"Because the counterattack trap has been activated, Motius' effect is triggered. Let me see..."
Yugen casually snapped his fingers.
"The Telekinesis Demon just saw my hand and its attack power increased... So let me take care of the 'Telekinesis Demon' first."
As the words fell, Celestial Saint Motius had already shot out a beam of light. The golden light pierced through the chest of the Telekinesis Demon like a javelin, and a large number of green electric snakes exploded from the demon's body. With a miserable cry, the demon's body shattered into pieces.
"The Telekinesis Demon is destroyed once again!" the announcer with the airplane hairstyle explained, "The combination of the counterattack trap and the Angel Race, Yugen's lineup today is truly incredible!
The endless counterattack traps constantly counteract any actions of the opponent, while activating the counterattack itself can earn more resources, obtaining more counterattack traps, and now even the act of launching a counterattack can additionally blow up the opponent's cards!
The Superpower Team realized too late, and they are already deeply enmeshed in the duel... A duel that is about to be Happy Team's trap, the formation is complete now, the more they struggle, the deeper they get! Can the Superpower Team rely on the strength of the remaining two to reverse and break through the formation!?"
At this point, even the tone of the commentary had reversed, as if Yugen had transformed from a challenger fighting one against three into the one being challenged. Initially, he thought Yugen was at an absolute disadvantage due to numbers under the current system, but now, although there are still two opponents, it appears the disadvantage has shifted to the other side.
Blake: "Cover a card, and end my turn..."
Frustrated, sullen, irritated, yet he truly had nothing he could do.
Counterattack traps are inherently the most noble three-speed effect that cannot be chained or countered, and in Yugen's deck right now, the value of counterattacks is undoubtedly maximized. There was nothing he could do.
"My turn, draw a card."
Yugen slowly drew a card from his hand.
"Then, this card you saw last turn, let me use it immediately.
Activate the Magic Card 'Handwriting Erasure'.
Both sides discard all their cards, and then draw the same number of cards from the deck as they discarded."
Blake silently discarded his hand and then drew cards.
"At this moment, activate a cover card!" Yugen waved his hand, and another counterattack was triggered, "Counterattack Trap 'Strong Fallen'!
It can be activated when the opponent adds a card from the deck to their hand. The opponent discards one of the cards added to their hand!"
Blake was startled.
Adding cards to the hand from the deck... yes, this guy just activated 'Handwriting Erasure', after both sides discard their hands, they have to draw cards from the deck, which naturally fulfills the condition of 'adding cards to the hand'.
But Strong Fallen makes the opponent discard one card added to their hand, whether by deck search or draw. If multiple cards are drawn, you may choose one card to discard, not all.
All this trouble, just to cut down one of my cards...
No way!
Blake's pupils contracted, instantly realizing the problem at hand.
"Because the counterattack trap was activated, the effect of Artemis of Abundance allows me to draw one card from the deck." Yugen said with a smile, "Celestial Saint Motius' effect allows me to recover 1000 life points."
[Yugen, LP 5000 → LP 6000]
"Furthermore, with the Celestial Sanctuary in play, Motius can destroy one card on the field." Yugen pointed to Blake's only remaining Brother Nine-star on the field, "Destroy 'Super Telekinesis Gunman'!"
Absorbing the power of the counterattack trap, Motius once again shot out a beam of light. The domineering energy pierced through the chest of the Super Telekinesis Gunman, the silver-white armor inside the gunman exploded with a roar, and the rapidly expanding fireball swallowed the entire body until it burned to ashes.
Blake's expression was exceptionally grim.
Now his forward position was completely empty, having lost the last line of defense.
Such a fierce offensive, synchronizing out such a powerful dual-synchro lineup in a short turn, was unexpectedly so weak under attack...
Since joining the team competition, it seemed to be the first time in his life that Blake felt so powerless.
It was as if no matter what he did, it was irrelevant. Monsters could not be summoned, magic traps could not be activated, counterattacks were there, explosive cards, then counterattacks, then explosions...
He just couldn't play any cards.
The vast gap in strength was not something that could be bridged by any advantage in numbers.
Blake muttered bitterly to himself, "What kind of monster are you..."
"Normal Summon 'Celestial Sage Minerva'."
Another holy angel was summoned from Yugen's hand. This one was wearing a large white dress, a round top hat, and a magic staff in its hand with an embedded green gem, flanked by a pair of angelic white wings.
[Celestial Sage Minerva, Attack Power 1700]
"Then cover one card to the backfield."
As before, Yugen covered cards before the battle because there might not be an opportunity to cover after the battle.
"Time to battle." Yugen smiled, "Although our acquaintance was brief, it was quite enjoyable. See you next time, Captain Blake."
With that, he waved his hand.
"Go. 'Netherworld King Dragon - God of Judgment', 'Celestial Sage Minerva', direct attack."
The double direct attack, Netherworld King Dragon and the angel both passed through Blake's empty field, launching a continuous bombardment towards his advancing D-Wheel.
Interlacing light and darkness, continuous blasts almost overturned the D-Wheel. Blake let out a cry of pain, as steam erupted from the front end of the D-Wheel, slowing it forcibly, quickly leaving him far behind Yugen.
"Absolutely unexpected! Who could have thought there would be such a development!" the airplane head announcer shouted, "Fujiki Yugen has actually fought two consecutive members, defeating the first two lines of the Superpower Team without even a scratch...
...no, saying without a scratch isn't even accurate, the first two lines of the Superpower Team not only failed to deal any damage to his life points, but Fujiki Yugen's life points even reached 6000, and he has already set up an ironclad formation on the field, his state is even better than at the start.
In contrast, the last line of the Superpower Team, Victor, is forced to take over under absolutely unfavorable conditions, can Victor manage a heroic turnaround?"
At this point, Blake had arrived at the team's maintenance station to hand over to Victor.
Blake wore a look of apology: "Sorry, I couldn't..."
Victor's face turned dark and said nothing. He completed the handover and immediately activated his D-Wheel, charging onto the track.
What else could he say?
Three against one, which should have been an absolute advantage, was forced into this situation by his two teammates, and now it was his burden to carry on.
However, giving up wouldn't be that easy for him.
Victor's D-Wheel caught up to Yugen's back, gritting his teeth.
The reason he was the last line was sometimes he had to take responsibility for holding the team's bottom line.
No matter how difficult it was to hold the line today, he would fiercely hold it!