Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

[Black Magician] [ATK2500]

"Hmm? It's an attack stance?" Kaiba glanced at the Dark Magician that Atem had resummoned and snorted coldly. "Are you planning to attack with Dark Magician? Using a Dark Magician with 2500 attack power to attack my invincible Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon?"

“No, with the attack power of [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], most people's trump cards simply cannot surpass this level of power. I also know the limits of [Dark Magician] himself.” Atum paused for a moment, then played a card in his hand. “However, the strength of [Dark Magician] has never been about pure power. The bonds that connect and the wisdom of magic are what make him extraordinary!”

"I activate the Spell Card [Heavenly Treasure Card]. Both players draw cards from their decks until they have 6 cards left in their hands. Since I have no cards left in my hand, I can draw six cards. Kaiba, so can you!"

As he spoke, Atum quickly drew six cards from the top of his deck, replenishing his hand with a large number of cards in one go.

“You don’t need to tell me that kind of thing.” Kaiba, also drawing six cards, looked seriously at the cards in Atem’s hand. “Now that you’ve replenished your hand with so many cards, it’s time for your Dark Magician to start using magic, isn’t it?”

Atem drew a card from his hand and played it, pointing at the "True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" on Kaiba's field: "Normal Spell Card 'Thousand Blades' can be activated if I have 'Dark Magician' on my field, targeting one of my opponent's monsters and destroying that monster."

"The monster I've chosen is none other than your [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], Kaiba!"

As Atem activated [Thousand Blades], his [Dark Magician] on the field also waved his wand, and countless small knives appeared out of thin air and floated around him, all pointing at Kaiba's [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon].

“No wonder in another game… Atem specifically revived [Dark Magician].” Bakura, who still didn’t quite remember Atem’s name, suddenly realized, “Even [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] with an attack power of 4500 points is just a monster that can be defeated with a single spell card if it doesn’t have destruction resistance.”

Upon hearing this, Guiping retorted, "Isn't the point that Hayato, Atum, my brother, and even Jonouchi all know exactly what cards they're going to draw next? No, I'm too lazy to even comment on that. It's just the same old 'true duelist' rhetoric again."

Hayato ruffled Keihei's hair and said with a smile, "So you're still not good enough to deal with Duel Monsters. Speaking of which, the Duel Academy project is already underway, right? Why don't you go to Duel Academy to study later? After all, it's not enough to run a Duel Monsters-related business but not be able to deal with Duel Monsters, Thomas."

"Am I some little train from somewhere? I'm Guiping!"

"【Thousand Knives】...Hmph! You think you can use this card to destroy my 【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】, Yugi!"

Looking at the dense rain of swords, Kaiba remained calm and said, while Atem gave an ambiguous reply: "Yes, whether the Thousand Blades is what I'm using to destroy your True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, who can say for sure? But if you don't use Faceless, True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon will be destroyed, Kaiba."

"Do we have enough supplies of Geka?"

With a wave of his hand, under Atem's command, [Dark Magician] controlled [Thousand Blades] and shot them towards [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. Seeing this, Kaiba unhesitatingly activated his back row face-down card: "Don't even think about it, Yugi! [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] isn't just for show. A mere [Thousand Blades], watch me push it back!"

"Chain with [Thousand Knives], I open my face-down card, and activate the Normal Trap Card [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!]!"

Facing the dense rain of swords, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon on Kaiba Stadium took a deep breath and roared out. The surging air even stirred the light power within its body, transforming it into tangible lightning that enveloped the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and shattered all the swords!

"Roar!" X3

The deafening roar forced the onlookers to cover their ears, wishing they could wear earplugs to be immune to it. After the roar of the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] ceased, Kaiba proudly explained:

"【Strong! Invincible! Strongest!】 requires targeting one 【Blue-Eyes】 on my field to activate. This turn, if a 【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 is face-up, it will not be affected by the effects of other cards! Your 【Thousand Blades】 is completely useless against 【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!"

Although the seahorse had an arrogant attitude, he deliberately concealed part of the effects of [Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!], because he didn't think Atem was the kind of person who would put all his hopes on one way to break the deadlock. He must have other ways to break the deadlock after [Thousand Blades] failed.

At that time, the effects of the [Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!] that I had been hiding would definitely give him a big surprise.

"As expected, it's not that easy to defeat [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. After all, just like my bond with [Dark Magician], there's also a strong bond between you, Kaiba, and [Blue-Eyes]." Atem wasn't too surprised that [Thousand Blades] failed, since he hadn't missed the two face-down cards in Kaiba's back row.

The card 【Thousand Knives】 was originally just a test, but if Kaiba fails to block it, it will become a real killing move.

"I haven't made a normal summon this turn. Normal summon [Dimensional Spellcaster] from my hand."

Atem played a card, and a monster appeared on his field. But the appearance of this monster caused almost everyone present to turn their attention to Honda. The Dimensional Spellcaster's forward-pointing horn hairstyle, which was exactly the same as Honda's, even gave the impression that Honda himself had walked onto the field.

"Hey Honda, is that you?"

The carefree Jonouchi even blurted it out, and Honda, with a furious expression, retorted, "No way! How could it be me? It's just a coincidence!"

