Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

However, upon hearing Edward's words, Caesar merely gave a mocking smile: "[Cyber ​​End Dragon]? Didn't you just destroy my [Cyber ​​End Dragon]? So there's no need for him to reappear—for victory, I'm willing to sacrifice my old friend!"

"I will activate the Spell Card [Overload Fusion]. This card can only be used for the Fusion Summon of DARK Machine-Type monsters. I can banish monsters from my field or Graveyard as Fusion Material for that Fusion Summon!"

The effect of [Overload Fusion] looks extremely simple, but this pure power is precisely the card that best embodies the power of [Cyber ​​Dragon]. With only one [D. Hero Defender] on Caesar's field, there is no need to say more; the power of [Overload Fusion] directly covers Caesar's graveyard.

At this moment, Edward finally understood the meaning behind Caesar's [Fusion of the Future] spell: "Although it's a fusion in the future, you actually want to unleash the power of the future in the present?!"

“Because for me, there is no difference between the future and the present!” Caesar said matter-of-factly. “My headmaster once asked everyone in class a question—would you rather lie in a hospital bed with a catheter, unable to move, living to your seventies or eighties as an unknown nobody, or do something great and become famous?”

“Compared to the former, I would rather be the latter, even if it is just a fleeting moment!” Caesar said, pausing for a moment as if he had grasped something, but the feeling was too vague and the wonderful sensation vanished in an instant.

He couldn't see it, but Edward could see it clearly—Caesar was smiling, not with the arrogant and contemptuous sneer of before, but with a satisfied and joyful smile.

"In short, I will exclude all twenty monsters in my graveyard for Fusion Summoning!" Although he said he was "abandoning old friends," unlike the Caesar of the "Hell Caesar" era, the current Caesar skipped the [Cyber ​​End Dragon] in his graveyard and simply used all the monsters that [Future Fusion] had sent to the graveyard as fusion materials.

A terrifying twenty cards transformed into countless mechanical parts, and Caesar laughed wildly: "It's been quite an interesting duel with you, Ed Phoenix. As a fellow user of the [Hero] deck, you do indeed bear some resemblance to him. It's been a long time since I've felt this happy."

"But you are not him after all. This duel—I have won!"

Raising his hand and then clenching it tightly, Caesar shouted, "If your [D·hero Blood Demon-D] is the ultimate [D·hero], then... descend, the ultimate [Cyber ​​Dragon]—[Chimera Overload Dragon]!"

On the field, as the lightning of [Overload Fusion] dissipated, his "ultimate trump card" finally descended—

The sheer number of mechanical dragon heads attached to its massive body was outrageous, enough to nearly make anyone with trypophobia faint on the spot. It was like a Gorgon from mythology, with as many as twenty heads. The Chimera Overload Dragon was exuding a terrifying sense of oppression just by standing on the Caesar Field and looking down at Edward.

"The power of [Chimera Overload Dragon] comes from the number of materials used when it is fused. The fusion materials I used are twenty monsters in my graveyard. Therefore, the original ATK and DEF of [Chimera Overload Dragon] will become a value of 20 x 800."

"However, it is also because of this power that exceeds its capacity that when the [Chimera Overload Dragon] is successfully fused and summoned, all the cards on my field except for it will be sent to the graveyard."

【Matching Overload Dragon】【9☆/Dark】

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

【？ /？ →16000/16000】

The moment it arrived, Kaiser's [Future Fusion] and [D. Hero Defender] were completely squeezed out of the field and banished directly. However, Edward's attention was completely drawn to the power of [Chimera Overload Dragon], and he didn't have time to pay attention to the [D. Hero Defender] card that was about to be sent to the graveyard.

"Attack power... 16000!?"

Although it was neither the sunset nor the [Electronic Terminator Dragon], the [Chimera Overload Dragon] with an attack power of 16000 stood tall on the earth!

Chapter 1428 Eternal Evolution Flame

【Matching Overload Dragon】【ATK16000】

After a brief moment of surprise, Edward glanced at his graveyard, then looked up and said, "Because [D. Hero Defender] has entered my graveyard, the number of [Hero] cards in my graveyard has increased. Now, [D. Hero Phoenix Destroyer] will reduce the attack power of all monsters on your opponent's field by 1800 points."

"Heh, what difference does a decrease of 1800 points or 1600 points make to a [Chimera Overload Dragon] with 16000 attack power?" Caesar said disdainfully, his arms crossed.

