I'm in Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I'm also in Machine Ascension.

Just as Yugi Muto drew this card with near-divine skill and played it smoothly across the field, a series of lightning flashed above Yuuki's head.

...

"As expected of Yugi Muto, whom Yuuka-senpai called the card-printing machine!"

"The opponent just finished setting things up, and then you unleash a lightning strike?!"

"You can really pull it out!"

As Jaden Yuki sighed, the crowd watching the battle around him also cast disdainful glances at the boy with the "jellyfish head."

"...But, Judai, you have absolutely no right to criticize others..."

"In terms of sheer power, you're evenly matched with Mr. Game! You bastard!"

Amidst the unanimous sounds of disdain from everyone, Jaden Yuki was immediately taken aback:

"Hmm... Ahaha, is that so? But this is a bond between me and the deck—"

As Jaden Yuki's impassioned "defense" began, Katsuya Jonouchi, the blond-haired man directly in front of him, immediately stood up and slapped Jaden Yuki hard on the head.

"Shut up! I clearly had the upper hand in our previous duel, but you somehow pulled out a [Mask Transformation] card from somewhere..."

"You really deserve to die!"

...

Just as everyone simultaneously thought that the Level 12 Synchro Monster on the field, whose attack power could rapidly increase, would be destroyed by its effect, accompanied by Katsuya Jonouchi's loud shout, the monster's attack power was destroyed by its effect.

The [Slash] monster, bathed in flames, lit up instantly. After being dissipated by [Lightning Strike], it remained unharmed in Yuufu's front field [Extra Monster Zone].

"this?!"

"Could it be that Youfeng's card has resistance to effect destruction?"

"..."

Seeing that his [Lightning Strike] had no effect, Yugi Muto looked at the [Slash] monster in front of him with a surprised expression.

"In that case... it's really quite difficult to solve!"

...

Along with Yugi Muto's slightly hesitant voice, Yuuka immediately shook his head slightly, a smile appearing on his lips:

"No, that's not all. This card's effect is: as long as this card is in the Extra Monster Zone, it is unaffected by the effects of cards other than [Slash] cards."

"Although, like its older brother [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], it is a [pseudo-all-resistance] that only possesses all resistances under specific conditions."

"But even if you can pull out a lot of cards, I don't believe AIBO can pull out a [Minion Slayer] deck to fight me! So, at this moment, my [Minion Slayer] is truly [All Resistance]!"

Soon, accompanied by Yuuki's calm voice, Yugi Muto was also slightly taken aback:

"Full resistance?!"

After letting out a surprised and questioning sound, Yugi Muto once again focused his gaze on the "Radiant Dragon - Sphere" in his "Main Monster Zone" in the front row, a card that possessed the power to summon gods.

After a moment's thought, he chose to place a card face-down in the back row and then end his turn.

"My turn is over, Youfeng!"

...

"Although the all-resistance big brother is really hard to deal with, Mr. Game wouldn't just pass the card directly, would he?"

"If we only leave one [Dragon Egg] in the front row, wouldn't that just allow Senior Youfeng's resources to snowball..."

"..."

Accompanied by the slightly puzzled voice of Jaden Yuki with his "jellyfish head," Kaiba, the president who had previously been more obsessed with the [God Card], also took a deep, solemn breath:

"No, in fact, this is the optimal solution."

"Because the [Rathalos] Special Summoned using [Radiant Dragon - Spherical] has 4000 ATK, it cannot continue to increase its ATK... and... it will be sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase..."

"Therefore—when facing powerful [Slash] monster cards that can boost attack power... keeping a [Sphere] that has resistance and cannot be targeted for attack on the field... is actually the most powerful defensive measure!"

As Seto Kaiba's analysis began, everyone nodded in apparent understanding.

...

As turn control shifted again, Yufeng, now in his [Draw Phase], immediately reached for the top of his silver-white Duel Disk's [Main Deck] and began drawing cards:

"Then, my turn - draw a card!"

In an instant, after a new card was drawn, Yufeng immediately added the monster card to his hand. Then, just like in the beginning phase of the previous turn's [Main Phase 1], he used his [Pot of Greed and Greed] again, sacrificing the top 10 cards of his main deck in exchange for two more card draws.

In this draw, in addition to a [Slash] monster card from the same clan, a spell card from the same clan was also immediately drawn.

