Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Next, I activate the Ritual Spell Card [Chaos Form], bringing its total Level to 8, and send [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] from my hand as a Ritual Tribute to the Graveyard!"

"With absolute power, I will completely control light and darkness, and descend upon this place to tear everything apart!"

"Ritual Summoning! [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon]!"

The Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, having evolved to gain the power of chaos, appeared on Kaiba's field. Having abandoned all defenses, the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon transformed into a threatening spear of destruction, aimed directly at Amelda!

【God of Ten Thousand Hands】【ATK1400】

[Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] [ATK3000]

"Enter my battle phase! Attack your Mech Fortress with [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon]!"

After declaring his attack, Kaiba added, "When the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, summoned as a tribute with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, declares its attack, its own effect is activated."

"Change the battle position of all monsters on your opponent's field, and this effect reduces the ATK and DEF of the monsters whose battle position has been changed to 0!"

"And this turn, when Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon attacks a Defense Position monster, it gains the Defense Pierce effect, inflicting battle damage to the opponent equal to the amount of Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's ATK exceeding the target monster's DEF!"

The azure dragon spread its wings of light, and purple lightning burst forth from behind it. With the movement of the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon], the [Mech Fortress], which was originally in an attack stance ready to pounce, was forced to change its stance!

[Mech Fortress] [ATK2500→DEF0]

The Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, with an attack power of 3000, not only has the ability to weaken the opponent's attack and defense, but also has the defense-piercing ability to shatter all defenses. If Kaiba's attack hits successfully, it will be enough to deduct a full 3000 points from Amelda's life points in one go!

In this situation, Ameruda's choice is—

"That's typical of the Kaiba Group's violent style, but my revenge won't end there!" After confirming that his [Mech Fortress] had indeed been switched to defense position, Amelda decisively activated a face-down card in his back row. "I activate the Trap Card [Mech Forces Supercritical]!"

"It's useless. [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] cannot be the target of the opponent's effects, nor can it be destroyed by the opponent's effects!"

Although he didn't know what effect the card Ameruda had opened would have, Kaiba said confidently.

Ameruda responded with a cold laugh: "That doesn't matter, because what I want to destroy isn't your monsters, but my [Mech Fortress]!"

"The effect of 【Supercritical Mech Force】 is: Target one Machine-Type monster I control, Special Summon a 【Mech】 monster from my Deck with a different name than that monster, and then destroy the targeted monster." Amelda drew a card from her Deck and placed it on the Duel Disk. "I Special Summon 【Mech Colonel】 from my Deck in Defense Position, and then destroy my 【Mech Fortress】!"

The Mech Fortress, which was originally targeted by the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, exploded with a bang, its parts flying everywhere. From within, another new Mech monster emerged. The Mech Colonel was equipped with a chainsaw and an electromagnetic cannon, and it certainly didn't look like an ordinary Duel Monster.

However, what surprised Kaiba was not the appearance of the "Mech Colonel," but that after the "Mech Colonel" destroyed the "Mech Fortress" and appeared, the parts of the "Mech Fortress," which should have been abandoned, began to reassemble, turning into a mechanical giant that was somewhat similar to the "Mech Fortress"!

"If [Mech Fortress] is sent to the Graveyard, banish it to activate the effect of [Mech Force: Mega Transformation] in my Graveyard, and Special Summon it in Defense Position," Amelda explained, a sinister smile on her face. "This is the indelible hatred that you, Seto Kaiba, must face!"

"Hmph, boring. I don't understand a word you're saying. To me, there are only pure Duel Monsters. Leave your idiotic nonsense to the police." Kaiba glanced disdainfully at the two monsters on Ameruda's field.

[Mech Force - Super Transformation] [8 stars/location]

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[2600/1500]

[Mecha Colonel] [10 stars/location]

[Machine Race/Special Summon/Effect]

[3000/2500]

"Although the [Mech Fortress] was not destroyed by the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon], it triggered an attack rollback, allowing the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] to choose its target again. And the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon]'s effect is not limited to once per turn."

As Kaiba spoke, he pointed at the [Colonel Mech] with the highest attack power on Amelda's field: "[Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon], attack the [Colonel Mech] in Defense Position, but before that, use your effect to rewrite the appearance of all the monsters on the opponent's field!"

The light wings that had already been released and had not yet been retracted bloomed again. Under the second lightning release of the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, the two high-level mech monsters specially summoned by Amelda changed their appearance and were stripped of their power.

[Mech Force - Super Transformation] [DEF1500→ATK0]

[Mecha Colonel] [DEF2500→ATK0]

In an instant, the chainsaw that had been spinning rapidly on the right hand of the [Mech Colonel] suddenly stopped, and the electromagnetic cannon on the left arm also stopped charging. The entire mech stopped operating as if it had lost power. On the opposite side of the seahorse field, the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] opened its mouth and breathed a deadly breath at it!

