Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, the activation of the [Heavenly Treasure Card] triggered a spectacular effect of countless treasures raining down from the sky!

"A second one of the [Heavenly Treasure Card] has appeared!?" Honda was puzzled. Even he knew that the [Heavenly Treasure Card] was supposed to be a limited card, and only one could be included in a player's deck. "How did Atem put a second one in his deck?"

"No, it's the effect of the previous [Chaos Dark Magician], right? At that time, the card was retrieved from the graveyard and returned to the hand, and then Atem placed it on the back row." Hayato understood perfectly and quickly remembered when [Heavenly Treasure] returned to Atem's hand. "For a true duelist, even if you only have one card, using it multiple times is not a problem."

"Then why didn't he use Atum when he got it back into his hand? Instead, he just set it face down like a trap card?" Anzu asked, puzzled.

Jonouchi was able to answer this question: "Because at that time, Kaiba's [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] had the effect of [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!], right? Even if you drew more cards, you still couldn't defeat it. You would still be able to win Kaiba's attack in the next turn. It's better to put that card face down first and save it until you survive the attack before unleashing a burst of power."

"It's like, sometimes Hayato will cover up cards like [Fusion] to trick [Whirlwind]." As he spoke, Jonouchi gave Hayato a resentful look.

"As expected, it's [Treasure from Heaven]." Unlike the others, Kaiba had already anticipated Atem's face-down card. "After all, among the spell cards in your graveyard, only [Treasure from Heaven] has the greatest value for recycling."

Atum chuckled and drew a card from his deck: "That's right. So, because of the effect of [Heavenly Treasure], I can draw six cards from my deck since I have no cards in hand."

"I have one card in my hand, so I can draw five cards." Having drawn one card due to the effect of the [Bottle of Greed] earlier, Kaiba now drew one less, causing him to frown in annoyance. Perhaps influenced by Hayato, Kaiba also felt that "not being able to gain cards is more painful than losing them."

After drawing six cards, Atum suddenly said, "The connection between the cards 'True Light' and 'Eternal Soul' and 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' and 'Dark Magician' is just like the connection between you and me, like an inseparable destiny. Even the effect that 'True Light' is currently showing is so similar to 'Eternal Soul'."

"If face-up [Eternal Soul] leaves the field, it will be forcibly activated and destroy all monsters on my field. I believe that [True Light] must also have the same weakness as [Eternal Soul]."

Atem drew a card from his hand, played it, and said, "I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Whirlwind] to destroy [True Light] on your field, Kaiba!"

As Atem's card was activated, a whirlwind swept towards Kaiba's backrow, locking onto the stone tablet engraved with the image of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. The weathered tablet shattered violently under the hurricane's onslaught, turning to dust and disappearing without a trace. Simultaneously, countless particles drifted from the body of Kaiba's supposedly "invincible" Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon.

Seeing this, Kaiba took a deep breath and calmly said, "You guessed right, Yugi. Just like Eternal Spirit, True Light will activate when a face-up monster is sent to the Graveyard, and all the monsters on my field will be destroyed."

"Even the [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon], which possesses invincible resistance to external attacks, can be internally damaged by the effect of [True Light]..."

After a pause, Kaiba's lips curled into a cold smile. "But this way, I can summon this ultimate dragon!"

"Huh?!" Atum was also taken aback by the seahorse's words. As the [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] turned into blue and white particles and dissipated, the particles that had risen into the sky gathered together and formed a void.

Kaiba drew a card from his hand and said, "This card was given to me by the previous 'Bottle of Greed.' You have no way out, Yugi! When an 8 or higher monster on my field is destroyed, Special Summon this monster from my hand!"

"The pure white power hidden in the source of infinite time, raise your wings that tremble amidst the intertwining echoes of souls, and emerge from the azure abyss!"

"【Abyssal Eye White Dragon】!"

From that void, a white dragon with angelic wings was born, appearing before the seahorse, whose field should have been empty due to the effect of [True Light], and looking down at Atem.

【Abyss Eye White Dragon】【ATK0】

"And because this monster was summoned, you will have to bear the wrath of the Graveyard Dragon!" Kaiba sneered, taking two cards from the Graveyard. "For every Dragon-Type monster in either player's Graveyard, [Abyssal White Dragon] will inflict 600 damage to the opponent's Life Points."

