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

After scanning his hand, Yusei quickly came up with an idea: "First, I activate the Spell Card [One-on-One] from my hand. By sending one monster card from my hand to the Graveyard, I Special Summon a Level 1 monster from my hand or Deck."

After throwing the [Level Stealing Bug] into the graveyard, he continued, "Due to this effect, I Special Summon [Jet Synchron] from my Deck."

"Then I summon [Star Dragon], and according to the effect of [Star Dragon], when this card is successfully summoned, it can increase the Level of one monster on the field other than this card by 2 until the end of the turn. Therefore, [Jet Synchron] is raised from Level 1 to Level 3."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 6 → 3]

Rudger sneered upon hearing this, "Hmph~, a level seven Synchro Summon? What can you summon with materials like that?"

As far as he knew, Yusei's Level 7 Synchro Monsters posed little threat to him. The only troublesome one was Luna Dragon, but that card had already been given to Izayoi Aki long ago.

Just as he had guessed, Yusei didn't summon any powerful Synchro Monsters next: "I'll use a Level 4 Starlight Dragon to Synchro Summon a Level 3 Jet Synchro!"

"Summon Synchro! Appear, [Lightning Warrior]!"

With a flash of lightning, a blond warrior in white armor solidified within the lightning and landed in front of Yusei.

[Lightning Warrior: Attack Power 2400]

"Due to the effect of [Jet Synchron] used for Synchro Summoning, I added [Junk Synchron] to my hand from my deck."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3 → 4]

Then his gaze turned to the graveyard, "I activate the effect of [Level Thief Bug] again. When this card is in the graveyard, you can reduce the Level of any monster you control that is Level 5 or higher by 1 and Special Summon it... I reduce [Lightning Soldier] from Level 7 to Level 6, and Special Summon [Level Thief Bug] from the graveyard in Defense Position."

"Finally, set one more card face down to end the turn."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 4 → 3]

Watching Yusei quickly end his turn, Crow frowned and said, "Using [Lightning Warrior] as your opening move, are you serious?"

Lightning Warrior has no resistance or countermeasures, so summoning such a monster first is really not like Yusei's style.

Looking at Yusei's only face-down card in the backcourt, Aki comforted him, "It's okay! Yusei must have a strategy ready!"

Although he couldn't see through Yusei's intentions, Rudger had nothing to fear with only one face-down card.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Ludger Godwin's hand cards: 5→6]

"Appear, Dark Adjustment [DT Spider Cocoon]!"

As Rudger slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, a black mist suddenly appeared in the front field, and a cocoon-shaped spider resembling a ball of yarn emerged from the darkness.

"This monster can be Special Summoned when your opponent controls a monster but you do not... I will then Normal Summon [Dark Spider]."

[Ludger Godwin's hand cards: 6→4]

"This [Dark Spider] can raise the Level of one Insect-Type monster on your field by 2 stars before the End Phase. I'll raise the Level of [DT Spider Cocoon] from 5 to 7..."

"I used a level 1 [Dark Spider] to dark-tune a level 7 [DT Spider Cocoon]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the spider cocoon instantly transformed into seven orbs of light and injected them all into the green spider's body. One of them canceled out the star of the dark spider itself, and then the remaining six were twisted into black stars by the power of the underworld.

"When darkness overlaps with darkness, the gates of the underworld will open; go to that world without light!"

"Dark Synchro! Appear, [Arachne of the Underworld]!"

A flash of black light revealed a dark figure lurking in the shadows, with several red eyes opening in the darkness.

The next moment, a spider woman with the lower half of a giant spider dispelled the darkness and revealed herself to everyone.

[Arakne of the Underground: Attack Power 2400]

"Has it arrived, Dark Synchro Monster...?"

It's another monster that Yusei knows about, but he wonders if the effect will be the same as he expects this time.

At that moment, Rudger waved his hand and shouted, "Activate the effect of [Arachne of the Underground]!"

"Once per turn, you can equip one monster on your opponent's field as an Equip Card for [Underground Arachne]... Equip [Lightning Warrior] as an Equip Card, and use the Net of Capture!"

Then, the spider woman's lower body opened its spider mouth, and a sliver of spider silk shot out, just as the lightning warrior was about to be captured by the enemy...

