Night Shadow realized today that playing cards is not just about divine draws or card skills; it's also about psychology.
President Kaiba surely experienced this back in the day.
Back then, he had gathered the three offerings for the Summoning God before Yugen, but before summoning, he insisted on posing dramatically, holding up the Giant Divine Soldiers card and laughing heartily.
As a result, Yugen activated Light Sealing Sword "randomly" sealing one card in the opponent's hand. Yugen pointed at the card Kaiba had held up, saying that's the one to seal. Kaiba was dumbfounded...
So now Night Shadow must face the dire situation at hand.
All the monsters in his hand were destroyed in three turns, and now the key card Dead Revive has been discarded. Thus, he has no monsters to play in the next turn.
With life points only at 1400, even if Yugen doesn't summon new monsters, he might die at the hands of those two Thief Gang minions on the field...
What a joke? Being toyed with by the Black Scorpion Thief Gang, the street-level minions that seem like comedic characters?
"My turn—draw a card!"
Night Shadow shouted loudly, drawing a card as if it was a miraculous power.
"Magic Card 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards from the deck!"
Night Shadow draws two more cards, then his pupils contract and his face shows a fierce expression.
"Field Spell—"
He practically shouted, his voice booming.
"—Orichalcos Barrier, activate!!!"
A hexagram formed on the ground, and a green pillar of light shot into the sky, creating a dazzling green storm on the field.
"Oh? Even at this point, you're activating the Barrier?" Yugen smiled.
The situation is absolutely unfavorable for Night Shadow, and once the Barrier is activated, losing would mean becoming a sacrifice for the Great Evil God... But speaking of the already initiated Dark Game, it's already a Life Bet Card, so this decision might not be wrong.
More importantly, Orichalcos Barrier provides a boost in Destiny Power, allowing even an ordinary duelist to harness the Divine Authority of Snake God. This hidden benefit not mentioned in the text is the strongest part of this card.
"Hahaha! I can feel it, feel the power of the gods surging in my blood!"
A hexagram reflected on Night Shadow's forehead, he laughed madly.
"Activate Magic Card 'Demon's Sanctuary', special summon 'Metal Demon Derivative' on the field."
[Metal Demon Derivative, Attack Power 0]
"Then use the Metal Demon Derivative as a sacrifice, activate this card...
...Magic Card 'Monster Gate'!"
The humanoid Metal Derivative turned into golden light dots disappearing from the field, followed by a vortex from the Other Dimension unfolding in mid-air.
"Use a monster on your field as a sacrifice, flip cards from the top of the deck until you find a monster that can be summoned, that monster is special summoned on my field, and all other cards go to the graveyard."
Night Shadow's face turned fierce, raising his right hand high, the green glow of the barrier seemed to transform into flames gathering, rushing towards his raised right arm.
"With the power of the gods, I am now omnipotent!
Accept the effect of Monster Gate, flip cards from the top of the deck!"
He flipped six cards in one breath, all Magic Cards, which were sent to the graveyard.
The seventh card revealed Monster Card.
"'Chaos Knight - Gustav'!" Night Shadow said, "Special summon according to the effect of 'Monster Gate'!"
The roar of a motorcycle engine sounded, the chaos knight crossed a blood-red motorcycle, burst forward with rolling black smoke.
[Chaos Rider - Gustav, Attack Power 1400]
"At this moment, activate Speed Attack Magic 'Hell's Runaway Summon'!" Night Shadow said, "When a monster with attack power below 1500 on your field is successfully special summoned, you can summon as many of the same name cards from your hand, deck, and graveyard as possible in attack mode.
However, in exchange, the opponent can choose a monster that exists on their field face-up and special summon as many of the same name cards as possible."
Two beams of golden light flew out from Night Shadow's deck.
"Special summon two additional 'Chaos Rider - Gustav'!"
[Chaos Rider - Gustav, Attack Power 1400]x2
Yugen drew a card from the graveyard and the deck erupted automatically.
"Then I will special summon two additional 'Black Scorpion - Thorny Mina', in defense mode."
[Black Scorpion - Thorny Mina, Defense Power 1800]
Night Shadow continued: "The effect of Chaos Knight - Gustav, once per turn banish up to two magic cards from the graveyard, each increases own attack power by 300 points!
I'll banish the six cards just sent to the graveyard by 'Monster Gate'!"
The six Magic Cards that had just been put down turned into golden light and dissipated, transforming into energy and flowing into the three Chaos Riders.
"Chaos Rider - Gustav, each gain 600 attack power!"
[Chaos Rider - Gustav, Attack Power 1400→Attack Power 2000]x3
"And then the 'Orichalcos Barrier', all monsters on my field gain an additional 500 attack power!"
[Chaos Rider - Gustav, Attack Power 2000→Attack Power 2500]x3
Night Shadow shouted aloud: "Battle! The first Chaos Rider - Gustav, attack 'Leader - Zarug'!"
The blood-red motorcycle roared over, Zarug crossed his arms to defend, but was hit and sent flying backward, exploding into pieces in the air.
[Yugen, LP 3500→LP 2400]
"The second Chaos Rider, attack 'Black Scorpion - Thorny Mina'!"
The second rider also revved at full speed to rush out, this time targeting the only attack mode Mina.
"Then activate the Trap 'Destructive Medicine'. Destroy your own monster and recover life points equivalent to its attack power." Yugen nodded at the cover card in the back row to activate it.
"I'll destroy the attacked 'Black Scorpion - Thorny Mina', recovering 1000 life points of its attack power."
[Yugen, LP 2400→LP 3400]
"Destroying an attack position weak monster to evade damage, huh?" Night Shadow scoffed, "Clever... Then the battle continues.
'Chaos Knight - Gustav' number two and number three, attack the remaining two defense position Mina!
Without any hesitation, Night Shadow with his firm belief in 'In cards, there are no women, and victory comes naturally' laid waste to the flowers, striking them down one by one, forcing the Mina to be removed regretfully.
This instantly reversed the situation on the field.
"But unfortunately, at the end of the turn, the attack power increase from Chaos Knight's own effect ends, reverting to the original value. But before that..."
Night Shadow made a sweeping gesture.
"Speed Attack Magic 'Mysterious Chinese Pot'! Before the attack power drops, sacrifice one monster of your field and recover life points equivalent to either its attack power or defense power.
Therefore, I gain LP equivalent to the current attack power of the sacrificed Chaos Rider!"
[Night Shadow, LP 1400→LP 3900]
"Then the turn ends."
[Chaos Knight - Gustav, Attack Power 2500→Attack Power 1900]x2