Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: Duelists Beyond Light

“Beep beep beep————————”

Jack Atlas: LP: 4000 → 3700

【Crimson Dragon - Burst Form, Attack Power: 4500→5100】

"boom------------"

A violent explosion rang out, accompanied by endless smoke!

Crimson Dragon Burst Mode narrowly defeated Machine Emperor Divine Mind in this battle, but due to the negative effects of Miracle Trail, Placido was not injured in the battle.

But what's worse is yet to come.

That is—the attack module used by Machine Emperor Divine Intelligence in its first attack has been replaced, and the remaining attack module and the upgraded Attack Module Type 5 can now launch another attack!

In other words, the Machine Emperor - Divine Mind can also unleash a terrifying double attack with a power of up to 4800 points!!!

"Hehehehe!!" At this moment in the duel, Placido's long-suppressed arrogance was finally revealed. "A futile struggle!! Jack!!!"

"The Roar of Pride's effect can only last for one battle!!"

"Now, the Crimson Dragon - Burst Body's attack power has returned to 4500!!"

"My Machine Emperor - Mental Attack Power is still higher than that of Crimson Dragon - Burst Body!!"

"Now, prepare for a devastating double whammy!!!"

"Machine Emperor - Divine Mind!!"

"Type 5 attack! Laser blast!!!"

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle——————————————"

The Machine Emperor's kneeling body suddenly straightened, and blue sparks burst from the white smoke rising from the tracks. The overloaded components were forcibly cooled down in an extremely short time!
The core reactor's light shifted from chaotic flickering to steady pulses, and a clear aiming reticle reappeared on the holographic screen. This time, the reticle was firmly locked onto the head of the Crimson Dragon Burst!

"Continuous attack program initiated!!"

The synthesized mechanical voice carried an undeniable chill as the giant cannon atop the Machine Emperor's head began to overclock, distorting the air around the barrel due to energy overload, and data streams converging at the muzzle into a continuously spinning blue vortex!
The vortex abruptly contracted into a needle-like beam of energy, a stream of energy more condensed than any previous attack, tearing through the sky and striking precisely between the eyebrows of the Crimson Lotus Demon Dragon's Exploding Form! The instant the beam pierced through, the horn atop the dragon's head, symbolizing its Exploding Form, snapped off, its wings visibly withered, and the black blazing light on its dark golden scales rapidly faded!

"Boom!"

"Roar!!!!!!!"

With a piercing roar, the massive body of the Crimson Lotus Demon Dragon Burst Form shrank rapidly. The bone spikes and fin membranes unique to the Burst Form melted away like a wax figure, eventually reverting to its original Crimson Lotus Demon Dragon form! Its neck drooped, and its vertical pupils, which had originally burned with ghostly flames, dimmed considerably. Clearly, it had lost the boost from the Burst Form in this attack, and its power had been greatly diminished!
"Special Summon Crimson Dragon from the Graveyard when Crimson Dragon Burst is destroyed!!" Jack Atlas roared.

“Beep beep beep————————”

Jack Atlas: LP: 3700 → 3400

"But there's a second attack, Jack!!" Placido's arrogant voice came through the haze.

The Machine Emperor gave it no chance to breathe; its head unfolded and began a series of complex mechanical transformations, assembling into a longer, thicker composite cannon barrel!
The light from the core reactor suddenly surged to its peak, illuminating the mech's chest cavity as if it were transparent. The invisible energy field stirred up the rubble on the ground, forming a rotating ring of rubble around the mech!
"Final determination: Target threat level has decreased, proceed with elimination procedure."

The composite cannon no longer spewed out beams of light, but rather a torrent of countless tiny energy projectiles, like a blue meteor shower pouring down!
The Crimson Lotus Dragon roared and struggled, spreading its wings in an attempt to block, but its wing membranes, stripped of the Burst Form's enhancement, were utterly unable to withstand such a dense barrage of attacks. Its scales shattered piece by piece under the bombardment of energy blasts, and magma-like blood gushed from its wounds, turning into burning blood mist in the air.

