Duels should be played with a smile.

As we all know, some cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! have very few words and their effects are very simple and straightforward. This card is one of them.

As long as it's present, most cards become blank.

"However, Sky Dragon is a God Card, and is not affected by Trap Cards or the effects of Effect Monsters with 10 or less Level."

"With Skill Drain on the field, all your monsters will be negated; with Sky Dragon on the field, all your monsters will become weak. The combination of the two is what I have prepared for you: Invincible Lockdown!"

Leyou had no cards to counter this card and could only watch as this trap card drained the power of the Phoenix God once again.

Having lost the power of a physical body and the power of fire, the Phoenix God, now with nothing left, could only stand obediently on the field, unable to do anything.

"In Duel Monsters, there is never such a thing as invincibility. No matter the situation, there is always a way to resolve it!"

"Besides, this is still my preparation stage!"

"Graveyard Prayer's effect! Search your Deck for one [Nephthys] Spell/Trap!"

"I'm adding a second [Nephthys's Hope] to my hand!"

"Now, I hold hope in my hands!"

The two cards in my hand may seem useless at first glance, but they hold endless possibilities.

"I've seen you guys do some of these things all the time, so today, I'll do it too!"

"I cover the hope that I have just retrieved!"

The game player's eyes widened instantly. Was that familiar opening move coming?

He placed his hand on a face-down trap card, a card that was practically invincible, and pondered whether he should activate it.

If it's activated, then Leyou definitely won't be able to do anything this turn, but he's not sure if there are any strange things in Leyou's graveyard.

"Fine, we both have six cards, both are graveyard survival cards, let's see who's better! I'll stake my title of Duel King on defeating you head-on!"

No rich psychological activity was detected in the game; Leyou only felt a surge of excitement.

"There's something I've always wanted to say, and now I can finally say it. After all this dueling, everyone's running out of cards, right? So, I'll activate [Heavenly Treasure Card]!"

"Come on, let's draw all six cards in our hands!"

[Leyou Hand Cards: 0→6]

[Game hand cards: 0→6]

[Sky Dragon Attack/Defense: 0 → 6000]

"In that case, the Sky Dragon's attack will also become 6000, and its last weakness will be gone. How are you going to break through its blockade? And you've made me draw so many cards. Aren't you afraid that I'll turn the tables and kill you next turn?"

"Then I'll make sure you don't have a next turn!" Leyou replied confidently.

For no other reason than that this hand is the perfect hand at this moment!

"I activate Pot of Greed! Draw two more cards!"

You just drew ten cards in one go, and I gave you six more, while I only have seven cards in total. You see, you have a huge advantage!

"Game! Do you know what will happen when I have seven cards in my hand?!"

There is only one answer, and that is your defeat!

"Because I'm no longer planning to release water!"

Philvo, sitting in the audience, shook his head slightly. This guy really doesn't learn his lesson. He's still holding back and putting on an act at this point. He's really not afraid of making a fool of himself.

If he weren't truly special...

"I activate the newly set Hope, targeting my Continuous Trap [Nephthys' Awakening] and your Skill Drain card, destroying both of them!"

Fire breeds hope, linking two trap cards together. Just as they were about to be burned, a serious-looking old man with a white beard suddenly appeared on the field and made a gesture that everyone understood.

【useless】

"I activate [Divine Declaration], paying half of your LP to utterly shatter your hopes!"

[Game LP: 3000 → 1500]

I love it! This is the strongest underworld being after evolution! Indeed, an underworld being without the old man god is an incomplete underworld being!

But it doesn't matter, in this situation all you need to do is treat the underworld people in an even more underworld way!

"Why?" Leyou suddenly calmed down, his eyes revealing no emotion, and asked coldly, "If you had activated this card when I activated the Heavenly Treasure Card, wouldn't I have been unable to do anything?"

"This is my personal choice," Yugi replied calmly, seemingly spurred on by his status as the Duel King.

Leyou's expression gradually became complicated, and his conflicted look made Youxi wonder if he had really made the wrong choice.

Could it be that he really thought he had gone easy on him? Or, to put it more seriously, as a true duelist, did he feel insulted?

In that brief moment, a slight sense of regret even arose in the game player's heart.

But the next second, that regret completely disappeared.

because..

"Then I hope you won't regret your choice!" Leyou's previous conflicted look vanished, replaced by a broad smile.

Seeing Leyou's superb ability to change his expression, Yuqi was unsure what was going on for a moment. However, when he recalled how Leyou had bullied Malik with his fraudulent deck before, he immediately realized what was happening.

"I won't regret it. Besides, even if I nullify your divine intervention, are you really not capable of handling this situation?"

"Who knows? I can't guarantee anything, after all, I don't even know what's in my own grave!"

Seeing Leyou's nonchalant attitude, Yuqi became even more convinced of his idea. If he really used Divine Declaration to interrupt the card draw, he might be defeated by other strange things without any cards in his hand.

"Now that you've handed over everything you have to, I guess you don't have any countermeasures left, so I can proceed with confidence!"

