"Come forth, the strongest ace of my Snake-Eye deck—Obelisk the Tormentor!"
At Ouyang Yanyan's soft shout, a blue figure gradually solidified.
First came a thick arm, followed by his enormous, muscular body. With a deafening roar, he appeared on the field.
The instant he appeared, immense pressure swept over the area. Feeling it, Youye only found the whole thing absurd.
What kind of genius used Snake-Eye field presence like this? This was ridiculous!
He was not surprised that Ouyang Yanyan had obtained Obelisk the Tormentor. Wang Cheng and Luo Hao had already explained it to him during their Duel Association chat at noon. Gods held an extremely high status among spirits, but that did not mean they could not acknowledge a Duelist.
Generally speaking, once someone reached the Heaven level, it became easy to gain the recognition of ordinary divine spirits and obtain God Cards. On the contrary, few Heaven-level powerhouses actually pursued God Cards, because while God Cards were fairly strong at the Earth and Profound levels, they completely failed to keep up from the Heaven level onward.
Furthermore, if a "god" felt that a communicating Duelist had great potential, even Profound- and Earth-level Duelists could obtain his cards. They were entirely different from the gods in the anime of his original world. He could understand that too. Divine spirits might possess high status, but this was a world centered around dueling. As for the effects of God Cards... those who understood, understood.
Obelisk the Tormentor Divine-Beast Type/Effect/Divine/Level 10 ATK: 4000; DEF: 4000
"How was that, Senior?" Ouyang Yanyan proudly showed off her strength and potential to Youye as Obelisk the Tormentor appeared.
According to the records, she was the only person in nearly ten years to obtain a God Card at the Profound level. That showed just how high her potential was!
Moreover, Obelisk the Tormentor had four thousand ATK, could not be targeted by effects, and possessed the incredibly powerful effect of Tributing two monsters to destroy all of the opponent's cards. Paired with her Snake-Eye deck, it was like adding wings to a tiger.
No opponent at the same Profound level had defeated her field. Unfortunately, it was far too unstable. Without a way to Search/Recruit Obelisk the Tormentor, she could only rely on drawing him naturally.
"...The first thing we're doing later is kicking Obelisk the Tormentor out. Mainstream Duelists don't need to summon Obelisk the Tormentor and punch the opponent to death in one go. What we need to think about is how to win elegantly and overwhelmingly!" Youye replied with a dark expression.
After all that effort, she had summoned a vanilla monster with four thousand ATK. What was the point? To become a Token for Nibiru? She might as well summon Double Apex and use it as an extremely difficult wall to overcome.
"...Alright." Seeing Youye's dark expression and obvious disdain, Ouyang Yanyan did not understand, but thinking of Youye's strength and understanding of dueling, she agreed without hesitation.
"Is Obelisk the Tormentor weak, Senior? This is a God Card. It has protection from targeting effects, a wall that ordinary Duelists could never overcome." Sheng Ning could not understand why Youye was so dismissive. If her Ancient Gear deck had not brought out Ultimate Golem, facing Obelisk the Tormentor would have put her under tremendous pressure.
Runick would also have some difficulty dealing with it, because Runick Freezing Curses and Runick Flashing Fire both targeted. Even if Youye brought out Hugin, Hugin's first effect also targeted and could not affect Obelisk the Tormentor. In other words, Youye's Runick deck could not deal with Obelisk the Tormentor.
Of course, the most important thing was that she had tried communicating with Obelisk the Tormentor before, and he had not paid her any attention at all.
"I'll show you how to deal with it next turn." Youye glanced at Sheng Ning. Naturally, he knew she meant that Runick cards all targeted and could not deal with Obelisk the Tormentor. Obelisk the Tormentor was not that weak.
In fact, she was right. If he had not obtained Trishula from the Dark Duelist, he really would have had to expose another universally useful trump card from his Divine Class to deal with it.
"Next turn?" Sheng Ning was stunned when she heard that.
"It's just non-targeting removal. Not difficult." After saying that, he looked at Ouyang Yanyan, who had frozen upon hearing that he could deal with it next turn. "You still have one last step for your field, right? Keep going."
