Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Hmph, Lord Shadi Xin?" Mentioning Shadi, Blue God's face showed a sorrowful expression. "Lord Xin sacrificed himself to achieve the evolution of all mankind. When the Pharaoh returned to the underworld, he used up his last strength to resonate the Millennium Artifact with the Quantum Cube."

"He had long since lost his life and only remained in the world by relying on the power of the Millennium Item. With the sealing of the Millennium Item, he also completely disappeared. However, his sacrifice was great. I will inherit Lord Xin's will and use the Quantum Cube to guide the dimension to rise and achieve the salvation of all mankind."

“That’s how it should be.” The sorrow on Blue God’s face faded as he looked at Hayato. “But the Quantum Cube has been unable to unleash its full power, even weaker than before the Pharaoh’s Soul awakened. It’s my intuition; you must have done something back then, Hayato Kobayashi!”

"That director Shadi, who lived for a thousand years, just died like that? It's really abrupt and feels unreal." Hayato sighed after hearing Ayami's words, then nodded and said, "In exchange for an answer, as payment for clearing up my doubts, I can answer you that it is indeed because of me, and your so-called cube, that it is unable to function."

As he spoke, Hayato reached into his robes and, under Ayaka's watchful gaze, pulled out a card. Within a purple border, a monster named after the ancient Egyptian goddess of truth and justice, Ma'at, was adorned with the Millennium Items.

"【Winged Kuriboh】and 【Dragon of Light and Darkness】, although their original forms are not in my possession, the fusion materials used are just imitations. I thought I would have to wait until those two brats grew up before I could see this card, but the power of 【Super Polymerization】 is quite amazing. With the help of the genuine 【Millennium Item】, I successfully printed this card."

Hayato looked at the [Matt] card in his hand and said, "Although it is also a fake, it is more than enough to contain the power of the intercepted [Millennium Item]."

"So that's what you did to the [Millennium Artifact]?" Blue God frowned. "Then, as long as we take that card and destroy it, our mission to save the world can continue."

"Hayato Kobayashi, that's enough of your interference. Hand over that card."

“It’s not 4:04 PM on June 15th anymore,” Hayato retorted, walking around a plastic chair at a food stall that stood firm in the alley, and raising the Duel Disk he had been wearing on his wrist since the beginning. “If you want it, come and get it yourself.”

"Duel!"

Chapter 942 Who would understand what you're saying?

"A game of Duel Monsters? Hmph, as expected of the Duel King, he chose this method to resolve disputes because of his confidence in Duel Monsters?" Blue God looked at Hayato's unfolded Duel Disk and gave a disdainful sneer. "Humans are always like this, they only know how to fight and bully to solve problems."

"However, let me show you the power of a higher dimension, Duel King Kobayashi Hayato!"

The Quantum Cube in Blue God's hand floated up into the air and flew to the position of his left arm. Just like Otogi Ryuji's monster Dice, it split open and transformed into a uniquely shaped duel disk made up of six connected cubes.

At the same time, as the Blue God's Duel Disk unfolded, countless tiny cubes suddenly spread out from beneath his feet like dust blown by the wind, climbing up the alley where the two were located and transforming the surrounding environment into a desolate wasteland.

What's even more striking is that the sky has turned completely black, with crimson clouds drawn to a point and transformed into a massive vortex, hovering and swirling directly above the two people's heads.

"This is the dimensional duel we are engaged in. The scenery you see here is a memory of the past etched into the earth, the landscape before the people of Domino City were established," Blue God explained. "This dimensional duel is completely different from the duels you have fought in the past. I will use this to punish you!"

"Duel!"

[Blue God: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Hayato: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

"I'll take the first turn! Draw!" From the completely empty duel disk, Blue God conjured a card out of thin air, making one wonder if he was actually drawing a card or just printing one. "In Dimensional Realm duels, there are no sacrifices required for victory. Summoning high-level monsters can be done without tributes. Instead of Normal Summoning, there are even higher-level Dimensional Summonings!"

As he spoke, Blue God played a card from his hand and said, "Dimensional Summon: My [Fangjieyin-Vijam] is now in Attack Position. Then, I set four cards face down on my back field. End of turn!"

