Chapter 177: Is This How You Use Offering Demon?

"Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon??"

Master Tianma Yuehang stared in shock, utterly unprepared for this sudden twist.

But he certainly recognized this monster—it was none other than his adoptive father Beka's ace card.

He also knew that last time Fujiki You Xuan came, he had obtained a replica of the Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon from Tiamen Yexing, so logically he shouldn't have been surprised that Fujiki You Xuan held the Offering Demon.

But what startled him wasn't the Offering Demon itself, but

"Transforming into the Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon using a Scapegoat?"

The Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon was originally a Fusion Monster, with one of its fusion materials being the Ritual Monster "Offering Demon" and the other a Fusion-specific common material, "Thousand-Eyed Cult God." Its fusion difficulty was high, and it wasn't easy to summon.

But by combining "Scapegoat" and "Sudden Mutation," one could effortlessly summon this dominant monster using a near-glitch-like trick.

In fact, this was one of the main reasons the Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon became a banned card in competitive environments. Initially after release, players mostly regarded it as a card with only ornamental value, used only by anime fans who built specialized decks for flashy combos.

Back then, no one could have imagined that soon enough, due to its absurdly simple summoning conditions, it would become a universally used field-clearing divine artifact.

【Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon, ATK 0】

But Yuehang quickly recovered from the shock of his father's card suddenly appearing and spoke calmly.

"But even so, when 'Angel O7' is on the field, all your monsters cannot activate their effects—this includes the Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon."

Without monster effects, its threat level dropped by more than half.

"Your Majesty Master Tianma's ace is indeed troublesome."

Fujiki You Xuan nodded, and a flash of gold light emerged from his graveyard, as a trap card was activated from within.

"Therefore, I activate the trap card—Skill Breakthrough—from my graveyard!"

Yuehang gasped: "Activate a trap card from the graveyard? And one you already used in the first turn!?"

"Correct. When Skill Breakthrough exists in the graveyard, its effect can only be used during your own turn." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Exclude Skill Breakthrough from the game to negate the effects of one monster on your opponent's field until the end of the turn."

"Therefore, I negate the effect of 'Angel O7'!"

If this were the physical card version, Master Tianma Yuehang's "Dark Hou Jue Belial" should have possessed the additional protection effect: "While this card is on the field, your opponent cannot target any of your other monsters for attacks or as targets of trap or spell effects."

In other words, if this were the physical card version, Fujiki You Xuan would have had to use another method—Skill Breakthrough could not target "Angel O7."

But Yuehang's manga-original "Dark Hou Jue Belial" only had the effect: "This card can negate the attack of all opponent monsters with 7 stars or less," differing from the physical card—it offered no protection or targeting immunity to allies, only defensive capability.

Moreover, Belial's original manga effect was similar to the newly printed "Digital Angel—Nasatimi" on Fujiki You Xuan's side: a non-limiting, one-time-per-turn attack negation effect, making it a solid defensive ability.

Although using the manga-original cards granted the advantage of Angel O7's exclusive one-sided effect suppression, it also meant losing Belial's protective immunity—so each side had its pros and cons.

"Skill Breakthrough's effect applies—'Angel O7's' effect is negated!"

The artificial angel's halo dimmed instantly; the Holy Field of Light shrank and finally condensed back onto the angel itself. Simultaneously, the effect suppression on Fujiki You Xuan's half of the field was lifted.

"You had a countermeasure… right from the first turn," Yuehang murmured.

"Then I activate the Ritual Spell—'Illusory Ritual'—from my hand." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Sacrifice a total of 1 or more stars' worth of monsters from your hand and field to Ritual Summon 'Offering Demon.'"

This was another card Fujiki You Xuan had obtained from Tiamen Yexing last time. Offering Demon was one of the fusion materials for the Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon—of course, they wouldn't give you the Fusion Monster without the material.

Yuehang was stunned again: "You're summoning both 'Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon' and 'Offering Demon' in the same turn?"

He immediately realized that even his adoptive father Beka, the original designer and owner of the Offering series, might not have been able to achieve this.

"Although the 'Scapegoat Token' summoned by Scapegoat cannot be used as a tribute for an Upper Summon, it's perfectly valid for Ritual Summoning." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Therefore, I sacrifice the Level 1 'Scapegoat Token'—Ritual Summon!"

"The Ritual of Offering, phantom demon, descend through the Illusory Ritual—"

The Ritual card slammed onto the Duel Disk; a sinister monster with a forward-protruding single eye appeared instantly in the Ritual flames, its appearance enough to shatter one's sanity.

【Offering Demon, ATK 0】

Yuehang was now utterly stunned.

