"Marik! Didn't you forget something!?"
Yugi suddenly said with a smile.
"Hmm!?"
Marik did not understand.
"Take a look at Slifer the Sky Dragon's attack power!"
Yugi reminded Marik.
At that moment, Slifer's imposing aura weakened.
[Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 14000→3500]
"How could this be!? A god's attack power dropped to only 3,500!?"
Marik was instantly shocked.
"Due to Holy Lance's effect, my Life Points are now higher than yours. Therefore, Big Benkei's effect is reversed, and the equipped monster's attack power becomes half its original attack power—3,500 points!"
Yugi explained the reason to Marik.
"Damn you, Yugi! How dare you toy with a god!"
Marik finally understood how troublesome Yugi was.
Soon, Slifer's attack descended, and this time the black mist completely dispersed.
[Yugi Muto: LP 15500→12000]
Slifer's attack was barely a scratch against Yugi's current abundance of Life Points.
"What a beautiful combination. A god may be powerful, but AIBO's strength surpasses even that of a god. It isn't the cards that are powerful, but the duelist himself, is that it!?"
Watching Slifer repeatedly suffer setbacks in Yugi's hands, the King spoke with newfound understanding.
At that moment, Marik drew a card.
"I summon Revival Slime from my hand in Defense Position."
A second slime appeared on Marik's field.
[Revival Slime: DEF 500]
"Finally, I set two cards. My turn ends."
After setting two cards, Marik declared the end of his turn.
[Marik Ishtar's hand: 7→4] [Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 3500→2000]
"During your End Phase, since Slifer the Sky Dragon's own effect only lasts for one turn, Monster Reborn's effect wears off. The god returns to the Graveyard, and the Equip Spell Big Benkei is sent to the Graveyard after losing its target."
As Yugi spoke, he placed the Equip Spell into the Graveyard.
Soon, Slifer gradually faded away, while Big Benkei on Yugi's field shattered as well.
Infinite Loop
"Big brother! Look, Yugi is dueling!"
Just as Yugi was about to draw, he suddenly heard a boy's voice from his right.
"Yu↑gi↓, I never expected you to defeat a god so quickly. As expected of an opponent I recognize."
The newcomers were Seto Kaiba and his younger brother, Kaiba Mokuba.
They had seen Slifer before arriving, but it had vanished afterward. So, President Kaiba assumed Yugi had used some method to defeat it, and seeing Yugi's enormous 12,000 Life Points only made him more certain.
"Kaiba, Mokuba!"
Yugi waved to President Kaiba and Mokuba in greeting before turning his attention back to the duel.
"My turn, draw!"
[Yugi Muto's hand: 3→4]
"I set one monster from my hand, then set one card. My turn ends."
Yugi set more cards.
[Yugi Muto's hand: 4→2]
"My turn, draw!"
[Marik Ishtar's hand: 4→5]
Marik put away the card he had drawn, then pressed a button. One of his set cards immediately flipped open.
"First, I activate the Spell Card Pot of Greed."
Discard 2 cards, then target 1 Spell Card in your Graveyard; add that card to your hand.
[Marik Ishtar's hand: 5→3]
"I add the Spell Card Monster Reborn to my hand and activate it. Rise again, Slifer the Sky Dragon!"
Slifer's enormous figure appeared behind Marik once more.
[Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 3000]
"Next, I activate Graceful Charity's effect once again and draw three cards from my Deck."
[Marik Ishtar's hand: 3→6] [Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 3000→6000]
"I see. It appears Slifer the Sky Dragon's attack power is determined by the number of cards in its controller's hand..."
President Kaiba understood Slifer's effect at once.
At that moment, Marik flipped over another set card.
"I activate the second Spell Card, 'Defense' Lockdown, changing the monster on your field in Defense Position to Attack Position."
As he spoke, Yugi's set monster flipped face-up.
—Marshmallon.
A pink puffball appeared on Yugi's field.
[Marshmallon: ATK 300]
"Another worthless weakling with low attack power!?"
Thinking of the earlier Chaos Phantom, Marik grew irritated again.
"Then I switch Revival Slime to Attack Position."
[Revival Slime: ATK 1500]
"Battle! I attack Marshmallon with Revival Slime!"
The slime charged forward and rammed Marshmallon, only to be bounced away by it.
[Yugi Muto: LP 12000→10800]
"What a shame. Marshmallon cannot be destroyed by battle."
Yugi explained with a smile.
"Tch, did you set it up specifically to block a god's attack!? Annoying little pest!"
Marik felt increasingly miserable.
"Then the attacks continue! I attack Marshmallon with Slifer the Sky Dragon! Galactic Spiral Blast!"
Slifer once again unleashed a flash of lightning that engulfed Marshmallon. Yet when the lightning faded, Marshmallon remained completely unharmed.
[Yugi Muto: LP 10800→5100]
"With that, my Battle Phase is over—"
Marik was about to end his Battle Phase when Yugi suddenly interrupted him.
"Your Battle Phase isn't over yet. The instant you attacked Marshmallon, I open my set card! I activate the Trap Card Raigeki Break!"
Discard 1 card, then target 1 card on the field; destroy it.
There is an illustration here, available after updating to the latest version.
[Yugi Muto's hand: 2→1]
"It's useless! A god is unaffected by Trap Cards!"
Marik stubbornly shouted.
"Yes, I know. That's why I'm destroying Revival Slime."
Yugi pointed at a target Marik had never expected.
"Heh heh heh, have you gone stupid!? You actually chose the immortal Revival Slime!?"
Marik mocked him.
Yugi continued by flipping open his second set card.
"It's not over yet! I chain the Continuous Trap, Summon Limit - Fierce Assaulting Monsters!"
While this card is on the field, when a monster is Special Summoned, it is changed to face-up Attack Position. If it can attack that turn, it must attack.
There is an illustration here, available after updating to the latest version.
"It's meaningless, Yugi. I was going to attack anyway..."
Marik still had not realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Revival Slime, having been destroyed, is Special Summoned once more. And due to Graceful Charity's effect, I draw three cards."
[Marik Ishtar's hand: 6→9] [Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 6000→9000]
"Then I use Revival Slime to continue attacking Marshmallon."
After reviving, the slime charged at Marshmallon again.
Yugi flipped over his final set card.
"Now! I activate the third layer of traps! I activate the Trap Card Co-op! I discard Silent Swordsman LV5 from my hand, and Marshmallon's attack power becomes equal to Silent Swordsman LV5's attack power."
[Marshmallon: ATK 300→2300] [Yugi Muto's hand: 1→0]
Marshmallon instead smashed the slime apart.
[Marik Ishtar: LP 4000→3200]
"What!?"
Marik froze on the spot.
"It's not over yet. Let me make good use of Revival Slime's immortal effect."
"According to Revival Slime's effect, when this card is destroyed, it must revive itself. At the same time, the Revival Slime Special Summoned again must continue attacking Marshmallon due to Summon Limit - Fierce Assaulting Monsters. That means..."
Yugi did not continue.
"Hiss—! That means a terrifying Infinite Loop combo has been completed. This duel's victor has already been decided."
Seeing this, President Kaiba sharply inhaled.
"How could this be!? An invincible Infinite Loop!?"
Marik was dumbfounded.
Yugi is this strong now!? And his dueling style seems to have changed a great deal.
President Kaiba could not help thinking.
After that, the slime revived again and again, only to kill itself again and again.
[Marik Ishtar: LP 3200→2400→1600→800→0]
In the end, Yugi won the duel.
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