Chapter 853: Chapter 826: Labor Cat
"Are you planning to win this way?!" Butterfly said angrily.
"Oh, what are you talking about, I don’t seem to understand," DaDe Temple smiled, "As long as you win a duel, does it matter what tactics you use?"
Butterfly gritted his teeth.
Well, even he himself wasn’t exactly a righteous duelist. There were times he’d sneak cards into the opponent’s deck just to win.
But it’s really frustrating!
Especially getting beaten by a cat, it’s even more infuriating.
"Finally, activate the Magic Card ’Black Process - Nigredo,’" DaDe Temple said, "This card can only be activated when there’s an Alchemy Cauldron on your field.
Banish all monsters on your field with ’Alchemy Beast’ in their names from the game. For each one banished, you can draw two cards from your deck."
The Iron Fire Dragon, Lion of Lead, and Copper-Scaled Python on DaDe Temple’s field were simultaneously enveloped by golden light, transformed into three streams of light, and absorbed into the massive Alchemy Cauldron in the backfield, disappearing with a rumbling noise.
"By banishing three Alchemy Beasts, I draw six cards from my deck!"
DaDe Temple’s ammunition was instantly replenished.
"Then I set a card, ending my turn."
Butterfly got up with a dark expression.
"Damn cat... I’ll show you the consequences of angering Lord Butterfly!
My turn, draw!"
Butterfly squinted at the Heroic Warlords on the other side.
"You seem to think that with this in place, I can’t summon, but this level can’t lock me down.
My turn, draw!"
Butterfly drew a card, and immediately waved his hand to reveal the backfield.
"Activate the cover card! Continuous Trap ’DNA Surgery’!
Change all monsters on the field to the race I declare. I declare Insect Race!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three Ojama Derivatives on his field began mutating, sprouting insect legs and mouthparts, resembling mutated monsters from a horror movie.
"Ha, so there’s this move too, meow," DaDe Temple smiled, "Not bad. If they’re all Insect Race, then your summoning restriction is indeed lifted."
"Then I Normal Summon ’Stand-in Locust’!"
[Stand-in Locust, Attack Power 1000]
"Then activate the Magic Card ’Thorny God’s Insecticide’!" Butterfly waved his big hand and played a Magic card, "Destroy all Insect Race monsters on the field!"
"I see, a combo of DNA mod and Insecticide, turning any monster on the opponent’s field into Insect Race and then using the Insecticide to clear the field?"
DaDe Temple chuckled.
"However, there are currently no monsters on my field, so the only ones being destroyed are your own field, meow."
"Hehe, I know... do you think I purposely summoned the Stand-in Locust first and then activated the Insecticide?"
Butterfly sneered, then waved his big hand.
"Stand-in Locust’s effect! When this card is sent to the graveyard from your field, you can Special Summon any Insect Race from your hand!"
He laughed heartily, lifting a card high into the air.
"My trump card isn’t just the Ultimate Insect, now experience it deeply.
Descend! The ruler of insects—
—Insect Queen!!!"
A sharp female voice, followed by a tremor like an earthquake. A massive shadow appeared on the field, as if a formidable presence responded to the duelist’s call and was about to descend.
Insect Queen, the new generation trump card Butterfly showcased during the Duel City period in his duel with Joey. Although it didn’t seem very strong at the time, later it proved that this monster indeed had undeveloped potential.
In other words, selling nostalgia with new skins gave the Insect Queen a new form, called "Ultimate Mutated Form·Insect Queen." Compared to the original Insect Queen, it’s like a massive upgrade, more than just a few levels.
However...
"Error."
The Duel Disc emitted an error sound, currents of electricity sprang up in the Monster Zone.
Then the gigantic virtual shadow vanished instantly. The unfortunate Insect Queen couldn’t even appear, leaving behind only an unwilling scream before disappearing.
"What?!" Butterfly was shocked, "My Insect Queen? Why won’t it let me summon?"
Did the Duel Disc malfunction?
"Hahahaha, an interesting tactic. But your ’Stand-in Locust’ can only Special Summon insects when it’s ’sent to the graveyard from the field.’
But unfortunately."
DaDe Temple ghostly pushed up his glasses, saying in a sinister tone.
"Your Stand-in Locust will never reach the graveyard."
"What?"
Only then did Butterfly notice the cover card already activated in DaDe Temple’s backfield.
"Continuous Trap ’Great Cosmos’!" DaDe Temple said, "As long as this card is on the field, any cards sent to the graveyard by both sides cannot go to the graveyard, but are directly banished from the game!"
Butterfly’s face froze.
So now I don’t even have a grave?
"Furthermore, you just destroyed three Ojama Derivatives on your field, all having effects," DaDe Temple said, "For each Derivative destroyed, you must take 300 points of damage."
