"What do you think?"
Judai looked at the enraged Vetrix, his tone somewhat uncertain.
"Was Kira deliberately trying to provoke him?"
Yubel snorted and turned her head away. "Really? I think he was usually about this annoying."
"Ahaha, Kira is really good at making people angry." Judai tilted his head. "But this time, it still feels like he was being more deliberate."
Yubel said nothing, though she also felt that seemed to be the case.
"I activate the Spell Card 'Heraldic Advancement'!" Vetrix declared. "This card allows me to use Monsters in my Graveyard as materials to Xyz Summon an Xyz Monster!" (anime effect)
The real card mostly retained this effect, allowing the Special Summoning of Monsters from the Graveyard and using those two Monsters as materials for an Xyz Summon. However, the real card restricted it to "Heraldic Beast" Monsters and allowed a maximum of only two materials. The anime version had no restrictions on either archetype or quantity. It was utterly overpowered.
For instance, three cards shot out from Vetrix's Graveyard in rapid succession.
"From my Graveyard, I Overlay the level four 'Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon,' 'Harpie's Pet Dragon,' and 'Heraldic Beast Twin-Headed Eagle'!
I construct the Overlay Network with three Monsters and Xyz Summon!"
Crimson trails of fire tore through space from nothingness. The number "NO.69" burned into existence in the scorching air, every stroke flowing with dark-red light like molten lava. Scorching sparks poured down like a torrential rain, and the ground cracked beneath the intense heat, leaving spiderweb-like scorch marks.
"Appear, NO.69, my ultimate ace ignited by my own rage!
Heraldry Patriarch, Shield of Arms!!!"
Countless scarlet particles emerged from the void, like stardust drawn by an invisible gravitational force, frantically collapsing toward the center of the burning number. Their collisions erupted with thunderous booms,