Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Flying Dragon Strikes the Thieves, Thunderous Cannon Shakes the Sky!"

Because Hayato's previous [Dragon's Radiance] kept moving around and multiplying in the three areas of hand, field, and graveyard, [Void King Battle - Utgard] did not rush to activate its effect to avoid wasting this precious second-speed banishment ability on meaningless cards. Instead, it planned to use it to deal with the powerful terminal that Hayato would eventually summon.

The good news is that Hayato didn't keep him waiting long and quickly produced [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DRA]. However, the bad news is that [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DRA] has a resistance to being targeted by the opponent's monster effects, which gave [Hollow King War - Utgard] a bit of a headache.

But who would have thought that the second ritual monster to appear right after [Dragon's Meteor = DRA], [Dragon's Meteor = DAD], although with higher attack power, would have no effective resistance? This is simply a perfect target; we must quickly use up the effect of [Utgard - King of the Hollows]!

Especially seeing that Hayato didn't use any quick-play spell card chain, [Utgard the Voidlord], to protect his newly entered [Ryugi Takumi - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD], [Utgard the Voidlord] was extremely satisfied. After absorbing the power of [Brick Dragon] and himself, one wall of the floating castle where [Utgard the Voidlord] was located dissolved and then solidified, turning into a huge cannon barrel, from which a thick beam of light shot towards [Ryugi Takumi - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD]!

However, just as the beam of light was about to touch [Long Yiqiao - Tianlong Liuxing = DAD], as [Long Yiqiao - Tianlong Liuxing = DAD] slowly raised his palm and pointed in the direction of the beam of light, four of the sextant pointers around him lit up, and a pyramid-shaped tetrahedral shield appeared out of thin air around him!

The beam cannon with the power of exclusion in [Void Realm King War - Utgard] was completely disintegrated and dispersed in front of the seemingly fragile tetrahedral shield, and had no effect whatsoever on [Dragon Art - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD] inside!

"What?!" [Void Realm King Battle - Utgard] couldn't understand the situation. "How can [Dragon Art - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD], which has no resistance and no other cards to assist it, resist my banishment power?!"

"Oh? That's a good question, but regarding the [War of the Void Realm Kings], I'd like to ask you something in return—when did you develop the illusion that I didn't let [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD] use its own power?" Hayato's lips curled into an arrogant laugh. "This is the power of [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD], the absolute power that the supreme ritual dragon possesses, surpassing all things and rejecting all phenomena!"

"The sextant-shaped battle device equipped by 【Dragon Gear Takumi - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD】 is not just for show. I named it 'Shield Shun Six Flowers'. Its basic ability to protect other 【Dragon Gear Takumi】 monsters is simply the 'Three-Day Shield' generated when three of them are used. The reason it does not protect itself is simply because it does not need to."

"When your opponent activates a monster's effect, until the total ATK equals or more of that monster's original ATK, banish a 'Dragon's Glow' monster from my Graveyard to activate the second effect of 'Dragon's Glow - Dragon's Meteor = DAD'. This will trigger a defensive counter-ward called 'Four Heavens Shield', negating and destroying your opponent's monster effects!"

Hayato retrieved two cards from his graveyard. "【Utgard, the King of the Void】Your own attack power is a mere 2200 points. Although I'm still a little annoyed that you banished an extra card because of a mere 200 points, you're ultimately just a weakling with less than 4000 attack power. I have plenty of 【Dragon's Glow】 cards in my graveyard, but do you have enough effect monsters in your inventory?"

"Excluding [Celestial Radiance Ship - Bear Fighting Dragon Skill] with 2000 attack power and [Celestial Radiance Warrior - Bear Fighting Dragon Skill α] with 2000 attack power, making the total attack power 4000 points, which is above [Virtual Realm King Battle - Utgard], the effect of [Virtual Realm King Battle - Utgard] is negated and destroyed!"

"Four days of resistance? I refuse!"

With Hayato's command, [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD] flipped his outstretched hand, manipulating the surrounding pyramid-shaped barrier. The beam cannons that had been diverted and dispersed were reassembled as if time had reversed. However, this time they were not directed at [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD], but rather at the original user, [Virtual Realm King War - Utgard]. A beam cannon was blasted back and struck the restored city wall with a loud "boom"!

Even though [Utgarde the King of Hollows] had already entered the graveyard by releasing itself, the attack still landed on [Utgarde the King of Hollows], the duelist, and caused a considerable impact on it even without combat damage.

