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Diablo: 3500LP, 0 cards in hand

【Danger! Dogman!】(Danger Capture Operation)【ATK3200】

【Danger! Mothman!】【ATK1800】

[GaiK] X3

"Tch, it's back again, that disgusting monster." Diablo's expression was grim when he saw the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] reappear, because it meant that his back row cards might not be able to activate.

However, he suddenly regained his confidence after another thought: "I almost forgot, you said before that the monster's effect is forced to activate, which means that even the activation of your own cards can be negated by that monster?"

"In that case, wouldn't it mean you have a whole hand of cards, but they'll all be negated by your own monster before you can even play them? Hahaha, what an incredibly stupid monster!"

"Ha, is that so?" Hayato sneered. "Although you know alchemy, which few people can learn, you are different from another alchemist I know who has a gentle personality. You are just a piece of trash, and a piece of trash with an extremely short-sighted vision."

"Let me show you the true power of creation from nothing, and the ultimate power to destroy everything!"

Hayato draws a card from the top of his deck and casually sends it to the graveyard as cost, activating a card in his hand: "Discard one card from my hand, I activate a Quick-Play Spell Card, [Super Polymerization]!"

"This card allows you to select the Fusion Materials needed to create a Fusion Monster from both players' fields and send them to the Graveyard. You can then Special Summon a Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck as a Fusion Summon!"

As Hayato activated [Hyperfusion], a fierce wind swept across the field. The sky, which had been shrouded in a light mist, suddenly cleared up, but then dark clouds pressed down again. Amidst the lightning and thunder, Diavolo felt a suffocating sensation.

"Choose fusion material cards from both players' fields!?" After a moment of surprise, Diablo recovered and gritted his teeth, saying, "But don't forget your [Dragon of Light and Darkness]—"

"Damn it, the activation of [Super Polymerization] cannot be chained by the effects of Spells, Trap Cards, or Monsters, and its spell speed is even higher than Counter Trap!" Hayato's words shattered Diablo's last hope. Pointing at Diablo, Hayato said, "The monsters I've chosen are [Danger! Mothman!] and [Danger! Dogman!] on your field!"

"I!?"

Chapter 692 I'm a Kind-Hearted Person

"I?!"

Diavolo looked utterly incredulous upon hearing that he was among the materials Hayato had chosen for fusion—if that dog-like expression truly reflected disbelief.

Moreover, he couldn't understand what kind of monsters could be created by fusing [Danger! Dogman!] and [Danger! Mothman!]. As the creator of the [Dangers], no one understood the [Dangers] better than him.

Although Diavolo himself couldn't imagine what kind of fusion monster Hayato was going to summon, the power of [Super Fusion] had already begun to take effect, generating a tearing force originating from the very root of his soul within the storm. Diavolo watched helplessly as his body seemed to be torn in two, pulled towards the center of the storm stirred up by [Super Fusion].

However, Hayato only needed the power of the two cards, [Danger! Dogman!] and [Danger! Mothman!]. Diavolo himself was not among the materials required for [Hyperfusion]. The next moment, Diavolo's body actually split into two parts: one part was Diavolo himself, who had transformed into an old human form, and the other part was the stiff body of [Danger! Dogman!].

The two monsters, [Dogman!] and [Mothman!], were thrown into [Super Fusion]. Diablo, who was sitting on the ground, had a bewildered expression on his face and looked down at his hands.

These weren't hands forcibly suppressed and modified with the power of Orichalcos; they were human hands that were naturally like this. Under the power of [Hyperfusion], his body actually reverted to a human body!?

However, Diablo himself wasn't too excited about this. Instead, he suddenly looked up in the direction of the [Hyperfusion], where the two monsters, [Dogman!] and [Mothman!], had merged into one. However, the unfinished Philosopher's Stone that had been embedded in [Danger! Dogman!] did not enter the storm. Instead, it was caught by Hayato.

Give that thing back to me!