Just then, Yusei decisively pressed the button to set the card: "Don't even think about it! Activate the Trap Card [Synchro Barrier], by releasing one Synchro Monster on your field, reduce all damage you take to 0 until the end of the next turn!"

In an instant, the Lightning Warrior's body transformed into a green barrier, protecting Yushin, while the spider silk shot into the air.

"What?!" Seeing that the attack missed, Rudger gritted his teeth in anger: "Although it can't harm you, monsters can still be destroyed... I'll use [Underground Arakne] on [Level Stealing Bug]!"

After the one-star ladybug is smashed to pieces, Rudger sets two cards in his hand to the back row: "Now your field is empty... Set two cards face down to end this turn."

[Ludger Godwin's hand cards: 4→2]

"It seems I was the first to summon my ace."

"what?"

Although Yusei's stadium was empty, he had already achieved his goal.

"My turn!"

Yusei flipped his wrist and saw the card in his hand. A slight smile appeared on his lips, because he had obtained the key card!

So he grabbed another card from his hand and threw it out: "I activate the Spell Card [Necromantic Synchro], and Special Summon from my Extra Deck one Tuner monster and up to two non-Tuner monsters from my Graveyard, and negate the effects of one [Stardust] Synchro Monster with the same total Levels."

Rudger scoffed at this, "Hmph, the same trick you used in your duel with that guy? But the monsters in your graveyard aren't high enough to reach level 10, so you can't summon Stardust Warriors."

"Then I'll summon the others, except for the Level 4 [Starlight Dragon], the Level 7 [Lightning Striker], and the Level 1 Tuner [Jet Synchronizer]..."

Chapter Seventy-Four: Sacred Dragon Stardust - Zero

"A total of twelve stars!? Do Synchro Monsters like that even exist?"

Faced with Rudger's questioning, Yusei calmly drew an extra card from the Extra Deck, "A Stardust Synchro Monster that meets the requirements certainly exists, and there is only one..."

"O stars that adorn the ancient sky, transform into divine rain and purify the world!"

"Level 12 Super Arrival, [Saint Guang Divine Dragon Stardust Zero]!"

As the sound faded, a beam of divine light shattered the barrier and shot from the cosmos, instantly illuminating the dark space. Accompanied by a thunderous dragon roar, a massive, silver-white holy dragon with twelve wings appeared in mid-air.

'roar--!!'

【Saintly Dragon Stardust Zero: Attack Power 4000】

Everyone present was stunned as they stared at the colossal dragon that exuded such majestic power.

Qiu: "Level 12, attack power 4000... The best in the country (amazing)!"

Crow: "To summon such an incredible dragon... Wow, Yusei!"

Yusei looked up at the top-tier 12-star leader he had finally summoned through a roundabout means, a look of pleasure on his face.

How do you say "satisfied"? Satisfied!

"【Saint Dragon Stardust Zero】cannot be Special Summoned unless Synchro Summoned, but the Special Summon of 【Necromantic Synchro】 is considered a Synchro Summon, therefore this card's appearance is valid."

“I see…” Upon hearing this, Rudger said with a grim expression, “But in that case, this dragon can’t refresh its effects through Special Summoning like the Stardust Warriors… The result is just summoning a monster whose only redeeming quality is its attack power. A monster like that can’t beat me!”

"The listed Vadokana!"

"Nani?!"

"There's more than one way to refresh monster effects..."

As Yusei spoke, he played another magic card from his hand.

"I activate the Continuous Spell [Warp Matter Return Device] from my hand. Once per turn, this card targets one monster on the field and banishes it. The banished monster immediately returns to the field. This effect is not a Special Summon, therefore I banish [Sacred Dragon Stardust Zero]!"

With a flash of light, a subspace matter teleportation device was revealed, and then the device shot a beam of energy towards the Holy Dragon.

In the blink of an eye, the dragon was sent to the subspace, and then teleported back the next second.

Yusei: "Since Zero left the field once, His effect was activated."

"Tch, quite a few tricks up their sleeves...!" Rudger scoffed upon hearing this.

“It’s not over yet…” Yusei then slammed the card onto the Duel Disk: “I’ll summon the Tuner Monster ‘Junk Synchron’ and activate this card’s effect to Special Summon ‘Level Thief Bug’ from my Graveyard in Defense Position.”