"I must admit, your ritual called [Dragon's Radiance] does have its merits. But, you mere humans shouldn't be so arrogant!" [Utgard, the King of the Void, was also somewhat enraged by Hayato's counterattack. He suddenly released his Ritual Monster [Stone Relic - Ful] and said, "Chain the effect of [Dragon's Radiance - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD], I will activate the effect of my [Stone Relic - Ful] again!"

"This can only be activated during the Main Phase for both players! Tribute monsters from my hand or field until their combined Levels exceed the Level of the Ritual Summoned monster, and Ritual Summon a single 'Giant Relic' Ritual Monster from my hand or Deck!"

"Having already used [Dragon Artifact - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD] once, you can no longer stop [Stone Relic - Fu'er] from activating its effect!"

C1 [War of the Void Realm Kings - Utgard] C2 [Dragon's Skill - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD]...

C3 [Megalithic Relic - Fu'er]!

The angel statue with its head hidden in a seven-colored vortex—[Stone Relic - Full]—attempts to use its own power to ritually summon another [Stone Relic] monster from the deck of [Utgard the Void King] at Speed ​​2.

Last turn, because it targeted [Stone Relic Bertol] from the [Utgard: Voidlords] graveyard when it was Ritual Summoned, [Stone Relic Bertol] is currently at Level 8. It is enough to Ritual Summon a high-level Ritual Monster with a Level of 8 or higher from the [Utgard: Voidlords] deck, such as [Stone Relic Bertol], which is exactly Level 8.

However, Hayato sneered and said contemptuously, "How strange. Did I forget to tell you about the [Virtual Realm King War - Utgard]?"

"——【Long Yi Qiao - Tian Long Liu Xing = DAD】's 'Four Heavens Resistance Shield' power doesn't say it can only be used once per round!"

In Hayato's graveyard, another [Dragonlight Takumi] monster—[Dragonlight Takumi-Uesugi ζ], one of the ritual offerings for [Dragonlight Takumi-Tenryu Meteor=DAD]—was banished. Although its current level is 8☆, the original attack power of [Giant Stone Relic - Fu'er] is only a mere 500 points. The attack power of a single [Dragonlight Takumi] is enough to surpass it!

C4, the second activation of the effect [Dragon's Skill - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD]!

"I refuse to use the Lone Sky Shield Slash!"

With a wave of [Dragon Artifact - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD]'s hand, a floating shield slashed fiercely at [Stone Relic - Fu'er], who was still on the field. The moment the crystal blade at the edge of the shield sliced ​​through, [Stone Relic - Fu'er]'s entire body instantly disintegrated into large pieces of stone chips, dissolved into mud, and vanished into the air!

However, Hayato frowned because [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD] turned around and shook his head at him, indicating that he did not feel like he had hit the target.

"That monster, with its power to negate and destroy monster effects, can actually use it more than once in a single turn!?" Even with the castle as its body, [Utgard, the King of the Void] was almost sweating bullets. "Even if it's only twice in a turn, that kind of effect is just too terrifying!"

In his back row, the last remaining face-down card was revealed, showing the artwork of the quick-play spell card "Stone Relic Formless," which had been previously known to Hayato but was kept face-up.

C5, [Megalithic Relic, Shapeless]

The second chain effect of [Dragon's Cleverness - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD] caused [Void King War - Utgard] to reveal this face-down card in the back row. Using the second effect of [Stone Relic Formless], [Stone Relic - Ful] was released before [Stone Relic - Ful] could be destroyed by the effect of [Dragon's Cleverness - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD].

"I use the second effect of the Quick-Play Spell Card [Stone Relic Formless] to Tribute my Level 8 [Stone Relic - Full] on the field. Since the total Level of Tributes required to Tribute [Stone Relic Formless] must be twice the Level of the Ritual Monster, I can Special Summon a Level 4 [Stone Relic] monster from my Deck in Defense Position."

"I Special Summon [Stone Relic - Orpheus] to the field in Defense Position. Also, because the number of Ritual Monsters in my Graveyard has increased, the ATK and DEF bonus of [Stone Relic - Freygar] is increased by 300."

[Megalithic Relic - Ophir] [1600/2500→2200/3100]

[Megalithic Relic - Frege] [2800/1500→3100/1800]

Hayato's number of monsters on the field kept increasing, but his attempts to stop the "King of the Void - Utgard" were hampered by losses. If it weren't for the "Stone Relic Formless" which brought out "Stone Relic Orphiel" to make up the numbers, he would have only had "Stone Relic Freyg" left on the field all alone.

