Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

[Abyssal Blue-Eyes Dragon] [ATK2500]

[Blue-Eyed Illusion] [Gaikka] X3

As Kaiba finished his turn, the impatient Ayaka reached into the square on his wrist that represented the deck area, drew a card, and said, "My turn, right here, I will bring down the gods and bring you despair, Seto Kaiba! Draw!"

"Then I activate the effect of [Descent of the Cube] in my Graveyard. If my Life Points are more than 2000 points lower than my opponent's, I banish [Descent of the Cube] from my Graveyard and Special Summon 1 [Cube's Child - Vijam] from my hand, Graveyard, or Deck. If I activate this effect while my opponent only controls a monster, I can Special Summon up to two more [Cube's Child - Vijam]!"

"And my [Spell Card] [Fangjieyin-Vijam], which I have in my back row, will also return to the Monster Zone at this time through its own effect!"

He retrieved "Descent of the Cube" from the graveyard, and with a clenched fist, crushed the card into golden particles that dissipated. On his field, three clusters of small golden cubes gathered together, transforming into three "Descent of the Cube - Vijam," instantly giving him three monsters that could be used for release!

"Is it coming, [Obelisk]...?" Kaiba squinted slightly, watching Blue God hold a card above his head.

"Release the three [Fangjieyin-Vijam] on my field, and summon this invincible monster from my hand!" The [Fangjieyin-Vijam] that had just appeared before him vanished as golden particles, flowing into the card in his hand and filling it with divine power. The Blue God shouted excitedly, "If it descends upon the world, scorching winds will sweep across the earth, and all living things will become corpses!!"

"【The Colossus of Obelisk】!!!"

The crimson sky surged, the earth beneath their feet trembled, and everything in the world seemed about to be torn apart along with the rift that appeared between the seahorse and the Blue God. Before the Blue God, a towering blue giant braced himself with both hands, widening the rift several times over and standing firmly on the earth!

【Obelisk the Colossus】【10☆/God】

[Phantom Beast Race/Effect]

[4000/4000]

"This is the power of 'God'!" Looking at the god he had summoned, the Blue God laughed triumphantly. "I've won! Victory in this duel is in my hands! Hahahaha!"

"Only monsters with constant stats are trustworthy. [Osiris the Sky Dragon] and the like are utter garbage. Such a wonderful start, I've already won without a doubt! I'm so happy I want to sing a song!"

Glancing at the three monsters on the seahorse field, Blue God arrogantly waved his hand: "Enter the battle phase! Crush those monsters! Let's start with that annoying Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor!"

"Holy Hand - Critical Strike!"

Watching Blue God command the [Obelisk the Tormentor] to attack towards him, Kaiba scoffed disdainfully, "Fool, the attack should be called 'God Fist Crushing Strike'! But it's truly pathetic that [Obelisk] is being commanded by such a third-rate duelist. Isn't that just a waste of its true power?"

"Boring. Fighting someone like you is so disappointing."

Blue God didn't understand, thinking Kaiba was just being stubborn: "Hmph, have you been scared silly by the gods, Seto Kaiba? Although Blue-Eyes White Dragon is a top-tier Duel Monster, Obelisk the Tormentor is stronger!"

"You're the idiot, a mere third-rate duelist. Let me tell you, the performance difference of Duel Monsters isn't the deciding factor in combat power!" Kaiba pressed the button and said, "Activate my face-down card—"

Chapter 972 There's no need to get too clear about the Haima Group's affairs.

"Given up? Muda muda muda, 'God' is unaffected by trap cards. Your Blue-Eyes White Dragon cannot escape its fate of destruction!"

Blue God wasn't afraid at all, and wasn't worried at all that Kaiba could turn the tide with a face-down card, even though he had previously been turned around by Jonouchi with a "Angel's Dice" when he used "Sky Dragon of Osiris".

But now, let's set aside the fact that Seto Kaiba isn't like Katsuya Jonouchi and wouldn't use those gambling cards that use dice and coins. Even if he were using the same "Angel's Dice," the attack power of the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and the "Obelisk the Tormentor" differs by a full 1000 points.

"Hmph, fool, I never said I was using a Trap Card that targets a god." Kaiba sneered. "Quick-Play Spell Card [Half-Sealed], targets [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] on my field. It gains the ability to not be destroyed by battle until the end of the turn, and in exchange, its ATK is halved."