It seems that even the underworld beings are no match for actors!

Which floor do you think I'm on? I don't even know which floor I'm on!

"I activate the Spell Card 'Preparation for Ritual'! Select 1 Ritual Spell Card from my Deck, and then select 1 Ritual Monster from my Deck and Graveyard whose name is written on that Ritual Spell Card. Add those 2 cards to my hand."

"I'm adding Reincarnation and Priest to my hand!"

"Then comes the ritual summoning you're familiar with, but this time, I'm going to summon a different monster!"

"Come, for the last time, witness the final cycle of the Phoenix God!"

"I activate the Ritual Spell [Nephthys's Reincarnation]! I release the Level 2 Priest in my hand to perform a Ritual Summon!"

"The phoenix rises from the ashes, reborn in flames! If the mortal realm and the underworld are blocked by endless mist, then let blazing flames connect the two worlds! Open the gate to the mortal realm and soar through the skies! Phoenix God, send your connector here!"

"Ritual Summoning! [Nephthys's Link]!"

The priestess transformed into azure flames and, witnessed by the Phoenix God, transferred her power to the Connector. Under the blazing sun of the mortal world, the Connector, as fiery as the sun itself, gracefully descended.

When the god of the underworld saw that someone had broken through the barriers of the underworld, he was furious and unleashed divine punishment. The girl, who should have perished in the divine punishment, survived because of the power from another god of the underworld, preserving the last spark of hope.

【风·2星·魔法师族·攻击力2000→2300→300·守备力0】

"The effect of Reincarnation is that, because it is a ritual summoning performed by releasing the Priest as a sacrifice, it can destroy one of your cards!"

"Also, because of the effect processing, even if you have Pitfall or Torrent Tribute, you cannot trigger it!"

"Touch of Reincarnation, throw that plan away!"

A crimson mark fell upon the skill draw, ending the short life of this trap card that countless people loathed.

"The Draw is a Continuous Trap Card, which expires the moment it leaves the field. Then I activate the effect of the Linker. If the Ritual Summon is successful, I can Special Summon 1 other [Nephthys] Ritual Monster from my hand or Deck as a Ritual Summon!"

"What? Isn't this just like a ritual summon within the deck? And it doesn't even require ritual magic or tributes!"

At this moment, the game began to doubt whether it had submitted its divine declaration too early or too late, or rather, whether it was submitted early or late, it could not stop Leyou's progress.

"That's right, correct answer, so I'm not going to go easy on you!"

"The one who connects is the one who connects all possibilities!"

"Connectors! Call forth! Call forth your supreme god!"

"Its name is, [Nephthys, the Azure Phoenix Goddess]!"

The Azure Flame is the flame of the underworld. Unlike ordinary fires that scorch the body, it burns the soul with its piercing cold.

The so-called Azure Phoenix God is a phoenix god who dwells eternally in the underworld, forging his soul with endless azure flames, ultimately turning his body into nothingness and his soul into azure flames.

At this very moment, Azure Flame's soul descended upon this place at the call of the Connector.

"Your god is very powerful; even my Azure Phoenix God cannot destroy it."

"Therefore, I choose..."

"They ruined my entire place!"

Chapter 86 Pointing and gesturing

The Azure Phoenix God descended upon the world, and the Sky Dragon once again displayed His divine power. However, His divine punishment, which could subdue most lower-level monsters, could not make the Azure Phoenix, who was also a god of the underworld, bow down.

【炎·8星·鸟兽族·攻击力3000→3300→1300·守备力1000】

"What do you mean by 'shattering your own reputation'?!"

"It means exactly what it says!"

"If I can't blow up your god, I'll blow myself up first!"

As if hearing its master's call, the Azure Phoenix God flapped its wings and flew into the sky, scattering specks of azure soul fire that landed on the other cards in the Playground.

"The effect of the Azure Phoenix God can be activated once per turn during the Main Phase. Destroy any number of [Nephthys] cards from your hand and face-up cards on your field. Then destroy the number of monsters your opponent controls that were destroyed."

"I want to choose... all the cards on my field!"

"Connector! Phoenix God! Azure Phoenix God! And the Awakening in the back row! Destroy them all!"

"The Azure Phoenix descends upon the world! Burning all things!"

The sparks of soul fire instantly transformed into a raging inferno that consumed everything, preparing to return all the souls born from the fire to the embrace of the underworld.

"Wait! At this very moment! I chain your effect to activate my face-down Quick-Play Spell Card, 'The Ritual of Dark Magic'!"

The game is now in a bit of a headache because he originally planned to use this magic card when Leyou destroyed his monster, so that the target of the effect would be lost by leaving the field. However, he did not expect that the Azure Phoenix God's field destruction effect would not target.

The biggest difference between selecting an object and not selecting an object is that one requires selecting a target before activation, while the other activates first and selects a target when the effect is processed.

If he doesn't chain-activate this face-down card now, the effect will proceed directly afterward, and there won't be another chance to activate it.