Chapter 339 The nightmare is coming
"It hurts, it hurts..." Feeling two near-real severe pains one after another, Zhang Ji covered his chest and almost couldn't breathe.
"Will I be killed like this? No! I won't give up so easily! When the monster [Carcabrina], which is the Xyz material of [Mecha Angel_Engine Soldier], is sent to the Graveyard, the effect is activated!
I can select 1 Set Spell or Trap Card on the Field, and return it to its owner's hand."
Virgil glanced at his own field and said, "I don't have any face cards left on my field. Dante, I'm afraid you can only return the only face card left on your field to your hand, right?"
"This is exactly what I want!" Zhang Ji waved his hand and turned over the last covered card: "Usually a trap card [Map of buried gold].
This card must be activated in response to the effect of sending this card on the field to your hand, you can draw 2 cards from your deck, then discard 1 card from your hand. "
"I see, the effects of the two cards are linked? Dante, very nice bo!"
After Zhang Ji drew two cards, he showed a card in his hand: "According to the effect of [Map of Buried Gold], I discard the monster in my hand, [Devil of the Other Shore_Scalmiglione]."
"It's my turn, Dante!" Virgil waved his hand and said, "When [No.14_Greedy Death Dog] destroys the opponent's monster in battle and sends it to the Graveyard, the effect activates!
By removing 1 Xyz Material from this card, you can destroy all monsters on the field with ATK equal to or less than the original ATK of the monster you destroyed."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Ji asked in confusion, "I don't have any monsters on the field anymore. There is no point in you activating this effect. It will only cause your monster to lose an extra material for nothing."
"When the monster [Prisoner of the Other Shore_Germita] is sent to the Graveyard as an Xyz Material, the effect is activated! I can draw 1 card from my deck."
"So that's it!" Zhang Ji slapped his head fiercely.
"End my battle phase." Virgil showed Zhang Ji the card he had just drawn. "I activate the Normal Spell Card, [Magic Flower Pot]. I send the Continuous Trap Card, [Cry of the Living Dead], which remains on the field, to the Graveyard, and draw 2 more cards.
Finally, I cover a card and the turn ends."
A card pops up from Zhang Ji's graveyard: "During the End Phase of the turn that [Scarmiglione] is sent to the graveyard, I can add 1 Demon-Type, Dark, Level 3 monster from my deck to my hand, except for a card with the same name.
I choose to add a monster, [Casimoral], from my deck to my hand. "
"Dante, at this point, are you still stuck in the mire and unable to face your true self? I have no intention of inflicting on you the punishment that should be imposed on the devil. You only need to promise to return to Beatrice's arms and give up the past, and you can continue your mission."
"I don't understand what you are saying. It's my turn, draw a card! Ahem..." Zhang Ji rubbed his chest, thinking back to the pain just now, and felt a little scared: "I don't want to be easily killed by this weird guy while he is chanting scriptures, but right now I still haven't drawn a monster that can immediately defeat the Death Dog, so I can only delay it for now.
I summon a monster, [Casimorral] (Dark/★3/Demon/Effect/1000/1200)
When [Casimoral] is successfully summoned, you can select 1 face-up monster on your opponent's field, and increase its ATK by that amount. The monster to which this effect applies is destroyed during the End Phase of the next turn, and your opponent takes damage equal to half of that amount's original ATK.
I choose to increase the attack power of [No.14_Greedy Death Dog] by the original attack power value. (ATK2500→5000)"
Virgil looked at his monster with a strange expression, "Dante, what do you mean? If you want to surrender, all you have to do is put your hand cards on top of your deck."
"Who wants to surrender?" Zhang Ji said angrily: "I cover two cards, and the round ends."
Since there is no monster that can defeat the Death Hound head-on, Zhang Ji can only resort to this last resort. He first injects it with a dose of cardiotonic. As long as it can survive Virgil's round, the Death Hound will be counterattacked by the power of the devil and completely destroyed.
