"T.G. Metal Skeleton—attack ’Marshmallon’!" Antinomy declared.
If this attack went through, it was his victory!
But even as victory seemed in hand, Antinomy felt no thrill—no sense of triumph.
Could I really win?
Just then, another Trap card sprang up beside Kira’s Duel Runner.
"I activate my Set card: the Continuous Trap ’Spirit Barrier.’
So long as I control a monster, all battle damage I take becomes 0!"
A transparent wave burst from the little Marshmallon, forming an impenetrable shield of pure soul energy.
"There was another trick," Antinomy realized.
Wait—that Spirit Barrier effect should prevent all battle damage, even piercing. With "Blade Blaster" dealing 2700 damage to his Morphing Jar earlier, if Kira had activated Spirit Barrier then, he would have taken no damage.
Instead, he chose to take it, sacrificing most of his LP to Special Summon Marshmallon.
Why risk so much for such a weak monster? Could there be more to this?
"You’re very perceptive; you’ve caught on," Kira grinned.
"If you have a sense of danger, you’re absolutely right."
His earlier fluster was gone; now he wore a mischievous, trickster smile.
"In order to activate ’Damage Condenser,’ I discarded a card from my hand," Kira said, flashing a card.
"The card I discarded was... ’Makyura the Destructor.’"
A grim, ghostly executioner appeared above Kira’s Duel Runner.
Antinomy: "That card is..."
"That’s right. If ’Makyura the Destructor’ is sent to the Graveyard, its controller can activate Trap Cards directly from their hand that turn," Kira explained.
He paused before continuing, smiling.
"Remember I said I wasn’t the top duelist of my dimension, that there are those even greater than I?"
Antinomy pondered.
"Now you’ll witness an invincible combo devised by that true king!"
He drew two cards from his hand.
"I activate both these cards directly from my hand!
First, the Continuous Trap ’Dimension Sphinx’!"
A golden statue, resembling the ancient Sphinx, appeared—a monument of endless energy, adding a new protective barrier atop Spirit Barrier.
Metal Skeleton’s attack struck the barrier. Marshmallon, immune to battle destruction, took the blow, and the leftover damage was nullified by Spirit Barrier—then reflected back by the Sphinx.
A golden energy wave rebounded, directly striking Antinomy.



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