12dz Chapter 151 The Rise of the Emperor (9)
Chapter 151 The Rise of the Emperor (9)
Serra Forwards: Serra's Trap ATK 800, Fricia's Trap DEF 2500, Gino's Trap DEF 1500
The player has zero cards in hand and four face-down cards in the back row, one of which is a face-down "Naraku's Trap Hole".
With eyesight far exceeding that of ordinary people, Ampri saw the effect of [Naraku's Pitfall] the moment it left Sera's graveyard.
This effect can only be activated when your opponent Normal Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster with 1500 or more ATK. Those monsters with 1500 or more ATK are destroyed and banished.
Destroy and exclude…
"My turn, draw a card."
Destroy and exclude, but destroy first.
"Activate the Normal Spell Card [Attack of the Emperor]".
The phantoms of the Thunder Emperor, Ice Emperor, Flame Emperor, Earth Emperor, Wind Emperor, and Evil Emperor all appeared and stood behind Ampri, frantically burning their own power to resist the pressure emanating from the invisible flames protecting Sera (Attack on Titan Cardo).
As long as this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, monsters that are Tribute Summoned to your field cannot be targeted by card effects or destroyed by them.
"Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Emperor's Whirlwind]. This turn, if I Tribute Summon a monster, I can Tribute 1 monster on your field instead of 1 monster on my field."
If they're unaffected by Trap Card effects, what about Spell Cards?
Standing behind Ampri, [Wind Emperor Raiza] waved his hands, creating a hurricane that violently shook the flowers, plants, and insects on the field. Leaves and petals were swept up and flew everywhere. The delicate bewitching monsters curled up their small bodies and struggled to hold on in the gale, looking so fragile and helpless.
"Release...Fricia's Trap Hollow on your field, Superior Summon [Emperor of the Underworld]!"
Ampri already understands the effects of Sera. The threat posed by Gino, a low-level monster, is obviously not as great as that of the Xyz Monster Fricia, which will appear later. Therefore, the target to be released is clear.
Fricia, along with Theo and Lutia, who were lying in the shadow of the flowers beneath her, were torn apart by the hurricane and swept into the graveyard. The hurricane, having finished its task, returned to the Ampri field, and its lingering power before dissipating tore open a "door," revealing the figure of Hades on the other side of the "door."
However, just as Hades stepped out of the "door" and was about to land on the dueling field, the hurricane that had just exhausted its remaining power and subsided suddenly regained its strength, becoming even more intense and surpassing its previous momentum.
The phantom of the Wind Emperor looked bewildered. He looked at his hands. He had clearly stopped injecting power, so where did this hurricane come from?
"Pay 2000 Life Points to activate the Counter Trap Card [Chaos Pitfall]. Negate the Summoning, Flip Summoning, and Special Summoning of LIGHT and DARK monsters and banish them from the Duel!"
Sierra LP8000→6000
Beneath the feet of the Underworld Emperor, another "door" leading to another dimension opened, and this renewed hurricane was caused by its terrifying pulling force.
Before the Underworld Emperor could react, he was pulled into the "door" and disappeared without a trace.
"Send the 'Emperor' Spell Card 'Emperor's Strategy' from your hand to the Graveyard to activate the Normal Spell Card 'Pantheistic Emperor'. I draw two cards from my Deck."
Anpri's face remained expressionless as he continued the exchange with a stiff face.
"I activate the [Pantheistic Emperor] card from my Graveyard. I reveal 3 [Emperor] Spell/Trap Cards from my Deck. You choose 1 of them and add it to my hand. The rest are returned to my Deck."
The Rebellious Emperor
The Rebellious Emperor
The Rebellious Emperor
The classics seem to offer three choices, but in reality, there are no choices at all.
Since they were all the same, Sera just randomly pointed to one.
"Discard one card from your hand to activate the Normal Spell Card 'Rebellious Emperor'. I will reveal three monsters from my Deck that have 2400 or more ATK or 800 and 1000 DEF. You can choose one of them to add to my hand, and send the rest to the Graveyard."
【Emperor Yuan's Rider - Teresella】
【Emperor Yuan's Rider - Teresella】
【Emperor Yuan's Rider - Teresella】
Like I said, there's no choice between three identical cards.
"If this card, 【Emperor's Rider Teresera】, is sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck: 【Emperor's Rider Aidos】."
"When you activate the effect of the Graveyard Emperor's Follower Knight, I activate the Normal Trap Card [Graveyard Hole]. Negate that effect and inflict 2000 damage on you!"
As soon as the Yuan Emperor's cavalry in the Ampri Cemetery showed its head, it was slapped back with a shovel. The force was so great that the damage was directly reflected back to Ampri.
Amprey LP8000→6000
"Sera's effect activates when a Normal Trap Card is activated: I Special Summon 1 'Trap Monster' monster with the same name that is not on my field from my Deck: [Trap Monster of Treon]!"
