Chapter 128. Lyriluscs' All-Out Explosion at 86 LP! A Cunning Win under Tri-Brigade + Reprodocus!
When all the Duelists were thinking the same thing, the red team's Player C was already enacting the plan for his so-called "victory formula."
Player C (Red): "Entering the Battle Phase!"
Player C (Red): "I attack your Tyranno with Mathmech Multiplication!"
Player B (Blue): "I activate the on-field effect of Dinomorphia Rexterm!"
Player B (Blue): "I can pay half my LP to activate it.
All monsters on my opponent's field have their ATK become equal to my LP until the end of this turn."
"Come, Tyrannical Pressure of the Rex!"
As the effect resolved successfully, Blue's LP, which had been 344, were halved again and fell to 172.
The Life Points were getting lower and lower.
But with Rexterm's effect now applied, every monster on the field—except Geomathmech Final Sigma, which is unaffected by card effects—namely Mathmech Multiplication and T.G. Glaive Blaster, all became 172 ATK.
That play made Duelists across the worlds twitch at the corners of their mouths.
Dinomorphia Rexterm is really outrageous.
A Quick Effect ATK reducer—once Multiplication crashes in, the LP loss won't be small.
Player C (Red): "I chain the effect of my Turquoise Warbler in the Graveyard!"
Player C (Red): "I banish it to destroy my Mathmech Multiplication!"
"After that, Mathmech Multiplication still resolves."
"I double the ATK of my Geomathmech Final Sigma on the field!"
"That's 6000!"
"This ends now!"
"Attack!"
It's over!
It's over!
Six-thousand ATK straight into a 3000 ATK Tyranno.
This should take 3000.
No—after doubling, it should be 6000 battle damage.
Yugi Muto: "It's over.
Looks like the red player has won."
Jaden Yuki: "That 'victory formula' was well written.
What an entertaining Duel!"
Yusei Fudo: "No.
Look at the damage dealt—those LP… something's off!"
Yusaku Fujiki: "Hold it!
You're right.
Why was only 86 deducted?
Huh?
What happened?"
As the chat blew up, the on-screen LP deduction was—86.
Blue had been at 172, and now remained at 86.
In other words, the battle damage from that hit was halved.
The six Duel Worlds, which had been lively a moment ago, fell silent in an instant.
Impossible.
The opponent had no hand traps and no set cards.
How did he do that?
Wait—
that card.
That Counter Trap—the one that negated Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon's Trap.
Dinomorphia Intact.
In a flash, all the veteran protagonists realized the Trap that had been activated earlier.
Player B (Blue): "Heh heh heh, don't pop the champagne so early."
Player B (Blue): "I already activated Dinomorphia Intact."
"This turn, all battle damage dealt to me has been halved."
"Next, I activate the effect of Tyranno in the Graveyard."
"I Special Summon Dinomorphia Diplos from my Graveyard in Defense Position."
"Effect—inflict 500 damage to you."
Player C (Red): "I see.
I almost forgot about that."
Player C (Red): "I use my 172-ATK T.G. Glaive Blaster to destroy your Defense Position Diplos."
Player B (Blue): "Diplos effect—by banishing the Normal Trap Dinomorphia Brute from my GY."
Player B (Blue): "I revive Dinomorphia Therizia from my Graveyard."
"Therizia effect—set a second copy of Dinomorphia Domain from my Deck."
Player C (Red): "My turn ends."
Player C (Red): "Recital Starling returns from the banished zone to the field."
The first three players had finished their turns and clashes.
Now it was Blue's Player D's turn.
And Player D was the blue team's last hope.
Even though Dinomorphia had pushed to the limit to barely survive one turn, this turn was also their final turn.
At the end of the turn, Glaive Blaster's ATK would return to normal.
Player D (Blue): "My turn.
Draw!"
Player C (Red): "At this moment, I activate my Continuous Trap, Castle of Dragon Souls."
Player C (Red): "I banish Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon from my Graveyard; T.G. Glaive Blaster gains 700 ATK."
"At the same time, Glaive Blaster's effect retrieves the banished Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon."
Player D (Blue): "Heh heh heh—strong.
Way too strong."
Player D (Blue): "But I declare this."