【Interlocking Overload Dragon】【ATK16000→14200】

Although Caesar's tone annoyed Edward, he couldn't refute Caesar's words at all, because even if the attack power of [Chimera Overload Dragon] decreased by three [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], it would still have 5200 points left, which would be more than enough to destroy all the monsters on its field and clear its own Life Points. If there was anything difficult about it, it would probably be how to destroy its own monsters without depleting its Life Points prematurely.

Ultimately, what is 16000 attack power? Such attack power is far too overpowered and unfair. It's not something that can happen in a normal duel.

At this moment, Edward felt a bit like he had heard that it was his turn to fight Sukuna and was full of confidence, but then he found out that his teammate was a ridiculous guy like Tiga. He was also full of doubt about his friend Saiou's divination - you said that such a guy would be defeated by him, completely defeated and then become depressed? Why do I feel like I'm the one who's going to become depressed?

However, Edward only made a slight complaint in his mind and did not lose his will to fight. After all, although it seemed powerful, [Chimera Overload Dragon] was ultimately just a monster without any resistance. The effect of [D·Hero Destroy Phoenix] could easily destroy its outward strength but inner weakness.

Caesar has his intelligence network, but doesn't Edward have one too? He knows about the effects of [Chimera Overload Dragon]. Don't underestimate my intelligence network!

Edward's close friend, Saiou Takuma, is a highly competent professional duelist manager. He often uses his unique methods to obtain information that others find difficult to acquire, such as the recording of Hayato's graduation duel with Caesar. It is through these recordings, combined with Saiou's divination, that Edward has been able to predict his opponents' decks time and time again, forming the basis of Edward's current "Information Hero" playstyle.

Although Kaiser hasn't been in the professional duelist circle for very long, the available videos are mostly of his decks from his school days, so the information about his current deck is not comprehensive and we may not know all of Kaiser's cards, but [Chimera Overload Dragon] is among the known cards, because it appeared as the ace in a duel between Kaiser and a duelist using a slime deck.

He remembered that the monster itself had the ability to attack a certain number of times based on the amount of fusion materials. The effect of [Evolution Final Flame] was just icing on the cake, and was mainly used to search for the card [Overload Fusion] and to add a self-restriction that prevented the Special Summoning of monsters without a Spell Card.

If there weren't a genuine lack of cards to use in a combo, who would willingly take on a not-so-lenient self-restraint? According to Edward's deduction, although Caesar still has three cards in his hand, how many of them are actually usable for a combo?

All three are moving dots? Impossible, there probably isn't even one of them, right? No, considering the opponent is an outstanding graduate of Mr. Hayato's Duel Academy, let's assume he has at least one moving dot. But, can that moving dot actually move?

You should know that besides the publicly known [D·hero Destroyer of Phoenix], Geka is not just for show.

"The spell card [Great Storm] is activated, destroying all spell and trap cards of both players!"

The card Caesar played made Edward's expression freeze.

Wait, what kind of hand do you have? [Pot of Great Desire], [Future Fusion], [Evolutionary Final Flame], plus the current [Great Storm], not a single one of them is unusable.

Despite his inner grumbling, Edward didn't just stand by and watch his face-down card be destroyed. Instead, he immediately pressed the button to activate the face-down card: "No matter how the 'Cyber ​​Dragon' of 'Cyber ​​Stream' changes, it will eventually summon a Fusion Summon from the Fusion Deck as its end, right? Whether it's 'Cyber ​​End Dragon' or the current 'Chimera Overload Dragon,' it's still a Fusion Deck—and it will be countered by this face-down card I've placed!"

"Then activate the chain [Great Storm] before my face card is destroyed!"

"Trap Card [Co-op]! During the turn this card is activated, my monsters cannot attack directly, but since it's activated during your turn, this side effect has no effect on me!" Discarding a card from his hand, Edward said, "I can activate [Co-op] by discarding a monster card from my hand and targeting a single face-up monster on the field. The targeted monster's ATK and DEF become the same as the monster discarded to activate this card until the end of the turn!"

"That's one of the reasons why I specifically searched for [D·hero Dagger Man] before, but now, because of your [Heavenly Treasure Card], I have a better choice."

As Edward spoke, he displayed the card he had discarded. "The monster I discarded is this [D3], which has 0 ATK and 0 DEF. The monster I'm going to choose is naturally your only [Chimera Overload Dragon] on the field!"