"My graveyard contains two dragons, the [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] and the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], so you will take 1200 damage, but your base score is only 200 points."

"This is my true way of killing you, Yugi! When it comes to duels, I am stronger than you!"

Behind the [Abyssal White Dragon], the phantoms of the previously destroyed [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] and [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] appeared and fiercely attacked Atem, seemingly trying to wipe out his last remaining basic units!

"The [Chaos MAX] that can't be destroyed by the opponent and the [True Light] that can destroy its own monsters—I thought it was a weakness, but it turns out it's a trap set to lure out an even more powerful dragon? You've got some skills, Kaiba." Atem, caught off guard by the appearance of [Abyssal White Dragon], sincerely praised it, but his hands didn't slow down at all as he played a card. "However, I have no intention of handing over victory here!"

"By chaining the effect of [Abyssal White Dragon], I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Painful Soul Curse]. The damage effect that inflicts on me can only be activated when my opponent activates it, and the damage I suffer from that effect is taken by my opponent!"

He watched helplessly as the dragons in his graveyard attacked Atem, but as two dragon breaths landed, Seahorse saw his base points plummet by 1200, while Atem remained unharmed.

Seto Kaiba: 2000→800LP

"Tch, so you managed to escape using that kind of trick." Kaiba was somewhat disappointed, but not angry. He raised his hand and said, "Then, [Abyss Eye], inherit the power of the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] in the graveyard!"

"The attack power of [Abyssal White Dragon] will be changed to a value equivalent to the attack power of the dragon-type monster in my graveyard."

【Abyss Eye White Dragon】【ATK0→4500】

Having just dealt with the Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, Kaiba instantly summoned the Abyssal White Dragon, whose attack power was comparable to that of the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. However, upon seeing the Abyssal White Dragon appear, Atem smiled and said, "Inheriting the power from the graveyard... Well then, I'll do it too. Activate the effect of Eternal Soul and Special Summon Dark Magician from my graveyard."

"And by using the effect of [Dark Magician Circle], if [Dark Magician] is Special Summoned, target 1 card on your opponent's field and banish it. I've chosen Kaiba, your backrow face-down card, [Strong! Invincible! Strongest!]!"

Summoned by the Eternal Spirit, Dark Magician appeared on Atem's field for what seemed like the umpteenth time, repeatedly bobbing between the graveyard and the field, much to Kaiba's annoyance. Once on Atem's field, Dark Magician used its old trick, casting Dark Magician Circle—the same Dark Magician Circle that had nearly banished True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon—over one of Kaiba's face-down cards in the back row.

[Black Magician] [ATK2500]

The shattered Gekko revealed its true form: [Strong! Invincible! Strongest!] It would have been automatically banished upon leaving the field, but it was banished prematurely due to the effect of [Dark Magic Circle]. Unfortunately, Kaiba was unable to use it.

Although she possesses power comparable to the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the Abyss-Eyes White Dragon is not the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Since her name doesn't contain the "Blue-Eyes" element, she cannot use the effects of "Strong! Invincible! Strongest!".

"You've chosen to exclude [Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!]? But Yugi, how do you intend to defeat my [Abyssal Eye White Dragon]?"

With the [Abyssal White Dragon] possessing 4500 attack power on the field, how could I possibly lose? The [Dark Magician] with a mere 2500 attack power is nothing; how could he possibly kill me in one turn?

Chapter 914 The Fate of Confrontation

Atum: 200 LP, 4 cards in hand

Seto Kaiba: 800 LP, 5 cards in hand

Whether it's Haima or Atum, both of their base ratings are almost gone. If we're being pragmatic and setting a flag, we'd say their base ratings are practically nonexistent.

Looking at the [Abyssal White Dragon] on the field, Atem pressed the button to activate the face-down card, activating the card he had drawn during the draw phase of this turn before activating [Heavenly Treasure].

"The great Dark Magician has a disciple... I open the face-down card, 'The Bond Between Master and Disciple,' which, being a Normal Spell Card, can be activated during the turn it is set. If there is a Dark Magician on my field, I Special Summon 'Dark Magician Girl' from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard."

Atem took the [Dark Magician Girl] card from the graveyard and said with a smile, "Like you, Kaiba, I don't want my favorite monsters to stay in the graveyard for too long either."

