Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"It's an LV monster! I've heard of it before, but this is the first time I've ever seen one." Samejima looked at Hayato's [Armed Dragon] with great interest. "Under certain conditions, it can directly evolve into a higher-level monster. It's a very rare card."

Yugi nodded: "I didn't expect Hayato to have kept this trump card up all this time. I always thought that Hayato's specialty was Warrior-type monsters."

Yugi wasn't too surprised, because he actually had LV monsters in his own hand, but the deck he carried with him was the same deck that "another Yugi" was good at, so he didn't include that LV monster deck in his deck.

"Doesn't anyone care that Hayato has switched to Tamashi again?" Jonouchi muttered, looking at the arena with a hint of worry. "Although, from what you guys are saying, LV monsters are monsters that can grow stronger, right?"

"But that [Armed Dragon] is just an infant. Even if its 1200 attack power is doubled, it's still just cannon fodder for that [Cyber ​​Raider] on Keith's field, right?"

“A Level 1 monster that can’t grow is no different from an ordinary mortal,” Mai said calmly. “Although we don’t know the conditions for evolution, look at Hayato. He’s obviously quite confident.”

As Mai saw, Hayato was not surprised at all by Keith taking away his [Gigantification] and destroying [Masked Dragon]. He confidently declared, "My turn begins!"

"In that instant, the conditions for [Armed Dragon LV3] were met, and it began to grow, evolving into a completely new form!"

The white light of evolution enveloped the [Armed Dragon LV3].

Chapter 120 The Strongest Dragon Clan After Evolution

"The conditions are met? I see. The only condition for a young dragon to grow is probably just enough time." The game player finished imagining the evolution conditions for [Armed Dragon LV3].

“During my Standby Phase, I can activate the effect of [Armed Dragon LV3],” Hayato retrieved a card from his Deck and placed it on the field. “I send the [LV3] on the field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon one [Armed Dragon LV5] from my hand and Deck!”

"His body has grown stronger and more resilient with age. Activating Annihilation Mode! Come forth, [Armed Dragon LV5]!"

The white light of evolution was suddenly torn apart, and the [Armed Dragon LV5], which had grown from the growth stage to the mature stage, appeared on the field with an imposing presence. Its armor became more and more solid and tough as its body grew, and many spikes and blades were attached to it, making it look extremely lethal.

[Armed Dragon LV5][5☆/Wind]

[Dragon Clan/Effect]

[2400/1700]

"Its attack power is comparable to my [Red-Eyes Black Dragon], and since it's level 5, it only requires one sacrifice," Jonouchi exclaimed. "If it can continue to evolve, wouldn't it be an incredibly powerful monster?"

"Hmph, although it is a rare LV monster, in terms of attack power, my [Electronic Raider] is still higher."

Seeing that the color of the [Armed Dragon LV5] had changed from bright yellow to orange-red, Hayato drew a card from his deck: "Then my turn officially begins, draw!"

Looking down, Hayato saw that he had drawn a magic card this turn, and it just so happened that he could use it now.

"Uncle Keith, I see you only have one [Cyber ​​Raider] on your field, that's too empty. How about I give you a monster? You always like using other people's cards, don't you?"

"I activate the Spell Card, [Purple Flame Spy], until the end of this turn, I can send you one of my monsters. I choose [Sand Swamp Monster]!"

The spell card took effect immediately. The sand monster that was standing next to the majestic [Armed Dragon LV5] suddenly turned into a whirlwind and quickly moved to Keith's field, maintaining its original attack stance.

"They actually sent their own monster to the other side's field?" Mai was a little puzzled, but after glancing at Keith's life points, she immediately realized, "I see, that's what Hayato was aiming for."

[Keys: 400LP]

Sitting next to the Peacock Dancer, Jonouchi noticed Keith's basic score after being reminded: "The attack power of the [Electronic Raider] is 2800 points, which is higher than that of the [Armed Dragon LV5], but the attack power of the [Sand Swamp Monster] is 2000 points. Hayato is creating a breakthrough."

"Once the attack succeeds, Keith's life, which is as fragile as a candle in the wind, will be wiped out in an instant." The game seemed somewhat pleased.

But Samejima calmly reminded him, "However, that thief Keith still has three face-down cards in his back row that he hasn't used yet, and I saw that when [Masked Dragon] attacked last turn, he hesitated about whether to activate a face-down card. It's hard not to be wary."

"My battle phase has begun, Keith! How dare you steal my monster!" Hayato still had two face-down cards on his field, but they couldn't be activated due to the annoying effect of [Heart Pot], so he had no choice but to enter the battle phase. "[Sand Monster], I didn't expect you, with your big eyebrows and big eyes, to be a traitor! [Armed Dragon LV5], take down that traitor!"

