Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Then activate the Spell Card [Planet Transformation], and add the Field Spell Card [Tri-Shaped Pyramid Cruiser] from the remaining Deck to your hand!"

Chapter 805 Pure Three Gold Card Deck

"【Tri-Pyramid】?" Hayato glanced at Ozymandias, wondering to himself what was wrong with this guy; why did he change his deck so often? He was so fickle. Oh, me too. Never mind then.

As for the 【Three-Shaped Pyramid】 deck, Hayato has a pretty deep impression of this deck. After all, most decks, even if they have their own Field Spell Cards, usually don't replace them after playing them. However, the 【Three-Shaped Pyramid】 deck treats Field Spell Cards as disposable items and replaces them quickly.

Different field spell cards are used depending on the situation. The Tri-Pyramid deck is such a deck, and the effect of the Tri-Pyramid Cruiser can be regarded as the starting point of the Tri-Pyramid deck, which has the ability to switch cards and search the deck.

"Trying to retrieve a Field Spell Card from my deck? Muda muda muda! My Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring's effect activates; discarding it negates the effect of Planetary Transformation!"

Hayato, who didn't want Ozymandias to gain a card advantage, sent his "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" to the graveyard. A short-haired, yellow-haired woman with cat ears and an orange bow... I mean, a girl, kicked Ozymandias's "Plastic Planet" orb, which hadn't even started yet, and extinguished it.

"Hoo hoo hoo, do you dare disobey me, Ulala?" Ash Blossom said smugly after successfully activating its effect without consuming cards like [Called by the Grave]. Then, Hayato reached out and pressed her, now of no use, back into the graveyard.

For some reason, Ozymandias suddenly decided to duel with Hayato. Hayato, who had been separated from his cards for a long time because he entered the memory world, sensed the spirits again. Receiving their response, he was able to go all out this time, including the card he had just used, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring.

However, Ozymandias wasn't surprised at all to see Hayato use the [Ash Blossom] card. He had a special connection with Hayato; Hayato had just seen his past memories, and he also knew about Hayato's experiences in the real world. He was also familiar with the effects of the [Ash Blossom] card.

It was precisely because he knew the effects of [Ash Blossom] that he deliberately used [Planetary Transformation] to trick Hayato into using [Ash Blossom].

"Hehe, in that case, I'll just activate the Field Spell Card [Tri-Pyramid Cruiser] from my hand." To Hayato's surprise, Ozymandias played his second [Tri-Pyramid Cruiser], "Witness the Pharaoh's might, hehe, hehehehehehe!"

As cards were placed into the arena on the Duel Disk, a desert replaced the area beneath Hayato and Ozymandias's feet, while a huge shadow was cast over their heads and rapidly enlarged.

Hayato looked up and discovered that a huge pyramid was falling from the sky.

Who's so rude as to litter their own grave?!

The massive pyramid seemed poised to crush Hayato and Ozymandias into a bloody pulp as it plummeted to the ground. However, just tens of meters above the ground, its exterior suddenly cracked open, its components shifted, deformed, and reassembled, cannons extended, and its internal energy circuits were exposed. In the blink of an eye, the massive pyramid transformed into a giant cruising vehicle suspended in mid-air.

"Hmph, you're intimidated by just one of my countless great achievements? All the temples of the past, present, and future exist for this very purpose." Ozymandias's lips curled into a sneer as he said contemptuously, "Bow down!"

"You've been dead for thousands of years, haven't you had enough of dreaming in the underworld yet?" Hayato retorted without any politeness, looking at [Tri-Pyramid Cruiser]. He could easily see that Ozymandias had deliberately tricked him into using the effect of [Gray Flow], and with [Cruiser] in his hand, he actually had no need to use [Planetary Transformation].

“I am not some dead person, you fool. Don’t compare the eternally shining me with the souls sunk in the sea of ​​sand.” Ozymandias frowned. “Could it be that even now you still don’t understand what the tool you used earlier did? Huh? There’s a limit to how slow you can be.”

"That item called 'Phantom Blood' connected with me when my physical body was nearing its end, and even offered the tempting condition that it could bring back Nefertari, who had left me long ago, by weakening the power I brought back. It was utterly wicked to dare to tempt me, to tempt Ozymandias, who even the Almighty God feared."

"If it weren't for this, do you think I would have answered your call? Even if you and I are..."

After a pause, Ozymandias waved his hand dismissively: "Never mind, that's not important. I'd rather see if someone as foolish as you feels fear when you witness this move."

"I will Normal Summon this monster from my hand, 'Triple Pyramid Hunter', and then, due to the effect of 'Triple Pyramid Cruiser', I will recover 500 Life Points each time a Rock-Type monster is summoned."

