Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"That [Cotton Ball] is one of those weak monsters I wouldn't be afraid of even if ten more came at me, but that [Summoner - Aleister] doesn't look like a [Shadowduck] at all!"

【Cotton Ball】【1☆/Light】

[Angel Race/Effect]

[200/300]

[Summoner - Aleister] [4☆/Dark]

[Mage Race/Effect]

[1000/1800]

In contrast to Blue God, Malik and Jonouchi, who were watching the duel, exchanged a glance and nodded in unison, saying with satisfaction, "That's it, this is Hayato's 'pure [Shadowdome]' deck."

"That's how a 'pure Shaddoll' deck should be, hmm."

Hearing Blue God's words, Hayato said unhappily, "What's wrong with [Summoner Aleister] being a member of [Shadowd]? How dare you assume his gender... I mean his field?"

“Even if he wasn’t before, he is right now.” As he spoke, Hayato drew a card from his deck. “Activate this effect when [Summoner - Aleister] is Summoned/Flipped. This effect searches for [Summoning Magic] cards.”

Speaking in a singing tone about the effect of [Summoner Aleister], Hayato retrieved a Spell Card [Summoning Magic] from his deck and added it to his hand, then drew another card, "Fusion Summoning is the noblest form of summoning. I activate the Spell Card [Fusion], using [Summoner Aleister] on my field and [Shadowdow Falcon] face down as Fusion Material!"

"The Dark-attribute monsters [Summoner Aleister] and [Shaddoll Falcon] as fusion materials?" Malik pondered upon hearing Hayato's choice of fusion materials. "Is it to summon [Shaddoll] and combine it with a Dark-attribute monster to create [God-Shaddoll Midrash]?"

"Don't suddenly say such a terrifying name, you bastard!" Jonouchi shuddered involuntarily and retorted, "How could Hayato's 'pure [Shaddoll]' deck possibly summon a [God Shaddoll] monster? It should be [Summoner - Aleister] plus a DARK monster to create [Summon - Caligula].

"What exactly is your opinion of Hayato?" Honda scoffed. "Even I know that Hayato couldn't possibly summon such a 'normal' monster, could he?"

"If we're talking about a fierce attack, it should be that monster." Yugi looked at the green vines that suddenly grew in front of Hayato and remembered that monster that left a very deep impression on him and still made him feel pain when he thought about it.

"One soul guides darkness, and then another soul also guides darkness. The double darkness overlaps to construct a profound illusion of darkness, giving birth to a ferocious, venomous dragon transformed from a bewitching flower!"

Hayato places a card on the Duel Disk, raises his hand, and the vines on the ground in front of him rise up, revealing a green-purple poisonous dragon from the thorny vines!

"Two Dark-attribute monsters were used as materials for Fusion Summoning! Wagatsu Tamashii!"

"【Ferocious, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon】!"

The alluring Flower Poison Dragon opened its eyes and stared intently at the Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova on the Blue God's field. Saliva dripped from its fangs, and the Blue God simultaneously felt a suffocating sensation as if he were being targeted by a predator at the top of the food chain.

[Fierce, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon] [8☆/Dark]

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[2800/2000]

Even though he had transformed into a monster, looking at Hayato Kobayashi wielding a poisonous dragon, Ayaka always felt that the other side was the villain... No, he was fighting for all of humanity, and Hayato Kobayashi, who wanted to stop him from doing what was right, was indeed the villain.

Although Blue God was still somewhat hesitant to meet Hayato's gaze at the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon], he stubbornly insisted, "No, it's just a monster with less than 3000 attack power. You know, for [Dark Cube Kaiju - Crimson Nova], the effects of monsters with less than 3000 attack power won't work on it!"

"You already said that, you idiot." Hayato picked at his ear and glanced at Aogami. "But you can still have a partner, right?"

"If 【Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon】is successfully Fusion Summoned using only monsters on the field as Fusion Materials, its ATK increases by the sum of the ATK of all Special Summoned monsters on your opponent's field until the end of this turn."

Pointing at the Dark Side Guardian - Crimson Nova in front of Blue God, Hayato said, "Although it was a monster you, this scoundrel, threw onto the field at the start of the duel, it was still considered a Special Summon. Therefore, [Greedy Poison Fusion Dragon] will now plunder the power of your 'god'!"

"Now, who is God!"

[Ferocious, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon] [ATK 2800 → 8200]

"It's not over yet. I'll activate the Spell Card [Summoning Magic] in my hand. When I Fusion Summon a [Summoned Beast] monster, I can banish monsters from my field and both players' Graveyards as Fusion Material."

"Except for my Light attribute [Cotton Ball] on the field and [Summon-Aleister] in the graveyard, Fusion Summon the Chariot of Victory! [Summon-Merkaba]!"

Suddenly, a staff appeared on the head of the cotton ball on Hayato's field, piercing into the small cotton ball's body. Under the transformation of the opened magic barrier, the originally weak cotton ball instantly turned into a large war chariot, with the ferocious pack beasts and the lance-wielding riders covered in bright silver armor.

