Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

The five-winged [Abyssal White Dragon] was engulfed in a blue flame that resembled a soul, transforming into the form of [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] which was absorbed by it. In addition to its increased attack power, it also created four beams of light, equivalent to the number of dragon monsters in the Kaiba Graveyard, that attacked Yugi!

"Well!"

[Game: 4000 → 1600 LP]

Seeing Yugi's base score drop by more than half in one go, Kaiba sneered and said, "You have absolutely no ability to resist my evolved Blue-Eyes, Yugi. Hmph, it seems that the outcome of our battle will be decided before the God Cards appear."

"So-reiwadoka na?"

"What?!"

Yugi saw the surprise on Kaiba's face and smiled: "Kaiba, just as you regard me as an opponent you must defeat, I also acknowledge you as an important opponent to me. I will naturally not forget the effects of the cards you have used."

"When I saw that you had deliberately left a card in your hand, I guessed that it might be the [Abyss Eye White Dragon], and now it seems I was right."

"My disciple's tactics have failed, so it's time for Master to step in. I will activate the Spell Card 'Thousand Knives' in my hand. If there is 'Dark Magician' on my field, I will destroy one monster on the opponent's field, namely 'Abyssal White Dragon' that you just summoned, Kaiba! This is my true attack route, Kaiba!"

The Dark Mage raised his emerald wand, releasing black magic that conjured countless sharp daggers behind him, aimed directly at the Abyss-Eyed White Dragon who had just injured his master.

Even Kaiba didn't expect that Yugi would have two different ways to destroy monsters. With "Thousand Blades" already in his hand and facing the choice of "Master-Disciple Bond," Yugi still chose to destroy monsters with "Dark Magician Burst" instead of destroying backrow cards with "Dark Magician." It was as if he had anticipated the appearance of Kaiba's "Abyssal Eye White Dragon"!

Like the famous item game "Blackbeard", a dense barrage of daggers attacked [Abyssal White Dragon]. Despite being a 10-star dragon with extremely high attack power, [Abyssal White Dragon] was easily destroyed because it had no resistance, turning into a sky full of stardust that fell, mixed with feathers that looked like falling angels.

Seeing his White Dragon destroyed, Kaiba, contrary to his usual behavior, showed no anger. He simply sneered and said, "When you destroyed my 'Abyssal White Dragon,' the 'Abyssal White Dragon' will offer its final power to destroy all the monsters on your field!"

"Let's fall into the abyss together with [Blue-Eyes]! [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl]!"

Kaiba's behavior is a little strange in the game, because just like Jonouchi's understanding of Kaiba, the game also knows how much Kaiba cares about [Blue Eyes]. However, Kaiba is now gloating over the successful triggering of the mutual destruction effect of [Abyssal White Dragon], even though he clearly witnessed his own monster being destroyed.

This is very unlike a seahorse.

Strange as it was, the duel continued. Yugi drew a card from his hand and played it: "That won't do. I can't bear to see my precious monsters dragged into the abyss by you like this."

"By triggering the destruction effect of [Abyssal White Dragon], I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Instant Fusion], using [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl] on my field as Fusion Materials to Fusion Summon [Grand Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice]!"

"Because the monster fused by this effect will be destroyed at the end of the turn, but before that, [Grand Magus - Dark Magus Apprentice] will take the effect of [Abyssal White Dragon]!"

Although it's called a "fusion," the performances of "Dark Magician" and "Dark Magician Girl" on the field are only slightly similar, since the so-called "Dark Magician and Apprentice" is just a combination of the two of them.

The fused [Super Mage - Dark Mage Apprentice] was surrounded by stardust and feathers left behind when [Abyss Eye White Dragon] left the stage. Although they were light feathers, the moment they landed on the shoulders of [Dark Mage] and [Dark Mage Girl], they suddenly burst into dazzling light, as if they wanted to devour everything.

For a moment, the gaze of everyone watching the arena was taken away, and when the light faded, the game field was completely empty.