However, although he began to realize that Hayato was not some weakling that could be found everywhere, [King of the Void - Utgard] still had a certain amount of confidence, because the [Stone Relic - Orpheus] he had ritually summoned and the [Brick Dragon] he had just sent to the graveyard were both starting to have new effects taking effect!

"If the Ritual Summon of [Stone Relic Orphiel] is successful, I will add one [Stone Relic] monster other than [Stone Relic Orphiel] from my Deck to my hand. I choose [Stone Relic Arash Dragon].

"And the effect of [Brick Dragon] which is released by my own effect: If this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can activate this effect until its Level becomes 8☆, and add up to three Rock-Type monsters from my Deck to my hand. I choose the Level 8 [Giant Relic Bertol]."

[Voidlord Warrior - Utgard: 4000 LP, Hand size 1 → 3]

"Even though the number of monsters is increasing, you shouldn't have forgotten that [Dragon's Blessing - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DRA] has the effect of 'attacking each of the opponent's Special Summoned monsters once,' right?" Hayato laughed arrogantly. "Muda muda muda muda, no matter how many monsters you summon, it's still muda!"

Hayato has four cards left in his hand, including one [Dragon's Glow Takumi-νII] that can no longer be used this turn. The other three cards are not enough to support Hayato in making any further moves. It seems that being able to ritually summon two [Dragon's Glow Takumi] in one turn is Hayato's limit.

However, although the lineup on the field seems like a "compromise", it actually has the threat of killing [King of the Void - Utgard] on the spot. First, use [Ryuki Takumi - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DRA] to clear the field, and then use [Ryuki Takumi - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD] to hit directly. [King of the Void - Utgard] will even owe Hayato 1000 basic points.

Since that's the case, let's just go for it!

"Now, let's enter my battle phase! Use [Dragon's Blessing - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DRA] to attack each of the monsters on the opponent's field once!" Hayato pointed at [King of Hollows War - Utgard] on the field. "Annihilation Mode activated, all equipment charged, firepower limit lifted—"

"Secret Technique: Simulated Black Hole!"

The two cannons on its shoulders are aimed at the two defense-position ritual monsters on the field of [Utgard: The King of the Void]. [Dragon's Gathering - Dragon Meteor = DRA] will increase its gravity to the extreme and form a black singularity at the muzzle before releasing it to destroy all the monsters on the opponent's field.

However, just before Hayato's battle phase began, the "Stone Relic - Orpheus" on the field in "War of the Void - Utgard" suddenly disappeared, along with all the cards in his hand?!

He then revealed a single card in his hand and discarded it, saying, "Before entering your battle phase, I will activate the effect of this card in my hand: [Stone Relic - Arash Dragon]!"

Even now, they haven't given up the fight? Will [Utgard - King of the Hollow Realms] win against Kobayashi Hayato?

Facing the impending attack that would destroy everything, [Utgard, the King of the Void], who had discarded his cards, declared without fear and with confidence: "We will win!"

Chapter 1364 The Wings of the Heavenly Dragon Amidst Gale and Raging Waves

The three cards in the hand of 【Void King War - Utgard】 are all face-up because they were retrieved by card effects. They are 【Stone Relic - Bertol】, 【Stone Relic - Arashron】, and 【Stone Relic - Hegeith】.

However, when [Utgarde the Voidlord] discarded [Stone Relic - Arashron], the other two cards also disappeared from his hand. [Stone Relic - Orpheus] on [Utgarde the Voidlord]'s field also disappeared, and a new stone pedestal rose up at the location where [Stone Relic - Orpheus] disappeared.

"During the main phase for both players, you can activate this effect by discarding this [Stone Relic - Arash Dragon] from my hand. Tribute monsters from my hand or field until their total Levels exceed the Level of the Ritual Summoned monster, and Ritual Summon a Ritual Monster consisting of one [Stone Relic] from your hand."

"The monsters I'm going to release are the Level 4 [Stone Relic - Hegeith] in my hand and the Level 4 [Stone Relic - Orpheus] on the field, bringing the total Levels to 8. I Ritual Summon this Level 8 [Stone Relic] monster - [Stone Relic - Bertol]!"

Previously used either as ritual magic or as a ritual sacrifice, [Metal Relic Bertol] was finally summoned by the [War of the Void Kings - Utgard] ritual and stood beside [Metal Relic Freyg], which was also an 8-star ritual monster.