Chimera Overload Dragon's attack power is indeed very high, but another reason why Edward is confident in facing it is because of his card "Co-op". In the face of its power, even Chimera Overload Dragon with an attack power of over 10,000 can only obediently become a weak monster of the same level as the "D·hero" card that Edward has discarded. This is the fate of a monster without resistance!

This card can be said to have been specially prepared by Edward for the fact that most of the cards in his deck were Caesars with high attack power but little resistance. And he was extremely lucky to draw it in the previous turn when the duel was about to end, and successfully activated it at this moment!

"Your [Chimera Overload Dragon] is utterly useless except for its high attack power, Caesar!" Edward waved his hand. "Submit to my fate and your defeated destiny, [Chimera Overload Dragon]!"

Amidst the destructive [Great Storm], a dark purple current of energy surged against the wind, transforming into a mechanical cat-like form. Taking advantage of the [Chimera Overload Dragon]'s unpreparedness, it suddenly wrapped itself around its body and, under the cover of the [Great Storm], forcibly stripped the [Chimera Overload Dragon] of its power!

[Interlocking Overload Dragon] [ATK14200/16000→0/0]

Seeing Caesar's once invincible [Chimera Overload Dragon] so easily reduced to a weakling with zero attack power, Edward laughed: "So, your last hope has been extinguished, Caesar. Seeing the powerful monster you wanted to use to end the duel become so weak..."

How are you feeling right now? How are you feeling?

"Especially now, you're also bound by the restriction that you can't Special Summon monsters without the effects of Spell Cards. Can you even summon new monsters from the cards in your hand?"

Hearing Edward's words, Caesar sneered, "Although he won the world championship, he's still just a fifteen-year-old brat—when did you get the misconception that I was using [Chimera Overload Dragon] as my trump card?"

"Huh?" Ed was taken aback and glanced at [Chimera Overload Dragon]. That's right, he hadn't even noticed the extra zero. If this monster's attack power was 1600, he might have thought it was just a card to test the waters and set traps, but [Chimera Overload Dragon] had just had 16000 attack power, and even after being suppressed by [D. Hero Phoenix Man of Destruction], it still had 14200 attack power remaining.

Isn't this kind of monster a trump card?

"Among the monsters on your field, both [D-hero Phoenix Man of Destruction] and [D-hero Detopia Man of D-Hero] have the effect of destroying the opponent's cards at speed 2. The exposed [D-Tactics] can reliably increase the attack power of monsters. Normally, even if you have two destruction effects, you would never waste them easily, but you still did it for the sake of sustainability."

"Is it because you think you have too many effects that can hinder me, so it doesn't matter if you use one? So you prioritized using the relatively costly effect of [D·hero Anti-Tauren] on your own cards, just to search for a card."

After a pause, Caesar said with a hint of disdain, "Judging from this, it's easy to conclude that 'your backcourt defenders are so troublesome that they give you such confidence,' right?"

“Based on this reasoning, I naturally had to find out what your back row card was first. Using [Chimera Overload Dragon] as bait, you activated it prematurely, fearing that your [Co-op Battle] would be wasted.” As he spoke, Caesar played another card from his hand. “In this way, I no longer have any worries.”

"Entering my battle phase, and then during the battle phase, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Eternal Cybernetics]!"

As Caesar declared, a large amount of blue and white electricity suddenly flew everywhere on his field, and at the same time, in this dazzling light, a dragon-shaped black shadow flew from the end of the light.

The figure gave Edward an unusually familiar feeling, then his eyes widened suddenly: "This feeling... could it be—"

"You can only activate Eternal Cybernetics by targeting a single Machine-Type Cybernetics monster in my Graveyard." Kaiser held up the card. "You can either return the targeted monster to the Fusion Deck or Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

"When I fused with [Chimera Overload Dragon] before, I didn't banish it. What I want to Special Summon is naturally the only monster in my Graveyard—my old friend, [Cyber ​​End Dragon]!"

With its colossal wings that blot out the sky, its long, serpentine body, and three heads, the mechanical dragon that appeared on Caesar's field was merely a metal creation and theoretically had no independent thought. However, Edward, who was being stared at by it, could clearly feel a chilling killing intent, as if he would be annihilated in the next second!

The simple and unadorned attack penetrating effect can bring the purest and most extreme sense of oppression. This is the ultimate meaning of "Electronic Flow" and Caesar's only true trump card in recent years!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh, don't blink, this is the last monster you'll ever see!"

