"Abyss Soldiers, bounce 'Poisonous Snake King Vinomirion' back to my hand once more!"
The trident in the hand of the Abyss Soldiers rotated, and the stream of water gushed forth again, shooting toward Poisonous Snake King like a high-pressure water gun!
Professor Kobra's eyes narrowed.
Indeed, it has come!
"This time, I won't let you succeed!" Kobra shouted angrily, "Activate the cover card, Trap Card 'Offering to the Poison Snake'!"
His cover card in the back row flipped over, and a blaze erupted beneath the Poisonous Snake King on the field, as if the whole scene was on fire!
"Offering to the Poison Snake allows you to destroy one Reptile Race on your field and two cards on your opponent's field!" Kobra shouted, "Destroy your 'Abyss Soldiers' and the Continuous Trap 'Super Gravity Net'!"
A powerful trap for reptiles, the Poisonous Snake King screamed in agony amidst the flames. Its body seemed to be burned into a fireball, exploding and splitting into two.
The Abyss Soldiers and the back row trap were both hit, turning into fireballs, and were reduced to ashes in the flames.
"Oh, beautifully dismantled that troublesome formation." Ammon nodded approvingly, "This Kobra is quite impressive."
After a pause, he added.
"But sacrificing his trump card Poisonous Snake King in the process and leaving the field empty seems hardly profitable."
However, for Kobra, this was only the beginning.
"Hehehehe..."
The professor chuckled sinisterly.
Then he slowly raised his head.
"It's over."
Ammon: "?"
"This duel was over the moment Offering to the Poison Snake resolved and Vinomirion went down. Want to know why... because at that moment, the preparation for the birth of the fiercest and strongest monster was completed!"
Kobra's pupils contracted, his eyes suddenly widened, and he raised his arms above his head, shouting with a powerful voice.
"Activate Trap Card 'Descent of the Serpent God'!!!"
His final cover card in the back row flipped over, and an endless darkness seemed to erupt from it! The Poisonous Snake King, which should have left the field, appeared like a ghost, then was devoured by the darkness, as if chewed, digested, and evolved into a new form in the abyss.
"Descent of the Serpent God can only be activated when my 'Poisonous Snake King Vinomirion' on the field is destroyed! Special summon its evolution and ultimate Poisonous Snake God from the hand or deck!"
Kobra shouted frantically.
This card, at first glance, seems no different from the original and physical card, but upon closer inspection, the text is quite different.
In the animation, it says it can be activated when 'Poisonous Snake King is destroyed', but the physical card was changed to require 'Poisonous Snake King to be destroyed by effects other than combat'.
In other words, to summon the Poisonous Snake God with the physical card, you not only have to summon the Poisonous Snake King first but also draw this unsearchable trap, and ensure the Poisonous Snake King is destroyed by card effects...
So, despite being bolstered by animation, soulful and distinctive, the difficulty of completing this combo means you might as well just gather the five pieces of Old Ai for a straightforward and simple approach...
"The end of snake venom, the ultimate god of the demise of all things, destined to obliterate everything with despair and curses! Descend——
——Poisonous Snake God Vino Minaka!!!"
This is his true trump card, the ultimate ace, unmatched since it appeared in this world... no, since this monster descended upon reality, the undefeated strongest monster!
If there is a weakness for Poisonous Snake God, it is that its summoning prerequisites are too difficult.
But beyond that, it is invincible!
As Kobra was thinking that, he heard the calm voice of Yugen from the other side.
"Counterattack Trap 'Divine Warning'.
By paying 2000 Life Points, negate and destroy a monster summon or activation of an effect containing a monster summon."
Kobra: "......"
[Yugen, LP4000→ LP2000]
"I pay 2000 Life Points to negate and destroy the activation of 'Descent of the Serpent God'."
The activation of the trap was accompanied by holy light. Amidst the sacred radiance, an old man with white hair and white beard appeared, exuding an aura so imposing that it was hard to look at directly, seemingly bathed in divine light.
He squinted his eyes, waved his robe, and slowly raised his arm, extending his palm, issuing an order silently.
No.
Though silent, it felt irresistibly commanding. A tremendous pressure was released, shattering the barrier of Descent of the Serpent God with a single strike. The ghostly Poisonous Snake King screamed sharply but was suppressed by the divine light, twisting and crumbling into shadows beneath the light, until it vanished.
"Trying to summon 'Poisonous Snake God Vino Minaka', huh?" Yugen said with a smiling face, "The strongest monster in the Snake Venom Card Deck, when considering its effect regardless of summoning difficulty, is undoubtedly a divine-level monster at the pinnacle of the Dueling Realm.
Well, if something like that were summoned, it would be troublesome, so I have to guard against it, apologies, professor."
Kobra's facial muscles twitched.
Damn it, this bastard knew all along.
Indeed, Poisonous Snake God Vino Minaka, this was Kobra's final trump card, undeniably a monster worthy of being called an ace.
First, this card cannot be targeted by any card effects or affected by any card effects. It is said that historically, in the physical card environment of Yu-Gi-Oh!, it is the first monster with such absolute resistance, enough to be recorded in history.
Additionally, it inherits Poisonous Snake King's effect, determining Attack Power based on the number of Reptile Race in the graveyard, transforming Attack Power into the number of Reptile Race in the graveyard x500 points. Even if destroyed in battle, it can regenerate by removing Reptile Race in the graveyard.
Absolute resistance, infinite regeneration, and can easily amass overwhelming Attack Power through mass graveyard accumulation, enabling Poisonous Snake God to sweep through armies and remain undefeated.
Yet still, it is not enough. Poisonous Snake God's most distinctive feature is its special ability to change the duel victory condition, more noble than even a god.
In a physical card, the effect is that whenever Poisonous Snake God inflicts battle damage, it places one Hyper Venom Counter. When this card accumulates three counters, it can directly achieve victory regardless of the original rules.
It is a special ability on par with the Dark Mage Exodia, which can change the game's winning rule.
And the animation effect is more overwhelming than this. In the physical card, you need the Poisonous Snake God to inflict battle damage three times to accumulate three counters and activate the rule victory effect. The animation effect does not require this.
In the animation, you only need to inflict battle damage once, and from that point, Poisonous Snake God's effect is triggered. From that moment, after three turns, the controller of this card automatically wins the game.
Absolute resistance, immortality, capable of easily amassing superhigh attack points, and attached with a rule victory condition.
This is why, despite the summoning conditions being so demanding, countless stunt players continue to strive to create this. It is a monster that truly deserves to be called divine level, in the card environment of its era, once on the field, it equates to victory as a nuclear weapon.
Yes, of course... provided you can summon it.
And in the attempt process, it is very easy to make people feel their blood pressure rise.
Just like Professor Kobra now.