Chapter 107
"The opponent is... it's Kajiki-kun!?"
"No way, they matched up so quickly?"
"Duel!!" ×2
[Yugi Muto: LP4000]
[Kajiki Ryota: LP4000]
Kajiki then drew a card from his deck first, "I'll go first, draw!"
[Kajiki Ryota's hand cards: 5→6]
"Hey, here we go! Yugi, I'll show you how good I am right away."
As he spoke, he slammed a card onto the Duel Disk.
"First, I summon [Electric Jellyfish] from my hand in Defense Position."
After a flash of light, a jellyfish crackling with electricity was projected.
[Electric Jellyfish: Defense 1700]
"Then activate the special effect of this [Electric Jellyfish]."
You can activate this effect by sending 1 [Sea] card from your hand, Deck, or face-up cards on your field to the Graveyard. Special Summon 1 WATER monster from your hand.
"Come meet your old rival, Yugi. I send [Legendary City: Atlantis], whose card name is [Sea], from my deck to the graveyard, and Special Summon [Sea Dragon God - Leviathan] from my hand!"
Then a giant blue sea dragon appeared.
[Sea Dragon God - Leviathan: Attack Power 2000]
[Kajiki Ryota's hand cards: 6 → 4]
"Poseidon Dragon..."
The Yugi softly said the name of the card. This card was different from the original blank card; it had a rather good special effect.
Kajiki then said to the Yugi, "[Sea Dragon God - Leviathan] is different from the [Sea Dragon God] before its evolution; it possesses extremely powerful effects."
As long as this card contains [Sea], each player can only control 1 face-up monster other than WATER monsters (if either player controls 2 or more face-up monsters other than WATER monsters, they must be sent to the Graveyard until they become 1).
This effect is quite powerful, directly limiting the Yugi to only one monster on the field at a time.
And that's not all.
"Then I activated another ability of [Sea Dragon God - Leviathan]."
This effect can only be activated during your Main Phase. Add 1 of the following cards from your Deck to your hand.
●[sea]
●[Sea Dragon God] Spell/ Trap Card
●[Diving] Spell/ Trap Card
"I choose to add [Submarine Ambush] to my hand."
[Kajiki Ryota's hand cards: 4→5]
After receiving the card, Kajiki inserted it into the Duel Disk along with the other card he had in his hand.
"Finally, cover two more cards, and the turn ends."
After revealing two face-down cards at his feet, he declared the end of his turn.
[Kajiki Ryota's hand cards: 5 → 3]
"Kajiki's deck has indeed been greatly strengthened; it's much stronger than before. Watch out, AIBO."
"Um."
The Yugi clearly understands the strength of the opponent's deck.
Although it's not particularly impressive in the physical card market, the combination of a counter, a suppressor, and two face-downs still presents a bit of a challenge for him.
Chapter 149 Stage Rotation
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]
The instant he drew a card in the Yugi, Kajiki Ryota quickly pressed the button, "Open face-down card, Continuous Trap [Submarine Ambush]."
As an effect of activating this card, you can select 1 [Sea] from your hand or Graveyard to activate this effect.
"I will activate [The Legendary City: Atlantis] in the cemetery."
Once the field is activated, the cards on Kajiki's field will activate their effects, which will cause a lot of trouble.
So, in order to stop him, Yugi immediately inserted the card he was holding into the Duel Disk.
"At that very moment, I unleashed the Quick-Play Spell [Stage Rotation] from my hand!"
Choose two Field Spell Cards with different names from your Deck. Set one of them to your field and the other to your opponent's field. As long as any of the cards set by this effect are set in the Field Zone, neither player can activate or set any other Field Spell Card.
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6 → 5]
"What did you say!?"
The Yugi then selected two cards from the deck.
"Kajiki-kun, this is the card you need to set to face-down on your field..."
As he spoke, he tossed one of the cards to Kajiki.
The latter caught it and took a look--
--[Chaos Field].
"Field Spell [Chaos Field], as an effect that resolves when this card is activated, you must add one [Chaos Warrior] Ritual Monster or [Dark Magician Knight Gaia] Monster from your Deck to your hand."
"But Kajiki-kun doesn't have those cards in his deck, so you can't activate this card."
In other words, Kajiki's field area has been effectively sealed off, preventing the field, which is the core of the deck, from activating, and thus essentially restricting the entire deck surrounding the field.
"That was a brilliant move, AIBO!"
King was amazed by this move.
While this is a classic technique in the real-world card game environment, no one in this world would have thought it could be done this way.
