Chapter 441: The Invincible Serpent God

"When summoning Serpent God Ge, all cards in hand must be discarded. With this, I discarded the Magic Card 'Compensatory Treasure' from my hand."

The Arbiter drew cards from the deck.

"This card is sent to the Graveyard from the hand, you can draw two cards from the deck."

Now his voice had become increasingly sharp, completely different from the tone that was calm and indifferent at any time before.

"Now if you want to win, you have to defeat Serpent God Ge... of course, that's impossible."

"Now that Serpent God Ge has appeared, the duel is equivalent to already over!"

The Arbiter stepped forward, green light surging in his eyes.

"No matter who you are, just perish together with the Pharaoh's soul and that Egyptian God that should have been buried long ago!"

"Serpent God Ge's attack!"

While speaking, he quickly drew a large handful of cards from the deck, and threw them out very dashingly in a "Darkness Marik. JPG" pose, and for a time, cards were flying all over the sky.

"Every time Serpent God Ge attacks, you must send the top ten cards of your deck to the Graveyard to attack." The Arbiter said. "But it doesn't matter, you don't have the next turn."

"Attack 'The Winged Dragon of Ra'!"

The Serpent God had long been unable to hold back and opened its giant mouth, the pitch-black vortex in its mouth surging, turning into a spiral impact and bombing towards the Winged Dragon's field!

"God Phoenix effect activates again." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Pay 1000 Life Points, destroy all monsters on the opponent's field!"

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP1800→LP800】

Everyone was even more shocked.

"The Egyptian God's ability doesn't have a once-per-turn limit either!?"

Being able to clear the field during the opponent's turn, and without a once-per-turn limit... what kind of heaven-defying ability is this?

It's no wonder that the dueling world said back then that if you get one of the three Egyptian Gods, you can be invincible in the world. Such a terrifying ability, let alone ten years ago, even if the dueling world develops to the present, ordinary duelists and decks are dimensionality-reduced strikes in the face of this power, almost unable to resist.

Even Fujiki You Xuan had to admit that the Winged Dragon's anime effect is really a bit top-notch, and it reminds him of an old friend named "Zeus", and the feeling of using it is a bit similar.

Phoenix launched a charge again!

The divine flames that could not be stopped, the firelight that burned everything swept across the opponent's entire field. The fire of immortality ignited the sky and the earth, and even the clouds seemed to fall into a sea of fire.

The Arbiter gritted his teeth.

In the Orichalcos's three-layer Barrier, Serpent God Ge possesses immunity to Magic and Trap effects, and the only shortcoming left is monster effects. But Serpent God Ge also possesses effect destruction resistance, which should be able to make up for this shortcoming to a certain extent.

Although Serpent God Ge was modified into a Reptile-type with no face after being made into a physical card, this thing is a proper Egyptian God Beast in the anime.

And in the anime environment, there is a very strict division of high and low ranks in the God race, which will also directly affect whether the god's resistance and destruction effects can take effect on the opponent.

Just like in the Battle City, the resistance to monster effects held by the Slifer controlled by Atem was useless in front of Marik's Winged Dragon, but all the effects of Slifer and Obelisk were ineffective against the Winged Dragon. And in the manga, the effects of Atem's Slifer and Obelisk were also ineffective against the "Wicked Avatar", the highest-ranked of the three Wicked Gods, and only the Winged Dragon, which belongs to the same highest rank as the Wicked Avatar, could hurt the Wicked Avatar.

In fact, there is also a God-race exclusive Magic Card "God Evolution" in the manga that can improve the rank of gods. In the manga, Atem used this card to temporarily raise Obelisk to the same rank as the Sun God, so that Obelisk could ignore the resistance of the "Wicked Avatar" which was originally higher than him.

Serpent God Ge also belongs to the God race, so naturally, it has to be affected by the high and low ranks of the God race. If it faces the effect of a higher-ranked god, its destruction resistance will naturally be ineffective.

In fact, Fujiki You Xuan had no certainty whether this blow could take effect on Serpent God Ge, after all, the Egyptian Gods and Serpent God Ge were not compared in actual combat in the anime. But the Winged Dragon in the God Phoenix state should be at the top of the God race, at least it is worth a try.

"Eyesore Egyptian God." The Arbiter said in a deep voice. "Then Quick-Play Magic 'Forbidden Dress', let the ATK of one monster on the field decrease by 600, and it cannot be the target of card effects or be destroyed by effects until the end of the turn."

"I choose to use the effect of this card to protect 'Serpent God Ge'!"

I don't know if the Arbiter knew that Serpent God Ge couldn't withstand the Phoenix's flames, or if he wasn't sure and just wanted to be safe—after all, he couldn't afford to gamble at this step. His victory or defeat was completely tied to Serpent God Ge, and once Serpent God Ge was destroyed by the Phoenix, he would lose directly.

