Chapter 915: To a Farther Horizon

The forced end of the backfield exploded into shards; Antinomy raised a hand to block the shockwave, his heart reeling in shock.

“Its trait, combined with traps, uses a flood of traps to block the opponent, draws power from those traps itself, yet absolutely forbids the opponent from using any traps.”

Antinomy murmured to himself.

“What kind of monster is this?”

You Xuan: “Not a monster—it’s a Phantom Demon!”

Hmm, though not a god, for some reason this line sounds incredibly powerful when spoken.

The Divine Flame Emperor·Uria seemed equally proud, lifting its head and letting out a roaring bellow.

What even is the “value” of a Phantom Demon’s name?

Its name, Uria, derives from “Uriel,” one of the four archangels in Christian belief. The meaning of Uria is “Divine Light,” “Divine Fire,” and its rank as a Phantom Demon is no low one.

Antinomy didn’t even realize yet that Uria itself routinely uses massive Red Traps, can detonate the opponent’s Red Traps, and possesses the Phantom Demon’s universal absolute resistance to traps—immune to all trap effects.

It perfectly embodies “I can trap you, but you can’t trap me”—a Phantom Demon who fully embraces revenge against society.

That’s why, among the Three Phantom Demons, You Xuan favored Uria above all others, more than the Thunder Emperor and the Phantom Emperor.

The fire core within Uria’s pupils ignited; red-hot energy surged from deep within its throat, trembling all the way to its jaw, and the liquid flame flowing through every scale gap reversed direction, rushing toward its head.

The moment its massive maw opened, a spiraling torrent of flame erupted. Along its path, even the gravitational field seemed torn into visible ripples and wrinkles.

Antinomy gritted his teeth: “At this moment, discard ‘D.D. Crow’ from my hand! Its effect activates: I can banish one card from your graveyard from the game, and this effect can be activated during your opponent’s turn.”

“I banish one of your six trap cards from your graveyard!”

A crow flew out from You Xuan’s graveyard, clutching a trap card in its beak, flapping its wings toward the dimensional beyond.

“Divine Flame Emperor’s attack points decrease by 1000!”

【Divine Flame Emperor·Uria, ATK 6000 → ATK 5000】

You Xuan raised an eyebrow but continued: “Divine Flame Emperor still has higher attack. Attack continues.”

The Tech-Type·Blade Lancer immediately unleashed a quantum shield, deploying a hexagonal honeycomb barrier in a thousandth of a second—but Uria’s breath melted straight through the defense. The moment the superheated flame touched the barrier, it began to collapse. The Lancer’s armor and bones were swept into the torrent, melting like a waterfall of liquid metal, vanishing into crimson ash.

“Ughhh!”

【Antinomy, LP 3200 → LP 1500】

The Triangle Hawk also shuddered violently; Antinomy struggled to maintain his balance. His high-speed counter, which had just reached eight, dropped to seven due to the over-two-thousand-point damage.

You Xuan mused: “He used Crow to reduce 1000 points of damage.”

No, perhaps his goal wasn’t the 1000 LP itself—maybe he just wanted to preserve one more high-speed counter.

After all, this is a Ride Duel in High-Speed World 1; if he took another 1000 points of damage, Antinomy would lose another high-speed counter.

Antinomy gasped: “This is the power of a Phantom Demon.”

The Three Divine Gods, the Three Evil Gods, the Three Phantom Demons. Indeed, these legendary beings of Dueling history all possess terrifying power.

But

Antinomy: “At this moment, the subsequent effect of ‘Tech-Type·Blade Lancer’ activates!”

“When this card is destroyed by battle, if one set of Synchro Materials used for its Synchro Summon exists in my graveyard, I can special summon that set back to the field!” (Original effect)

Two beams of light shot from Antinomy’s graveyard, landing one on each side of his Triangle Hawk.

“Special summon ‘Tech-Type·Super Librarian’!”

“‘Tech-Type·Wonder Magician’!”

【Tech-Type·Super Librarian, ATK 2400】

【Tech-Type·Wonder Magician, ATK 1900】

You Xuan: “Even after being defeated, it can still summon back its Synchro Materials? This is the original Blade Lancer, then?”

I did play Tech-Type back then—I always envied how the anime Blade Lancer could negate all card effects targeting it, could activate its own banishing effect, and had a death cry.

You Xuan smiled: “Too bad. Since you summoned back your Synchro Materials, it seems my plan to finish you off with Cotton Candy won’t work.”

Cotton Candy drooped its eyelids and sighed, as if deeply disappointed.

Too bad—it’s not every day Cotton Candy gets a chance to slap someone.

Antinomy: “...”

Honestly, with Cotton Candy’s 300 ATK, that slap would mean more humiliation than actual combat value.

“If you can’t attack, fine,” You Xuan said. “I’ll change ‘Cotton Candy’ to defense position. End my turn.”

【Cotton Candy, ATK 300 → DEF 500】

Technically, even in attack position wouldn’t matter—You Xuan has the continuous trap “Soul Barrier,” which prevents him from taking battle damage as long as he has a monster on the field.

But since he couldn’t use Cotton Candy to slap, he switched it to defense for safety—just in case Soul Barrier got destroyed, the opponent couldn’t easily exploit Cotton Candy as a weak point.

Antinomy exhaled deeply.

The instant You Xuan declared his turn ended, Antinomy involuntarily let out a breath of relief.

The moment he realized this thought had arisen in his mind, Antinomy stirred.

Am I afraid?

Am I really feeling pressure toward my dueling opponent—toward that Phantom Demon?

Antinomy pondered.

This was a novel sensation for him. He couldn’t remember how long it had been since he last felt such pressure in a duel.

“Zone was right.”

Antinomy murmured.

This duel, this opponent, might truly be the catalyst for his next evolution.

He had indeed entered the King’s domain—but had been stuck at this step for a long time. Or more accurately, his original body before being copied into a robot.

Antinomy’s original body had already touched the threshold of the Duel King domain in his youth, yet after a lifetime of battles, he never advanced further. Until Antinomy died of old age, his personality was copied and inherited by this robotic replica—still stuck at this same step.

But this isn’t enough.

Even with King-level power, Antinomy failed to help Zone save the world, and failed to heal Zone’s shattered soul.

If only he could be stronger, more useful...

“I must grow stronger, and keep racing—faster than anyone else—until I reach the farthest horizon!”

Antinomy declared.

“My turn! Draw!”

You Xuan mused.

Huh? This sudden “friendship! bonds!” charge-up vibe—what’s with that?

Is this some universal skill among everyone in the Yu-Gi-Oh! world?

You all keep cheating and exploding with power—makes it hard for me, the villain.

Antinomy: “Special summon ‘Tech-Type·Gear Zombie’!”

【Tech-Type·Gear Zombie, ATK 600】

“Gear Zombie can special summon itself by reducing the ATK of one Tech-Type monster on my field by 1000 points,” Antinomy said. “I reduce ‘Tech-Type·Wonder Magician’s’ ATK by 1000 to special summon Gear Zombie!”

【Tech-Type·Wonder Magician, ATK 1900 → ATK 900】

Antinomy: “Now, please watch closely, Mr. You Xuan! This is the other side of the Synchro path—the ultimate form!”

(End of Chapter)