"Really?! Is this for real?! You managed to subdue me with just one card?!"
Kajiki broke out in a cold sweat; the Yugi had given him a rude awakening right from the start.
Furthermore, the Yugi involves flipping over the face-down cards in one's own area.
"Then I activated the Field Spell [Gaia the Force Breaker] and its effect."
You can activate this effect by revealing 1 [Dark Magician Knight Gaia] monster from your hand to your opponent. Add 1 Level 5 Dragon-Type monster from your Deck to your hand.
Then, Yugi flipped over a card and said, "[Magician of Black Chaos Knight Gaia] is considered a [Dark Magician Knight Gaia] monster according to the rules, therefore, based on the effect of [Gaia the Force Breaker], I added [Infernal Flame Dragon] from my deck to my hand."
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]
"Curse of Dragon...?"
Kajiki remembered that back in the Duelist Kingdom, he was defeated by Yugi using this card.
The Yugi then places a card from the hand onto the Duel Disk, "And then I Normal Summon [Magician of Black Chaos Knight Gaia] from my hand."
After a flash of light on the field, a cavalryman riding a dark red warhorse and wearing a cloak was projected onto the scene.
[Magician of Black Chaos Knight Gaia: Attack Power 2300]
"What's going on? Why was this monster summoned without any offerings?"
Kajiki looked at the knight in front of him with a puzzled expression.
"That's because of [Magician of Black Chaos Knight Gaia]'s own special effects."
This card can be Summoned without Tribute if you control no monsters or your opponent controls a monster with 2300 or more ATK.
"And the instant it appeared, another ability activated!"
This effect can be activated if this card is Normal or Special Summoned. Special Summon 1 Level 5 Dragon monster from your hand or Graveyard in Defense Position.
"Come forth, [Infernal Flame Dragon]!"
As soon as the Yugi's sound ended, a crimson dragon appeared.
[Infernal Flame Dragon: Defense 1500]
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6 → 4]
"In this way, I can activate the special effect of [Infernal Flame Dragon] and send the Polymerization Materials containing this card to the Graveyard for Polymerization."
"Merge, [Magician of Black Chaos Knight Gaia] and [Infernal Flame Dragon]!"
The knight then dismounted from his warhorse and leaped onto the back of the Curse of Dragon.
"Fusion Summon, appear! [Gaia the Dragon Champion]!"
[Gaia the Dragon Champion: Attack Power 2600]
The Yugi then removed the deck, "It's not over yet. The effect of the Special Summoned [Gaia the Dragon Champion] activates, adding one [Spiral Spear Strike] from the Deck or Graveyard to your hand."
"I add this card from my deck to my hand and activate it immediately."
Without hesitation, he inserted the card he had received into the Duel Disk.
After that, Yugi immediately launched an attack. "Battle begins! [Gaia the Dragon Champion] attacks [Sea Dragon - Leviathan], Spiral Spear Strike!"
"At this moment, due to the effect of the Field Spell [Gaia the Force Breaker], while I have [Dragon Knight Gaia] present, the opponent cannot activate its effect during the battle phase."
"Furthermore, [Gaia the Dragon Champion]'s other ability has been activated, changing the target's appearance!"
[Poseidon-Leviathan: Defense 1700]
"Are you stupid? A monster in Defense Position won't let me get hurt..."
Before Kajiki could finish speaking, the Dragon Knight pierced Leviathan with a single spear thrust.
Bang--!
[Kajiki Ryota: LP4000→3100]
"What!?"
Kajiki's face froze instantly as he watched his health points decrease, momentarily confused.
Could it be that the Dragon Knight has a piercing effect?
Of course not.
The Yugi then explains, "Due to the effect of the Continuous Spell [Spiral Spear Strike], [Dragon Knight Gaia] deals Piercing Damage to you when attacking a defense monster."
"Oh, I see."
"And because this card's effect applies to situations where [Dragon Knight Gaia] deals damage to the opponent, you can activate another effect of this card to draw two cards from your deck and then discard one card from your hand."
The Yugi immediately draws two cards from their deck, then, after a moment's thought, puts the other card from their hand into the graveyard.
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"So strong! You've become so strong that you easily overpowered me in just a short time!"
Of course, Kajiki was able to beat the Yugi at the beginning simply because he made too many wild guesses back then, like hiding monsters in the sea, which was pretty far-fetched.
However, this was because the rules were not perfect back then. Now, the competition is based on skill, not eloquence.
"Finally, set two cards face down; turn ends."
After two face-down cards appeared at the player's feet, the Yugi ended the player's turn.
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5 → 3]