"Trap Card, Double Damage Activate!" Seeing this, Bruno quickly Activated a Trap Card.
"Can only Activate when your Monster is attacked, during Damage calculation. That Monster cannot be Destroyed by that Battle, and if you take Battle Damage from that Battle, your Opponent takes Effect Damage equal to twice that value."
"But the Battle Damage must still be taken!" Shinji Weber couldn't help but say, seeing the scarred Shooting Star Dragon escape from battle, while he himself also took damage.
Bruno Life Points: 3000→2150
Shinji Weber Life Points: 4000→2300
"Battlewasp - Hama the Conquering Bow's effect activates when it inflicts Battle Damage to the opponent! Inflict damage to the opponent equal to the number of 'Battlewasp' Monsters on my Field × 200. I have 4 'Battlewasp' Monsters on my Field, so that's 800 damage! Also, this damage will be doubled due to Battlewasp - Azusa the Ghost Bow's effect!"
"However, this damage will also be halved due to the effect of 'Damage Diet'."
Battlewasp - Sting the Poisonous threw a long spear at Bruno, which transformed into a cloud of poison mist, choking Bruno and leaving him breathless.
Bruno Life Points: 2150→1350
But before Bruno could catch his breath, another monster's attack followed immediately.
"Battlewasp - Azusa the Ghost Bow attacks Shooting Star Dragon T.G. Expansion!"
The Bee-faced Spirit Archer drew its bow and aimed at the giant dragon in the sky, firing an arrow.
Shooting Star Dragon T.G. Expansion let out a wail after being struck by the arrow, then dissipated into starlight in the sky.
Bruno Life Points: 1350→800
"Bruno's ace monster, has it been removed from the Field just like that?" the Female Commentator said, seeing the situation. "Furthermore, with no monsters on Bruno's Field, the total Attack Points of Shinji Weber's 3 unattacked monsters on his Field is exactly 800! Is the outcome of this Duel going to be decided by these weak monsters?"
"Battlewasp - Pin the Bullseye direct attack!" Shinji Weber ignored the Commentator's words and waved his hand, initiating a direct attack. The cute little bee charged towards Bruno.
Bruno Life Points: 800→600
"It's not over yet! Second Battlewasp - Pin the Bullseye direct attack!"
Bruno Life Points: 600→400
"Next is the final blow! Battlewasp - Poison Needle Sting Wasp direct attack!"
"At this instant, Trap Card, Massivemorph Activate!"
"Can only Activate by targeting 1 face-up monster on your Opponent's Field. That monster's Attack Points and Defense Points become double, and it cannot Direct Attack." Just in this moment of crisis, Bruno flipped his Set Card. The menacing bee's size suddenly doubled, but due to this effect, it had to end its attack.
Venomous Needle Sting Wasp Attack Points: 400→800
"What?! You barely clung to life?" Shinji Weber said.
"But if you're just clinging to life, what makes you think you can make me abandon my plan and place hope in you?"
"Continuous Spell, Burning Land Activate!" Shinji Weber slammed his last card in hand onto the Duel Disk.
"When this card is Activated, all Field Spell Cards on the Field are Destroyed."
Raging flames instantly ignited on the Track, burning fiercely and advancing towards Bruno.
"Eh?" The Female Commentator was puzzled upon seeing this. "Shinji Weber, according to the rules, the High-Speed Action Field cannot be affected by any effect."
However, Shinji Weber's next words made everyone understand.
"This card's subsequent effect: During both players' Standby Phase, the turn player takes 500 points of damage."
"What a beautiful finishing move!" the Female Commentator exclaimed in awe.
"Bruno's Life Points are now only 400. Once the next Turn begins and he draws a card to enter the Standby Phase, this card will deplete his Life Points!"
At this moment, Bruno let out an inexplicable sigh.
"Still couldn't hide it?" Bruno muttered to himself.
After speaking, Bruno's gaze suddenly sharpened.
He then flipped two Set Cards in his Backrow.
"Continuous Trap Card, Dragon's Soul Spring of Illusion Activate! Target 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that monster in Defense Position. While this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, the Type of the Special Summoned monster becomes Wyrm-Type."
"Return! Synchro Tuner monster, T.G. Star Guardian!"
"T.G. Star Guardian's effect activates upon successful Special Summon! Return 1 T.G. monster from the Graveyard to the Hand. I return T.G. Propeller Dragon from the Graveyard to my Hand!"
"When Dragon's Soul Spring of Illusion is Activated, the effect of Paleozoic Leanchoilia, a Trap Card in the Graveyard, can be activated in the Graveyard by chaining to its Activation. This card becomes a Normal Monster (Aqua Type/WATER/Level 2/Attack 1200/Defense 0) and is Special Summoned to the Monster Zone."
"What's the meaning of this?" Shinji Weber said. "Summoning more monsters won't change the fact that you'll lose the Duel during the Standby Phase of your next Turn. I'll just end my turn!"
"Is that truly the case?" Bruno chuckled, violently twisting his D-Wheel's throttle.
Bruno's D-Wheel, modified by Yūga Hōzumi, instantly accelerated to its limit, surpassing Shinji Weber in a blink of an eye.
"What is Bruno doing? At this speed, it's easy to crash!" the Female Commentator hastily warned.
But Bruno continued to dash recklessly. The D-Wheel, tearing through the air like a dragon, ignited a fiery red airwave.
"This is..." The Top Echelons, the Five Elders who had been observing this Tournament, stood up one after another, faces filled with shock.
On Bruno's back, a red dragon mark slowly appeared. Under the shocked gaze of Shinji Weber, the Female Commentator, and the entire audience, Bruno seemed to tear through the void, disappearing in front of the Race Track.
"Vanished?"
Everyone in attendance murmured in unison.
"Clear Mind! Tune the Level 5 T.G. Star Guardian with the Level 2 Paleozoic Leanchoilia!" Although the people in the Stadium could no longer see Bruno, his voice echoed in everyone's ears.
"Cold flame engulfs the entire world. Black flower, bloom! Accel Synchro! Appear, Black Rose Dragon!"
As Bruno's voice fell, his D-Wheel burst forth from behind Shinji Weber's D-Wheel, and behind him, a magnificent fiery red rose bloomed beautifully.
"This... could this be...?" The Female Commentator was too shocked by the scene to speak, and it was a long while before she slowly uttered, "The legendary Divine Skill that was thought to be lost? Accel Synchro?"
On Bruno's right arm, a red dragon footprint mark appeared out of nowhere. From the rose behind him, a dragon's roar echoed throughout the Stadium.
"Black Rose Dragon's effect activates upon successful Synchro Summon! Destroy all cards on the Field."
As Bruno's words fell, the Rose Giant Dragon behind him let out a roar, transforming into countless flower petals that swept across the entire Field!
(end of chapter)