Chapter 909: Destruction of Defense and Offense

"Hawk's effect: 500 damage!"

The already retired Hawk appeared like a ghost atop the Librarian, spreading its wings as if transforming into arrows that shot toward Fujiki You Xuan, colliding straight into his d-wheel.

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 4000 → LP 3500】

"I'll set three more cards. End my turn."

Antinomy ended his opening turn, calculating that his first-turn Synchro Summon of the Librarian had paved the way for future Wangpai appearances, dealt damage, and set up his back row—truly a balanced first turn of offense and defense.

He had made no mistakes this turn, leaving no openings.

Come then, King of the Other World.

Antinomy felt a quiet anticipation. Though he was a savior from the future, he was first and foremost a noble duelist. Facing a powerhouse like this—someone who represented the pinnacle of another dimension—made his duelist's soul feel as if it were burning.

Let me see what the King's dueling is like!

Fujiki You Xuan: "My turn. Draw."

The speed counter reached two.

Fujiki You Xuan glanced at his hand, gave almost no thought, and immediately drew three cards from it.

"I'll set three cards face-down. End my turn."

The three cards appeared one after another in front of him, to his left, and to his right, flashed once, then vanished.

Antinomy froze.

End of turn?

Did I hear that right?

He didn't summon a single monster, didn't activate anything, didn't even show the slightest desire to attack.

In your dimension, does the King duel like this?

Antinomy didn't voice the question, but if he had, Fujiki You Xuan would have readily admitted: Yes, exactly like this. What's wrong with that?

Don't even get me started—like I said before, in my dimension, there's an even greater King above me. If he were dueling you, he'd probably just set three cards and pass too. Nothing unusual.

That's just how things are done in our world.

Though puzzled, Antinomy continued: "My turn. Draw!"

He glanced at Fujiki You Xuan's back row.

Maybe he hadn't drawn the monsters needed for an opening?

But the thought was instantly crushed by himself.

No—for a duelist of this caliber, that's impossible. Zone had said it: this man is a genuine King, and he's traveled farther along the path of Duel King than I have. For a duelist of this level, the concept of a "hand accident" no longer exists.

In other words, this must be a tactic. Those three face-down cards conceal powerful countermeasures against me.

"But even so, it won't make me retreat!" Antinomy said. "Activate Speed Spell 'Angel's Scepter'!"

"This card can only be activated when I have two or more speed counters. Draw two cards, then discard one from hand."

Antinomy drew a card, then sent one from his hand to the graveyard.

But at that exact moment, Fujiki You Xuan reacted: "At this very moment, my face-down card activates."

"Continuous Trap 'Ride-On'!"

"When your opponent draws outside their Draw Phase, this card activates. Each time your opponent draws outside their Draw Phase, I draw two cards from my deck."

Ride-On, needless to say, is a card that steals massive card advantage from opponents' filtering draws. Considering his opponent is a Tech-type, this card could deliver a stunning response against 'Tech-Type: Super Librarian'.

The Librarian's effect grants Antinomy one card draw each time he performs a Synchro Summon. If Antinomy tries to exploit the Librarian for massive card draw, Ride-On ensures that for every card he draws, Fujiki You Xuan draws two—widening the resource gap until it becomes Fujiki You Xuan's absolute advantage.

Antinomy, however, ignored it for now: "I summon 'Tech-Type: Charging Rhino' from my hand!"

A new Tech-Type monster appeared: a massive, upright rhinoceros, its forehead crowned with a vivid red horn, clad in iron armor, its hooves shaking the track as it stomped down.

【Tech-Type: Charging Rhino, ATK 1600】

"You've placed all your faith in traps? Then let me see what kind of traps await me!"

Antinomy's Tri-Hawk inverted itself completely, head facing Fujiki You Xuan, yet still moving backward at high speed—continuing forward along the track.

Fujiki You Xuan had always wondered how anime d-wheel riders performed such physically impossible stunts—how their vehicles could flip upside-down yet maintain forward momentum. The only explanation seemed to be the d-wheel's black-tech perpetual motion engine.

"Tech-Type: Super Librarian!" Antinomy said. "Direct attack on the King—on Mr. Fujiki You Xuan!"

The Librarian snapped shut his book, leapt into the air, flung his cloak, and charged straight toward Fujiki You Xuan's speeding d-wheel.

"Knowing traps are present, yet still choosing to accept the challenge head-on... that's the boldness of a top-tier future d-wheel rider."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled and snapped his fingers.

"Then I'll oblige you."

"Activate face-down card: Trap Card 'Universal Mine—Broadsword Type'!"

"When an opponent's monster declares an attack, destroy the opponent's monster with the highest ATK on the field!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Before the Librarian could close in, the track ahead erupted in towering flames as a series of mines triggered in succession. The Tech-Type Librarian was thrown into chaos amid the dense explosions, his body staggering, on the verge of being obliterated by the blasts.

"My highest ATK monster is the Super Librarian! You want to destroy my Synchro monster? Not that easy!"

Antinomy activated a trap on his Tri-Hawk's side.

"Activate face-down card: Trap Card 'Bomb Defense'!"

"When a card that destroys one of my monsters is activated, negate and destroy that card, and inflict 500 damage to my opponent!"

A wall of black, spherical bombs lined up before the Librarian. The continuous wall of bombs collided with the detonating mines, producing a series of thunderous explosions—as if the blasts were canceling out the minefield.

"Hah, so there's a countermeasure. Not a reckless attack after all."

Fujiki You Xuan praised.

"But I'm not done yet."

"Activate face-down card: Counter Trap 'Trap Interference Array'!"

Antinomy's face twitched: "Nani?"

Fujiki You Xuan: "'Trap Interference Array' can only be activated during the Battle Phase. This card negates and destroys any trap card activated during the Battle Phase!"

A massive six-pointed star interference array surfaced beneath the battlefield, swallowing the newly formed wall of black bombs and crushing them one by one into golden dust.

"'Bomb Defense' is negated. Therefore, my Universal Mine remains active." Fujiki You Xuan smiled. "Destroy Tech-Type: Super Librarian!"

I negate your negate my negate!

(End of Chapter)