Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

However, Hayato didn't have much hope that the card could be successfully activated. Although he hadn't played the Cyber ​​Dark deck much before, he was somewhat familiar with the effect of the terminal card, Cyber ​​Dark Dragon.

As expected, in response to the [Electronic Stealth Technology] card that Hayato activated, Samejima activated the second effect of [Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Dragon].

"When the opponent activates a Spell/Trap/Monster effect, the effect of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] will chain to activate," Samejima commanded. "Send my [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon], which is considered an Equip Card, to the Graveyard, negate that activation, and destroy it!"

"Dark contraction!"

The [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] released the [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] it had captured, discarding it as a target for the [Cyber ​​Dragon Core]'s self-destruction. The explosion engulfed and pulverized the [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon], while the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] emerged unharmed from the smoke and dust.

【Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Dragon】【ATK8000→4000】

The explosion not only engulfed [Cyber ​​End Dragon] and [Cyber ​​Dragon Core], but also destroyed the [Cyber ​​Stealth Technology] that Hayato had just activated. This left Hayato with only a face-down card of unknown significance and [Time Capsule] in his back row, leaving his front row empty. He was now facing [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon], whose attacks had been repeatedly thwarted and was now finally about to strike.

【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon】As the big brother of the "Cyber ​​Dragon" style, it has an extremely useful all-around negation ability. It can negate the activation of Spell, Trap and Monster effects, but the cost is that it needs to send the Equip Card on the field to the Graveyard.

Hayato had originally intended to use the "Mysterious Chinese Pot" to lure out this Kang, but Samejima preferred to watch Hayato's base score soar to 8000 points rather than activate it, and only used the effect when "Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon" was about to be destroyed.

However, [Cyber ​​Stealth Technology] and [Cyber ​​Dragon Core] weren't entirely useless. At least [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] lost its only equipment card, and while losing its card-counting ability, its attack power also returned to 4000 points when it first appeared.

The orange-red beam of light pierced through Hayato's body, and Hayato truly experienced what it felt like to fight against "Reverse Electron Flow." It was as if his body had been instantly pierced by an extremely high voltage current. The pain and numbness lingered for a long time, and his base score dropped as a result.

[Hayato: 8000→4000LP]

It feels like a special version of the "electrocution" in the Dark Game, except that it causes less damage to the soul and focuses more on physical injury.

"Well--"

However, the muffled sound did not come from Hayato, but from the Shark Island that commanded the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] to attack Hayato.

His hands trembled slightly, as if he had almost been unable to bear the pain of using the "Inner Electron Flow" duel.

Gasping for breath, Samejima glanced at his hand and placed his last card face down in the back row: "Cover my last card. End of turn."

"Then, because [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] is on my field, I will take effect damage equal to 2000 of its original attack power due to the effect of [Power Bond].

As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of lightning suddenly erupted from Samejima's Duel Disk, spreading from his arm to his entire body. Even though Samejima had previously endured the strain of using "Reverse Electron Stream" on his body, he could no longer bear the powerful electric shock and cried out in pain.

"Hmm hmm uh ah ah ah ah!!"

"Mr. Samejima!" Hayato, having recovered from the pain of the attack, called out to Samejima, "Are you alright?!"

"I... I can still hold on." Samejima replied breathlessly to Hayato, his hands gripping his knees tightly to keep himself upright.

He could feel the lingering electric current coursing through his body, numbing his muscles. Straightening up, Samejima wiped the sweat from his forehead, his gaze meeting Hayato's.

The power of "Inner Electron Flow" is a forbidden existence. Maintaining a duel using "Inner Electron Flow" consumes the duelist's pure will. Even "Killing Life" makes the cost of using it seem too easy. Not everyone can withstand repeated electric shocks and continue to duel while remaining conscious.

Although Samejima didn't say anything more, Hayato understood his thoughts from his eyes.

“I understand, Samejima-san.” Hayato said firmly, placing his fingers on the Duel Disk. “I will not let you down with this expectation and hope.”

Samejima: 2000LP, 0 card in hand

【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon】【ATK4000】

[Gaika] [The Dark World of Electronics]

"My turn, draw a card!"

"At this moment, I will activate my face-down card in the back row." As Hayato drew his card, Samejima activated his back row card, "Continuous Trap Card, [Cyber ​​Dark Invasion]."

The two combatants are not enemies or have any conflicts; neither Hayato nor Samejima intends to harm the other. However, in order to fulfill their long-cherished wish of passing down the "Electronic Flow" technique through generations, neither of them can hold back at this moment.

Only a clash of the souls of duelists, where they are fully engaged and fiercely fighting, can produce sparks that shake the stars.

"The effect of 【Cyber ​​Dark Invasion】is that once per turn, you can target one 【Cyber ​​Dark】Effect Monster on your field and equip it with one Dragon-Type or Machine-Type monster from your or your opponent's Graveyard as an Equip Card that increases the monster's ATK by 1000."

Samejima pointed in Hayato's direction, "What I want to choose is the [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] in your graveyard, Hayato."

