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

"Whether it's boasting or real strength, let's see who's the better fighter!"

Gu Qingyuan snorted coldly, a strong killing intent flashing in his eyes.

Ding--!

With a crisp, ethereal metallic slingshot, a virtual coin, containing both the ultimate will of the two individuals and the power of the abyss, was propelled high into the collapsing sky by the raging wind.

Beneath this tumbling coin, the final battle that will determine the ultimate fate of two worlds begins once again, accompanied by the terrifying auras colliding with a deafening roar!

The tumbling coin traced a crisp path in mid-air, unsurprisingly imprinting You Yang's image.

This time, the result was surprisingly smooth, and You Yang once again firmly grasped the right to attack first.

Standing opposite the raging wind, Gu Qingyuan's pale face did not reveal any resentment, but rather a strange sense of forbearance.

He currently has no intention of confronting You Yang head-on.

Firstly, although the indescribably majestic body of the Creator God of Light, Herakti, has vanished into the world.

But the immense divine power He left behind when He descended still lingers and blesses Youyang's body.

In other words, Youyang, standing at the center of the storm, is currently at the peak of his power and at his most dazzling.

Secondly, the Great Evil God Zorc was purified by the Light of Creation, and Gu Qingyuan, who had signed a symbiotic contract with the Evil God, was naturally also affected. He now only feels a tearing weakness coming from the depths of his soul, and his strength has been greatly reduced.

In his prime, he had lost by half a point in his battle against You Yang. Now, in this devastated state, he had absolutely no confidence in winning the fight.

Of course, the most crucial third point is that he had already made up his mind to delay the time by any means necessary.

As long as he can preserve his remaining strength, no matter how fierce You Yang's attacks are, he only needs to hold his ground and not come out.

After all, the real battle between them was no longer confined to the small arena before them.

As for You Yang's bold statement that he would put an end to everything in this duel?

Gu Qingyuan couldn't help but sneer inwardly. He took it as the other party's unrealistic nonsense and would never believe it.

During his hundreds of years of dormancy and accumulation in this other world, the hundreds of souls he casually mentioned earlier were nothing more than a joke used to mislead his opponents.

His true trump card of dying and being reborn has been used at least three thousand times!

This is his greatest asset and his strongest trump card in the world!

"I choose to attack first!"

You Yang's clear and unquestionable declaration echoed over the ruins.

As the words fell, two sharp card-drawing sounds rang out simultaneously, and both players drew five starting cards from the top of their respective decks in perfect unison.

You Yang's eyes were sharp as he quickly scanned the resources in his hand without the slightest hesitation.

His long, slender fingers precisely pinched one of the cards, and with a sudden flick of his wrist, he slammed it heavily onto the duel disk with the force of a gust of wind:

"I activate the special effect of my monster—[Black Feather - Shadow of Karma]!"

"This card cannot be Normal Summoned."

"However, if you have no monsters on your field, you can Special Summon them to the field unconditionally!"

A bright summoning light erupted from You Yang's fingertips. "Descend, I will Special Summon it!"

The moment You Yang slapped the card down, the clear light above the duel arena suddenly dimmed, as if the surrounding light had been instantly swallowed up by some invisible abyss.

A low, eerie wind, like the wailing of countless dead souls, suddenly swirled and swept through the ruins without warning.

That was not an ordinary breeze in nature, but a chilling karmic wind that seemed to cross the boundaries of the underworld, reaching deep into the marrow and dispelling the obsessions of the living!

The howling of the wind grew increasingly shrill, and in the center of that churning airflow, a blurry, swaying black silhouette began to rapidly coalesce into a form.

It was a large black bird, small in size but with a strange and elegant posture.

Its outline appeared unusually hazy, unlike ordinary monsters that possess solid flesh. Instead, it seemed to be forcibly mixed together with the world's densest shadows and constantly flowing dark matter.

The feathers covering its body were not distinct, solid pieces, but rather resembled boiling steam, constantly rising and swirling into a dark mist.

The edges of these mists quietly blended with the surrounding cold air, making it difficult to discern the true boundaries of their illusory form with the naked eye.

[Black Feather - Shadow of Karma] [5 stars]

[Bird/Beast Race/Dark/Adjustment/Effect] [Attack: 0 / Defense: 0]

Tian Daolian, who was watching the battle from the rear, suddenly brightened up the moment she saw the figure of the black monster.

A look of surprise and emotion appeared on his somewhat disheveled face. He had clearly not expected that he would be able to witness his own monster being summoned to the battlefield during such an important duel!

You Yang stretched out his arm, his fingertips leaving a blur, and continued:

"Immediately following, the subsequent effects of [Black Feather - Shadow of Karma] also activated!"

"This effect can only be activated when this card is successfully Special Summoned from the hand."

Yu Yang loudly proclaimed, "I will Special Summon two 'Shadow Tokens' to my field!"

As You Yang issued his summoning declaration, the [Black Feather - Shadow of Karma] in mid-air suddenly raised its head, and a chilling red light flashed in its scarlet eyes, which were like blood-weeping abysses.

Its illusory body, composed of heavy shadows and flowing darkness, began to ripple outwards in strange, visible waves, like ink dropped into clear water.

With a slight sound of energy stripping, two wisps of shadow energy, which shared the same origin as the main body's aura but were noticeably thinner and even somewhat translucent, were forcibly peeled off and separated from the edges of its churning, misty wings.

