Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: The Path of Evolution

The turn of the recluse.

"My turn, draw a card."

Guan Bai glanced at his hand; both of his cards were trap cards.

Let's go straight to the battle rank then.

Guan Bai waved his hand and shouted.

"Battle Phase!"

"Chief Centurion's direct attack, swift surprise attack!"

The long, black whip lashed out with a whistling sound, its tip accelerating over an extremely long distance to break the speed of sound! It struck Yamashiro Takemoto directly in the face, sending him flying.

Bang!

The mountain city's body crashed into a wall, and the ruins, unable to withstand the impact, collapsed directly.

[Yamashiro Tsuyoshi's LP: 3000 → 800]

Before Yamashiro could recover from the excruciating pain of the impact, Kanpaku's next attack was imminent.

"Another direct strike, a spinning flying kick!"

The chief centurion, leaping into the air, drew a straight acceleration line and transformed into a swift shadow, kicking towards the man in the ruins.

"Activate the Trap Card, Counterattack Gate!"

Despite the excruciating pain, Yamashiro struggled to sit up and activated his only card.

"Neglect this attack and let me draw a card. If I draw a monster, I can Normal Summon it in Attack Position."

A cyan door appeared in the centurion's attack path. His kick, instead of being blocked by the glowing barrier, was absorbed into particles and entered the mountain city's duel disk.

Yamashiro, panting heavily, pulled out a card.

"Draw a card!"

An expression of ecstasy appeared on his face!

"I drew the Mech Skeleton, so I can use it for a normal summon!!"

He's drawn the skeleton that can retrieve the fortress! His story isn't over yet; he still has a chance to turn things around!!

An orange mechanical block slid out of the void. With a groan, it transformed into a human, becoming a powerful guardian.

[Mecha Mechanical Skeleton]

[Four-star] 1800/0

"Ha, the effect of the Mech Fortress is that when it is successfully summoned, I add one Mech Fortress from my deck to my hand..."

Sweating profusely, Shancheng leaned against the broken bricks and tiles to his feet, struggling to support himself. The man's emotions fluctuated wildly, from despair to ecstasy, almost teetering on the brink of a mental breakdown.

Kanpaku was pleased to see this change in the villain.

Insert two cards into the Duel Disk.

"Cover two cards, end turn."

At this moment, the mountain city on the opposite side had a blank mind, and was completely driven by his emotions to draw cards.

"Ha, it's my turn, draw a card!"

When he saw the card that had been drawn, his expression completely lost control.

"Ha, ha ha ha, I usually summon yellow parts!"

He drew a component axis that increases field value and hand cards! Now he can summon a new mech fortress!

Heaven has not forsaken me!

A small yellow component appears on the field and then summons its allies from the deck.

[Yellow parts]

[Four-star] 1200/1200

"Activate the effect of the yellow component, and add one green component from the deck to your hand."

Yamashiro Tsuyoshi revealed his trump card.

"I send Mech Fortress and Green Parts from my hand to the Graveyard, and Special Summon Mech Fortress from the Graveyard!!"

A massive mechanical fortress rose with a roar, and this time, the Regent didn't use traps to stop its appearance. The mountain castle's ace has arrived!

Mech Fortress

[Seven Stars] 2500/1600

"Battle Phase! Mech Fortress, Destroy the Dragoon Regiment - Chief Centurion!"

Yamashiro couldn't see the expression behind the mask, but he knew that the person opposite him activated yet another trap card with the same hoarse voice that hadn't changed in ages.

"Activate the Guard Barrier before damage calculation, negate the damage from this battle, and let me draw a card."

The machine guns of the mech fortress unleashed scorching flames, spinning and blasting the Chief Centurion to pieces. The aftershocks rushed towards the Reaper, only to be absorbed by a strange wave before him.

Guan Bai drew a card.

Shancheng, unwilling to give up, roared.

"And then there's the attack from the mecha's mechanical skeleton!"

However, what faced the mechanical skeleton of the mecha was not Guan Bai's body, but another trap that came to meet him.

"Activating a Trap Card opens the door to counterattack. Negate this attack and draw one card from your Deck. If it's a Monster Card, you can Normal Summon it from your Attack Position."

Kanpaku then drew cards from his deck and showed them to Yamashiro.

"I drew the Heavy Javelin Dragon, so I Normal Summoned it in Attack Mode."

This time, a green dragon appeared in the arena, but it was covered in black armor, and the javelin on its head was thicker and larger than that of the small javelin dragon!

【Heavy Javelin Dragon】

[Effects/Adjustments]

【Dragon/Phoenix】

Samsung 1400/1000

Shancheng's forehead began to sweat again.

"Damn it... turn over..."

The initial surge of elation was completely extinguished by Guan Bai's two consecutive traps.

His mind is now suppressed by fear again, and he is beginning to think calmly.

This rare card hunter is a duelist who excels at traps, and he will have two more cards in his hand next turn.

They're most likely traps!

Therefore, his chance of winning should be patience: use the attack power of the Mech Fortress as a wall and wait for the cards in his deck that can remove traps to arrive!

Have the opportunity!

He still has a chance to win!

Looking at Shancheng's face, Guan Bai could roughly guess what he was thinking.

However, Yamashiro was wrong, because the Kanpaku would end the duel in this round.

"My turn, draw a card."

Guan Bai looked at the card in his hand, the damaged ring, and the forced disengagement device.

That's enough to kill Yamashiro Takemoto in the next round.

But there won't be a next round.

Guan Bai spoke in a hoarse voice with an amusing tone.

"Guess what card I set face-down on the field right from the start?"

This set off alarm bells in Yamashiro Takemoto's mind—a hunter only has the mind to toy with his prey when he feels victory is assured.

Does this rare card hunter think he's guaranteed to win?!

How is that possible?!

Fear disrupted his thoughts, and then disrupted even more things. Yamashiro Tsuyoshi felt nauseous and couldn't speak.

Feeling a bit bored after not getting a response, Guan Bai decided to cheer for himself instead.

"You're not going to guess? Then let me reveal the answer! Pay 1000 life points, activate a magic card, and the system crashes!"

[Kanpaku LP: 4000 → 3000]

"Its effect is to banish all Machine-Type monsters from your opponent's field and graveyard!"

A magic card is flipped over, depicting a collapsing mechanical tower. Overloaded lightning bolts burst from the image, destroying all the monsters on the field!

Not only the cards on the field, but also those in the graveyard were affected. Amidst the mechanical whirring of the Duel Disk, two cards were ejected from it.

Looking at the hellish scene of the mountain town, he knelt down helplessly, his cards scattering all over the ground.

"Hahahaha, hahahaha!!"

This man, who betrayed the dojo and had an inflated sense of self-importance, finally broke down!

Yu-Gi-Oh! is so much fun!

Look how happy he is!

Seeing the person on the ground, crying and laughing uncontrollably, Guan Bai felt a little amused.

But it's a bit creepy for someone to laugh out loud in the middle of the night.

Kanpaku managed to suppress his smile.

He raised his hand and pointed to the man on the ground, who looked like a pile of mud.

"It's time for this game to end. Battle phase."

"Heavy Javelin Dragon, direct attack!"

The heavy javelin dragon flapped its blue wings and swooped down towards Yamashiro Gangyuan. A flash of silver light, and the thug fell to the ground in the ruins, unable to get up again.

[Yamashiro Tsuyoshi's LP: 800 → 0]