Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Mmm! Don't worry, Dog-Shu-Kin-sama!" Hearing Hayato's words, Xiao Lan's fighting spirit was ignited. "I, Xiao Lan, am really going to get serious! Yao Guang-nee specially taught me a spell that will definitely activate its effect 100%!"

"What you love is your life!"

As Xiao Lan uttered a strange incantation, someone vaguely shouted, "When will the cherry and lemon turn sour?" Then Hayato flipped over the three cards at the top of his deck and sent them to the graveyard.

"Nice! This fulfills the conditions for the new [Armed Dragon] to appear!"

Hayato saw the cards sent to the graveyard and gave Blue a thumbs-up in praise. As Blue chuckled foolishly because of the praise and tripped over her own feet, Hayato took out the three cards he had just sent to the graveyard and said, "Exclude these three cards from my graveyard!"

Hayato's three cards are: [A-Assault Core], [B-Destroyer Dragon], and [C-Crusher Winged Dragon]!

"When the three forces unite as one, the fully armed 'dragon' will awaken from beyond time and space. Appear! Mechanical Armored Dragon!"

"【ABC-Dragon Annihilator】!"

The three machine monsters that emerged from Hayato's graveyard disintegrated themselves, and the green, purple, and yellow machine monsters recombined in a rather harmonious color scheme to form a mechanical dragon beast with two dragon heads, wings on its back, and moving on tracks while carrying two thick cannons.

【ABC-Dragon Annihilator】【8☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

[3000/2800]

"A Machine-type monster with attack power comparable to the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon, was it so easily defeated!?" Klein looked at Hayato's ABC-Dragon Destroyer. "But what kind of Armed Dragon is that? Don't think I'm blind, that's just a Machine-type monster! A thief spouting nonsense!"

"You scum!"

"Calling someone trash on our first meeting!?" Hayato looked hurt. "Besides, who says only dragon-type monsters can be called 'Armed Dragons'? It's armed and has 'dragon' in its name, so [ABC-Dragon Slayer] is an Armed Dragon!"

"Who wants to argue with you about such boring stuff?" Klein glanced at the purple border on the card [ABC-Dragon Destroyer]. "With [Royal Decree] blocking spell cards and making it impossible to use cards like [Fusion], how did you even summon a Fusion Monster? That monster is illegal!"

"It's a gift from a friend, what's it to you? By banishing [A-Assault Core], [B-Destroyer Dragon], and [C-Crusher Wyvern] from my field and graveyard, [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] can be Special Summoned from the Fusion Deck without needing a [Fusion] Spell Card."

Because this summoning did not fall under the category of Fusion Summoning, Hayato did not shout "Fusion Summoning" when summoning [ABC-Shenlong Annihilator].

"Then I'll activate his effect: once per turn, discard one card from your hand and target one card on the field. I've chosen the 'Royal Decree' card on your back field. Banish 'Royal Decree'! This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn!"

By discarding a card of unknown origin, Hayato reduced his hand size to two cards. At the same time, his [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] on the field also gained power from the discarded card, and his many weapons entered a charging state.

Hayato swung his raised hand: "Dragon, devour my enemies!"

"boom!"

Laser beams, missiles, electromagnetic cannons—all the weapons on [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] fired simultaneously, tearing apart and obliterating the phantom of the king on Klein's field in an instant. At the same time, it lifted the restriction that both Hayato and Klein had on the field's spell card effects.

Two motorcycles emerged from the dust one after the other. As the duel progressed, Hayato had successfully driven his motorcycle to the outskirts of London, but Klein, who claimed to be from the Security Bureau, followed closely on his motorcycle without letting up.

"The effect of 'Disruption Magic,' which sends cards from my hand to the graveyard, is activated. I add three truly lowly monsters—'Disruption Black,' 'Disruption Green,' and 'Disruption Yellow'—from my deck to my hand."

"That little blue one's attack power is clearly below 1500 points!" "Why are we only called cannon fodder?" "That's so biased, ugh!"