[Butterfly, LP2000→LP1100]
"Additionally, the advent of the Great Cosmos will bring the ultimate alchemical life....."
The Abbey raised his arm high and shouted handsomely.
"Descend—
—Original Sun Helios!"
The pitch-black cosmic space, with stars dulled and colorless. The sun’s flame ignited, as if the center of this Great Cosmos was about to welcome a presence!
Butterfly’s pupils contracted, holding his breath, staring at the flame instinctively without daring to make a sound...
...However, nothing happened.
The Abbey maintained the pose with his raised arm for several seconds, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
Butterfly stared blankly for a few seconds, slowly lowered his head. He saw the chubby orange cat struggling to pull out the card deck from the Duel Disc, rummaging through the stack of cards using his mouth and paws.
Butterfly: "......"
The Abbey sighed: "That’s why I say, entrusting such an important task to a cat shows how carefree the leader is..."
The chubby orange found the card he was looking for, holding it in his mouth and placing it on the Duel Disc.
"Come on, Helios!"
[Original Sun Helios, Attack Power?]
"Although I don’t know what you want to do..."
Butterfly, who had been caught in the Great Cosmos trap, found the field had become empty again. He gritted his teeth but still did not give up.
"Activate Continuous Magic ’Insect Extermination Net’!
The opponent’s Insect Race monsters on the field cannot attack!"
"Oh?" The Abbey squinted, "A combination with ’DNA Surgery’ technique?"
"Correct!" Butterfly said, "No matter how powerful the monster, under the effect of the Insect Extermination Net..."
"My turn, draw card."
The Abbey showed no courtesy, not even waiting for Butterfly to finish speaking before coolly revealing a card in hand.
"Speed Attack Magic ’Double Tornado’. Destroy one of your own Magic Trap Cards, along with one of the opponent’s Magic Trap Cards simultaneously."
Butterfly’s heart immediately tightened.
In that instant, he seemed to realize.
He was already a dead man.
"Destroy Continuous Trap ’Heroic Warlords’ and Continuous Trap ’DNA Surgery’ together," the Abbey smiled, "This way, my monster is no longer of the Insect Race.
The Insect Extermination Net is useless.
Then from my hand, I activate the Magic Card ’Yellow Process-Kitorinix’!
Sacrifice Helios, upgrade the Original Sun, and Special Summon ’Twin Sun - Helios’ from the card deck!"
The Abbey raised his arm high again, striking a pose unique to a Duelist summoning a trump card.
Then there was another few seconds of awkward silence.
Yes, the chubby orange had to slowly pull out the card deck to search again...
Once again demonstrating the importance of a Duel Disc that can auto-search and auto-shuffle cards.
After a while, the chubby orange breathlessly placed the Monster Card on the Duel Disc, and then somewhat laboriously stuffed the shuffled card deck back into the Duel Disc.
[Twin Sun - Helios, Attack Power?]
"Then activate the Magic Card ’Red Process-Rubedo’!
Sacrifice Twin Sun for another upgrade! Special Summon ’Third Sun - Helios’ from the card deck!"
The Cat Pharaoh, having just completed the arduous task of shuffling the deck and putting it back, froze.
"Meow?"
The Pharaoh blinked his innocent big eyes, looking at the ghostly Abbey in midair striking a pose.
The cat immediately felt the urge to smack this ghost around...
Butterfly: "......"
But in the end, the Pharaoh drooped his head, listlessly pulling out the card deck again, laboriously searching...
"Appear!" The Abbey shouted handsomely, "Third Sun - Helios!!!"
[Third Sun - Helios, Attack Power?]
And contrasting sharply with this overbearing trump card burning with three flames, along with the Abbey full of passion for summoning it, lay the lethargic orange cat stretched out on the ground.
The Cat Pharaoh lazily lifted his head to glance at the Abbey, meowed weakly.
Seeming to say, all the grunt work is done by me, what’s with all the posing...
"Helios’ Attack Power is determined by the number of monsters excluded from the game, multiplied by 300 points." The Abbey said, "I have three Alchemy Beasts excluded from the game, and your Stand-in Locust was also excluded last turn by the Great Cosmos.
Therefore, Helios’ Attack Power is now 1200."
[Third Sun - Helios, Attack Power 1200]
"Well, not too high, but just enough." The Abbey flashed a dazzling smile.
[Butterfly, LP 1100]
Butterfly shook with anger.
"You damned cat..."
"Let’s battle," The Abbey said, "Third Sun - Helios, direct attack."
The sun blasted out a spiral flame, piercing through Butterfly. Butterfly roared in frustration, ultimately kneeling in the rising flames.
[Butterfly, LP1100→LP0]
