Chapter 1456: Cruel Venom Dragon

"Elemental HERO Sunrise's effect, destroy 'Starving Venom Fusion Dragon'!"

Sunrise's radiance withstood the lethal blow, and the chaotic impact surged back with great force, shattering the giant dragon with a single strike.

"I see, this Hero was hiding such an ability."

Seeing his trump card for a sure-kill blow shattered, Yuri remained expressionless and said faintly.

"It seems I slightly underestimated you. However..."

His calm expression suddenly twisted, his facial muscles twitching in a somewhat horrifying way, and a terrifying, chilling light appeared in his scarlet eyes.

Yuri changed his tone and suddenly roared, "At this moment, the other hidden ability of Starving Venom Fusion Dragon also activates!"

Judai asked in surprise, "There's another hidden ability?"

"Of course, did you think your counterattack wasn't within my expectations?" Yuri laughed loudly. "The moment Starving Venom Fusion Dragon was destroyed by Sunrise, its final effect also activated!

When this card is destroyed, destroy all Special Summoned monsters on the opponent's field, and inflict damage to the opponent equal to the total of their ATK!" (Anime effect)

This is another effect that differs between the anime and the physical card. Although the physical card also has the ability to blow up all Special Summoned monsters on the opponent's field when Starving Venom Fusion Dragon is destroyed, it does not have the burn damage effect.

That's why it's said that the anime original version of Starving Venom Fusion Dragon is an OTK artifact. Not only does it have the active offensive ability to absorb all the ATK on the opponent's field and hammer them to death in one punch, but its death throes when leaving the field also have the burn damage ability to finish them off instantly.

If an opponent doesn't understand the effect of this dragon, they can easily be blindsided and killed instantly in a situation where they clearly have the advantage, dying without even knowing why.

And Judai was facing such a crisis at this moment.

"So amazing, wiping out all my monsters and adding damage..." Judai said.

Yubel: "Don't just stand there, now is not the time for sentiment."

If hit by this blow, both Sunrise and Absolute Zero would be destroyed, and the total of their ATK is a full 5800 points. One hit would be enough to take Judai's life.

"I know," Judai said. "Activate face-down card, Trap Card 'Damage Diet'!"

The cartoon-style Trap Card flipped over, immediately releasing a spiral-shaped buffer zone on his field.

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon's body exploded like a ignited oil drum, and flames and shockwaves burst out in all directions. Sunrise and Absolute Zero were both engulfed, shattering into pieces under the sweeping fiery flames.

"The effect of Damage Diet, halve all battle and effect damage I take this turn!"

The destructive flames were reduced by the cartoon buffer zone, and finally, they were weakened to only half their power when they blasted through Judai. Judai staggered two steps before standing firm, steadily taking the shockwave.

【Judai, LP 4000 → LP 1100】

"Geez, that was dangerous, dangerous." Judai laughed. "I was almost finished off by a hair. You really summoned an incredible dragon."

Yubel said faintly, "I warned you long ago not to be careless and underestimate the enemy. Not liking to go all out from the start has always been your shortcoming."

If You Xuan were here, he would definitely complain that this is a flaw cut from the same cloth as a certain Son-named Saiyan from the Dragon Ball set next door! However, Judai is playing the traditional hot-blooded manga protagonist script anyway, so paying tribute to his predecessors isn't strange.

"Oh? You blocked that move too? Let me praise you for a moment. But if you didn't have this level of skill, you wouldn't be able to entertain me." Yuri laughed loudly.

Just like how the various heads of the seafood-haired protagonists throughout the generations, despite their different personalities and experiences, have one absolutely common and unchanging trait—that is, a strong addiction to card games.

Although he turned into a villain, Zarc can at least count as a protagonist—or at least a quarter of one. So regardless of whether he's a villain, Zarc undoubtedly inherited the inherited card game addiction of the seafood-haired protagonists.

There is a saying that men are animals that think with their lower bodies; while this statement is a bit of a generalization and somewhat controversial, if one says that every man with seafood hair thinks with his Duel Disk, there is absolutely no controversy.

So one can imagine how bored a BOSS with a strong card game addiction would be after having unified the world, and after almost all the card players in the world capable of resisting him have been wiped out.

It's been such a long time since I found a suitable opponent to play cards with; now that I've finally caught someone interesting, I naturally have to play to my heart's content.

"Then, the Battle Phase ends." Yuri put one hand on his hip and leaned forward to look at the field. "Let me see, with this, there are no monsters on my field, it looks a bit dangerous... Then let's leave it at that."

As he said this, he played another card from his hand, inserting it into the Duel Disk slot.

"Activate Spell Card 'Magical Mallet'! Return any number of cards from my hand to the Deck along with 'Magical Mallet', shuffle, and then draw the same number of cards from the Deck." (Anime effect)

He said this as he pulled back the Mallet, stuffing it along with most of the other cards in his hand back into the Duel Disk, leaving only the last card in his hand.

All were inserted back into the Deck loaded on the Duel Disk, and the Deck immediately executed an automatic shuffling program. After shuffling, Yuri quickly drew the same number of cards again.

"Let me see... Ha, I drew a good card this time." Yuri licked his lips.

"You drew a good card, huh," Judai rubbed his hands excitedly. "What card could it be? I'm so looking forward to it..."

Yubel looked at the two of them coldly. "You two are really unexpectedly well-matched."

Judai laughed. "Although winning the duel is correct, it doesn't hinder me from enjoying the process."

"Oh, an interesting argument. Enjoying the duel as entertainment?" Yuri let out a series of strange laughs. "Interesting, really interesting. It almost reminds me of an old acquaintance..."

Judai's eyes lit up. "Oh? Sounds like you know a good duelist too."

"Yeah, talking about entertainment, entertainment, duels bringing smiles, and other inexplicable nonsense, and spreading it like a contagious disease, making everyone mentally abnormal."

Yuri said with a grin.

"So I made him die a miserable death."

Judai shook his head. "That's a real pity."

"Haha, don't pity him, you'll soon end up just like him. If you're not convinced, try to stop me."

Yuri said with a smile, inserting two more cards from the hand he had just changed into the Duel Disk.

"Set two cards in the back row, turn end!"

Yuri slapped his chest hard.

"Come on, use all your strength and aim it right here!" ===== CHAPTER 1457 =====