"Rank 7 Xyz?" Kira probed.
Yamada Ken kept a cold face and did not answer.
"Don't think this leaves me helpless." He revealed another card from his hand. "I activate the Spell Card 'Shuffle Reborn'!
If I control no monsters, I Special Summon 1 monster from my Graveyard.
Rise again, Transformable Mechbeast - Gunner Dragon!"
Gunner Dragon rose again, but this time it looked even more exhausted. Its mechanical claws struggled out through the mist of the Graveyard. Its armor was covered in irreparable cracks, and exposed circuits pulsed like veins, constantly bursting with dangerous blue-violet sparks. Unstable energy churned like furious thunderclouds. Every movement triggered the metallic wail of armor plates shifting out of place across its body.
When it let out a roar mingled with electrical static, the red light in its eye sockets flickered erratically, as though it might explode into a brilliant electronic firework along with its entire body at any second.
[Transformable Mechbeast - Gunner Dragon, ATK 2800]
"The effects of monsters Special Summoned by this effect are negated, and they must be Banished during the End Turn. But they can still be used as Xyz Materials."
Yamada Ken spoke coldly.
"Next, I Normal Summon the second 'Transformable Mechbeast - Gunner Dragon' from my hand!"
The second Gunner Dragon appeared, but after being Normal Summoned, electricity crackled all over its body as well. It looked as though it had short-circuited and might explode or shut down at any moment.
[Transformable Mechbeast - Gunner Dragon, ATK 2800 → ATK 1400]
"You still managed to gather two materials." Kira nodded in acknowledgment. "That couldn't have been easy for you."
"Cut the crap! Your days of arrogance end here!"
Yamada Ken shouted.
"I overlay two Level Seven 'Transformable Mechbeast - Gunner Dragons'! I construct