As Professor Cobra announced the end of his turn, everyone couldn't help but continue their discussions.
"This Professor Cobra is really strong, to be able to battle the Duel King to this extent..."
"If it were me, I would've been done for in just three turns, right?"
"Be confident, you wouldn't last even one turn."
"..."
Youyu wasn't too surprised.
After all, the opponent is a BOSS, and one that holds a high-level monster like 'Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes'. It makes sense he would be powerful.
But more than the dueling strength, Youyu was more concerned about whether the professor had any unknown powers within him, or if he was being possessed and used by some malevolent entity.
However, up to this point, although the opponent's card deck was quite sinister and he had the face of a villain, Youyu didn't sense anything unusual through the duel.
The professor dueled with integrity, without any concealment, appearing to be a forthright dueling expert, showing no signs of foul play.
It would be best if that were truly the case, but Youyu remained vigilant, needing further observation.
"My turn, draw."
At this moment, the effect of 'Forbidden Apparel' had already passed, and the attack power of Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes had returned to 5500.
If relying purely on attack power, surpassing the opponent's stats wouldn't be too difficult. However, defeating through battle is rather pointless, as Vennominon has eleven lives and will revive after being defeated.
Youyu had no doubt that among the opponent's three set cards in the backfield, there's an eighty percent chance one of them is 'Rise of the Snake Deity'. Destroying the Snake King through effects would play right into Professor Cobra's hands—allowing him to summon the true ace, Vennominaga.
Indeed, it's a bit tricky.
"Activate the Magic Card 'Advance Draw' from my hand," Youyu declared, "Sacrifice a monster of level eight or higher, and draw two cards from the deck.
I sacrifice the 'Black Luster Soldier - Super Soldier' on the field to draw cards from the deck!"
Super Soldier disintegrated into golden dust, with two beams of golden light merging into Youyu's card deck, from which he drew two cards.
Seeing the new cards in his hand, Youyu's eyes flickered as a feasible combination quickly formed in his mind.
After all, this is Yu-Gi-Oh!
Even without battle destruction or effect destruction, there are other solutions to the field.
"Activate the Continuous Magic 'Dark Magical Circle'!"
The Continuous Magic Card appeared, releasing dazzling white light on the field!
Professor Cobra's pupils contracted.
A second Magical Circle!?
Is the relationship between the International Fantasy Society and the Duel King so close? Such rare cards, giving him two at once?
"When 'Dark Magical Circle' is activated, check the top three cards of the deck, add any 'Magician'-related cards to the hand, and return the others to the top of the deck in any order."
Youyu checked the top three cards, but there seemed to be no Magician-related cards this time, so he adjusted the order and returned them to the deck.
"Next, activate the Magic Card 'Arms Regeneration'!" Youyu continued, "Select an Equip Magic Card from either your or your opponent's graveyard and equip it to a monster on the field that meets the equip conditions." (Original card)
A card ejected from Youyu's graveyard.
"I equip the Equip Magic 'Wonder Wand' from the graveyard onto the Spellcaster-Type 'Black Magician' on the field!"
The golden wand exclusive to mages appeared in Black Magician's hands.
"The equipped monster's attack increases by 500."
[Black Magician, ATK 2500 → ATK 3000]
"But this attack is still far inferior to 'Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes'," Professor Cobra said.
"Then activate the second effect of 'Wonder Wand'," Youyu stated, "Sacrifice 'Black Magician' to draw two cards from the deck."
The wand flashed with golden light, and Black Magician's body also turned into golden light dots and dissipated, shooting into Youyu's card deck.
"In that moment!" Youyu waved his hand, "'Magician of Dark Illusion' effect activates!
As long as this card is face-up on the field, once, when you activate the effect of a Magic or Trap Card, you can Special Summon the 'Black Magician' in your graveyard!"
The 'Black Magician', which had just entered the graveyard as the cost of activation half a second ago, immediately ejected from the graveyard.
"I revive this 'Black Magician', sent to the graveyard as the cost of 'Wonder Wand' activation!"
The magic array spun open, and the black-robed mage charged forth with a swirl of magic power as the magic staff carved out a pitch-black mark in the air!
