Evil God: "My turn, draw card."
At this moment, the three brothers had just endured the onslaught of the Winged Divine Dragon. Although their Life Points remained unaffected, they were left in a disheveled state.
They had nothing on their field, while the opponent's Winged Divine Dragon hovered arrogantly in the air, flaunting its presence. To add insult to injury, the duelist opposite seemed harmless but was actually dangerously cunning, further fueling their frustration.
The duel had deviated completely from what they initially imagined.
They thought that with the eldest brother Evil God stepping in, wielding the power of Divine Incarnation, combined with their united strength, they could easily overpower a mere human with no reincarnation background.
But little did they expect, their opponent would start with a lockdown loop and then unleash this bird egg-like anti-human contraption, even summoning the God itself.
Despite assembling the luxurious lineup of the Three Evil Gods, they ended up as mere fodder for the Winged Divine Dragon, now being relentlessly pursued and looking rather pathetic.
If not for the Winged Divine Dragon floating on the opponent's field, the public might mistake one of them as the Evil God.
This cannot continue!
This turn marks the moment for counterattack!
Upon seeing the drawn card, the Evil God narrowed his gaze and spoke gravely, "Then, activate the Magic Card 'Spider Silk,' to retrieve a card sent to the graveyard by the opponent a turn prior." (Original Card)
Yugen said: "Are you going to use my card?"
"The card I want to acquire is..."
The Evil God slowly raised his hand, pointing forward. A white, transparent spider silk shot out, directly into Yugen's graveyard, snatching a card back to the Evil God's hand.
"Magic Card 'Life-Reducing Treasure Scroll'!"
"Then, 'Life-Reducing Treasure Scroll' is activated!" the Evil God declared, "Draw cards until you have five cards in your hand from the deck!
At the end of the preparation phase five turns later, discard all cards in hand."
Ah, one must certainly emphasize the severe side effects; that's the secret to using this card.
Thus the Evil God redrew his hand to five cards.
"Next, activate the Magic Card 'Pot of Greed,'" continued the Evil God, "Shuffle five Monster Cards from the graveyard back to the deck, then draw two more cards from the deck."
Monster Cards from the Evil God's graveyard popped up. He revealed five cards in one go, including the three Evil God brothers.
"Shuffle 'Evil God Eraser,' 'Evil God: Root of Fear,' 'Evil God: Divine Incarnation,' 'Fallen Angel Adi-Araye,' 'Fallen Angel Ishtar,' five Monster Cards back into the deck.
Then draw two cards from the deck!"
The five cards were inserted back into the deck, automatically shuffled. Two cards on top were ejected, and the Evil God drew them.
"Then with the effect of 'Fallen Angel Mistima' in hand," said the Evil God, "this card discards two other 'Fallen Angel' cards from hand to the graveyard, and can then be Special Summoned directly from hand!"
The Evil God sent two cards from his hand to the grave.
"Special Summon directly 'Fallen Angel Mistima'!"
The dark, towering Fallen Angel descended upon his barren field.
[Fallen Angel Mistima, Attack Power 2600]
"The effect of Fallen Angel Mistima: by paying 1000 Life Points, choose one 'Fallen Angel' Magic or Trap Card from the graveyard and directly obtain its effect!"
This is also a common effect among higher-level Fallen Angels, identical to the one activated previously by Ishtar.
"The effect I'll obtain from the grave is..."
The Evil God somberly revealed a Fallen Angel card from the grave.
"Magic Card 'Fallen Angel's Altar'!"
Judai: "Eh? This thing again? But wasn't this card returned to the deck after being used by Ishtar earlier..."
Yubel explained: "Did you forget? The cost for Special Summoning this Fallen Angel Mistima just now was discarding two cards from his hand. Those two cards were 'Fallen Angel Card,' not limited to 'Fallen Angel Monster.'"
Judai suddenly realized: "So they threw the altar back in the grave..."
[Evil God, LP 2000→ LP 1000]
"The effect of the altar allows you to Special Summon a Fallen Angel in Defense Position from the graveyard.
Resurrect once more from the grave in Defense Position, 'Fallen Angel Subbia'!"
[Fallen Angel Subbia, Defense Power 2400]
"Then the Monster Effect of Fallen Angel Subbia: this card, when Special Summoned from the graveyard, allows another Fallen Angel besides Subbia to be Special Summoned from the grave."
The Evil God drew another Fallen Angel card from the grave.
"The card discarded from hand for Mistima's summon cost also returns to the field!
Return to the field now, Fallen Angel Tezcatlipoca!"
[Fallen Angel Tezcatlipoca, Attack Power 2800]
"In an instant, the three major upper-level Fallen Angels are gathered again, impressive indeed."
Judai couldn't help but praise, but then he added.
"However, even with this, the three Fallen Angels are surely not a match for the Phantom God."
Kaiba casually remarked: "This duel has already become a war of Gods; his goal is not merely this."
Judai hesitated, but then quickly realized: "You mean, he has already drawn..."
"Activate Continuous Magic 'Netherworld's Treasure Scroll,' when using two or more monsters as sacrifices for an upper-level summon, you draw two cards from the deck," stated the Evil God.
"Then sacrifice 'Fallen Angel Tezcatlipoca,' 'Fallen Angel Mistima,' 'Fallen Angel Subbia,' three Fallen Angel cards!"
As expected, the next moment the Evil God shouted.
"Devour the earth, erase all, return everything to the void—
——Evil God Eraser, summon once more!!"
All three Fallen Angels vanished as sacrifices, the boundless annihilating darkness once again took form, bringing the cosmos' ruin, the Evil God Eraser!
[Evil God Eraser, Attack Power?]
"Indeed," Kaiba muttered.
With events unfolding this way, the opponent would certainly strive for victory with the Evil God. Moreover, facing Winged Divine Dragon without the Evil God would be extremely difficult.
Judai said: "But the attack power of this Evil God depends on the number of cards in the opponent's field—currently, Yugen only has Winged Divine Dragon and one Cover Card on the field."
[Evil God Eraser, Attack Power?→ Attack Power 2000]
Plus, Eraser is a lower-tier God, and even using the ability to send all cards to the grave, it's ineffective against the Winged Divine Dragon. This had been confirmed before.
Thus, sacrificing the three major Fallen Angels to summon Eraser at this point isn't wise; this Evil God poses no threat to the Winged Divine Dragon—a pure loss.
Unless...
Judai's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that the Evil God already has "that card"...
"Netherworld's Treasure Scroll effect: due to an upper-level summon, I draw two cards from the deck. Then..."
The next moment, the Evil God's hand rose, holding another card high.
"Magic Card—
——Divine Evolution!"