"Crush, annihilate, destroy! Ultimate death!"

[Hayato: 1600LP → 1100LP]

Spikes and blades from the armor of the [Armed Dragon LV5] flew out of its body at Hayato's command and rushed towards the [Sand Swamp Monster] on Keith's field. Keith, looking annoyed, opened his back row face-down card: "Annoying brat, didn't you deliver that to my field yourself?"

"Trying to defeat me this way? Not so easy! I activate my face card, [Holy Javelin]!"

Keith's back row card opens, and a javelin with pure white wings flies out from the card, just missing the attack launched by [Armed Dragon LV5]. At the same time that [Armed Dragon LV5] destroys [Sand Swamp Monster], the javelin also pierces [Armed Dragon LV5].

However, although it was a javelin, it failed to inflict any damage on the [Armed Dragon LV5] after piercing its target; instead, it dissipated into a halo of light.

"When your monster declares an attack, the effect of [Holy Javelin] allows me to restore the ATK of your attacking monster to its base stats." Keith watched as [Swamp Monster] on the field was destroyed, feeling no emotion whatsoever, and even a slight urge to laugh. The aftershock of the attack, which had originally been enough to take his life, now posed no threat whatsoever.

[Keys: 400LP→2800LP→2400LP]

[Electronic Attacker] [ATK2800→700]

"And I'm going to activate this card." Just before [Sand Monster] was about to return to Hayato's graveyard, Keith opened his face-down card, which was the [Time Machine] that he hadn't activated last time. "When [Sand Monster] is destroyed, the effect of [Time Machine] can revive it to the field of the controller at the time of its destruction. Since you've already given me the card, I'll accept it, heh heh."

【Sand Monster】【DEF2000】

"Sigh, you're really tenacious. So it wasn't that easy to take you down after all?" Hayato sighed in disappointment, but just as Keith was about to say something sarcastic, he suddenly said, "Just kidding."

"My goal has been achieved, Keith!"

Keith frowned: "The objective has been achieved? What do you mean...? Could it be that...!"

"My turn is over. Since the battle destroyed the monster and I gained enough growth experience, [Armed Dragon LV5] will continue to evolve to the next stage!"

"The strongest armor after modification, the strongest dragon after evolution, my glory, my Tamashi!"

"【Armed Dragon LV7】!"

The light of evolution reappeared, and its orange-red body grew once more, turning a deep crimson as if it had endured countless battles and been soaked in blood. The armor throughout its body was also strengthened and modified, becoming even more ferocious. Its size had grown so large that it occupied most of the area. As the final point of the series' evolution, [Armed Dragon LV7] roared to the sky.

"Roar!!!"

[Armed Dragon LV7][7☆/Wind]

[Dragon Clan/Effect]

[2800/1000]

"It evolved again, and its attack power is as high as 2800 points?!" Keith didn't expect that his calculations would instead enable Hayato's [Armed Dragon] to evolve again. He said unwillingly, "However, your turn is over. Even if it evolves again, you can't attack me this turn."

“That’s true.” Hayato nodded, glancing at Keith’s field. “But Uncle Keith, can you really summon a monster strong enough to defeat [Armed Dragon LV7] in one turn?”

[Hayato: 1100LP, 0 cards in hand]

[Armed Dragon LV7] [ATK2800]

[Toll] [Cover Card] (Heart-shaped Pot) [Cover Card] (Heart-shaped Pot) [Gigantification]

Chapter 121 The So-Called Possibilities

Keith couldn't refute Hayato's words because he truly had no way to defeat [Armed Dragon LV7] on his field.

Because of the fluctuations in HP, the attack power of the [Electronic Raider] that stole Hayato's [Gigantification] dropped to only 700 points. Even with the [Gigantification] buff, the attack power of the [Electronic Raider] was only equal to the 2800 points of the [Armed Dragon LV7].

Moreover, Keith had a premonition that [Armed Dragon], as a special LV monster, must have its own unique effects, but Hayato had hidden them and hadn't used them. If he didn't pay attention to this, he was destined to fall into the abyss of defeat.

Feeling the suffocating pressure emanating from the massive [Armed Dragon LV7], Keith laughed instead: "Hmph, hahaha, interesting, very interesting!"

"What's so funny about Keith?" Jonouchi asked from the audience, puzzled. But Mai, standing next to him, seemed to notice something.

"That thief Keith seems to have changed a bit?"

"Huh?" Jonouchi looked at Keith closely. "I don't think he's changed much. He's not Kamen Rider, he can't transform."

