Chapter 604: A Duelist Restrained by the King

Kebula was full of question marks at this time.

On my field... what the hell?

At this time, Fujiki You Xuan had already shown the monster card in his hand. Then a golden light rose, and the demon with a huge metal shell rose slowly.

Although it was a completely metal body, it still gave people a creepy and ferocious feeling. The steel demon was covered with sharp thorns, and the center of the body was a high-speed rotating saw, and the whole body seemed to be covered with torture tools from head to toe, which didn't look like a monster used by a good person.

In fact, the design of this monster itself also intentionally imitated Lava Golem in many levels, and the feeling it gave people was like a torture steel version of a Lava Golem. Even this "big monster of level 8 appearing on the opponent's field" characteristic is very like a family.

【Torture Giant, ATK 3000】

Kebula was stunned for two seconds.

Ah? Is it so good?

Give the opponent a Blue-Eyes White Dragon level big monster. And unlike Lava Golem, it won't eat two monsters as sacrifices, it's completely free.

Is there any reason for the King's duel to distribute resources to the opponent...

Of course, this naive thought was too absurd. Kebula knew that the person in front of him was extremely dark, and he would never do anything meaningless. Any seemingly generous gift must hide a more invisible dark thought behind it.

Sure enough, then he saw two small monsters pop out on Fujiki You Xuan's field.

"Hahahaha, of course it won't be completely free, then I would be too disadvantaged," Fujiki You Xuan laughed. "Torture Giant can special summon two 'Torture Tokens' on your field, and special summon itself on the opponent's field."

【Torture Token, ATK 0】 x2

"Two tokens," Kebula said in a low voice. "Used as sacrifices?"

If it were a physical card, Torture Giant could not perform a normal summon in the turn it used the special summon effect. But the anime didn't, Yubel's first body descent used Torture Giant tokens as sacrifices, and then the level 8 big monster that attacked and gave itself to the opponent directly bounced the then-stunned Amun to death with 3000 points of counter-damage.

Sister Yu actually has a dark talent.

"Then I special summon 'Candy Clown' from my hand," Fujiki You Xuan said.

The funny clown appeared on the field, tilting his head, looking not very smart.

【Candy Clown, ATK 0】

"Then use two Torture Tokens, Candy Clown, three monsters as sacrifices!"

Kebula: "!"

Three monsters as sacrifices?

Amun's face also changed slightly.

As we all know, in the rules of dueling, except for level 5 and 6 monsters that only need one sacrifice for tribute summon, as long as it is above level 6, even level 12—assuming there is a level 12 monster that can really be normal summoned—only needs two sacrifices for tribute summon.

Monsters that need three sacrifices are very rare, and often only monsters specially marked in the effect text need such treatment. And the most representative big monster that is easy to associate with is undoubtedly the Three Phantom Gods.

However, Fujiki You Xuan didn't intend to summon a god here.

What exploded on his field was clear blue water. Then the sharp blade in the water cut open the blue water curtain, and the warrior who looked like a female was wearing blue armor, and the light cloak behind her was also woven like water. She held a sharp blade in each hand, the color was like water, and the image was like a light sword.

Planet series, Light Mercury, descends!

【Light Mercury, ATK 2000】

Kebula and Amun changed color suddenly.

"This is the legendary Planet...!?"

Amun adjusted his glasses again: "Interesting. It's really like the legend, most of the Planet series are in the King's hands..."

"Light Mercury is a level 8 monster, but it can also be tribute summoned using three sacrifices," Fujiki You Xuan said. "And, Mercury will get different effects depending on the number of sacrifices."

"First of all, when this card is summoned, all monsters on the field become attack position..."

Fujiki You Xuan paused and smiled.

"Of course, the monsters are originally in attack position, so this effect is ignored. However, when using three or more sacrifices, as long as Mercury exists in the monster zone, the attack power of all monsters on the opponent's field drops by the original attack power of itself!"

Kebula's pupils shrank.

Attack power drops by the original value...

That means, except for monsters that have gained increases through card effects, the attack power of any other thing will return to zero? 【60

"Mercury Suppression!"

A body of water erupted, sweeping over the Torture Giant like a flood. The Torture Giant's body swayed, staggering two steps before barely managing to stand firm.

【Torture Giant, ATK 3000 → ATK 0】

Cobra gritted his teeth.

No wonder he so nonchalantly gave him such an eight-star boss monster; for Fujiki You Xuan, it really might not have mattered at all.

In front of Mercury, all attack power would return to zero anyway.

"And because 'Legendary Ocean Atlantis' is on the field, the Water-attribute Mercury's attack power increases by 200."

【Light Mercury, ATK 2000 → ATK 2200】

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"Light Mercury's attack."

Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand. Mercury drew the sword in its hand, its cape fluttering as light as gauze, and the sword light crossed, slashing past the Torture Giant's waist.

The Torture Giant exploded, and the sword light continued unabated, knocking Cobra to the ground.

Of course, due to the effect of the damage-nullifying interval, the battle damage was still halved.

"Ughhhhh!"

【Cobra, LP 2900 → LP 1800】

A violent impact, an intense pain. Cobra knelt on the ground, clutching his head, gritting his teeth as his body trembled uncontrollably.

What was that just now?

It wasn't just the physical pain of a Shadow Duel; he was already very familiar with that kind of pain.

There was something else, something spiritual, as if it had pierced through his soul.

In a trance, he actually seemed to see Rick.

Yes, Rick, his child. The child he had tried everything, spared no cost, to bring back to reality.

But now, the liveliness and joy on that child's face had disappeared. He was in the darkness, looking at him with strange eyes.

What was that?

Disappointment? Or even disgust?

"No, don't look at me like that!" Cobra held his head, roaring like a lion, "Everything I did was for you, even if I had to become a demon for it!"

Amon, watching from the sidelines, was startled, and then he seemed to understand something in his heart.

The King had begun to attack this person's spirit.

Unearthing the darkness in the opponent's heart, finding spiritual weaknesses, and combining them with the duel to strike.

Just like what the King had done to him before.

The more indelible darkness one had in their heart, the deeper their obsession, and the more heavily they bore expectations—viewing the duel as more important than life itself—the more they seemed to be countered by the King.

Precisely because the meaning of the duel was so significant to them, and precisely because they carried so much, they were more prone to falling into despair than ordinary people when tortured by the King's dueling.

So thought the victim, Amon.

(End of Chapter)