[Black Magician, Attack Points 2500]
"Immediately upon the summoning of 'Black Magician,' the effect of 'Magician Navigation' is activated!" Youyu pointed to the dark green magic in front of him, "Once per turn, when 'Black Magician' is summoned or special summoned on your field, you can banish one card on your opponent's field from the game...
...banish from play!"
The Black Mage Staff swung down like a general commanding an army, directing toward the snake-shaped monster on Professor Cobra's field.
"Banish 'Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes' from the game!"
The magic circle spun at full speed, and the ring adorned with complex text whirled rapidly, as the milky white magic power gathered at high concentration—it's top-tier black magic that annihilates anything!
"So the target from the start was this?" Professor Cobra was startled.
Asuka couldn't help but say, "By fulfilling the activation conditions of 'Wonder Wand,' sending the 'Black Magician' on the field to the graveyard, while cleverly chaining the effect of 'Magician of Dark Illusion' to bring back the same 'Black Magician' to the field again.
In doing so, not only does it trigger 'Magician Navigation' to banish the opponent's monster, but no monsters are lost on one's own field, and furthermore, it allows drawing two cards to replenish resources...
"So powerful, too powerful!" Marufuji Shou seemed unable to find more words in his meager vocabulary to describe his feelings at the moment.
In just one sentence—
—Damn amazing!
But Professor Cobra wasn't about to sit and wait for defeat.
"Then I'll activate the set card! Quick-play magic 'Mystical Space Typhoon!'"
The dark whirlwind rose from the magic card, carrying a bolt of lightning rushing towards Youyu's back field.
"That's right!" Many people suddenly realized, "'Magician Navigation' is a Continuous Magic, so if we blow away that magic navigation here, this whole chain won't be valid...
But Youyu promptly waved his hand: "Negate!"
The Black Mage Staff pointed, and the pitch-black illusory magic array appeared, like shackles firmly binding the whirlwind!
A trap card spun out of the black vortex, stubbornly suspended in the center of the whirlwind.
"Activating the Trap Card 'Magician Navigation' from the grave!" Youyu said, "When 'Black Magician' exists on your field, banish this card from the grave until the end of the turn, negate the effect of one magic or trap card on the field!
I negate the quick-play magic 'Mystical Space Typhoon!'"
The situation reverses again!
"Impressive... too impressive." The freshman girl Saotome Rei sitting next to Judai's eyes sparkled, "Even this step of countermeasures was anticipated... It's simply an unimaginable duel."
"Duel... can actually be like this." Professor Cobra also muttered, "Principal Youyu has truly taught me a lesson."
He softly closed his eyes, paused shortly,
"However!"
Upon reopening his eyes, an invisible aura seemed to emanate from Professor Cobra, his opened eyes as sharp as a snake's, making it intimidating to stare directly.
"Activate the set card! Trap card 'Destruct Potion!'" Professor Cobra raised his voice, "Destroy one monster on your field, recover life points equal to that monster's attack points!"
Youyu's eyes slightly raised.
This guy... was prepared with a self-destruct method from the start?
"I'll destroy 'Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes!'"
Just before the moment when hit by the light flow from the magic circle, the King of Snakes exploded on the spot, the broad robes shredded in the flames, countless small snake fragments flying in all directions.
"Afterwards, I regenerate my own life points equal to the King of Snakes' attack points, that is, 5500 life points!"
[Professor Cobra, LP 4000 → LP 9500]
"Rather than being banished, destroy it yourself for life recovery, huh?" Mitsuzawa Daichi nodded, "Certainly not a bad method. With 9500 life points, you won't be easily taken down...
This is also the thought shared by most students at the moment.
But Youyu knows very well that it's not that simple.
Indeed, next, Professor Cobra's eyes sharpened, and he revealed a victorious smile.
"This ends now!" Professor Cobra shouted, "Activate the set card! Trap 'Rise of the Snake Deity!' When 'Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes' displayed face-up on your field is destroyed, it can be activated.
From the hand, deck summon the Deity of Venom, an apocalyptic god that annihilates all—
—Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes, summon!!!