Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"【Light Wave】. Could it be!?" Looking at the card activated by Queen Sai on the field, Ed suddenly remembered the "Light of Destruction" that Hayato had mentioned many times before, "That is, the one that possessed you, Queen Sai--"

"Ah, it's the one you were thinking of, Ed." Saioh opened his arms with a wild smile on his face, "Whether it's 'Light of Destruction' or 'Waves of Light', they are both correct names for Him. It was He who chose me, enlightened me, and awakened me. Isn't this a blessing for you? Because countless people will never have the chance to see 'Waves of Light' even if they wait until the world is destroyed, but you can admire this angelic and sacred posture to your heart's content!"

But looking at the self-absorbed Saiou, Ed simply denied it with a complicated expression: "No, Saiou, it's just a demon."

"Heh, there's nothing we can do about it. You, Ed, whose soul is bound by gravity, can only see with your eyes." Shaking his head with regret, Saioh sent a card in his hand to the graveyard. "In addition to the effect of increasing the attack power of Angel-type monsters in perpetuity, the other effect of [Light Wave] can only be activated by discarding a card from my hand."

"From my deck, add two [Mystery Power] monsters with different card names to my hand. As a price, I cannot Special Summon a [Mystery Power] monster during this turn, and I can only use this effect of the [Light Wave] card name once per turn."

After a pause, Saiou showed the two cards he had added to his hand from his deck, "According to the effect of [Light Wave], I will add [Mystery Force XV - Devil] and [Mystery Force XIX - Sun] to my hand."

"Then, discard [Mystery Force XV - Demon] from my hand to activate its effect, and add a [Light Barrier] from my deck and graveyard to my hand." Saiou paused and explained, "In other words, this is the barrier I had already deployed before the duel began!"

"A Field Magic Card that can make a card spirit fall into an abnormal state and be unable to act? It seems to be the same type as my [Magic Bell Cave]." Judai had a serious expression on his face and immediately reminded Ed, "Be careful, Ed, that card is very dangerous!"

"It's too late, Yuki Judai. It's meaningless even if you remind Ed now!" Sai sneered and placed the card he had just added to his hand on the area where the duel disk was unfolded. "Not only because Ed doesn't have the means to stop me, but also because I have successfully added [Light Barrier] to my hand!"

"I must activate the Field Spell Card [Light Barrier] immediately! Right now, right here!"

"Om-"

Under Saiou's feet, the white halo that had disappeared before unfolded again and expanded to encircle him and Ed, forming a pure white barrier. Apart from this, there were no other decorations, and it looked quite simple.

However, just like how the effect of [Pot of Greed] is only one line long but is much stronger than a large number of cards that have short essays in the effect column, the plain-looking [Barrier of Light] has a very abnormal effect.

"In the [Light Barrier], all impure darkness will be expelled, leaving only pure white, sacred light! Enveloped in this pure barrier, life will be sublimated and ascend to heaven!"

Saiou explained the effect of [Light Barrier], "[Mysterious Power] monsters will no longer have their futures determined by fate in [Light Barrier]. Instead, I will directly choose the future results. When using their effects, there is no need to judge the forward and reverse positions. Instead, I will directly choose one to apply."

"Then, the second effect of [Light Barrier] is that when a [Mystic Power] monster destroys an opponent's monster in battle, my Life Points can be restored to the original attack value of the destroyed monster."

"And the third effect is that as long as the [Light Barrier] exists, the effects of monsters other than [Mystery Power] will be invalidated!" Pointing to the field on Ed's field, Saiou laughed wildly, "This naturally includes the [D·hero Blood Demon-D] on your field, Ed!"

“What?!” Hearing the final effect of [Light Barrier] mentioned by Saiou, Ed couldn’t help but widen his eyes. However, despite his surprise, he didn’t slow down his movements. Instead, he played the last card in his hand without hesitation and said, “Then I will activate the [Light Barrier] in a chain. Before it takes effect, I will activate the effect of [D-hero] on my field!”

