Chapter 163
"That concludes my turn."
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 3 → 2]
The moment the Yugi was declared over, Bakura seized the opportunity to open the face-down card.
"In your final phase, I'm activating the Continuous Trap [Spirit Channeling's Board] once more!"
With this card activated again, the Spirit Channeling's Board reappeared on his field.
Furthermore, the indicator on the Spirit Channeling's Board moved slightly and then pointed to the letter "D".
Suddenly, a ball of will-o'-the-wisp displaying the letter "D" appeared on the field.
"Then, since it's still your final phase, the [Spirit Channeling's Board] effect activates."
"Place [Death Message"E"] from your deck onto the field."
The indicator on the Spirit Channeling's Board moved again, quickly pointing to the letter "E," and a will-o'-the-wisp with the letter "E" appeared to the right of "D."
Bakura sneered, "Hmph~, the countdown for the [Spirit Channeling's Board] has finally begun again!"
He refused to believe it was bad luck; he thought he could fail again after trying so many times.
Chapter 231 The Morphing Jar
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Bakura's hand: 1 → 2]
Bakura looked at his hand and burst into triumphant laughter, "Hahahaha! That's the end of the Yugi!"
"What..."
The Yugi player raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious about what the other player had drawn.
Bakura stared at the card in his hand and then said, "What a pity. With this card, the [Dragon of Ruin Gandora] you just got from your deck is completely useless. It's a shame you went to all that trouble to prepare it."
After saying that, he placed the card face down on the Duel Disk.
"I'll set this monster on the field first..."
After a face-down card is revealed in the front row, he plays his other card.
"Then I draw the Spell Card [Book of Sun] from my hand."
Choose 1 monster that is face-down on the field and change it to face-up Attack Position.
[Bakura's hand: 2 → 0]
"Using the effect of this card, I flipped the monster I just set on the field."
"Appear, [Morphing Jar]!"
As the card was flipped, a stone pot was revealed, inside which appeared a large eye and a large mouth.
[Morphing Jar: Attack Power 700]
Jonouchi alarm, "Oh no! It's that monster, [Morphing Jar]! I remember its effect is..."
Bakura sneered, "At this moment, the [Morphing Jar]'s reverse effect activates!"
If this card is flipped face-up, activate this effect. Players with cards in their hand discard all of those cards. Both players draw 5 cards from their decks.
Anzu looked worried. "So that means the Yugi's [Dragon of Ruin Gandora] is going to be discarded?!"
Jonouchi: "Ah, that's how it is..."
The Yugi paused for a moment, revealing a hint of reluctance.
However, according to the rules, he still has to discard it.
So after discarding the two cards in his hand, he and his opponent drew five cards from their decks.
"Degeneration!!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→5]
[Bakura's hand: 0 → 5]
The Yugi player glanced at the five cards that had been added to the deck, and his eyes widened when he saw the card in his hand.
Although the Destruction Dragon is gone...
"But having this card would achieve the same effect..."
As he was thinking this, Bakura revealed his second Spell Card.
"Spell Card [Double Summon], I can perform a second summon this turn."
"By offering the [Morphing Jar] on the field as a sacrifice, summon the [Diabound Kernel]!"
The Morphing Jar vanished from the field, and a grayish-white demon with a snake's lower body appeared. It had two pairs of wings, but its tail was not a snake's tail; instead, it had a snake's head at the end of its tail.
[Diabound Kernel: Attack Power 1800]
[Bakura's hand: 5 → 3]
Jonouchi: "Diabound... is this the same monster we faced in another Yugi? It's appeared here too?"
Anzu: "Be careful, Yugi."
Upon hearing this, Yugi -Oh nodded and remained vigilant towards the enemy.
At this moment, Bakura no longer hesitated and immediately launched an attack.
"Go! [Diabound Kernel], attack [Silent Swordsman LV5]!"
At his command, a ball of energy gathered between the demon's hands.
"And at that very moment, the special ability of the [Diabound Kernel] activated."
This effect activates when this card declares an attack. This card gains 600 ATK.
Adding 600 to 1800 increases the attack power to 2400, which is just enough to break the Silent Swordsman.
So the Yugi wouldn't sit idly by; it immediately waved its arms and shouted, "I won't let you succeed! Activate the card, [Holy Shield - Mirror Force]!"
"Destroy all Attack Position monsters on your opponent's field."
As the card was flipped open, it burst forth with a brilliant light that illuminated the entire space.
"Hmm..."
The Yugi's special effects were so dazzling that everyone could hardly open their eyes. (Leader Zuo silently gave a thumbs up.)
Despite the intense light, Bakura shouted, "Stop with these little tricks! [Diabound Kernel] activates another effect!"