"Hmm? No way, this is my reward for helping you turn back into a human." Hayato weighed the green jade stone, which was less than the size of a fist, in his hand and looked at the indignant Diablo. "If you want it, you should take it yourself. But before that, think about how to survive in the face of this invincible power!"

"The materials are two DARK monsters on the field, and the Despairing Vines, laden with the fruits of sin and blood. From that deep, winding hell, a new threat is born! Appear! Poisonous dragon with hungry fangs!"

"Fusion Summon! [Ferocious Venomous Fusion Dragon]!"

The flesh created by the dark modification experiment dissolved into nutrients for the vines under the power of [Hyperfusion], growing into a ferocious poisonous dragon. Hayato also saw the soul trapped in the card being released and disappearing along with the storm in the dissipating storm.

[Fierce, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon] [8☆/Dark]

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[2800/2000]

After a [Super Polymerization], Diablo's field was completely empty, with both monsters that were originally there gone. Although there were three face-down cards protecting his back row, they were nothing more than three pieces of waste paper in front of Hayato's [Dragon of Light and Darkness] at its peak.

He was facing three powerful monsters on Hayato's field: two giant dragons with 2800 attack power each, and the [Danger! Thunderbird!] that originally belonged to him. Even though [Thunderbird!] couldn't attack due to the effect of [Hateful Complaint], the two giant dragons alone would be more than enough to wipe out Diablo's current meager 3500 attack power.

"The Philosopher's Stone was my only chance to succeed in my project, and you bastard took it from me! Unforgivable!" Enraged, Diablo ignored Hayato's presence with "Light and Darkness Dragon" on the field and immediately activated his face-down card after "Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon" was summoned. "What are those monsters? They're all doomed!"

"Trap Card [Torrent Tribute]: Can only be activated when a monster is Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned; destroy all monsters on the field!"

As Diavolo flips his back row face-down card, a torrent of raging blue energy is about to sweep across the entire field. Diavolo can use this field-flipping card without any burden, since at this moment only Hayato has monsters on his field, and he has no monsters that can be destroyed.

However, the black and white wings behind the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] flapped, and the torrent that seemed to be about to destroy everything instantly calmed down and could not stir up a ripple in the face of his power.

"Fool, have you forgotten the effect of [Dragon of Light and Darkness]? In exchange for a 500-point decrease in attack and defense, I will nullify your [Torrent Burial]."

Hearing Hayato's words, Diablo revealed a smug expression: "Hmph, indeed, the effect of [Torrent Tribute] was forcibly negated by the effect of [Light and Darkness Dragon], but I noticed it just now. Although the effect of [Light and Darkness Dragon] seems to be a continuous activation type, it can even negate trap cards."

"But its effect is actually part of a chain reaction, isn't it?"

"As long as I can bait out the first effect of [Torrent Tribute], I can chain-activate the card I really want to use after the effect of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] is activated!"

Diablo said smugly, opening his second face-down card in his back row, "Quick-Play Spell Card, [Offering to the Dead]! Destroy that [Dragon of Light and Darkness] on your field!"

Beneath the calmed waves of the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], as Diavolo's card activated, several filthy bandages suddenly shot out and wrapped around the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], which was still unable to move after using its ability. The bandages tightened and dragged the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] straight into the graveyard.

Watching the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] be destroyed and sent to the graveyard, Hayato couldn't help but glance at Diavolo: "This really surprises me. How could someone like you come up with such a way to counter the [Dragon of Light and Darkness]? But I remember that the side effect of [Offerings to the Dead] is to skip your next draw phase, right?"

"Heh, you think I'd just sit here and wait to die because I don't have any cards in my hand? Naive brat." Diablo said smugly, activating the last face-down card on his back row, "Trap Card [Reckless Greed], I draw two cards from my deck and then skip my next two draw phases."

Hayato watched as Diavolo revealed the last card in his back row and drew two more, then smiled coldly: "I see. You thought I couldn't do enough damage to you this turn?"