Caesar placed the card on the Duel Disk and roared with laughter, "Come out, Wagatsumashi!!"

"【Electronic Terminator Dragon】!!!"

【Electronic Terminator】【ATK4000】

"He's actually in the middle of a battle!?" Edward was so overwhelmed by Caesar's incredible aura that he instinctively took a step back. What's going on? Caesar is supposed to be a newcomer to the professional dueling world, right? How come he gives me the feeling that he's almost on par with legendary duelists like Jonouchi Katsuya?

"Here it comes again, [Electronic Terminator Dragon]... But so what!" Edward spoke up, defying Caesar's imperial aura. "The situation is completely different now. Not only can my [D·hero Phoenix of Destruction] easily crush your [Electronic Terminator Dragon] just like before, but the attack power suppression provided by [D·hero Phoenix of Destruction] is now a whopping 1800 points!"

"Even your [Electronic Terminator Dragon] will only have a mere 2200 attack power left in the end!"

[Ryo Marufuji: 1300LP, 1 card in hand]

[Electronic Terminator] [ATK4000→2200]

【Matching Overload Dragon】【ATK0】

Ed Phoenix: 1000LP, 6 cards in hand

【D·hero Destroys the Phoenix Men】【3700/2100】

【D·hero Anti-Tauren】【ATK3600】

However, upon hearing Edward's words, Caesar merely gave a cold laugh: "If you can do it, then go ahead and try. But I can tell you in advance about the second effect of the [Eternal Electron] I just activated."

"That means, if a [Cyber] Machine-Type Fusion Monster on my field is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can banish [Eternal Electron] from my Graveyard instead. In other words, your [D. Hero Phoenix Destroyer] cannot stop me from attacking with [Cyber ​​End Dragon]!"

"What?!"

Ed glanced at the [Electronic Terminator Dragon] in surprise, and began to calculate rapidly in his mind.

The [Electronic Terminator Dragon] has an attack power of 2200 points. With [Eternal Electron] sacrificing itself, it seems I really can't stop its attack with the effect of [D·Hero Destroy Phoenix]. However, even if I let it attack, I do have a move that can make Caesar suffer.

The monster on my field, [D·hero Phoenix Man of Destruction], continuously provides attack pressure, so it cannot leave the field. And because it is in defense position, it will probably be targeted for attack because its defense is just below the attack of [Cyber ​​Dragon]. In that case, I will also suffer 100 battle damage due to the effect of [Cyber ​​Dragon].

However, if you destroy [D·hero Destroyer Phoenix] with the effect of [D·hero Destroyer Phoenix], you can not only take the opportunity to consume the power of [Eternal Electron], but also weaken the attack power of [Cyber ​​End Dragon] again due to the increase in the number of [Hero] cards in the graveyard. The sudden change in attack power when it attacks will cause Caesar to suffer 100 points of counter-damage.

"I will use the [Electronic Terminator Dragon] to attack [D·hero Destroyer Phoenix]—"

Just as Edward had predicted, Caesar indeed chose [D·hero Phoenix Destroyer] as his target. As Edward was secretly pleased and about to activate the effect of [D·hero Phoenix Destroyer], he heard Caesar's next words: "Simultaneously declare a chain attack! I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Duel Fusion]!"

"This effect can only be activated when a Fusion Monster on my field declares an attack in battle with an opponent's monster. The ATK of that monster increases by the ATK of the battling opponent's monster until the end of the Damage Step!"

Edward stopped maneuvering and looked at his [D·hero Phoenix Destroyer] on the field.

Because of the effects of [D-Tactics] and [D·hero Dagger Man], the attack power of [D·hero Destroyer Phoenix Man] increased from the original 2500 points to a full 3700 points. However, the result of his own efforts will be given to [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] for nothing because of the power of [Duel Fusion]?

2200 attack power plus 3700, that's 5900 points!? And then because of the [Cyber ​​Dragon's End] defense penetration effect, I'll take a whopping 3800 points of combat damage in one go?!

Without even the motivation to use the effects of [D·hero Destroy Phoenix], Edward watched helplessly as the power of [Electronic Terminator Dragon] surged, increased wildly, and surged relentlessly!

Then Caesar waved his hand and shouted, "Eternal-Evolution-Burst!"

"Uwaaaaaah!!!"

Ed Phoenix: 1000LP → 0

Chapter 1429 Disappear, Loser