Chapter 984: The Perfect Opponent for a God

“Destroy my Supreme God-King Thor himself!”

The sky suddenly cracked with spiderweb-like black fissures, and a pale dagger entwined with World Tree roots pierced through the clouds. In the instant the blade pierced Thor, Mjölnir emitted a shattering sound like breaking glass.

Thor’s bronze divine body began to disintegrate from the wound, his armor cracking into electrified bronze powder. Each fragment of the falling divine remains transformed mid-fall into a miniature storm, forming a vast zone of lightning.

The commentator said: “Oh oh oh, who could’ve expected? To avoid the ‘Ripple Shield—Wave Power’ effect, Dragun actually chose to destroy the god with his own hand!”

“True, he dodged the fate of having his deck bounced back—but now the Supreme God-King Thor is destroyed too. Is this really worth it?!”

“That’s enough.”

Outside the arena, Captain Harald smiled.

“Of course, Dragun wouldn’t be stopped by such a simple trick.”

Braver added: “Yes, gods aren’t so easily toppled. Those chosen by the god are protected by divine power, unlocking maximum strength.”

“Only we, those blessed with the Rune Eye’s power, combined with the god’s might.”

“Precisely.” Harald crossed his arms and nodded slightly. “We are invincible.”

“.”

“The god is immortal!” Dragun boasted. “He can be reborn from ashes no matter how many times he’s destroyed!”

“I set one card face-down, then end my turn.”

During the End Phase, the effect of ‘Supreme God-King Thor’ in the graveyard activates.

During the End Phase, when this card exists in the graveyard, Supreme God-King Thor is special summoned from the graveyard! Rise again, Thor!

The ocean exploded into towering waves; between the torn surges, glowing Runic symbols burned. From the seabed came a deep, ancient drumbeat, and nine crimson lightning bolts plunged straight down from the clouds, assembling into the silhouette of bronze armor at the vortex’s center.

Thor’s eyes opened amid the lightning, pupils flickering with even wilder thunder than before. His tattered cloak resewed itself automatically, fluttering with crackling arcs. When his massive foot touched the wave crest, the entire sea instantly blanketed in a web of blue-white electricity—even the splashing droplets froze into hovering lightning orbs.

Mjölnir burst from the deep sea, its head entwined with new roots of the World Tree. The instant Thor gripped the haft, all lightning reversed into his body, shattering the storm clouds above into geometric fractures.

【Supreme God-King Thor, ATK 3500】

“And when Thor is revived by his own effect,” Dragun pointed skyward, “he inflicts 800 damage to your Life Points!”

The revived Thor swung his warhammer again; the divine hammer summoned heavenly lightning, a torrent of thunder crashing onto You Xuan’s D-Ruler. His D-Ruler shook, and his already meager Life Points continued plummeting.

【You Xuan, LP 1100 → LP 300】

The commentator exclaimed: “This is completely unexpected! Supreme God-King Thor has the ability to revive himself at no cost—and each revival inflicts 800 damage!”

“Does this mean defeating Thor is actually detrimental to You Xuan himself?”

“Especially since You Xuan’s Life Points are now only 300.”

“Exactly!” Dragun seized the commentary, laughing. “Your Life Points are a candle in the wind—you can no longer destroy Thor. If you defeat him, his revival will reduce your Life Points to zero for sure.”

“Even if you defeat me, it won’t matter. In team duels, even if my Life Points hit zero, the duel doesn’t end—I still have teammates who can take over. But if you take even one more hit from Thor, it’s over!”

Dragun’s eyes glinted with contempt.

“Blame yourself for being overconfident—trying to challenge the WGRP stage, the pinnacle of world power, alone.”

“It seems you’re stronger than your previous opponents.”

You Xuan spoke calmly, then snapped his fingers.

“But before your turn ends, I’ll activate this card.”

“Trap Card: Rainbow Life!”

You Xuan discarded a card from his hand, explaining: “Rainbow Life, by discarding one card, nullifies all damage taken this turn and restores Life Points to the amount at the start of the turn.”

“Furthermore, it restores additional Life Points equal to the amount of damage nullified.” (Original effect) Dragun: “Nani?!”

The Nordic duelist’s pupils shrank; stunned, he nearly lost his balance.

A rainbow-like radiance gathered midair, resembling the Bifröst of Norse myth. But this bridge’s energy converged into a single point, merging the seven colors into a blinding white pillar that surged entirely into You Xuan’s body.

“My Life Points at the start of my turn were 3000. The damage I took this turn was 2700,” You Xuan said. “Therefore, my Life Points are restored to 5700.”

【You Xuan, LP 300 → LP 5700】

Dragun gasped: “Life Points restored all at once… How is this possible? All the god’s attacks became useless…”

His teammates’ expressions changed too. Braver muttered: “You Xuan… I didn’t expect him to have such a counter.”

“Even now, Dragun must keep his composure,” Harald said. “It’s just Life Points restored—the field still favors us, controlling the god.”

“As long as he doesn’t panic, Dragun and his god can still hold the advantage.”

“My turn, draw.”

Now it was You Xuan’s turn again.

“During this turn’s Standby Phase, the effect of ‘Dummy Possum’ activates,” You Xuan said. “When this card is destroyed by its own effect, during the next turn’s Standby Phase, it can be special summoned from the graveyard.”

“Therefore, I special summon ‘Dummy Possum’ from the graveyard.”

【Dummy Possum, ATK 800】

“I see,” Dragun seemed to understand. “Dummy Possum can self-destruct each turn, then revive itself next turn.”

“And when a Beast-type monster on the field is destroyed, ‘Green Baboon’ can be special summoned from the graveyard. So Green Baboon effectively gains semi-immortality.”

But after analyzing, Dragun shook his head and laughed.

“You’ve managed a clever combo, I’ll give you that. But this revival ability pales next to the true ‘immortality’ of the Supreme God. And even if you revive Green Baboon, it’s no match for the Supreme God.”

Yet You Xuan smiled even more strangely at this.

“I said earlier that today I chose a deck perfectly suited to be the god’s opponent. You didn’t seem to grasp what that meant.”

“Nani?”

Dragun’s expression shifted; a dark premonition stirred in his chest.

“Then let me demonstrate it for you directly.”

You Xuan said.

“First, activate the Spell Card: Aurora Draw.”

“Can only be activated when you have only this card in hand; draw two cards.” (Original card effect)

You Xuan drew two cards, then waved his hand.

“Dummy Possum’s effect activates: When your field has a monster with higher ATK than this card, you can destroy this card!”

BOOM!

A thunderous explosion—Dummy Possum self-destructed again.

“At this moment, the effect of the monster in my hand activates. This card cannot be normally summoned; it can only be special summoned from the hand when a monster on my field is destroyed by a card effect.”

Appear—

—Emperor Machine: Divine Mind ∞!!!

(End of Chapter)