Butterfly Short Sword - Echo!
"Add Butterfly Short Sword - Echo to my hand first." Yugen said, "Then the Royal Magic Library has three mana indicators at this time.
This card can draw a card from the card deck by removing its own three indicators. So I remove all the indicators from the Library and draw a card."
Yugen: "Then equip 'Butterfly Short Sword - Echo' to Iron Knight Kia!"
"The effect of Butterfly Short Sword - Echo. The Attack Power of the equipped monster increases by 300 points.
I equip the Butterfly Short Sword to 'Iron Knight - Jia Fried', increasing the Attack Power by 300 points."
[Iron Knight - Jia Fried, Attack Power 1800 → Attack Power 2100]
"Then the effect of Iron Knight Kia, when this card is equipped with an Equipment Card, the Equipment Card is directly destroyed."
The short sword had just fallen into the hands of the Iron Knight, and it instantly exploded into fragments of golden light and dissipated from the field.
"The other effect of the Butterfly Short Sword is that when this equipped card on a monster is destroyed, it returns directly to the holder's hand."
Yugen shook the Equipment Card in his hand, and it returned to his hand.
"Then 'Butterfly Short Sword - Echo' is activated again!"
Now the Evil God understood.
This is an infinite loop!
Each time the Butterfly Short Sword is activated, the Royal Magic Library gains a mana indicator. Then due to the effect of Iron Knight Kia, the moment it's equipped to Iron Knight, the Short Sword is destroyed, and because of the Short Sword's own effect, it retrieves itself...
In this way, the Short Sword can be activated infinitely, accumulating countless mana indicators for the Royal Magic Library. And every time the Royal Magic Library removes three indicators, you can draw a card, meaning you can draw an unlimited number of cards.
Infinite hand cards mean infinite possibilities. Although the Three Evil Gods pride themselves as invincible, fearing no opponent, that also relies on having equal resources on both sides.
Not to mention that the resistance of the Evil Gods is not absolutely invincible, even if it was, the invincible Duelist is not invincible. As long as the opponent has enough resources, there's possibly a way to bypass the gods and take them down.
"Amazing, Yugen, you completed the infinite loop so quickly!" Judai praised.
Yubel couldn't help but say, "Your friend's duel... uh..."
She wanted to critique sharply, but racked her brains and couldn't find a single commendatory word. She also remembered this person had an unusual relationship with Judai, and seeing as she still couldn't beat him, she decided to keep quiet.
"Thinking of using the infinite loop to counter the gods?" the Evil God said coldly, "It's a good idea, but we'll see if it succeeds."
Activate cover card, Trap Card 'Cunning Fallen Pit'!"
The Evil God's back row cover card flipped open, transforming into an enormous pit on Yugen's field!
"Cunning Fallen Pit can only be activated when there are no Trap Cards in your graveyard," the Evil God explained, "Right now, there's not a single Trap Card in my graveyard, so its effect can go through!
Destroy any two monsters on the opponent's field!"
Kaiba said, "I see, destroying key components to interrupt the loop, huh."
The Evil God said, "The loop is established based on the effects of these two monsters, so let them both disappear.
Destroy 'Iron Knight - Jia Fried', 'Royal Magic Library', both monsters!"
A terrifying suction seemed to erupt from the giant pit, even visibly forming a white, transparent tornado, as if invisible giant hands were capturing Iron Knight and Royal Magic Library and violently dragging them in.
A loud booming double explosion was heard, and the pit was filled with black smoke and a curtain of dust. Once the smoke and dust cleared, the giant pit and the two monsters within were nowhere to be seen.
"Ah, what a pity," Judai exclaimed with regret.
If the loop had gone through, it could have led directly to a finishing blow in this duel. He had no doubt that if Yugen drew the entire card deck into his hand, the opponent wouldn't have had a chance to summon the remaining two Evil Gods.
Kaiba said indifferently, "So now it turns unfavorable for us."
Indeed. Yugen didn't manage to draw the cards through the loop, but instead, the monsters on his field were wiped clean. The effect of Butterfly Short Sword could not be processed as Iron Knight was already destroyed, the target for equipment was lost, and naturally, it also returned to the graveyard. Because the condition of "when this card equipped on a monster is destroyed" wasn't met, it couldn't return to Yugen's hand through its effect.
Yugen said, "Then cover two cards, ending the turn."
At this time, the shadow of the Eraser behind the Evil God said, "What a dangerous kid. The first turn was Magic Trap Lock, the second turn was an infinite loop..."
"Indeed."
The on-field Divine Incarnation also nodded.
"Purely in dueling terms, this person's skill is not bad."
He said this factually, yet it was to not diminish others' spirits; in truth, he was already quite amazed at Yugen's skill in his heart.
It's not just the skill, but also that this duel was unprecedented. In the thousands of years before, even though the Three Evil God brothers had encountered strong opponents, they never experienced today's feeling when confronting this individual.
Whether it's being locked by effect or being infinitely looped to death, being slightly careless in this duel would render you unable to move an inch.
But no matter what, the initiative is still in our hands for now.
"My turn, draw a card."
"Activate the Magic Card 'Pot of Greed', draw two more cards from the card deck."
The Evil God drew the cards, then slowly lifted his head, letting out a sinister chuckle.
"Ha, to be able to witness more than one God's presence in a single battle, you're quite a lucky fellow. But to ensure absolute safety, I'll give you this special opportunity!"
At these words, both Judai and Kaiba couldn't help but show slight changes in their expressions.
Is he about to summon a second god?
Kaiba frowned and said, "This guy... can he summon a god in just one turn?"
Could this be the power of the Evil God himself personally coming forth?
"Activate the Magic Card 'Fallen Angel's Altar'."
The Evil God displayed the same Magic Card as the previous turn, laughed, and said,
"Last turn, the Magic Card's effect that was copied by 'Fallen Angel Ishtar' from the graveyard will return to the card deck and shuffle after copying."
Which means last turn, he just shuffled it back, and now he's drawn it again.
In some ways, you could say it's a full-on bond.
"Fallen Angel's Altar, Special Summon a Fallen Angel Monster to the field in Defense Position from the graveyard.
The one I'll be resurrecting from the graveyard is, of course, this guy..."
The Evil God placed a card retrieved from the graveyard onto the Duel Disc.
"Fallen Angel Subbia!"
[Fallen Angel Subbia, Defense Power 2400]
A black Fallen Angel with red wings. However, Yugen, observing that black body, couldn't help but feel that the black thing in the center of the wings, when stared at for too long, looked like a black toilet.
"The Monster Effect of Fallen Angel Subbia." The Evil God said, "When this card is Special Summoned from the graveyard, you can resurrect another Fallen Angel from the graveyard to the field.
Thus, I resurrect this card from the graveyard..."
The Evil God drew another Fallen Angel.
"Fallen Angel Ishtar!"
[Fallen Angel Ishtar, Attack Power 2500]
"Then Ishtar's effect, pay 1000 Life Points to gain the effect of 'Fallen Angel's Altar' in the graveyard once again!"
[Evil God, LP 3000 → LP 2000]
"Special Summon from the graveyard 'Fallen Angel Adi-Araye'!"
[Fallen Angel Adi-Araye, Defense Power 2000]
In an instant, three monsters again, still the trio of Fallen Angels from the previous turn.
The three of us.JPG.
"This way the preparation is completed once again!"