Yu-Gi-Oh!: This isn't a duel!

Amidst the swirling data dust and shattered rubble, a tall figure clad in pure black high-tech armor slowly rose like a ghost.

His posture was upright and aloof, as if he had perfectly blended into the surrounding darkness and abyss.

The futuristic, streamlined black armor had no superfluous reflections, yet it exuded a chillingly high level of mobility and explosive power that was extremely deadly.

His red visor, resembling the compound eyes of an insect, gleamed with a cold, ruthless predatory light.

This hero of the night does not wield any swords or weapons, for his limbs, covered in high-strength, hard alloy and brimming with explosive muscle lines, are the purest and most terrifying killing machines in the world!

【Masked Hero Dark Oni】【★8】【Dark/Warrior/Fusion/Effect】【Attack: 2800 / Defense: 1200】

"Wow, it's a new hero!"

Hearing You Yang's confident announcement, Lena, who was watching from the back, finally felt relieved.

Her bright, lively eyes were now fixed on the cool new hero who had just appeared, filled with admiration and amazement.

After successfully summoning the enemy, You Yang did not hesitate at all. He swung his arm sharply, pointing his fingertips directly at the enemy formation, and decisively issued the attack command!

"I use [Masked Hero Dark Demon] to attack your [Phantom Spirit Sixteen Witches Hestia]!"

"Tuo!"

With a deep and powerful battle roar, Dark Ghost suddenly bent his knees and then leaped high into the air like a cannonball.

His jet-black, streamlined battle armor instantly left a long black afterimage in the virtual space. The data cubes he stepped on shattered inch by inch under his terrifying explosive force, turning into streams of light.

Bang--!!

The Dark Demon appeared directly above Hestia, one of the Sixteen Witches, in an instant, like a black lightning bolt tearing through the night sky.

Two terrifying beams of blood shot out from his crimson eyepieces, which resembled the compound eyes of an insect. He flipped in mid-air and delivered a jet-black flying kick with the force of tearing through space, crashing down with the force of Mount Tai!

This ferocious blow smashed through Hestia's fragile, eerie green electronic defense network, mercilessly piercing through that massive data body on the spot!

With a piercing, glass-shattering "crack" sound, the spirit of the Sixteenth Witch Hestia exploded, turning into scattered green gibberish that eventually vanished like ashes into the dark abyss of data.

Titania: LP 4600 → 3300

The violent shockwaves of the attack created waves of data on the field, followed by You Yang's cold and emotionless voice:

"At this moment, the special effect of [Masked Hero Dark Demon] activates!"

"This card can only be activated when it destroys an opponent's monster in battle and sends it to the Graveyard."

"I can add one Quick-Play Spell Card with the 'Change' attribute from my Deck to my hand."

You Yang's eyes shone brightly: "I choose to add [Mask Change] to my hand from my deck!"

In the center of the battlefield, Dark Ghost slowly straightened up from the falling data debris.

His right hand, covered in hard black armor, suddenly shot out and pulled a faintly glowing card directly from the data stream in the void. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he accurately flung it towards You Yang behind him.

At this moment, the remaining eerie green code on the ground, which had not yet completely extinguished, suddenly began to wriggle and rapidly converge like living worms.

Titania's massive body suffered another data shock as her health points were damaged by another 1300 points.

Her body's transparency intensified further, like a candle flickering in the wind; even the red light in her cold electronic eyes became intermittent and unpredictable.

However, what is most chilling is that even though her body was damaged to the point of near collapse, there was no change in her expression of fear or pain.

Accompanied by bursts of ear-piercing electrical static, Titania coldly declared to the entire battlefield in a flat, monotone tone:

"Health points not yet zero... Logical determination: Duel... Continue..."

"At this moment, I activate the effect of [Phantom Sorcerer: Sixteen Witches Hestia], which was just sent to the graveyard."

"This card can only be activated when it is sent from the field to the graveyard."

Add 1 "Transfiguration" card from your deck to your hand.

"Based on the optimal solution calculation for the current battle situation... I'm adding a second copy of [Phantom Spirit - Network Puppet Master] to my hand from my deck!"

"Click".

With a crisp mechanical card-drawing sound, Titania also drew a card from her deck.

Those intermittently flashing red eyes locked onto You Yang once again.

You Yang also looked back at her, his gaze equally cold.

"My attack isn't over yet!!"

You Yang pointed to another assassin on the field, whose entire body radiated a chilling, bloodthirsty red light, and said sharply:

"I am using [Special Hero Cross] to launch a direct attack on you!"

"Cross-shaped strangulation!!"

Upon receiving the command, the special hero Crossman crossed his arms in front of his chest and swung them outwards. The two huge red cross-shaped darts in his hands flew out of his hands and shot away with a shrill sound as they tore through the air!

The two darts spun and crossed at high speed in mid-air, instantly transforming into a crimson blade of light like a meat grinder, which pierced through Titania's body with extreme brutality.

As the two darts pierced through mercilessly, Titania's data body flickered erratically, and her figure became even more ethereal once more.

Titania: LP 3300 → 1700

However, despite suffering such a severe injury, Titania's delicate yet pale face showed not the slightest ripple of pain, and her expression remained unchanged.

She didn't do anything else. She stood there quietly, like a lifeless, ancient ice sculpture, waiting for You Yang to announce the end of the round.

