Polestar Treasure - Svalin, when an Extreme God is on your field, once per turn, can nullify the effects of all cards on your opponent's field—a powerful blocking Continuous Trap.
But Yugen clearly destroyed this Trap in his previous duel with Brever. In a relay, teammates can't inherit each other's graveyards, so this card shouldn't be in Harald's graveyard.
However, Yugen quickly realized: "I see, do you have the same Trap in your deck?"
"Exactly," Harald laughed, "Last turn, I didn't have time to cover it before your 'Transformation Pot' sent it to the graveyard."
"I see, with this Trap, things are tricky for me..." Yugen said.
Harald smiled: "A wise hunter deliberately feigns weakness to lure the opponent into a trap. You are such a cunning guy, Fujiki Yugen. I've seen through you and won't fall for your tricks easily."
Yugen mumbled: "Calling me cunning... That's really unpleasant, it's practically slander."
"My turn, draw a card!"
Harald shouted.
"It's the moment of truth!
Your backfield may hide means to counter the gods, but in front of the omniscient and almighty Odin, no trickery can work!
Supreme Divine Emperor Odin's effect activates—Rune control!
Until the end of the turn, my Three Pole Gods are unaffected by Magic, Trap, and Monster Effects!"
Odin's Staff raised high, emitting a vast divine radiance, bestowing an absolute resistance barrier upon the Three Pole Gods!
"Waited for this moment." Yugen shouted, "Activate cover card, Trap Card 'Crossbow Team'!
Sacrifice a Monster on your field to destroy a card on your opponent's field.
I sacrifice Meklord Emperor Ryoku to destroy 'Supreme Divine Emperor Odin'!"
Harald realized: "So that's the idea. Even though Odin is omniscient and almighty, this effect requires 'activation'. Later-activated effects are applied first, meaning destroy Odin before the 'unaffected by card effects' effect takes hold... Is that your intention?"
But he followed with a sneer.
"But it's useless; the power of the gods surpasses such strategies!
Activate cover card, Continuous Trap 'Divine Radiance'! Until the second preparation phase after activation, all gods on my field are unaffected by Trap Card effects!"
Divine Radiance unleashed, divine power descended, conferring immunity to Traps on the Three Pole Gods, rendering the crossbow ineffective.
Yet, Yugen also smiled: "Anticipated it.
Activate cover card, Trap Card 'Forced Ejection Device', rebound one Monster on the field to the owner's hand.
I rebound 'Supreme Divine Emperor Odin' to the owner's hand!"
Harald: "!!!"
A series of attack and defense chains, now Yugen has revealed his true intentions. Harald suddenly realized.
This guy's initial goal was this!
He long anticipated that Odin grants gods ultimate resistance, Divine Radiance grants gods immunity to Traps—only by removing these two troubles can Forced Ejection be the final killing move.
Even if Crossbow Team succeeds, destroying Odin only alleviates this turn's attack; Odin can revive at the end of the turn.
But if it's rebounded to the Extra Deck, Harald must reassemble Synchro Materials, truly resolving Odin.
"How dare you plot against gods..."
Harald gritted his teeth, but Odin had now transformed into a golden light, swiftly returning to the Extra Deck where his D-Wheel resided.
"Impossible!?" Dragan was also shocked, "Harald... Odin, that Harald's Odin... actually got resolved by someone!?"
Brever said: "Calm down, the advantage is still in our favor. Harald still has our other two gods left."
Harald also took a deep breath, saying: "Rebounding to the hand, even a chain Trap... To defeat a god this way, I must commend you.
But this is likely your limit, isn't it? With this, you have no Monsters left to protect you, and now, my gods have resistance to Trap effects.
"Extreme Divine Emperor Thor, attack the Defense Position 'Transformation Pot'!"
Thor's hammer descended, shattering the Transformation Pot upon impact.
"Go, Extreme Divine Emperor Loki, direct attack on Fujiki Yugen!"
However, before Loki's Void bullet could fire, a golden light flew out from Yugen's graveyard, transforming into a translucent kite phantom, shielding Yugen.
Loki's bullet struck the kite, causing transparent ripples, surprisingly blocked by the small anthropomorphic kite, unable to deal any damage.
Harald: "Nani?"
"In the graveyard, 'Kite Robot' has one chance to reduce battle damage to zero when directly attacked." Yugen smiled, "Sorry about that, looks like it didn't go as planned again."
"Uh..."
Harald frowned.
Does that mean even considering using 'Crossbow Team' to sacrifice Ryoku for activation was part of this man's calculation?
Kite Robot only activates during direct attacks; if Ryoku weren't sacrificed, the kite couldn't block the god's attack.
This guy... to what extent did he plan?
"Then cover one card, end the turn."
Although it's a cover card, to both sides, this card is essentially known. It's the Trap previously recovered through Loki's effect, Continuous Trap 'Polestar Treasure - Svalin'.
"My turn, draw a card."
Yugen said.
"Preparation phase, Special Summon 'Stupid Opossum' from the graveyard."
[Stupid Opossum, Attack Power 800]
"Next, activate Magic Card 'Flowing Treasure Scroll', draw two cards from the deck. But before the end of the turn, if one card isn't sent to the graveyard, the player takes 3000 damage during the end phase." (Original Card)
Yugen drew two more cards.
"Stupid Opossum's effect activates, playing dead!"
"Playing dead again!?"
Harald was surprised.
"But didn't you just say that was the last Meklord Emperor..."
"Yes, I said Ryoku was the last type of Meklord Emperor, but I never said I only had one of each type."
