Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"My declared attribute is 'DARK'. Target two monsters in my Graveyard, 'Dark Magician' and 'Chaos Magician', and banish them!"

The patterns on the "Eternal Soul" stone tablet, which depicted "Dark Magician," had just lit up when a mist emerged from the "Rift to Another Dimension" card that the game had opened. Following the power of "Eternal Soul," it seized the two monsters, "Dark Magician" and "Chaos Magician," who were slacking off in the graveyard, banishing them both.

As the target of the effect disappeared, the lit patterns on [Eternal Soul] dimmed again.

At the same time, Guiping noticed that Kaiba, who was wearing the earphone-like terminal next to him, took several photos of the card "[The Rift to Another Dimension]" and labeled it with a description such as "[Eternal Soul] Solution".

Since [Eternal Soul] failed to Special Summon [Dark Magician] from the graveyard, Atem's original plan to use [Dark Magician Circle] to remove [Clock Cave] also failed, and he also had no cards in hand to break the deadlock.

Atem currently has four cards in his hand: a spell card that was previously recovered into his hand by the effect of [Chaos Dark Magician], a [Chaos Illusionist] whose effect cannot be activated due to the effect of [Magic Bell Cave], a [Black Blast Magician] that he just drew and cannot activate due to the lack of [Dark Magician], and a monster card of unknown meaning.

However, although his current hand isn't enough to secure a victory, Atum still has a cover card in his backcourt.

The path to victory lies within it!

“I don’t have a card in my hand yet that can defeat your setup, Aibo, but that will change soon. After I activate this card,” Atem drew a card from his hand and set it face down, leaving only two monster cards and one [Black Blast Spellcaster] to minimize his hand size, and pressed the button to activate the face-down card. “I set a card face down and activate the Trap Card, [Resurrected Sky God]!”

"This card's activation and effect cannot be negated, and the first effect of [Resurrected Sky God] is to Special Summon one [Sky Dragon of Osiris] from my Graveyard and allow both players to draw cards until their hands are six!"

"Return from the underworld, Kami!"

Chapter 925

"Osiris is going to be resurrected!?" Hayato looked at Atem activating [Resurrected Sky God] with a surprised expression. "What's wrong with him? He thinks he can win after using the Heavenly Pit Dragon?"

“Although Osiris the Sky Dragon, as a god, is indeed unaffected by the effects of the Bell Cave and will still be forced to activate his Thunder Summoning effect,” Malik said, somewhat puzzled. “However, the Bell Cave’s other effect of declaring that it cannot attack is aimed at the player. Even a god cannot attack under such restrictions.”

Equally perplexed were the players in the game who were currently engaged in a duel.

"【Resurrected Sky God】combines the effects of 【Monster Resurrection】and 【Heavenly Treasure】, right? If my hand is replenished to six cards at once, the attack power of 【Osiris the Sky Dragon】 will also be increased to a full 6000 points." Yugi said, looking at the thunderclouds that reappeared behind Atem.

"However, once the number of monsters on the field increases to three, your other self will still be affected by the effect of [Clock Cave] and will be unable to declare an attack."

Atum nodded in agreement with the game's statement: "That's right, Aibo. However, I never said that my main goal was to revive the Sky Dragon of Osiris; he was just a side effect of being specially summoned."

"My real goal is to draw cards from the top of the deck!"

Although it sounded like he had cheated, after Atem drew the card [Black Burst Magic], he immediately learned that the next card was [Great Storm], which had the effect of destroying all the magic trap cards on the field.

Using that card will destroy your "Eternal Soul" and wipe out all your monsters, but the newly revived "Sky Dragon of Osiris," which is unaffected by that effect, will be preserved. Meanwhile, the opponent's face-down cards after the game, as well as the most troublesome "Clockwork," will be wiped out.

Then, the Sky Dragon of Osiris, with an attack power of 5000, attacks directly. How can you lose when the flying dragon is right in front of you?

Just as [Resurrected Sky God] was about to activate, bringing [Osiris the Sky Dragon] back to Atem's field and forcing both players to draw cards until they had six in their hands, Atem heard the game's calm voice ring out:

"I believe that the deceased should rest in their graves and should not be disturbed, my other self. I cannot stop you from reviving [Sky Dragon of Osiris], but I will stop you from drawing the card."

