"Five thousand six hundred points of damage in one shot!"
Lua, who had been worried just moments ago, now looked ready to take off on the spot.
"Amazing! Just what you'd expect from Uncle Godwin!"
After all, he was the uncle who had smacked himself across the face with Ghod back then. Of course he was fierce.
Ruka added, "Even from what looked like an absolutely disadvantageous position, he managed to suddenly pull off a move that turned everything around."
The Big Saturn had already begun to wobble precariously. It was as if magma churned within its blazing core, and the massive iron sphere looked ready to swell and explode at any moment. If it detonated successfully, Rudger would be instantly killed before his Earthbound Immortal even had the chance to appear!
But Rudger was, after all, the leader of the Dark Signers. He still had a countermeasure.
"I activate my Set Card, the Trap Card 'Altar of Tribute'!" Rudger said. "I Tribute one monster on my Field and recover Life Points equal to that monster's original ATK!
I Tribute 'Underground Arachne'!"
Another enormous altar emerged beneath the Field. The spider-woman's body instantly disintegrated into endless crimson blood, which the altar absorbed. The bloody mist released in the process was drawn into Rudger's body and converted into life force.
Rudger, LP 4000 → LP 6400
Lua said, "Six thousand four hundred Life Points!"
"Not only that," Yusei said, "but because 'Underground Arachne' was Tributed before 'Junk Destroyer' could destroy The Big Saturn, The Big Saturn, having lost its equipped monster, was automatically destroyed.
That means The Big Saturn was no longer on the Field when Junk Destroyer's effect resolved, so Junk Destroyer lost its target."
Aki Izayoi said, "Since it wasn't destroyed by an effect, The Big Saturn's