Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Although the [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon] now has an attack power of 15000 points, the number of times it can be summoned after meeting the summoning conditions is unlimited, and it also has a powerful effect of bouncing all cards on the field back to the deck.

However, none of this changes the fact that [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon] is essentially a card without any resistance. Therefore, when faced with Hayato's attack using [Coral Dragon], it was only blocked for a moment before being destroyed.

“Rainbow-Dragon!” It would be impossible for John not to feel disappointed and regretful as he watched his [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon] be so easily defeated, even though this scene was within his expectations.

After all, others may not understand [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon], but surely he himself does? The lack of resistance and interference means that [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon] is not suitable as a field-ending unit, and can only be used as a counter-attack unit. However, neither of its two effects can be used in the turn it enters the field, which is quite ironic.

【小林隼人：4000LP，手牌4→3→2→3→2】

【Junora, the Prison Goddess】【ATK3100】

[Doppelganger Derivative] [ATK400]

[Doppelganger Derivative] [ATK400]

【Huzhilong】【ATK2400】

Backstage: [Yaosheng ~ Homecoming Parallelism~] [Yaosheng ~ Rhapsody of Madness~]

John Anderson: 4000LP, 0 in hand

【Thunder Emperor - Hamon】【DEF4000】

Location: [Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins]

Using the effect of [Coral Dragon] to destroy John's [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon], Hayato continued, "My Synchro Summon isn't over yet. Next, I'll use my Level 6 Tuner monster [Coral Dragon] and two Level 1 non-Tuner monsters [Doppelganger Token] as Synchro Materials to satisfy the material requirement of having at least one Tuner monster plus one non-Tuner monster!"

"Black-winged magician, dance under the starlight and become my devout priest!"

"Summoning Synchro, Level 6☆+1☆+1☆=8☆!"

"Seal off, Blackwing High Priest!"

Hayato, who almost called the wrong monster's name, corrected himself in time and drew another Synchro Monster card. On his field, a girl wearing a magnificent white priestess robe with a pair of black and purple wings on her back gracefully landed.

"Due to limited resources and the inability to afford the second-best deck and the Sword of Equality, the deck I'm actually playing today is the [Radiant Saint] [Explosive Body] deck!"

【Nightwing Priestess】【8☆/Wind】

[Mage Race/Synchronization/Effect]

[2500/2500]

As Hayato unleashes the new monster, his Duel Disk begins searching for cards: "If Nightwing Priest is Special Summoned, activate its effect: Set one Burst Mode card from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard onto my field. Cards set by this effect can also be activated the turn they are set."

"And the second effect of [Coral Dragon]: If this Synchro Summoned card is sent to the Graveyard, I draw one card from my Deck."

Hayato caught the card that popped out of his deck and inserted it into the Spell Trap Zone. He drew a card and then showed another card in his hand, saying, "Next is this card. The effect of 【Crimson Swordsman/Burst Mode】 is to reveal this card from my hand to my opponent to activate it. Then I add one 【Burst Mode】 or any card with that name from my deck to my hand, and then return this card to my deck."

"The card I retrieved is this [Explosive Lich]."

"Then I activate the second effect of [Nightwing Priest], discard one card from my hand as Cost, select one monster from my Deck with the card name of [Burst Mode], Special Summon it or add it to my hand. This turn I cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck unless they are Synchro Monsters."

"I discard [Explosive Lich] and then Special Summon [Psycho-Reflector] from my deck."

[Psychodynamic Reflector] [1☆/Dark]

[Psychokinesis/Adjustment/Effect]

[400/300]

"The monster we just found is just being discarded as a cost?" John looked at the [Exploding Lich] that Hayato sent to the graveyard with some confusion, not understanding why he had specifically used the effect of [Crimson Swordsman/Exploding] to find it if it was going to be discarded.

"I'll use sending [Explosive Lich] to the graveyard." Hayato snapped his fingers. "This can only be activated if [Psycho-Reflector] is Normal or Special Summoned. I add one [Explosive Mode] card other than [Psycho-Reflector] from my Deck to my hand, and I choose the Field Spell Card [Duel Evolution - Explosive Zone] and activate it!"

