Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Gulimo looked surprised, while Yugi, facing [Great Storm], activated one of his face-down cards in the back row: "Chain [Great Storm], I activate the Trap Card [Magic Interference Array]!"

"When a spell card is activated, discard one card from my hand to negate and destroy the effect of [Great Storm]!"

The storm was suppressed as soon as it rose, which made Gulimo, who had just boasted, a little unhappy: "Tch, as expected of Yugi Muto, you do have some skills, but so what? I don't believe you can activate a second trap card in your back row to escape this disaster."

"Entering the battle phase, I'm going to attack your face-down monster with [Charging Captain]!"

Having lost his former righteous aura due to his corruption into darkness, the "Charging Captain" furiously swung his pair of longswords at the card covering the field, the sharp swords easily piercing the body of the monster hidden beneath the card.

Gulimo also saw the attack and defense values ​​of the monster revealed by the reversal.

[450/600]

"Ha, with such weak attack and defense, even if you add them together, it's less than 1500 points. Isn't that just a weak monster?"

Upon hearing Gulimo's words, Yugi sneered, "In that case, let's see how powerful the 'minor monster' you speak of is."

"This monster is a card Hayato once gave me. Without a doubt, it symbolizes our friendship. Even though Hayato has left this world, his power remains with me!" Yugi waved his hand forward. "Let the counterattack begin, [Mimic Man-Eating Insect]!"

The captain, charging into battle, thrust out his longsword, only to have it clamped tightly between a pair of strong pincers!

Chapter 549 There are always earthly creatures that dare to face the divine power of lightning.

"【Mimetic Man-Eating Insect】!"

As the game called out, the insect monster that had been cleaved in two by the "Charging Captain's" sword did not die. Instead, it extended its pair of pincers, one clamping down on the "Charging Captain's" sword, while the other attacked the opponent's throat before it could react!

"Ugh!" The captain who was charging into battle blocked the attack with his other sword, but he was only barely holding on and was in danger of being completely suppressed and killed at any moment.

"How is this possible?!" Gulimo glanced again at the attack and defense stats displayed on the [Mimetic Man-Eating Insect]. "That monster only has a mere 600 defense points, so why wasn't it destroyed in battle, and even managed to suppress my monster?!"

"Hmph, [Mimic Man-Eating Insect] has an effect that cannot be destroyed by battle, and when this card is flipped face down, it can always target one monster on the field to activate its effect."

The game calmly stated, "My choice is naturally your [Charging Captain] on the field. Destroy [Charging Captain], and then [Mimicry Carnivorous Bug]'s attack power will be increased by an additional amount equal to [Charging Captain]'s original attack power. Furthermore, at the end, [Mimicry Carnivorous Bug]'s race will become the same as [Charging Captain]'s original race!"

Seeing that his monster was about to be destroyed, Grimo gritted his teeth and said, "Tch, don't think that only your monsters can activate effects, you nameless pharaoh. Don't forget that I have [Sky Dragon of Osiris] on my field, which I got from you!"

"Forced activation if the opponent summons, flips, or specials a monster, reducing the corresponding battle value by 2000!" As Grimo pointed at the Mimic Man-Eating Worm on the field, which was suppressing the Charge Captain while healing itself, the Sky Dragon of Osiris behind him opened one of its two mouths, and lightning gathered!

"The Mimicry Man-Eating Bug only has a mere 600 points of Defense. After being reduced to zero by 2000 points by the Sky Dragon of Osiris's 'Thunderbolt,' the Mimicry Man-Eating Bug, which cannot be destroyed in battle, can't possibly be immune to effect destruction as well, right?"

"Anyway, all you destroyed was the [Charging Captain] that had already been attacked. Even without the [Mimicry Man-Eating Insect], your fate of having your life points wiped out by the direct attack of the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] remains unchanged!"

As Grimo finished speaking, the Sky Dragon of Osiris, whose forehead also bore the mark of the [Orichalcos Barrier], spat out a "Thunderbolt" that slammed down on the [Mimetic Man-Eating Bug]. At that moment, Yugi smiled smugly and said, "Soizwadoka na?"

