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Chapter 1340 Six Paths and Five Wheels - Kurikara Celestial Phenomenon

"Chain with [Heavenly Treasure] to activate my backrow face-down card - [Six Samurai Dual Blades]!"

Misawa declared, looking towards the field of the [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King], "This is the ultimate sword technique passed down by the [Six Samurai] that can only be used when one is alone, and it contains the will to continue to uphold the banner of the [Six Samurai] even if only one person remains."

"Six Samurai Dual Blade Style can only be activated if there is only one face-up Attack Position Six Samurai monster on my field, and its effect is to select two cards on your opponent's field and return them to their owner's hand."

"To die with honor is better than to live with shame! With unwavering spirit, let us raise our swords once more! [True Six Samurai - Shining Slash]!" Misawa pointed forward, "Sword Boom, Draw Your Blade!"

Even though his hands were trembling from the previous bombardment, [True Six Samurai - Shinzan] still forced himself to pick up the sword on the ground and grip it tightly, while also taking the sword left behind by [The Six Samurai's Master].

Taking advantage of the arrival of the [Heavenly Treasure Card] and the fact that [Kikudo Orochi] had just launched an attack and was in a weakened state, [True Six Samurai - Shinzan] and his future self—the vanished [Six Samurai Master]—united their thoughts at this moment, took a step, and almost shrank the distance to the target he had chosen.

The first one is [Kikouko-Uka no Mitama Inari], use sword energy to cut its aura... One slash, three bows, slash!

The sneak attack pierced precisely into the heart of the [Machine Fox - Uka no Mitama Inari] furnace, the very place where the [Destruction Cannonman] was born, annihilating the [Six Samurai]. Even the massive mechanical fox god could not withstand such a devastating blow. It was not destroyed outright, but was forced to transform back to its initial state, turning into a card that bounced back into the hands of [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King].

The second target of [True Six Samurai - Shining Slash] was none other than [Kikou no Orochi - Murakumo Orochi], who was in his weakest state. However, when he reached [Kikou no Orochi - Murakumo Orochi] and was about to swing his sword, he found that because he had first deflected [Kikou no Kotori - Uka no Mitama Inari] back into the opponent's hand, [Kikou no Orochi - Murakumo Orochi] had already reacted and tried to block his attack with Ame no Murakumo.

The Ame-no-Murakumo, which had just destroyed "his future self," descended once more. [True Six Samurai - Kagura Slash] seemed to see [The Six Samurai's Instructor] standing before him, sword in hand, back to him, facing Ame-no-Murakumo. Noticing his approach, [The Six Samurai's Instructor] turned his head and asked, "Can you keep up?"

"Clang!" The slash from his right hand collided with the sweeping snake tail, producing a crisp sound like striking iron. [True Six Samurai - Shinzan] saw his own sword, held in his right hand, shattered by the sharp blade of the Ame no Kusanagi.

Seeing this, he decisively released the sword before the vibration reached his hands, and instead gripped the longsword he had picked up from the Six Samurai's instructor with both hands, muttering to the illusion before him, "You are... don't let me shake you off!"

"Sever all evil with wrath..."

"Six Paths and Five Wheels - Kurikara Celestial Phenomenon!"

The first slash was only halfway through when it was cut off by the Ame no Murakumo. However, [Kikou no Orochi - Murakumo] overlooked the fact that while he blocked the first attack, he also put the Ame no Murakumo in a state where its old power was exhausted and its new power had not yet been generated. This was the opportunity that [Shin Rokubushu - Shinzan] was waiting for!

The legendary swordsmanship, akin to Hercules's "shooting down a hundred heads" as he slew the nine-headed Hydra in mythology, is recreated here. [True Six Samurai - Shinzan], as its codename suggests, unleashes a glorious second strike, decapitating the eight heads of [Kikousou - Murakumo Orochi] in a single blow!

All of this happened in the extremely short time it took for the orb representing the power of the "Heavenly Treasure" to fall from the sky. As it landed smoothly on the duel board between Misawa and the "Iron King Battle - Dwarf Alliance King", the "Iron King Battle - Dwarf Alliance King" watched helplessly as he, who could have drawn six cards, had two cards bounced back into his hand due to the "Six Samurai School Dual Blades Style", forcing him to draw only four cards from his deck. On the other hand, Misawa, who only had one "Six Samurai School" card in his hand, drew five cards in one go.

This is not what I expected!

Looking at the four cards he had drawn, [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] did not activate the [Black Hole] and [True Six Samurai - Shining Slash] that he had set in the back row. After all, the monster on the field was not another monster but himself, and unfortunately, none of the cards he had drawn could deal with [True Six Samurai - Shining Slash].

