Chapter 22 The King with No Name

As the King with No Name made his entrance, the sky above them suddenly turned a gloomy color.

For a moment, dark clouds pressed down, wind vortices swirled, and amidst the convergence of wind and clouds, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, bringing with it a figure of proud bearing.

Behold, the King with No Name was dressed in ancient Egyptian garb, sporting a hilariously outdated hairstyle, and adorned from head to toe with seven golden ornaments... or rather... seven Millennium Items.

"That's... the King with No Name?" Snow muttered, watching the man appear in the arena, "He actually summoned him out that way..."

"Alright, my chain ends here." At the same time, Feng Bujue, standing opposite, said, "At this moment, the discarding effect of Hand Deck Devastation begins to take effect..." He spread his hands, a look of mockery on his face, "Unfortunately, I have no cards left in my hand."

"Tch..." Snow clicked his tongue, unhappily discarding all three of the remaining cards in his hand into the Graveyard.

"Then, next..." Two seconds later, Feng Bujue loudly continued, "Formally entering this daddy's turn! The strongest god's special effect activates!"

Because the duration of Programmer's Oversight was only "one phase", after Snow's "End Phase", the King with No Name's effects all returned.

"The King with No Name has a total of... seven effects!" Clearly, Feng Bujue's performance had only just begun...

Compared to the series of chains that were about to occur, the Magic Deathmatch just now could only be considered a warm-up.

"Effect one—'Millennium Eye'!" Feng Bujue pointed at the opponent's field, "During the player's Standby Phase, if the King with No Name exists on one's field, one can see through the opponent's hand and all face-down cards on the field."

As his voice fell, the system's animation effect followed suit, and the King with No Name raised a golden, eyeball-shaped ornament and held it up... The backs of all of Snow's face-down cards instantly turned into a semi-transparent state.

Snow's hand was already empty, and the three cards in his monster zone were also revealed; all that remained... were the cards in the magic and trap zone. At present, under the effect of the King with No Name, in addition to the Curse of Grudge, which was already face-up, the other four were also displayed one by one.

"I see..." Feng Bujue said, looking at the opponent's cards, "This configuration... is indeed very much in your style."

At this moment, the four cards that Snow had face-down were three Trap Cards and one Magic Card.

The first Trap Card was Pull into Hell, the effect of which was: When one of my monsters is destroyed by battle, destroy the attacking monster as well.

This card was naturally added to Snow's hand during the turn when Tamamo-no-Mae was summoned, and it was also one of the four cards that were set at that time; previously, when Sakamoto-kun defeated Ill-Will Kappa, Snow could have activated this effect. But in the situation at the time, doing so would not have been beneficial... because Snow was in a greatly advantageous position and could complete the kill at any time. Under the influence of Oxygen Depletion Zone, Sakamoto-kun could not act as a barrier for the player even if he was alive; conversely, if Sakamoto-kun was destroyed, Tamamo-no-Mae's effect of absorbing attack and defense would fail in the next turn, becoming a zero attack and zero defense state. To put it another way... taking out Sakamoto at that time would be equivalent to crippling himself, so he kept this trap until now.

The second Trap Card, A Snake in the Grass, this card can only be activated during the opponent's Battle Phase. After it takes effect, it immediately summons a Shadow Token to the field. This token is placed in the Monster Zone, and its attack and defense are 0 and 2000 respectively. It cannot be used as a sacrifice and cannot be changed to attack position. Once destroyed, the token will be immediately "banished".

The third Trap Card, Shuttle Through Yin and Yang, when the total number of monsters in my Graveyard exceeds ten, you can select five cards from it and shuffle them back into the deck; this... was set by Snow during the Sub-Phase of the previous turn.

Finally, the Magic Card was a Special Magic - Dwarves Rule, the effect of which was that when this card is face-down on the field, it can be activated during any player's Battle Phase to prevent all monsters on the field from attacking.

Snow's reason for setting this card was also obvious. Although Tamamo-no-Mae's death effect was very powerful, it was still difficult to guarantee that the opponent would not use Sakamoto, who also had 2000 attack, to perish with her, so he needed such a card to guard against it.

"Next, I enter the Draw Phase..." After quickly scanning Snow's set cards, Feng Bujue said again.