"Following the chain, if the Continuous Trap Card 'Emperor of True Origin' is discarded to the Graveyard, and the 'Emperor' Spell Card 'Emperor's Strategy' is banished from the Graveyard, this card is transformed into a Normal Monster (Fairy/LIGHT/Level 5/ATK 1000/DEF 2400) and Special Summoned to the Monster Zone in Defense Position (it is not treated as a Trap Card)."
C1 Sera's Worm Bewitching Demon, C2 The Emperor of True Origin, Chain Reverse Processing.
True Source Emperor DEF2400
Treon's Trap Demon DEF1200
"【The Emperor's Strategy】If this card is banished, target one face-up monster you control: Seraphim Trap, add 1 monster with the same Attribute as that monster and 2400 ATK/1000 DEF from my Deck/Graveyard to my hand."
"If you successfully Special Summon Treon's Trap Hollow, target 1 Spell/Trap Card on your field: [Attack of the Emperor] in your backrow, and destroy that card!"
C1 Emperor's Strategy, C2 Treon's Trap, Chain Reversal.
The ground behind Ampri suddenly collapsed, and as sand and gravel slid down, a pair of enormous upper jaws emerged from it, shattering the phantom images of emperors behind Ampri.
"The Seraphim Trap is an EARTH monster, therefore I am adding the EARTH monster with 2400 ATK and 1000 DEF, 【Earth Emperor Granmag】, from my deck to my hand!"
"After that, the effect of [Emperor's Strategy] is enhanced by the summoning of [Earth Emperor Granmag], which releases [True Emperor] from my field and Tribute Summons [Earth Emperor Granmag]!"
Didi Granmag ATK2400
"If this card is successfully Tribute Summoned, target 1 Set card on your field and destroy it!"
Sera has two face-down cards in the back row, one of which is the face-up "Trap Hole of Naraku", and there is one unknown face-down card left.
"Because Treon just activated its effect, the effect of Seraphim can be activated if the effect of any of my 'Trapika' monsters other than this card is activated: Set 1 'Hole' Normal Trap Card or 'Trap Hole' Normal Trap Card from your Deck to my field."
"I set a 'Dungeon' Normal Trap Card to my deck: [Time Dimension Cave Gym]."
C1 Earth Emperor, C2 Serra, chain reverse processing.
The Earth Emperor raised his enormous fists and slammed them down heavily on the ground. The ground cracked open amidst a violent tremor, and the cracks continued to spread, their target being the unknown face card.
Ampri seemed unaware that her mind had been affected by the flames: [The Advancing Emperor] had already left the field, and when the Earth Emperor landed, Sera could have easily activated [Trap Hole of Naraku] to destroy and eliminate the Earth Emperor.
Why didn't Serra activate?
"boom!"
The crack stopped abruptly just before it hit the card, and nothing happened.
"Gino's Worm Trap's continuous effect: cards set in your Spell & Trap Zones cannot be destroyed by card effects once per turn."
The "curtain" formed by the beaded threads shimmered slightly; it was these seemingly fragile threads that stopped the Earth Emperor's destruction.
"Then, by banishing the 'Rebellious Emperor' from the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF from your hand."
As he spoke, Ampri revealed the [Original Emperor's Rider Tersela] card, which had previously been added to his hand due to the effect of the Rebellious Emperor.
Emperor Yuan's follower, Teresa, DEF1000
"Origin Emperor's Rider effect activates, Tribute Summon 1 monster; and this card can be Tribute Summoned by Tributing 1 monster on the field and 1 of your own Tribute Summoned monsters!"
Dark purple flames erupted, engulfing the Earth Emperor and the Seraphim Bewitching Demon.
"I release your Seraphim Trappell on the field and my Triple Summoned Earth Emperor on the field, Triple Summoning [Flame Emperor Testaros]!"
Dark purple flames gathered and coiled, transforming into the towering body of the Evil Flame Emperor, surrounded by several skull-shaped fireballs, poised to unleash their power.
"When you summon the Flame Emperor (with 1500 or more ATK) as a Superior Summon, I activate the Normal Trap Card [Bottomless Trap Hole] to destroy and banish the Flame Emperor!"
"Jie Jie Jie Jie!"
The vengeful spirits grinned, twisted, and shrieked as they dragged the Evil Flame Emperor little by little into the abyss of Naraku.
The Evil Flame Emperor roared in resentment, reaching out his right hand as if to grab something, but no matter how much he struggled, he could not escape his predetermined fate.
Even emperors cannot escape the shadow of death.
Why didn't Sera activate [Trap Hole] just now?
Because she was waiting for this moment, the moment when Amprey would use up all her cards and resources to summon the last monster.
"...I declare the end of this round."
"My turn, draw a card!"
The rounds changed, and seeing that Amprion only had one monster left on the field, Sera decided to end the duel this turn.