That's awful! I'll glare at him right away!

"I'll continue with Main Phase Two, and activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Whirlwind]." Staring at [True Six Samurai - Shining Slash] with one of its faces, as if it wanted to stare this troublesome monster that it couldn't deal with for the time being to death, [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] played another card, "Effect: This card can destroy one Spell/Trap Card on the field."

"The target we have chosen to destroy is the Continuous Spell Card [Six Samurai Gate]."

The cyclone swept across and knocked down the wall where the "Gate of the Six Samurai" stood alone on the field, leaving Misawa with only "True Six Samurai - Shining Blade" and his mysterious face-down card that hadn't been activated yet.

"The Six Samurai's power seems inseparable from the Gate of the Six Samurai, at least in my perception. But now that the Gate of the Six Samurai has been torn down, this human guy is in danger."

"The Light King Battle, who was watching from the sidelines, said, then looked at the five cards remaining in the hand of the Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King, "Although you still have five cards in your hand, only three of them are usable. The battle with the human guy has made you quite embarrassed, Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King."

"None of your business, [Light King Battle]." [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] played a card and said, "The Spell Card [Double Summon] is activated, allowing us to perform a second Normal Summon this turn."

"Summon 'Air Circulator' in Defense Position. Condition: When this card is successfully summoned, effect: Shuffle two cards from our hand back into the deck, and then let us draw two cards from our deck."

[Air Circulator] [3 stars/wind]

[Aquarium/Effect]

[0/600]

The deck of [Iron King Warrior - Dwarf Union King] also features the first appearance of the [Air Circulator], which looks very much like a Machine-type card but is not actually a Machine-type. Upon entering the deck, it returns two cards from the player's hand to the deck and draws two more. In essence, it's just like the effect of [Magic Hammer], which is even less effective than [Magic Hammer], which can be shuffled into the deck along with the returned cards. After all, [Iron King Warrior - Dwarf Union King] played two cards to change its hand, leaving it with only three cards in its hand.

After drawing cards, [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] saw the cards he had drawn and decisively released [Air Circulator], which had just come into play. Holding [Air Circulator], he said, "Release all the monsters that we normally summon on the field. [Machine-Mouth - Yata no Misaki] can be Special Summoned from our hand."

"Symbolized by the sun, shaped like a crow, and its power a harbinger, awaken, we who emulate the power of the gods—Level 5☆, Special Summon!"

"【Kiyokuzuki-Yata no Misaki】!"

Flames erupted from the ground and engulfed the [Air Circulator]. The burning flames were precisely at the point where the metal block thrown from the hands of the [Iron King War - Dwarf Alliance King] would land. The metal, which bounced off the ground, absorbed all the golden flames, transformed, and unfolded into four wings.

As the raven, partially clad in golden armor and trailing flames, soared through the sky, Misawa almost thought he was seeing a different version of the Winged Dragon of Ra than the illustrations in the records.

【Kikou-Yata no Misaki】【5☆/Hikari】

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[2050/2050]

The term "Goshin" refers to the entity that appears in advance to announce the arrival of a deity, much like the eunuchs who announce "The Emperor has arrived." One of the prototypes of [Kikoku-Yata Goshin] is clearly the Yatagarasu, which guided Emperor Jimmu's eastern expeditionary force.

"Condition: This effect can only be activated during our Main Phase of the turn in which [Kiyoku-Yata no Mikasa] is Summoned or Special Summoned; Effect: Summon one monster." [Iron King War - Dwarf Union King] added, "Restriction: Monsters that are not of the same type as the Summoned Monster during the turn we use this effect to Summon cannot be Special Summoned."

"We can normally summon the Mech-type [Enhanced Support Mech - Heavy Armor] from our hand."

After playing a card, [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] takes another monster card from the Graveyard. "Condition: If [Enhanced Support Machine - Heavy Armor] is successfully summoned, you can target a Unity Monster in our Graveyard. Our target is the Machine-Type [Destroyer].

The folded-up [Reinforced Support Machine - Heavy Armor] was Normal Summoned by [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] under the effect of [Machine-Mouth - Yata no Misaki], and immediately triggered its effect to recall [Destroyer Gunner] from the Graveyard, which had been forced to the Graveyard because [Machine-Mouth Orochi] was bounced back to the hand. This instantly increased the number of monsters on [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King]'s field to four.