"Engrave the image of the monster that will send you to a lower dimension deep into your consciousness! Come forth, [Fangjieyin-Vijam]!"

On the Blue God Field, a fleshy, egg-shaped monster appeared amidst a cluster of cube-shaped special effects. Its deep purple body had a pair of wings on its back, but they were not the wings of an angel or the wings of a dragon or bat. Instead, they were more like a cluster of tentacles. On its head, a long tentacle was curled up, enclosing a single eye.

On the front of the egg, there is also a single eye that is slowly opening and gazing at Hayato.

【Fang Jieyin - Vijam】【1☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Effect]

[0/0]

"A monster with 0 attack and defense, and it's in attack position?" Hayato raised an eyebrow, looking at the monster before him with considerable wariness. "Is the name 【Fangjieyin-Vijam】 based on 'Vishnu' from Hindu mythology?"

"Rather than being a prototype, it is more accurate to say that human mythology is a collective cognition that is self-compiled based on the yearning for a higher dimension. Because most people think that Vishnu is a god, he also became a god. It is because the collective consciousness believes that he should play such a role that he was able to play the role of 'god'."

Looking at his own [Fang Jieyin-Vijam] on the field, Blue God slowly said, "You are the same, Kobayashi Hayato. Everything in the world is determined by the collective consciousness of mankind. Even the fact that 'you became the Duel King' is determined by the collective consciousness. You are just being asked to act out the role of 'Duel King'."

"Alright, my turn is over. It's time for you to start your 'role'."

[Blue God: 4000LP, 1 cards in hand]

【Fang Jieyin - Vijam】【ATK0】

[GaiK] X4

"Philosophical thinking determines existence, is that the so-called 'I think, therefore I am'? Who understands that stuff?" Hayato said with a sneer. "Let me see the performance of this so-called dimensional realm duel! My turn, draw!"

Upon seeing the card he had drawn, Hayato activated it, saying, "During my Main Phase, I activate the Field Spell Card [Kyoto - Seaside Area]—"

Halfway through his sentence, Hayato frowned, because he discovered that the field area of ​​his Duel Disk was not open, and he couldn't place any Field Spell Cards at all, as if the Duel Disk was malfunctioning.

"Want to change the field to create a battle area suitable for your deck? That won't do. Dimensional Domain Duel doesn't allow for the intervention of those lower-dimensional landscapes." Blue God said smugly. "Dimensional Domain Duel is a Field Spell Card that exists in the field area. As long as it exists, it cannot be overwritten by other cards."

"Something like the effect of [Orichalcos Barrier]? Doesn't that also inherit the buff that makes whoever uses it lose?" Hayato muttered, frowning as he recalled the unusable Field Spell Card. "In that case, I'll just summon a monster directly."

Seeing that Hayato was about to summon a monster, Ayagami reminded him, "In dimensional battles, dimensional summoning can indeed ignore the monster's level and summon both high-level and low-level monsters equally without sacrifices. However, at the same time, the monster's stats will also change within its original range."

"Even a powerful monster, if it does not possess the spirit to drive it and unleash its full power, can exert less strength than a low-level, weak monster."

Hearing Aogami's words, Hayato tilted his head and said somewhat strangely, "Really? Then you'd better work hard."

"I?"

Blue God didn't quite understand Hayato's meaning. Hayato flipped the monster card he was about to summon and threw it onto Blue God's field: "Of course I want you to work hard, because I'm going to summon a monster onto your field."

“Your [Fangjieyin-Vijam] looks ugly and weak, but I’m kind-hearted, so I’ll give you a powerful monster.” Hayato said, raising his hand and saying, “Release your [Fangjieyin-Vijam], come forth, [Turtle Kaibun-Gamesiere]!”

"What?!"

Completely bewildered, Blue God saw the ground beneath his [Fangjieyin-Vijam] suddenly crack all over, and a giant sea turtle with a maw full of sharp teeth burst out of the ground, splashing water everywhere and taking over the position of Blue God's [Fangjieyin-Vijam], which was then swallowed whole!

