Chapter 1574: The Duel King Has No Moral Principles
“My turn, draw.”
A card in Yuei Vu’s graveyard was ejected.
“Activate the effect of the Spell Card ‘Take Over Five’ in the graveyard.” Yuei Vu said, “During my Standby Phase, banish this card from the graveyard and a card with the same name in the deck, and draw a card from the deck.”
“Then, the moment you enter the Main Phase, open the set card: Trap Card – Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine!” Nightshroud said, “Special Summon 1 Zombie monster from my Deck or GY!”
Another card popped out from his graveyard.
“I revive this card from the graveyard —
– ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’!”
[Eldlich the Golden Lord, ATK 2500]
So Nightshroud now had a Golden Lord, a Mad Golden Lord, and the “Armityle the Chaos Phantasm” that came from Yuei Vu on the field.
In addition, he had the counter trap “Golden Land Forever” in his backfield. He could negate the activation of any card on Yuei Vu’s side by releasing the Golden Lord, which is very troublesome.However, no matter how powerful it was, it was still a trap, so it was not too difficult to deal with.
There was always the simplest and most brutal trick to deal with traps.
“Activate the Quick-Play Spell ‘Mystical Space Typhoon’ from my hand.” Yuei Vu said, “Target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; destroy that target. What I want to destroy is–
–the counter trap ‘Golden Land Forever!'”
The pitch-black whirlwind rolled the set card into the air, and a lightning bolt from the sky smashed the counter trap into pieces.
Of course, Nightshroud did not use the effect of the counter trap – it would be too stupid to waste the Golden Lord on his own field to negate the Mystical Space Typhoon.
In this way, Nightshroud has four cards left in the field: “Eldlich the Golden Lord”, “Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord”, “Armityle the Chaos Phantasm”, and the continuous trap “Pyramid of Light”.
And Yuei Vu’s field has been cleared.
It was a perfect opportunity to play a card.
“Activate this card from my hand–
–Trap Card ‘Evenly Matched’!”
“Hmm?” Nightshroud said in a deep voice, “This card…”
“When there are no cards on my field, this card can also be activated from my hand.” Yuei Vu said, “At the end of the Battle Phase, if the opponent controls more cards than I do: I can make the opponent banish cards from their field face-down so they control the same number of cards as I do!”
Nightshroud: “!”
Such an immoral card?
“I see.” Nightshroud felt as if he understood. “Evenly Matched is an effect that requires me to choose cards and banish them face-down, so technically it does not affect the cards but the player, thus even the ‘Pyramid of Light’ can be removed.”
“That’s right.” Yuei Vu said, “And because ‘Evenly Matched’ is activated from the hand, there is only one card on my field now, which is ‘Evenly Matched’ itself.
Therefore, you must banish all the remaining cards until there is only one card left on your field!”
“I can only keep one card… Heh, if you think you can remove the restriction of the Egyptian God like this, you are too naive.”
Nightshroud pointed to the huge pyramid that covered the entire field without thinking.
“The card I want to keep is the continuous trap ‘Pyramid of Light’!” Nightshroud shouted, “Remove the remaining ‘Eldlich the Golden Lord’, ‘Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord’, and ‘Armityle the Chaos Phantasm’ from the game!”
Armityle the Chaos Phantasm was originally a monster from Yuei Vu, so he would not feel bad even if he was banished. It didn’t matter for Golden Lord, anyway, as there are countless cards in the Golden Land deck that could make him jump back and forth.
Moreover, “Evenly Matched” could only be activated at the end of the battle phase, which meant that when this card was activated, Yuei Vu had skipped the battle phase of his turn and could no longer attack. So it didn’t seem that important to keep monsters on the field as walls.
Nightshroud didn’t take long to weigh the pros and cons, and quickly determined that the most valuable and worthwhile card on his field was still the continuous trap “Pyramid of Light”.
The terrifying Chaos Phantasm, Golden Lord, and Mad Golden Lord on the field disappeared one after another, leaving only the overwhelming pyramid. Nightshroud only sneered softly: “Hehe, it seems that you already have an Egyptian God in your hand, and you are very eager to summon the Egyptian God.
You may be thinking that if I can only keep one card on the field, I should probably choose to keep a powerful monster like Chaos Phantasm or Mad Golden Lord, right?
Hehe, too naive. I won’t let you unlock the seal of the ‘Pyramid of Light’ so easily.”
“Really?” Yuei Vu smiled, “That’s not necessarily true. How can you be sure that I didn’t deliberately let you choose to keep the “Pyramid of Light”? “
“Huh?”
“You are afraid of the power of the Egyptian God, and you are even more afraid of the possibility of the Creator God of Light hidden behind the Egyptian God. I have known this for a long time.”
Yuei Vu continued.
“So I knew you would choose to keep ‘Pyramid of Light’. Rather, when I used ‘Evenly Matched’ here, the original plan was to trick you into choosing to keep ‘Pyramid of Light’.”
Nightshroud narrowed his eyes.
Does that mean he was tricked?
“I activate the effect of ‘Card Breaker’ in my hand!” Yuei Vu showed another card in his hand, “This card cannot be Normal Summoned, but can be Special Summoned in face-up Attack Position by sending any Spell or Trap Card on the field to the Graveyard as the cost!” (Animation effect)
Nightshroud: “!”
Send any Spell or Trap Card to the Graveyard… as the cost?
“Yes, Pyramid of Light may not be destroyed by effects, nor affected by the effects of other cards, but it can still be used to pay for costs.” Yuei Vu smiled.
It’s another classic Cost Release, just like using a sea turtle to eat the opponent’s god.
Even god-level cards could not resist the invincible Cost Release, and the Pyramid of Light was no exception.
“Therefore, I send the continuous trap ‘Pyramid of Light’ on your field to the graveyard as a cost,” Yuei Vu said, “Special Summon the ‘Card Breaker’ from my hand in Attack Position!”
A small hammer tied to a fist pierced the trap card and flew out. The small card-breaking warrior rushed out, spun lightly, and jumped to the ground, and the iron chain tied to the hammer swished.
[Card Breaker, ATK 100]
Nightshroud: “…”
In this way, all the cards on Nightshroud’s field were truly destroyed, and even the only “Pyramid of Light” he chose to save was disintegrated by the power of this mere Level 2 monster.
“In this way, the seal of the pyramid is also unlocked.” Yuei Vu paused, “Then next is, as you wish—
–I’ll let you see the Egyptian God.”