With the attack underway, the Archfiend raised its right hand, then suddenly swatted, sending the Rainbow Hero flying instantly.
At that moment, Tenjo Hikari and the others' Life Points plummeted like a waterfall.
Humans, LP: 9800→1500.
Judai was blown away by the immense force, and Shou along with John swiftly ran over to catch him, as terrifying darkness wrapped over his body and soul.
"Guh..." Judai groaned lightly, unable to bear the pain.
Fortunately—
Even though the final decision to attack was made by Judai, at that instant, a numerous amount of humans supported him in making the attack, and therefore, those shouting humans also shared a portion of the pain.
Only, the wounds on his body wouldn't dissipate, and as a result, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Under such circumstances, Judai slowly stood up, clutching his abdomen, and filled with pain said, "Sorry, sorry, Hikari, I got a bit aggressive."
"Ha—it's alright." Tenjo Hikari hadn't stopped Judai beforehand because he had calculated that even against Archfiend, they still had Life Points to use, and if it weren't for Archfiend, this attack might have been worthwhile, and thus he didn't stop it.
In a duel, it's not like you have X-ray vision, who knows what the opponent has set, what if it's Ash Blossom?
You have to attack to find out.
How will I know he has set up three Sevens if I don't go for it.jpg
It was precisely similar thoughts that led Judai to the decision to attack, otherwise, no matter how loud the surrounding voices were, he wouldn't choose to attack.
In a duel, no one can influence his decision!
No one can!
This is the mindset of a duelist!
He's clutching his abdomen, coughing blood, and says arduously, "Turn... end."
Final Countdown: 14.
"My turn, Draw." Dark Ruler's clone drew two cards, glanced down and picked them up, "Hehehe, the third Pot of Desires activates by banishing the top 10 cards from my Deck. Draw two cards."
Thus, he drew two cards again, changing the hand count to 3 cards.
"Because 10 cards were banished, the ATK and DEF of Archfiend increases again!"
Archfiend, DEF: 12800→16800.
"Its attack power is sixteen thousand now!"
"That's more than three times the ATK of Five-Headed Dragon!"
"It's over, everything is over, there's no hope left..."
As if the Final Countdown approached its endpoint, the students of Duel Academy began to hear these voices more and more. Thus, Manjome and others better understood the state of Tenjo Hikari and the duo during their duel.
As he listened, Manjome vaguely seemed to hear his brother's voice and couldn't help but shout out, "What are you all complaining about! What's there to worry about!"
"No matter how high your ATK is, it can't attack anyway!"
Yes!
No matter how high Archfiend's stats are, so what?!
Does Dark Ruler dare to attack?
No!
He doesn't dare!
To achieve the current situation, Dark Ruler kept sacrificing his own Life Points, now only left with just over a thousand.
Of course, by the same count, Tenjo Hikari and the rest are only left with 1500, facing an Archfiend with sixteen thousand ATK, even a slight touch means death.
But—
Dark Ruler cannot attack.
Until now, Dark Ruler hasn't used many cards for destroying magic traps, all his strategy centered on "dragging it out!"
That's the core of his strategy, his advantage, but also his weakness—
Because, even though the ATK surpasses 16000, Archfiend can do what? Attacking would cost him Mirror Force.
Normally indifferent, at critical moments, Hanno's noble power still shows its utility!
As long as Dark Ruler dares to attack, Mirror Force can destroy all attack-mode monsters on Dark Ruler's field, leaving him wide open for defeat!
Mirror Force inherently renders Dark Ruler unable to make a move!
Looking at his cards, Dark Ruler thinks... still too few cards banished, otherwise banish enough to have 16000, and Yuki Judai's attack would lose the duel. Now, Yuki Judai and Tenjo Hikari can't discuss and laugh whether this attack was a loss or gain.
What a pity.
Now there's just one last round to endure through, then it's over...
"Spell Card, A Moment's Peace."
Dark Ruler gently raised a card, his teeth almost ready to fall with laughter, "Both players draw 1 card each. Until the end of the opponent's next turn, all damage both sides receive becomes 0."
Finished, he and Judai each draw 1 card.
"Ah!?"
"It's over, 16 turns have passed—"
"Oh no, oh no, what do we do now! Even effect damage doesn't work."
Dark Ruler listened to the humans' voices, feeling like he was listening to pleasant music, he casually picked up a card to set on the field, "Set a card, end turn."
He had nothing to do.
He couldn't do anything.
Even summoning a No.86 now would be useless, because due to Extinction on Schedule, after Tenjo Hikari's battle ends, his cards on the field would be gone.
But before that, still set a card just in case.
"My turn, Draw."
Tenjo Hikari drew a card.
"Activate Trap Card, Primeval Creature's Tomb." At this moment, Dark Ruler opened the Set Card, "As long as this card exists in the Spell & Trap Zone, 6-star and above monsters that were Special Summoned cannot declare attacks, and no player can activate those monsters' effects."
"Oh—that's quite powerful." Tenjo Hikari lightly nodded as he heard the card.
His ears were filled with various voices, many still cursing him, some resenting his failure to win, some even outrightly calling him a traitor to the humans.