"Hahaha, you swallowed it, you swallowed it!" Hayato looked at Aogami and taunted, "Aogami, how do you feel now? How do you feel!?"

Chapter 943 It's turned gray, is everything alright?

"Damn it!"

Seeing his [Fangjieyin-Vijam] being forcibly transformed into [Turtle Kaiju-Gamesiere] by Hayato, Blue God was quite annoyed, "This is not a dimensional summon at all!"

Dimensional Realm Duel is a higher-dimensional dueling method that Professor Shady gave to Blue God. It contains a great power that can bring the world to a higher dimension, and its greatest feature lies in the rules of this dimensional summoning.

It is how it should be: to gain great power without sacrifice, fundamentally solving humanity's dilemma of sacrificing something for something else.

But that guy, Hayato Kobayashi, actually used someone else's monster as a sacrifice!

"Huh? I didn't say this was a dimensional summoning either?" Hayato shrugged and said casually, "I gave you a powerful monster, and you treat me like this? That's really disheartening. Well, instead of reminiscing about your monster, I should focus on increasing the attack power of [Turtle Kaibun - Gamesiale].

【Turtle Kaiju - Gamesielle】【8☆/Water】

[Aquarium/Effect]

[0/0]

In dimensional battles, controlling monsters requires considerable courage, something Blue God had just told Hayato. Now, he had to demonstrate it to Hayato if he didn't want [Turtle Kaibun - Gamesiale] to continue with its current attack and defense power.

"Aaaaaah!"

Recalling the greatness of his mission and everything he witnessed that day, he resolved that to achieve salvation for all humanity and to avenge that unforgivable person, he had to defeat Hayato Kobayashi standing before him. With this thought in mind, illusory orange flames rose around Blue God, and the attack power of his [Turtle Kaibun - Gamesialer] on the field continuously increased.

【海龟坏兽-加美西耶勒】【0/0→1100/1500→1760/2400】

However, although Blue God gave it his all, [Turtle Kaiju - Gamesiale] was ultimately Hayato's card, and he could only barely bring its attack and defense to about 80% of their original levels.

Catching his breath, Ayaka looked up, about to say something, when he saw Hayato clapping his hands and placing a card on the duel disk: "You really put in so much effort, Ayaka-san. This is the kind of emotion I've been looking for. As a return gift, I'll give it my all."

"If there is a [Kai-Beast] on your opponent's field, Special Summon [Multidimensional Kai-Beast - Radion] from my hand in Attack Position."

Before Hayato, a pair of claws suddenly tore through space, and a gigantic monster emerged from another dimension. Its size was no less than that of the giant [Turtle Kaizan - Gamesialer] on the Blue God Field, and it appeared even taller because it was standing upright.

Without seeing Hayato perform anything special, Ayami noticed that the attack power of the newly appeared [Multidimensional Kaibun - Radion] began to surge.

【Multidimensional Kaibun - Radion】【7☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Effect]

【0/0→2800/2500】

"You actually managed to unleash the monster's attack power to its limit so easily..." Blue God frowned as he looked at Hayato, who remained unfazed. "Just how strong is your spirit?"

"Does that matter? You should worry more about yourself." Hayato pointed forward at [Turtle Kaibeast - Gamesialer], "I trusted you so much, but I never expected you to betray me and go to the enemy's side. I'm so disappointed in you, [Gamesialer]. Enter battle phase, go! [Radian], take down that traitor!"

"Dimension annihilation!"

Upon receiving Hayato's order, [Multidimensional Kaibun - Radion] glanced helplessly at [Turtle Kaibun - Gamesiale], indicating that it had no other choice, and was about to attack. But just then, upon hearing Hayato's declaration of attack, Blue God laughed: "That monster actually attacked! Just what I wanted, Kobayashi Hayato!"

"Open my face-down card in the back row, [Descent of the Cube]! This card can only be activated when your opponent declares an attack!"

A face-down card in the back row of Blue God was revealed, showing the figure of [Fangjieyin-Bijam], which had just been eaten by [Turtle Kaiju - Gamesis], and at the same time, [Fangjieyin-Bijam] gradually appeared in the form of a phantom on Blue God's field.