Yugi pressed the button to activate the face-down card, staring intently at Atem: "Chain with [Resurrected Sky God], I activate the face-down card in my back row, Quick-Play Spell Card [Sun and Moon]!"

“Aibo…” Seeing the unusually tough attitude Yugi was showing him, Atum once again felt the determination and resolve in Yugi's heart to defeat him. After taking a deep breath, he reminded him, “However, the activation and effect of [Resurrected Sky God] cannot be negated. You cannot stop this card from being activated!”

But Yugi shook his head and said, "You already mentioned this point, my other self. I remember that. Therefore, the card I activated is not aimed at [Resurrected Sky God].

Atum then looked at the card "Sun and Moon" that the game had opened. The card depicted a lake as smooth as a mirror, with a priest dressed in clothing full of lunar elements above the surface. The reflection in the lake was that of another priest representing the sun.

The image, which should have been a mirror image, presented a similar yet different reversal, making Atem involuntarily connect the card to himself and Aibo. Aren't he and Aibo like the sun and moon priests in the card image—similar yet different, and despite being closer to each other than anyone else, never able to take another step closer?

Whether it's the Millennium Puzzle or the barrier between the human world and the underworld...

The game couldn't read Atum's mind, but it could intuitively sense his emotions. Nevertheless, he continued to explain the card's effect: "[Sun and Moon] is a combination of [Book of the Sun] and [Book of the Moon], and its ability is to reverse and swap."

"Target one monster on my field and one monster on your opponent's field. Adapt your effect to the battle position of each monster. If the monster is face-up, change it to face-down defense position; if the monster is face-down, change it to face-up defense position."

Yugi pointed at Atem's field: "The monsters I've chosen are this one on my field, in defense position, and another one on your field, [Dark Magician Girl]!"

Because of the chain's reverse processing, the effect of "Sun and Moon" activated by the chain "Resurrected Sky God" takes effect first. Atem flips his "Dark Magician Girl" card face down and looks at the monster on the field that is about to be revealed.

Turning Dark Magician Girl into face-down Defense Position is meaningless, as Atem is still in his main phase and can easily flip her back into Attack Position. So, is Aibo's main purpose in using Sun and Moon simply to flip that face-down Defense Position monster?

However, even if it is a Flip Monster, its effect can only be activated after the effect of the [Resurrected Sky God] in the current chain is resolved, by which time you will have already drawn all your cards.

Aibo can't just set a monster whose effect is continuous and doesn't need to be activated, can it?

Then, Atum saw a wave that spread out instantly after the monster that had been placed face down in the game was flipped over and placed horizontally. The source of the wave was an invisible monster with a semi-transparent body and maze-like bluish-purple patterns covering its entire body.

Temple Guardian [4 stars/location]

[Demon Race/Effect]

[1100/1900]

The game did not explain what the monster's effect was, but after the effect of [Sun and Moon] was resolved, it was Atem's turn to resolve the effect of [Resurrected Sky Dragon]. [Sky Dragon of Osiris] emerged from the already prepared thundercloud and returned to Atem's field.

【Osiris the Sky Dragon】【ATK3000】

However, just as Atem was about to draw cards from his deck, he suddenly discovered that his Duel Disk had locked his deck, and he couldn't draw any cards!?

"The effect of 【Temple Guardian】 is that as long as this card is face-up in the Monster Zone, the opponent cannot draw cards outside of their Draw Phase." Yugi said, but in front of Atem, he drew five cards, increasing his hand to six. "However, I am not subject to that restriction."

For a fleeting moment, Atem's fist hardened, but he managed to hold back his anger, after all, the opponent wasn't just anyone, but his own Aibo. If it were anyone else, like Hayato, Hayato, or someone like Hayato, he probably would have been so angry that he would have pulled out [Berserker's Soul] and unleashed a devastating N-card combo.

He had considered that the game might drop another "Jug" monster like "Electronic Jar" or "Fiber Jar," but he never expected it to be "Temple Guardian," a monster that unilaterally restricts card draws and has a continuous effect that doesn't require activation.

It would be one thing if the game restricted both sides from drawing cards, but the problem is that the game allowed the player to draw five cards right in front of them, making a huge profit from the cards.

Atum also understood what Hayato often said: "It's more painful to see the opponent gain cards/not let me gain cards than to lose cards."