[Summoned Beast - Merkaba] [9☆/Light]

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/2100]

"Finally, I activate the effect of the [Summoning Magic] card in my graveyard, returning it to my deck and shuffling it. I also return one of my banished [Summoner - Aleister] cards to my hand." Having recovered one card, restoring his hand to three, and simultaneously gathering all three types of cards—Monster, Spell, and Trap—Hayato waved his hand and said, "Entering the Battle Phase."

"Although due to the dimensional realm duel, or perhaps the dark dimensional realm duel? Whatever you like, the battle damage will be replaced by the attack power of the destroyed monster, it doesn't matter. You will be finished by me here, under the power of the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon]!"

"Attack [Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova], and destroy the false God of Destruction who stole the power of the God of Destruction!"

"Thousands of tentacles, ending everything!"

Chapter 978 contains the same type of card.

Although the attack names Hayato shouted when commanding the monsters to attack were already quite ambiguous, the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] still cooperated quite well, controlling its vines to gather into a ball and then explode, attacking Blue God and [Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova] indiscriminately.

Seeing Hayato's attack, Blue God was briefly stunned, but then couldn't help but reveal an arrogant expression: "How stupid, Kobayashi Hayato, how dare you attack without clearing my backcourt cards?"

"Perfect! Let me show you the sublime power of Prana! I'll link your [Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon]'s attack declaration, activate the face-down card [Magic Cylinder], nullify your attack, and you will also take damage equal to the attack power of your [Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon]!"

With a wave of his hand, he flipped over the card, and two cylinders appeared in the back row of the Blue God, waiting for Hayato's attack to come so that he could counterattack.

Now, the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] has absorbed the power of the [Dark Cube Kaijin - Crimson Nova] using its effect, and its attack power is as high as 8200 points. Even though Hayato's base score has been increased to a full 7000 points due to the previous effect of the [Dark Cube Kaijin - Crimson Nova] and the [Rainbow Life], he still can't withstand such high damage.

Won!

Just as Ayane was thinking this, Hayato attacked. A white shadow struck the Magic Cylinder, but the Magic Cylinder, which had the ability to absorb and counterattack, was unable to absorb the attack blocking the entrance and was about to self-destruct in an instant.

"What?!"

"The effect of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] can be used once per turn. When a monster's effect, spell, or trap card is activated, you can send one card of the same type from my hand to the Graveyard to activate this effect, negate that activation, and banish it."

"It's ineffective!?"

Hayato sent a Trap Card from his hand to the Graveyard, then pulled out a black baseball cap from somewhere and put it on, grabbing the brim as he exclaimed, "Hey, hey, it's the same type of card. What will punish you is my [Summoned Beast - Merkaba]!"

"Ora!"

Blue God saw that on Hayato's silver chariot, with Hayato's shout, the rider raised his hand again and fired a second javelin at the [Magic Cylinder] on his field, aiming to destroy the other [Magic Cylinder] responsible for reflecting damage.

"Damn it!" Blue God gritted his teeth, glaring hatefully at the incoming javelin. Having used the power of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], the situation had returned to its initial state. If Kobayashi Hayato's attack destroyed [Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova], he would be finished.

“In that case… I’ll open the other face card!” Blue God waved his hand, and the other face card was also flipped open. However, it did not prevent the Magic Cylinder from being destroyed by the lance thrown by the Summoned Beast - Merkaba. Instead, many pale purple cubes surged out and gathered in front of the Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova, forming a defensive barrier.

"Chain the effect of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], Double Trap [Square Defense], this card can only be activated if my [Square] monster is destroyed, so that monster cannot be destroyed in that battle." Blue God played the two cards in his hand, "Then, I can Special Summon up to two more cards with the same name as that monster from my hand."

After the effect of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] tore apart Blue God's [Magic Cylinder], the attack of [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] successfully reached the front of [Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova]. However, [Cube Defense Array] opened up an absolute defense that blocked dimensions in front of it. Even with an attack power of 8200 points, [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] still returned empty-handed with some regret.

The [Fangjie Defense Array] was also dimmed under the attack of the [Fierce, Hungry, Poisonous Fusion Dragon], and was only a hair's breadth away from being completely destroyed.

After the attack of [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] ended, two more monsters appeared on Blue God's field.

"Come forth, the other two [Dark Cube World Gods - Crimson Nova]!"

[Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova] [ATK3000] X2

Although, as Hayato said, it is indeed inferior to [Obelisk the Tormentor] in terms of individual quality, whether in terms of effect, stats, or even appearance, Blue God doesn't think that matters. He has three [Dark Cube World Gods - Crimson Nova] in his hands, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

Although he was intimidated by the power of the [Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon]'s attack, Blue God became arrogant again after realizing that the opponent's powerful attack could only last for one turn. He looked contemptuously at the [Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon], which was about to return to Hayato's field with its back to him, and shouted: "No way, that's it? I thought you made such a big commotion and could do a lot of damage to me."