These two nascent energies did not initially have a fixed form; they were merely two deep outlines that constantly twisted and undulated in the breeze.

Following the trajectory of the karmic winds, they slowly descended to the left and right sides of the Obscure Shadow Karmic Winds.

The moment they touched the scorched ground, the two wisps of shadow energy seemed to come alive, and began to stretch and shape rapidly upwards.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into two black bird-shaped phantoms that were very similar in appearance to the original body, but much smaller in size and with very blurry details on their bodies.

They hovered silently on either side of the main monster, like two most loyal shadow guards.

They also exude that illusory and ominous dark aura, but their presence in this world is like a flickering candle in the wind, weak and extremely unstable, as if a slightly strong gust of wind could blow them away.

【Shadow Derivative】【1 Star】×2

[Bird/Beast/Dark/Derivative] [Attack: 0 / Defense: 0]

Tiandao Lian, who was watching the battle from the rear, was very clear that the two black bird-shaped phantoms that had just emerged on the field were limited by their own limitations.

It cannot be released as a tribute for a superior summon, nor can it be used as material for a Synchro Summon.

For his deck, which specializes in Synchro Summoning, these two tokens are basically useless cards.

However, for a duelist like You Yang, who is always adept at perfectly integrating and intertwining several summoning methods, this is undoubtedly a powerful card.

For example, it can be used for link summoning!

Just as this tactical conjecture surfaced in Tiandao Lian's mind, a dazzling burst of interwoven data light suddenly erupted in front of You Yang without warning.

In the raging wind, You Yang suddenly raised his arm and proclaimed loudly: "Appear, circuit that guides the future!"

As the command was given, a huge square array radiating holy white light, representing the connection and summoning, roared out in mid-air with a deep hum!

"The summoning condition for this monster is—two monsters, including a Tuner monster!"

You Yang's gaze was as sharp as a knife.

"I'll use the Tuner monster [Blackwing - Shadow of Karma] and one [Shadow of Karma Token] on the field as Link Materials and set them to the Link Markers of my circuits!"

As You Yang made his domineering declaration, the shadowy bird-beast with its jet-black, illusory wings, along with the blurry, derivative phantom beside it, instantly disintegrated and shattered.

They transformed into two streaks of light, one black and one white, which intertwined like two violent spiral whirlwinds and shot straight into the sky. Then, with a resolute momentum, they crashed into the connecting array that suddenly unfolded in mid-air!

"Connect the arrows to confirm—bottom left, bottom right!"

You Yang brought his two fingers together and shouted sharply.

Om-! !

The moment the red indicator arrows on both sides of the bottom of the square were instantly lit, the originally violent and disordered energy connecting the inside of the square suddenly contracted inward and cooled rapidly.

Immediately afterwards, countless fine, pure, and bone-chillingly cold ice-blue crystal powders miraculously began to fall from the sky above the battlefield, which was originally filled with a grim and scorched death aura.

Bathed in the icy light, Youyang chanted a summoning hymn aloud:

"Pure ice crystals, condensed at the bottom of the abyss, transform into a path of light that cuts through confusion!"

"With this clear and transparent power of ingenuity, let us construct the future core that guides the miracle of synchronization!"

"Connect Summon!"

"Show yourself, Link-2—[Crystal Mechanism - Inherited Fiberglass]!"

*Snap!* Ping!

With a crisp, loud sound like an ancient glacier shattering, a dazzling, ice-blue beam of light pierced through the connection circuit in mid-air without any obstruction.

Amidst a dazzling burst of icy light, a mechanical warrior, its entire body meticulously constructed from streamlined, high-strength silver-white armor and high-purity blue crystal, leaped out with a light and agile grace!

Its overall form is full of futuristic functional beauty that transcends its time. Deep in the gaps of the armor on its chest, broad shoulders and long limbs, blue crystal cores that are constantly emitting a chilling aura are firmly embedded.

It was like a cold, mechanical assassin stepping through the snow and ice, landing steadily on Youyang's position with an undeniable sense of oppression.

[Crystal Machine - Inherited Fiberglass] [LINK-2] [Water/Link/Machine Race] [Attack Power: 1500] [Link Marker: Bottom Left/Bottom Right]

"Then I immediately activated the entrance effect of [Crystal Mechanism - Inherited Fiberglass]!"

You Yang pointed directly at the ice-blue mechanical warrior ahead.

"This effect can only be activated if this card is successfully Link Summoned."

Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Tuner monster from your hand or Deck in Defense Position.

"As a restriction, the monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot activate its own effects this turn."

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As You Yang gave the order, all the ice-blue crystal cores on the silver-white streamlined body of the [Crystal Mechanism - Inherited Fiberglass] simultaneously erupted with high-frequency energy pulses.

It suddenly crouched down and slammed its cold, mechanical hand heavily onto the scorched earth.

A network of ice-blue optical fibers woven from pure energy instantly spread outwards along the ground, overcoming spatial barriers and directly and precisely locking onto the target in Youyang's deck.

A glint flashed in You Yang's eyes: "What is summoned from the deepest part of the deck is a shadow lurking in the mist!"

"Show yourself, Level 3—[Black Feather - Stealth of the Cloak]!"

Sizzle—!