Chapter 925

"It's my turn again."

Everyone: "..."

The 5D's group was speechless for a moment.

For some reason, even though it was three against one, when they heard "Goodwin" declare "My turn," everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of pressure.

Goodwin... this guy just has that kind of strength.

"My turn, draw."

Fujiki You Xuan slowly raised his hand.

"Then, I activate the effect of 'Phantom of Chaos' again. Phantom of Chaos can choose one Effect Monster in my Graveyard once per turn and gain its name and effect!

This time, I will gain the identity of the final Phantasm from the Graveyard, 'Raviel, Lord of Phantasms'!"

The final Phantasm—that energy leaked out from the Graveyard and was absorbed into the Phantom of Chaos on the field. The vortex of the phantom began to tremble uneasily, and the black gelatinous substance began to turn into a solid, growing taller at a speed visible to the naked eye, releasing endless pressure before it had even fully formed.

Crow: "Is the last Phantasm about to appear too!?"

But at this moment, Yusei stepped forward to interrupt the casting: "Activating my face-down card, the Trap Card 'Forgetful'!

When an Attack Position monster on the opponent's field activates an effect, I can activate this to negate that effect, and then that monster is forced into Defense Position!"

He pointed his hand at the phantom on the opponent's field.

"Negate the effect activation of 'Phantom of Chaos', and change it to Defense Position!"

The mass of black mud that was transforming into the Phantasm suddenly stopped; the massive Phantasm body shrank rapidly, and the form that was originally solidifying collapsed, turning back into that puddle of black mud.

【Phantom of Chaos, ATK 0 -> DEF 0】

"Nice, Yusei!" Crow praised. "Phantom of Chaos's effect can only be activated once per turn. If it's negated, it can't transform into a Phantasm this turn.

This combo is broken!"

"As expected of Yusei, you really had a strategy ready to deal with Phantom of Chaos."

Fujiki You Xuan said.

"Then, I activate the Spell Card 'Monster Reincarnation'.

Discard one card from my hand, and add one monster card from my Graveyard to my hand."

Fujiki You Xuan shoved a card from his hand into the Graveyard, and then, as if in exchange, a monster card was ejected from the Graveyard.

"I add 'Raviel, Lord of Phantasms' from my Graveyard to my hand."

Seeing him reveal the Phantasm recovered from the Graveyard, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

The combo of sending a Phantasm to the Graveyard and then using Phantom of Chaos to copy it had been broken by Yusei. But actively recovering the Phantasm from the Graveyard meant that Goodwin seemed to have abandoned this combo.

Could it be that he is going to summon the Phantasm to the field again?

Fujiki You Xuan: "Normal Summon 'Phantom Skyblaster'."

【Phantom Skyblaster, ATK 1100】

"Phantom Skyblaster's monster effect: when this card is successfully summoned, I can Special Summon 'Skyblaster Tokens' to the field up to the number of monsters currently on my field."

Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand and said.

"Now I have 'Phantom Skyblaster' itself and 'Phantom of Chaos' on my field, for a total of two monsters. Therefore, I Special Summon two 'Skyblaster Tokens' to the field."

【Skyblaster Token, ATK 500】 x2

Yusei seemed to have a premonition of something and solemnly warned his teammates: "Watch out! It's coming!"

Sure enough, he then heard Fujiki You Xuan say: "I tribute two 'Skyblaster Tokens' and one 'Phantom Skyblaster', three monsters!"

Fujiki You Xuan raised his right arm high. At that moment, it was as if blood-colored lightning tore through the sky, and the entire altar began to tremble at a high frequency.

"This Phantasm cannot be Normal Summoned; it can only be Special Summoned by tributing three monsters on the field!" (Original effect)

Raviel, Lord of Phantasms was changed in the physical card game to "can only use three Fiend-Type monsters," making the summoning conditions much harsher, and its abilities were actually weakened compared to the anime, so it has always been relatively mediocre in the physical card environment.

However, although the anime version of Raviel did not limit the race and could be summoned by tributing any three monsters, the Phantom Skyblaster and Skyblaster Tokens Fujiki You Xuan used were both Fiend-Type monsters anyway, so there was no difference between the physical card and the anime in terms of summoning conditions.

"The karmic fire of the triple altar burns away all falsehoods, the final Phantasm of the end descends—

—Raviel, Lord of Phantasms, descend!"

Purple mist gushed out from the cracks in space, and three pairs of giant skeletal claws shattered space. The moment the Phantasm broke out of the rift, it was as if a Category 12 hurricane swept across the entire field.

The towering body of the Demon God, with dark cobalt-blue exoskeleton covered in lava-flowing cracks like a living volcano, had faint purple energy pulses similar to nebular vortexes visible beneath it. When the skeletal wings extending from its spine unfolded, they almost obscured the sky; the hideous demon body was like the supreme masterpiece of a nightmare creator, bringing a shudder to the soul.

【Raviel, Lord of Phantasms, ATK 4000】

The Phantasm Lord descends, the whole field trembles!

Leo was terrified: "What kind of monster is this... no, can this thing even be called a monster!?"

Even Jack couldn't help but be moved: "This power that shakes the soul, what exactly is it?"

Yusei gritted his teeth, cold sweat seeping from the side of his face, clearly also feeling immense pressure.

"The effect of the Field Spell 'Cerulean Skyfire'." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Because I have a Phantasm on my field, I can activate it. Once per turn, draw two cards from my deck."

Fujiki You Xuan drew two more cards.

Fujiki You Xuan said: "'Raviel, Lord of Phantasms', attack 'Junk Warrior'."

The Phantasm Lord's rugged right arm suddenly erupted with lava-like veins, and the entire arm seemed to inflate under the energy boost. The skeletal wings swung back like battering rams to build up power, and the trajectory of the punch caused space to collapse and shatter, the void twisting and melting like wax pressed by a hot iron.

Seeing that the punch was about to land, Junk Warrior would be reduced to fragments under this blow. A sharp glint flashed in Yusei's eyes, and he suddenly shouted: "I've been waiting for this moment!"

Fujiki You Xuan: "Oh?"

But Yusei quickly played a card from his hand.

"I send 'Rush Warrior' from my hand to the Graveyard, effect activate!

When a Synchro Monster with 'Warrior' in its name on my field is in damage calculation during battle with an opponent's monster, I send this card from my hand to the Graveyard, and only during that damage calculation, my monster's ATK becomes double!"

The so-called "thousand defenses, hand traps are hard to defend against." "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" was precisely the period of rapid development for hand traps in the environment, and Fudo Yusei, as a representative figure, was also a master of hand traps in the anime. Some of the most popular physical card hand traps at the time, and even some still in use today, came from Yusei's hand, and there were even more hand traps and graveyard traps used by Yusei in the anime that have yet to be released as physical cards.

Crow was overjoyed: "You really are something, Yusei. You had already prepared the next countermeasure against the Phantasm when you summoned Junk Warrior to attack, right?"

Yusei, however, remained silent, and there was no joy on his face.

Junk Warrior receives the effect of Rush Warrior, and its ATK will double.

【Junk Warrior, ATK 2300 -> ATK 4600】

Can he defeat the Phantasm just like this?

(End of chapter)