"Alright!" Ouyang Yanyan instantly snapped back to her senses. She knew she could not keep losing her composure. Otherwise, Youye might decide he did not want her, and that would be a huge loss.
"I activate the effect of Great Flame Demon in my Spell/Trap Zone. I place a Snake-Eye monster from my Graveyard in the Pendulum Zone, then Special Summon it in Attack Position. Then I end my turn."
After completing that final step and declaring the end of her turn, she looked at the monsters she had once been so confident in. Now, she had no confidence at all. For some reason, she felt that Great Flame Demon and Obelisk the Tormentor would both be gone next turn.
"My turn, draw!" Youye drew a card. After looking at it, he asked Ouyang Yanyan, "Do you have anything during the Draw Phase?"
"No, I have no interruption. Go ahead, Senior." Ouyang Yanyan glanced at her field before answering.
Youye nodded and began dismantling her field.
"I Normal Summon Naturia Antjaw, then activate its effect and Tribute it. Since the monster with the highest ATK is on your field, I can Special Summon two Naturia monsters of Level 4 or lower. I choose Naturia Camellia and Naturia Sunflower."
"Camellia's effect upon being Summoned sends a Naturia card from the deck to the Graveyard. I send Naturia Sacred Tree. Sacred Tree's effect when sent to the Graveyard lets me add a Naturia card to my hand. I add the Quick-Play Spell Naturia's Spring Breeze."
"Next, I activate Runick Golden Droplet. I Special Summon an additional Runick monster, choosing Munin. When Munin is Summoned, I discard Rage Storm from my hand and add the Continuous Spell Runick Allure to my hand."
After reaching this point, Youye looked at Ouyang Yanyan and gave her a serious reminder.
"Watch carefully. A monster with nothing but protection from targeting effects is incredibly fragile!"
"Alright." Ouyang Yanyan nodded seriously and waited for Youye's next move. Sheng Ning, watching from the side, also looked expectant. No matter what universally useful card Youye revealed, it would be a discovery for their Inspector Bureau.
"I tune Level 4 Tuner Camellia, Level 2 Sunflower, and Level 3 Munin!"
"Holy Spear Wielded by the God of Destruction, pierce through the city of demons!"
"Synchro Summon! Level 9, Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!"
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier Dragon/Synchro/Effect/Water/Level 9 ATK: 2700; DEF: 2000
ROAR!!!
Three dragon roars sounded at once. Amidst a sky full of ice and snow, a white dragon with three heads appeared on Youye's field.
"Trishula, the Ice Barrier's boss monster?" Sheng Ning froze, immediately giving up on the notes she had been about to take.
Ice Barrier was not some obscure archetype. It was a powerful one, and aside from a few exceptions, the Ice Barrier Dragons were quite commonly used. This was no secret among Master Duelists. Even Profound-level Duelists like her knew about them, but almost no one below the Heaven level possessed them.
The reason was that every Ice Barrier Dragon had a worse temper than the last. If the Duelist communicating with them was not strong enough, they would directly blast the Duelist out of the Communication Space with their breath. They were outrageously bad-tempered.
There were even rumors that a Yellow-level Duelist had tried to communicate with an Ice Barrier boss monster, only to be tormented half to death. After coming out, he had immediately given up on becoming a Duelist.
None of that mattered. What made Sheng Ning feel strange at this moment was Youye's name for Trishula—the Holy Spear Wielded by the God of Destruction.
Obelisk the Tormentor also had another title: the God of Destruction. Ahem... considering Trishula's effect, she did not know how to judge Youye's play. She could only hope that Youye would hold back a little. If his move was too outrageous, offending divine spirits might not affect his duels much, but entering the Spirit World in the future would be troublesome.
Obelisk the Tormentor had noticed this as well. He was a little confused now.
He had only just appeared, and his Duelist's opponent had directly brought out Trishula. Bringing it out was one thing, but why was he calling Trishula the Holy Spear Wielded by the God of Destruction?
He had Trishula as a spear? Why did he not know that?
No, that was not the important part. As one of the Egyptian God Cards among spirits, he naturally knew Trishula's effect.
If nothing unexpected happened, he was about to be banished by Trishula?
In other words, if nothing unexpected happened, he was about to be banished by his own spear? Put simply, he was banishing himself?
What the hell was this!?
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