"The required materials are 1 'Trapika' monster other than a Link Monster. I will set a Link Arrow for Trapika of Treon and Link Summon a second Trapika of Sera!"
Seraphim Bewitching ATK800
"By the effect of the Graveyard Normal Trap Card [Trap Monster of Lutia with Holes], banish this card, target the 'Trap Monster' monster: Tio's Trap Monster in my Graveyard, and Special Summon Tio from the Graveyard!"
(The two effects of Trappet Lourdesa: 1. It turns itself into a Normal Monster and Special Summons it; 2. It banishes itself to Special Summons a Trappet monster from its Graveyard. Only one of these two effects can be used per turn. Sera could have activated the 2nd effect to Special Summons a Trappet monster during her opponent's turn, then activated the effect of Sera's Trappet and set another Trappet Lourdesa to its own turn to activate the 1st effect. However, she didn't do this because she only had one Trappet Lourdesa in her deck.)
Theo's Trap ATK1700
Here, the effect activation of the Trap Card "Lourdes of the Hole" in the Graveyard is considered an "effect activation," not a "normal trap card activation." Therefore, it will not trigger the effect of "Lourdes of the Hole" to Special Summon a Trap Monster from the Deck.
"When Theo's Worm Trap is successfully Special Summoned, target 1 'Cave' Normal Trap Card in my Graveyard: 'Cave Cavern', and Set that card on my field."
"If the effect of a Trap Hole monster other than this card is activated, you can set 1 "Trap Hole" Normal Trap Card from your Deck: 'Trap Hole of Time' on my field."
"I stacked Tier 4 Trappet and Tier 4 Gino Trappet to Xyz Summon Tier 4, [Titoris Trappet]!"
Sittoris's Trap Demon ATK2500
"Sitoris's effect: Remove 1 Xyz Material (Trapika of Gino) to activate this effect. I add the 'Trapika' monster, Second Trapika of Tio, from my Deck to my hand!"
"Normal Summon Tidehunter of Tio. When this card is Normal Summoned, target 1 'Tidehunter' monster in my Graveyard: Tidehunter of Gino, Special Summon Tidehunter of Gino in Defense Position!"
Theo's Trap ATK1700
Gino's Trap Demon DEF1500
"The material requirement is two or more monsters that include Insect-Type and Plant-Type monsters. I set the Plant-Type Tidehunter and Sera-Type Tidehunter and the Insect-Type Gino-Type Tidehunter to Link Summon LINK-3, 【Tidehunter Atips】!"
Artips's Trap ATK1800
She appears to be a delicate and helpless girl, trapped in a spider web and unable to break free, asking you for help. In reality, her true form is hidden in the shadows, observing you as her prey, waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Because I have a Normal Trap Card in my Graveyard, the effect of Atipus's Trap Monster grants all 'Trap Monster' monsters I control an ATK increase of 1000!"
Artips's Trap ATK 1800 → 2800
Sittoris's Trap ATK 2500 → 3500
"The effect of Atipus's Worm Trap: Target your face-up Imperial Knight on the field, and negate its effect until the end of this turn!"
Artips's true form spewed out spider silk from the shadows, firmly binding the Yuan Emperor's rider and rendering him unable to move.
"After that, I banish the Normal Trap Card Naraku from my Graveyard, and destroy any of your Primal Knights that have had their targeting negated!"
Seeing that its prey was powerless to resist, Artips no longer hid itself. Its huge spider body suddenly burst out from the layers of spider webs where it was hiding, piercing the body of the Source Emperor's rider with its sharp forelimbs, and then spitting out spider silk to wrap it up and entangle it into a cocoon.
(Once per turn, you can target up to the number of Insect/Plant monsters you control on your field. Negate the effects of those cards until the end of the turn. After that, the following can be applied.)
● Banish 1 Normal Trap Card from your Graveyard, then destroy 1 face-up card that is the target of your attack.
"The effect of Citoris's Trap Monster can be activated if a monster that originally owned you was sent to the Graveyard by an effect or banished; choose 1 of those monsters as Xyz Material for this card, and your destroyed Origin Knights will become Citoris's Xyz Material!"
Artips tossed the cocoon-like Origin Emperor's mount to Citoris, whose true form unfurled its branches to catch it.
At this moment, Amprey's last defensive barrier on the court was breached, and Serra's total attack points reached 6300, while Amprey's base score was only 6000.
The lonely emperor seemed to have reached the end of his road.
"If the Emperor's Knight is sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 monster with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF from your Deck."
Just when Sera thought the duel was over, Ampr moved.
C1 Sittoris's Insect Bewitching Demon, C2 Origin Emperor's Rider, Chain Reversal Processing.
In mid-air, a gap was torn open from the inside of the cocoon that was enveloping the Source Emperor's rider, and the Source Emperor's rider's hand reached out from it, calling out to Ampri's deck.