"Supreme Sun's attack!"
Tragodia raised his right hand high. As his arm lifted, the sun seemed to let out a roar. An endless brilliance burst forth from that supreme body, as if to evaporate everything in the world.
"The attack power of the Sun and the defense power of the Phantom Demon are evenly matched," Chazz said, "This attack should be useless!"
[Thunder Emperor Harmon, Defense Power 4000]
[Supreme Sun, Attack Power 4000]
"Is that really the case?"
Tragodia sneered twice.
"The Speed Attack Magic 'Charge' can increase the attack power of a monster on the field by 700 points until the end of the turn!"
The magic card in Tragodia's back field appeared, as if energy truly transformed into a golden beam, penetrating the Supreme Sun's body.
"Boost the power of the Supreme Sun!"
[Supreme Sun, Attack Power 4000→Attack Power 4700]
"A mere Phantom Demon will easily be surpassed by the Sun's temperature," Tragodia chuckled, "Melt away for me!"
"Your magic enhancement has been activated too hastily," Yugen chuckled, "What, did the Phantom Demon make you nervous?"
"What?" Tragodia frowned.
Yugen snapped his fingers.
"Activate the cover card, the continuous trap 'Demon Race's Chain'. Bind the monster on the field with the demon's chains!"
The cover card in the back field flipped over, numerous green chains shot out from the card, tightly binding the lofty and sacred sun, leaving it unable to move an inch.
"Monsters bound by the Demon Race's Chain have their monster effects negated and cannot attack," Yugen stated calmly, "The Supreme Sun's attack is cancelled."
"Tch."
Tragodia snorted heavily once again.
"Don't think that this level suffices to deal with the Sun. The Sun is the only star in the Planet Series, a god among planets! It's naive to think this level can defeat the Sun.
Activate the cover card, the trap card 'Self-Destruct'!" (Original Card)
A dark aura enveloped Tragodia, and the trap card in the back field flipped over, swiftly expanding explosive firelight engulfed the Sun.
"The effect of Self-Destruct allows me to destroy all monsters on my field!"
Although it is an original card, it's clearly a rather cryptic card. In the original, it was also used by Tragodia, specially paired with the infinitely regenerable Supreme Sun, and the "Dark Sun".
Destroying all monsters on your field can harvest a lot of LP at once, and it can also be paired with the Sun's self-revive effect to avoid effects like bouncing back to the hand, or being banished from the game, which the Sun itself has difficulty dealing with.
For example, if the opponent uses a banishment effect on the Sun, then the Supreme Sun can only be special summoned during the preparation phase of the next turn after being sent to the graveyard. If banished, it equals being defeated.
But if paired with Self-Destruct, manually blowing up the Sun before banishment, the opponent's banishment effect loses its target. The Sun will revive again due to its own effect, and can even regain a wave of LP in the meantime.
The sacred golden giant silhouette was engulfed in the fireball, the heavy armor shattered, the body gradually dissipated into nothingness.
"Mamma Mia!" Professor Chronos provided a friendly narration, "And the self-destructed Sun also avoids the Demon Race's Chain's binding, and will regenerate in the next turn!"
"It's indeed frightening, and if this effect passes smoothly, he can also recover the current attack power value of the Sun, that is, 4700 Life Points!"
Principal Jiaodao involuntarily nodded, even casting a somewhat apprehensive glance at Little Lobster.
"To be able to exert such power facing the Duel King and the Phantom Demon truly makes a terrifying opponent."
Now his Life Points would reach the terrifying number of fifteen thousand!
Who knows whether it was the fifteen thousand Life Points or the completion of the Sun lineup that gave Little Lobster confidence, but in any case, Little Lobster seemed to feel capable again. Even amidst the operation, he had the leisure to sneer.
"As expected of the Duel King, the pressure you give me is indeed not bad. No matter what your true identity is, the nourishment obtained after defeating you should indeed be extraordinary..."
He squinted his eyes, licking his lips.
"Even better than the best nourishment I've obtained so far... that world champion Hibiki Momiji..."
Upon hearing this, Judai couldn't help but twitch his eyelid.
"You said Mr. Momiji... turns out it was you!?"
The Judge had been defeated back then, but Hibiki Momiji still remains in a coma to this day. Although Judai already knew there was likely an unknown dark force at play behind this, the identity remained a mystery.
Tragodia glanced at Judai.
"You, the kid entrusted with the card deck by Hibiki Momiji, right? I recall your potential is also intriguing, somewhat worth savoring..."
He paused, chuckling lightly.
"Of course, after dispatching my current opponent."
"What is your goal!? Are you trying to conquer the world?" Judai couldn't help but ask.
"Conquer the world?"
Tragodia laughed heartily upon hearing that.
"An amusing thought, boy. Conquering the world... once I'm fully resurrected, if I truly wish, it should be an easy task.
But no, I am not interested in such a thing."
He squinted his eyes, with most of his face seemingly shrouded in shadow.
"No, I'm doing this simply for amusement."
"Amusement?"
Judai was taken aback, seeming to have trouble understanding.
"You've hurt so many people, including Mr. Momiji, just for..."
"Indeed, is it that difficult to understand? From my perspective, humans with a lifespan of mere seventy to eighty years are as transient as meteors, indistinguishable from insects and ants.
Watching your struggle, as you strive in the darkness to find nonexistent light, it genuinely amuses me, providing a distraction from my long, tedious days."
Such incomprehensible speech startled not only Judai but also other teachers and students, many of whom only realized now that Yugen faced a non-human species, seemingly viewing itself as far superior to humanity.
Judai, angered, was about to retort when Yugen's voice interrupted.
"If it's merely for amusement, I actually have a solution to help you... a once-and-for-all kind."
"Oh?" Tragodia remarked with interest, "Do tell?"
"Help you end these long and tedious days," Yugen smiled, "Just today."
Tragodia laughed heartily.
"As expected of a king, speaking with such confidence. Well then, I shall see if you truly have the qualifications for such confidence!
But now, due to the effect of Self-Destruct, the Supreme Sun is destroyed, and I restore its attack power value as Life Points. In the next turn, the indestructible Sun will rise again, liberated from the shackles of your Demon Race's Chain..."
"That remains to be seen."
Yugen said calmly.
"Even the Supreme Sun of the Planet Series is just a star; say it's the Sun, but in the vast cosmos, it's but a drop in the ocean."
"What?" Tragodia frowned.
"Nothing. It's just that before your Self-Destruct effect processed, I had already activated this card—
—The continuous trap 'Great Cosmos'!"
Tragodia: "!!!!"