However, in the next instant, a snap of fingers suddenly came from the sky, and a magic gate opened in the void. The figures of [Dark Magician Girl] and [Dark Magician] walked out from it. [Dark Magician] looked calm, while [Dark Magician Girl] looked apprehensive and patted her strong chest muscles.

[Black Magician] [ATK2500]

Dark Magician Girls, ATK2000

"If [Super Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice] is destroyed, Special Summon one [Dark Magician] and one [Dark Magician Girl] from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard." Yugi explained why the current situation on the field was as it was.

"So that's how it is! The effect of [Super Magister - Black Mage Apprentice] taking effect after being destroyed, the destructive effect of [Abyssal White Dragon], and the side effects of [Instant Fusion] were all utilized by the game. Well done, game!"

Although Jonouchi acts like a fool in his daily life, and his academic performance certainly proves that he is a fool, his intelligence when it comes to Duel Monsters is by no means low. After all, he is no longer the newbie who couldn't even remember the common card effects, so he easily understood the strategy just now.

If even Cheng Neijia understands, then it goes without saying that others do as well.

"That's right, that means Kaiba won't have any monsters on his field to act as a barrier, while Yugi has [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl] with a combined attack power of 4500." Jonouchi's eyes suddenly lit up. "If he attacks directly, Yugi can defeat Kaiba!"

"Hmph, so are you going to attack as that idiot suggested, Yugi?" Despite having only two unknown face-down cards on the field, Kaiba looked arrogant, as if he, not Yugi, had the advantage.

Upon hearing this, the game didn't rush to answer, but instead glanced at its own hand.

After a series of attacks and defenses, the game had only one card left in its hand. After a moment's thought, the game made a decision: "Then, as you expect, let's move on to my battle phase."

"Then, [Dark Magician Girl] attacks Kaiba directly! Dark Magician Burst!"

Faced with two unknown face-down cards in Kaiba's back row, Yugi did not immediately attack with the high-attack-power "Dark Magician," but instead chose to launch a probing attack with "Dark Magician Girl."

"Hmph, Muda Muda, this level of attack is not enough to touch me. If you want to defeat me, at least show me your full strength when you're serious, Yugi!" Facing the direct attack from [Dark Magician Girl], Kaiba activated his backrow face-down card, "Chain Monster attack declaration, I activate face-down card [Attack Nullification]!"

"[Dark Magician Girl]'s attack is nullified, and your battle phase ends!"

The playful [Dark Magician Girl] had previously incurred direct damage from [Abyssal White Dragon] due to her own attack. This time, although she was a mage, she had enchanted her staff with a dozen spells and even cast a bunch of enhancement spells on herself, putting all her effort into delivering a powerful blow to Kaiba.

However, as Kaiba activated the [Attack Incapacitance] ability, her all-out attack crashed into a once-solid barrier. Not only did she fail to harm Kaiba in the slightest, but she also hurt her own nose, causing tears to well up in her eyes.

After finally destroying all the face-down cards on Kaiba's field, Yugi encountered a cheat card like "Attack Nullification" that directly ends the battle phase, forcing him to reluctantly enter his second main phase.

Looking down at the card in his hand again, Yami Yugi felt a little hesitant.

"[A Treasure Card from Heaven]..." the other Yugi within the Millennium Puzzle advised, "Now is not the best time for my other self to activate this card."

'Yes, that's true. Using the [Heavenly Treasure Card] after the battle phase is over won't effectively damage Kaiba.'

Yami Yugi responded, but to his surprise, Optimus Prime's thoughts differed: 'No, it's not like that. The other me has nothing to do with that.'

"Although there's no evidence, do you remember? Kaiba said he remembered every card we used, and he frequently used 'Treasure Card from Heaven' to replenish his cards in our duels. Kaiba definitely has some tactic to counter 'Treasure Card from Heaven'!"

'A tactic to counter the [Heavenly Treasure Card]?' Yami Yugi paused, slightly hesitant, but ultimately chose to heed Omoikamo's advice. 'Since Aibo puts it that way, then...'

