Chapter 719: Provocation to the Face

"The ability to freely choose whether to accept an effect. I see."

The Wicked God said in a deep voice.

"Is this the true 'Absolute Resistance'?"

"By accumulating Dragons in the Graveyard, one can gain absolute power, and with the addition of absolute resistance, it is indeed a Dragon with terrifying power."

Even as a Wicked God, he had to admit that in terms of resistance, even he, as a god, felt inferior.

At this moment, blue light was already gathering in the mouth of the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, that radiance condensing into a huge ball of light, the flashing light forming a condensed, unmoving sphere.

But the next moment, the Wicked God's tone suddenly turned into a laugh.

"But, this so-called invincible resistance only applies to that Dragon itself, right?"

Kaiba frowned: "What?"

The Wicked God said: "Activate face-down card, Trap Card 'High-Speed Chant'!"

"At the cost of not being able to activate Spell Cards in the next turn, discard any one Spell Card from the hand, and this card can directly gain the effect of that Spell!" (Original Card)

The Wicked God sent a Spell Card from his hand to the Graveyard.

"The Spell Card I am discarding from my hand is—"

"—Soul Release!"

Kaiba: "!"

He had used this card too, so he naturally knew its effect. This card is...

"Soul Release, choose a total of up to five cards from your own and your opponent's Graveyards." The Wicked God said, "Banish those five cards from the game!"

And at this critical juncture, the cards the Wicked God wanted to banish were naturally beyond doubt.

Five Dragons flew out from Kaiba's Graveyard, transforming into five streaks of white light, appearing in mid-air, and then quickly turning into flickering golden light and dissipating.

"Banish 'True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon', three 'Blue-Eyes White Dragons', and one 'Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon' from your Graveyard—five cards in total from the game!"

"In this way, the number of Dragons in your Graveyard has decreased by five, and the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's ATK decreases by 1500!"

【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, ATK 5400 → ATK 3900】

"The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon might not accept card effects, but your Graveyard is a different story," the Evil God said. "Once the source of power is cut off, even the strongest resistance is useless!"

"Perish under the power of the Wicked God, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!"

Seeing the Root of Fear about to counterattack, Kaiba gritted his teeth and shouted: "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, activate final ability!"

The Wicked God: "!"

There's still a final ability?

"By Tributing the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, I can destroy any card on the field!" Kaiba shouted, "This effect is Spell Speed 2, and can be activated during the opponent's turn!"

"I Tribute the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon to destroy 'Wicked God - Root of Fear'—"

"—Shining Nova!"

The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon erupted with blinding radiance, like the self-destruction of a supernova!

Theoretically speaking, it had been tried before; the Wicked God could not be destroyed by destruction-type effects. But Kaiba, who had also once been a wielder of a god, knew that this resistance was not absolute.

For example, the Egyptian Gods would not be forced off the field by card effects, but back then, Atum's Slifer the Sky Dragon was destroyed by Malik's The Winged Dragon of Ra, and Obelisk's field-clearing effect also worked on Slifer.

Gods have different ranks. As long as the rank of the destruction effect is higher than the god, the effect becomes effective.

Although the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon was not a god, its power level was very high. In the movie, the Continuous Trap 'Jin Zita of Light', used to seal the three Egyptian Gods, rendered ordinary destruction effects ineffective, but in the end, the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's Shining Nova successfully destroyed the Jin Zita of Light—although the cost was the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon burning out its power and the card itself being destroyed.

At this moment, even if Kaiba continued the attack, not only would the Shining Dragon be destroyed, but he would also have to take battle damage. So, it was better to fight to the death.

Shining Nova erupted, and the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon burned itself out to launch its final bombardment. But unfortunately, when the light dissipated, the darkness remained. The Wicked God still stood on the field like a mountain, exuding that dangerous aura.

"Truly dangerous. Blue-Eyes actually has such a terrifying card, and even has such a suicide-attack ability."

The Wicked God laughed.

"If it weren't for the rank increase from 'God Evolution', I might have really been finished off by this Dragon."

Kaiba gritted his teeth.

As expected, it wasn't that easy.

But he wasn't surprised; after all, it was just an attempt anyway, and at least sacrificing the Shining Dragon allowed him to escape and avoid battle damage. Kaiba said: "Then, I Normal Summon 'The Agent of Creation - Venus' in Defense Position." 【The Agent of Creation - Venus, DEF 0】

"Venus's effect: pay 500 Life Points to Special Summon one 'Mystical Shine Ball' from the Deck."

【Kaiba, LP 1250 → LP 750】

【Mystical Shine Ball, DEF 500】

Kaiba: "Set one card face-down, turn end."

The Wicked God laughed loudly: "Is this the only way you can cling to life? Seto Kaiba, who worships power, now has to send out such monsters that don't even count as walls to prolong your life."

Kaiba was expressionless: "It's your turn, draw."

"Hehe, as you wish... My turn, draw!"

The Wicked God said.

"Well, because of the side effect of 'High-Speed Chant', I can't activate any Spell Cards this turn."

"Then, battle. Wicked God - Root of Fear attacks!"

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Kaiba had kept his eyes closed for the entire turn, as if thinking, or as if feeling something.

It wasn't until the opponent declared "Battle" and the Wicked God was about to move that he suddenly opened his eyes.

As if sensing something, or as if having decided something.

"Activate face-down card, Trap Card—"

"—Desperate Situation!"

Kaiba shouted.

"This turn, all of the opponent's attacks become direct attacks on themselves!"

The Wicked God: "!?"

"What are you doing?" The Wicked God said in a deep voice, "Seeking your own destruction!?"

"Well, who knows." Kaiba sneered, "How about it, do you have the guts to attack?"

The Wicked God hesitated for a moment.

At this moment, the only face-down card on the opponent's field had already been activated, and there were only two small-fry defensive monsters on the field; it didn't look like there was any trap at all.

If Kaiba did nothing and let the Wicked God attack the defensive monsters, he could at least have survived for one more turn. But if the direct attack went through, he would be finished.

But this appearance clearly looked like he was relying on something...

While hesitating, he heard Kaiba say indifferently: "Well, the so-called Wicked God is nothing more than this, and I've long known you didn't have the guts. Because..."

He sneered.

"The fact is, you are afraid of me."

"You study me, study my rivals, deliberately prepare special cards to deal with me, and try to disturb my mind. The truth is, you are afraid of me."

"Because you know very clearly that no matter how much preparation you make, no matter how you evolve, you will never be my match."

The Wicked God narrowed his eyes.

"Provocation? Hehehe, interesting. However..."

A cold glint flashed in the Wicked God's eyes, and he sneered.

"It doesn't matter, I'll just take the bait."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 720 =====