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

Chapter 378 Evil Heart Counterattack
The light shimmered, as if forming a wondrous arc in the duelist's hands.

It's like a portal and a peephole, showing the observer everything that another world has to offer:
"Miracle……"

The overlord chewed on this word.

Within that radiant light, he could feel the tremors and discomfort.

Those victims who had long since fallen and transformed their elemental nature into evil seemed to have undergone a tremendous test of their remaining obsessions.

That tremor, once transmitted through his senses, reached the depths of his heart as a duelist.

"Well……"

"You look like you're in a lot of pain?"

"Ah, after all, this is the pain of 'heroes,' and everything you've shown is tantamount to completely negating them."

He simply waved away the dragon wings that seemed to be faintly visible, as if they were protecting him:

“I was revived by their sacrifice, and naturally I must also bear all that they have to bear.”

Gazing at the calm expression beneath the helmet, You Ming suddenly recalled a small detail about the Overlord from the original work:

"How should I put it? He truly lives up to his reputation as the king who reigns over the gentle darkness."

"Let's stop with that kind of claim; it's just someone else's far-fetched interpretation."

Upon hearing this, the Overlord simply shook his head:
"Light and darkness are neither right nor wrong; darkness can nurture all things, but it can also fuel hatred and loathing."

Perhaps the radiance of "Sunrise Knight" was too dazzling; under that radiance, almost indistinguishable from the sun, he even shielded his eyes.

"The light that shines on the world brings hope, but it can also incite unease and strife, and lead to despair."

You Ming could sense that the golden eyes seemed to have been firmly imprinted on the card in his hand from the very beginning:
What can your "miracle" bring?

Upon hearing this, even You Ming himself couldn't help but glance at the card in his hand.

Then, he shook his head:

"A so-called 'miracle' is merely a kind of opportunity; it doesn't necessarily symbolize anything."

Then, the duelist slowly placed the card into the back row:
'Click'

The moment the card was activated, a dazzling vortex appeared on the earth.

"But it can become the cornerstone of your ideal—'Miracle Fusion' activated, banishing 'Elemental HERO Liquid Man' and 'Elemental HERO Flame Man' from your Graveyard as Fusion Materials, and Fusion Summon that monster from your Extra Deck once more."

The ice crystals shimmered, and the pure white shadow that should have vanished reappeared:
"Elemental Heroes - Absolute Zero."

"Elemental Heroes - Absolute Zero"

"atk/2500"

"Then, because an additional attribute has been added to my field, the attack power of all monsters will increase by 200 points."

"Absolute Zero Hero"

"atk/2500→3100"

"Sunrise Man"

"atk/2900→3100"

"Atomic Fire"

"atk/3000→3200"

"Then, when 'Liquid Man' is banished as a Fusion Material for 'Hero,' I draw two cards from my deck, and then..."

After glancing at the card in his hand, Youming paused for a moment before making his announcement.

He looked at the elderly hero beside him, who seemed to have materialized, and under his resolute gaze, Yumei took out the monster card that seemed to radiate lightning:
"Then send one card from your hand to the graveyard."

Gently place him in the grave, and the hero's figure vanishes.

With that, all the preparations are now complete.
"Are you preparing to attack?"

"...As expected of the Overlord, his intuition is extremely sharp."

"But I still have two cover cards in my backcourt."

"Of course, I won't forget it—the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Masked Change,' which sends 'Absolute Zero' to the Graveyard and Special Summons a 'Masked HERO' of the same Attribute from the Extra Deck."

The icebergs melted, turning into surging torrents, and the pure white ice transformed into a vast blue ocean:

Special Summon "Masked Hero - Acid Water".

"Masked Hero - Acid Water (lv8)"

Attribute/Water

"atk/2600→3200 def/2100" "Just for 100 points of attack power?"

The Overlord asked.

"As you already know, 'Evil Blade Death Demon' cannot be destroyed by effects."

"That's right, but when 'Acid Water' is played, it can destroy your back row cards."

"Whizzing"

"Masked Hero" quickly drew his gun, and the fluid that spewed from the muzzle, seemingly like a clear spring, completely dissolved the cards in the Overlord's back row.

The crimson card and text appeared together, as if telling a story of resentment:

"Explosive Armor, Dimensional Clarity, your backcourt stuff is pretty interesting."

The Overlord didn't say much in response, but simply gestured:

"Come on, whatever you want to convey."

"So, the battle phase—"

At the duelist's command, the heroes leaped across the line drawn in the center of the battlefield.

Water, light, and fire.

[Overlord LP: 4000→3800→3700→3500]

With the "Evil Hero" with a score of 3000 still standing in front, simply attacking is obviously not enough to cause more damage.

However, this occasion is actually just right.

"That's enough."

The steadfast one whispered:
"You've really made it this far."

However, the fallen still struggled to shake off the other:

"You think you can persuade us to surrender with just words now? You're still as naive as ever."

The evil hero's face was completely obscured by biomaterial resembling a demonic shell, leaving only a mouth that could perhaps still be called human, twisted in a grotesque manner.

"It's not over yet."

"So, this is their wish."

"Yes, yes, I got it. Anyway, that's how duels are always. They're always just talking the talk until they've actually finished the fight—set a card to the back row, end your turn—"

Despite this declaration, "Atomic Fire" raised its atomic cannon:
'boom'

"Because 'Atomic Fire' is still on the field, at the end of my turn, I will set 'Change' quick-play spell—'Shape Change'—back onto the field."

"Well, my turn then - draw a card."

The moment the card was drawn, the Overlord's golden eyes re-examined the battlefield:

"Then, once per turn, I Special Summon 'Evil HERO - Poison Bubble Demon' directly from my hand."

"Evil Hero - Poison Bubble Demon (lv4)"

"atk/800 def/1200"

The jet-black Bubble Man has now made his debut, and of course, he inherits almost all the effects:
"Then, if this card is Special Summoned, and there is a Fusion Monster on the field that can only be Special Summoned by the effect of 'Dark Fusion,' I draw two cards from my Deck."

'Zizzi'

At the very moment the Overlord drew the card, a dark flame flickered at his fingertips.

Perhaps, the counterattack of the "evil hero" has finally arrived:

"Under the same conditions, I will Special Summon 'Evil Hero - Prism of the Dead'."

On the field, a shattered mirror was reflected:
"Evil Hero-Death Prison Demon (lv4)"

"atk/1700 def/1100"

"Tsk, 'Prism'."

Looking at the mirror, You Ming couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

As a dark version of "Prism Man," the effect is naturally the same:

"I send a 'Hero' from my deck to the graveyard, and its form will be reflected in the shattered prism."

As darkness gathered, the twisted demon in the mirror gradually became a very classic hero:

"The card I sent to the graveyard was—'Elemental HERO - Winged Warrior'."

(End of this chapter)