"Flip a card over, and my turn ends."

Although the game chose not to activate the "Heavenly Treasure Card", it cleverly chose to cover it up as bait. Although it's not certain that Kaiba will fall for it, it's good to bluff him.

After all, a normal person would never put super powerful card draw cards like "Heavenly Treasure" or "Pot of Greed" face down on the field.

[Game: 1600LP, 0 cards in hand]

[Black Magician] [ATK2500]

Dark Magician Girls, ATK2000

【GaiKa】

“Well then, it’s my turn. Draw a card.” Upon hearing that the game’s turn was over, Kaiba immediately drew a card. After seeing the card he had drawn, he smiled smugly. “Yugi, you’re out of cards now, aren’t you? Me too. We’ve exhausted our cards in just two rounds. It was quite an intense battle.”

"But if we want to elevate this duel, simply drawing cards one by one is too slow. Let's use this card to replenish our hand."

"Spell Card: [Heavenly Treasure Card] - Both duelists draw six cards from their hands!"

As he spoke, Kaiba took the lead and drew six cards from his deck.

The game was somewhat unexpected; Kaiba also drew the "Heavenly Treasure Card," but instead of using his own cards, he got it for free from Kaiba, which made him smile. He quickly drew six cards as well.

When they glanced at the cards they had drawn, both Kaiba and Yugi were slightly taken aback, and then showed almost identical expressions.

"Judging from your expression, did you draw a good card in the game?"

"You're the same, seahorse."

Seeing the same feeling in Yugi's eyes, Kaiba guessed that Yugi must have drawn that card, since he had drawn the same one.

What Kaiba is holding is none other than the [Obelisk the Tormentor], and Yugi is also holding a [Sky Dragon of Osiris].

Because of a "treasure card from heaven", both players drew "God" at the same time, and since it was Kaiba's turn, he had a great chance to summon God in this turn!

As the pinnacle of Duel Monsters, [Obelisk the Tormentor] requires the Tribute of three monsters to be Normal Summoned, and cannot be replaced by cards like [The Tomb of the Dead Emperor]. In other words, what Kaiba currently needs to do is gather three monsters on his field to summon the god.

Fortunately, he actually had a card that could achieve this.

"I summon 'Dragon Lord - Dragon Ruler' from my hand to the field in Attack Position. As long as 'Dragon Lord - Dragon Ruler' is in the Monster Zone, neither player can target Dragon monsters on the field with their effects."

"Then comes the spell card 'Dragon Summoning Flute,' which Special Summons two Dragon-Type monsters from my hand while 'Dragon Lord - Dragon Ruler' is on my field!"

"Come forth, [Diamond Dragon], [Emerald Dragon]!"

After summoning three monsters in a row, Yugi still had no intention of activating the unknown face-down card in the back row, which led Kaiba to rule out the possibility that the card was a "Trap Hole" type summoning card.

However, since you haven't activated that face-down card yet, you won't have another chance, Yugi!

Having already performed a Normal Summon, Kaiba played his penultimate card: "I activate the Spell Card [Double Summon]. I can perform a second Normal Summon this turn. Then, I will Tribute three monsters on the field—"

'It's coming!'

Just by the imposing aura of Kaiba raising his card and engulfing the entire field, and the rare condition of releasing three monsters, Yugi already knew that the most destructive monster among the God Cards, the Phantom God, was about to appear!

Chapter 526 The Despicable World Destroyer Enters the Seahorse Dome

【Dragon Lord - Dragon Ruler】, 【Diamond Dragon】, and 【Emerald Dragon】—these three monsters on Kaiba Stadium were chosen as sacrifices for release. Unlike other monsters released at other times, they did not turn into fragments and go directly to the graveyard. Instead, they were weathered and turned into dust and scattered.

Then, a suffocating gale swept across the land, and a huge vortex appeared in the virtually projected sky. Within the vortex, a pair of eyes suddenly opened!