When the final energy blast struck the dragon's heart, there was no earth-shattering explosion, but rather a chain reaction of energy collapse. The Crimson Dragon's body began to disintegrate from the inside out; its bones and scales were crushed into dust in the collapsing force field. Its six membranous wings were the first to turn to ash, followed by its torso and head, finally vanishing completely in the blue torrent of energy, leaving only scorching dust floating in the air!
The Mech Emperor slowly retracted its composite cannon, reverting to its previous mechanical tyrannosaurus form, and the light from its core reactor gradually faded. Above the battlefield, only a faint smell of sulfur and lingering heat remained as traces of the Crimson Dragon's existence, while the nameplate on the mech's chest still gleamed coldly amidst the smoke.

"Set one card face down, end turn!" Placido set down the card he had drawn through the Trail of Miracles, a cruel smirk playing on his lips.

But at that very moment, as the heat of the battlefield gradually dissipated, a card covering the ground suddenly emitted a soft moonlight.

The patterns along the edges of the card spread out like living vines, and a fragmented starlight totem emerged in the center—"The Afterglow of Miracles!"

"Trap Card activated—Miracle Remnant!!" Jack Atlas announced, "Resurrecting the Crimson Dragon, which was destroyed by battle this turn, from the Graveyard!!"

The scorching dust floating in the air suddenly stopped settling, and the sulfur molecules that had dissipated reformed, forming a swirling, silvery-white vortex above the card!
At the center of the cyclone, countless tiny points of light, like awakened stardust, began to arrange themselves along some ancient trajectory, gradually outlining the skeletal contours of the Crimson Lotus Demon Dragon!

"Roar----------"

The crimson light suddenly surged, illuminating the entire battlefield as if it were daytime. The scales and fragments, crushed into dust by the collapsing energy, reformed in the light, flying back to their original positions. Their dark golden luster, though less dazzling than before, carried a resilient strength, as if reborn from the ashes!

[Red Lotus Dragon]

【Eight Stars】

[Dark Attribute/Dragon]

[Attack/Defense: 3000/2000]

"What good is it, Jack?" Placido mocked sarcastically. "Even if you resurrect the Crimson Dragon, its attack power is still insufficient to contend with my Machine Emperor - Divinity."

"Furthermore, next turn, Machine Emperor's Mind can steal your monsters!!"

"Do you have a second Burst Mode card?!"

Jack Atlas's gaze turned cold amidst the raging wind, yet within that coldness burned an insatiable fighting spirit. To everyone's astonishment, he actually pulled the handlebars with both hands while driving in manual mode, pulling up the sleeve of his other arm with one hand to reveal a dazzling red dragon mark!
“Burst Mode…” Jack Atlas coldly retorted, “I don’t need that kind of thing at all!!”

"Similarly, the power of the red dragon is meaningless to me!!"

"Those are all just shackles imposed on me!!"

"This time, I'll show you the real Jack Atlas!!"

"The king is the king!!"

"The King of Kings who must never be enslaved!!!" With that roar, Jack Atlas ripped off a glove, tearing open the flesh bearing the red dragon's mark, blood gushing down his arm!

Jack Atlas has long believed that everything he does is orchestrated by the Red Dragon.

This arrangement has reduced him, the king of the past timeline, to a clown!

Then he must break free from the mark that made him a clown, just as Ludger cut off his arm!
"Drink it!!!!!!!!!"

Jack Atlas roared with all his might, his high-pitched roar soaring into the sky.

Seeing this, You Qing and the others were all stunned.

"Jack... he gave up the power of the Red Dragon?!"

Before the words were even finished, the old Moment device in the satellite district exploded with a deafening roar, unleashing a dark red beam of light that sent shockwaves crashing down on New Domino City, accompanied by surging waves!

Crimson flames rained down from the dark clouds, pouring onto Jack Atlas. The bloody, mangled flesh on his arm reformed under that terrifying power, ultimately transforming into a new mark—the Crimson Demon Mark!

José and Luciano, who were watching the battle, were both shocked: "Wait?! He actually awakened the Crimson Demon that was suppressed under the Old Moment Tower?!"

“It’s not an awakening… but rather a contract signed in the dark. The moment Jack Atlas saw Yu Qing’s double Star Tuning, some kind of thought was triggered within him. Now, just like in the past timeline, he has become the master of the Crimson Demon…” Jose said in a low voice. After observing for a long time, he added, “No, it’s not quite the same either. Jack Atlas’s deck still contains that power…”

“Beep beep————————”

[Jack Atlas, SPC: 5→6]

[Plasido, SPC: 5→6]

"My turn! Draw a card!!" Jack Atlas's entire body was engulfed in dark purple crimson flames. "Terrifying power of fear... With this evil!! I will annihilate you scum!!"