[Megalithic Relics - Bertol] [8 stars/location]

[Rock Clan/Ritual/Effect]

[1500/2600]

Although one is depicted as a battle angel and the other as a ferocious demon, the effect of [Relic of the Giant Stone - Frege] impartially shares its blessing with [Relic of the Giant Stone - Bertol]. In order to enable its ritual summoning, a total of three ritual monsters were added to the graveyard of [War of the Void - Utgard], increasing the blessing that [Relic of the Giant Stone - Frege] can provide by a full 900 points.

[Megalithic Relic - Frege] [3100/1800→4000/2700]

[Megalithic Relic - Bertol] [1500/2600→3000/4100]

"'Ophir,' 'Hekith,' 'Oqu,' 'Foul,' 'Freg,' and 'Bettor,' and finally, the [Metal Relic - Aratron] you just discarded, modeled after the Olympian angel 'Aratron,' representing Saturn—you've used all seven [Metal Relic] cards." Hayato raised an eyebrow, speaking disdainfully, "After using up all seven 'angels' to forge these statues, is your final setup just these two monsters?"

"There's no point in performing a ritual summon before the battle phase, because [Dragon's Meteor] can attack each of your Special Summoned monsters once, and your monsters' power boost comes entirely from [Stone Relic - Freyg]. Although her ATK has been increased to 4000, because she's in Defense Position, I can still destroy her with just one attack, then restore your [Stone Relic - Bertol]'s DEF to its original value and defeat it!"

Upon hearing Hayato's words, [Utgard, the King of the Void] coldly replied, "No, I don't care whether they are destroyed or not. As long as they can be used to block your [Dragon's Meteor = DRA]'s attack, that's more than enough. Even if it can attack every Special Summoned monster once, [Dragon's Meteor = DRA] won't be able to attack me directly after that, right?"

"And [Dragon Artifact - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD]... that monster died the moment I ritually summoned [Metal Relic - Bertol]!"

The [Stone Relic - Bertol], which shows no resemblance to the God of Health, is a dragon-headed demon statue with its upper body protruding from a stone pedestal. After its appearance, it slowly opens its arms and absorbs the large amount of energy existing in the [War of the Void - Utgard] graveyard into its own body as green visual fluctuations. Between its slowly opening claws, pale green lightning begins to flicker.

"If the [Stone Relic - Bertol] is successfully Ritual Summoned, you can target cards on your opponent's field with up to the number of Ritual Monster types in my Graveyard, and activate its effect to destroy those cards!" In the Graveyard of [War of the Void - Utgard], many [Stone Relic] monsters were forced to offer their power to the demon statues on the field, but what they actually absorbed was only the amount of a single monster.

"Although your [Dragon's Radiance - Heavenly Chef 1δ] is protected by the effect of [Dragon's Radiance - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD], and [Dragon's Radiance - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DRA] will not be the target of [Stone Relic - Bertol]'s effect, at least the effect of [Stone Relic - Bertol] can destroy [Dragon's Radiance - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD]!"

[Ryuki Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DRA] was still gathering his strength for the upcoming battle phase, but he didn't expect that just before entering the battle phase, [Giant Stone Relic - Bertol] would suddenly appear, gathering the power of the monsters from [Hollow Realm King War - Utgard] and releasing a green lightning bolt that passed by him and shot straight towards [Ryuki Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD]!

The resistance only applies to other [Dragon Radiance] characters, and its own two strange effects have already been used up. [Dragon Radiance - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD] is completely defenseless against [Stone Relic - Bertol], allowing the green lightning to shatter the crystals on its body, and even the Sextant Wings overload and self-destruct!

The invincible [Dragon Skill - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD] has fallen!

Seeing this, although he knew that he was about to face the humiliation of having all the monsters on the field wiped out by the attack of [Dragon Slayer - Dragon Meteor = DRA] and being left with only an empty field to eke out a living, seeing the terrifying [Dragon Slayer - Dragon Meteor = DAD] being actually destroyed made [Utgard the King of the Hollow Realms] breathe a sigh of relief and relax a lot.

However, Hayato tilted his head in confusion: "Is that a relieved expression? That's strange. Do you think you can rest easy now that [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD] has been destroyed?"

"The creatures on earth roar at the sky, burning themselves in an attempt to temporarily eclipse the light cast by the stars, unaware of the eternity and true brilliance of the starlight in the ancient and vast universe!"