The essence of "Cyber ​​Flow" - [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] reappeared on the field due to the card's effect. However, despite being a powerful monster with an attack power of 4000, [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] failed to save enough cards in any of its three appearances and was once again captured by [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] as an equipment card.

However, since [Cyber ​​Ender Dragon] is not equipped using the effect of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] itself and cannot increase the attack power of [Cyber ​​Ender Dragon], the attack power of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] only increases by 1000 points. Nevertheless, because it now has an Equip Card again, it can once again activate its powerful ability to block the activation of any effect.

【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon】(Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon)【ATK4000→5000】

"Although I also have Cyber ​​End Dragon in my graveyard, if you draw a card like Monster Reborn, there is a possibility that it could destroy Cyber ​​Dark Dragon. So, to be on the safe side, I equipped the Cyber ​​End Dragon from your graveyard."

Hearing Samejima's words, Hayato looked at the card he had drawn and said with a helpless expression, "My monster was taken by the Minotaur. It's so annoying. I'm usually the one who gets to take other people's monsters, like the Minotaur."

"In that case, I will activate the spell card 'Mind Change' in my hand. This card will give me control of 'Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon' on your field until the end of the turn."

"Then I will chain the effect of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] to send [Cyber ​​End Dragon], which is an Equip Card, to the Graveyard, thus negating the activation of [Heart Change]."

As expected, Hayato's [Heart Change] was nullified by [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon]. The half-angel, half-demon priest was annihilated by the effect of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] as soon as he appeared, forcibly ending Hayato's minotaur behavior.

"It's [Heart Change]! Without drawing [Monster Resurrection], you can't defeat [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon]." Samejima said seriously, "And as long as [Cyber ​​Dark Invasion] exists, [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon], which can activate its effect almost infinitely, is invincible. The key cards you activate will not work against it."

Hayato chuckled upon hearing this: "You can't just randomly add the Invincible buff, Mr. Samejima. And when did you start having the illusion that '[Heart Change] is the key card for this turn'?"

"The card I'm going to activate is this one, the Spell Card [Spell Stone Mining]. It sends two cards from my hand to the Graveyard, and then returns one Spell Card from the Graveyard to my hand!"

After activating [Heart Change] and having it negated, Hayato has three cards in his hand. Since [Magic Stone Mining] requires discarding two cards, it means that after activating this card, Hayato will only have the card that was recycled left in his hand.

Although Hayato did not announce which card he was going to retrieve, Samejima already guessed what it was.

After all, Hayato never suffers a loss. He'd rather exchange three for one card than lose one, which means that card is more valuable than the "three".

Hayato adds a green spell card from the graveyard to his hand and places it directly into the Spell & Trap Zone:

"The laws of victory have already been determined. Let me show you how I will defeat [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] in this round."

"Second activation of the Spell Card, [Heavenly Treasure Card]!"

Chapter 480 Electronic Terminator Dragon: Destroy it, quickly. I'm tired.

"Activate [Heavenly Treasure], because of this card's effect, I will draw up to six cards in my hand."

"My hand also has 0 cards, so I can draw six cards as well."

To maintain the Duel Monsters meta, the "Treasure Card from Heaven" is limited to one per deck. However, there's always a way around it. Even with the side effect of letting your opponent get six cards for free, who wouldn't want to use a powerful card like that multiple times in one turn?

Hayato and Samejima each drew six cards.

After checking his hand, Hayato glanced at Samejima across from him. From Samejima's expression, he could tell that Samejima had drawn some good cards, but his own cards weren't bad either.

"First, I activate the effect of 'Cyber ​​Dragon Core' in my Graveyard. If there is only one monster on my opponent's field, I can banish 'Cyber ​​Dragon Core' from my Graveyard and then Special Summon 1 'Cyber ​​Dragon' monster from my Deck."

"What I want to summon is the Cyber ​​Dragon Next Generation Star, which was returned to my deck by the effect of Cyber ​​Repair Factory. Then, I will use the effect of Cyber ​​Dragon Next Generation Star to Special Summon the Cyber ​​Dragon with 2100 ATK from my Graveyard."

【Electronic Dragon Next Generation Star】【ATK200】

【Electronic Dragon】【ATK2100】

With the truly terrifying [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] in terms of appearance, aura, and power, even the usually cool [Cyber ​​Dragon] seems somewhat inferior. However, Hayato didn't expect to defeat [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] with just the two monsters on the field.

"I haven't made a Normal Summon this turn. I will Tribute my Cyber ​​Dragon Next Star to Summon another Cyber ​​Dragon in Attack Position."

The figure of [Cyber ​​Dragon - Next Generation Star] disappeared, and in its place appeared another figure of [Cyber ​​Dragon]. The two [Cyber ​​Dragons] were coiled on Hayato's field, their eye monitors fixed on [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] on Samejima Island opposite.

Although it is a mechanical creature, the [Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Dragon] gives the impression that it truly possesses self-awareness. The direct gaze of the two [Electronic Dragons] makes it feel challenged, and the [Electronic Dark Claws] wrapped around the [Electronic Dark Dragon Bones] open and close as if threatening.