[Enhanced Support Machinery - Heavy Armor] [3☆/Light]

[Mechanical Race/Allies/Effect]

[500/500]

[Destroy the artillery] [DEF0]

Although the effect of [Destroyer] can only be used once per turn, the effect of [Destroyer] that leaves the field and then returns to the field has been reset, allowing it to be equipped again as an Equip Card to any monster on the field of [Iron Kings War - Dwarf Union King]. [Strengthened Support Machine - Heavy Armor] has the same effect.

However, [Iron Kings - Dwarf Union King] suddenly transformed his Duel Disk back into a hammer and said, "Here, we will exercise our powers as Kings of Svartalfheim. By releasing any number of [Kings] monsters or Machine-Type monsters on our field, we can Special Summon [Kings] monsters or Machine-Type monsters with different names from our hand in Defense Position. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn!"

"Release [Machine-Mouth - Yata no Goshin] and Special Summon this supreme mechanical creation from our hand—"

"Symbolized by mountains, shaped like a dragon, and empowered by wind and rain, awaken, we who emulate the power of the gods—Level 10☆, Special Summon!"

"[Ji Qiaochen-Gaoan Mitsuyu Jing]!"

According to the Kojiki, after Izanagi killed Kagutsuchi, Kagutsuchi's blood stained the Totsuka Sword. Different new gods were born from the blood that dripped from different parts of the sword. Among them, the blood that dripped from the hilt of the sword gave birth to two water dragon gods with the ability to summon wind and rain: the god of dark valleys and the god of dark mountains. Together they represent the nature of water falling from the sky, flowing down the mountains and into the valleys. They are collectively called "Dark Gods", with the former being called "Dark Dark God" and the latter "High Dark God".

The metal thrown out by the [Iron King War - Dwarf Union King] began to deform, but this time the monster summoned by the transformation did not even want to touch the ground. It had already fully stretched out its body in the air, and what appeared before Misawa was a long, winding dragon - not the four-legged winged dragon of the West, but a completely Eastern dragon. The "Chen" in its name directly refers to the fifth zodiac animal, namely the "Dragon".

[Ji Qiaochen-Gaoan Mitsuyu Jing] [10☆/Water]

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[2950/2950]

"Condition: This effect is activated when the [Kibou-Mouth-Yata no Misaki] Special Summoned by its own first effect is released; Effect: Restores the ATK of the user to 2050 base stats."

Having ruthlessly squeezed out the last bit of value from [Kikou-Yata no Misaki], [Iron King War-Dwarf Union King] continued, "Then equip [Destruction Cannon Man] to [Kikou-Takayama Mitsuha] and equip [Reinforced Support Machine - Heavy Armor] to [Iron King War-Dwarf Union King], which is to say, to ourselves."

"Set a card face down to end our turn."

[Iron Kings Warrior - Dwarf Union King: 4000→6050LP, 0 cards in hand]

【Iron King War - Dwarf Union King】(Reinforced Support Mechanics & Heavy Armor)【ATK1500】

【Kikou Tatsu - Takayama Mitsuha】(Destroys Artillery) 【2950/2950→2450/2450】

[GaiK] X2

Although the setup on the field looks ordinary, [Iron King War - Dwarf Union King] is actually quite confident in its lineup.

Two-body alliance monsters equip each other with a card, giving them a chance to be destroyed by substitution. This means they are not afraid of being attacked by cards like "Lightning Strike".

Furthermore, [Reinforced Support Machine - Heavy Armor] also grants the equipped [Iron King War - Dwarf Union King] resistance to being targeted by the opponent's card effects, while [Machine-Takumi - High Dark Mitsuha] still has the effect of banishing one monster card from the opponent's graveyard and recovering its ATK as Life Points even if it is sent to the Graveyard.

Misawa's graveyard contains the [Great General - Purple Flame] with 2500 attack power and the [Shadow Six Samurai - Rihan] with 2400 attack power. He can easily recover more than 2400 base points by picking any [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King]. Adding his current 6050 base points, he has at least 8450 points in total. How can his opponent possibly win?

Surely the opponent can't just pull out a bunch of monsters in one turn and wipe you out instantly. Looking at Misawa, the unchanging metallic face of [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] exuded a strange confidence.

Chapter 1341 A desperate battle

"My turn, draw a card."

Contrary to expectations for [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King], Misawa did not appear to be under any pressure and calmly drew a card from his deck.

The lineup arranged in [Iron King Battle - Dwarf Union King] is actually just so-so. If it were Jaden, he could easily clear the field with just one [Lava Demon], and could even fuse it to create a "3000-kill hero" [E·hero Flame Wingman] to beat people up.

