Chapter 1102

"The effect of the Bloody Doll, I will display the Xyz Monster from the extra deck: 'NO. 40 Geargiano - Heavenly Strings'!"

IV reveals another Xyz card.

Ai De's heart tightened.

This guy really has a second NO.

Two NO. s, and also this kind of card called 'Rank-Up' not mentioned in previous intel, and the 'CNO.' with effects absurdly strong after Rank-Up. Ai De quickly realized that the person before him might be a top-tier elite duelist even in the Xyz Dimension.

"Heavenly Strings is Rank 8, so I can Special Summon 'Geargiano' Level 8 from my deck."

A golden light flew out from IV's deck.

"I Special Summon Level 8 'Geargiano - Nightmare' from my deck!"

Nightmare, as its name suggests, is truly something that can become a person's nightmare. It has two cursed doll-like terrifying heads, and between the two heads seems to be a body pieced together from broken, twisted cursed crawling dolls, the body and limbs twisted and gloomy, not even general horror movies have such perverse things.

【Geargiano - Nightmare, ATK 1000】

"And Special Summon 'Geargiano - Bloody Doll' from my hand!"

【Geargiano - Bloody Doll, ATK 400】

Ai De: "Two more Level 8 monsters"

"Exactly!"

IV raised his arm high: "Level 8 'Geargiano - Nightmare', 'Geargiano - Bloody Doll' overlay!

Using two monsters to construct an overlay network, Xyz Summon——

——NO. 40 Geargiano - Heavenly Strings!!!"

The void suddenly tore open a crimson fissure, the burning number "NO. 40" floated in midair like a branding iron. A two-meter-tall black shadow descended as if hung by threads, neck suspended. Single-piece steel metallic wings opened and closed mechanically, wing blades scraping out a piercing scale, like a fallen angel of steel. When it fully descended, one could see its pallid puppet face open its mechanical-structured mouth, revealing the meshing gear mechanism inside.

It hovered half a meter above the ground, the suspended threads in midair vibrating simultaneously, emitting a low organ-like hum. The right hand, controlled by the threads, suddenly lifted, its five fingers twitching unnaturally like a marionette, each movement bringing forth an unpleasant metallic friction sound.

【NO. 40 Geargiano - Heavenly Strings, ATK 3000】

Ai De: "Your monsters are really getting creepier one by one"

But he also noticed that even if the opponent's monsters look this creepy, when they fight, they're still quite bright. All are effects like 'destroy opponent's monster and inflict damage', essentially still the idea of stacking stronger and stronger monsters, bigger effects, big monsters hacking at each other.

And according to Ai De's experience, if in this dimension monsters look this creepy, their fighting tactics would at least have a touch of creepiness.

Judging by this, the duelists in the Xyz Dimension really are quite upright and honorable.

"Effect of NO. 40 Geargiano - Heavenly Strings! Once per turn, remove one Xyz Material from this card, place a 'String Counter' on all monsters on the field except this card!" (Original effect)

Geargiano mechanically swung the sword in its hand, and suddenly in the sky it seemed as if countless threads shot down. A large number of threads bound Ai De's field "Dragon Knight D - End", as if turning him into a marionette as well.

"Monsters placed with a String Counter will all be destroyed during the End Phase of the opponent's next turn." IV sneered, "And at that time, the controllers of the destroyed monsters must all take damage equal to their respective monsters' ATK!"

"Again this kind of effect?" Ai De said, "Looks like your monsters are all focused on effect destruction plus inflicting damage as their main offensive mode."

But he paused, then smiled. "But unfortunately, this type of effect is useless against 'Dragon Knight D - End'."

IV frowned: "What?"

"Dragon Knight D - End will not be destroyed by spell, trap, or monster effects." (Original effect)

Ai De said.

"So no matter what your Giant Slayer or Heavenly Strings, they are ineffective against Dragon Knight D - End!"

However, unfortunately this is an anime-exclusive resistance for Dragon Knight D - End; the real card deleted this sole resistance of D End. But the real card retained D End's revival effect from the anime, namely "During the Standby Phase, you can banish Destiny Heroes from the Graveyard to revive D End from the Graveyard", which can also be considered a form of resistance.

Unable to be destroyed by card effects plus having active revival ability, in this era it already counts as a big monster with quite strong field presence.

"There's still such a troublesome resistance." IV snorted, "Well, doesn't matter, anyway I never counted on destroying by effect."

This time it was Ai De who was surprised: "What?"

"Next I will activate this card from my hand"

IV shouted.

"Activate Spell Card 'Black Core'!

Discard one card from hand, you can banish face-up monsters on the field from the game. Of course, the one I want to banish is 'Dragon Knight D - End'!"

Ai De's heart jumped: "Direct banish?"

The air suddenly tore open a dark purple spatial rift, a fist-sized black sphere emerged from the rift, the sphere expanded at a speed violating physical laws, its diameter instantly breaking ten meters. Inside the sphere surged liquid darkness, countless azure lightning like chains wandered across its surface. When Dragon Knight D - End's armor touched the sphere's edge, time and space suddenly produced a mirror-like distortion. The knight's dragon-head helmet was first stretched into an eerie fluid state, the entire body like being twisted by an invisible hand into a braid, decomposing into billions of light particles in the spatial folds.

Ai De gritted his teeth.

D End cannot be destroyed by effects, even if beaten down or sent directly to the Graveyard, next turn it can revive via banishing Destiny Heroes from the Graveyard. But banishing is indeed D End's weakness, unexpectedly solved by the opponent in one round.

"Not over yet!" IV laughed loudly, "At the moment D End is banished, activate from hand the Quick-Play Spell 'Clean Reactor'!

This card can only be activated when a card is banished from the game, you can return one Spell Card from the Graveyard to your hand!" (Original card)

IV's Graveyard suddenly burst with chaotic fluctuations, violent energy clusters swarmed a Spell Card as it rose, flying back to his hand amid the energy storm.

"Of course, the one I want to return from the Graveyard is the Rank-Up Spell 'Barian Force'!"

Ai De's pupils contracted: "Could it be again.?"

"Correct, I activate once more from hand, Rank-Up Spell 'Barian Force'!!!"

IV roared with all his might.

"Use Xyz Monsters on the field as Xyz Materials to make them 'Chaos Change', evolve into a higher-rank Chaos Xyz Monster!

I use 'NO. 40 Geargiano - Heavenly Strings' as Xyz Material, Xyz Summon!

Appear! CNO. 40! Accept Barian Chaos Power to evolve, demon, revive——

——Geargiano - Devil's Strings!!!"