"You trash~, you trash~, you Duel King Kobayashi Hayato who uses that kind of trash monster, you're trash too—"

The [Fierce, Hungry, Poisonous Fusion Dragon] suddenly turned around, its sharp claws slashing out and instantly tearing apart the already fragile dimensional barrier in front of Blue God, piercing through it and striking the unsuspecting Blue God.

"Buga—!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Blue God howled as he was sent flying, rolling several times on the ground. Luckily, he had already transformed into a monster after leaving the Quantum Cube, instead of using a human body; otherwise, he would have been dead after that blow.

Even now, Blue God is barely clinging to life, and has been injected with some poison by the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon].

"W-Why is this guy like this?!" Blue God clutched his abdomen, which was spreading purple, and questioned Hayato, "I clearly opened a higher-dimensional barrier!"

"Oh, that kind of thing is meaningless to [Hungry Poison], she was born from [Hyperfusion], which can even use dimensions as fusion material. She was already planning to come back, but who told you, you idiot, to keep making her angry?"

Hayato spread his hands, looking quite innocent, and said, "Although your Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova won't be destroyed in battle because of the [Cube Defense Array], and you won't suffer any battle damage because of the rules of the Dark Dimensional Domain duel, wouldn't it be a shame to leave nothing behind?"

"Don't worry, the poison left by the [Hunger Poison] will hurt a lot at first, and it will hurt even more afterward, hehehehehe..."

Sera glanced at Hayato and then at Ayane, somewhat confused about which side was evil. Judging from the situation on the field, it was practically a case of double-crossing.

“My battle phase isn’t over yet, Blue God. Next, I’m going to use [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] to attack one of the [Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova] that you summoned later.”

Upon hearing Hayato's command, Ayaka felt as if he were hallucinating: "Use a monster with 2500 attack power to attack my [Dark Cube Kaiju - Crimson Nova] with 3000 attack power? Hayato Kobayashi, are you awake?"

"If you want to just waste your basic points like this, I'll grant your wish!"

Under the watchful gaze of the Blue God, Hayato's [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] charged forward, bringing the chariot to the face of the newly born Dark God, only to be blocked by it with just one hand, while the other hand held an axe raised above its head, ready to strike.

“Fool, you’re the one who should have your life points reduced.” Hayato said contemptuously, playing a card from his hand, “The second effect of [Summoner - Aleister]: Send it from my hand to the graveyard, and increase the ATK and DEF of any Fusion Monsters I control by 1000 until the end of this turn.”

"In other words, my [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] now has higher attack power!"

[Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova] [ATK3000]

[Summoned Beast - Merkaba] [2500/2100→3500/3100]

The battle between the two monsters, each possessing the standard ace attack power of the main character and the ace attack power of the second male lead, initially favored the Dark Cube God of the Realm - Crimson Nova. However, after receiving assistance from the Summoner - Aleister, the Summoned Beast - Merkaba instantly unleashed its full power. The rider on the chariot blocked the Dark Cube God of the Realm - Crimson Nova's axe with a shield bash, and simultaneously thrust out his lance, destroying the claws controlling the pack beast.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Dark Cube Realm God - Crimson Nova was wide open, the half-bull beast, which was actually the true form of the Summoned Beast - Merkaba, used its sharp horns to fiercely pierce into the core of the Dark Cube Realm God - Crimson Nova, destroying it!

"Well!"

[Blue God: 5000→2000LP]

Because the original [Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova] was destroyed in the battle, Blue God also suffered damage equal to its attack power. This is one of the reasons why Blue God hesitated when activating the [Cube Barrier] earlier. It's because although the newly appeared [Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova] can be considered an aid, it can also be easily used by Hayato Kobayashi as a breakthrough point.

Just like now, my already meager points have dropped even further. If I lose another [Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova], I'm doomed!

'Damn it, how can I ever…' Looking at his Duel Disk and then at the two remaining [Dark Side Kaisen - Crimson Nova] on the field, Blue God was filled with resentment. 'Even after all this, how come I still haven't gained power surpassing Kobayashi Hayato? I've already obtained 'God'! Yet I can't even defeat Kobayashi Hayato without the 'Three Egyptian Gods'!'

'Wait a minute, the Three Egyptian Gods? 'Fusion Summoning is the noblest summoning method'? Does that mean...?'

Hayato had no idea what Ayami was thinking. As he watched [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] return to his field, he glanced at the remaining spell card in his hand, inserted it into the Spell & Trap Zone, and said, "My Battle Phase is over. Then, in Main Phase Two, I activate the spell card [Pot of Greed] to return five monster cards from my Graveyard to the Deck, shuffle them, and draw two more cards."

“I return the five cards, [Shaddoll], [Shaddoll Lizard], [Shaddoll Hedgehog], [Shaddoll], and [Summoner Aleister] which I just sent to the graveyard, to my deck and shuffle them, then draw two cards.”

"Draw a card!"

Hayato glanced at the cards he had drawn and placed them all face-down on his back row. "Two cards face-down, my turn is over."

[Hayato: 7000LP, 0 cards in hand]

[Summoned Beast - Merkaba] [ATK 3500 → 2500]

[Ferocious, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon] [ATK 8200 → 2800]

[GaiK] X2