"But it looks too much like it! By the way, how did you end up as a Duel Monster card? Hahahaha!" "You bastard, doesn't your own 'Crimson King' card have your face printed on it too?!"

The two best friends seemed about to start fighting again as they were talking, so Hayato and Malik quickly grabbed them from either side, allowing everyone to continue watching the duel.

Kaiba also noticed the similarity between [Dimensional Spellcaster] and Honda, and even he couldn't help but complain, "What kind of weird card or game is this?"

“You don’t need to know too much about duelists.” Atum scratched his head and said somewhat awkwardly, but still pointed to the Dimensional Spellcaster on his field, “Although it is very coincidentally similar to Honda in appearance, the Dimensional Spellcaster is a magician who uses Dimensional Magic.”

[Dimensional Spellcaster] [1☆/Dark]

[Mage Race/Effect]

[500/500]

"If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can activate this effect. I add one 'Dimensional Spell' card from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand and activate it." Atem took the card from his Deck, inserted it into the Spell & Trap Zone, and waved his hand. "If I control a Spellcaster monster, I can target one of those monsters."

"Target the 'Dimensional Spellcaster' on my field, Tribute it, then Special Summon a One-in-One Spellcaster monster from my hand, and after that, I can choose to destroy one monster on the field. I choose not to use it."

"The monster I Special Summoned from my hand is this card, [Dark Magician of Chaos]!"

Having mastered the chaotic power of light and darkness through the influence of dimensional forces, the [Black Mage], or rather the [Chaotic Black Mage], descended, changing his mage robes for a tight-fitting leather suit.

【Chaos Dark Magician】【8☆/Dark】

[Mage Race/Effect]

[2800/2600]

After Special Summoning [Chaos Dark Magician], Atem holds up [Dimensional Spellcaster] which has been sent to the Graveyard and says: "Because it was released by [Dimensional Magic], the effect of [Dimensional Spellcaster] is activated. If this card is sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard, I draw cards from the top of my Deck equal to the number of Spellcaster monsters I control, and then place the number of cards I drew back from my hand onto the top of my Deck in any order."

"I have four monsters on my field: [Magician's Staff], [Dark Magician Girl], [Dark Magician], and [Chaos Dark Magician], so I can draw four cards and return four cards from my hand."

"And the effect of [Chaos Dark Magician]: when it is successfully Summoned or Special Summoned, I can choose one Spell Card from my Graveyard and add it to my hand."

Atem puts his hand, including the currently useless [Chaos Illusionist], back into the deck, and takes another card from the graveyard. He looks up at Kaiba and says, "Now, the puzzle to victory is complete, Kaiba!"

"Activate the Spell Card, [Dark Magician Barrage]! Target one [Dark Magician] on my field, and its ATK increases by the sum of the ATKs of all [Dark Magician Girls] on both players' fields and in their Graveyards."

"The bonds that are forged together can be defeated even by the dragons soaring high in the sky!"

As Atem activated the card, his [Dark Magician Girl] extended her wand towards [Dark Magician], channeling her magic into [Dark Magician]. With double the magic power concentrated in this single monster, [Dark Magician]'s power surged so dramatically it was almost uncontrollable; her skirt billowed even without wind!

Dark Magician Girls, ATK2000

[Black Magician] [ATK 2500→4500]

The Dark Magician's attack power had reached a level comparable to that of the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and Atem resolutely declared, "Enter battle phase!"

"[Dark Magician], attack [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!"

As if in response to Kaiba's attack in the previous round, Atem chose to fight with [Dark Magician] and [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], whose attack power is currently comparable!?

Chapter 910 Formless or Unformed, Intentional or Unintentional

"[Dark Magician], attack [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!"

"Dark Magician!"

With the power provided by [Dark Magician Girl], the skilled mage completed several magic circles with a wave of her wand, drawing magic power from the surrounding atmosphere and transforming it into three energy balls, ready to be unleashed.

"Using Dark Magic to attack Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon? Monsters with similar attack power will likely perish in a battle."

Seahorse frowned, somewhat puzzled. Although he tried to maintain a blank expression, a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips. With a wave of his hand, he commanded, "Let him see your power, [Blue Eyes]! We'll attack back!"

"Hyper Burst Stream!"

The attack that had previously destroyed the Dark Magician was repeated. The moment the Dark Magician completed the Triple Light Cannon spell, the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon also unleashed three dragon breaths in time. The six beams of light collided precisely, and the aftershocks alone caused the deck beneath everyone's feet to tremble uncontrollably.

—After all, both the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and the Dark Magician now have an attack power of 4500 points. Even the normal attack power of Obelisk the Tormentor is only 4000 points. They have surpassed the gods!

'With both monsters having 4500 attack power, my [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] has the advantage!' Kaiba thought with a cold smile, watching the two monsters clashing on the field. 'The effect of [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!] isn't just giving [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] resistance to effect interference, it also has…'

"During damage calculation, when my DARK-Attribute Spellcaster-Type monster, [Dark Magician], battles an opponent's monster,"

Just as Kaiba was thinking this, Atum suddenly drew a card from his hand, showed it to Kaiba, and sent it to the graveyard, saying, "Send this [Apprentice Magister of Illusion] from my hand to the graveyard to activate its effect!"