"The effect of the [Mimic Man-Eating Insect] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] that triggers the ...Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon] that triggers the effect of the [Sky Dragon]

Upon hearing the game's words, Gulimo was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Hahahaha, Nameless Pharaoh, have you gone insane due to the pressure of the duel? You should remember that you possessed 'God' before. Even though 'God' can be affected by the effects of spell cards and high-level monsters used in the current turn, trap cards have absolutely no effect on 'God'!"

The game's face-down card unleashed a rainbow beam that swept across all the monsters on the field. [Sky Dragon of Osiris] was completely unaffected. Its "Lightning Summoning" was successfully launched and struck [Mimic Man-Eating Bug], which was locked in a stalemate with [Charging Captain], causing its defense to plummet to zero due to the power of the lightning!

However, it was precisely because of the pain of being deprived of this power that the Mimic Man-Eating Insect exerted its strength, snapping the two swords of the Charge Captain and destroying him, sending him into the graveyard, "perishing together with him."

[Mimicking Man-Eating Insects] [450/600→1650/0]

With a loud "boom," under Gulimo's gaze, the figure of the [Mimetic Man-Eating Insect] and the [Charging Captain] were both shrouded in smoke and dust, presumably destroyed and sent to the graveyard together. This made Gulimo's lips curl into a smug smile: "Hmph, even the power left behind by the Duel King Kobayashi Hayato will ultimately appear extremely fragile in the face of a stronger power."

"Before the Sky Dragon of Osiris attacks, maybe I can use the Demon Tamer again... Hmm!?"

Thinking about how to bring more enjoyable torment to the game, Gulimo looked at his [Demon Tamer] in the back row, but couldn't help but widen his eyes. He clearly remembered that his [Demon Tamer] should be a blue-haired human woman wearing sexy leather armor and holding a whip, but what appeared in his back row was a jackal-headed monster?

His gaze shifted to the [Demon Tamer] card, noticing the changed data.

[Demon Tamer] [3 stars/land]

[Phantom Beast Race/Effect]

[1300/700]

"The Divine Beast race? The race of the Demon Tamers has changed from Warrior?"

"Masaka!"

Gulimo suddenly looked up at the dissipating cloud of dust on the opposite game field. "Was that the card that was just activated?!"

"Ah, that's right. I never said from the beginning that the Trap Card I was going to activate was targeting 'God,' did I, Grimo?" Yugi's confident voice rang out. At the same time, Grimo saw clearly the Trap Card Yugi had activated—a Continuous Trap Card, [DNA Modification Surgery]!

"I declare that a race has initiated the [DNA Modification Surgery]. As long as the [DNA Modification Surgery] is on the field, all face-up monsters on both sides' fields will become the declared race. And the one I have declared is the Divine Beast!"

On the field, the Mimic Man-Eating Insect emerged from the smoke. Although it was stripped of a large portion of its power by the Sky Dragon of Osiris's "Summoning Lightning Bomb," it was virtually unharmed!

【Mimetic Man-Eating Insect】【4 stars/land】

[Phantom Beast Race / Reversal / Effect]

[1650/0]

"The Mimic Man-Eating Insect is not only immune to battle, but also to the effects of monsters of the same species. After the DNA Modification Surgery changed its species, even the Sky Dragon of Osiris couldn't destroy it." Yugi's lips curled into a smile. "This is proof of Hayato's friendship with me; not even a god could crush it!"

Gulimo looked at the tenacious [Mimicry Man-Eating Insect] and felt it was quite troublesome.

Not only can it not be destroyed by battle, but it also has resistance to monster effect destruction. With the assistance of the [DNA Modification Surgery], this [Mimic Man-Eating Insect] is just too overpowered. It has practically invincible resistance!

Although I have the powerful [Sky Dragon of Osiris] on the field, no matter how strong its attack power is, it's meaningless if it can't hit. I have absolutely no way to deal with that bug.

