Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1366 Insect Armor Demon Sword
Beetle-equipped machine - Damselfly, destroy.

After a series of exchanges of offense and defense, Kaito finally felt that he had gained the upper hand in the offensive and defensive battles—although even this slight advantage felt quite difficult to win.

Kaito pressed his advantage, shouting, "It's not over yet! Next up is 'Radiant Paradios,' attacking 'Beetle Machine Centipede'!"

The lightsaber of Radiant Photon Paladius sliced ​​through the air, its blade trailing a brilliant blue streak, like a meteor tearing through the night. When the blade touched the metal shell of Beetle-Mounted Centipede, there was no harsh sound of impact, only a burst of blazing white light at the point of contact.

The centipede's body was like fragile glass under the light blade; cracks instantly spread from its waist to its entire body. The next second, its armored shell shattered into countless fragments, each one burning in mid-air and dissipating into tiny specks of light. The shockwave from the explosion whipped up a gust of wind, but Photon Paradios remained unmoved, his lightsaber still firmly in his hand, the tip slightly lowered, as if it had just been a casual swing.

[Yu Xuan, LP2500 → LP2100]

“That will wipe out all your beetle-like machines,” Kaito said coldly. “Next is the spell card ‘Burial Spell Card’, which banishes the spell cards ‘Photon Ascendance’, ‘Acceleration Light’, and ‘Galactic Blast’ from the graveyard and draws two cards from the deck.”

"Finally, three cards are face down, and the turn ends."

Jonouchi said, "He's really a kid not to be underestimated. This kid seems pretty strong."

He glanced at You Xuan and asked, "Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah, things don't look good," You Xuan sighed. "If I die soon, the responsibility of protecting our dimension will fall on your shoulders, senior."

"Stop it."

Castle rolls its eyes.

"You're incredibly resilient, don't think I don't know that. It won't be easy for you, old coin, to crash and burn."

He kept saying the situation was bad, but his face was still all smiles. Jonouchi thought, "I don't believe you for a second; you old fox."

Kaito's expression was also solemn. Although he had turned the tide of the battle, he didn't feel like he had gained any real advantage.

The main feeling came from the opponent's composure, showing none of the unease one would expect from someone whose formation had been broken. It was as if everything was still under their control.

"What's wrong with this guy?" Kaito frowned.

He felt unlike any opponent he had ever faced before.

"My turn, draw a card."

Youxuan draws cards.

"During this turn's Preparation Phase, activate the effect of the Spell Card 'Take Over 5' in your Graveyard."

During the Standby Phase, banish this card from your Graveyard along with any cards of the same name from your Deck. You may then draw one card from your Deck.

So You Xuan calmly added more cards to his draw.

"Then, we will Normal Summon 'Beetle Machine Centipede' from our hand."

With its heavy armor covered in spikes, a pair of metal pincers sparked as the centipede-armored beetle warrior landed on the field once more.

[Beetle-Mounted Centipede, Attack Power 1600]

Kaito: "The second one?"

Furthermore, he remembered that this guy's effect was something like being able to retrieve beetle-shaped components from the graveyard as equipment. So, naturally, what he needed to retrieve was...
"The effect of Beetle Mechanic Centipede!" You Xuan said, "Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can choose one 'Beetle Mechanic' monster from your hand or Graveyard as an Equip Card and equip it to this card."

I salvaged the 'Beetle Assembly - Bumblebee' from the cemetery as equipment!

Kaito gritted his teeth: "It's here after all." Bumblebee, it's Bumblebee again, he knew it.

Awakened once again from the graveyard, Bumblebee flew up to Youxuan's sky, then quickly switched and transformed from human to armed form, falling into the hands of his teammate Centipede.

Centipedes equipped with Bumblebee gain Bumblebee's level, and their attack and defense also increase Bumblebee's attack value.

[Beetle-Mounted Centipede - Attack Power 1600 → Attack Power 2100]

Of course, this effect has never been the main point.

"The effect of Bumblebee needs no further explanation, right?" You Xuan smiled. "Bug Mechanic - Bumblebee's effect is to destroy one card on the field by sending this equipped card to the Graveyard!"

I sent Bumblebee to the graveyard to destroy the 'Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon'!

The hardworking Bumblebee was once again launched as a projectile. Using the Beetle Assembly Centipede's arm, Bumblebee's six metal wings completely folded, and orange-red propulsion flames burst from the gaps in its carapace, shooting towards the Galaxy Eye Photon Dragon like a red-hot nail. The trail left in the air wasn't smoke or dust, but a golden trail that seemed to have been ionized by high heat, followed by a transparent shockwave that exploded behind it, creating a sound barrier-like effect.

"Equip Bumblebee in various ways, then use Bumblebee's effect to destroy my cards. The destruction can then trigger other effects of the equipped monster, allowing for searching or expansion."

Kaito suddenly opened his eyes and shouted.

"I've figured out this attack pattern!"

Activate the face-down card, the trap card 'Bomb Defense'!

Countless fist-sized black spheres emerged from the void, their surfaces covered in magma-like cracks, hovering in front of the photon dragon to form a honeycomb-like defensive array. The black spheres exploded, unleashing raging flames, which solidified in mid-air into a net, with each subsequent exploding black sphere precisely embedding itself into a node of this deadly web.

"Bomb Defense can only be activated when the opponent activates an effect that destroys one of your monsters," Kaito said. "That activation is negated and destroyed, and it inflicts 500 damage to the opponent!"

At this moment, the entire bomb wall had formed a swirling fire tornado. The outermost layer was a bluish-white, high-temperature blast wave, the middle layer was a constantly reorganizing lava flow, and the core was a pitch-black blast center that absorbed all sound. The moment Bumblebee touched the fire tornado, its armor melted like syrup, exploding into dust before it could even reach Galaxy Eye.

[Yu Xuan, LP2100 → LP1600]

"Oh, you have a strategy against Bumblebee. That's a good defense," You Xuan said. "But even if Bumblebee's destructive effect is negated, Bumblebee, as an equipment card, is still sent to the graveyard."

Then the effect of 'Beetle Mechanic - Centipede' activates. If your equipment is sent to the Graveyard, you can add one 'Beetle Mechanic' card from your Deck to your hand.

Youxuan's deck has started to automatically search for cards. A card pops out, and after he draws it, the deck is automatically shuffled.

"Add the Equip Spell 'Beetle-Equipped Magic Sword - Insect King Sword' from your deck to your hand."

Kaito: "Aren't monsters the only ones that can be searched?"

"That's right, the centipede's effect is to retrieve the beetle installation 'card', it doesn't say it has to be a monster."

You Xuan smiled and said.

"Then I will equip the 'Beetle Mechanic Magic Sword - Insect King Sword' to 'Beetle Mechanic - Centipede' with the equipment magic 'Beetle Mechanic Magic Sword - Insect King Sword'.

The demonic sword fell into the centipede's hands, its golden blade embedded in the back of its pincer-like hand, and waves of golden electricity were applied to its body. The centipede roared "Ahhh!" as if its power had surged.

"The equipped centipede's attack power increases by 800 points."

[Beetle-Mounted Centipede - Attack Power 1600 → Attack Power 2400]

(End of this chapter)