"The third layer of the Orichalcos Barrier makes my monsters unaffected by the opponent's Magic and Trap effects, but my own effects are effective. And Serpent God Ge's ATK is infinite, decreasing by 600 has no effect." The Arbiter said. "Phoenix's destruction becomes negated!"

The description of the Winged Dragon's effect in DM is "destroy all monsters on the opponent's field". It's just that the effect text description was not standardized at that time, so there is a view that the "destroy" here refers to sending to the Graveyard directly, not effect destruction.

But this statement was also overturned after the Winged Dragon's guest appearance in GX. By the GX era, the rules had been perfected, and the text was relatively more standardized than the previous generation. When Franz used the Winged Dragon's effect, he clearly explained that it was "destroy all monsters on the opponent's field".

The Phoenix's flames returned without success, and Serpent God Ge hissed arrogantly, as if triumphant.

"Serpent God Ge is invincible." The Arbiter shouted. "This way it's over, shatter, Winged Dragon!"

Serpent God Ge spat out a chaotic vortex from its mouth, counterattacking towards the Winged Dragon. But the God Phoenix crossed its wings to protect itself in front of it, actually like a flowing flame barrier!

That overbearing vortex bombed on the barrier, and a shockwave expanded exaggeratedly. The thunder clouds in the sky shook, the sea area outside the island was stormy, the waves roared, and the entire island seemed to be shaking under the impact of the gods, as if it was about to be overturned by divine power.

Also Muda!

The flames dissipated, the Phoenix still stood on the field, and the flame coat endured the blow of the Serpent's infinite power, but it seemed to burn even more vigorously. The flames remained, the divine bird chirped high, and Fujiki You Xuan stood under the protection of the immortal firebird, also unscathed.

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP800】

"Nani?" The Arbiter was startled. "Serpent God Ge's infinite attack is also ineffective!?"

I'm already infinite, why can't I hit you?

"What a pity, the Winged Dragon of Ra Special Summoned in the turn it transforms into the 'God Phoenix' state is unaffected by any card effects, cannot be destroyed by battle, and the battle damage caused to the player is 0."

"Tch, troublesome Egyptian God." The Arbiter snorted coldly. "Forget it. But the Phoenix's effect can only be maintained for one turn, and the god that was Special Summoned cannot stay on the field forever."

"I know."

Fujiki You Xuan nodded.

"The 'Winged Dragon of Ra' that was Special Summoned must be sent to the Graveyard at the end of this turn. Sleep for a while, Winged Dragon."

The Phoenix finally glared at the Serpent God deeply, but the time limit passed, and its divine power had burned out. The armor of flames faded from its body, the divine bird's flames gradually dimmed, sank into the Duel Disk in Fujiki You Xuan's hand, and disappeared into it, no longer moving.

The Winged Dragon left the field, and in an instant, it was like sunset. Originally, light and darkness were evenly matched, but after the Winged Dragon disappeared, the darkness immediately took the upper hand.

Serpent God Ge released endless darkness from its body, covering the heaven and earth, as if it were the deepest night in history, but it covered all the stars, and not a single star could be seen.

The Sun God left the field, but the Evil God still stood. Everyone's mood sank with the dissipation of the Winged Dragon, only feeling that the future was like this darkness, and could not see hope.

"The Evil God with infinite ATK, even looking at it from outside the field makes me breathless..." Marufuji Ryo murmured.

He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.

Fujiki You Xuan, who had to face this thing on the field and had to fight it, what kind of pressure was he under to fight?

"... The End Phase of the turn, although the Winged Dragon left the field, the effect of 'Interdimensional Matter Transporter' has also ended."

Fujiki You Xuan showed a card in his hand.

Ripples appeared in the air, and in the transparent vortex, the steel two-headed giant dragon returned to the field with the surging current. The metal parts made a crisp friction sound, and the steel giant dragon raised its head and chanted.

"Cyber Twin Dragon returns to my field."

【Cyber Twin Dragon, ATK 2800】

"Twin Dragon..."

Marufuji Ryo watched his former proud monster return to the field, but there was no pride or relief in his heart. In front of that Serpent God, even the Twin Dragon looked weak and unbearable...

No, or it should be said that all conventional monsters have no resistance in front of this thing.

Even the god-level monster "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" that Kaiba showed everyone in the previous game, which exceeded common sense, was not Serpent God Ge's opponent in the face of this scene.

"My turn, draw card."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card.

The voice was without joy or sorrow, calm and steady. There was no boiling blood when facing a strong enemy like Judai, but there was no fear either.

Although Marufuji Ryo's dueling style was not on the same path as the Lord of the Yellow Clothes, he couldn't help but secretly admire his actions and reactions at this time.

Even facing such an opponent and such a situation, he didn't flinch, and didn't even waver at all.

"Activate Magic Card 'Spider Web', you can add a card sent to the Graveyard by the opponent one turn ago to your hand." (Original card)

Fujiki You Xuan said.

"The card I want to get from your Graveyard is this one—"

"—Magic Card 'Monster Reborn'!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 442 =====