Chapter 815: Phoenix Cluster Amaryllis

"Due to the effect of Rainbow Life, my Life Points remain at 4100 after taking damage."

Fujiki You Xuan said slowly, then revealed the card he had just discarded to the Graveyard.

"Furthermore, what I just discarded from my hand was the Spell Card 'Card of Compensation'."

"When this card is discarded from the hand, I can draw two cards from my Deck."

Aki bit her lip, her body seemingly trembling with a slight, barely perceptible amplitude. It was unclear if it was out of anger or frustration.

"What's wrong? Is the witch's fury only at this level?"

Fujiki You Xuan tilted his head and said.

"Looking at it this way, your will for revenge isn't very firm, is it? Divine will be very angry."

"Shut up! Shut up!"

Izayoi was furious; her messy long hair was stirred up again by the erupting air waves, dancing in the wind.

However, despite her rage, Fujiki You Xuan could perceive that her aura and energy level had no significant increase compared to before.

"Have you reached your limit?"

Fujiki You Xuan observed her for a moment and said slowly.

"I understand. You loathe yourself and deny your own power. If you maintain this hateful mindset, I'm afraid this level is your limit."

He paused for a moment, his gaze falling again on the glowing Dragon Mark on Izayoi for a moment.

"But your potential should be far more than just this. I think Divine must have told you that the Crimson Dragon is the embodiment of evil, a tool the Public Security Maintenance Bureau wants to use to dominate the world, and that you, the Arcadia Movement, are the saviors who will rescue the world from the Crimson Dragon's hands, right?"

This was also recorded in Divine's darkroom.

Aki still looked at him coldly, without speaking.

"You deny your own power and even fight against it, which is why you are only at this level. You want revenge, you want to defeat me, but this level won't do."

"Just as you deeply crave to be recognized, yet Divine covered up that desire, letting you use violence and hatred to respond to the hatred given by others, the result is that you are increasingly ostracized, and even you yourself have begun to loathe yourself."

"But if even you cannot accept yourself, how could anyone else try to accept you?"

"Shut up! Shut up! What do you know?" Aki said angrily, "Judging so easily with such a condescending tone."

"If I could do it, if I could accept myself... why would I be in so much pain!?"

"Of course you can do it." Fujiki You Xuan said calmly, "Because Divine has been lying from the very beginning. The power of the Crimson Dragon has been passed down since ancient times, and for generations, it has been a power that exists for protection."

"Throughout history, people of every generation have revered it as a guardian deity, and the Signers chosen by the Crimson Dragon have always been beloved heroes."

"Divine wouldn't lie." Aki gritted her teeth and said, "On the contrary, isn't deception and calculation exactly the means you, the Public Security Maintenance Bureau, are best at?"

Fujiki You Xuan shrugged. This was truly impossible to refute; that was indeed the persona of Director Goodwin.

"Well, of course I know you can't take in any of my words right now, but I didn't expect you to believe me immediately anyway. Just listen and have an impression; you will understand in the future."

"As for now..."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

"Want to defeat me? Want revenge? Then work hard to become stronger and let me see where your limit is."

"My turn, draw!"

Aki also stopped talking and observed with focus.

She had begun to feel that this person might indeed be tricky. However, she still had Phoenix Cluster Amaryllis on her field; whether through battle or effect destruction, as long as Amaryllis was destroyed, it could inflict 800 points of damage.

Come on, destroy my Amaryllis, and then continue to take the damage.

"I Tribute the 'Rose Token' and 'Phoenix Cluster Amaryllis' on your field," Fujiki You Xuan said with a smile, "and gift this powerful monster to you."

Aki: "?"

Tribute my... Amaryllis?

The next moment, she saw rolling lava erupting beneath the Rose Token and Phoenix Cluster Amaryllis on her field. The wail of Amaryllis was swallowed by the volcanic roar, and its body decomposed into golden particles, falling into the boiling magma.

"Awakening from the magma of the abyss, the power of destruction and rebirth—"

"—Level 8, Lava Golem!"

Amidst the surging magma, a giant seemingly constructed of fire rose slowly. The chained fists swung, and a pitch-black cage rose from the magma with a gurgling sound, trapping the helpless girl inside.

【Lava Golem, ATK 3000】

Aki: "?"

No battle, no effect destruction, but he... ate her Amaryllis?

Aki was stunned for a few seconds, but continued: "However, the effect of 'Black Garden' still activates."

"A new monster was Special Summoned on my field, so Black Garden will Special Summon a new 'Rose Token' on your field!"

A new rose stubbornly bloomed on Fujiki You Xuan's field.

【Rose Token, ATK 800】

"The effect of the Continuous Trap 'Rose Flame'!" Aki shouted, "A new Plant-Type monster was summoned on your field, take another 500 points of damage!"

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 4100 → LP 3600】

But for the large amount of Life Points he had recovered, this bit of damage seemed a bit insignificant.

Fujiki You Xuan said: "Tytannial, Princess of Camellias, attack the last remaining 'Rose Token' in Defense Position on your field."

Tytannial stirred up a storm of petals, forming a blood-red vortex that swept in the last rose on Aki's field, grinding it into fragments within the blood-red storm.

Of course, because it was in Defense Position, there was no battle damage.

"Battle Phase ends. Although I said I gave you my soul, it would be bad if I were attacked by my own trump card."

Fujiki You Xuan said.

"Next, I activate the Spell Card 'Swords of Revealing Light'!"

Several swords of light condensed from holy light descended from the sky, accompanied by a few whooshing sounds, and inserted themselves around Aki's field, as if adding another layer of cage outside the Lava Golem's cage, binding her layer by layer.

"After Swords of Revealing Light is activated, counting from the opponent's turn, the opponent's monsters cannot attack for the next three turns." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Turn end."

Aki frowned.

Attack lockdown, what is this stalling tactic planning?

Aki: "My turn, draw."

Fujiki You Xuan said: "At this moment, the monster effect of 'Lava Golem'."

"While this card is on the field, every Standby Phase of the controller, the controller takes 1000 points of damage."

Lava poured down from the top of Aki's head, the scorching heat wave seemingly extinguishing even her tyrannical aura by a few degrees.

"Ugh..."

【Aki, LP 3750 → LP 2750】

Now she seemed to understand.

This guy... could it be he wants to lock down her attacks, and then burn her to death with this ugly monster?

(Chapter end) ===== CHAPTER 816 =====