"Hmph! The effect of Curse of Grudge activates again at this moment." At this time, Snow couldn't wait to interrupt, "If you draw a Magic Card... then obediently discard it."

"Heh... sorry..." Feng Bujue sneered, "At this moment, I activate the King with No Name's second effect—'Millennium Scales'! At any phase, as long as it is the time to draw a card, I can choose to give up drawing a card... For every card I give up drawing, I can recover 1000 LP." He paused for half a second, and then said, "You should understand even if I don't say it... I'm going to give up this right to draw."

As he spoke, a series of "beep beep beep" sound effects rang out, and Brother Jue's LP returned to 2500...

On the other hand, since two Draw Phases had passed, the effect of Curse of Grudge had also come to an end.

"Then... next is the Main Phase..." After the invalidated Curse of Grudge entered the Graveyard, Feng Bujue continued, "I activate the King with No Name's third effect—'Millennium Scepter'... Permanently gain control of a monster on the enemy's field."

"What!" Snow was shocked when he heard that, "It comes with a Mind Control (a Normal Magic that can change the control of a monster within one turn) effect? And it's permanent?"

Feng Bujue ignored him, but clearly pointed out his target: "And the monster I choose is—Tamamo-no-Mae the Nine-Tailed Fox!"

After he finished speaking, the King with No Name raised the Millennium Scepter in his hand and waved it slightly towards Tamamo-no-Mae, and the latter obediently stood on Brother Jue's side of the field...

"It's not over yet..." Feng Bujue then said, "The King with No Name's fourth effect—'Millennium Puzzle', designate a card on the opponent's field, and its effect will be invalidated until the end of this duel." He flicked his arm, "The one I choose is... Dwarves Rule!"

In an instant, the Millennium Puzzle hanging on the King with No Name's chest emitted a golden light, and the pendants under the wheel all pointed to the location of Snow's Magic Card, and shot a beam of light at that card. The hit Dwarves Rule became a black and white faded card, and it seemed that it could no longer be activated.

"Next, Battle Phase!" Feng Bujue's offensive was finally about to unfold, "I use Tamamo-no-Mae to attack your Yosuzume! Charge! Nine-Tailed Flying Sickle Whirlwind!"

Snow could understand Brother Jue's choice of attack. At this moment, Tamamo-no-Mae's attack power was still 2000, and Yosuzume's attack was also 2000. Once they fought, they would perish together.

But the difference was... Yosuzume's death effect was to "add one Field Magic card—Desolate Temple to your hand", while Tamamo-no-Mae the Nine-Tailed Fox's death effect was..."In the next five turns, every time one of my players loses LP, the other player will lose the same LP."

Chi— Bang—

After a moment, accompanied by the sound of breaking wind and collision, the nine-tailed demon fox and the monk ghost both turned into white light.

Snow's god card and the six-star monster on the field were destroyed in this way, and what was depressing was... because the control of Tamamo-no-Mae had returned to Feng Bujue, her death effect would be enjoyed by Brother Jue at this moment.

"I'll use Sakamoto-kun... to attack Corpse Ghoul! Secret Skill - Knee Impact!" Brother Jue's Battle Phase was not over yet, he then declared his attack and killed the defense monster.

Up to this point, Snow's field was empty, and the Field Magic added to his hand was of no use for the time being.

However, he still had something to do...

"Activate Trap, Pull into Hell!" Snow had no reason or room to keep the trap at this moment, "Let's destroy Sakamoto-kun who attacked Corpse Ghoul as well!"

Anyway, all of Snow's Trap Cards on the field were face-up, so Brother Jue would not be surprised by this.

"My Battle Phase is not over." After the Trap Card took effect, Feng Bujue pointed at the opponent, "I'm going to use the King with No Name to launch a direct attack on the player!"

"Hmph! I activate Trap Card - A Snake in the Grass." Snow snorted coldly and quickly responded.

At present, Brother Jue only had the King with No Name left on his field. By the way, the attack and defense of this "strongest god" were both 5000, but... whether it was 5000 or 50,000, as long as it did not have the effect of penetrating defense, even a defense monster with 0 defense could ensure that its owner would not lose HP when resisting this attack.