"Although you have indeed destroyed the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], aren't you worried that I can still summon other monsters?"

"If you can do it, then give it a try." Diablo was startled, but still stubbornly insisted. In fact, he hadn't even considered this point. Hayato hadn't made a normal summon this turn, even though he had destroyed [Light and Darkness Dragon], leaving Hayato with only one [Ferocious Poison Fusion Dragon] with 2800 ATK on the field that could attack.

However, he only has 3500 base points. If Hayato summons a monster with an attack power of 700 or more, he'll be finished.

However, what Hayato said next made Diavolo breathe a sigh of relief.

"Unfortunately, I don't have any monsters in my hand that I can Normal Summon. And it seems I'll have to save my final chance for revenge for this monster." Despite having the 900-ATK [Death Stalker] in his hand that he could Normal Summon, Hayato didn't play it. After glancing at his [Danger! Thunderbird!] on the field, he declared, "Entering my Battle Phase!"

"The direct attack of the [Fierce, Hungry, Poisonous Fusion Dragon] is no match for this guy. We should unleash our full power!"

Pointing at Diablo, the [Fierce, Venomous Fusion Dragon] lunged at its target in sync with Hayato's movements, its snaking, vine-like body slick with dangerous purple venom.

"Extinction Rain of Highly Toxic Acid!"

The predatory dragon coiled around Diablo like a python capturing its prey, its ferocious head looking down at Diablo. Then it suddenly opened its mouth and poured out a torrent of highly corrosive venom like rain!

"Ughhhhhh!!!"

The reason Diavolo cried out in agony was that the [Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] summoned by the power of [Super Fusion] was not some illusory Duel Monster. The attack it was dealing was real damage, not an illusion. Diavolo was truly drenched in highly corrosive venom!

Diablo: 3500→700LP

The poison corroded the bone in an instant, and even the bones were fragile in the face of such a concentration of venom. But in the next moment, Diablo did not expect that his body would begin to heal itself rapidly.

"Although I don't know exactly how old you are, it seems that you've been able to live until now because of your self-modification, right?" Hayato glanced at the Orichalcos in his hand, thinking about what to do with it, and casually said, "The power of [Super Fusion] only stripped you of the power that allowed you to exist as a Card Spirit. I specially preserved that life force for you."

"Therefore, there is no duelist more compassionate than me."

"Damn it!" Diablo glared at Hayato. How could he be as kind as he claimed? It was because of the constant self-healing that the toxins left by the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] had merged into his body. From the very beginning, he could feel excruciating pain all over his body, almost driving him mad. That life force had become the source of his suffering.

However, given time, with his abilities, he was absolutely capable of completing "human transmutation," and then he could naturally resolve this pain by changing his body. All he had to do was take down this arrogant brat!

Diablo glanced at the cards in his hand. Of the two cards he drew with "Reckless Greed," one was the spell card "Lightning Strike," which could easily destroy all monsters on the opponent's field, and the other was the spell card "Whirlwind," which could be used to destroy spell and trap cards.

In the next turn, all I need to do is use [Whirlwind] to destroy any face-down cards that imp might have, and then use [Lightning Strike] to eliminate the [Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] that caused me so much pain. Then I can use [Danger! Thunder Bird!], which has returned to this side, to directly attack and clear out that imp's Life Points.

Having suffered so much humiliation, I must blast this brat to smithereens!

"I will repay you for this pain in the next round, no, I will repay you 1000%!"

Hearing Diablo's harsh words, Hayato shrugged: "Next round? When did you get the illusion that 'you have another round'?"

"Hmm?" Enduring the pain, Diablo glanced at Hayato's field. He should have run out of monsters to attack with. His only remaining monster, [Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon], had already damaged him, and [Danger! Thunder Bird!] was a monster that couldn't attack or even use its effect.

"Your next sentence will be, 'Ha, you don't have any monsters left to attack, do you?'"