The Blue-Eyes deck is an outright aggressive deck. When facing Kaiba, who uses such a deck and has a straightforward dueling style, Hayato often uses decks that don't directly confront the opponent to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. For example, he uses the pure Dragonlight Takumi deck that can counter six times in one turn, or the Half-Dragon Maid deck that uses Super Polymerization to lure Blue-Eyes into joining.

However, nothing is absolute. Once, when Hayato was in the mood, he also used the Cyber ​​Dragon deck to duel Kaiba. It was during that duel that Kaiba learned from Hayato about the quick-attack spell card "Half-Sealed," which was quite suitable for aggressive decks, and added it to his own deck.

Generally speaking, this card is used to weaken the opponent's monsters to create a breakthrough point, and to take advantage of the seemingly positive but actually quite fatal flaw of "not being destroyed by battle" to continuously target a single monster. In Kaiba's use, [Blue-Eyes] is already good at multiple combos, and can maximize its output with the help of [Partial Seal].

However, there is also the way Kaiba is using it now, sacrificing half of his attack power to avoid being destroyed in battle. The disadvantage of being more vulnerable to damage after his attack power is reduced is avoided by Kaiba using the Dimensional Domain Duel Descendant set up by Blue God.

Its body visibly shrank, but a blue aura rose from the Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the seahorse, forming a veil around it. Seeing the Obelisk the Tormentor raising its fist to strike, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon fearlessly stepped forward!

"Roar!"

White Dragon and Giant God's iron fists collided. The huge difference in attack power should have led to a huge difference in combat strength. However, as Kaiba had said before, "the difference in the performance of Duel Monsters is not the determining factor in the difference in combat strength." The battle between White Dragon and Giant God was actually evenly matched.

No, amidst the roar of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the iron fist of the Obelisk was actually forcefully pushed back! It was because the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's momentum was stronger!

"Ugh!"

Even though no combat damage was generated, as the [Obelisk the Tormentor] was pushed back by the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], Blue God felt a tightness in his chest, couldn't help but groan, and took a step back.

Fortunately, the platform the two were standing on transformed into a huge circular stage after the duel began. Otherwise, Blue God might have fallen from the sky because of this step back. It wouldn't be a big deal if he died, but it would be bad if he frightened the children in the Seahorse Dome.

As for what technology the Haima Giant Egg uses, and how even the lifting platform can change freely, there's no need to delve too deeply into the Haima Group's affairs.

On the other hand, Kaiba, despite using the weaker Blue-Eyes White Dragon, managed to suppress the Obelisk the Titan used by Ayaka with sheer force of his own. It was as if Char Aznable was suppressing Ribbons' Regenerating Gundam while piloting the Zaku II. As long as the opponent didn't switch pilots midway, he didn't know how he could possibly lose!

"Damn it, why did this happen!"

Blue God couldn't understand why, despite having the advantage in attack power, he hadn't been able to inflict any damage on Kaiba, and instead, he himself had been affected by the shockwave. The power of the "God Cards" should be absolute in Duel Monsters!

"How could the mere Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which isn't even an Effect Monster, unleash such power and suppress 'God'?!"

Hearing Blue God's words, Kaiba glanced at him and sneered: "Heh, I'm starting to think I should take back what I said about you being a third-rate duelist. With God's addition, you should be a fourth-rate duelist with a third-rate deck."

Kaiba's words were full of contempt. "In the old days, because of the rules set by that despicable card printer Pegasus, duelists only cared about the attack and defense of cards and didn't care much about star rating and effects. However, the rules introduced during the Duel Kingdom period gradually changed duelists' understanding of cards."

“Star rating and effect are gradually becoming more important. In fact, if the effect is strong enough, even monsters with 0 attack and 0 defense can be very popular.” After a pause, Kaiba continued, “However, to conclude that effect monsters are definitely stronger than normal monsters based on this is to be inferior to third-rate duelists.”

"Kobayashi Hayato's Gaia, Dark Magician, and Yugi Muto, even that mediocre guy has Red Eyes. The more powerful the duelist, the more they can unleash the true power of the Duel Monster hidden beneath the surface."

"But in my hands, even a god can surpass the [Blue Eyes]!"

The seahorse spoke with an air of self-righteousness, as if it were only natural to exhale after inhaling, because in its view it was not boasting, but simply stating facts.