"Hmph, isn't that obvious?" Hearing Atum's words, Seahorse glanced at the sidelines, his words carrying a hidden meaning. "Not everyone is like that guy who has a particular fondness for unleashing monsters."

Hayato raised an eyebrow: "You two, why don't you get this straight? What's wrong with releasing the monster?"

Dark Magician Girls, ATK2000

The playful magical girl returned to Atem's field. Resurrected from the graveyard, she stretched comfortably, only to be gently tapped on the head by the Dark Magician with his wand before standing up straight and fearlessly looking up at the tall and magnificent White Dragon.

"The follow-up effect of [Master-Disciple Bond] is processed. After Special Summoning [Dark Magician Girl], I can choose one [Dark Magician], [Dark Magician Burst], [Dark Burst Magician], or [Dark Magician Barrage] from my Deck and set it in the Spell Trap Zone."

Atem draws a card from his deck and sets it face-down next to the "Tether of Master and Disciple" card, which is about to be sent to the graveyard. Then he presses the button to activate the face-down card again. "Activate Normal Spell Card, 'Dark Magician Blast'!"

Seeing that Atem had activated another Normal Spell Card that could be activated in the next turn, Kaiba thought for a moment and remembered the card's effect: "Can only be activated when [Dark Magician Girl] is on the field. Destroy all monsters on your opponent's field?"

"The bond between master and disciple will pave the way to victory. The summoned [Dark Magician Girl] possesses power no less than that of the [Dark Magician]!" Atum waved his hand and said, "Even though the [Abyssal White Dragon] inherited the power of the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], it cannot receive the protection of [Tough! Invincible! Strongest!], so no matter how powerful its attack is, it is just a fake, a water phantom that shatters at the slightest touch!"

"Crush it, [Dark Magician Girl]! Dark Magician Burst!"

At Atem's command, the Dark Magician Girl's wand tip gathered a massive amount of magic power, instantly forming a huge magic ball wreathed in lightning, exceeding her controllable limits. Like a discus thrower, she spun in place, then swung her wand fiercely, launching the energy ball towards the Abyss-Eyed White Dragon!

"boom!"

As Atem said, even with an attack power of 4500, it is difficult to change the fact that the [Abyssal White Dragon] has no resistance. This is insignificant to ordinary duelists, but when Kaiba's opponent is Atem, who skillfully uses a wide variety of monsters and magic, this becomes extremely fatal.

The [Abyss-Eyed White Dragon], seemingly adorned in a wedding dress, was instantly destroyed under the influence of [Black Magic Blast]. Its angelic wings were torn and broken by the powerful magic, causing the seahorse behind it to grit its teeth in disbelief.

"Give me the Eye of the Abyss!" the seahorse shouted, its eyes wide. "As punishment for defeating the Eye of the Abyss, let your monster perish with it!"

"When [Abyssal White Dragon] is destroyed, it also destroys all monsters on the opponent's field!"

In the final moments before being destroyed by [Dark Magician Girl], [Abyssal White Dragon] exhausted all its power and released a beam of light from the ring on its back, destroying the unsuspecting [Dark Magician Girl] who was enjoying the joy of success, and forcibly achieving a one-for-one exchange.

When it attempted to move the pillar of light to eliminate the Dark Magician, the Dark Magician reacted in time because the Dark Magician Girl was destroyed. Relying on the Eternal Soul slab behind it, the Dark Magician blocked the dying attack of the Abyss Eye White Dragon and watched it completely dissipate.

"Because of the effect of [Eternal Soul], the destructive power of [Abyssal White Dragon] will not affect [Dark Magician]." Atem said calmly, watching Kaiba's field shrouded in smoke and dust. "You have no monsters on your field anymore. I win, Kaiba!"

Seahorse's front row is now completely empty, and his back row only has one [Explosive Gale Blast] and one face-down card of unknown purpose. He has a total of five cards in hand, but because it is Atum's turn, he cannot convert them into actual resources.

On Atem's field, the battle-hardened Dark Magician, though quite tired from the continuous battles, still possessed an impressive 2500 attack power. With just one attack, he could defeat Kaiba, who now only had 800 life points, three times in total.

Of course, although victory seemed assured on the surface, Atem didn't recklessly launch a direct attack. Even though [Dark Magician] was protected by [Eternal Soul] and didn't need to worry about Kaiba's back row card being a weak card like [Explosive Armor] that could destroy him, Atem hesitated.

