Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Seahorse: "Tch..."

The three players all wore expressions of disappointment. It wasn't that the card "Divine Punishment" wasn't powerful enough; it was just that when they heard "Doma's sublime power," they had imagined some extremely powerful monster rather than a trap card, which was quite a contrast.

Hayato from the other dimension couldn't help but complain, "Seriously? Dartz is playing a fake deck with Orichalcos, isn't he? There are way too many traps in his deck."

"Hmm, I think Dartz uses a better number of Trap Cards than you do, Hayato," came the reply from behind Hayato. "Besides, Trap Cards are an important part of Duel Monsters."

"Deep pits are an important part of Duel Monsters, you have to try them, right? But I think my deck is pretty positive..."

"Huh?!" Hayato said casually, then belatedly realized something was wrong and turned his head sharply. "Who's there!?"

Looking at the green-haired man in front of him, who was practically identical to Dartz, Hayato was stunned, unable to comprehend what had happened.

Meanwhile, the duel outside continues.

"Tch, I thought it was some kind of card. Another annoying trap card enthusiast?" Kaiba composed himself and frowned. "Yūzai was right. You and Hayato are exactly the same kind of people."

"However, my tactics are far more perfect than you imagine!"

[White Spirit Dragon] was struck by a bolt of lightning from the sky, his body shattered into white light and sent to the graveyard. But after the white light, Dartz, who was smiling, saw all four of the cards in his hand that the seahorse had raised above his head.

"I activate the Fusion Spell Card from my hand, using the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand as Fusion Materials to summon the strongest, most magnificent, and most invincible Super Monster in history!"

Kaiba lined up three Blue-Eyes White Dragons on his Duel Disk, and placed a Fusion in his Spell & Trap Zone. "I will etch the perfect form of this evolved ultimate dragon into the depths of my soul, and the ultimate power will be revealed here!"

"Q-powered! Iron Chicken!! Super Q!!!"

"【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!"

This time, Kaiba played consistently, and as expected, he once again started with a high-level hand, immediately gathering all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Fusion in his hand. He then fused to summon his ace monster—the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, with an attack power of 4500 and capable of slashing three times in one go!

[True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] [ATK4500]

"Activating the effect of [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] during the main phase allows her to perform three attacks during this battle phase, after which my battle phase begins!"

Kaiba commanded, pointing to Dartz's only remaining [Orichalcos] card on the field, "Crush that monster, Blue-Ace!"

"Hyper Burst Stream!"

Chapter 646 A World Where Only Jonouchi Is Wounded

"【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】, attack 【Orichalcos Weapon】!"

The towering three-headed white dragon opened its three enormous mouths, and torrents of light converged into them. Seeing this, Jonouchi, standing to the side, couldn't help but excitedly pump his fist and shout, "That's the spirit! Go, Kaiba! Take down that monster that absorbs damage!"

“Dartz currently has no cards in his hand, and his back row is empty. He has no ability to resist the attack of [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate],” Yugi thought of the results that could be achieved if this attack succeeded, and a joyful smile appeared on his face. “Two direct attacks with an attack power of 4500 points each can reduce Dartz’s life points by 9000 points in one go!”

As Kaiba brought his hand down from above his head, a torrent of light surged forth, rushing towards the urchin-like [Orichalcos Vessel]. Seeing the [Orichalcos Vessel] completely engulfed by the first attack from the [True Blue-Eyes White Dragon], a smile crept onto Kaiba's lips.

"Hmph, this is the power of the Blue-Eyes. Admire it, and then fear it!"

Having declared his victory, Kaiba was about to wave his hand again to order the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to launch a second attack, but his movements suddenly froze, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face: "What is that?!"

As if time had reversed, the attack of the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, which should have shattered the Orichalcos Vessel, suddenly reversed. The Orichalcos Vessel remained unscathed on Dartz Field. The source of this anomaly was a turtle-like monster that emerged from Dartz Graveyard.

