled slyly.
"...you are already dead."
Skeleton Knight: "!?"
"Activate Continuous Magic 'Mass Accelerator'!"
A cannon filled with a sense of technology appeared on the side of Yugen's D-Wheel.
"Mass Accelerator's effect, every monster released from my field gives the opponent 400 points of damage," Yugen said, "I release 'Ghost Frog', giving 400 points of damage!"
Saying this, he stomped the accelerator, accelerating again, merging all the speed of the D-Wheel into the mass accelerating cannon, and the frog's soul turned into a mighty cannon blast!
[Skeleton Knight, LP1700 → LP1300]
Skeleton Knight: "Tch..."
This painful impact... it seems this fellow's understanding of dash impact has upgraded again.
What a terrifying individual. Only explored once, and his technique has immediately improved remarkably.
"Then activate the effect of 'Pure Frog' in the graveyard," Yugen said, "Remove one 'Frog' from the game in the graveyard, Pure Frog can be Special Summoned from the graveyard.
I remove 'Card Drawing Frog' from the graveyard, Special Summon 'Pure Frog' back to the field."
[Pure Frog, Attack Power 100]
"Mass Accelerator's effect, release Pure Frog, 400 points of damage!"
Skeleton Knight: "Ugh!"
[Skeleton Knight, LP1300 → LP900]
Skeleton Knight looked grim.
Seems more painful than before... is this guy using me to practice, trying to find the feeling of a dark dash impact?
"Bastard..."
Skeleton Knight gritted his teeth.
But this mass accelerator only deals 400 damage at once, I want to see how many shots you can deliver...
"Pure Frog's effect," Yugen said, "Remove 'Ghost Frog' from the game in the graveyard, and Special Summon again to the field."
[Pure Frog, Attack Power 100]
Skeleton Knight: "?"
Wait, no, no!
Referee, there's a problem!
This broken frog's resurrection effect... isn't it also not limited to once per turn!?
Skeleton Knight now truly panicked.
What the heck!
Exchange Frog's effect is not limited to once per turn, so Yugen's frogs have been endlessly bouncing back and forth from the card deck, one sacrificed after another...
Skeleton Knight didn't count exactly how many, but considering at least ten frogs are still present in Yugen's graveyard.
Exchange Frog isn't limited to once per turn, this Underworld Pure Frog isn't limited to once per turn either!
In other words, if there are ten frogs in the graveyard, it has ten lives, twenty frogs, twenty lives!
And as the trump card within the Underworld, Mass Accelerator, this fool cannon's effect isn't limited to once per turn either...
Skeleton Knight was horrified, trembling, almost going mad.
Absurd, utterly absurd.
He thought the Light Gun Dragon that could easily be summoned and endlessly bounced each turn was already nasty.
Who knew there was an expert!
What kind of moral decay could come up with such an insane combo!?
"Pure Frog, once again fired as ammunition." Yugen said, "Mass Accelerator, 400 points of damage."
"Aaugh!"
[Skeleton Knight, LP900 → LP500]
"Remove 'Sato Kaeru' from the game in the graveyard," Yugen said, "Resurrect 'Pure Frog' once again.
Then Mass Accelerator, 400 points of damage."
"Oooh!"
[Skeleton Knight, LP500 → LP100]
Skeleton Knight, gnashing his teeth.
"You beast, where... where did you come from...what kind of madness..."
"How rude."
Yugen shrugged.
"A Duelist as excellent, enthusiastic, and polite as me is unique among all dimensions.
But unfortunately, our brief interaction seems almost over.
Remove 'Magical Knowledge Frog' from the graveyard, and once again Special Summon 'Pure Frog'.
[Pure Frog, Attack Power 100]
Yugen snapped his fingers one last time.
"The final strike... Mass Accelerator!"
At the same time, his D-Wheel accelerated again, and in the instant of the sprint, it eerily raced up the side wall of the track, vertically 90 degrees on the wall at full speed sprinting, perfectly merging the power of speed into the Mass Accelerator, converting it into a spiraling missile blast.
Boom!
[Skeleton Knight, LP100 → LP0]