Hayato, who was driving ahead, drew three cards from his deck, ignoring the complaints of the three weaklings, and took out a card from his hand, saying, "Hehehe, the restriction on the magic card is lifted. In that case, I can use this to activate this powerful magic card that can maximize the power of Little Blue."

"Little Blue? Hehehe, bring it on then. Let him see how powerful Little Blue is, Master!" Hearing Hayato's words, Little Blue's eyes were filled with anticipation for the "enhancement card" Hayato was about to use. Was it an equipment card that enhanced attack power? Or some other kind of amplification card?

However, as Hayato played the card, Blue saw a wormhole suddenly open beneath her feet.

"Wait, wait a minute! This feels so ominous and incredibly familiar!" Looking in Hayato's direction, Ran recognized the card Hayato was using. "That's...!"

"I activate the Spell Card [Monster Gate] by Tributing [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl] on my field. Send cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard until a monster that can be Normal Summoned appears, then Special Summon it to my field."

After explaining the card's effect, Hayato looked at Ran and said, "Ran, I like you so much. For you, I'm going to free you!"

"Ya-me-lo~~!"

Amidst Xiao Lan's wails, she was finally freed by Hayato, and the "Monster Gate" that was then opened officially began to operate, quickly piling several cards from the top of Hayato's deck into the graveyard until a card was flipped over.

"Hmph? Looks like you're already impatient. Alright then, it's you I choose! Come forth, [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV7]!" Hayato glanced at the card at the top of his deck that hadn't been sent to the graveyard, a smirk playing on his lips. He then played it onto the Duel Disk, simultaneously drawing a card from his hand. "And I'll use the effect of [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV7] to send [Disruption - Black] from my hand to the graveyard to activate this effect!"

"Send my [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV7] to the Graveyard, and Special Summon 1 [Armed Dragon] monster of Level 10 or lower from my hand or Deck!"

"Lightning, advance bravely towards evolution, unleash your primal form! Mega Evolution Power!"

"Break through the limits! [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV10]!!"

He said he was playing a "pure Armed Dragon" deck, and he played a "pure Armed Dragon" deck. Hayato used the effect of "Monster Gate" to transform the "Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl" on the field into the powerful "Armed Dragon - Lightning LV7", and gave it a further evolution.

[Armed Dragon - Lightning LV10] [10☆/Wind]

[Dragon Clan/Effect]

[3000/2000]

"A [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV7] Special Summoned by the effect of [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV10] gains an effect based on its ATK. If its ATK is 3000, its card name is treated as [Armed Dragon LV10], and its control cannot be changed or destroyed by battle."

After briefly explaining the effects of [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV10], and watching the giant dragon riding lightning with golden lightning wings following behind him, Hayato said, "Now, whose monster is stronger?"

Hayato's [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] and [Armed Dragon Raiden LV10] both have 3000 ATK, comparable to the standard second male lead ace [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]. Even without considering their effects, none of Klein's monsters on the field can match the ATK of these two monsters. This is Hayato's response to Klein's previous disdain for the deck he used.

But this is still not Hayato's limit. He still has four cards in his hand. Although two of them are used as consumables for activating the effects of [ABC] and [Armed Dragon] and as filler cards for cannonballs, the remaining two cards can allow Hayato to continue to develop.

“The Spell Card [Angel's Charity]—you're not the only one who can use this card. I draw three cards from my deck, then choose two cards from my hand and discard them to the Graveyard.” Using [Angel's Charity] to send [Disruption Green] and [Disruption Yellow] to the Graveyard, Hayato played another card, saying, “Next up, the Spell Card [Disruption Magic Modification]!”

"I select one LIGHT Machine-Type Fusion Monster from my Fusion Deck, banish any number of Disruption monsters from my hand, field, or Graveyard, and Special Summon Fusion Material Monsters whose names are written on the Fusion Monsters I selected, up to the number of banished monsters from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard. You may have a maximum of one monster with the same name."

Hayato banished all three Disruption monsters from his graveyard at once, then took out three more cards from his deck: "I've chosen to reveal XYZ-Dragon Cannon. It's obviously an 'Armed Dragon.' I banished three Disruption monsters and Special Summoned their Fusion Materials: X-Boss Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tracks!"