What's even more infuriating is that, on the surface, [Temple Guardian] only suppressed the draw of the card [Resurrected Sky God], while [Osiris the Sky Dragon] was still successfully resurrected. But in reality, Atem knew that he had another card suppressed as well, which was the [Heavenly Treasure Card] that he had just set face-down.

Atem glanced at his back row and felt a little helpless. He had previously used the effect of [Chaos Dark Magician] to recycle this card, intending to use the terrifying card-drawing efficiency of [Resurrected Sky God] and [Heavenly Treasure Card] to draw up to twelve cards in a row for a burst of damage. That's why he had saved it for this turn. Now, he couldn't draw a single card and could only watch helplessly as his opponent's Aibo drew cards.

What's even more frustrating is that I'm unable to attack or activate effects due to the restrictions of the [Demon Bell Cave].

The source of everything seems to be that [Resurrected Sky God], unforgivable, [Osiris], you sinkhole dragon!

(【Sky Dragon of Osiris】：?)

Damn it, I'm completely out of options... if I didn't have this monster card with this mysterious meaning.

"Flip [Dark Magician Girl]..." Atem flipped the face-down [Dark Magician Girl] back to attack position, looked at [Clock Hole] at his feet, and then glanced at the monsters on the field, saying, "The side with more monsters should have the advantage, but because of the effect of [Clock Hole], it will become the disadvantage."

"Beyond the usual dueling calculations, the addition of control over the number of monsters is quite ingenious, I must say." Although he had a poor impression of the card, Atem praised its strengths as much as possible because it was a card used in the game. "However, I already have a way to break through the limitations this card imposes on me!"

"The [Sky Dragon of Osiris] that is Special Summoned will return to the Graveyard at the end of the turn. Rather than letting it go to waste, we might as well use a god as a tribute to summon an even more powerful god!"

Atem drew a card, held it above his head, and shouted, "I Tribute my three monsters on the field—Dark Magician Girl, Magician's Staff, and Sky Dragon of Osiris—to perform a Tribute Summon!"

"Once the number of monsters on my field is reduced to the same level as the number of monsters on your field, [Clockwork] will no longer be effective against me!"

Upon hearing Atem's words, Isis, standing beside Hayato, said with some anticipation, "The offering of three monsters and a higher-level god... that card is coming."

"That card? Could it be—"

Kyoko glanced at Isis, then at Hayato, and guessed which card it was, but before she could say it, Kaiba on the other side said excitedly, "Hmph, it's finally here! [Obelisk the Tormentor]!"

"No, aren't you being a little too fixated on that card? It should be [Ragnaros the Winged Dragon of Ra] no matter how you look at it," Malik retorted, watching as Atem's monsters were released one by one.

"Osiris the Sky Dragon, with 3000 attack and defense points."

"[Dark Magician Girl], Attack Power 2600, Defense Power 1700"

"And the [Magician's Staff] with 1600 attack power and 100 defense power."

"The elven song sings, the great power governs all things, their lives, their souls, and even their bones." Atum plays the card in his hand, "Come forth, mythical beast, the sun that symbolizes heaven and earth!"

"【Ra's Winged Dragon】!"

The three monsters on Atem's field were released one by one and dissipated, including the Sky Dragon of Osiris. The power of the three monsters rose into the air and gathered together, transforming into a dazzling golden sphere like the sun, covered with patterns that resembled ancient murals.

【Ra's Winged Dragon】【0/0】

After summoning Ra the Winged Dragon of Ra, Atem learned that it had a unique transformation process compared to the other two gods. In Hayato's words, it was "a sexy mechanical transformation process that could become a man's romance." So Atem quietly waited for the transformation cutscene.

However, the golden sphere merely hovered in the air without moving at all, leaving Atum somewhat puzzled.

"Your other self, you forgot to read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs on the card!" It was the game's timely reminder that made Atum remember that the Winged Dragon of Ra seemed to have such a setting.

“Wabibab…” Atum added the ancient Egyptian priestly script, and as the Winged Dragon of Ra above his head began to transform, he felt somewhat embarrassed. “I’ve always only seen Hayato summon the Winged Dragon of Ra and use it directly, and I had unconsciously forgotten about this setting.”