"Special Summon a second [Fangjieyin-Bijam] from my deck, and redirect the attack of your opponent's monster to that [Fangjieyin-Bijam] for damage calculation." Blue God laughed arrogantly. "In Dimensional Domain Duels, instead of battle damage, when a monster is destroyed, its owner loses Life Points equal to its original ATK. That's the power of Dimensional Domain Duels!"

"Well, it sounds like the old Duel Monsters rules from before Duel Kingdom. No tributes required, and Life Points deducted when a monster is destroyed. The only difference is that you don't lose if you don't have any monsters at the end of the turn," Hayato remarked, looking at the phantom of [Hokai-Yin-Vijam] on the Blue God's field. "So, you're trying to avoid damage with that monster with 0 ATK?"

“Avoid damage? Heh, I’m not one to be afraid of getting hurt. This is my trump card to defeat you, Hayato Kobayashi.” Blue God said smugly, “【Fangjieyin-Vijam】 cannot be destroyed in battle, and if it is attacked, I can place it in my Magic Trap Zone and then place a Fangjie Counter on the opponent’s monster.”

"The monster holding the Dimensional Counter is nullified and cannot declare an attack. Your [Multidimensional Kaibun - Radion] is about to be demoted to a lower dimension!"

As Blue God was smiling, he saw a white figure suddenly fly from Hayato's hand onto his field and kick the [Fangjieyin-Vijam] who had not yet fully materialized!?

"boom!"

To Blue God's bewildered gaze, the figure of [Fang Jie Yin - Vijam] suddenly shattered and was kicked back into Blue God's deck by that white figure. Blue God was then able to see the true form of that white figure, which was clearly a little girl wearing a white kimono, with cat ears and an orange bow, and a cheeky smile under her short yellow hair.

"【Descent of the Realm】's effect is so strong, too strong, but since it's a monster Special Summoned from the Deck, I activated the effect of 【Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring】 in my hand and turned it into Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Is that alright?" Hayato recalled the spirit of 【Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring】, sent the card to the Graveyard, and looked at Ayane, saying, "It's obvious you don't play cards much. You don't even know what 'interpretation death' means."

"Then, the attack continues! [Multidimensional Kaibun - Radion], attack [Turtle Kaibun - Gamesiale], Dimensional Annihilation!"

"I am the storm that is approaching!"

Chapter 944 Opal is tired! ?

"Dimension annihilation!"

【Multidimensional Kaibun - Radian】swung its claws, and the solid space in its hands was no more resilient than paper, easily torn and ripped apart. With each swing of its claws, it left dense "lines" in the space, which were the marks of the space being cut.

As Hayato snapped his fingers, the cleaved space shattered, and the Turtle Kaibun - Gamesiale, the target of the Multidimensional Kaibun - Radion, was also destroyed in the attack and returned to Hayato's grave.

Blue God was directly blasted away by the impact, his feet scraping long marks on the ground before he stopped, panting heavily as he knelt on one knee.

In a normal duel, while [Turtle Kaibeast - Gamesiale]'s attack power is the lowest among all [Kaibeasts] at 2200 points, it would only lose 600 life points against [Multidimensional Kaibeast - Radion]'s attack. However, because this is a so-called "Dimensional Domain Duel," after deducting [Turtle Kaibeast - Gamesiale]'s original attack power value, Blue God's life points are less than half.

However, after taking Hayato's attack and recovering somewhat, Ayane immediately opened his face-down card in the back row and said, "Although the rules for battle damage in Dimensional Domain Duels have changed, the 2200 points of damage I just received still count as battle damage. I'm opening my face-down card in the back row, [Destiny's Discovery], which will be activated when I take battle damage. Draw one card from my deck."

[Blue God: 4000→1800LP, Hand Cards 1→2]

After watching Blue God draw a card, Hayato, who had already been attacked by the only monster on the field—[Multidimensional Kaibun-Radian]—quite decisively ended his Battle Phase and played a card, saying: "My Battle Phase is over. Then, in Main Phase 2, I activate the Spell Card [Magic Hammer], return this card and another card in my hand to the Deck, shuffle it, and draw the number of cards returned."