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3 → 1]

"Use a level 1 [Level Thief Bug] to upgrade a level 3 [Scrap Synchron]!"

"Synchronization Summon! Appear, [Weapon Gloves]!"

In an instant, a green light rose, and a mechanical arm flew out from the light.

"Due to the effect of the [Weapon Gloves], I use myself as an equipment card to equip zero equipment, increasing my attack power by 1000 points."

【Sacred Dragon Stardust Zero: Attack Power 4000 → 5000】

Upon seeing this, the crow immediately perked up and exclaimed, "Yosh! The effect of the [Weapon Glove] is that when the equipped monster destroys another monster in battle, it deals damage to the opponent equal to the destroyed monster's ATK!"

Qiu: "If Zero's attack succeeds, it will deal a total of 5000 damage, achieving a one-shot kill..."

Yusei glanced at the opposing backline and, without hesitation, gave the order: "Battle begins! [Saint Dragon Stardust Zero] attacks [Underground Arakne], Supernova Strike!!"

The starlight suddenly gathered on the blue jewel on the chest of the Holy Dragon, and in the next moment it burst out like a shooting star.

boom--! ! !

With a deafening roar, Rudger and the spider were swallowed by the starlight.

"Did you succeed?"

However, when the light faded, the Spider Woman remained standing firmly on Rudger's field, and Rudger's life points did not change at all.

Yusei took a closer look and discovered that his opponent had opened a trap card in their back row.

Rudger sneered, "Hmph, what a pity!"

"At the moment you attacked, I activated the Trap Card 'Shield of Conspiracy'. Based on this card's effect, I equipped this card as an Equip Card to 'Arachne of the Underground'. As long as the equipped monster is in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn, and all battle damage inflicted on me by the equipped monster during battle is reduced to 0."

Since the monster was not destroyed, the weapon gloves naturally did not activate, so Rudger was not harmed at all.

Yusei frowned slightly and then said, "Then I will activate the effect of [Level Stealing Bug] again, lower Zero's level from 12 to 11, and Special Summon myself from the Graveyard in Defense Position."

"Set down another card, and the turn ends."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 1 → 0]

"My turn!"

[Ludger Godwin's hand cards: 2→3]

Rudger glanced at the card he had drawn, and a smile immediately appeared on his lips: "Hmph~, God has come to my side."

Yusei narrowed his eyes: "A planet-bound god...?!"

"Exactly! But before the gods descend, I will first clear away the obstacles before them... I will activate the effect of [Arakne of the Underground] once more, equipping [Sacred Dragon Stardust Zero] as an Equip Card, and then use the Net of Capture!"

A little spider trying to catch a giant dragon is like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

Yusei waved his hand and said sharply, "It's useless, activate the monster effect of [Saint Dragon Stardust Zero]!"

"Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster's effect, you can negate that effect and destroy one card on the field."

Upon hearing this, Ludger's eyelids twitched violently: "What did you say!?"

It's a monster combo with absolutely no restrictions? And after the combo, you can destroy any card you want?

"I nullify and destroy the effect of [Arachne of the Underground], Holy Word of Waves!"

'Roar! '

With a dragon's roar, the Holy Dragon summoned a green magic circle; this must be the legendary dragon language magic.

A beam of holy light shot out from the center of the magic circle. The spider monster from the underworld was naturally unable to withstand the baptism of the holy light and instantly turned into ashes with a bang.

Ludger: "Hmm, Arachne has actually been defeated... But with that, the effect of your trump card monster has been completely exposed!"

Chapter 75 The Truth from 17 Years Ago

"The temptation is over; now is the time for God to descend!"

Rudger excitedly pressed the button on the Duel Disk: "Activate the Trap Card [Dragon Storm Return], because of this card's effect I can choose to banish one of my or my opponent's monsters to Special Summon to my field, I Special Summon [Lightning Warrior]."

A passage opened beside him, and Yusei's Lightning Warrior was immediately blasted onto Rudger's field.

Everyone was greatly surprised to see this.

Aki: "Yusei's monster has appeared on the enemy's field!?"

Crow: "What exactly is that guy trying to do?"