"Next, triple contact fusion! Since we already have a mechanical armed dragon, I don't know how to make it up. Anyway, if I say you're an armed dragon, then you're an armed dragon! Come out!"

"【XYZ-Dragon Cannon】!"

Just like the previous [ABC-Dragon Destroyer], as the three [Disruptor] brothers were banished and stuffed into Hayato's pocket with a wail, the remaining three monster zones on his field were occupied by three machines of red, yellow and blue. As they disintegrated and reassembled, another powerful Machine-type monster appeared on Hayato's field!

【XYZ-Divine Dragon Cannon】【8☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2800/2600]

With the appearance of [XYZ-Dragon Cannon], the total ATK of the monsters on Hayato's field officially surpassed the total ATK of the monsters on Crown's field. Furthermore, because Crown still had monsters with low ATK on his field, Hayato now had the ability to clear all of Crown's Life Points through battle!

[Kron Jaeger: 4000LP, 1 card in hand]

【XX-Swordsman-Gadstrike】【ATK2100】

【XX-Swordsman-Emesbrad】【ATK1300】

【XX-Swordsman-Fordroll】【ATK2400】

【X-Swordsman-Galahad】【ATK1800】

"【XYZ-Dragon Cannon】can be Special Summoned from the Fusion Deck by banishing 【X-Boss Cannon】, 【Y-Dragon Head】, and 【Z-Metal Tracks】 from my field. Like 【ABC-Dragon Annihilator】, it does not require a 【Fusion】 Spell Card." Hayato said, sending a card to the Graveyard. "Then I use the effect of 【XYZ-Dragon Cannon】: discard a card from my hand and target a card on my opponent's field to activate this effect."

"I've chosen [XX-Swordsman-Fordroll], to destroy it directly with the effect of [XYZ-Dragon Cannon]!"

The Y-Dragon Head at the crotch of the XYZ-Dragon Cannon opened its mouth and absorbed the power of Hayato's discarded cards. Although its position was quite delicate, the attack it released was by no means inferior. The lightning beam it spat out instantly destroyed the XX-Swordsman-Fortroll, which had the highest attack power on the field and the ability to resurrect the dead once per turn, which was limited to the X-Swordsman.

"【XX-Swordsman-Fortroll】!" Klein was extremely nervous as he watched his monster being destroyed. He never expected that someone he thought was just a thief stealing artifacts could actually command such a powerful dueling monster. This was definitely not the level of an unknown nobody. Just who was this opponent?

Because no videos from the Duel Kingdom era were released to the public, Hayato's frequently used decks like Armed Dragon and AtoZ were only known to those involved. Most people, besides the "Three Egyptian God Cards," only knew of Gaia as the most likely association with the Duel King. As for Klein, who didn't pay much attention to Duel City tournaments and only knew partial information, he knew the decks Hayato used in public, but he wouldn't even remember Hayato's face.

"Still have the mind to think about anything else? It's a pity I've had enough of you following me around. Just leave now, you lightless person who yearns for light but is immersed in the false honor shaped by darkness." Hayato waved his hand and said, "Enter battle phase, all-out attack!"

Chapter 1008 A Swift Strike of Lightning Will Instantly Instantly Kill the Fierce Tiger King

"Enter battle phase, commence full-scale offensive!"

Hayato waved his hand forward and ordered, "First, [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV10] will attack, targeting [XX-Swordsman-Emesbrad]!"

"Roar of the Thunder Dragon!"

Although [XX-Swordsman-Emesbrad] was a top hunter among insects, a mantis, and its sword-wielding aura resembled that of a top swordsman, it ultimately could not withstand the thunder from the sky. Its impenetrable sword net was completely unable to block the lightning bolts spewed by [Armed Dragon·Lightning LV10], and it was annihilated in one blow.

As a result, Klein suffered a great deal of combat damage.

"Ugh!"