"It's not a change in appearance, you idiot!"

Yugi glanced at Samejima Iemitsu sitting next to him and asked, "Mr. Samejima, you sensed it too?"

"Hmm, it's hard to say. Let's watch the game instead." Samejima said cryptically, not revealing his thoughts.

At this moment, Keith stopped smiling and looked at Hayato: "Kid, have you ever been pushed to the brink?"

“That kind of hellish, desperate situation where you’d stop at nothing to get to a certain place.” Keith placed his finger on the deck. “After I lost to Pegasus, I was trapped in that hell for a long time, unable to escape.”

"Go ahead and laugh at me. In short, using any means necessary is the survival strategy I learned from hell. I'll give anything to defeat my opponent and avenge myself against that Pegasus!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

With a swift movement, he drew the top card from his deck. Looking at the card he had drawn, Keith's face lit up with joy: "Everything is for the final victory, so I will sacrifice both of my monsters on the field!"

"A sacrifice to two monsters?! If it's a high-level summon, could it be that monster?" Samejima thought of the legendary thief Keith's ace monster, which he knew about because it was a machine-type monster.

"Your nightmare has begun, and you won't be able to stop it! Unleash my trump card, [Revolver Dragon]!"

[Revolver Dragon] [7☆/Dark]

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[2600/2200]

A mechanical creation, no less impressive than the [Armed Dragon LV7], rose from the ground, its first feature being three extremely long gun barrels. The [Revolver Dragon]'s head and arms were entirely composed of a revolver, with a cylinder containing six bullet slots that seemed to be rotating on its own like gears.

“【Revolver Dragon】, Level 7, it’s the same type of monster. But my 【Armed Dragon LV7】 has a higher ATK,” Hayato said calmly, as he sent 【Gigantify】 to the Graveyard. Because of 【Cyber ​​Raider】, this 【Gigantify】 had been on his field for a long time, taking up space, and now it was finally sent to the Graveyard.

Keith just smiled and said, "Then I'll add this card as well."

Keith flipped a face-down card in the back row, and with a rumbling sound, a huge mechanical factory slowly rose from the ground. Even Hayato was stunned: "This is... a Field Spell Card?"

"No, that's not right, it's too small." Hayato noticed that although it was not small in size, the mechanical factory rising from the ground was far smaller than the area covered by a field spell, only covering half of Keith's field. Watching the mechanical arms extending from the factory begin to modify [Revolver Dragon], Hayato guessed, "Could this card be [Mechanical Modification Factory]?"

"Bingo!" Keith pointed triumphantly at the [Revolver Dragon] on the field, "Because of the improvements this spell card made to [Revolver Dragon], its ATK and DEF will both increase by 300 points."

[Revolver Dragon] [ATK2600→2900] [DEF2200→2500]

"The attack power of the current [Revolver Dragon] has surpassed that of your [Armed Dragon]! Go, my ace monster, attack [Armed Dragon LV7]!"

[Revolver Dragon] raised three barrels and locked onto [Armed Dragon LV7] on Hayato's field.

"The [Revolver Dragon] is the same as the [Double-Barreled Pistol Dragon]; there's a 50% chance each barrel is loaded with bullets. That means if I'm lucky, I can launch three attacks in one turn." Keith's boast was plausible. "The moment that will decide our fates has arrived, Kobayashi Hayato!"

"Click-click!" The revolver's magazine began to spin rapidly, and the firing pin behind the barrel fell, but two crisp sounds followed. Both shots missed.

"Bang!" Fortunately, Keith successfully fired the third bullet. As Keith's base score decreased, the bullet fired by [Revolver Dragon] accurately hit the head of [Armed Dragon LV7]. Before it could even demonstrate its power after evolving, Hayato's [Armed Dragon LV7] was destroyed and sent to the graveyard.

[Keys: 2400LP → 1900LP]

"Click!" The mechanical creation [Revolver Dragon] roared silently after successfully defeating the powerful [Armed Dragon]. The sound of its joints turning seemed to be saying to the destroyed [Armed Dragon], "My lord, times have changed."

[Hayato: 1100LP → 1000LP]

"Turn, end." Watching the massive body of [Armed Dragon LV7] dissipate into particles and be sent to the graveyard, Keith triumphantly ended his turn. "Your life points are down to only 1000. No matter what monsters you can summon to defend against the attack, my invincible [Revolver Dragon] can easily crush them."

"I am destined to be the victor in this duel!"

[Keith: 1900LP, 0 cards in hand]

[Revolver Dragon] (Mechanical Modification Factory) [ATK2900]

【Heart-Calming Teapot】