In her view, You Yang had completely lost any means to launch an attack.

After all, You Yang's previous meticulously planned summons had all been successfully thwarted by her in this fierce tug-of-war, and the resources in his hand should have been completely exhausted.

However, facing Titania's icy gaze that seemed to see through everything, You Yang suddenly flipped his wrist and revealed a trump card that he had been holding tightly in his palm!

"Finally, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card from my hand—[Mask Change]!"

You can target 1 "Hero" monster you control to activate this effect.

"Confirm the monster's attributes and send it to the graveyard."

"If this effect causes that monster to leave the field, Special Summon 1 'Masked HERO' monster with the same Attribute from your Extra Deck!"

"I target the [Special Hero Cross] on the field and send it to the Graveyard to activate this effect!"

"The attribute of the [Special Hero Cross] is Dark!"

"So I can Special Summon a DARK 'Masked HERO' monster from my Extra Deck!"

You Yang's movements were fluid and graceful. His fingers swiftly and decisively reached into the Extra Deck, precisely drawing out the card that held the key to ultimate victory, and slamming it heavily onto the Duel Disk's sensor area!

"A cheetah in the shadows, devouring the abyss of the graveyard!"

"Mask Transformation!"

"Descend, you black claw that severs bonds!"

"【Masked Hero Dark Claw】!"

As his exhilarating declaration of victory fell, an extremely dazzling pure white light instantly descended from the sky, completely engulfing the [Special Hero Crossman] on the field.

At the center of that dazzling light, a point of deep black mist suddenly appeared and then spread outwards at an astonishing speed!

The thick black mist, as if it had gained its own life, hissed and coiled around the body of the [Special Hero Crossman].

It forcibly tore apart his original armor, which was then reassembled by the data stream into a grotesque metal helmet resembling a dark insect.

Immediately afterwards, the streamlined, jet-black armor solidified from nothingness, tightly wrapping around his explosively powerful body like a second skin.

His tall, imposing body was covered in jet-black heavy armor, with shoulder armor featuring extremely sharp and deadly reverse blades, and his hands were equipped with silver serrated claws that gleamed with a chilling light!

As the black mist dissipates, the new hero who reigns over darkness and the abyss—[Masked Hero Dark Claw]—makes a grand entrance amidst the storm!

【Masked Hero Dark Claw】【6-Star】【Dark/Fusion/Warrior Race】【Attack: 2400 / Defense: 1800】

"This is the final attack!"

A sharp, cold glint flashed in You Yang's eyes. He swung his arm down sharply, giving the final command to attack!

"I am using [Masked Hero Dark Claw] to launch a direct attack on you!"

The moment the command was given, [Masked Hero Dark Claw] lowered his body slightly, and his dark figure flashed and disappeared from the field with a sonic boom.

Titania's proud electronic eyes flashed wildly, trying to catch a glimpse of the Masked Hero Dark Claw.

However, when she finally caught a glimpse of the masked hero Dark Claw, she was shocked to discover that this brand-new hero had somehow appeared before her!

Chapter 284 A Gift from Titania! The Vanished Lilith!

Without the slightest hesitation or pity, the jet-black armor claws, forged from the highest-strength alloy, carrying terrifying, destructive power, pierced through Titania's cold body in an instant amidst a piercing sound of data tearing!

Titania's health points were wiped out instantly, like a flood breaking through a dam!

[Titania: LP 0] [Youyang: Victory!]

You Yang slowly withdrew his hand and exhaled a long breath.

He looked down at his palm, his brows furrowing slightly. He still felt somewhat unaccustomed to the feeling of being in a virtual space without any sense of reality.

But none of that matters now. The most troublesome obstacle has been completely eliminated, the duel is over, and the most important thing now is to quickly cross this data turbulence and get back to the real world.

As the duel light screen declaring victory in mid-air slowly crumbled and dissipated like shattered glass, You Yang had a thought, and the silver-white duel disk and card deck on his left arm immediately turned into specks of blue data light, which he neatly retrieved into his body.

Then, he turned around, tilted his head at the four girls hiding behind him, and said in a relaxed tone, "It's all done, let's go."

Behind him, Titania, whose body was pierced by claws, was rapidly disintegrating like weathering.

Countless green codes peeled away from her wounds, but a strange sense of relief flickered in her now-dimmed electronic eyes, and she continued to utter fragmented, synthesized mechanical sounds:

"Logical judgment... lost..." "Supreme command changed... to fulfill... the agreement..."

"Boss! Watch out behind you!"

Hearing Lena's suddenly high-pitched, somewhat panicked cry, You Yang's eyes sharpened, and he turned around abruptly.

But they found that Titania's enormous body had completely disintegrated, leaving not a single trace behind.

However, the dazzling stream of data that she transformed into after her disintegration did not fall downwards or dissipate into nothingness like a typical defeated elf.

On the contrary, this massive torrent of data seemed to have gained self-awareness, like a flock of glowing blue birds, rushing straight towards You Yang and instantly enveloping his body completely!

You Yang's heart tightened, and he instinctively mobilized the power within his body, preparing to forcibly expel this unknown data.

But he was soon surprised to find that the data streams surrounding him were not aggressive or malicious at all; on the contrary, they exuded a gentle sense of submission.