[Klein Jaeger: 4000→2300LP]

Due to the damage from the battle, even though it doesn't have the "high-speed indicator" feature of the future D-Wheel, Klein was still forced to slow down his motorcycle a bit if he didn't want to crash. The distance he had managed to close and maintain with Hayato was widened considerably.

But Hayato's battle phase continued, and this attack was only the beginning. However, before Hayato could unleash another attack from his monster, he saw Klein take a card from his deck.

"Though destroyed, the spirit of the knight will be passed on. This was a glorious sacrifice, and hope will be gained through sacrifice!" Placing the card he had taken out on the Duel Disk, Klein looked at Hayato in front of him. "When [XX-Swordsman-Emesblade] is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can activate this effect. Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower [X-Swordsman] monster from my Deck!"

"Saber, the symbol of peace, [X-Swordsman-Axel]!"

【X-Swordsman-Axel】【1☆/Land】

[Beast Warrior Race/Effect]

[400/100]

Although he had previously summoned all his monsters in attack stance, Klein still knew how to assess the situation. Now that Hayato's monsters were launching a full-scale attack, his newly summoned [X-Swordsman-Axel] did not bravely appear in attack stance, but instead obediently entered defense stance.

Because it is in defense position, attacks against it are basically impossible to cause damage unless there is a defense penetration ability. Hayato also turned his attention to the other two monsters remaining on Klein's field.

【XX-Swordsman-Gadstrike】【ATK2100】

【X-Swordsman-Galahad】【ATK1800】

"Next up is [XYZ-Dragon Cannon], targeting [XX-Swordsman-Gardstrike]." After a moment's thought, Hayato ordered his relatively low-ATK [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] to destroy Klein's relatively high-ATK [XX-Swordsman-Gardstrike]. "If the opponent is a Tiger, this move would be more suitable, right?"

"Combined Attack Technique: Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash!"

The trinity of mechanical beasts targeted the tiger-headed swordsman, unleashing beams of blue-white lightning from the cannons on his shoulders and the dragon head at his hips. However, [XX-Swordsman-Gardstrike] was clearly no pushover, judging by his head, and swung the curved blade on his right wrist at the incoming beams of light.

Although his aura was imposing, it was clear he was unaware that metal could conduct electricity. Before the curved blade could even cleave the beam of light, the current surged through it into the tiger-headed swordsman's body, charring him to a dark black. As the [XX-Swordsman-Gardstrike] collapsed, unconscious from the electric shock, exhaling a puff of black smoke, Klein suffered a second round of combat damage in addition to his destruction.

"Well!"

[Klein Jaeger: 2300→1500LP]

Compared to the 1700 points of damage he received before, the damage to Klein when [XX-Swordsman-Gardstrike] was destroyed this time was only 800 points. Although it seems low, it still reduced his already meager base score to an even lower value, less than half.

At the same time, his speed decreased further. Forcibly enduring it, Klein twisted the handle and accelerated, unwilling to be left behind by Hayato any longer, and wanted to catch up again.

At the same time, he shouted: "[X-Swordsman-Axel]'s effect: whenever this card is face-up on my field and a monster with 'Swordsman' in its name is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I draw one card from my Deck!"

"Don't even think about shaking me off and getting away, you bastard!"

Despite being impacted twice by the duel, he still forced himself to accelerate and rush forward in an attempt to close the distance. Hayato looked at Klein, who was surprisingly persistent, and raised an eyebrow: "You haven't given up yet? But what good is it if you can draw cards? It's meaningless if you can't draw them."

"My [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] hasn't even attacked yet, so get rid of that ugly 'Galahad'!" Hayato pointed at Klein's last monster on the field, which was still in attack position. "Although its attack power is 1800, I know its effects."

"When attacking an opponent's monster, your ATK increases by 300 during the Damage Step; however, when attacked by an opponent's monster, your ATK decreases by 500 during the Damage Step." A contemptuous smile appeared on Hayato's face. "You're so arrogant and domineering when you're out in the open, but it's all just bluffing. Your seemingly 1800 ATK will only be reduced to 1300 when you're attacked by me!"