"That's... the [Super Electromagnetic Turtle] from the game!?" Jonouchi stared incredulously at the monster on Dartz's side. He wouldn't mistake this monster, which was frequently used in the game. "When was that?"

The game does offer a guess about the origin of the [Super Electromagnetic Turtle]: "Was it when that [Heavenly Punishment] was activated just now? It even factored in the card's cost!"

"During my opponent's Battle Phase, I banish 'Super Electromagnetic Turtle' from my Graveyard to activate its effect, ending the Battle Phase immediately." Dartz had a calm expression on his face. "This is one of the few cards that can activate its effect from the Graveyard during my opponent's turn, so I naturally added such a useful card to my deck."

“Now, because of the effect of the [Super Electromagnetic Turtle], Seth, your monster can no longer attack. It’s a real shame that we couldn’t take the opportunity to destroy the [Orichalcos Vessel].” As she spoke, Dartz gave a subtle smile, as if she were plotting something.

Kaiba glanced at the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. The white dragon, which had been pushed back by the attack, was wrapped in a weak current. Although it did not leave any damage, it made it unable to move. Helpless, Kaiba could only snort coldly: "Hmph, I let you escape with your life, Dartz. Well then, you can continue to do your best to prolong your life."

“Next time, you won’t be so lucky.” With no cards to set, Kaiba lowered his raised Duel Disk and said, “My turn is over.”

[Seahorse: 4000LP, 0 cards in hand]

[True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] [ATK4500]

【GaiKa】

It was Dartz's turn again. Last turn, Kaiba used [Enemy Controller] to transfer control of [Orichalcos] and free it, avoiding its resurrection effect after being destroyed. This caused Dartz to temporarily lose this indestructible shield.

However, at the same time, it also freed Dartz from the card-drawing phase, allowing him to draw cards again.

"My turn, draw a card." Dartz drew a card from his deck, glanced at it, smiled slightly, and flipped over the only card in his hand to reveal it. "My luck is really good. Activate the spell card [Life-Slicing Treasure Card]."

"What?!" Kaiba was taken aback at first, then his face darkened. "After the game, it's my card?! Looks like you've done a lot of research on our deck, Dartz..."

Dartz shrugged and said easily, "There's no way around it. When you live long enough, you naturally become very good at observing. Not only is humanity filthy now, but I also know your weaknesses like the nameless pharaoh and Set."

"What a formidable opponent! First, he tried to copy Hayato's disgusting trap cards, then there's Yugi's [Super Electromagnetic Turtle] which can activate in the graveyard, and Kaiba's shameless [Life-Slashing Treasure Card]," Jonouchi said with a hint of curiosity in his serious expression. "Which of my cards will Dartz add to my deck this time?"

Upon hearing this, Dartz glanced at Jonouchi with disdain and casually said, "You? What a pity, there's no room in my deck for your boring gambling cards, Jonouchi."

"It's Jonouchi! And the discrimination is so obvious, you bastard!"

Ignoring the roar within the city, Dartz placed his hand on the deck and said, "I have never denied that humanity has unique strengths. I have recorded countless examples of these strengths throughout my millennia of experience, like stars in the sky. But unfortunately, like the stars in the sky, the darkness occupies a larger area of ​​the night sky due to humanity's flaws."

"Humanity like this cannot peacefully face its end; it will only drag everything around it into darkness and destruction like a black hole. Therefore, I need to adjust the future to another possibility, rather than letting this doomed civilization continue to parasitize the planet."

"The effect of [Death-Slaying Treasure Card] is that I draw cards from my deck to replenish my hand to five cards. As a trade-off, during the fifth turn of my preparation phase after activation, I must discard all cards in my hand."

As Dartz pulled out a card, he said, "However, the outcome will probably be decided long before that time comes. It's really a shameless and effective strategy."