"And if a [Triple Pyramid] monster is summoned on the field, activate the second effect of [Triple Pyramid Cruiser], draw one card from your Deck, and discard one card from your hand."

Ozymandias's first monster appeared on the field, wearing a golden jackal helmet to cover its face, holding an "Anka" rune symbolizing life in one hand, and a scythe full of death in the other, as if it were used to harvest life.

【The Hunter of the Three-Shaped Pyramid】【3☆/Land】

[Rock Faction/Effect]

[1400/1100]

Judging from the stats of 【Hunter of the Three-Shaped Pyramid】, it looks like a weakling, just a lowly monster with less than 1500 attack power. However, Hayato knows that the monster itself is not the point. The point is that it grants the duelist the ability to perform a second Normal Summon of a Rock-Type monster when a Field Spell Card is available.

[Ozymandias: 4000→4500LP]

The Tri-Pyramid Cruiser cast a support spell to restore Ozymandias's life points, while he also drew a card from his deck, selected one, and then discarded a card from his hand.

After rearranging his hand, Ozymandias waved his hand and said, "While there is a Field Spell Card face-up on my field, due to the effect of [Hunter of the Tri-Pyramid], I summon this monster a second time from my hand, [Lord of the Tri-Pyramid]!"

"Reply with 500 base points!"

Another monster jumped out of Ozymandias's hand, restoring Ozymandias's base score to 500 points.

[Ozymandias: 4500→5000LP]

Just when Hayato thought that without summoning methods like Link, Ozymandias wouldn't be able to summon any more monsters, he saw him play another card:

"Then activate the Spell Card 'Brotherly Bonds,' designate the Level 4 EARTH Rock-Type monster 'Lord of the Tri-Shaped Pyramid,' pay 2000 Life Points, and Special Summon 'Drought Barrier Statue' and 'Nuclear Wall Man' from the remaining Deck!"

"!?"

Chapter 806 is too wicked; it's a shameless trap!

Why don't you listen to what you just said again?

Hayato, his face dark, watched as the [Bonus of Compatriots] was successfully activated on the [Lord of the Tri-Shaped Pyramid].

As Ozymandias's base score was reduced by a negligible 2000 points, two coffins made of yellow sand rose from his field, from which two monsters emerged.

[Ozymandias: 5000→3000LP, 1 card in hand]

[Master of the Three-Shaped Pyramid] [4 stars/land]

[Rock Faction/Effect]

[1800/700]

[Drought Barrier Statue] [4 stars/land]

[Rock Faction/Effect]

[1000/1000]

[Nuclear Wall Man] [4 stars/location]

[Rock Faction/Effect]

[1900/1200]

Among the cards on Ozymandias's field, leaving aside the cards from the Tri-Pyramid family for the time being, Hayato is quite familiar with the Drought Barrier Statue that appears due to the Bond of Compatriots.

It belongs to the [Barrier Statue] series. All six monsters in the family cover all six attributes except "God". Although they do not constitute a field, each of them has a similar ability to seal the special summon of all attributes except the corresponding attribute. Even without the support of related cards, they have good single card strength.

Many players have experienced being overwhelmed by a single card, "Gale Barrier Statue," which restricts the Special Summoning of monsters other than WIND, when facing the "Wind-Wandering Bird" deck.

However, I've also heard that the [Gale Barrier Statue] will soon be banned, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

The same situation applies now. As long as the [Drought Barrier Statue] exists, neither Hayato nor Ozymandias can Special Summon monsters other than Earth-type monsters, forcing Hayato to dispel the [Drought Barrier Statue] if he wants to activate it.

Then there's the other one, [Nuclear Wall Man]. Hayato remembers that monster had the ability to negate and destroy spell cards activated by its opponent by sacrificing itself. However, that's not the point. The point is—

"【Core Formation】, I remember that should be Dartz's card, how come you have it too?" Hayato looked at Ozymandias, raising an eyebrow, "And why is your deck full of random stuff, the purity is really too low."

"What right do you have to judge me? And what's the point of talking about purity?"

Ozymandias snorted and continued, "Daz, that fellow did visit my country once. Because of my attitude toward the elves, he seemed quite displeased and wanted to bare his fangs at me, the Pharaoh."

"Unfortunately, in the end, Yu was still the better player. That guy named Dazi fled Egypt in disgrace, and [Nuclear Composition] was the spoils of war that Yu obtained from him."

Ozymandias spoke casually, but Hayato felt that Dartz's "human observer" status in his mind was dropping lower and lower, and he could hardly feel any respect for him anymore, even though he never had any to begin with.