Yugen smiled brightly.
"When a Monster is destroyed by a card effect on the field, I Special Summon 'Meklord Emperor Divine Wisdom ∞' from the hand!"
[Machine Emperor Divine Wisdom ∞, Attack Power 2500]
Divine Wisdom No.2 Machine!
"Go, activate Divine Wisdom's effect," Yugen said, "Absorb 'Extreme Divine Emperor Thor'!"
Harald was almost spitting blood.
Again?
Machine Emperor, Machine Emperor, Machine Emperor... Does it ever end?
Thor was about to spit blood too.
No, why is it me again? Is it fun to always target me for absorption?
Look at that Loki next to me; he doesn't look like a good guy. Absorb him instead!
Harald: "Then activate the Continuous Trap 'Polestar Treasure - Svalin'!
When there's a god on my field, all effects of the opponent's cards are negated. The effect of Machine Emperor Divine Wisdom is negated!"
Divine majesty once again released through the trap, and the just-summoned Divine Wisdom instantly dimmed, losing its luster.
Harald gasped for breath.
This... should be a defense, right?
These damned Machine Emperors...
"Yes, indeed, that's all you can do," Yugen smiled, "To avoid being absorbed by Divine Wisdom, you could only use that Trap now, the last line of defense for the gods."
Harald: "!"
This guy, this tone...
Could he have some other trick up his sleeve?
"And with this, the stage is set for the final Machine Emperor's arrival..."
"The final Machine Emperor..." Harald shouted, "Isn't Divine Land the last Machine Emperor!?"
"Yes, but I just said the last 'Machine Emperor.' But the Machine Emperor Card Deck has a trump card that surpasses the Machine Emperor and is stronger.
Now let you... all see!"
Yugen exclaimed.
"When there are three or more types of 'Machine Emperors' in one's graveyard, you can banish one of each type of 'Machine Emperor' monster from the graveyard to summon the ultimate Machine Emperor!
I banish Machine Emperor Divine Sky, Divine Wisdom, and Divine Land from the graveyard!"
Harald was shocked, Dragan and Brever also involuntarily held their breath at the same time.
Such powerful three great Machine Emperors being banished simultaneously to summon something...
What could that be?
The space was suddenly torn by three intersecting crimson energy beams, a roar of gears clashing and dragon screeching echoed from the clouds. A giant dragon's metallic body spiraled out of the Dimensional Rift, sparks of blue plasma burst forth from every joint as it moved. The central primary dragon head first smashed through the space barrier, a mechanical eye contracted with a laser-guided "beep"; the silver-white dragon head on the left gathered flame in its mouth, while the right head seemed to exhale lightning.
That extended spine seemed to be made of endless titanium alloy vertebrae, the three dragon heads suddenly lifted in synchronization, a triple roar triggered an air shockwave, shattering glass along the raceway.
Machine Emperor Dragon Triskelion, summon!
"Machine... Emperor Dragon!?" Harald was shocked.
They were shocked, someone was even more shocked than them.
It was the original owners of the Machine Emperor, the Three Emperors of Taiyi.
At this moment, these three were so shocked their jaws almost dropped—Placido was like a repeating machine chanting "impossible."
Because even they, the rightful owners, had never seen this Machine Emperor Dragon...
What is this? Does something like this exist?
Clearly, they were here first, so why does this Fujiki Yugen have such a card, while they hadn't even heard of it?
[Machine Emperor Dragon Triskelion, Attack Power 3000]
"Battle," Yugen said, "Machine Emperor Dragon Triskelion, attack 'Extreme Divine Emperor Loki'."
Harald's heart tightened: "Attacking with lower attack power..."
This can't be good.
Sure enough, he then heard Yugen say: "Machine Emperor Dragon Triskelion, activate effect! Once per turn, during the battle declaration, you can select any monster from the opponent's extra deck and equip it to this card as an Equipment Card!"
Harald: "???????"
He momentarily doubted his ears.
Even the airplane head commentator doubted his own ears.
From the opponent's extra deck... equip a monster?
The next moment, as he saw a golden light forcibly drawn from his extra deck, transforming into the image of Odin and then absorbed into that Machine Emperor Dragon's body, Harald finally confirmed he wasn't hearing things wrong, nor was his comprehension at fault.
But this damned world's gone crazy!
What the heck is this?
Harald was on the verge of collapse, nearly insane.
My Odin! I never even managed to summon him, so how can you just take him from the extra deck before I do?
What kind of minotaur ultimate evolution is this??
"Of course, Machine Emperor Dragon will also absorb the attack power of the equipped monster," Yugen smiled.
[Machine Emperor Dragon Triskelion, Attack Power 3000 → Attack Power 7000]
"Moreover, as long as there is a Synchro Monster equipped on Machine Emperor Dragon Triskelion, it can attack up to three times during one battle phase!"
Harald: "..."
Extra deck cow monster, attack power seven thousand, attacking three times a turn...
Haha.
"Machine Emperor Dragon Triskelion, attack 'Extreme Divine Emperor Thor' and 'Extreme Divine Emperor Loki'."
Triskelion's three dragon heads opened, mechanical throats emitting a screech of overloading nuclear reactors. The central head spewed out a spiraling plasma torrent, the left head fired intertwining blue-white lightning of Absolute Zero and millions of volts, while the right head released a dark matter breath. These three destructive energies intertwined mid-flight, forming a death spiral intertwined with red, blue, and black.
Boom——
[Harald, LP3900 → LP0]