"C1 [Light Barrier] C2 [D·hero Fatalist]. Since [Light Barrier] has not yet taken effect, the effect of [D·hero Fatalist] will be processed normally. Once during each turn, you can discard a card from my hand to activate it, and send a [D·hero] monster from my deck or hand to the graveyard. I send [D·hero Dreamlander] from my deck to the graveyard."

After a pause, Ed waved his hand: "The attack power of [D·hero Blood Demon-D] will increase due to the number of monsters in both sides' graveyards, but in addition to this, the effect of [D·hero Fatalist] has a follow-up treatment - if there is a [D·hero] monster in my graveyard, the attack power of all [D·hero] on my field will increase by the number of [D·hero] monsters in my graveyard x 200 points until the end of the turn!"

"And now I have nine [D·hero] monsters in my graveyard, so the attack power of [D·hero Blood Demon-D] and [D·hero Desperate Man] on my field increases by an additional 1800 points!"

[Ed Phoenix: 3500LP, hand 1→0]

[D. Hero Blood Demon-D] [ATK3000→3300→5100]

[D·hero] [ATK2000→3800]

Backcourt: [D-Power] [Future Fusion]

After the effect of [D·hero] was completed, the power of [Light Barrier] officially took effect, instantly depriving Ed of the effects of the two monsters on the field.

However, because the effect of [D·hero Fatalist] has been processed, the attack power bonus provided does not disappear as its effect is invalidated. The same is true for [D·hero Blood Demon-D], whose attack power is completely derived from [D-Power] in the backfield, and its attack power does not decrease as its effect is invalidated.

However, the ability of [D·hero Bloodthirster-D] to negate the effects of face-up monsters on the opponent's field disappeared along with the negation of its own effect. At this moment, Ed suddenly realized something and looked up at Saiou: "It's the same type as [D·hero Bloodthirster-D]. Could it be!?"

"You're very perceptive, Ed. Have you noticed the true nature of the power of the [Light Barrier]? After all, you are the owner of [D. Hero Blood Demon-D], my best friend, and an acquaintance of the other owner of [D. Hero Blood Demon-D]. The sources of the three effects of the [Light Barrier] are all related to you, so it's only natural that you discovered it."

King Sai spread his hands, "That's right, in fact, the [Light Barrier] was just a decorative field with no effect in the end, but as the power of the 'Light of Destruction' continued to be transmitted, it eventually gave birth to the current [Light Barrier]."

"The power to restore basic points to the destroyed monsters comes from DD, who killed your father and took his card. D.Hero Blood Demon-D was the previous owner. Then, D.Hero Blood Demon-D, the original host of the Light of Destruction, caused the Light Barrier to have this effect negated. And finally, the power to determine the positive and negative positions of the Mystery Power comes from me, who has the absolute power to decide fate!"

"The past, present and future, this is the complete power of the Trinity!"

Saiou paused and played a card in his hand: "Now that you, Ed, no longer have the suppression provided by [D. Hero Blood Demon-D], it's my turn to really start the fight. If there is a card with a coin-flipping effect on the field, I can activate it and Special Summon this [Mystery Force ⅩⅨ-Sun] that I just retrieved and added to my hand!"

As Saiou put down the card, the air suddenly became hot, and a monster with a twisted body like a long snake was seen hiding in a fireball and rising into the sky, as if to replace the sun in the sky.

[Mystical Power ⅩⅨ-Sun] [7☆/Light] [Angel/Effect]

[2900/2900]

"Due to the effect of [Light Wave], the attack and defense of my Angel-Type monsters will all increase by 300 points!" Saioh said, waving his hand again, "Not only that, I will also activate the appearance effect of [Arcane Power XIX - Sun] at the moment it is successfully Special Summoned!"

"If it's upright, I place a Magic Card with a coin-flipping effect from my deck onto the field. If it's reversed, I destroy all cards in both players' Magic Trap Zones."

Glancing at the [D-Power] and [Future Fusion] on Ed's field, Saiou said, "It's a good choice to destroy Ed's [D-Power] and [Future Fusion], but I prefer another future. So my choice is, of course, the positive position!"

