Chapter 529: Anime Gladiator Beasts

The landing of Domitianus seemed to give Melo great confidence again. After all, it was a brand-new Gladiator Beast that surpassed an entire era, and it was his truly strongest trump card at this moment.

"The effect of Gladiator Beast Domitianus! When this card is successfully Special Summoned, Special Summon one 'Gladiator Beast' Fusion Monster other than 'Gladiator Beast Domitianus' from your Fusion Deck, ignoring its summoning conditions!"

"Other Gladiator Beasts..."

Fujiki You Xuan understood.

"So that's it. 'Gladiator Beast Caesar', which was just revived from the Graveyard by Equites, has now returned to the Fusion Deck because it was used as a fusion material for Domitianus..."

"Hahaha, not bad, as expected of the King of Games, you understand the situation really quickly."

Melo raised his arm high.

"So I can Special Summon Caesar directly, ignoring the summoning conditions, without needing fusion materials this time."

"Return to the field once again, and show your kingly majesty—"

"—Gladiator Beast Caesar, Summon!!!"

The blade in Domitianus's hand slashed through the air, and the sword light left a red trail. The image of an ancient arena seemed to emerge faintly all around, and the storm rose amidst the endless shouts full of passion, once again turning into the king of the beast-warrior Gladiator Beasts and descending!

【Gladiator Beast Caesar, ATK 2400】

"And this time, Caesar's effect when returning to the field is not negated," Melo sneered. "Therefore, the effect of Gladiator Beast Caesar activates!"

"When successfully Special Summoned, destroy up to two cards on the field!"

He pointed his finger directly at the two cards in Fujiki You Xuan's back row.

"Continuous Spell 'Blaze Accelerator', Continuous Trap 'Gravity Bind', let all the eyesores disappear together!"

Melo's whole face became abstractly expressive. But it wasn't entirely because of turning evil like Saiou, but more because of excitement.

Finally! Finally!

He, a dignified Gladiator Beast, a king-level deck with transcendent power, had not even had a single battle until now, and hadn't even touched the opponent once.

Who could understand this kind of grievance and suffering?

But now it was finally about to end. With Domitianus and Caesar appearing at the same time, the opponent had no chance at all. No matter what was blocking the way, as long as they were all blown away...

"Then I activate my set card in chain to Caesar's effect," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Trap Card 'Volcanic Force'."

"Send 'Blaze Accelerator - Trident' on my field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon one 'Volcanic Doomfire' from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard!" (Original card)

Melo frowned: "You voluntarily sacrificed Blaze Accelerator before Caesar's bombardment?"

The churning magma had already swallowed the Trident Cannon on Fujiki You Xuan's field, making a series of gurgling sounds.

Like a sleeping volcano waking up, the black smoke from the crater was like an angry giant dragon, churning and rushing into the sky.

The shackles of the earth were torn apart, and the fiery red magma was like boiling angry blood. The flowing lava gradually solidified, forming a body with a high temperature sufficient to melt steel. The sharp claws were as sharp as sword blades, flashing with dark red light. When the long tail formed by the gathering lava swung, it brought bursts of heat and sparks, and the never-extinguishing flames burned fiercely on its head.

Volcanic Doomfire, Summon!

【Volcanic Doomfire, ATK 3000】

This trap is the exclusive trap for summoning Volcanic Doomfire in the original work, and it has not been released as a physical card. However, Volcanic Doomfire has been included as a physical card, and it can be Special Summoned directly by sending "Blaze Accelerator - Trident" on the field to the Graveyard.

However, in the anime, Axel Brodie used both the physical summoning method and the anime-exclusive trap summoning, so both methods should be applicable.

"The ATK is actually 3000," Melo muttered, but then sneered.

"Interesting... But now that the attack blockade has been lifted, my Gladiator Beasts have nothing to fear!"

"Battle! 'Gladiator Beast Caesar' attacks 'Volcanic Doomfire'!"

【Gladiator Beast Caesar, ATK 2400】

Although it seemed like throwing an egg against a rock, Caesar, having received the order, did not hesitate at all, flapping his wings and launching a suicide attack on Volcanic Doomfire at full speed.

However, since he dared to attack so actively...

Fujiki You Xuan's gaze glanced at the set card in Melo's back row.

That set card that Melo had set since the first turn and had not moved since.

Gladiator Beasts are a deck that relies on battle to operate, so gaining resistance to "cannot be destroyed by battle" is undoubtedly a key means to protect Gladiator Beasts so they can survive in battle and successfully trigger the deck's operation.

On the first turn, Melo summoned Bestiari, and then set a card to end the turn. But Fujiki You Xuan didn't battle at all, but used Blaze Accelerator to destroy Bestiari directly. In fact, from the beginning to now, not a single frontal battle had occurred between the two sides in the entire duel, so assuming that was a card to resist battle destruction, there was indeed no chance to use it.

Sure enough, just as he had guessed.

"Activate set card!" Melo shouted. "Continuous Trap 'Gladiator Beast's War Chariot'!"

"As long as this card exists, 'Gladiator Beast' on my field cannot be destroyed by battle. But as a price, all battle damage dealt to me by Gladiator Beast battles is doubled!" (Original card)

Fujiki You Xuan raised his eyebrows sharply.

!. Read

Good fellow, it's actually an anime-exclusive card for Gladiator Beasts.

This card, like Domitianus, was used by the "Battle Beast", a forbidden weapon of the Duel Academy in ARC-V. However, Domitianus was released as a physical card, but this card was not.

Although the ARC-V anime was really not very good, it gave enough face to the Gladiator Beasts as former champions.

The "Battle Beast" who used Gladiator Beasts first defeated Crow, who used the Blackwing deck from the Synchro Dimension, and then almost completely crushed the protagonist Sakaki Yuya and the protagonist group's good friend Gongenzaka Noboru in a two-on-one duel. In the end, it was Jack Atlas, the king of the Synchro Dimension, who broke into the duel halfway and joined forces with Yuya to finally defeat the Battle Beast.

"To have even the anime cards for Gladiator Beasts," Fujiki You Xuan showed an increasingly interested expression, "You really made a lot of good things at Industrial Illusions."

With so many good things, you are too polite, this is so embarrassing...

And since the trap is an anime card, Fujiki You Xuan boldly guessed that this Gladiator Beast Domitianus appearing now...

At this time, Caesar had already crashed into Volcanic Doomfire. Although he was slapped away by Volcanic Doomfire's burning claws, the invisible barrier of the trap protected Caesar behind it, and he was not destroyed.

Of course, as a price, Melo needed to take double battle damage. While this trap brought benefits, it also increased the risk, which to some extent was also a shield that the duelist had to use their own body to act as for the Gladiator Beasts.

【Melo, LP 3500 → LP 2300】

Melo took the impact and staggered back two steps, saying in a deep voice.

"The effect of Gladiator Beast Domitianus!"

"The Gladiator Beast Special Summoned by Domitianus's effect returns to its Fusion Deck after damage calculation in the Battle Phase!"

"And, while Gladiator Beast Domitianus is on the field, if your Gladiator Beast returns to the Deck or Fusion Deck, Domitianus's ATK increases by the ATK value of that monster!"

As expected.

Fujiki You Xuan narrowed his eyes without surprise.

This "Gladiator Beast Domitianus" he was facing was also an anime effect.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 530 =====