Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1408: The Deck is Dead, the Person is Alive

The throne: "The effect of the Time God gained from the shield emblem reduces the opponent's health to half!"

Transparent ripples spread from the point of attack on the shield, like an invisible wave of fire, distorting and deforming the light wherever it passed. The eerie red tide was reflected in You Xuan's eyes; it was not fire, but energy exactly the same as the attack from the Time God just now.

A wave of heat swept over his body, hissing as if his blood were evaporating, and his life points plummeted like sand being brutally torn apart by an invisible hand.

[Yu Xuan, LP1900 → LP950]

Jade Throne: "Hahaha, how's it going? Aren't you enjoying the effects of your own Time Machine God?"

"It's alright, just right for a warm-up." You Xuan patted his clothes.

"Tch, can you still be so stubborn?"

The throne was somewhat displeased again, but this time he didn't take it too seriously. After all, he had just unlocked the hidden ace shield emblem and was in a great mood. He felt victory was within his grasp, so he took the other party's rudeness as mere stubbornness before death and didn't take it to heart.

"Face one card, and the turn is over," said the throne.

You Xuan: "Then it's my turn, draw a card."

He glanced at the card he had drawn, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips. He then added the card to his hand, revealing another monster card in his own.

"When you have no monsters on your field, you can Tribute Summon a Level 10 or higher monster from your hand without Tributing it."

Come forth, Time Machine God Rafaan!

Suddenly, the sky crackled with the sound of shattering glass. An invisible storm swirled and took shape in mid-air, twisting the air into a spiraling, transparent vortex. From the center of the whirlwind came the metallic roar of gears meshing, and from its depths burst forth a blinding white light. Amidst the deafening roar of exploding air pressure, a majestic green giant flapped its wings and descended, stepping on fragments of time and space.

[Time Machine God Rafaan, Attack Power 0]

"Mu Da Mu Da Mu Da!"

The emperor burst into laughter.

"No matter how many Time Machine Gods you summon, no matter what abilities your Time Machine Gods have, they are all useless in front of the Shield Emblem!"

The shield's body erupted with red light once more, the overflowing energy transforming into a burning demonic claw. That claw plunged directly into the body of the Time Machine God Rafaun, whose radiance immediately dimmed.

The demonic claw seemed to rip a portion of the Time Machine God's soul from its body and absorb it into the shield's body. The Time Machine God's body immediately dimmed.

"Your Time Machine God effect is mine again!" the throne laughed. "You can just keep that blank card with 0 attack power and wait to die!"

Judai also said solemnly, "Indeed, as long as that shield emblem is there, Yugen's Time God deck is completely countered. Even if he summons a powerful Time God, if the effect is negated, it's just a blank card with 0 attack."

Furthermore, the Continuous Trap 'Void Machine,' prepared to summon the Time Machine God, reduces the ATK of all monsters on your field to 0, meaning that even if you manage to summon other high-ATK monsters, you won't be able to break through this barrier.

“It does look like it’s been countered,” Yubel said calmly. “But don’t worry, only this deck is countered.”

Tenth Generation Qidao: "What do you mean?"

"Decks are static, but people are dynamic. And look at this bastard, does he even look a little nervous?" Yubel said irritably.

Judai: "."

Although Yubel spoke very bluntly, it was true that Yu Xuan didn't seem nervous at all. No, to be precise, Jaden probably never remembered seeing Yu Xuan nervous before. "Battle," Yu Xuan said. "Time Machine God Rafaen, attack 'NO.69 Emblem God Shield'."

The Jade Throne was startled: "Your Time Machine God effect is useless, and you still want to attack?"

If the Time Machine God dies by crashing into the shield emblem, Yu Xuan will have to withstand 2600 points of damage from the shield emblem's attack in one go. However, Yu Xuan only has 1450 health points at this time, so if the attack passes, he will lose.

But the Emperor was not so naive as to think that this person would do something so suicidal.

There is definitely a problem!
After only a moment's hesitation, the throne waved its hand and shouted, "Then I will activate the other hidden effect of 'NO.69 Crest of the Gods - Shield'!"

When your opponent's monster declares an attack, detach one Xyz Material from this card and destroy one card your opponent controls!

Judai: "Huh, he was hiding such a powerful ability!?"

Yubel also solemnly said, "It already has such a powerful ability to negate and take away the effects of all monsters on the field, but it also has the ability to destroy cards."
By the way, it is still 'NO.', so it also possesses the power to be destroyed by monsters other than 'NO.'.

Sure enough, the more you think about it, the more ridiculously powerful this thing seems.

However, Yubel was unaware that the shield in the animation had another hidden ability: the shield could not be destroyed by any card effects.

NO. Its inherent battle destruction resistance, effect resistance, field-wide effect plunder, and trigger-based card destruction make the anime's Shield emblem a truly worthy boss-level trump card. In contrast, the physical card version has been completely nerfed, becoming a completely different entity.

The throne roared with laughter: "The shield's effect is to remove one material. I don't care what you're up to, but your Time God is going to be shattered!"

An excessive amount of material was absorbed into the shield's body, and then thousands of laser beams shot towards the Time Machine God, as if to tear it to pieces.

"Then I'll activate the quick-play spell 'Forbidden Grail' from my hand!"

You Xuan revealed his trump card.

"This card can negate the effects of one monster on the field, and the targeted monster gains 400 ATK!"

The smile on the throne froze instantly: "The attack power boost effect is ineffective? You want to take my shield emblem?"

“Exactly, I’m going to give you a shield emblem that grants 400 attack power,” You Xuan said with a smile.

[NO.69 Crest of the Gods - Shield, Attack Power 2600 → Attack Power 3000]

"How about that? Now the shield has attack power comparable to the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon," Yu Xuan laughed. "You're welcome."

"Che" Amy's throne curled her lips.

This negates the effect of the shield emblem, and the ability to steal effects from other monsters on the field disappears. In other words, the ability of the Time Machine God becomes effective again.

Of course, since it was activated on the same chain as his emblem's effect of "destroy a card on the field," the emblem's effect was negated when it was resolved, so it could not destroy Time God.

The battle continues.

"Time Machine God cannot be destroyed by battle, and the battle damage it deals to my side is 0." Yu Xuan narrowed his eyes. "Furthermore, Rafaan's effect is to return the monster that battled this card to its owner's hand and inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK!"

(End of this chapter)