The surrounding environment changed once again. The [Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins], whose effects had been nullified, was directly demolished and rebuilt into a circular arena. Countless spectator seats were left around it, which seemed to be able to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people watching the game at the same time. However, the most eye-catching thing was the strange track that circled the arena. It looked like it was used for something to race.

"Let me give you a sneak peek at the Duel Monsters Arena that the Kaiba Group is still planning and will probably take several more years to build. But at the same time, this is also an environment where the [Burstoids] can give full play to their abilities."

Hayato takes a card from his deck. "When the effect of [Duel Evolution - Burst Zone] is activated, I select a monster with the [Burst Mode] card name from my Deck or Graveyard and add it to my hand. I choose [Burst Beast]."

"And activate the effect of [Burst Beast], discard this card from my hand to the graveyard to activate it, and add one [Burst Mode] card from my deck to my hand."

【小林隼人：4000LP，手牌2→3→3→2→3→2→3→3】

The retrieved [Burst Mode] was revealed from Hayato's hand: "[Psycho-Reflector]'s second effect: Reveal one [Burst Mode] card from my hand to my opponent, and target any monster in my Graveyard other than one [Psycho-Reflector] with the [Burst Mode] card name, Special Summon it to my field, and increase its Level by up to 4 stars."

"I Special Summon [Explosive Lich] and raise its level by 2 stars to 6 stars."

Hayato's [Psycho-Reflector] crossed its arms, and the resonant psychic waves shook the space, opening a portal to the graveyard. The [Explosive Lich], who had just been sent to the graveyard, actually returned to Hayato's field through the portal.

[Explosive Lich] [4☆/Dark→6☆/Dark] [Undead/Adjustment/Effect]

[1500/0]

"It's not over yet! This effect can only be activated when [Explosive Lich] is Normal or Special Summoned. I Special Summon one monster with the [Explosive Mode] card name or a Level 4 or lower Zombie monster from my Graveyard. I Special Summon this [Explosive Sniper] that I previously discarded from my hand as Cost for the effect of [Coral Dragon]!"

Leaving through the passage connecting to the cemetery, the [Explosive Lich] did not close the passage. Instead, it hooked one end with its scythe, preventing it from closing, allowing the [Explosive Sniper] to follow it out of Hayato's graveyard and onto the field.

[Explosive Sniper] [4 stars/location]

[Beast Warrior Race/Effect]

[1600/800]

"Use my Level 1☆ Tuner monster [Psychic Reflector] and Level 6☆ [Explosive Lich] as Synchro Material. If [Explosive Lich] is used as Synchro Material, it can be treated as a non-Tuner monster. To satisfy the material requirement, you need at least one Tuner monster plus one non-Tuner monster!"

"Let the gathered dream crystals open a new path of evolution and push open the door to dazzling light!"

"Summoning Synchro, Level 1☆ + 6☆ = 7☆!"

"A Heart as Clear as a Mirror and as Still as Water - [Meteor Ascending to Dragon]!"

【Meteor Rising Dragon】【7☆/Light】

[Dragon/Synchro/Adjustment/Effect]

[2100/1700]

Meteor Rising Dragon, whose appearance is highly similar to one of the ace monsters of a duelist who is proficient in "Crab Rising Fist" in the future, descends onto Hayato's field in Synchro Light and releases a beam of starlight that shines on Hayato's deck.

"First is the effect of [Explosive Lich]: This effect can only be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard as Synchro Material, adding one [Explosive Slash] or [Explosive Counter] to your hand."

"This effect can only be activated when [Meteor Rising Dragon] is Synchro Summoned. Send a monster with a lower Level than its own from my Deck to the Graveyard and reduce its Level by that monster's Level. This turn, I cannot activate the effects of that monster or any monster with the same name."

"I'll chain C1 [Meteor Rising] and C2 [Explosive Lich], and first add [Explosive Counter] to my hand." Hayato took out a card, then sent another star-shrouded card he had searched in his deck to the graveyard. "And the card I sent to the graveyard was this noble Camida!"

Watching Hayato send a Normal Monster to the graveyard, even Caesar couldn't help but complain: "That monster is clearly a Normal Monster, [Lion Wizard], isn't it? With only 1350 attack power and a level of 5, it's just a weak monster."

