Yu-Gi-Oh! Your Friends Are Fighting Out of the Underworld

Chapter 279: Downwind
"Me...myself?"

As the dimensional-tearing slash struck, Yugi Muto felt everything before him rushing away at an alarming speed.

Gods, cities, calamities.

The various corpses and the dazzling struggles shocked his mind.

The few seconds of silence passed in an instant, and the scene that shocked him yet could not comprehend ultimately led to... defeat!
'boom'

By the time the Pharaoh came to his senses, the so-called strongest warrior had completely forced the magician back, and behind him, the true duelist naturally placed his hand on the top layer of the deck.

"My turn, draw a card."

With the announcement, the warrior's figure seemed to finally dissipate, but the armor did not disappear; instead, it remained on the field.

That is to say...

"Has it started yet?"

"During the main phase, I will summon the 'Soul of the Super Warrior'."

"Super Warrior Soul (lv1)"

"Attribute/Earth"

Race/Warrior

"atk/0 def/0"

"Then, I sent the Ritual Monster 'Chaos Warrior' from my hand to the Graveyard to awaken the soul of the ancient warrior."

"soul……"

"The ATK of 'Super Warrior' Special Summoned by its own effect is increased to 3000, and this effect lasts until the end of your turn."

Gradually, the armor, which was placed like an offering, was lifted up by a surge of spiritual energy, proclaiming that the warrior's unwavering will remained on the field.

"Super Warrior Soul"

"atk/0→3000"

"Dragonstone, necromancy, and now the chaotic power of light and darkness..."

As he watched the soaring attack power, a solemn expression appeared on the Pharaoh's face.

Under that serious gaze, You Ming merely smiled slightly:

"Then, I set two cards face down in the back row, and that ends this turn."

"Well, it's my turn, draw a card."

But when his gaze swept over the cards in his hand, he failed to show any sign of relaxation.

"This is bad. Although I had a premonition when we lost the initiative, now..."

Upon catching that fleeting moment of hesitation, Cheng Zhi's heart skipped a beat.

"So the game has indeed turned against us."

"Isn't it premature for you to draw that conclusion? The game hasn't even started yet."

That's why I said that.

Faced with Honda's questioning, he couldn't help but look at his own deck.

"Duel is definitely not a game that can be played simply by looking at your own deck, but that guy... Yumei has far exceeded common sense."

Gazing at that towering, dark figure, a deep unease even welled up within the city.

"The decks he's using now aren't the ones he used to fight Kaiba, which means the game knows absolutely nothing about him, so..."

"We really should just have to be patient now."

Holding his breath and concentrating, the Pharaoh made his decision.

"I summon 'Shield Guardian' in Defense Position."

"Giant Shield Guardian (lv4)"

"Attribute/Earth"

Race/Warrior

"def/2600"

"Then set three cards face down in the back row."

"Wait, this development is..."

"End of round!" With the announcement, the spirit that had been there vanished, and the armor fell to the ground.

"Super Warrior Soul"

"atk/3000→0"

In fact, from this moment on, its mission was already accomplished.

Their attitude of simply holding their ground and ignoring the situation reveals a sense of helplessness... This is probably true if we think about it from Pharaoh's perspective.

However, what stands there now is not only the soul of the nameless Pharaoh, but also the well-known 'Container King'—the game!
"Damn it, this guy probably had Yugi Muto play for him, right?"

Looking at the three blocks in the backcourt and then at the high-defense monsters on the field, Youming felt a chill run down his spine.

"This guy is a famous underworld figure."

"...Do you really have the right to criticize this?"

"What's wrong? Is it a problem that I hope my opponents are from the living world just because I'm playing underworld cards?"

"..."

"Ahem, but it doesn't really matter, since I'm not the one in charge of this duel anyway."

Meeting the deathly gaze of the yashiki-dōji, Yūmei finally mustered the courage to cough twice.

"Since the opponent is unwilling to attack, let's start from here... My turn, draw a card."

After glancing at the card he had drawn, Yu Ming quickly flipped it face down.

"During the main phase, I activate my face-down card 'Rough Man's Slash' in my backrow, then release the Warrior-Type monster 'Super Warrior Spirit' on the field, destroying the face-down card in the center of your backrow."

When that slash from three thousand years ago struck directly at the back of the field, the pink firecrackers that were thrown up made his heart tremble.

"The card you destroyed was 'Magic Cylinder'."

"Holy crap, a magic tube!"

Upon seeing the broken red cannon barrel, You Ming couldn't help but wipe away a cold sweat.

"So after destroying your card, according to the effect of 'Rough Man's Strike,' I can draw another card from my deck... Then, if there are no monsters on the field, I activate 'Rough Man's Expectation' and Special Summon 'Dark Sword of the Dark Realm' from my deck."

"Warrior of the Dark Demon World - Dark Sword (lv4)"

Attribute/Dark

Race/Warrior

"atk/1800 def/1500"

"Next, I will summon 'Gaia, the Knight of the Midnight'!"

"Knight of the Midnight - Gaia (lv4)"

Attribute/Dark

Race/Warrior

"atk/1600 def/1200"

The dimensional radiance, carrying the fluidity of the night, caused two monsters to rise up on the field.

Immediately, the black knight on the white horse raised his dark spear:
"Then I activated the effect of 'Knight of the Midnight,' Tributing the DARK monster 'Dark Sword,' and adding a Level 4 LIGHT Warrior-Type monster from my Deck to my hand."

"Release a DARK monster... but it adds a LIGHT monster to your hand?"

"That's right, isn't that what chaos is all about? The long night will eventually be 'opened,' and light will eventually shine upon this world... Well, I guess I'm just not suited to talking about this kind of thing."

After a wry smile, Youming's fingers swiftly groped for a glimmer of light in the deck:
"I add 'Knight of the Frontier' to my hand, then send one card from my hand to the Graveyard."

"To open up... the power of light?"

"Then, I banished the previously released 'Super Warrior's Spirit' from the Graveyard and added 'Dark Knight' to my hand."

"And then there's the power of darkness... Could it be?!"

"Now, I activate 'Preparation for the Ritual' from my hand, and summon the Ritual Spell 'Super Warrior's Ritual' from my Deck..."

"I won't let you do that!"

Before the magic card could be fully activated, a six-pointed star array rose up.

Directly in front of him, the elf of "Black Magician" Mahad held up his wand with a solemn expression.

"Trap Card 'Spell Interference Array' - Discard one card from your hand to negate its spell effect!"

(End of this chapter)