But to Ayami, Kaiba's words were utterly unbelievable. Wasn't card strength the decisive factor in the outcome? If that's the case, then let Kobayashi Hayato, with his weak deck of monsters all having an attack power of less than 1500, duel me!

After glancing at the [Obelisk the Titan], Blue God suddenly realized something: "I see, that's the reason!"

"Although the 'Three Egyptian Gods' are wielded and controlled by the Duel King Hayato Kobayashi, if I remember correctly, you used Obelisk the Tormentor before, right? Is that why you held back with Obelisk the Tormentor in the battle against the Blue-Eyes White Dragon just now?"

"That's absolutely right!" Blue God gritted his teeth. "Damn it, even the 'God Card' can't be trusted! One's a swindler, another's a runaway double, and this guy's loyalty is neither absolute nor absolute!"

"The 'God Cards' are all useless, and the [Obelisk the Tormentor] is useless too!"

Having confirmed that the accident was caused by [Obelisk the Tormentor], Blue God inserted the last card in his hand into the Spell & Trap Zone, then took five cards from the graveyard and said:

"My battle phase is over, so I'll let you escape this time. But during my main phase two, I'm going to activate this spell card, 'Pot of Greed,' to return five monster cards from my graveyard to my deck, shuffle them, and then draw two cards."

"I'm returning these five cards to the graveyard: three [Fangjieyin-Vijam] and two [Meteor Fangjieqi-Tianchen]."

After adding two more cards, Blue God took two more cards from the graveyard: "Next are these two cards, the effects of [Fangjie Karma] and [Fangjie Law]. Banish [Fangjie Karma] to activate, and add one [Fangjie] monster from my deck—this [Fangjie Yin-Vijam] that just returned to the deck—to my hand."

"Then banish [Square Spell] and activate its effect to add one [Square] monster from my Graveyard—the last remaining [Meteor Square Spell - Heavenly Dust]—to my hand."

In the blink of an eye, Blue God, who had only one card left in his hand, replenished it to four cards using his own methods. Although it wasn't as efficient or overpowered as Kaiba's [Life-Slicing Treasure Card], it was still a decent play.

Seeing that Blue God had another [Meteorite Cube - Heavenly Dust] in his hand, Kaiba couldn't help but recall the combo Blue God had used before. However, that combo required Blue God to summon [Meteorite Cube - Heavenly Dust] to trigger its effect: "Although you have recovered [Meteorite Cube - Heavenly Dust] from your graveyard, you have already performed a normal summon this turn and cannot summon it again, right?"

"Hmph, I don't need you to tell me." Blue God said unhappily, glancing at the card in his hand, then couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, "You should worry more about yourself, Seto Kaiba!"

"You're saying that in your hands, even a 'god' can be surpassed by the Blue-Eyes? Indeed, if it were the previous True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, it would have had an attack power higher than that of a god. Even an incomplete Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon possesses the same formidable power."

Blue God sent the newly retrieved [Meteorite Cube - Heavenly Dust] to the graveyard, activated a card, and said, "However, those two monsters both require 'three' [Blue-Eyes White Dragons] to fuse into their forms, which means that all you need to do is remove one [Blue-Eyes] from your field!"

"Discard one card from your hand, activate the Spell Card [Black Core], banish one face-up monster on the field! I choose one of your [Blue-Eyes White Dragons]!"

Extending his hand, the Blue God pointed at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field, which was unaffected by the [Half-Sealed] technique, "In the name of the gods, I command you to step down!"

"What?!"

Kaiba's eyes widened as he saw a jet-black sphere fly from the back of the Blue God's field, precisely hitting the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that he couldn't dodge in time. The powerful Blue-Eyes was swallowed up by the jet-black sphere in the blink of an eye and disappeared from Kaiba's field!

"【Blue Eyes】!"

As he watched his Blue Eyes disappear from the Duel Disk, Kaiba's face darkened. He said to Ayane, "You actually used such a low-level trick on my Blue Eyes? Do you think this tactic will work on me?"

"Heh, simply banishing them won't be very effective. You can easily return the banished Blue-Eyes monster to the graveyard by using cards like 'Burial from Another Dimension'." Blue God paused, then said with disdain and arrogance, "However, in Dimensional Realm Duels, banished monsters will be sent to another dimension and never return!"