It's a bit embarrassing to admit, but the power of [Fusion] is actually Misawa's weakest area. Although both [Super Fusion Monster - Laputinus] that he used in his previous duel with Tania and [Shadow Six Samurai - Riban] that he Special Summoned last turn are Fusion Monsters, he only uses two Fusion Monsters at a time. In his 15-card Fusion deck, he just fills out the slots with random cards like [Alien Warrior] and [Multi-Stone Golem].

This further led to Misawa lacking a trump card monster and decisive battle method compared to Judai and Manjoume, and he became more inclined to improve the average combat power of monsters, whether it was the previous Nie or the current [Six Samurai].

To some extent, Misawa's dueling style is also a reflection of his personal character. His ability to calculate is excellent, but unfortunately, it is not outstanding.

But this doesn't mean that Misawa is inferior to Jaden and the others. Even without the power of [Fusion], he can still shine in his own way in a duel!

"The card I drew is the second [Six Samurai Gate] in my deck. I will activate it on my field and then bounce it back to my hand before activating it."

Unlike the other world's [Six Samurai Gate] which was never forgiven by the Foundation K, Misawa's [Six Samurai Gate] didn't get banned from the card list. His deck was full of the maximum three cards. Although one was destroyed before, he drew a second one in the blink of an eye and activated it together with the [Six Samurai Academy] that was bounced back into his hand by [Magic Hound].

As if time had reversed, the toppled Gate of the Six Martial Arts was rebuilt, and the destroyed Academy of the Six Martial Arts rose from the ground again, surrounding the Iron King War - Dwarf Alliance King and Misawa once more.

Standing atop the Six Samurai Academy, leveling his gaze with that of the Iron King War - Dwarf Alliance King, Misawa murmured to himself, "The spirits of the Six Samurai—the spirits of the Six Samurai, the spirits of the Six Samurai, the shadow Six Samurai—Fuuma, the shadow Six Samurai—Riban—sleep in my graveyard. Their will will not dissipate, but will return when necessary."

"Life points are completely unnecessary. I'll pay out my Life points until I reach 100, then activate my face-down card in the back row—[Ultimate Last Stand]!"

[Misawa Daichi: 2950→100LP, hand 7→5]

Misawa's bold act of paying out almost all of his Life Points surprised even the spectators of the [Light King Battle]: "Paying out so many Life Points? He's leaving himself no way out at all."

"This is the meaning behind the card's name, 'Ultimate Last Stand,' emulating the actions of Han Xin, the ancient war god of Yan, who put himself in a 'do-or-die' situation to survive." Misawa, having lost a full 2850 life points in one go, was a little unsteady on his feet, but he still managed to say, "And the effect of this card is to Special Summon as many 'Six Samurai' monsters as possible from my Graveyard to the field!"

"Come forth, [Six Samurai's Spirit Elementalist], [Six Samurai's Master], [Kage Six Samurai - Fuuma], and [Kage Six Samurai - Rihan]!"

On the ground beside the exhausted [True Six Samurai - Shinzan], which had almost burned itself out, four [Six Samurai] family crests of different colors lit up, and the figures of the [Six Samurai] who had left the field earlier appeared among them.

"Not bad, kid." [The Instructor of the Six Samurai] put his hand on [True Six Samurai - Shinzan]'s shoulder, a smile appearing on his serious face. "That last slash was barely passable."

"Heh, it would have been even better if I hadn't been using your sword." Slapping away the hand of the [Six Samurai Master], [True Six Samurai - Shinzan] casually tossed his sword back to the [Six Samurai Master], picked up the Heavenly Cloud Sword left behind when he had defeated [Kikou-Orochi - Murakumo], and used it as his weapon. "Don't interfere with my battle."

"I'm the one who should be saying those things, kid." The [Six Samurai Master], who was standing shoulder to shoulder with [True Six Samurai - Shinzan], seemed to be his mirror image. "Let's have another round of slashing together."

[True Six Samurai - Shining Slash] [1800/300→2100/800]

[The Six Samurai's Instructor] [ATK2100]

【Kagero Six Samurai - Fuuma】【ATK200】

[Six Samurai's Spirit Generation] [ATK500]

【Kagero Six Samurai - Riban】【ATK2400】

"Although four monsters were Special Summoned at once, it is a bit of a shame that the [Rokubuin] and [Rokubu Gate] are [Bushido Indicators] placed based on 'each time' rather than 'per' [Rokubushu] monsters."

[Rokubu-in] [Bushido Indicator 0→1]