Two Scapegoats, within one turn, had transformed into the two Offering aces Beka had crafted for himself.

So this was how the Offering series was played?

In that instant, a heretical thought flashed through his mind—

—Could it be that his own father didn't even know how to play Offering Demon?

"First, activate the effect of Offering Demon."

Fujiki You Xuan calmly waved his hand.

"Once per turn, you may absorb one monster on your opponent's field as an Equip Card and gain its ATK and DEF values. Of course, you're well aware of this effect."

He pointed to Yuehang's "Dark Hou Jue Belial."

"Then, absorb 'Dark Hou Jue Belial' as an Equip Card."

The massive hollow cavity on Offering Demon's chest opened, releasing an immense force—an irresistible gravitational pull, like a black hole, dragging Belial toward it without mercy, swallowing it whole until it vanished.

"Offering Demon gains Belial as an Equip Card, increasing its ATK by the equipped monster's ATK value."

【Offering Demon, ATK 0 → ATK 2800】

Yuehang clenched his teeth.

"Now, the effect of 'Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon'—of course, you know this too." Fujiki You Xuan smiled. "As a Fusion Monster, Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon inherits Offering Demon's effect."

Once per turn, absorb one monster as an Equip Card and gain its ATK and DEF values.

"This time, absorb 'Earth Giant—Gaia Plate!'"

Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon released another wave of darkness, its immense gravity dragging the monster into an endless abyss.

【Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon, ATK 0 → ATK 2800】

"Even Gaia…" Yuehang gritted his teeth.

There were differences between the anime and physical card versions of the Offering series. The physical cards were nerfed to "can equip only one monster at a time," while in the anime, you could absorb as many as you wanted, with ATK becoming the sum of all absorbed monsters' ATK.

But in both anime and physical cards, the Offering series had a "once per turn" activation limit—only one monster could be absorbed per turn.

Now, both of Fujiki You Xuan's Offering Demons had already activated their effects, so they shouldn't be able to absorb "Angel O7" anymore.

Theoretically, that should be the case.

"Next, I Normal Summon 'Tsukuyomi.'"

【Tsukuyomi, ATK 1100】

"When Tsukuyomi is successfully summoned, you can change one monster on the field to face-down defense position."

Yuehang frowned.

Change a monster on the field? Was he targeting his "Angel O7"?

But turning Angel O7 into defense position now would only strengthen his own defense and reduce damage…

"I change my own 'Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon' to face-down defense position."

"Nani!?"

Yuehang was startled.

Covering his own Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon? What kind of move was this?

He watched helplessly as a crescent moon rose, and Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon reverted to a face-down card on the field.

"Since 'Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon' is now face-down, the Equip Card 'Earth Giant—Gaia Plate' is destroyed."

Gaia Plate regained freedom; the image of the rock giant flickered briefly after Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon was covered, then shattered into glowing particles and vanished.

"Next, I activate the effect of 'AD Changer' in my graveyard!" Fujiki You Xuan said. "Exclude this card from the game to change the battle position of one monster on the field."

Yuehang's expression shifted slightly: "When did you get this card…?"

"Last turn, it was discarded by 'Angel's Charity.'" Fujiki You Xuan smiled. "I change the face-down 'Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon' back to face-up attack position!"

The Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon, now stripped of its equip, reemerged from beneath the face-down card, its single eye glowing with sinister wisdom.

"The state of the newly flipped 'Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon' has been reset, allowing it to activate its effect again." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Once per turn, absorb one monster on your opponent's field as an Equip Card."

"Absorb 'Angel O7' as an Equip Card!"

Yuehang stared helplessly as his soul card was dragged into the dark vortex by overwhelming gravity, becoming part of Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon, overwhelmed by profound helplessness.

"So this is how Offering Demon is used…" he muttered.

When the physical card "Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon" is on the field, it has the effect: "All monsters on the field except this one cannot attack," including your own.

But in the anime, Beka's original version only restricted "opponent's monsters from attacking," so now there was no attack restriction on Fujiki You Xuan's side.

"'Thousand-Eyed Offering Demon,' 'Offering Demon'—attack Master Tianma directly."

The two sinister monsters simultaneously opened their hollow maws, releasing the absorbed "Angel O7" and "Dark Hou Jue Belial."

Yuehang could only raise his Duel Disk helplessly in front of himself, crushed beneath the relentless assault of his two ace cards, his eyes still filled with deep doubt toward the world.

Two Scapegoats turned into two Offering Demons, and in one turn, he lost three of his biggest monsters.

Why did he have such a strange dream?

【Yuehang, LP 3000 → LP 0】

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