"boom!"

Without any resistance, the [Mech Colonel] was easily crushed into wreckage by the power of the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon], while Kaiba coldly watched as Amelda's monster turned to ashes.

The appearance of another monster after the explosion did not surprise Kaiba, after all, he still remembered the [Frontline of the Mech Force] card that Ameruda had previously activated.

【Mech Iron Fist Soldier】【9☆/Land】

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[2800/0]

The effect of 【The Frontline of the Mech Force】 does not resolve based on the ATK of the destroyed monster when it was on the field, but rather based on its original ATK when it was in the Graveyard. 【Mech Colonel】 has an ATK of 3000, so Amelda chose 【Mech Iron Hand Soldier】, which has an ATK of almost the maximum of 2800, to Special Summon.

However, what concerned Kaiba was that he thought Ameruda's base score would be reduced to a mere 1000 points after this round of attacks, but Ameruda's base score was now as high as 5000 points.

Only then did Amelda explain, "At the moment your Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon attacked, I activated another face-down card, 'Power Booster - Mega Z.' This card can only be activated during the damage calculation if I take more than 2000 battle damage, and it restores 4000 of my Life Points."

[Ameruda: 4000→8000→5000LP]

In fact, Amelda didn't need to explain; Kaiba already knew the card's effect, and was quite familiar with it. In their past duels, because Kaiba's Blue-Eyes deck focused on aggressive play and featured many high-attack monsters, Hayato frequently used cards like Absorb Shield, Rainbow Life, and Max Z-Boost.

"Hmph, so their high attack power has been exploited. But I don't care."

"Tch, how arrogant, Seto Kaiba." Although Amelda's life points increased rather than decreased, the damage he suffered was real. He rubbed his stomach slightly. "Because of the effect of [Frontline of the Mech Force], when my [Mech Colonel] is destroyed in battle, I Special Summon [Mech Iron Hand Soldier], which is also an EARTH card with 2800 ATK, from my Deck in Attack Position."

"If [Mech Iron Fist] is successfully Summoned or Special Summoned, its effect is activated. I reveal three Machine-Type EARTH monsters from my Deck to my opponent. Then, my opponent randomly selects one monster and adds that monster to my hand, while returning the rest of the cards to my Deck."

As he spoke, the phantom images of the three monster cards chosen by Ameruda were projected in front of Kaiba.

[Mech Peacekeeper], [Mech Mechanical Frame], and [Mech Cannon]

The three monsters were the same as the other [Machine] monsters that Kaiba had seen before; they were all EARTH Machine-Type monsters. After the phantom images of the three cards were flipped and shuffled several times, Kaiba randomly pointed to the middle one: "I choose the middle card."

The card flips over, revealing a humanoid mechanical soldier in orange-yellow armor, [Mecha Mechanical Frame].

“In that case, I’ll add [Mech Skeleton] to my hand, and then return the other two monsters to the deck.” Ameruda retrieved the other two cards and then added [Mech Skeleton] to his hand.

Seahorse frowned as he watched Ameruda on the field.

Even though you successfully destroyed the opponent's monster through battle, in the blink of an eye, the number of monsters on the opponent's field has increased from one at the start of the turn to two, and they are not just filler monsters but genuine high-level monsters.

Although the attack and defense of [Mech Force - Mega Transformation] were permanently reduced by [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon], the 2800 attack power of [Mech Iron Hand] cannot be ignored. With a slightly better equipment card, it can surpass its own [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon].

However, the opponent had already set up the scene, but forgot that it was still their battle phase. They shouldn't have said that the battle phase was over, right?

"Although I only have the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon left on my field, which I've already attacked, the Blue-Eyes monster in my Graveyard is eager to be summoned. During the Battle Phase, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card Silver Dragon's Roar to Special Summon a Dragon-Type Normal Monster from my Graveyard!"

"My glory, my Tamashi! Descend here!"

"Blue-Ace-Tilted-Head-Doragon!"

In fact, we have to thank Hayato. After being repeatedly tricked, Kaiba has learned not to use all his strength at the beginning. Although he could summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon during the main phase, he has been saving the Silver Dragon Roar card until now, and it has finally come in handy.

A magnificent white dragon with blue eyes makes its grand entrance!

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

"Because it is a Special Summon during the Battle Phase, Blue-Eyes White Dragon can also participate in the attack, and the target I choose to attack is your [Mech Force: Super Transformer] whose ATK was reduced to 0 by Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon."

Kaiba stretched out his hand and pointed to the mechanical giant on Ameruda's field, "【Frontline of the Mech Force】is indeed a card that can effectively maintain your battle line, but its effect can only be used once per turn. If another monster is destroyed this time, you will only have 【Mech Iron Hand Soldier】 left on your field."

"Come on, [Blue Eyes], destroy Burst Stream!"

