Boom!
A massive beam of white light blasted from Cyber Twin Dragon's mouth. Unicore of the Ice Barrier vanished within the light before it could even let out a scream.
The tremendous impact sent Nero's petite body flying through the air like a kite with its string cut, before she crashed hard onto the ground.
Fortunately, the stadium's turf was specially made elastic grass. Otherwise, Nero would probably have had to end the duel right then.
Nero LP: 4000 → 700
Facing the little girl covered in injuries from the fall, Kiritani Aki showed no mercy. Once someone stepped onto the dueling field, there was no distinction between men, women, young, or old. He said coldly, "Next, since Unicore of the Ice Barrier is no longer on the field, Cyber Twin Dragon's effect lets it attack twice this turn!"
"Cyber Twin Dragon! Attack Hand of the Six Samurai!"
That meant he had won!
Just as that thought surfaced in Kiritani Aki's mind, Nero slowly raised her tiny hand and flipped over a Set Card in her Duel Disk. In her soft, cool voice, she said:
"Chain."
"I activate the Trap Card—Emergency Ritual Art. When there are no Ritual Monsters on my field, I can activate this card by banishing 1 Ritual Spell Card from my hand or Graveyard. This card's effect becomes the same as that Ritual Spell Card's Ritual Summon effect when activated."
"I banish the Ritual Spell Card—Ritual of Descension—from my Graveyard. Then, I tribute Hand of the Six Samurai on my field and Amanogawa in my hand to Ritual Summon, in Defense Position—Soul Bird Deity, Peacock."
"What? A Ritual Summon during the opponent's turn?!"
"Wait, I remember Peacock's effect returns monsters to the hand, right? Then..."
Nero raised two pale fingers and pointed at the