Chapter 966: Last Hand

Victor: “My turn, draw!”

Victor glanced at his opening six cards, paused in thought, and made no move.

To be honest, he was nervous—this battle carried a heavier burden than any previous match.

He felt as if both his teammates had just handed themselves over, useless and now feeding experience to the opponent. The opponent was already a terrifying demon lord, now fully equipped with max-level gear thanks to his teammates, leaving him to face this top-tier pressure alone.

But it wasn’t without hope.

“Then I activate the spell card ‘Hand Destruction!’” Victor said. “Both players send all cards in hand to the graveyard, then each draw the same number of cards from their deck.”

Hand Destruction had high visibility in this match, though each time it was used by a different player. Both sides sent their hands to the graveyard and drew anew.

“Next, I summon ‘Enhanced Human·Sek!’”

【Enhanced Human·Sek, ATK 1500】

“The effect of Enhanced Human·Sek: once per turn, up to two times, I can banish one Psychic-type monster from my graveyard to increase this card’s ATK by 500.”

Victor revealed the two cards he had just sent to the graveyard—both were Psychic-type monsters.

“I banish ‘Mind Girl’ and ‘Maximum Teleporter’ from my graveyard, increasing Enhanced Human·Sek’s ATK by 1000 total!”

【Enhanced Human·Sek, ATK 1500 → ATK 2500】

“An instant 1000-point ATK boost—this four-star monster now rivals the attack of a Dark Magician,” You Xuan said. “Impressive.”

Victor: “Now I activate the face-down trap my captain left me—Continuous Trap ‘Brain Disaster!’”

This card can special summon Psychic-type monsters banished from the game.

“I special summon ‘Mind Girl’ from my graveyard!”

“Mind Girl. I see,” You Xuan said. “When Mind Girl is special summoned after being banished, you can banish one card from the top of your deck; then, when she is sent to the graveyard, you can add that banished card back to your hand.”

And Mind Girl herself is a Tuner monster. If Victor successfully summons her, he now has all the materials needed for a Synchro Summon—and after Synchro, he gains an extra draw.

He could wait and observe, see what the opponent plans to summon before acting. But considering the opponent has already used their Normal Summon this turn—

Screw it.

You Xuan snapped his fingers.

“Activate my face-down card! Counter Trap—”

“—Divine Punishment!”

This Counter Trap could only be activated while Sky Sanctuary existed—the flagship card of the Sky Sanctuary series and the Wangpai of the Counter Angel series, the strongest counter in this deck.

“Divine Punishment activates when a monster effect, spell, or trap is activated,” You Xuan said. “It negates and destroys that effect. This effect can only be used while ‘Sky Sanctuary’ is on the field.”

The moment Divine Punishment activated, the heavenly, mist-shrouded “Sky Sanctuary” shuddered violently—the pure white clouds instantly turned crimson, as if angels in a divine mural wept blood-red tears.

The crimson lightning struck Victor’s “Brain Disaster.” Cracks like holy scars appeared on the trap card. Flames erupted from nowhere, burning the trap to ash; the residual heat left a charred imprint of the Ten Commandments on the field.

Victor’s face turned pale: “You hid such a terrifying trap...”

“Not over yet,” You Xuan smiled. “Divine Punishment is also a Counter Trap. So at this moment, first—‘Abundant Artemis’ activates: draw one card.”

You Xuan drew a card. “Then—‘Sky Saint·Motius’—restore 1000 LP. And when ‘Sky Sanctuary’ is on the field, destroy one card on the field!”

【You Xuan, LP 6000 → LP 7000】

You Xuan: “Destroy ‘Enhanced Human·Sek!’”

Motius’s beam struck—this time hitting the opponent’s only remaining monster. The Enhanced Human·Sek, whose ATK had just climbed to 2500, was obliterated without even getting a single attack.

“Not over yet,” You Xuan said. “The effect of my new angel on the field—‘Sky Sage·Minerva’—also activates.”

“When Sky Sage·Minerva is on the field, each time a Counter Trap activates, its ATK increases by 500!”

【Sky Sage·Minerva, ATK 1700 → ATK 2200】

“And when ‘Sky Sanctuary’ is on the field, Minerva gains an additional ability,” You Xuan said. “When a Counter Trap activates, you can add one different Counter Trap card from your graveyard to your hand.”

Victor: “!”

This bastard—another new effect.

Every time a Counter Trap activated, it already gave “draw one card, restore 1000 LP, destroy one card on the field”—an insane payoff—and now it could also recover a Counter Trap from the graveyard?

What the hell is even left to fight?

Every time the opponent activated a Counter Trap, the gap widened further.

Once caught in the Counter Angel rhythm, you’re dragged deeper and deeper into the abyss until you’re beyond redemption.

“I return ‘Divine Punishment’—the Counter Trap sent to the graveyard by Hand Destruction—to my hand,” You Xuan said.

The announcer: “How utterly hopeless! The last hand of the Super Team, Victor, hasn’t even gotten a chance to Synchro—his monsters and backrow have been wiped clean by Counter Traps, and even the cards entrusted by his teammates were negated!

And his Normal Summon has already been used—under such hopeless conditions, is there truly any chance left to turn this around?”

“No, it’s not over yet,” Victor growled. “Our team, our WRGP, will not end on the starting line!”

“Activate spell card ‘Dark Temptation’—draw two cards, then banish one Dark Attribute monster from your hand!”

Victor drew two cards, then revealed one Dark Attribute monster from his hand.

“I banish ‘Third Eye’ from my hand!”

“Next, activate spell card ‘Psychic Perception Zone!’” Victor said. “Return one Tuner and one non-Tuner Psychic monster from the banished zone to the graveyard, then Synchro Summon a Psychic Synchro monster using those as materials!”

The announcer: “Ohhh! The Super Team has revealed their final trump—Synchro Summoning using banished monsters!”

The audience stirred again.

Using banished monsters for Synchro Summoning was unheard of—even in decades of tournament history.

Though the Super Team had been suppressed from the start, whether the first two members or Victor himself, all had shown astonishing resilience against endless Counter Traps, stubbornly searching for a way out even in this dire situation.

Victor: “Watch—this is my—no, our final monster!”

(End of Chapter)