Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"My turn, draw a card." Amon drew a card from his deck, but instead of playing the cards in his hand, he first glanced at the back row of the deck.

【The Light Piercing of the Original Stone】is Manjoume's trump card that he has made public. Rather than activating it directly, the current state of concealing it and letting the opponent know that he can activate it at any time puts more pressure on Amon.

Because the card wasn't activated, Amon didn't know which card Manjoume would use it to negate and banish—whether it was the spell card he was about to activate, his own "Lord of the Mist" or "King of the Mist Castle," or Manjoume's "Sealed Exodia."

Yes, the ability of "Original Stone's Light" to negate and banish cards is not limited to those on the opponent's field. Even cards on Manjoume's own field, as long as they are face-up and not the type of Normal Monsters or Tokens that cannot be negated, can be banished by "Original Stone's Light".

Normally, the difference in this effect isn't significant. It's okay for destructive effects like "Great Storm" because there are cards that can utilize destruction. However, negating and banishing one's own card with "Original Stone's Light" seems like a meaningless operation, so many people overlook it. But when it comes to situations like now, where Amon's key card has fallen into Manjoume's hands, the difference in this card's effect becomes apparent.

Manjoume wasn't sure what card Amon had drawn, but he couldn't rule out the possibility that Amon might chain his [Original Stone's Light] to activate some effect and take back [Sealed Exodia]. In that case, even with the noble negation and banishment, [Original Stone's Light] would have to follow the chain rules and let Amon's effect go through first.

However, from another perspective, if Manjoume waits until Amon plays his card first, and then uses "Piercing Light of the Primal Stone" to chain its effect, then according to the chain's "later-acting-first-come-first-served" rule, Manjoume's "Piercing Light of the Primal Stone" will take effect first, and then banish "Sealed Exodia," which is the only effect monster among the five "Sealed" cards and can be destroyed by "Piercing Light of the Primal Stone."

He was now like a cowboy in the West, staring at Amon, waiting for him to make a move so that Manjoume could activate the card.

“So, in my first phase, I’ll change the position of my ‘Lord of the Mist’ from face-up Attack Position to face-up Defense Position.” Under the watchful gaze of Wan Zhangmu, Amon didn’t rush to play his cards. Instead, he adjusted the position of the ‘Lord of the Mist’ on the field. “The ‘Lord of the Mist’s’ ability to lock down the effects of monsters on the field only works while it is in Attack Position. Since the ‘Lord of the Mist’ has changed to Defense Position, my ‘Royal Magic Library’ cards have had their effects unlocked.”

After the Lord of the Mist changed its position, the mist covering the pool began to shrink, and the magic counters on the three walls of books behind Amon lit up again. Although the magic counters on the three cards were placed by monster effects, the counter system exists independently of card effects. Even if the effects of the Royal Magical Library cards are negated, the magic counters on them will not disappear into thin air.

Manjoume's side also reacted. Seeing that Amon was not in a hurry to activate the cards in his hand, but instead changed the battle position of the monsters on the field, he cursed inwardly for the other party's deep thoughts. He still kept the [Original Stone Light Piercing] in the same hurry to activate it, and pointed to the monsters on his field and said: "Then because your [King of Mist] is unsealed, the effect of my [Original Stone Dragon - Underground Yellow Arsenic Garnet Dragon] is also restored."

"Although its first effect of increasing attack power is negated, at least [Protoss Dragon - Underground Garnet Dragon] still has a second effect that can take effect. This effect, like its first effect, is a continuous effect that does not require activation." Manjoume held up three fingers. "As long as [Protoss Dragon - Underground Garnet Dragon] exists in the Monster Zone, the effects activated by monsters on your opponent's field whose level is less than the number of Normal Monsters on my field or in my Graveyard will be negated!"

Amon remained calm: "However, although you have two Normal Monsters in your Graveyard, [Diamond Dragon] and [Triceratops], which can negate the effects of all Level 2 or lower monsters on my field, [Royal Magic Library] is a Level 4 monster. To negate its effect, you still need two more Normal Monsters in your Graveyard." "Before, [Clown and Lockbird] sealed my card draw that turn, but the Spell Counters on my [Royal Magic Library] were still retained, numbering 3, 2, and 1 respectively. Now I'm going to remove the first [Royal Magic Library]'s three Spell Counters to activate its effect and draw a card from my Deck!"

Just as Amon was about to draw a card from his deck, Manjoume wasn't in a hurry at all. Instead, he suddenly said, "That card is probably your last draw. Cherish it, Amon Garrum—because of the effect of your Royal Magic Library, I'm going to activate my face-down card in the back row, Soul Fusion!"

"I will banish monsters face-down from my Graveyard as Fusion Material to perform a Fusion Summon of a Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck. The Fusion Material I will use is the 'Dragon of Light and Darkness' and the 'Triceratops' that I previously sent to the Graveyard with 'Angel's Charity'!"

"The requirements for fusion materials are: a Level 8 LIGHT Dragon-Type monster and a Level 8 DARK Dragon-Type monster,"

"By perfectly harmonizing the forces of light and darkness that have been intertwined across time and space, an absolutely invincible and resilient body is constructed, and a dazzling golden power is born here!"

"Spread your divine wings that transcend all living beings, and roar, Wagatsumashi!"

"Level 10☆, [Dragon King of Light and Darkness]!"

Amon's Royal Magic Library, once he collects three copies, allows him to quickly draw cards from his deck through the continuous activation of magic cards, accumulating resources like a snowball to draw more cards. Last turn, Manjoume lost the initiative and had no chance, but this turn he chose to stop the "snowball" from the very beginning!
Amon's hand excludes three [Sealed] monsters, leaving him with only one usable card out of his four cards. Even if he draws another card, he only has two.

The despair lies here—because the effect of [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] was something Amon had already collected. It possesses an activation negation effect that forces the activation of monster effects, spells, and trap cards. Although activating its effect requires lowering its own ATK and DEF, even with an ATK of 3400 and DEF of 3000, it can only support a maximum of three uses of its effect, and these three "counter" effects can only be used once in the same chain.

However, Amon only has two cards he can use! Even if he uses up all his resources, he can only consume the effect of [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] twice, and he has no ability to continue his combo. Let alone the effect of [Royal Magic Library], because adding counters to [Royal Magic Library] requires the activation of a spell card. Even though this effect is a continuous effect that doesn't require activation, the spell card still needs to be actually activated, but unfortunately, the effect of [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] is "activation negated"!
This [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] is practically a direct target of Amon! (End of Chapter)