"Exile Earthbound God: Crimson Nova from your hand!!"

"Send the Crimson Dragon on the field to the graveyard!!"

"Special Summon Crimson Nova Dragon from the Extra Deck as a Synchro Summon!!"

"The dark earth has shattered!!"

"With the flames of the Crimson Lotus!!"

"Burn the darkness of the world to ashes!!!"

"A terrifying beast that roars through the heavens!!"

"Come on stage!!"

"True Crimson Nova Dragon!!!"

“Boom boom boom boom————————————”

The heaven and earth are shaking.

That was no ordinary tremor, but a mournful cry from space itself being squeezed by some supreme being!
Suddenly, a crimson rift split open across the sky, like an old scar torn open by a dragon's claw. Boiling lava poured down from the fissure, staining the sea of ​​clouds a turbulent crimson. All the shadows on the earth began to twist and crawl, bowing in worship towards the crack like living creatures!
"roar------------------"

Wings of blazing flame, obscuring the sky, pierced the void first, each scale ablaze with karmic fire powerful enough to incinerate stars. As the crimson dragon's body, comparable to a mountain, fully materialized, twelve stars, burning with dark red runes, slowly rotated around its neck before igniting into a raging inferno!

The instant the dragon's wings fully unfurled, three thousand six hundred crimson beams pierced the heavens and earth. Within each beam emerged vengeful spirits, eternally scorched, their charred arms forming a sacrificial array!

【True Crimson Lotus Nova Dragon】

【Twelve Stars】

[Dark Attribute/Dragon]

[Attack/Defense: 3500/3000]

Jack Atlas finally unsealed the Crimson Nova Dragon with his own power, but he didn't summon it using Double Star Trick; instead, he crushed the Earthbound God who was his servant!

The Crimson Lotus Demon Dragon, with its earth-shattering power, suddenly appeared, and its attack strength increased by a terrifying degree!
“Beep beep beep————————————”

【True Crimson Nova Dragon, Attack Power: 3500→5000】

"The effect of Crimson Nova: This card's ATK is increased by 500 times the number of Tuner monsters in your Graveyard!!" Jack Atlas roared. "Enter the Battle Phase!!"

"Launch an attack on the Machine Emperor - Divine Intelligence - Attack Department!!"

"True Hellish Crimson Lotus Burst!!!"

"roar------------"

The moment its roar shattered the clouds, the Crimson Lotus Nova Dragon pressed its claws to its chest, compressing its magma-like blood and soul fire into a pulsating, dark red core!
The air surrounding the core was scorched and twisted into vortexes, the rocks on the ground began to burn spontaneously, and even light was absorbed by the core, forming an ever-expanding dark domain. When the core reached its limit, the Crimson Lotus Nova suddenly slashed its claws open to the sides, and a dark red torrent of energy, like the opened gates of hell, erupted forth carrying the weight and temperature of billions of tons of magma!

The torrent carried countless swirling vortexes of flame, ripples spreading through the space in its wake. The alarm on the Machine Emperor's chest blared shrilly, and the defensive parameters on the holographic screen were all reset to zero the instant they came into contact with the torrent. This was an absolutely crushing attack; even the barrier formed by the data stream crumbled inch by inch in the flames!

The tracks of the vehicle burst forth with an unprecedented blue light, and the thruster nozzles turned blindingly pure white due to overload. The Machine Emperor's consciousness flew diagonally backward in a near-disintegrating manner!

The torrent of hellish crimson flames grazed the mecha's back, the mere aftershocks melting half-meter-deep dents into its shoulder armor. Half of the energy wings on its back were singed away by the flames, billowing black smoke. The mecha barely managed to stabilize itself by crashing into the energy wall of the high-speed space!

But Placido, who was controlling it, was not so lucky. The shockwave from the attack slammed into the duelist's chest like an invisible giant hammer. His eyes flashed red, and his fingers, gripping the D-Wheel handlebars, curled up in excruciating pain!

The numbers on the health bar display plummeted like an avalanche, the screen flashing an ominous red light from the energy surge. Placido's vision blurred for a moment, but he remained fixed on the fiery torrent that tore through the heavens and earth!

Jack Atlas finally broke through the enemy's defenses with a powerful offensive! (End of Chapter)