Behind the Dark Magician, who was originally evenly matched with the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, a new magical girl appeared. However, compared to the Dark Magician Girl, the new girl's skin was darker, which still caught the eye of a certain Duel King XP who wished to remain anonymous.

"I told you, didn't I, Kaiba? My victory puzzle is complete!"

Atum pointed at the Dark Mage on the field. The newly appeared Apprentice Illusionist, just like the previous Dark Magician Girl, transferred magic power to the Dark Mage to support his ongoing attack. "Because of the Apprentice Illusionist's effect, the Dark Mage's ATK and DEF will increase by 2000 points only in this damage calculation!"

[Black Magician] [ATK 4500→6500]

"Bury the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], [Dark Magician]!"

With the magical aid of the [Apprentice Illusionist Mage], the beams of light emitted from the three magic circles released by the [Dark Mage] suddenly became much stronger. Even with the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] breathing at full power, it could only see the energy convergence point gradually approaching itself.

However, the Dark Magician didn't have the patience to wait for the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to be slowly defeated. With a tap of his feet, a spatial transfer spell opened up on the ground, swallowing the dragon below and instantly teleporting it behind the unsuspecting True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon through the spell's exit.

Then, the emerald wand, now enhanced with a large amount of magic power, slammed into the back of the head of the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], causing its breath to pause for a moment. The beam cannon, no longer hindered by the white dragon's breath, instantly struck the three-headed white dragon, which had not yet recovered!

"boom!"

"The force of the river rises with the ebb and flow, the energy recedes with the calm of an autumn hair." Returning to Atum's field, [Dark Magician] calmly said, twirling his staff in a flourish before slinging it behind his back, quite pretentiously, "Of all magic, this is staff technique."

Atem looked at [Dark Magician], smiled and shook his head, then looked towards the location of [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. [Dark Magician]'s attack had indeed hit it, and Atem was quite certain that until the dust kicked up by [Dark Magician]'s attack enveloped Kaiba's field, Kaiba hadn't activated the trap card in his backrow.

However, he did not relax at all; on the contrary, a strange sense of crisis grew stronger and stronger.

At this moment, the seahorse suddenly spoke up: "Boosting your attack power at the last moment really caught me off guard. You are indeed worthy of being my opponent."

"But, to think you can just destroy my Blue-Eyes like that is a bit too naive, Yugi!"

As the seahorse's roar suddenly rose, a pair of broad dragon wings emerged from the dust cloud. With a single extension, they stirred up a hurricane that swept away the dust, revealing the unharmed [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!

"Impossible! It wasn't destroyed at all?" He was all set to celebrate when Atem gained the upper hand and directly suppressed Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in the area of ​​"attack power," which has always been Kaiba's strength. But what he got was the reality that Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was not destroyed at all.

"The attack power of [Dark Magician] should be higher after its second upgrade, so why is it like this?" Jonouchi glanced at Kaiba's [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] again, confirming that its attack power had not changed despite Kaiba playing any cards.

[True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] [ATK4500]

Seeing that everyone outside the arena had turned their attention to his back row because of Jonouchi's words, Kaiba snorted and said, "I didn't activate any cards in my back row. The reason why 'True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' wasn't destroyed by 'Dark Magician's' attack is because of the effect of 'Tough! Invincible! Strongest!' that I activated earlier. Besides being unaffected by the effects of other cards besides itself, 'True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' also has the resistance to be destroyed by battle!"

As everyone knows, the most useless resistance is combat destruction resistance, but the most effective way to remove it is through combat destruction. After Atem granted True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon genuine all resistances with [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!], his first thought was to use combat destruction to defeat it, but he didn't expect Kaiba to have such a trick up his sleeve.

He had two monsters in Attack Position on the field: [Dark Magician] and [Chaos Dark Magician]. Originally, Atem's plan was to use [Dark Magician] to break through [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] head-on, followed by a direct attack from [Chaos Dark Magician]. The 2800 ATK would be more than enough to wipe out Kaiba's Life Points.

"It cannot be destroyed by battle, but Kaiba, you will still have to bear the overflowing battle damage."

Hearing Atum's words, Seahorse sneered: "A mere 2000 points of damage is nothing. But in this game, the effects of [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!] don't end there."

"A monster that battles [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] will be destroyed at the end of the Damage Step!"

"What?!"

Atem didn't even have time to react. Kaiba pointed at Dark Magician and unleashed a bolt of lightning from Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, instantly destroying Dark Magician. Kaiba also received 2000 points of combat damage.

"Well!"

Seto Kaiba: 4000→2000LP

【Dark Magician Girl】【2000/1700→2300/1700】

"【Dark Magician】!" Atum was powerless to stop it as the 【Dark Magician】 was destroyed.

The effect of 【Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!】 applies after the damage calculation step, at which point there are very few cards that can be activated, not to mention that 【Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!】 has already been activated before that, so what applies now is only its permanent effect, and Atem cannot chain its activation cards.