Chapter 1247

"My 'Darkness Eye' on the field has another monster effect," Darkness said. "When 'Darkness Eye' exists on the field in Attack Position, I can Normal Summon one high-level monster from my hand without Tributing.

Therefore, although 'Darkness Thorn' is a Level 6 monster, it can be Normal Summoned without Tributing."

Darkness had a total of five cards set in his backrow. In the previous turn, three of them had already been activated: "Void," "Infinity," and "Darkness 1." But at this moment, those three cards had been set again, returning to their face-down state.

This is another effect of the Field Spell "Darkness." As long as "Darkness" exists on the field, at the end of every turn, all face-up Spell and Trap cards controlled by the controller will return to a face-down state.

Furthermore, the positions of the five set cards will be randomly swapped again, and the controller cannot check them at will.

But both sides knew that Darkness must have already checked and confirmed the positions of the set cards in his backrow; he knew exactly where each of his set cards was placed.

When "Darkness Eye" exists on the field, as long as the opponent performs any form of monster summon, Darkness can check his own backrow.

And at the end of the previous turn, Kaiba had summoned "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" through the effect of The White Stone of Ancients. At that time, Darkness had the opportunity to confirm the positions of his set cards once more.

"'Darkness Thorn'? Even if it's a high-level monster, something like this can't defeat my Blue-Eyes," Kaiba said. "Come on, let me see what other tricks those traps of yours have."

"That is exactly my intention."

Darkness said coldly, activating his trap chain once again.

"I activate the Continuous Trap 'Void,' and then the Continuous Trap 'Infinity.'"

The randomly swapped Void and Infinity flipped over again. This time, luck seemed better than the previous turn; there were two set cards between the positions where Void and Infinity were activated.

Darkness: "Next, I activate all two set cards between 'Void' and 'Infinity'! The two cards randomly set between them this time are these two.

Continuous Trap 'Darkness 2'! And then Continuous Trap 'Darkness 1'!"

Between Void and Infinity, the two traps were activated one after another in the order they were set from left to right.

Although it looked like they were activated almost simultaneously, in fact, there was a sequence to the activation of these two set cards. According to the order in which they were randomly set, "Darkness 2" was activated first, and "Darkness 1" was activated later.

This sequence also matters. According to the general effect of the Darkness series of traps, only the effect of the card activated first can be applied, while the effect of the card activated later becomes the same as the effect of the Darkness card activated first.

For example, the effect of Darkness 1 is "Destroy one card on the opponent's field." If Darkness 1 is activated first and Darkness 2 is activated later, then the effect of Darkness 2 will also become "Destroy one card on the opponent's field," for a total of two cards destroyed.

But at this moment, the situation on Darkness's field is that "Darkness 2" is activated first and "Darkness 1" is activated later, so the destruction effect of Darkness 1 cannot be activated; instead, it becomes the same as the effect of Darkness 2.

"The effect of Darkness 2 is that I can increase the ATK of one monster on my field by 1000 points until the End Phase of this turn. Furthermore, all my subsequent trap cards with 'Darkness' in their name gain the same effect."

As Darkness spoke, currents began to release and echo between the two traps, Void and Infinity. Transparent electric light churned and intertwined, attracting each other, all charging into the two Darkness traps in the middle, like churning thunderclouds.

"I have now activated two Darkness traps, Darkness 2 and Darkness 1, on my field, so I will increase the total ATK of 'Darkness Thorn' on my field by 2000 points!"

The thunder brewing in the two Darkness traps was all shot out in one breath, charging into the body of Darkness Thorn. The giant plant covered in thorns was instantly imbued with lightning special effects, and dazzling arcs of electricity wrapped around the waving thorns, crackling and popping, scorching the air with a burnt smell.

【Darkness Thorn, ATK 2000 → ATK 4000】

"It is the Battle Phase," Darkness said. "Darkness Thorn, attack 'Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon'!"

The current whistled, crackling and exploding in the air. The thorns broke through the air and lashed out at the head. Although Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon had strong resistance to effects, it had no means of defense against battle destruction. The silver dragon's armor-like body also shattered under the high-pressure thorns.

And this strike was not just an attack by Darkness Thorn.

At this moment, Darkness also injected a part of his own consciousness into that attack.

Darkness is the incarnation of all dark wills in the world. In the explanation of GX, it is said that there is vast darkness in the hearts of duelists, and all darkness and negative emotions infect one card after another. All dark energy flows into the Underworld through these infected cards, which is the domain of Darkness.

Darkness is the law of that Underworld, the incarnation of dark rules. He has read through the inner worlds of countless duelists and absorbed countless inner darknesses. From this, he was born with the ability to interfere with cognition by manipulating the darkness in the heart, and even make opponents lose their fighting spirit and willingly assimilate with him during a duel.

So he firmly believes that the more powerful a duelist is, the more vast their inner darkness is; no one can escape this theorem. And as long as it is found and manipulated, whether or not he wins the duel doesn't matter, because the opponent will naturally submit to him.

"I have long wanted to see it, Seto Kaiba," Darkness sneered. "Show me your darkness!"

Taking advantage of the moment of that attack, the moment Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon was destroyed, it was as if a crack had been torn in Kaiba's defensive line. Riding on the strike of Darkness Thorn, Darkness squeezed in and invaded the opponent's spiritual world.

The legendary duelist Seto Kaiba, let me see what kind of thing it is.

Darkness opened his eyes expectantly.

And he was stung so much that he couldn't open his eyes at the first moment.

Light, boundless light, very dazzling, stinging him and making him feel uncomfortable all over.

And then, when he barely adapted to this strong light and opened his goat eyes to try to see clearly.

Darkness was stunned.

He saw Seto Kaiba himself.

But not in a normal state. He was in a world of brilliant light, but the only supreme light source that made this world so dazzling was not the sun or anything else, but Seto Kaiba himself!

A giant-like, heaven-supporting Seto Kaiba, if placed in the real world, could probably be a thousand meters tall? Or ten thousand meters?

Darkness was not sure, because from his perspective, he couldn't see the opponent's head at all. It was too huge, so huge that even this world couldn't contain it, and he couldn't see the full picture.

His whole body radiated a terrifyingly bright light that illuminated this entire world, making Darkness look like an inconspicuous insect at his feet.

This is... Seto Kaiba's inner world?

Darkness was shocked.

What does this mean?

Does it mean that this person's ego has expanded so much that even his own heart cannot contain it?