Even though [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD] was destroyed, Hayato continued to keep [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD] poised for its attack. However, at the same time, he waved his hand and said, "The final 'Shield Shun Rokka' ability of [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD], 'Double Heaven Return Shield,' can only be activated if the ritual-summoned [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD] is destroyed by the opponent!"

"I'll Special Summon a Ritual Monster with 4000 ATK from my hand and Deck. I've chosen the third one, 'Dragon Ritual Monster'!"

"Ritual Summoning, Lv.Max! Radiance! Like a shooting star! The fastest celestial dragon among the stars!"

"Wake-Up! [Long Yi Qiao - Tian Long Liu Xing = QUA]!"

[Dragon's Blessing - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD], which was easily shattered by the effect of [Metal Relic - Bertol], showed no pain whatsoever from the destruction. [Dragon's Blessing], who practically treated the graveyard as his home, was not afraid of mere destruction. He even had the strength to control his two floating shields to fly up, change direction, and then pierce into his own body in the opposite direction.

By concentrating all the energy within his armor, [Dragon Artificial - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DAD] unleashed the energy through the shattered armor, almost transforming into a dazzling star. Then, from that starlight, another mechanical heavenly dragon was born, wearing the wings of the sextant on his wrists to gain ultimate acceleration!

【Long Yi Qiao - Tian Long Liu Xing = QUA】【12☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Ritual/Effect]

[4000/4000]

If [Dragon's Blessing - Dragon's Meteor = DRA], which can attack all of the opponent's Special Summoned monsters once and send the opponent's cards to the Graveyard at Speed ​​2 during the opponent's turn, is the "Power" Dragon, and [Dragon's Blessing - Dragon's Meteor = DAD], which can protect other [Dragon's Blessing], suppress the opponent's monsters, and command other [Dragon's Blessing], is the "Power" Dragon, then [Dragon's Blessing - Dragon's Meteor = QUA], which appears at this moment, is the "Intelligence" Dragon.

"Corresponding to 【Dragon's Meteor - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DRA】, 【Dragon's Meteor - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA】 has the resistance to not being targeted by the opponent's Spell/Trap effects. Although it cannot be triggered at this moment and there is no need to trigger it, if the 【Dragon's Meteor - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA】 is successfully Ritual Summoned, it also has the effect of destroying all Spell/Trap Cards on the opponent's field if the total Level of the monsters used is 2 or less."

"And what's even more despairing for you is that, whether in battle or in terms of effects, [Dragon Spirit Takumi - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA] can be Special Summoned from my Graveyard any number of [Dragon Radiance Takumi] up to a total ATK of 4000."

"The light of the Heavenly Dragon is boundless, but your 4000 basic points are already like a candle flickering in the wind!"

Hayato's battle phase has finally arrived, but as he expected, [Utgard the King of Hollows], who defeated [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DAD], did not get the scene he hoped for. Instead, he was still facing an imminent defeat!?

"No, impossible! At a time like this, there's still a new ritual monster, and with an attack power of 4000 points!?" Unable to accept the reality, [Void Realm King War - Utgard] became somewhat agitated, and even the floating castle began to shake. "I, who rule Jotunheim, should be the strongest! Who are you anyway?!"

"No, no, I haven't lost yet! I still have hope!" As if remembering something, [Virtual Realm King Battle - Utgard] suddenly became excited again. Before Hayato could command [Ryugi Takumi - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DRA] to declare an attack, he suddenly took out a card from his graveyard and said, "I'm going to activate this card from my graveyard!"

"Trap Card [Nioh Rising]! You can activate this effect by banishing this card from my Graveyard and targeting one monster on my field. Your opponent can only attack the targeted monster this turn!"

"The card I want to choose is [Metallic Relic - Bertol]!"

Hayato raised an eyebrow when he saw the card played by [King of the Hollows - Utgard]: "Isn't this that kid Saotome Rei's card? When did it enter your graveyard... Oh, I remember now, it was when [Giant Stone Relic - Ottogi] was successfully ritual summoned?"

"Under the effect of [Nioh's Stand], you can only use your two monsters with 4000 ATK to prioritize attacking [Stone Relic - Bertol] with 4100 DEF. Even if you destroy it, you can't attack other monsters, let alone attack me directly!" [Utgard - King of the Void] said confidently. "It seems that I am ultimately superior. You have actually made me feel threatened and humiliated. When my turn comes, I will repay this grudge!"