Chapter 384: Planetary Descent

Rei, after being possessed by Tragoedia, saw her momentum surge, and she instantly replenished five cards in her hand in one breath!

"Next, activate the effect of 'Cycle Dragon' discarded to the Graveyard by Card Destruction."

Rei said coldly.

"Banish this card in the Graveyard from the game, you can return a Level 5 or higher Dragon-type monster from the Graveyard to your hand, and then you can perform a Tribute Summon for that monster."

"Hmm, so there are monsters other than Fairy-types." Fujiki You Xuan rested his chin on his hand.

Rei's own deck should be specialized purely for Fairy-types. However, considering she is a puppet of the crayfish, other races might have been stuffed in by the crayfish.

"Banish 'Cycle Dragon' from the Graveyard, return the Dragon-type 'Crystal Dragon' from the Graveyard to my hand!"

"If Crystal Dragon is recovered, it can be played directly through the effect of Cycle Dragon. If Crystal Dragon has 2600 ATK, that would be troublesome."

"Fine, nothing to be done about that."

He slowly raised his hand, his expression seemingly covered by a layer of shadow.

"Activate face-down card, Continuous Trap—"

"Light-Imprisoning Mirror!"

Tragoedia: "!"

Even the onlookers couldn't help but look sideways—

—Good grief, he really didn't intend to leave anyone a way out?

"Light-Imprisoning Mirror, as long as it exists on the field, any Light-attribute effect activated on the field or in the Graveyard is negated, a Continuous Trap."

Fujiki You Xuan said nonchalantly.

"Although it was a card included to deal with Rei's Angels, Cycle Dragon... is also Light-attribute, right?"

Tragoedia: "..."

Even Rei, whose consciousness had been pushed aside to watch the show after Tragoedia took over, couldn't help but tremble in her heart when she saw this scene.

No, was it necessary!?

Magic Canceller and Light-Imprisoning Mirror, the combination of these two cards basically already crushed her entire deck.

Although she had always extremely hated the feeling of being forcibly entered, she was now actually a bit glad that the crayfish had grabbed the controller for this round. Because if she were the one playing right now, she wouldn't have been able to think of how to win at all—no, it wasn't a question of winning or losing, she wouldn't have been able to play a single card.

"Although Cycle Dragon was already banished from the game when the effect resolved, the effect was activated from the Graveyard." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Light-Imprisoning Mirror can negate any effect activated from the field or Graveyard, so Cycle Dragon's effect is negated."

"Tch, you really dare to make a move, brat." Tragoedia said coldly, "Then you will see the price of angering me."

"The effect of 'Angel O1' in my hand, by revealing a Level 7 or higher monster in my hand, I can Special Summon it from my hand."

"I reveal the Level 8 'The Splendid VENUS' in my hand, Special Summon 'Angel O1'!"

【Angel O1, ATK 200】

The tiny Angel jumped onto the field, but at this moment, the entire audience's attention was not on it, but on the card just revealed as the cost for its Special Summon.

The Planet series, Jin Xing!

"Brother, it's the Planet series again!" Mokuba looked up at Kaiba.

"Ho, Jin Xing, so it was in this guy's hands." Kaiba said indifferently.

Jin Xing was also Rei's trump card in the original work, but it should have also been gifted by Tragoedia.

"When 'Angel O1' is on the field, I have one opportunity in addition to my Normal Summon this turn to perform a Tribute Summon for a Level 7 or higher monster in face-up Attack Position."

"Therefore, I will use the effect of 'Angel O1' to perform a Tribute Summon—"

Tragoedia continued.

"Offering 'Angel O1' and 'Holy God Palmar' on the field as Tributes, descend! Planet series—"

"—The Splendid VENUS, summon!!!"

The Fairy-type representative of the Planets, clad in golden, brilliant armor, with sacred white wings unfolding as if facing the scorching sun, feathers falling across the sky under the holy light.

【The Splendid VENUS, ATK 2800】

"That is Jin Xing."

Hibiki Kouyou couldn't help but have a solemn expression.

"It belongs to the same Planet series as my Earth..."

"To think he summoned the Planet series with such a lineup." Mokuba couldn't help but say, "This girl also feels very amazing."

"No, she is no longer the one dueling." Kaiba said indifferently.

"Eh?" Mokuba was stunned.

However, Kaiba didn't explain further, only frowning as he examined Rei, who was surrounded by black energy.

The composition of the contestants in this Duel City seemed even more complex than he had initially thought.

"Hahahaha, now that Jin Xing is out, the situation has reversed; it is the Planet series most suitable as your opponent." Tragoedia laughed loudly, "The ability of 'The Splendid VENUS', Absolute Magic Sanctuary!"

Jin Xing's staff landed majestically on the ground, and golden waves spread from the base of her staff, instantly forming a golden barrier. The fluctuations of Magic Canceller were immediately isolated, and it seemed its influence on the field had been weakened.

"When The Splendid VENUS is on the field, the effects and activations of all Spell and Trap cards I control cannot be negated!" (Old effect)

However, this effect has been rendered obsolete in the modern era and was modified to: "The activation of Spell/Trap cards on your field, and the effects of activated Spell/Trap cards, cannot be negated."

At first glance, it seems there's no difference, just changing "effects cannot be negated" to "activated effects" cannot be negated, adding the two words "activated."

But in actual combat, the impact of these two words is actually not small. The old version of Jin Xing also protected Continuous Spell/Trap effects on one's field that didn't need to be activated to take effect, but after the revision, the scope she could protect was narrowed to only activated effects that enter a chain; Continuous Spells that don't enter a chain are no longer protected by Jin Xing.

Those who don't understand might only think this is a subtle difference with little impact, but in fact, this change involves many interesting combos and usages of "The Splendid VENUS." After being weakened, many past combos no longer work.

"The Planet series Jin Xing, to think it has such an effect."

Marufuji Ryo frowned.

"Making all of one's own Spell/Trap effects gain 'cannot be negated' resistance, this Planet series is probably the exact counter to Spell/Trap lockdown-style stall decks."

Saying this, he couldn't help but look at Fujiki You Xuan.

"For you, this should be the most unfavorable type of monster, right? So what are you going to do next?"

"..."

"The effect of 'The Splendid VENUS' is a Continuous Effect, it takes effect without needing to be 'activated'." Tragoedia said, "Light-Imprisoning Mirror can only negate Light-attribute monster effects that need to be 'activated', therefore Jin Xing will not be affected by the Mirror's effect, and the effect will continue to take effect."

"And the summon of 'The Splendid VENUS' used the effect of 'Angel O1', I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn."

He revealed another card in his hand.

"Therefore, I Normal Summon this card from my hand, summon 'Dark Valkyria'!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 385 =====