The King of the Skull Servants pondered that since joining the great True God and being bestowed with this responsibility, he had presided over countless sacrifice rituals. But such eagerness was truly rare to see.
However, having already stepped onto the altar, no matter what, he had no choice but to continue the ritual.
It would be best to quickly resolve the opponent.
"Duel!" x2
[ Yugen, LP 4000 ]
[ King of the Skull Servants, LP 4000 ]
"I'll go first, draw!"
The King of the Skull Servants said indifferently.
"I'll set a monster face-down on the field, then set two cards face-down, and end my turn."
The Skeleton Soldiers began to emit a series of bizarre noises, it was unclear if it was part of the ritual.
"Then it's my turn, draw!"
Yugen stepped forward, recalling the previous two duels. With the power of the spirits, he understood that the altar beneath their feet was marked with a six-pointed star symbol, clearly having a similar wave to "The Seal of Orichalcos".
But it didn't seem to have a true barrier that increased attack power, or for the monster zone and magic trap zone to share the effect, it was simply a duel field. However, it did have a similar function to the Orichalcos barrier, meaning the soul of the defeated would be taken away.
"Summon Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
[ Breaker the Magical Warrior, ATK 1600 ]
"When Magical Warrior is successfully summoned, place a Spell Counter on it, increasing its attack power by 300 points. However, by removing this Spell Counter, you can destroy one magic or trap card on the field."
Yugen directly pointed towards his opponent's back row.
"Destroy the face-down card on the left."
The Magical Warrior's long sword slashed down, and a crescent-shaped sword aura shot out. But the opponent's face-down card immediately responded.
"Useless. My chain activates when you choose this card," the King of the Skull Servants' bony mouth opened and closed, "Trap Card - Needlebug Nest! Send the top five cards from my deck to the graveyard."
Five cards automatically flew out from the top of his duel disk's deck, as if carried by a cloud of black mist, swooshing into the graveyard. The Magical Warrior's sword aura missed its target.
"Then, use 'Breaker the Magical Warrior' to attack the face-down monster."
The sword light slashed through, and the face-down card split in two, revealing a chilling Skull Servant. Its weak body was easily cut apart by the sword aura.
[ Wightmare, DEF 200 ]
"I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."
"Heh heh, a painless and harmless attack. But at the same time, you've taken another step towards the abyss!
My turn, draw!
Activate 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards."
The King of the Skull Servants used his dry, skeletal fingers to draw another card.
"Continuous Spell 'Call of the Mummy'! Once per turn, if you have no monsters on your field, you can special summon an Undead monster from your hand.
Therefore, I will special summon this card from my hand -
—— Wightprince!"
[ Wightprince, ATK 0 ]
"At this instant, activate the Quick-Play Spell 'Inferno Reckless Summon'!" the King of the Skull Servants declared, "When your opponent has a face-up monster on the field, and a monster with 1500 or less attack is successfully special summoned to your field, you can activate this.
I can special summon as many monsters with the same name - which is 'Wightprince' - as possible from my deck!
However, in exchange, your opponent can also choose any one monster on their field and special summon all cards with the same name from their deck."
Two more small Skull Servants immediately appeared on the King of the Skull Servants' field.
"I special summon the other two 'Wightprince'!"
[ Wightprince, ATK 0 ]x2
Yugen: "Then I'll special summon the other two 'Breaker the Magical Warrior'."
[ Breaker the Magical Warrior, ATK 1600 ]x2
"Whether you summon them or not is irrelevant, because they will all soon be drawn into the whirlpool of hell," the King of the Skull Servants said in a deep voice, "Activate my face-down card, Trap Card - Torrential Tribute!
When a monster is summoned, special summoned, or flip summoned to the field, destroy all monsters on both players' fields!"
The trap card flipped over, and a domineering blue torrent swept across the entire field. The three small Skull Servants that had just appeared and Yugen's three Magical Warriors simultaneously shattered within the torrent.
"But at this moment, the effect of 'Wightprince' also activates. When a 'Wightprince' is sent to the graveyard from the field, send one 'Skull Servant' and one 'The Lady in Wight' from your hand or deck to the graveyard.
Because three 'Wightprince' were destroyed on my field at once, I will send three 'Skull Servant' and three 'The Lady in Wight' - a total of six cards - from my deck to the graveyard!"
Six more cards flew out, carried by rolling black mist, swooshing into the graveyard. In just a short moment, a large number of Skull Servants had accumulated in his graveyard.
Yugen felt enlightened, knowing what would happen next.
The preparations were complete, was it finally coming?
"Hahahaha, it's over just like that! Watch carefully!
Come forth from the depths of hell, the king who strides from the slumbering sea of bones! Rise from the abyss of death, I shall now call forth my very own descent -
—— King of the Skull Servants, Summon!"
A jet-black phantasm separated from his body, transforming into a partial body that appeared on the field. The altar beneath them seemed to rot away as bone towers wrapped around the King of the Skull Servants soared into the sky, and a cold wind howled across the field.
[ King of the Skull Servants, ATK ? ]
"The attack power of the King of the Skull Servants becomes 1000 points times the number of Skull Servants in my graveyard," the King of the Skull Servants roared, "Right now, the monsters in my graveyard that count as 'Skull Servant' are the three 'Wightprince', three 'Skull Servant', and three 'The Lady in Wight' that just entered the graveyard!
And there's also the 'Wightmare' you destroyed last turn, another 'Wightmare' and 'Wightprincess' sent to the graveyard by 'Needlebug Nest'.
A total of 12 cards! So my attack power becomes -"
[ King of the Skull Servants, ATK 12000 ]
Countless bone towers surrounded him, and the King of the Skull Servants' partial body instantly displayed the aura of a king, majestic and inviolable.
The Skeleton Soldiers seized the opportunity to shout, "As expected of the great king! He went straight to 12000 attack power!"
"Did you see that? This is the lord of the undead, the king, absolute power! In the face of this power, become a sacrificial offering to the gods!" the King of the Skull Servants roared, "I will use my own body to directly attack -"
"Open face-down card," Yugen's back row flipped over, "Quick-Play Spell - Rebellion! During the battle phase, gain control of one of your opponent's monsters!"
"Wha-?!"
The King of the Skull Servants was shocked.
I'm rebelling against myself!?
But the magical power during the duel was absolute. The King of the Skull Servants' partial body visibly stopped, slapped its forehead as if remembering something, and with a whoosh flew to Yugen's side of the field. Its dark, empty eyes glared at its original body opposite.
It was as if it was saying, we're all King of the Skull Servants, why do you get to play cards while I have to listen to your orders and get the final outcome dictated by you?
Even the cheering Skeleton Soldiers froze.
Ah, this...
The great king is having an internal conflict with himself?
King of the Skull Servants: "."
Gritting his teeth, he snorted coldly and said, "Whatever, the magic's effect only lasts until the end of the battle phase.
So I end my turn. Return, my partial body!"
The briefly rebellious King of the Skull Servants returned to his side of the field. The card-playing King of the Skull Servants glared fiercely at it, as if saying, we'll settle the score with you, traitor, after the duel.
"My turn, draw.
Activate the Spell Card 'Graceful Charity', draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards from my hand."
King of the Skull Servants: "Replacing cards in your hand. Ha, useless. I currently have 12000 attack power, no matter what you replace them with, you can't get past my invincibility."
"Spell Card 'Brain Control'. Pay 800 LP, gain control of one monster on your opponent's field."
King of the Skull Servants: "Whaaaat!!!?"
You want to control me again!?