The mere existence of the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] was a burden on Samejima's body, constantly releasing weak electric currents that stimulated his body, especially his heart, with every movement. Enduring the discomfort, Samejima guessed, "Two [Cyber ​​Dragons], what a pity. If there were three, I would have enough fusion material for the [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon]."

"There's nothing I can do if I don't draw it. Besides, I only have one [Cyber ​​End Dragon] in my deck. Even if I had all of them, I could only fuse them into monsters like [Cyber ​​Twin Dragon]."

Moreover, he didn't have any [Fusion] cards in his hand, not even [Overload Fusion] or [Electronic Load Fusion].

Even with [Fusion] at his disposal, Hayato's current resources only allow him to summon [Cyber ​​Twin Dragon] or [Chimera Berserker Dragon]. Although they possess multiple attack capabilities, they are nothing but a joke in the face of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon].

However, although there was no "Fusion", Hayato did draw another card that could unify the power of his monsters.

"I activate the Spell Card [Inherited Power]. This card can transfer the ATK of one monster on my field to another monster, increasing its ATK. However, as a price, the monster that contributed its power will be sent to the Graveyard."

Hayato inserted the card "Inherited Power" into the Spell & Trap Zone and declared, "Sacrifice yourself for the greater good, Cyber ​​Dragon! And another Cyber ​​Dragon, accept this final bit of power!"

On the field, one of the Cyber ​​Dragons extended a cable that connected to another Cyber ​​Dragon. The energy in the former's body flowed into the latter's body through a transparent pipe, causing the other Cyber ​​Dragon to crackle with electricity.

[Electronic Dragon] [ATK2100→4200]

After absorbing the power of its companions, the [Cyber ​​Dragon]'s attack power doubled as if it had used [Limit Removal], even surpassing the attack power of the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon]!

However, as the one providing the power, after transferring all the energy, the [Electronic Dragon]'s eye monitor dimmed instantly, and it collapsed like a piece of scrap metal, turning into dust and entering the graveyard.

After watching [Cyber ​​Dragon] enter the graveyard, Hayato turned his gaze to [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon]: "So, I've successfully surpassed you. Now, let's begin my battle phase!"

"【Cyber ​​Dragon】, attack 【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon】!"

"Destroy the Death Ray!"

The Electronic Dragon, empowered by the Power of Inheritance, opened its mouth, and a beam of cyan laser shot out, attacking the Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Dragon. Naturally, the Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Dragon would not sit idly by and wait for its death. Even without Samejima's command, it spontaneously fired a thick beam of light in retaliation.

The two attacks collided, and the resulting heatwave nearly incinerated the red-purple "Electronic Dark World" beneath Hayato and Samejima's feet. Hayato and Samejima were also nearly unable to open their eyes due to the heat.

Despite the significant advantage of the Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon in basic abilities, the power of the Inherited Power allowed the Cyber ​​Dragon to overtake the Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon. Just like before, the Inherited Power once again helped Hayato achieve victory against all odds.

Although its official name seems to be "Evolutionary Flame," the attack of the [Cyber ​​Dragon], which was renamed "Destructive Death Ray" due to Hayato's preference, broke through the counterattack of the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] after a brief stalemate, and struck the latter directly.

"boom!"

The location hit by the [Cyber ​​Dragon] was coincidentally the connection point of the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon]'s body. After being hit by the powerful attack, it was immediately detonated. In the towering flames, the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] was reduced to fragments.

"Ugh!" Samejima also let out a muffled sound due to the battle damage, but while feeling the impact, he also felt slightly relieved, probably because [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] left the field.

Samejima: 2000→1800LP

"With three cards covered, my turn is over."

After defeating the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon], Hayato was relieved to see that Samejima's complexion seemed to have improved slightly, but he did not relax despite defeating the powerful enemy.

The essence of this duel is the mutual stimulation between Hayato and Samejima. Hayato needs to stimulate Samejima to use the "Inner Electron Flow" at its most extreme state, and then Samejima needs to create pressure and desperate situations for Hayato. In order to bring the "Inner Electron Flow" to its ultimate level, Samejima needs to "destroy and then rebuild".

【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon】is very powerful, but only after defeating it can the maximum power of "Inner Electron Stream" be released, and now, Hayato has already felt that approaching threat.

[Hayato: 4000LP, 1 cards in hand]

[Electronic Dragon] [ATK4200→2100]

[Time Capsule] [Gaicard] X4

"Whew~ That's really impressive, Hayato-kun." Samejima held the six cards in his hand, took a deep breath to adjust his state, and praised Hayato at the same time, "You even managed to defeat [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon]."

“From the day I took over the responsibility of teaching ‘Electronic Flow’ from my teacher, I actually tried to use ‘Inner Electronic Flow’, but even I could only use it up to the [Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Dragon], and I couldn’t control its full power.”

The former instructor, who was standing nearby, was quite surprised to hear Samejima's words: "Hey, Samejima! I didn't know anything about this. You actually did something so dangerous behind my back!?"

"After all, everyone has curiosity, even me, teacher." Samejima smiled apologetically. "Besides, if it were anyone else, hearing something like, 'Although your talent is outstanding, you're still far from being able to use forbidden decks,' they would probably feel a bit rebellious, right?"