This time, Sai's card didn't even have to act. The [Mystery Power XIX - Sun] card just turned a circle above his head and stopped directly at the right position. Then a fire meteor split from the "second scorching sun" in the sky and fell on Sai's back field.

"If it's a Quick-Play Magic Card, it can't be activated during the turn it's set, but there's no such restriction for a normal Magic Card." Saioh showed the card he had set, "The card I set from my deck is the second [Ace of Holy Grail] in my deck, and I activated it."

"And its final position is, of course, the positive position!"

In Saiou's hand, [Holy Grail A], which has a 100% chance of appearing in the positive position, is much more useful than [Pot of Greed]. After all, it can even be retrieved and there is no restriction that only one card can be placed in the deck. The result of activating [Holy Grail A] again is, as expected, still the positive position, and Saiou also draws another card from the deck.

【斎王琢磨：2900LP，手牌5→5→4→5→5→4→3→5】

[Mysterious Power XIX - Sun] [ATK 2900 → 3200]

Backcourt: [Light Wave]

Venue: [Boundary of Light]

Starting from the [Secret Card Reading], Saiou's cards were continuously played and retrieved, but the number remained at five without much change, while the cards on the field increased one by one.

Without even checking what card he had drawn, Saioh played a card in his hand and said, "Activate the Magic Card [Mystery Array]. If this card is in upright position, I can Special Summon a Level 4☆ or lower [Mystery Power] monster from my Deck. If it is in reverse position, I can Special Summon a monster with a Coin Flip effect from my Graveyard."

"There is no level limit for special summons in the reverse position, so the position I chose this time is, of course, the reverse position!"

For the first time, the reverse position was chosen. Under Saiou's control, the cards of the [Arcane Deck] only turned half a circle before stopping. The upside-down cards activated their effects, and a card was pulled out from Saiou's graveyard - the [Arcane Power XV - Demon] that Saiou had previously retrieved from his hand using the effect of [Light Wave], and then retrieved from his hand by discarding himself from the [Light Barrier]!

[Mysterious Power XV-Devil] [7☆/Light]

【Angel Family/Effect】

【2500/2500→2800/2800】

[D. Hero Blood Demon-D] [ATK5100→5000]

"When [Arcane Power XV - Demon] is Special Summoned, I activate its effect. I choose the Positive Position, giving it the ability to activate when declaring an attack during battle, targeting a monster on the field, destroying it and inflicting 500 damage to its controller."

"However, even though the effect has been negated, my [D-Power] is still protecting the [D·Hero]s, so that the cards on my field will not become the target of the opponent's effects." Ed said after hearing Saiou's choice.

Saioh also spread his hands helplessly: "There is nothing I can do. I have said that the future cannot be changed, just like how humans cannot avoid the fate of destruction no matter how hard they try. [Mystery Power XV - Devil] only has two effects. If I don't choose the upright position, do I have to choose the reverse position effect of 'When this card declares an attack for battle, activate and destroy all monsters on the field'?"

Although the effect of the reversed [Arcane Power XV - Demon] does not select a target, the problem is that all of Ed's monsters have resistance that cannot be destroyed by effects this turn, so it is better to choose the first effect, at least you won't get into trouble.

"I haven't performed a Normal Summon yet this turn. I Normal Summon [Mystery Force V - Hierophant] from my hand in Attack Position and activate its effect to determine the forward and reverse positions."

[Mysterious Power V-Phitan] [4☆/Light]

【Angel Family/Effect】

【1500/1500→1800/1800】

After the card started to spin, Saiou explained the card's effect, "When it's upright, I can Special Summon a Level 4☆ or lower [Mystic Power] monster from my Deck that has the same name but is not on my field or in my Graveyard. When it's reversed, I can Special Summon a [Mystic Power] monster from my Deck to your opponent's field."

While Ed had a look on his face that said, "You're going to choose the right position again, right?", Saiou suddenly made a different choice:

"This time I chose - reverse position!"

After hearing King Sai's choice, Judai and John looked at each other, and their first reactions were surprisingly the same - King Sai, is he a scumbag? (End of this chapter)