However, just because monsters have resistance doesn't mean duelists have resistance. Atem only has a mere 200 points in life points, which can be wiped out in an instant. Fighting without destroying that face-down card would make Atem restless and unable to eat or sleep.

As for why he didn't use "Tether of Master and Disciple" to search for "Black Blast Spell" that could destroy both the front and back rows at the same time? He did want to, but that card was a Quick-Play Spell Card, and he couldn't activate it during the turn it was set.

But it doesn't matter, because Atum still has four cards in his hand!

"The Quick-Play Spell Card 'Inheritance of Dark Magic' can only be activated by banishing two Spell Cards from my Graveyard." Atem banished the cards 'Painful Soul Curse' and 'Heavenly Treasure' from his Graveyard into his pocket, then manually searched his deck. "Add one card other than 'Inheritance of Dark Magic' that has 'Dark Magician' or 'Dark Magician Girl' in its name from my deck to my hand."

"The card I choose is [Dark Magician], and I'll use it immediately." Atem said, pointing at Kaiba's field, "This can only be activated if [Dark Magician] is on my field. Destroy all Spell/Trap Cards on your opponent's field!"

Just like how Dark Magician Girl destroyed the magic of Abyss Eye White Dragon before, Dark Magician also released a similar spell, but this time the target of the attack was no longer Kaiba's front row cards, but the back row cards.

At that very moment, Kaiba sent a card from his hand to the graveyard and pressed the button to activate a face-down card: "In that case, I'll discard the Spell Card 'Blue-Eyes Rising,' activate it face-down, and use 'High-Speed ​​Incantation'!"

"Send a Spell Card from your hand to the Graveyard to activate this card. This card's effect will become the effect of the card sent to the Graveyard. In return, I cannot use Spell Cards next turn." After sending the cards in his hand to the Graveyard, Kaiba suddenly picked up all the cards in his hand, on the field, and in the Graveyard.

"What is Kaiba going to do?!" "All the cards have been...?"

Behind Kaiba, the monsters and cards that appeared in this duel appeared one by one, and then disappeared one by one. The power that burst forth in the instant of disappearance gathered behind Kaiba into the phantom of the three-body dragon.

"During the turn I use 'Blue-Eyes Rising,' I cannot Summon or Special Summon monsters that are not 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon.' However, since 'High-Speed ​​Chant' only uses its effect, it is not subject to this restriction." Three cards popped out of Kaiba's Duel Disk, which he caught in his hand and held high above his head. "I will banish all cards in my hand, on the field, and in my Graveyard, including 'Blue-Eyes Rising,' face-down..."

"Wouldn't these three cards be the most fitting way to end our fated duel?"

Kaiba smiled arrogantly and confidently, sweeping the three cards in his hand across the Duel Disk and precisely placing them in the Monster Zone, "...Special Summon up to three [Blue-Eyes White Dragons] from my Deck!"

"This is the final summons, Yugi!"

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

"Resilient!"

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

"Invincible!!"

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

"The strongest!!!"

"boom!"

【Dark Magician】shattered both cards in the back row of Kaiba. The energy released during the magical explosion, which should have been the most eye-catching, became a background effect to highlight the appearance of the white dragon in the Trisolarans.

Protected by the three-dimensional blue-eyes, Kaiba and Atem faced off, causing Atem to momentarily recall a long time ago. At the headquarters of Kaiba Entertainment, because Kaiba had stolen the fourth blue-eyes white dragon from Sugoroku Muto, Atem, who had not yet found his name, and Kaiba, who had not yet understood the card, engaged in their first duel.

Back then, it seemed to be the same as now, with Kaiba suppressing him with the powerful Three-Body Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and even after summoning the Dark Magician, he was powerless to fight back.

Thinking about it carefully, it really has been a very, very long time.

A smile unconsciously crept onto Atum's lips as he looked at the card in his hand.

However, Kaiba is no longer the person who only cares about power and doesn't cherish the cards. Similarly, he has formed many ties in reality and is no longer alone.

Just as Kaiba said, the most suitable way to end this fated duel is indeed to use Dark Magician to defeat Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Atum played a card from his hand: "Then as you wish, Seahorse!"

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Extraordinary Food] to send my [Dark Magician Circle] to the Graveyard and recover 1000 Life Points."