"Another dimension? I'll send you to another dimension!"

Seahorse, with his composure, refrained from uttering the words above, suppressing his anger: "You're finished, you little bastard. If you thought you could provoke me this way, you've succeeded. I'm going to unleash the whip of utter defeat on you, you bastard!"

"Ah, I know, it's the Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, right? Hmph, I have to say it's quite a powerful monster, with an attack power comparable to Obelisk the Tormentor. Even though its defense is 0, it's just a minor flaw that doesn't really matter."

Blue God dismissed the threat from the seahorse, saying, "With one of the Blue-Eyes White Dragons gone, you can only fuse Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragons using Fusion, which is no match for Obelisk the Tormentor. Ritual Summoning Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon is the only way you can defeat it."

"One of the cards in your back row is the [Chaos Form] you searched earlier, right? And [Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon] also searched for a level 8 or higher Dragon last turn, which is in your hand, right? [Blue-Eyes Chaos Max Dragon]. But, can you summon it?"

"Set a card face down, and my turn ends."

[Blue God: 1800LP, 1 cards in hand]

Obelisk the Colossus [ATK4000]

【GaiKa】

Upon hearing Blue God's words, Kaiba frowned, but didn't dwell on it. More than pondering the meaning of Blue God's words, he currently only wanted to summon the [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] in his hand and crush Blue God.

The tribute required for the ritual summon is in Kaiba's own hands, and the ritual monster and ritual spell card are also ready. He only needs to complete the draw and enter the main phase to summon the Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon.

"My turn, draw a card..."

As Kaiba drew a card, he was about to press the button to activate the face-down function when he saw that Ayami pressed the button even faster.

"During your preparation phase, I'm going to activate this Continuous Trap Card, [Sacrifice Sealed Mask]! As long as this card exists, neither player can Tribute cards!" Blue God said smugly. "That guy named Malik disgusted me with this card last time, now it's my turn to use it!"

"Because of this card, you cannot summon [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] because you cannot release your own monsters. Even if you summon a second [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], it will still be no match for [Obelisk the Tormentor]!"

"Do you dare disobey me, who possesses the [Obelisk the Tormentor]!"

Chapter 973 Ya Bai!

The seahorse glanced at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and the Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon in its hands and frowned.

In the previous round, he used the effect of [Blue-Eyes Dragon Abyss] to add [Chaos Form] and [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon], which were currently face-down on the back row, to his hand, intending to launch a fierce attack in this round to wipe out Blue God's remaining Life Points and kill him.

However, because of the Blue God's sudden play of the [Sacrifice Seal Mask], the ritual could not be activated under the premise of sealing the release, and the hand that could have unfolded quite smoothly suddenly became a dead card.

But it doesn't matter, the seahorse isn't so easily trapped in a desperate situation.

“If your methods are limited to this, they can’t possibly restrain my Blue Eyes. Her power and my formula for victory are far more perfect than you can imagine!” Kaiba said, playing the card he had drawn this turn. “I activate the Spell Card, Magic Hammer.”

As the seahorse inserted the card into the spell trap zone, Blue God saw a small hammer fall and touch one of the seahorse's cards, causing both cards to disappear.

“Choose any card from my hand, return it to the deck along with [Molten Hammer], and then draw a card equal to the number of cards returned to my hand plus 1. I return [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] to the deck, and then draw two cards.”

Hearing Kaiba's words, Blue God smiled contemptuously: "That's all? But even if you put the cards back and draw them again, can you conjure up another Blue-Eyes White Dragon? The established reality cannot be changed. It is an indisputable fact that you have exactly three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in your deck, and now that one of them has been banished, your only hope of defeating me has also been cut off!"

"Even in a dimensional realm duel, a superior summon to a monster will be replaced by a dimensional summon that does not require tributes. It's useless if you can summon a Blue-Eyes White Dragon directly. With only two Blue-Eyes White Dragons, you're doomed to lose. You're no match for me!"

"I saw it, Seto Kaiba, I saw it clearly!" Pointing at Kaiba, who was reaching into his deck to draw a card, Ayaka said smugly, "Your fingers are trembling, aren't they? Are they afraid of me, afraid of me wielding the [Obelisk the Tormentor] that you cannot resist!"

Upon hearing Blue God's words, Seahorse frowned and said impatiently, "Shut up, you noisy little fish, you should see an ophthalmologist."