"The victory formula—I've assembled it."
"You won't have another turn."
"You've already lost."
The blue team's Player D, sitting at 86 LP, was so arrogant that Duelists in every world went quiet, and the veteran protagonists wore puzzled, bewildered looks.
Seriously?
Where did he get the confidence to say that?
Has he gone mad?
Has the Duel driven him insane?
Look at the current board.
How is he getting past a 4700 Glaive Blaster and the highly resistant Geomathmech Final Sigma this turn?
"He's gone mad.
He has to be.
How is he winning this turn from this board?"
"Eighty-six LP is a candle in the wind and he's still talking big.
He just can't accept losing."
"Not necessarily—maybe he really has a way to win this turn."
"Let's watch.
I don't think he'd say that out of nowhere.
I remember he's on Lyrilusc, right?"
The group chat erupted into waves of debate.
Duelists who thought he'd lost his mind calmed down again.
Indeed, they'd seen plenty of one-card turnarounds before.
And D-players have always pulled off unexpected lines since time immemorial.
Maybe he really did have something cooking.
Let's keep watching.
Player D (Blue): "I know my two opponents don't believe me."
Player D (Blue): "No problem.
First I activate Dark Ruler No More."
"Negate the effects of all monsters on your field."
"Then I enter the Battle Phase."
"I attack your Glaive Blaster with Dinomorphia Kentregina and crash."
"In the GY, I banish Dinomorphia Intact—the battle damage from this battle becomes 0."
"I attack your Glaive Blaster with Dinomorphia Therizia and crash."
"In the GY, I banish Dinomorphia Frenzy—the battle damage from this battle becomes 0."
"I attack your Glaive Blaster with Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon and crash."
"In the GY, I banish a second Dinomorphia Intact—the battle damage from this battle becomes 0."
…???
Alright.
Confirmed.
He's nuts.
Absolutely nuts.
After the boasting, he now rammed all his monsters in to self-destruct, and burned through the three life-saving Traps in his GY.
If that's not crazy, what is?
Even Yusei Fudo and Yusaku Fujiki, who had thought he might have a follow-up, were dumbfounded.
Seriously?
What kind of bizarre play is this?
Those monsters that took so much effort to summon—
you sent them all in to crash?
What is this even for?
Player D (Blue): "Who remembers the monster I searched off Floowandereeze earlier?"
Player D (Blue): "That's right—Lyrilusc – Turquoise Warbler."
"When I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Turquoise Warbler."
"Turquoise Warbler effect—Special Summon Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow from my hand."
"Cobalt Sparrow effect—add Lyrilusc – Celestine Wagtail from my Deck to my hand."
"I overlay the 2 monsters on the field to build the Xyz Network."
"I Xyz Summon Lyrilusc – Recital Starling."
"Recital Starling effect—detach 1 material; add 1 Level 1 Winged Beast from my Deck to my hand."
"I choose Lyrilusc – Sapphire Swallow."
"Sapphire Swallow effect in my hand—Special Summon itself and Celestine Wagtail."
"Celestine Wagtail effect—add Lyrilusc – Bird Sanctuary from my Deck."
"I overlay the 2 Level 1 monsters on the field again."
"I Xyz Summon a second Recital Starling."
"Recital Starling doesn't have a once-per-turn on its name."
"I activate Recital Starling again—detach 1 material; add Tri-Brigade Nervall from my Deck."
"I Link Summon using my 2 Recital Starlings."
"Link-2—Tri-Brigade Ferrijit the Barren Blossom."
"Ferrijit effect—Special Summon Nervall from my hand."
"Nervall effect—banish 4 Winged Beast monsters from my GY."
"Link Summon from the Extra Deck."
"Arrows confirmed."
"Link-4—Tri-Brigade Shuraig the Ominous Omen."
"Shuraig effect—banish your Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon."
"Next I Link Summon again."
"Arrows confirmed."
"Link-4—Worldsea Dragon Zealantis."
"In the GY, Shuraig triggers—add Rescue Ferret from my Deck."
"Nervall and Ferrijit—Link Summon once more."
"Arrows confirmed. Link-2—Tri-Brigade Bearbrumm the Rampant Rampager."