“Because of the effect of [Brotherhood Bonds], I cannot enter the Battle Phase this turn, but since this is the first turn, it is equivalent to having no side effects.” Ozymandias looked at the [Nuclear Wall] on his field and continued, “And if [Nuclear Wall] cannot send a [Nuclear Beast Steel Core] from its hand to the Graveyard or reveal a Rock-Type monster from my hand to you during my End Phase, [Nuclear Wall] will self-destruct.”

"So, your last card in your hand was a Rock-type monster?"

Hearing Hayato's words, Ozymandias shook his head: "It's a pity, my last card in hand is a magic card."

On the surface, Ozymandias meant that his [Nuclear Wall] on the field was about to self-destruct due to its own effect, but seeing the smile on his face, Hayato had an ominous premonition.

He had seen that smile more than once, in the mirror. Thanks to their almost identical appearances, with only their clothes being different, Hayato instantly guessed what card Ozymandias was going to take out, since he himself often did the same.

"【Heavenly Treasure Card】Activated. After such an 'intense' duel, both sides have consumed 'a lot' of cards, so there's no need to refuse. Gratitudeily accept the remaining reward!"

As Ozymandias inserted his last card—[Heavenly Treasure Card]—into his Duel Disk, he drew a total of six cards in one go, while Hayato, who only had four cards in his hand, could only draw two. "Watching you gain cards is even more painful than me losing cards."

Although he drew six cards, Ozymandias was unable to perform any more Special Summonings this turn due to another negative effect of [Brotherhood Bonds]. Therefore, after replenishing his hand, he did not make any further moves, but instead inserted three cards into the Spell & Trap Zone: "I have three face-down cards in my back row. End of turn."

"And, because of the effect of [Nuclear Wall Man], in order to maintain its existence, I reveal the Rock-type monster [Sphinx of the Tri-Pyramid] from my hand."

[Ozymandias: 3000LP, 3 cards in hand]

【The Hunter of the Three-Shaped Pyramids】【ATK1400】

[The Master of the Three-Shaped Pyramids] [ATK1800]

[Drought Barrier Image] [DEF1000]

[Nuclear Wall Man] [ATK1900]

[GaiK] X3

Venue: [Tri-shaped Pyramid Cruiser]

"Sphinx... tsk, although I had a pretty good impression of the Sandstorm Lion I encountered before, I still just can't bring myself to like the Sphinx." Hayato curled his lip. "It's your fault for making me angry."

"My turn, draw a card!"

Hayato glanced at the cards he had drawn, then turned his gaze to the cards on Ozymandias's field: "The [Core Wall Man] that seals spell cards, and the [Drought Barrier Statue] that seals Special Summoned cards, this combo is so strong, so incredibly strong."

"Unfortunately, in my opinion, your venue still has a major flaw, namely the lack of a strong terminal. But it doesn't matter, I'll give you a big brother card right now."

Hayato held the card above his head and shouted, "Release the [Nuclear Wall Man], [Drought Barrier Statue], and [Three-Shaped Pyramid Master] on your field, and grant this powerful monster to you!"

"【Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra - Spherical Shape】!"

As Hayato moved, golden light emanated from the three monsters on the field, rising into the air and converging into a giant golden sphere like the sun: [Ra's Winged Dragon - Sphere]!

【Ra's Winged Dragon - Spherical Shape】【ATK0】

Hayato looked at Ozymandias, who was frowning, and smiled smugly: "Indeed, the [Drought Barrier Statue] seals the Special Summon of monsters other than Earth-type monsters. Even gods cannot avoid this effect. But what does your sealing of Special Summon effects have to do with my Normal Summon?"

Although summoning a monster to the opponent's field looks like a Special Summon, [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere] is actually a Normal Summon, so it can be summoned without being affected by [Drought Barrier Statue].

“Hmph, but because of that, you’ve already used your only Normal Summon, haven’t you?” Ozymandias said, frowning. “And, [Ra’s Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere], ah, quite a nice gift.”

Ozymandias didn't speak loudly enough for Hayato to hear the second half of the sentence, but he didn't care much. Instead, he drew a card from his hand: "Because [Drought Barrier Statue] has left, my Special Summon restriction has been lifted. However, it doesn't matter if it's still on the field. Activate the effect of [Dark Knight - King Gaia] in my hand."

"If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand."

Unlike other Gaia characters who ride horses, Gaia appears riding a four-legged, winged yellow dragon as Hayato places the card on the Duel Disk.

【Dark Knight - King Gaia】【7☆/Land】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[2300/2100]

True to Gaia's tradition, the name never matches the actual attribute. Although it's called Dark Knight, the Gaia King that Hayato summoned is of the Earth attribute.

Earth-attribute monsters are actually unaffected by the sealing ability of the Special Summon of the [Drought Barrier Statue].