"Right? Even Dartz said that Kaiba's card effects are shameless." Upon hearing Dartz's words, Jonouchi instantly recovered from the disappointment of "his cards being completely ignored by the opponent" and immediately mocked Kaiba.

"Shut up! Does your 'Fate Card' have the right to talk about me? You mediocre person!" Kaiba glared back at the castle.

However, the two didn't argue for long. They remembered that it was Dartz's turn, and Dartz had already drawn a full five cards. Although she hadn't drawn any cards in the previous turn, Dartz had made up for it with the amount she drew this time, and could now spend them lavishly.

Dartz's first card surprised the three opponents.

"I activate the Spell Card, [Planetary Transformation], to search my Deck for a Field Spell Card and add it to my hand."

A ball of light appeared in front of Dartz, carrying a card that flew into Dartz's hand. It was a card he had retrieved from his deck.

However, the game, Jonouchi, Kaiba, and even the commentator Ryuzaki were all puzzled.

"Isn't the card 【Orichalcos Barrier】 supposed to have the ridiculous effect of not being destroyed and not leaving the field?" Ryuzaki thought for a moment and confirmed that his memory should be correct. "With one 【Orichalcos Barrier】 already activated, not only the opponent but also Dartz himself should be unable to activate a new Field Spell Card to cover it."

What's the point of adding a Field Spell Card that can't be activated to your hand?

Jonouchi looked at Yugi beside him, but Yugi just shook his head: "I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about it."

"Hmph, no matter what tactics you use, it's all useless against [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!" Although Kaiba also didn't understand why Dartz wanted to search for a second Field Spell Card, he had complete confidence in his [Blue-Eyes].

At that moment, Dartz reached out and took the card retrieved from the orb of light, flipped it over to show the others, and said with a smile, "The card I retrieved from my deck is this one, the Field Spell Card [Orichalcohol Aura]."

“Deuteros? The second?” Kaiba repeated the English name of the [Orichalcohol Aura] that Dartz had mentioned, then suddenly thought of a possibility, “Masaka?”

"Just as you suspected, Seth, the [Orichalcohol Aura] is the second barrier built upon the [Orichalcohol Barrier]. It will overlap the first barrier, gaining its power and strengthening the barrier!"

As Dartz spoke, the Duel Disk on his wrist opened the field area, and he placed the [Orichalcos Aura] in his hand on [Orichalcos Barrier], "Activate the Field Spell Card [Orichalcos Aura]!"

The Doma-style Duel Disk area is much more spacious than the regular Duel Disk. Several gamers who had previously acquired Doma-style Duel Disks knew this, but they didn't pay much attention to this feature until now, when they saw Dartz placing two cards stacked together in one area, they finally understood the purpose of this design.

As the Duel Disk area closed in, the original edge of the [Orichalcos Barrier] expanded outwards again, extending a second ring onto the ground that was tightly attached to the first barrier. Due to the expansion, Ryuzaki, who was originally attached to the edge of the barrier, had to drag the fallen people away from the ground again.

However, unlike [Orichalcos Barrier], which provides a significant boost to the monsters on the field upon activation, [Orichalcos Aura] did not produce any particularly noticeable effects after activation. Nevertheless, the Yugi team did not underestimate this barrier and kept a close eye on Dartz's actions.

Dartz then drew another card from his hand: "I Normal Summon 'All-Handed God' from my hand and activate its effect to add the Ritual Spell Card 'Orichalcum Mirror' from my Deck to my hand."

“Next, I will procure the Spell Card [Orichalcum Mirror] by sacrificing my Level 6☆ [Time Eater]!” Dartz sneered. “I will Ritual Summon [Mirror Knight Summoner] from my Deck to my back row!”

"Nameless Pharaoh and Set, humanity's greatest weakness is humanity itself. Let this monster make you understand this truth!"

Chapter 647 Phantom Knight

"Ritual Summoning! [Mirror Knight Summoner]!"

