The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

Jaden quickly threw out a spell card, "Activate Quick-Play Spell, [Fusion Deactivation]!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

In the blink of an eye, Earth Core Man split back into three heroes, and the attack reflected by the mirror fell into empty space.

【Elemental Hero Forest Knight: Attack Power 1000】

[Elemental Heroes: Explosive Lady - Attack Power 1200]

【Elemental Hero Winged Warrior: Attack Power 1000】

"Now that Core Man has disappeared, you can no longer destroy Edward's monsters."

"Quite capable..." Seeing that her counterattack had failed, Misuzu did not feel any regret.

"But I've also figured out the characteristics of your deck. As long as you lose at least one of your monsters, either Sakyo or Ukyo, your deck won't function properly!" Jaden clenched his fist and shouted sharply, "Battle continues! Forest Warrior, attack Ukyo!"

At his command, Forest Warrior bent down and crashed into him.

However, at that moment, Misuzu (left) made her move.

"Activate the Trap Card [Mirror Trap]. While Sakyo and Ukyo are on the field, set one Normal Trap Card from your Graveyard to your field. Trap Cards buried with this card can be activated this turn."

As soon as she finished speaking, Misuzu (right)'s Trap Card flew out of her graveyard and was quickly caught by Misuzu (left), who then placed it into the Spell & Trap Card slot without hesitation.

"Activate the Trap Card [Sacred Barrier - Mirror Bind] once more to destroy Forest Warrior and Discman!"

"Nani!?"

In an instant, the mirror created two copies of Forest Warrior that collided with Jaden's Forest Warrior and Edward's Disc Man.

Bang bang——!

The two monsters exploded into dust.

Seeing the Disc Man destroyed, Edward quickly flipped up his face-down card: "Activate the Trap Card [Fate Illusion]. When a monster with [Fate HERO] in its name is destroyed by your opponent's effect, Special Summon all [Fate HERO] monsters destroyed this turn."

With a flash of golden light, the disc-shaped figure that had just disappeared from the field reappeared.

[Destiny Heroes Discman: Defense 300]

"And when the Discman is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, draw two cards from your Deck."

Ed Phoenix's hand cards: 4 → 6

"As expected of you, Edward. Not only did you protect your monster, but you also used the destruction to replenish your hand."

"Hmph, it's all your fault! My [Hero of Destiny] was destroyed! You'd better reflect on your actions!"

"Hehehe, sorry, sorry..."

Jaden looked embarrassed, then said, "But more than that, you should have noticed the changes too, Ed, right?"

"Hmph, who do you think I am? How could I possibly ignore something like this..."

As Ed spoke, he first glanced at the egg, then looked up at the moon in the sky.

At this moment, it can be seen that two of the egg's eyes have opened, revealing two round mirrors. At the same time, the moon in the sky has undergone a lunar eclipse, with one side being eroded by darkness and the other no longer being full.

Ed frowned and muttered, "That's probably some kind of indicator. I have a bad feeling..."

"What exactly are they counting?"

Jaden continued, still puzzled, "I don't know what you're planning, but I have two more monsters I can use to attack. Use whatever moves you have!"

"Winged Man and Hot Girl attack Sakyo and Ukyo!"

There was no other way; neither Jaden nor Edward had any wind in their hands, so they had to just brute force their way through.

Fortunately, this attack succeeded. Sakyo, who was pierced by the arrow, and Ukyo, who was engulfed by the flames, were instantly reduced to ashes.

As the two monsters were destroyed, two more eyes on the Moon Mirror opened, revealing another inner mirror, and the moon in the sky was further eroded.

Seeing this, Jaden frowned and guessed, "Two more markers have been placed. Is it counting based on the number of destroyed monsters?"

Misuzu (left) smiled slightly and explained to Jaden, "You guessed right. The effect of the Continuous Spell [Moon Mirror] is that the moon will gradually disappear whenever a monster on the field is destroyed."

What would happen if the moon completely disappeared?

Misuzu (left) did not answer, but instead waved her arm and shouted, "Activate the Trap Card, [Soul Burial Talisman]!"

"When two or more monsters are destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can activate this card to destroy an opponent's monster that has been in battle, and Special Summon a Level 5 or higher monster from your hand or Graveyard."

"What did you say?!"

On the field, both Winged Man and Hot Girl had a curse symbol with the character 'curse' on their heads, and then they released violent electric currents.

'Ugh...!'

'Ouch...!'

Boom boom——! !

The two heroes were instantly detonated by the curse and turned to ashes.

As the two monsters wreaked havoc, the Moon Mirror opened two more mirrors, and half of the moon in the sky disappeared.

"By the effect of the [Soul Burial Symbol], I Special Summon Level 10 [Dark God] from my hand!"

The next moment, a thick, rainbow-colored beam of light shot into the sky behind Misuzu (left), and a huge eye opened, revealing a massive, pitch-black demon god before Jaden and the others.

【DarkGod: Attack Power 3000】

[Saiō Mijuchi (left) holding cards: 3→2]

"A high-level monster of level 10 with an attack power of 3000?"

"You summoned the ace monster so easily?"

Staring at the behemoth, both Jaden and Edward looked rather grim.