With its wings fully outstretched, Ra's Winged Dragon looked down upon everything on the ground, though its eyes seemed somewhat lifeless. Atem knew the reason for this; Yugi had told him when he handed him the Ra's Winged Dragon card that the real Ra's Winged Dragon was clinging to Hayato's side and refusing to come over. This Ra's Winged Dragon card only possessed divine power, not divine spirit.

However, all I need in this duel is the power of the Winged Dragon Ra.

【Ra's Winged Dragon】【7200/4800】

"The ATK and DEF of [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra] are the sum of the ATK and DEF of the monsters that were Tributed when it was Tributed for its Superior Summon." Atem took out a card from his hand. "Furthermore, since both sides have an equal number of monsters on the field, the restriction that [Clockwork] prevents me from activating monster effects has been lifted."

"Activate the effect of [Chaos Illusionist] in your hand, search for [Dark Magician] in my deck and add it to your hand, and place one card from your hand back to the top of your deck."

Atem placed the previously displayed Chaos Illusionist back at the top of the deck, then waved his hand and pointed to the only remaining Temple Guardian on the field: "Enter the Battle Phase, use Ra's Winged Dragon to attack Temple Guardian."

"Divine Flame Cannon!"

Chapter 926 [Ra's Winged Dragon] Unrivaled

"Divine Flame Cannon!"

Atem waved his hand, commanding the Winged Dragon of Ra to attack the Temple Guardians on the field.

The sun's fire spewed from the golden bird's mouth, transforming into a pillar of flame that instantly engulfed the Temple Guardian. Even though the latter's defense was a respectable 1900 points, it was still insufficient against the Winged Dragon of Ra's attack power of 7200 points.

This highlights the advantage of using the Sun and Moon instead of the Book of the Sun when the game turned the Temple Guardian into a face-up position. While the latter could also flip the Temple Guardian, it would only be in face-up attack position, causing the game to suffer significant combat damage.

However, since the Temple Guardian, whose position has been flipped by the Sun and Moon, is still in defense mode, the game has not suffered any combat damage. However, the high temperature air brought by the attack of the Winged Dragon Ra made him feel a little stuffy, and a few drops of sweat appeared on his forehead.

After attacking with [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra], Atem declared the end of his Battle Phase. Although the number of monsters on both sides changed again, preventing Atem from activating monster effects and declaring attacks, the departure of [Temple Guardian] allowed him to activate the [Heavenly Treasure Card] that he had previously set face-down.

“At the end of the battle phase, during Main Phase 2, I open this face-down card in the back row, [Heavenly Treasure], allowing both players to draw cards from their decks until they have six cards in their hands.” Pressing the button to activate the face-down card, Atum looked at the card in Yugi’s hand. “However, since Aibo, you have already benefited from the effect of [Resurrected Sun God] to replenish your hand to six cards, you cannot draw a card because of this.”

"Since I currently have two cards in my hand, I can draw four from my deck."

Atem, who had his hand on his deck, eager to draw [Great Storm] to destroy that annoying [Clockwork], suddenly stopped mid-sentence. He realized his Duel Disk was still locked, preventing him from drawing any cards.

"Draw four, draw, draw, draw!" After trying several times, Atem realized that the problem wasn't a damaged Duel Disk preventing him from drawing cards. He looked up at the opposite field. Sure enough, he saw that the remaining face-down card on the field had quietly opened up, revealing a graveyard, without him noticing.

"The Continuous Trap Card [Call of the Living Dead] allows you to Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard to my field in Attack Position. However, according to the chain rule of the second-to-first-to-last being processed, [Call of the Living Dead] will take effect before [Treasure Card from Heaven] is processed."

"Special Summon the Temple Guardian from my graveyard once more!"

The true nature of Atem's deck was revealed: Temple Guardian, which had just been defeated by Ragnaros the Winged Dragon of Ra, was revived on the field and immediately negated Atem's card-drawing effect.

"Using the card-drawing effect repeatedly is a bit too obvious. My other self, do you have a card at the top of your deck that can break the [Demon Bell Cave]? Although I can't enjoy the effect of [Heavenly Treasure Card], you can forget about drawing cards either." Yugi smiled gently.

The effect of "Heavenly Treasure" was dealt with after "Call of the Dead," and an effect of countless treasures falling from the sky appeared on the field. However, neither Atum nor Yugi drew a card. Atum wanted to draw but could not, while Yugi already had six cards in his hand and could not draw any more.