"Nervall in the GY—add Tri-Brigade Fraktall from my Deck."
One word: stunned.
Two words: completely stunned.
From the moment Lyrilusc started exploding onto the field, every veteran Duelist felt their brains overheating.
When it pivoted straight into Tri-Brigade for a second explosion, they could feel their minds about to blow.
What is all this?
This D-player's deck is absurdly complex.
It started as Floowandereeze, then the Sacred Beasts popped out earlier, now we're on Lyrilusc, which suddenly turned into Tri-Brigade.
How many archetype tags is this deck built from?
No wonder there was zero explosion earlier—
so it was bricked until now, when it finally opened up.
But here's the issue: even if he explodes like this, what does it get him?
What end board is he aiming for?
Player D (Blue): "I saved my Normal Summon until now, and it's for this monster."
Player D (Blue): "Normal Summon Rescue Ferret."
"Rescue Ferret effect—shuffle itself into the Deck to Special Summon Lyrilusc – Sapphire Swallow, a second Lyrilusc – Sapphire Swallow, and Rescue Cat."
"I activate Worldsea Dragon Zealantis—banish all monsters on the field, then Special Summon them back."
"I overlay the 2 Sapphire Swallows.
Xyz Summon a third Lyrilusc – Recital Starling."
"Recital Starling effect—detach 1 material; add Lyrilusc – Beryl Canary from my Deck."
"I activate Tri-Brigade Bearbrumm."
"I discard 2 cards to return a banished Sapphire Swallow back to the field."
"I Link Summon using Bearbrumm and Recital Starling."
"The key card to my victory formula—Reprodocus."
It was over—our brains were even more fried.
Now he turned Tri-Brigade back into Lyrilusc.
At this point, the veterans of every Duel World were completely broken.
"My head's going to explode.
What deck is he even playing?"
"Same here—I'm losing the plot.
What is all this for?"
"I'm numb—he's just flexing lines for show.
In the end, he still can't break the board."
"But Zealantis solved the TG problem—hard to say now.
Let's keep watching—he should be wrapping up."
Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, and the others felt like their brains weren't enough.
What made their spines tingle was this: even now, they still couldn't tell what finisher he was building toward.
That was the most tilting part.
And the final explosion reached its endgame.
Player D (Blue): "Beryl Canary from my hand—Special Summon itself."
Player D (Blue): "Revive Sapphire Swallow from the GY."
"I overlay the two Sapphire Swallows and the Beryl Canary."
"I Xyz Summon Lyrilusc – Assemble Nightingale."
"The two Sapphire Swallows that became materials each trigger.
I attach a Recital Starling and a Sapphire Swallow from my GY as materials to Assemble Nightingale."
"In the GY, I activate Celestine Wagtail."
"I attach Celestine Wagtail to Assemble Nightingale as material as well."
"I activate the Continuous Spell Lyrilusc – Bird Sanctuary."
"Then I activate Rescue Cat—Special Summon Tri-Brigade Kitt and Tri-Brigade Kerass from my Deck."
"I overlay the two Level 2 monsters—Xyz Summon Ghostrick Succubus."
"I activate Reprodocus—change Ghostrick Succubus's Type to Winged Beast."
"I use Bird Sanctuary to transfer Assemble Nightingale and all its attached materials to Ghostrick Succubus as Xyz Materials."
"And then I Rank-Up Ghostrick Succubus."
"The final puzzle piece for victory."
"Ghostrick Angel of Mischief."
"I have already won the Duel.
The Duel is over."
Duel victory?
What kind of joke is that?
Just because he ranked up into Angel of Mischief after piling materials?
Its stats aren't impressive.
It just has a lot of materials.
How does that win the Duel?
Isn't that pure… huh—what the—?
In the instant everyone thought D-player had snapped and declared victory on his own—
the on-field Ghostrick Angel of Mischief activated its effect.
And in that moment, every Duelist's eyes locked on that card's text—
If this card has 10 or more Xyz Materials, you win the Duel.
Ten materials?
The very next second, every Duelist's pupils shrank; they jolted upright.
Assemble Nightingale had 7 materials including itself.
Ghostrick Succubus had 3 including itself.
Exactly—10.
So that's what this was all about.
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