With its thick arms reaching out from the clouds and tearing them apart, the game realized that the "god" had already made its appearance. However, its enormous size made it hard to believe that it was actually a Duel Monster!

"The gale sweeps across the land, and all things turn to withered bones before divine might. Heed my command and descend!"

The seahorse raised its arms and shouted.

"【Obelisk the Titan】!"

The blue giant stands tall on the earth!

Obelisk the Colossus [ATK4000]

"He summoned the Sacrifice... Titanic in the third round, huh? Kaiba's got some skills after all." Hayato quickly corrected his slip of the tongue, not revealing his true thoughts, and wore a smile full of anticipation for the upcoming duel.

Jonouchi was a little nervous: "Now is not the time to marvel at Kaiba's strength, Hayato. The attack power of Obelisk the Tormentor is a full 4000 points, and it also has the powerful resistance shared by the three Egyptian God cards."

"I don't know what the face-down card in the back row is, but if we let [Obelisk] attack [Dark Magician Girl] who only has 2000 attack power, the remaining 1600 life points in the game will be wiped out, and we'll lose the game just like that!"

"That's how it is, Yugi. Although I don't know what card you have in the back row, it's no longer necessary for me to know. Because what's in front of you isn't just any ordinary monster, it's Kami-da!"

Having emptied his hand, Kaiba looked disdainfully at the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl on the game field, feeling that victory was now in his grasp. After all, Obelisk the Tormentor was already right in front of him, how could he possibly lose?

However, Kaiba suddenly remembered that if he were to attack Yugi, he would have to fight the monsters on the field instead of attacking them directly. Yugi still had room to manipulate things, such as the "Soul Barrier" which prevented him from being harmed as long as there were monsters present, and the "Desert Light" which changed his monster's battle position.

To be on the safe side, we should destroy the card in the back row of the game, or at the very least seal it away.

Although he had no cards in his hand, Kaiba glanced at the six cards in Yugi's hand and the face-down card in his back row, and a smug expression appeared on his face: "【Heavenly Treasure】is a card that replenishes your hand and allows you to draw a lot of cards at once, but the cost is that you will also draw a lot of cards. Just like Hayato always says, powerful cards are often accompanied by great risks."

"But for someone as determined as me to climb to the top, I can also make use of this negative effect." Kaiba sneered, pressing the button to activate a face-down card. "Activate my backrow face-down card, the Trap Card [Power Balance]!"

"This card can only be activated when I have 0 cards in my hand. My opponent chooses to discard half of their hand to the graveyard, and then I can draw cards from my deck equal to the number of cards my opponent discarded."

"Yugi, because of the effect of [Heavenly Treasure Card], your hand size has increased to three cards. So now, you need to discard three cards from your hand, and I will draw three cards as a result!"

As the Seahorse card was activated, Yugi glanced at his hand with slight hesitation. After a moment's thought, he drew three cards: "In that case, these are the three cards I will discard."

Witnessing Yugi send three cards of unknown significance to the graveyard, Kaiba drew three cards. Seeing the cards he had drawn, Kaiba's eyes lit up, and he burst into laughter: "Ada! Yugi! Victory in this duel is undoubtedly in my hands!"

"I enter my battle phase, and chain into the battle phase, activating the Quick-Play Spell Card [Arrow of Seal] from my hand!"

As Kaiba inserted the card from his hand into the Duel Disk, a large number of magic arrows suddenly appeared out of thin air above Yugi and Kaiba and rained down, all landing precisely on their backrows. The card Yugi had face down on his backrow was also firmly pinned to the ground by [Sealing Arrow]!

"The activation of 【Arrow of Seal】cannot be chained with Spell, Trap, or Monster effects. Its effect is to block the activation of all Spell and Trap Card effects for this turn, meaning that the card in your back row is unusable!" Kaiba pointed to 【Dark Magician Girl】 in Attack Position on the field. "Then next up is the attack of 【Obelisk the Tormentor】!"