"Tsk, you've escaped with your life, nameless pharaoh. You can prolong your life for a few more rounds." Despite losing the battle, Gulimo still put on an air of superiority, even though he was helpless. "I set a card down, end of turn."

[Gulimo: 2000LP, 5 cards in hand]

【Osiris's Sky Dragon】【ATK6500→5500】

(Backcourt) [Demon Tamer] [ATK1300]

【GaiKa】

(Field) [Orichalcos Barrier]

"Is that so? My turn, draw a card." A confident smile played on Yugi's face as he drew a card. "Gulimo, this duel is over. I will defeat you this turn!"

"Activate the effect of [Chaos Illusionist] in my hand. Reveal this card, add one [Dark Magician] or one monster with the [Dark Magician] card name from my Deck to my hand (other than Ritual Monsters), and then place one card from my hand back on top of my Deck."

After revealing a card from his hand, the game retrieves "Dark Magician" from the deck and adds it to his hand, then selects a card and returns it to the top of the deck. Next, he plays a spell card.

“Next, I activate the spell card [Fusion], using [Dark Magician] and the Spellcaster monster [Chaos Illusionist] from my hand as Fusion Materials.” As [Fusion] activates in Yugi’s back row, the figures of [Dark Magician] and [Chaos Illusionist] appear behind him. “The power of dual dark magic is superimposed here, the magic power is synchronously gathered into one, reveal the power beyond miracles!”

"Fusion Summoning! [Grand Archmage - Dark Archmage's Apprentice]!"

Although the required materials are either [Dark Magician] or [Dark Magician Girl] plus any Mage-type monster, the [Super Mage - Dark Magician Apprentice] summoned by fusion will only be the image of the master and apprentice standing together.

[Super Archmage - Apprentice of the Dark Archmage] [ATK2800]

Seeing such a large monster summoned at the very beginning of the game, Gulimo raised an eyebrow, still unconvinced: "Muda, muda, muda! Under the power of the [Sky Dragon of Osiris], even the attack power of a [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] level monster will become less than that of a weak monster. This will bring divine punishment upon your [Super Magister - Dark Magister Apprentice]!"

"Summoning Thunder Bomb!"

The lightning struck down on the [Super Mage - Dark Mage Apprentice]. The [Dark Mage] and the [Dark Mage Girl] did their best to raise a magic barrier to resist the weakening effect. Although they managed to save their lives, they almost exhausted their magic power in the process.

[Grand Archmage - Dark Archmage Apprentice] [ATK 2800 → 800]

Despite the weakened power of the monster he had just summoned, Yugi remained unfazed and played his second card. "And then this card, [Whirlwind], I choose to destroy the face-down card in your backrow, Grimes!"

The Quick-Play Spell Card [Whirlwind] takes effect, shattering and destroying the [Explosive Armor] card that Grimo had placed in the back row, but Grimo was unfazed.

Because of the existence of the [Orichalcos Barrier], as long as the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] in the front row of Grimo is not destroyed, the [Demon Tamer] in the back row is in an absolutely safe state and will never become a target of attack. Moreover, the attack power of the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] is now as high as 5500 points, so on the surface there is no need to cover the [Explosive Armor].

However, in order to get to where he is today, Gulimo often studied the duel videos of famous duelists. He found that although they used [Explosive Armor] in their duels, it never worked. It was often destroyed by cards like [Whirlwind]. Today, he saw that this was indeed the case.

From the very beginning, he specifically invested this card to bait out a "Whirlwind" card with "Explosive Armor." This demonstrates his top-level understanding of duels!

Seeing the [Whirlwind] destroy the [Explosive Armor], Gulimo was not disappointed, but what he didn't expect was that the game's smile was even brighter than his.

“The puzzle pieces for victory are complete, Gulimo.” A smile played on his lips as Yugi confidently played another card. “I activate my magic card, [Hand Elimination]!”

"Both players discard all their cards from their hands, and then draw the number of cards discarded from their decks. I only have one card in my hand, so I discard one card."