You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; that monster's ATK decreases by this card's ATK until the end of this turn. After that, this card is banished until the next Standby Phase. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn.
"With the effect of [Diabound Kernel] attached to [Silent Swordsman LV5], attack power is reduced by 1800 points."
Diabound transformed into a wisp of black mist, passing through the intense light and covering the Silent Swordsman's hand.
[Silent Swordsman LV5: Attack Power 2300 → 500]
"In that case, the only monster I need to destroy on the field is [Evil Spirit of Annihilation]."
As soon as he finished speaking, the light from the Holy Reversal became even more intense.
Boom--!!
The evil spirit was instantly pulverized by the intense light of the Holy Reflection.
After the light faded, Bakura continued, "Hmph, that's how you Yugi your [Holy Shield - Mirror Force] on the field."
"But my turn isn't over yet..."
With that, he pressed the button on the Duel Disk, "Activate the face-down card, Continuous Trap [Death Sentence]!"
You can target any Fiend-type monster in your Graveyard or banished monsters, up to the number of [Spirit Channeling's Board] and [Death Message] cards you control; add those monsters to your hand.
"I added [Evil Spirit of Annihilation] from the graveyard to my hand."
[Bakura's hand: 3 → 4]
"That concludes my turn."
He simply left the field empty and announced the end of his round.
At this moment, the Yugi spoke up, "Since you declared the end of the turn, the effect of [Diabound Kernel] on [Silent Swordsman LV5] has ended, and attack power has been restored to its original state."
The black mist covering the Silent Swordsman then dissipated.
[Silent Swordsman LV5: Attack Power 500 → 2300]
He then drew a card from his deck.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]
Before the Yugi could even check the card in his hand, Bakura on the opponent's side spoke up, "During your Standby Phase, [Diabound Kernel], which was banished last turn, returns to my field due to its own effect."
As soon as he finished speaking, the black mist drifted back to his field and then reformed into a grayish-white half-snake demon.
[Diabound Kernel: Attack Power 1800]
Chapter 232 Brilliant Light Flash
After Diabound returned to the field, Bakura waved his arm again and shouted, "It's not over yet! The other effect of the Continuous Trap [Death Sentence] has activated!"
You can activate this effect by sending this card from your Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard. Choose 1 [Death Message] card from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard and treat it as the effect of [Spirit Channeling's Board] to appear in your Spell & Trap Zone.
Bang!
The Continuous Trap next to him shattered instantly.
"Using this card's effect, I place [Death Message"H"] from my deck onto the field."
As soon as he finished speaking, the indicator on the Spirit Channeling's Board moved to the letter "H".
Then, a will-o'-the-wisp appeared two letters to the right of the letter "E", and the letter "H" appeared on it.
Upon seeing this, Jonouchi and Anzu's expressions changed drastically.
"Oh no, this means Bakura only has two pieces of Death Message left to collect."
"Yugi..."
Seeing their reactions, Bakura said maliciously, "That leaves you with only two rounds left, Yugi!"
In this tense moment, the Yugi laughed instead, "Heh, no need for so many, just one round is enough to crack it."
"Wow, so confident?"
Under the intrigued gaze of Bakura.
The Yugi involves flipping up the face-down card at the player's feet. "First, I open the face-down card, and activate the Continuous Trap [Limit Reverse]. Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard with 1000 or less ATK in Attack Position."
"Come on, [Macaron Marshmallon]!"
Buzz--!!
In a flash of light, the figure of Macaron Marshmallon appeared on his field.
[Macaron Marshmallon: Attack Power 200]
He then picked up a card from his hand and inserted it directly into the Duel Disk, saying, "Next, I activate the Spell Card [Magic Box of Death] from my hand."
You can activate this effect by targeting one monster each on your and your opponent's field. Destroy that opponent's monster. After that, control of that opponent's monster is transferred to your opponent.
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6 → 5]
As the cards were activated, a magic box appeared on each player's field.
"Using the effect of the [Magic Box of Death], destroy the [Diabound Kernel] and transfer control of the [Macaron Marshmallon] to you."
The effects of the Magic Box of Death and Macaron Marshmallon are quite compatible. Not only can it destroy the opponent's monsters, but the Macaron that has been moved to the opposite side can also be destroyed by the attack of your own monster, allowing it to activate its effect and pull out two more Macarons.
Upon realizing this, Bakura clicked his tongue inwardly.
"Hmph, I won't let you succeed! [Diabound Kernel] activates again!"
"By banishing this card for one turn, [Silent Swordsman LV5] loses 1800 ATK this turn."
Diabound once again transformed into black mist, enveloping the Silent Swordsman.