Bang—

The King with No Name just glared, and the Shadow Token with 2000 defense shattered, but... Snow's LP was not reduced...

"Heh... you're almost done, right." Seeing that all the monsters on Brother Jue's field were defeated, Snow breathed a sigh of relief and showed a bit of smugness again, "The strongest god... is nothing more than that. As a result, you didn't manage to reduce my LP in this turn?" He shrugged, "It's just that the situation on the field has been turned back a little..."

"The situation on the field?" Feng Bujue stared at the other party with dead fish eyes, looking at him with the eyes of a fool, and laughed dryly, "Ha! You're still considering the situation on the field?"

"You... what do you mean?" Snow vaguely read something from the other party's words and immediately asked suspiciously.

"What I mean is..." Feng Bujue's expression became solemn, "...you won't have a next turn!"

After saying that, he didn't wait for Snow to respond and continued: "Activate the King with No Name's fifth effect—'Millennium Puzzle'... activate!"

As soon as the declaration came out, an inverted pyramid-shaped pendant in front of the King with No Name burst out with dazzling light, covering his whole body in strong light. After a few seconds, the light dissipated, and the King with No Name's appearance did not change, and his outdated hairstyle did not change, but his clothes became a set of blue suits similar to high school uniforms.

"This effect allows the King with No Name to attack again in the same Battle Phase." Feng Bujue said this line calmly.

But Snow was shocked: "WhAt_the_【BEEP】? A monster with 5000 attack can attack twice?"

"King with No Name, launch a direct attack on the enemy player! Duelist's Will!" Feng Bujue answered the other party's question with a declaration.

As soon as he finished speaking, the King with No Name waved his arm with a ridiculously theatrical gesture, releasing a wave of telekinetic power towards Snow.

Bang—

In the next second, Snow himself was actually knocked flying.

He really didn't expect that in this all-ages game with not-so-high pain settings... in this card game, he was knocked flying...

"How... How can this be..." Snow looked quite embarrassed when he climbed up from the ground again, but he still stubbornly said, "But no matter what... I'm not dead yet! I still have 500 LP!"

"I said, you don't have a next turn." Feng Bujue said, "I'm not like you..." He paused, "A real duelist, I do what I say!"

At this time, Brother Jue's momentum had completely overwhelmed Snow, and the scene was clearly a one-sided beatdown...

"Entering the Sub-Phase! Activate the King with No Name's sixth effect—'Millennium Key'!" Feng Bujue said as he raised the Duel Disk in his left hand, "I can choose a player to check all the cards in their deck; at this moment, the player I choose is... myself."

After the declaration, the key-shaped pendant on the god's body on the field flashed, and then, a system-generated floating image spread out in front of Brother Jue's eyes; these images were Feng Bujue's own deck, and they were arranged in order.

"What are you doing?" Snow on the opposite side was now scared to death, "What are you doing looking at your own deck? Can't you remember which cards you put in there?"

"Finally..." Feng Bujue ignored the other party's question and continued after looking at his own deck for a few seconds, "I activate the King with No Name's seventh effect—'Millennium Necklace'... I can predict a number x and the name of a card, and then calculate from the top of the deck and flip out the xth card. If the name of this card matches what I predicted, I can immediately add it to my hand."

When Brother Jue finished reciting this effect, Snow's expression was completely dazed...

"The number I declare is 16, and the card name is... Terror Jester." After Feng Bujue said that, the Duel Disk automatically cut out the sixteenth card from the top down of his deck, and Brother Jue raised his hand and drew it.

Relying on the effect of the "Millennium Key", Feng Bujue had already looked at the entire deck, so the "prediction" he made with the "Millennium Necklace" would naturally be 100% accurate.

As you may have guessed, this Terror Jester was the six-star monster that Brother Jue had used Urn of Demise to shuffle back into his hand...

"At this moment, the effect of Urn of Demise is activated. I lose 1000 LP because I drew the previously displayed card..." Brother Jue's tone had returned to calm at this time, "And under the death effect of Tamamo-no-Mae the Nine-Tailed Fox, you must deduct the same number of LP points."

Beep beep beep beep—

Before Brother Jue could finish speaking, Snow's LP... had returned to zero.