"Tsk tsk, you're finished, Caesar. How dare you speak ill of God like that. Even the humble God has no choice but to defeat you now." Hayato shook his head with a regretful expression. "But look closely, this card isn't an ordinary Kami, but a special form of Kami after it has slightly revealed its power."

"【Black Demon - Lion Witch】! This card's level is not 5☆ but 4☆, therefore 【Meteor Dragon】's level will also decrease by 4☆ to 3☆ under the power of Kami."

With another wave of his hand, pointing to the [Burst Sniper] on his field, Hayato said, "Then I will use the effect of the [Burst Sniper] on my field. I can only target one face-up monster on my field to activate this effect. I can reveal one Synchro Monster from my Extra Deck to my opponent, and make the Attribute and Type of the targeted monster the same as the monster that was revealed until the end of this turn. And the target I chose is the [Meteor Rising Dragon] on my field."

"Reveal the Synchro Monster 'Transcendent Synchro Dragon', and change the Type and Attribute of 'Meteor Dragon' to the same Dragon/Wind type as 'Transcendent Synchro Dragon' until the end of this turn."

After changing the level and attributes of [Meteor Rising Dragon], Hayato looked around at the surrounding environment and whistled: "It's rare to have such a field open up, wouldn't it be a waste not to take advantage of it? Before Kaiba's D-Wheel is developed, let me ride the card at breakneck speed once!"

"The required materials are a WIND Tuner and a non-Tuner WIND Synchro Monster. Send my Level 3 WIND Tuner monster [Meteor Rising] and Level 8 non-Tuner WIND Synchro Monster [Nightwing Priest] as Synchro Materials to the Graveyard!"

"Keep on Burning Soul! Burn to the bone! Kick everything aside like a storm and floor the gas pedal!"

With a song-like tone, Hayato chanted the summoning incantation, and on the field, [Meteor Rising Dragon] and [Nightwing Priest] rose up together, transforming into a Star Ring and Synchro Starlight. Within the expanding pillar of light, the figure of [Phantom Wing Synchro Dragon] appeared, and then transformed like a machine!
"Summoning Synchro, Level 3☆ + 8☆ = 11☆!"

"Full Power Unleashed - [High-Speed ​​Dash Robot/Phantom Wing Mount]!"

[High-Speed ​​Dash Robot/Phantom Wing Mount] [11☆/Wind]

[Mechanical Race/Synchro/Effect]

[3500/2000]

The last thing to emerge from the beam of light from the Synchro Summoning was not a monster in the conventional sense, but a motorcycle that appeared to be driverless. Under the control of the "Machine Spirit," it came to a steady stop in front of Hayato, who unceremoniously got on and twisted the throttle to make the engine roar happily.

"Hmph, very good, this is the kind of vehicle that matches this venue." Hayato patted the motorcycle's control panel, looking as happy as if he had just received a new toy.

"It was clearly you who said it was a 'Radiant Saint' 'Explosive' deck, teacher," John retorted. "Are those monsters like 'Explosive Lich' all there is to the 'Explosive' deck?"

"You mean this? I almost forgot about it." Hayato glanced at his face-down cards in the back row and waved his hand. "In that case, I'll pay 2000 Life Points to activate the effect of the Field Spell Card [Duel Evolution - Burst Zone]."

"I need to pay 2000 Life Points to activate this effect, and I can only do it once this turn. The Synchro Monster I Tribute to activate [Burst Mode] can also be chosen from the Extra Deck. And now, I'll use this effect to activate my backrow Faceless Card—[Burst Mode]!"

The Burst Mode set by Nightwing Priest can still be activated during the turn it is set, even if Nightwing Priest has left Hayato's field.

From Hayato's Extra Deck, one card is sent to the Graveyard by Hayato, and then an extremely exaggerated aura descends upon Hayato's field once again. A gigantic steel warrior, wielding an unfolded electromagnetic cannon, steps onto the field!
"Although I don't have enough points to complete the entire deck yet, I can still afford to upgrade just one card. So since I've already spent a full 2000 Life Points, I might as well summon a slightly stronger card!"

Hayato held up the card and shouted, "Release this [TG Gunner] from the Extra Deck, Trans-Am!"

"Full Power Unleashed – [TG Halberd Gunner/Explosive Body]!" (End of Chapter)