Jaden went through so much trouble to defeat two monsters, and now another troublesome big monster has appeared.

"Fortunately, she used up all her powerful trap cards in this battle, so it's a good thing..." Jaden didn't think too much about it and put another card on the Duel Disk: "I don't have a Normal Summoned monster this turn, so I'll Summon [Support Dog] in Defense Position. End of turn."

Support Dog: Defense 1200

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 2]

Chapter 173 Borrowing Jaden's Card

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Saiō Mijuchi (left) holding cards: 2→3]

After drawing the card, Misuzu (left) first threw out a spell card: "Heh heh, I activate [Monster Resurrection] from my hand and Special Summon Sakyo from my Graveyard in Attack Position."

[Saiō Mijuchi (left) holding cards: 3→2]

hum!

A golden light flashed across the field, and Sakyo and Ukyo were projected onto her sides.

[Platinum Shikigami - Sakyo: Attack Power 600]

[Platinum Shikigami - Ukyo: Attack Power 800]

"In the 'Resurrection of the Dead' event, it was clearly Sakyo who was resurrected, so why was Ukyo also resurrected?"

In response to Edward's question, Misuzu (left) explained: "When Sakyo is Special Summoned, he can Special Summon the Platinum Shikigami - Ukyo from the Graveyard."

'This is bad! Edward only has one [Destiny Hero] with 300 DEF on the field. We're going to lose almost half of our life points this turn!'

However, just as he was thinking this, he heard...

"【DarkGod】attacks 【Destiny Hero Disc Man】, Absolute Darkness!"

“What?!”

Although somewhat surprised, Judai quickly recovered, "Seriously! The God of Darkness cannot be attacked directly..."

At the same time, the God of Darkness slightly opened his giant eye, and a beam of pitch-black light shot out from it, hurtling towards Edward.

boom--! !

The disc-shaped figure was engulfed by black light in the blink of an eye and instantly exploded into ashes.

“Ugh—!!”

[Judai Yujo & Ed Phoenix: LP8000→7300]

The two looked puzzled after discovering that their health points had been deducted.

"What's going on? Why are my and Judai's life points being reduced?"

Miyu (left) narrowed her eyes and chuckled, “Hmph, as you all think, the Dark God cannot attack directly, but whenever this card destroys a monster by battle, it inflicts 700 damage to the opponent.”

"Furthermore, due to the monster's destruction, the [Moon Mirror] will place another marker."

The seventh mirror on the lunar mirror then opened, and the moon disappeared a little more.

"Next, the platinum shikigami, Sakyo and Ukyo, directly attacked Edward with Silver Whirlwind!"

Under her command, the two shikigami raised their 'drills' together, releasing two silver tornadoes that hurtled towards Edna.

"Uh-huh...!"

[Judai Yujo & Ed Phoenix: LP7300→5900]

"It's not over yet..."

As she spoke, she revealed another magic card.

“When you activate the Spell Card [Silver Reversal - Mirror Call], and you have Sakyo and Ukyo on your field, you can choose one Trap Card from your Graveyard to add to your hand.”

[Saiō Mijuchi (left) holding cards: 2→1]

Immediately, a Trap Card popped out of her graveyard, and that card was, of course, [Sacred Barrier - Mirror Bind].

"The mirror is restrictive, yet..."

Seeing that she had taken the card back, Jaden and the other person felt quite overwhelmed.

"Then bury a card, and the turn ends."

"So powerful! Saiou really wants you to trap me and Judai here!"

Ed gritted his teeth, looking somewhat angry.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Ed Phoenix's hand cards: 6 → 7

After drawing his card, Edward first drew a card from his hand and placed it on the Duel Disk: "I summon [Destiny HERO Devilman] in Defense Position!"

hum!

With a flash of light, the pitch-black demon hero was projected.

Destiny Heroes: Devilman - Defense 800

Ed Phoenix's hand cards: 7 → 6

Looking at the monster, Jaden nodded. "A Devilman...? It's definitely the most suitable card for breaking through the current situation..."

"Whether it's Sakyo or Ukyo, those two weak monsters, disappears from the field, you can't use your trap cards." Edward then shouted, "Devil Boy's Effect, target [Platinum Shikigami - Ukyo] and disappear for the next two turns!"

At this moment, Misutomo (right) suddenly spoke up: "Hehe, it is your own monster that is going to disappear."

"what?"

Misuzu (right) waved her arm and shouted, "Activate the counterattack trap! [Gin-gami's Direction Shift]!"

"Negatively activate monster effects that target one of your monsters, and banish that monster from the game."

The Devilman was instantly wiped off the field.

Edward clicked his tongue inwardly at this, "So, we can't continue attacking this round...?"

In that case, he has no choice but to strengthen his defenses first.

He then revealed a spell card: "Activate the spell card [Dark Factory], add two Normal Monsters from the Graveyard to your hand."

"Judai, can I borrow your card for a moment?"

Upon hearing this, Judai immediately realized what he was about to do, "Take it as you please!"

“Hmph, then I won’t be polite…” Edward continued, “Through the effect of [Dark Production Factory], I’ve added [Elemental HERO Winged Man] and [Elemental HERO Explosive Lady] from the graveyard to my hand.”