Witnessing Youfeng's "crazy behavior" of opening with another pot, Kongquewu, who was watching from the sidelines, sighed softly:

"Oh no, Yuuka has caught Jonouchi's gambling addiction..."

"My deck is almost empty. If we lose, it will be a really heavy price to pay..."

"..."

Accompanied by a very noticeable sigh from the sexy woman, Youfeng nodded slightly:

"That's great!"

"Next, I will activate the effect of [Slash-Weapon] from my hand: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field. Special Summon this card from your hand, and the targeted monster gains 1000 ATK until the end of this turn. This card cannot attack the turn it is Special Summoned by this effect. After this effect is activated, you cannot Special Summon non-Cybernetic monsters from your Extra Deck until the end of this turn."

"Then it's quite obvious, I will increase the ATK of 'Fire Slasher - End Sigma' in my Extra Monster Zone, and Special Summon this card in face-up Attack Position!"

In an instant, as the attack power of the all-resistant monster in the front row of the Wind Ranger increased to 4000 points again, this Level 4 [Machine Slayer] native monster card, covered in tan mechanical armor and wielding a longsword standing on the ground, appeared in the main monster zone of the front row, surrounded by a faint green glow:

[Slaying Machine - Weapon Reduction]

[Star rating: 4]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Race: Cyberse]

[Attack power: 1000]

[Defense: 1000]

Then, immediately after completing this Special Summon, Yuufu played another crucial card from his hand, "Slash Machine - Ride," which had granted other cards the ability to change stars in the previous turn, thus enabling the Synchro Summon of a 12-star all-resistance big brother.

"Then, I will Normal Summon this crucial [Slash-Mount] from my hand in face-up Attack Position."

【Slaying Machine - Riding the Weapon】

[Star rating: 4]

[Attribute: Earth]

[Race: Cyberse]

[Attack power: 500]

[Defense: 2000]

"This card again?!"

"Is Youfeng going to create another 12-star big brother card?!"

"..."

As this 4-star [Slasher] monster, soaring into the sky and wielding two crossed swords in a defensive stance, appeared, a gasp of surprise immediately arose from the crowd:

"Senior Youfeng is really strong. One second he was so stuck he was about to explode..."

"I wasn't paying attention and I just ascended to heaven on the spot—and started exploding right away!"

“This is too outrageous.”

"..."

Then, amidst the surprised exclamations of the crowd...

This time, Yufeng didn't Synchro Summon the Level 12 "Slasher" card as everyone expected. Instead, he slid his finger into his hand again and played the archetype spell card he had drawn onto the field:

"Now I activate a Normal Spell Card from my hand—[Slash Formula]!"

"You can target 1 [Slash] monster in your Graveyard to activate this effect; Special Summon that monster. The monster Special Summoned by this effect gains 1000 ATK until the end of this turn."

"Then, I will revive the Tuner monster that was previously sent to my Graveyard as the effect of [Zanjaku - Nayuta] - [Zanjaku Sigma]!"

Soon, along with the silhouette of a faintly glowing, fiery red [Slasher Sigma] filled with binary characters, a dazzling figure appeared in Yu-Feng's main monster zone. That red mechanical figure wielding a slashing sword instantly appeared before Yu-Feng:

【Sigma-Cut Machine】

[Star rating: 4]

[Attribute: light]

[Race: Cyberse]

[Attack power: 1000]

[Defense: 1500]

Soon after this card appeared, Yufeng immediately reached into the silver-white Duel Disk, took out his entire Extra Deck, and drew a silver-white exclusive Synchro Monster card from it:

"Now, I will use the 4-star tuners [Slasher - Sigma] and [Slasher - Riding] on the field as materials for star tuning!"

"4+4=8!"

Synchro Summon - Come forth! [Flame Slash Machine - Former Group Sigma]

Soon, as two monster cards chosen by Yuufuku as Synchro materials rose into the sky and flashed with light, a burst of molten lava appeared in the main monster zone.

Amidst the lava, a more evolved version of [Slasher Sigma] appears, wielding the same flaming blade identical to that of the [Equipment Spell] card – [Slasher Blade - Nayuta].

【Flame Slash Machine - Original Group Sigma】

[Star rating: 8]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Race: Cyberse]

[Attack power: 2500]