"Heh, you don't have any more monsters to attack... What!?" Diavolo looked at Hayato, paused slightly, and continued, "Hmph, what a boring little trick. What's wrong with saying it again? You don't have any monsters left to attack or harm me!"

Hayato held a card between his fingers and said, "Sore wado ka na, who says you can't stab a monster without a spearhead... Can't you cause damage to a monster that can't be attacked?"

"I told you before, we have to save our last chance for revenge for this monster." Seeing that he had [Danger! Thunderbird!] on his field, Hayato inserted the card into his Duel Disk. "End of Battle Phase, then during my Main Phase 2, I activate the Continuous Spell Card, [Summoning Exophysis]!"

"During their respective End Phases, each player can release one monster from their field, dealing damage to their opponent equal to half of that monster's original ATK!"

Upon hearing Hayato's description of the effects of the [Spiritual Exophysis], Diavolo was taken aback and abruptly looked towards [Danger! Thunderbird!].

【Danger! Thunderbird!】【ATK2800】

If Hayato releases that monster, he can deal a full 1400 points of damage to himself in one go!

"Wait, wait a minute, you're not going to unleash my monster to attack me, are you?! You're not going to unleash that monster, are you?!"

Hayato nodded without hesitation: "Sodayo~"

“I am a kind-hearted person and cannot bear to see others suffer, so I have come to relieve you of your suffering.”

“Not only you, Diablo, but also the souls you have bound to the cards.”

With that, Hayato waved his hand: "My turn is over, and then, thanks to the effect of [Summoning Exophysis], I'll unleash [Danger! Thunderbird!]. Sacrifice yourself for the greater good!"

Under the effect of [Spiritual Exophysis], the massive body of [Danger! Thunderbird!] on Hayato's field disintegrated, and several soul entities flew out from it. These soul entities resembled ordinary small birds and swooped straight towards Diavolo!

Seeing the ghosts in the card rushing towards him, Diablo was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a thud, crying out in terror, "No, no!"

"Don't come near me!!!"

Chapter 693 Precise Chapter Break

"Hmph, hmph..."

As Diablo was struck down by the spirits released from [Thunderbird!], howling and groaning incessantly, Hayato felt no pity. He simply stretched out his hand and let a bird spirit from [Thunderbird!] rest on his fingertip.

“‘Everyone will die someday, and all the pain and sorrow will pass. But I’m willing to believe that the soul can be reincarnated. If there is an afterlife, I want to be a bird, soaring freely in the sky.’” Watching the soul that had been resting on his fingertip dissipate, Hayato lowered his hand. “Well, so even birds can’t escape the fate of being caged?”

Diablo: 700LP → 0

Because of the power of the [Spiritual Exophysis], Diablo's last 700 points were cleared by [Danger! Thunderbird!], but after his body collapsed to the ground, it continued to twitch repeatedly and never woke up.

Hayato didn't explain to Yugi and the others what he had done, but simply shrugged and said, "Alright, just leave this guy here, and it's all over."

"Is it really okay to just leave a guy like that here?" Jonouchi looked at Diavolo lying on the ground with a look of disgust. "Although I still don't understand what this guy's 'experiment' and stuff is all about, defeating him in a duel is far too lenient..."

"Don't worry, he will be punished enough, and he won't be able to go anywhere."

“Especially the ‘truth’ of death, a place he can never reach.” Hayato said, walking to Diablo’s side and taking his entire deck from his Duel Disk, which was constantly turning into mist and dissipating. However, this time, Hayato did not take the deck into his hand, but instead took out the [Danger] cards.

As we all know, humans can "accidentally" tear up an entire deck of cards. Hayato was no exception, accidentally tearing up his [Danger] card in one go. As he did so, several phantom monsters appeared in front of him, including [Bigfoot!] and [Nissi!], which Diablo had used before.

As the cards were torn apart, golden smoke rose from the monsters' bodies and they ascended into the air. The twisted monster shapes returned to their original forms—little rabbits, gorillas, fish, and so on—and drifted away in the wind.