"The trinity of the Phantom Demon...!?"
Chazz looked up at the domineering creature in the sky, its colossal form standing as if it existed between a god and a demon.
"So strong, too strong!"
Judai couldn't help but say.
"That guy Yugen, without even realizing it, has obtained such outrageous power."
But then he suddenly felt a bit of a small regret. Because it seemed like the gap between himself and the other was growing larger.
Of course, such thoughts only flashed by. Judai, by nature, is a straightforward person, and he'd naturally feel happy when his companions grow stronger.
Even if he thought of being left behind, it only made him a bit lost; at worst, he'd just strive to catch up and wouldn't develop any twisted mindset of envy and hatred.
"Directly inflicting 10,000 battle damage..."
Mitsuzawa, now fully a research-oriented person, also had a complex expression.
How to say... from his research-oriented perspective, such an unorthodox effect just gives one a headache.
In the K language system, it indeed is the case. If you truly described it according to the animation effect, it would cause many issues.
Judging by the description and performance, Chaos Phantom Demon's effects should be ordinary fast effects, activated during one's main phase. But according to the game rules, battle damage calculation should occur during the damage calculation step within a monster's battle.
But where is the damage calculation step in the main phase?
To avoid these unnecessary troubles, K Society simply standardized it during the creation of the physical card. Chaos Phantom Demon's effect became "this card's attack power increases by 10,000 during your turn," which also sort of restores the original work, though it lost a lot of its uniqueness.
"Damn it... damn it... what a joke..."
Professor Mackenzie, already defeated in the duel, was on his knees, head bowed and kneeling.
He still seemed to want to stand up, still struggling. His fingers twitched vehemently, and his body trembled slightly. But that body seemed as if it was weighted down with a hundredfold gravity, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stand up.
Then Professor Mackenzie suddenly raised his head, unleashing a terrifying howl. The surging darkness erupted from his open mouth, soaring upwards.
What a joke of the century.
He, Tragodia, had borne the humiliation for such a long era, and finally awoke in the modern age, finally persevered until now, not to be ended like this.
Such a suffocating duel, failed to show off right in the first turn, got blasted a full health bar by Harmon's Celestial Thunder, then the invincible Sun was countered by Great Cosmos, followed by a Destruction Wheel burning 6,000 of his own life points. Finally, this Chaos Phantom Demon with its scientifically unexplainable effect...
Even worse, he hadn't even had the chance to make his appearance yet and was already down.
As long as he could have taken some battle damage, Tragodia could have appeared. Once on the field, there was a chance to reverse the situation in one go, who would've thought the opponent would be so shameless, pulling a mandatory "-10,000" out of nowhere.
Damn it, if only he knew, the last time the Supreme Sun was revived, had it been in defense position, it might have survived this turn...
No, before all this, if he had known that the opponent would pull out a Phantom Demon, if he had known that the Phantom Demon had complete immunity to traps, he wouldn't have arrogantly passed in the first turn.
For some reason, this scene gave him a strange sense of déjà vu.
Inexplicably recalled three thousand years ago, when he tried to show off in front of the priests, only to realize things went out of control and his heart was taken away by the Feathered Chestnut Ball...
Christ, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
As if gathering all the discontent and anger of a resentful monster, darkness erupted from Professor Mackenzie's eyes, mouth, and nose.
That wasn't ordinary darkness, even this lightless night couldn't compare. Like the tentacles of an abyss, it twisted, entangled, carrying the power and will of destruction, burdened with resentment and discontent spanning three thousand years.
The air seemed to solidify, and time appeared to halt at that moment. A hideously twisted monster formed, condensed by that darkness, its body built from pure shadow, gleaming with evil red light, its claws like knives, fangs exposed, its dark maw seemingly leading straight to the abyss, ready to devour the whole world.
Tragodia himself, manifests!
Yugen faced the sweeping Hurricane, looking up at that enormous creature covering the sky, letting the dark storm lift his coat.
Such a spectacle left many teachers and students shocked, their expressions changed with fear.
"Mamma mia!" Professor Chronos clasped his head, "It's Doomsday, Nonne!"
But Yugen remained unfazed... no, perhaps he even smiled lightly.
"You really look like you're about to expire," he said.
"I actually lost, lost in this era, in this world... impossible!" Tragodia raged, "My fate shouldn't be like this!
You will be devoured by me, all of you will be devoured by me!!!"
The boundless darkness was unleashed. Yugen looked around, sensing that the surroundings had vanished. The ocean waves, the dock, the warehouse, the whole island, and the starry sky all disappeared, leaving only utter darkness consuming everything.
And within this endless darkness, he began to see... chains.
Yes, chains. It seemed like countless chains criss-crossed this space, extending to the world's end.
As the surroundings became clearer, he noticed that tied to those chains were people.
Just with a quick glance, there were at least hundreds, if not thousands, in the darkness. Yugen didn't recognize most of them, but as his gaze swept past, he soon saw a familiar figure.
Hibiki Momiji.
The former world champion, known as the world's strongest hero user, now hung unconscious with her head drooping, arms suspended by chains, like a puppet drained dry.
"So that's it," Yugen understood, "Are these all the people you've devoured?"
The roar again resounded in the darkness.
"Kill you!"
"Kill you!"
"Duel King ahhh! You'll also be staying with me forever!!!"
Yugen turned, calmly looking at the twisted face emerging from the darkness.
"Sorry, but I still have quite a few things to handle," Yugen said blandly, "so I'll PASS."
Pausing for a moment, he called out.
"Amiteel."
The darkness was instantly cleaved apart.
It was Chaos Phantom Demon · Amiteel. Though the duel had ended, Yugen's Duel Disc hadn't been shut off. The card of the Chaos Phantom Demon remained quietly stationed on his Duel Disc.
In the next moment, the dark space was penetrated.
As if all the chains in the space shattered simultaneously. The flames of the Phantom Demon and the darkness of the space, like two opposing rules colliding and blending. Tragodia, rushing in, struck the flames of the Phantom Demon and rapidly disintegrated like a bubble.
The twisted body gradually dissolved with a shrill scream, eventually becoming void, leaving only a lingering, resentful wail, eternally wandering in the endless darkness.