"Remove my hand?" Gulimo frowned, not understanding why activating this [Hand Elimination] card would be a "piece of the puzzle to victory." He glanced at his deck.

Despite the intense battle, neither side's decks were depleted significantly. Grimo still had at least twenty cards left in his deck, far from enough for Yugi Muto to employ a deck-destroying tactic.

Gulimo sent all the cards in his hand to the graveyard in bewilderment. Yugi, on the other hand, also sent one card from his hand to the graveyard but did not draw the card immediately. Instead, he pressed the button to activate the face-down card.

"I have one last face-down card on the field, Grimmo. Although this card is a Trap Card, it will be the key to defeating [Osiris]!" Yugi said, looking at the face-down card. "Trap Card [Neglect]!"

"This card can only be activated when its draw effect is activated, because the cards drawn by that effect are sent to the Graveyard after both players confirm their identities!"

Gulimo's eyes widened: "N-Nani?!"

"That means—!"

"In other words, all the cards drawn by [Hand Elimination] need to be discarded, Gulimo!"

"【Sky Dragon of Osiris】gains infinite power with the increase of cards in the hand, but it can't deal with 'God'. However, I can directly attack the duelist's hand!"

"Your hand will be completely cleared, and [Osiris the Sky Dragon] will be left with only 500 attack power!"

Yugi then pointed to the [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice] on his field, "In addition, once per turn, due to the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, the effect of [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice] can be chained and activated, allowing me to draw a card before [Negate] takes effect."

"The card I drew is the trap card 'Burning Spirit,' which I previously placed on top of my deck using the effect of 'Chaos Illusionist.' Because it's a trap card, I can set it on the field!"

In a chain reaction, after drawing "Burning Spirit" from the top of the deck, the game immediately sets it face-down on the back row without even looking at it, and then the "Negate" effect begins to resolve.

Grimo and Yugi simultaneously drew their cards, then discarded them all to the graveyard due to the "Negate" effect, and the power of "Sky Dragon of Osiris" on Grimo's field suddenly vanished!

【Osiris's Sky Dragon】【ATK5500→500】

"Change [Mimic Man-Eating Bug] to Attack Position, and then it's my Battle Phase, Grimo!" Yugi's hand reached out to [Sky Dragon of Osiris], which had lost Grimo's hand support and was left with only the last bit of power provided by [Orichalcos Barrier]. "Here, I will slay the gods!"

[Mimicking a man-eating insect] [DEF0→ATK1650]

Before Gulimo's incredulous eyes, the Mimic Man-Eating Insect swung its pincers, instantly pulverizing the extremely weakened Sky Dragon of Osiris!

[Gulimo: 2000→850LP]

"Ugh!" The combat damage from the destruction of [Sky Dragon of Osiris] was applied to him, causing Gulimo to cry out in pain. However, he still stubbornly raised his head. "Madama Madama, the 'Summoning Lightning' effect released by [Sky Dragon of Osiris] will not disappear because of its destruction!"

"Your [Grand Archmage - Dark Archmage Apprentice]'s attack power is still only a mere 800 points. Thanks to the [Orichalcos Barrier], my [Demon Tamer] on the field has a higher attack power than yours!"

Upon hearing this, Yugi sneered and said, "After the attack power of [Super Magister - Black Magister's Apprentice] was reduced to only 800 points, it is the same as the original attack power of [Demon Tamer]. With the addition of [Orichalcos Barrier], your monster's attack power is indeed higher."

"However, let me give you a quick refresher on the cards. I'm activating the Trap Card 'Burning Spirit'!"

"A trap card was activated in the very turn it was placed!?"

In response to Gulimo's question, Yugi explained, "When a card set down by the effect of [Super Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice] is a Quick-Play Spell Card or Trap Card, it can be activated during the turn it is set. And the effect of [Burning Spirit] is to become an Equip Card after activation, equipping one of my monsters on the field."

"When a monster with higher ATK than its original ATK is on your opponent's field, the ATK of a monster equipped with [Burning Spirit] becomes twice its original ATK only during the Damage Step!"