However, if you want to survive a round against a Death Hound with an attack power of 5000, it is probably not much easier than defeating it directly.
"My turn begins again, draw a card."
Virgil shook his head. "Dante, the difference in attack power between my [No.14_Death Dog of Greed] and your [Casimoral] has reached 4000, which is more than your damaged health. Why do we need to go through this meaningless process again?"
"How can you know if the results will be different if you don't try? Right, Virgil?"
Virgil sighed silently, perhaps feeling in his heart that Zhang Ji was beyond help.
"I summon a monster, [Yama, the God of Death of the Underworld] (Dark/★8/Demon-type/Effect/2000/3000). When there is a monster in the opponent's graveyard, this card can be summoned without a Tribute.
Also, as long as this card exists in the Monster Zone, your opponent cannot activate the effects of Trap Cards or monsters in the Graveyard during the Battle Phase."
"You want to block my face-up cards and the effects of the monsters in the graveyard? You won't leave me any chance of survival..."
Virgil said in a booming voice: "Enter my battle phase!"
"Wait!" Zhang Ji waved his hand and said, "I will activate the monster on the field, [Casimoral]'s other effect,
At the beginning of your opponent's Battle Phase, you can release this Normal Summoned card, and your opponent's monsters cannot attack directly during this turn."
"I see, Dante. After you released [Casimorral], there were no monsters on your field. You thought that as long as you blocked my direct attack, you could survive this round safely."
"Is not it?"
“No.” Virgil answered confidently, “I activated the face-up card, a normal trap card, [Nightmare Demon Group].
When this card is activated, you must Release 1 monster on your field. I choose to Release [Yama, the God of Death] and Special Summon 3 "Nightmare Demon Tokens" (Demon-Type, Dark, Level 6, Attack/Defense 2000) on your opponent's field in Attack Position. When a "Nightmare Demon Token" is destroyed, the controller takes 1 damage per 800.
The body of the Hell Grim Reaper with green skin and wide-open eyes suddenly split and turned into three little ghosts who rushed onto Zhang Ji's field and laughed strangely. Zhang Ji thought to himself that something was wrong and looked at the Death Dog in despair.
“It’s over, Dante.” Virgil pointed his finger and said, “I will use [No.14_Greedy Death Dog] (ATK5000) to attack [Nightmare Demon Derivative] (ATK2000).”
The difference in attack power between the two monsters is 3000, which is just higher than Zhang Ji's remaining health at the moment, not to mention that when the [Nightmare Demon Derivative] is destroyed, it will cause an additional 800 points of damage to Zhang Ji.
has it ended?
Virgil closed his eyes and prayed silently: "Dante, I hope that after starting a new life, you will not get lost again."
"What do you mean by starting a new life? You want to kill me? This is not enough, cough cough cough..."
The smoke and dust raised by the explosion of the fireball spewed by the Death Dog gradually dissipated, and Zhang Ji, who was half-kneeling on the ground with blood on the corner of his mouth, gradually emerged. However, his health value did not return to zero, and was finally locked at 500.
For the first time, an unexpected expression appeared on Virgil's face: "What's going on?"
"At the moment you attacked just now, I activated the only face-up card on the field - a normal trap card, [High-rate card draw].
This card can select 2 or more monsters on your field and destroy any number of them. For every 2 monsters destroyed, you can draw 1 card from your deck.
“I see.” Virgil reacted instantly. “You destroyed all the [Nightmare Demon Derivatives], and the field was empty again. Then the Greedy Death Hound that was brought back from the battle couldn’t continue to attack because of the effect of [Casimoral].
The damage you received was actually the damage caused by the backlash against you when the three [Nightmare Demon Tokens] were destroyed."
Zhang Ji gradually recovered his breath and stood up staggeringly: "Virgil, thanks to you for freeing that [God of Death of the Underworld_Yama] in order to attack me, you gave me a glimmer of hope."