"My Turn, draw!"
Yubel drew a card and sharply revealed the cards in her hand.
"Spell Card, 'Pot of Greed'! Draw two cards from my Deck!"
Yubel drew two more cards.
"Next, I change the Yubel on my field from Attack Position to Defense Position."
Yubel on the field shifted from attack to defense. A horizontal card appeared beneath her feet, while her broad bone wings crossed before her like two halves of a shield.
Yubel, DEF 0
Judai said, "You voluntarily changed to Defense Position? I see, you're using Limit Reverse's side effect?"
Yubel smiled. "Not bad, Judai. It seems you really did study properly over the past three years. You've done your homework well.
"That's right, Limit Reverse's Side Effect. This card can revive a monster with 1000 ATK or less to the field in Attack Position, but once that monster is changed to Defense Position, it must be destroyed."
She pointed at herself on the field.
"The instant I, Yubel, am changed to Defense Position, Yubel is destroyed by Limit Reverse's effect!"
The Continuous Trap that had revived Yubel now became the Fuse Line for an explosion. With a thunderous boom, Yubel was blown apart. Her body was torn to pieces by firelight, countless fragments scattering from the fireball in every direction.
Yet amid the flames of the explosion and the billowing black smoke, something far larger slowly emerged.
It was the form of The Devil. If Yubel in the First Stage had merely been covered in dragon-like skin and demonic scales while still retaining a humanoid shape, then the Second Stage signified that she had completely abandoned her human form and become a true demon.
The demon's form descended, erupting with an aura that seemed capable of ending the world. Darkness of despair and