As Dartz retrieved a card from his deck and inserted it into the Spell & Trap Zone of his Duel Disk, a blue crystal pillar appeared next to his [Orichalcos Vessel] in his back row, revealing its terrifying stats.

【Mirror Knight Summoner】【6☆/Light】

[Mage Race/Ritual/Effect]

【0/0→500/0】

Attack 0, defense 0! Is there any attack and defense power more terrifying in the world? No!

Jonouchi also noticed that Dartz's ritual summon was not a typical three-for-one exchange, but a two-for-one exchange, saving the resource of one card, which was practically a card gain: "To actually perform a ritual summon from the deck, that's too much!"

What he didn't know was that, compared to the summoning itself, the ritual monster [Mirror Knight Summoner] was the most outrageous existence.

The crystal pillar shimmered under the emerald light of the [Orichalcos Barrier] on the ground. As the angle changed, images of Yugi, Jonouchi, Kaiba, and [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] were reflected on it. The next moment, as if in a dream, four fully armed knight-type monsters suddenly appeared in Dartz's field.

【Mirror Knight Derivative】【1☆/Light】

[Warrior Race/Derivatives]

【0/0→500/0】

Covered in mirror armor, wielding a longsword as gleaming as a mirror, and with a shield that's practically a mirror itself, their entire outfit consists of seemingly fragile mirror artifacts. It's no wonder that these suddenly appearing derivatives have such low attack and defense capabilities.

"When the [Mirror Knight Summoner] is successfully Special Summoned, Special Summon as many [Mirror Knight Tokens] as possible in Attack Position on my field, and when the [Mirror Knight Tokens] are successfully Special Summoned, place a 'Mirror Shield Counter' on each of those Tokens."

Dartz glanced at the two cards remaining in his hand, then lowered his arm instead of unfolding them further. Amidst the surprised looks of the other players, he commanded, "Now, let's enter the battle phase. I'll use [Man-Handed God] to attack [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!"

【God of Ten Thousand Hands】【ATK1400→1900】

Unlike the previous [Orichalcos Giant], which could be resurrected an infinite number of times after being destroyed and whose attack power would continuously increase, Kaiba knew that [Man-Handed God] only had one effect when summoned, since he had used it before.

At this moment, Dartz launched a fatal attack on the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with the [Man-Handed God]. Without the immortality of the [Orichalcos Giant] to cover it up, even the oblivious Jonouchi realized Dartz's intentions.

He seems to be intentionally allowing himself to be constantly injured and absorbed by the [Orichalcos Vessel]!?

Unfortunately, Kaiba had no means to stop Dartz from launching an attack, and Jonouchi's two face-down cards, including the [Gravity Removal] which could hinder attack abilities, had already been used in the previous turn.

The bronze-colored [Man-Handed God] with the [Orichalcos Barrier] emblem shining on its forehead launched a doomed charge at [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], only to be easily reduced to ashes by a single breath from the white dragon, while the overflowing combat damage was absorbed by the [Orichalcos Vessel].

【Dartz: 10100→10100LP】

[Archive of Orichalcos] [Absorb 4700 → 7300]

"It absorbed battle damage again..." Kaiba squinted at Dartz's [Orichalcum Vessel] in the back row. "I have a bad feeling. Does that monster have any other hidden abilities?"

"Although I don't know why Dartz is making that monster keep absorbing damage, we have to stop him," Yugi said, also watching the [Orichalcos Vessel].

Seeing that both Yugi and Kaiba noticed the difference in the Orichalcos Vessel, Dartz chuckled, "So you finally noticed? But it's a bit too late. The Orichalcos Vessel is already filled with a great deal of pain waiting to be released, and you no longer have any monsters left to destroy it."

"Hmph, are you blind, Dartz? Duel Monsters isn't a game where sight isn't an issue." Kaiba smirked. "Didn't you see my magnificent, majestic, and perfect [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]? Those weak monsters on your field can't possibly hurt it!"