【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】is Seto Kaiba's most trusted card and his strongest ace. Although it has no effect and is just a normal monster card, its powerful force is the strongest means.

The white dragon, resurrected from the graveyard, spewed a torrent of light, engulfing the [Mech Squad - Mega Transformer], which had been "powered out" by the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon], and instantly destroying it!

"Ugh!" Amelda cried out in pain as the attack from the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was almost completely unaffected.

[Ameruda: 5000→2000LP]

After all, the only card in Ameruda's back row is [Frontline of the Mech Force], and he has no way to counterattack to stop [Blue Eyes]'s attack. However, on the other hand, he is ready for "revenge".

"The pain you inflicted on me will surely be avenged, Seto Kaiba!" Amelda drew a card from her graveyard. "If my Machine-Type EARTH [Machine Force Mega Transformation] is destroyed by battle, activate the effect of [Machine Colonel] in my graveyard!"

"Special Summon [Mech Colonel], return!"

Chapter 552 The dump truck, the dump truck is coming down the mountain!

"Activate the effect of [Colonel Mech] in my graveyard and Special Summon him!"

Although Kaiba's Blue Eyes, resurrected from the graveyard, successfully destroyed Ameruda's Mech Force: Mega Transformer, he didn't expect that this battle would trigger the resurrection effect of Mech Colonel in Ameruda's graveyard.

On the field of Ameruda, the towering war fortress [Mech Colonel] is crawling out from the wreckage of [Mech Force - Super Transformation].

"Compared to [Mech Force: Mega Transformation], which requires [Mech Fortress] to be sent to the Graveyard for Special Summoning, this one has much more lenient conditions, only needing an EARTH Machine-type card? What a troublesome effect." Upon seeing this, Kaiba immediately played the card in his hand. "Hmph, in that case, I'll just banish you from the Graveyard before you revive!"

"Quick-Play Spell Card: Called the Graveyard!"

"Target one monster in your opponent's Graveyard, banish it, and negate the effects of that monster and any cards with the same name until the end of the next turn!"

Seahorse pointed at the still-resurrecting [Mech Colonel]: "I chose you, [Mech Colonel]! You undead, you'd better stay put in the graveyard!"

"What?!"

Amidst Ameluda's bewildered expression, a ghastly green arm suddenly burst forth from the ground in front of the [Mech Colonel], who was halfway resurrected from the graveyard. It was none other than the invincible [Called One of the Graveyard], also known as "Grave Finger," who was known as the "Pointer," "Ash Blossom Annihilator," and "Hand Pit Killer"!

Despite possessing a tenacious resurrection ability and excellent attack and defense stats, the [Mech Colonel] could not escape being banished by this card and struggled to disappear before Amelda's eyes!

"Yay, yahoo!" Ameruda gritted her teeth in anger as she watched her monster disappear again, but she was helpless against the seahorse.

"That should be the end of it, you rat. I'm already incredibly fed up with your endless monster resurrections." Kaiba said coldly, looking at Ameruda. "If that's the end of it, then I'll set the last card in my hand face down and end this turn."

[Seahorse: 4000LP, 0 cards in hand]

[Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] [ATK3000]

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

【GaiKa】

"Tch, my turn, draw a card." Amelda drew a card, another [Mech] monster, [Mech Radiation Soldier]. Its effect is that it can be Special Summoned directly from the hand by discarding one [Mech] monster other than this card. In addition, it has the effect of Special Summoning a [Mech] monster in the Graveyard with a Rank lower than that monster after destroying one of the Machine-Type monsters on your field.

However, Amelda glanced at his graveyard and found no monsters whose attack power could surpass that of the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon and Blue-Eyes White Dragon on Kaiba Stadium. There was only one recently destroyed Machine Force: Mega Transformer. Although its attack power of 2600 was only 400 points away from 3000, that difference was as vast as heaven and earth.

Similarly, there's my own [Mech Iron Fist Soldier] on the field, with a high attack power of 2800, but it just can't get past the 3000 attack power of the [Blue Eyes] family. It's infuriating to think about.

The other two cards in his hand were [Mech Skeleton], which he had added to his hand using the effect of [Mech Iron Fist] in the previous turn, and a trap of unknown purpose. It was completely useless to him, whose goal was to defeat Seto Kaiba. Amelda couldn't remember why he had added this card to his deck.

Only with another card's worth of resources can I hope to surpass Seto Kaiba!

Ameruda's eyes narrowed, and he declared loudly, "I activate the effect of [Mech Radiation Soldier] in my hand, discard one [Mech] monster from my hand other than this card, and Special Summon [Mech Radiation Soldier] to my field in Defense Position."

On Ameruda's field, a mechanical device resembling a laser turret rose up. However, strangely enough, its cannon was not aimed at the opposing seahorse, but instead immediately targeted Ameruda's own [Mech Iron Hand Soldier].

[Mech Radiation Trooper] [8 stars/location]