Chapter 178
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]
After glancing at the card in his hand, Yugi drew a card and slammed it onto the Duel Disk. "First, I summon [Green Gear] from my hand in Attack Position."
A flash of light appeared, and a green gear robot was projected.
[Green Gear: Attack Power 1400]
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6 → 5]
"Using the monster effect of [Green Gear], I added [Red Gear] to my hand from my deck."
The Yugi then places the Red Gear retrieved into the graveyard along with the Green Gear on the field.
"By sending your hand and two [Parts] monsters on the field to the Graveyard as a price, Special Summon [Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator] from your hand in Attack Position."
The Green Gear on the field vanished instantly, and then a purple-gold mechanical giant, steaming from its body, appeared on his field.
[Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator: Attack Power 2500]
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5 → 4]
Looking at the mechanical giant, Atem's lips curled into a slight smile. "A high-level monster with an attack power of 2500... Going all out right from the start, AIBO?"
The Yugi chuckled. "Ah, after all, the opponent is Other Me."
So he swung his hand and shouted, "Go! [Activate the Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator's special ability!]"
Once per turn, you can target 1 card on the field other than this card; destroy that card.
Upon hearing this effect, King's pupils contracted. "What?! It's a card destruction effect with no activation cost?!"
The Yugi then pointed to a face-down card at his feet, saying, "Destroy the face-down card on the left..."
Bang!
The card beneath Atem's feet instantly shattered.
The Yugi commander then announced, "Battle has begun! [Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator] to attack [Spirit Swordsman]!"
At his command, the Admiral swung its massive, hammer-like mechanical fist, which was about to smash into the Spirit Swordsman.
However, at that moment, Atem pressed the button to cover the card.
"Open the face-down card, activate the Trap Card [Twist], and change the target of the attack to [The Trickster Elf Swordsman]."
The cannon fodder swordsman immediately stepped forward and raised his sword to block the attack.
Clang--!!
The admiral's giant fist, blocked by the cannon fodder swordsman, could not advance an inch and had to be withdrawn.
King laughed, "What a pity, AIBO! [The Trickster Elf Swordsman] cannot be destroyed by monsters with an attack power of 1900 or higher. This attack failed."
"You're not so easy to deal with after all, my Other Me."
Therefore, the Yugi inserts two cards from your hand into the Duel Disk.
"Then I'll set two more cards face down, and the turn ends."
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 4 → 2]
"Bring it on, my Other Me!"
Atem met the Yugi's provocation head-on.
"Alright, as you wish. Let me see the power that AIBO possesses!"
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Atem's hand: 2 → 3]
After drawing the cards, King didn't even look at them before slapping them onto the Duel Disk.
"Through the special effect of [Spirit Swordsman], I Special Summon [Mystic Swordsman] from my hand."
On the side of the Spirit Swordsman, another cannon fodder swordsman appeared.
[Mystic Swordsman: Attack Power 1400]
[Atem's hand: 3 → 2]
Seeing this, Mokuba, standing next to President Kaiba, said, "There are three monsters on the Yugi..."
The President, arms crossed, analyzed. "Three monsters are on the field, and the summoning opportunity for this turn hasn't been used yet. This means that the other Yugi can Summoned God at any time. Could it be that he already God Cards in his hand?"
At that moment, Atem shouted, "Here we go, AIBO! Let me show you my true power!"
President: "Is it coming?"
King raised another card in his hand, "I offer the three Mystic Swordsman on the field as sacrifices to summon [Obelisk the Tormentor]!"
A colossal, azure-blue god burst forth from the earth, appearing behind him.
[Obelisk the Tormentor: Attack Power 4000]
[Atem's hand: 2 → 1]
Chapter 254 Limiter Removal
"Obelisk's attack, shatter [Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator], God Hand Crusher!"
Under Atem's command, the giant clenched his fist, gathering the power of destruction within it, and it looked as if the divine fist was about to strike.
At that very moment, Yugi quickly waved his arm and shouted, "Activate the face-down card at this instant! Continuous Trap [Mobile Fortress - Stronghold]!"
After this card is activated, it becomes an Effect Monster (Machine-Type EARTH Level 4 ATK 0/DEF 2000) and is Special Summoned to the Monster Zone. After that, you can equip 1 Level 4 Machine-Type -Type [Parts] monster from your hand or Deck as an Equip Card to this card. This card is also treated as Trap Card.
As the card was activated, a large amount of mist rose from beneath his feet, and a steel mechanical giant with a cannon mounted on its shoulder emerged.
[Mobile Fortress - Stronghold: Attack Power 0]
"Based on the effect of [Mobile Fortress - Stronghold], I equip [Gold Gear] from my deck."
As soon as the Yugi finished speaking, a golden robot part was installed on the mechanical giant's chest.
"And the power of the [Mobile Fortress - Stronghold], equipped with [parts] monster gear, has been activated."
This card's effect Special Summon this card, and this card gains ATK equal to twice the ATK of the monster equipped to this card by its effect.
"The [Gold Gear] has an attack power of 1700 points, therefore the [Mobile Fortress - Stronghold]'s attack power increases to 3400 points."
[Mobile Fortress - Stronghold: Attack Power 0 → 3400]
Seeing this, Atem said nonchalantly, "Summoning a powerful monster with 3400 attack power so easily, you're truly worthy of your name, AIBO! But in terms of attack power, God is still superior. Besides, even if you summon it, you can't stop God's offensive."
"The battle continues, let's activate the Admiral and shatter him!"
The impatient giant finally unleashed his fully charged punch.
At that moment, the admiral immediately crossed his arms to block the attack.
Boom--!!
The powerful impact instantly bypassed the mechanical giant and struck the Yugi's body.
"Uh..."
[Yugi Muto: LP4000→2500]
The Yugi took a huge hit, but the starting admiral remained unscathed on the field.
Atem was immediately startled and asked in confusion, "What?! Why wasn't the Admiral destroyed by the gods' attack?"
The Yugi's explanation is, "That's because as long as you have a [Part] monster on your field or a [Part] monster that is used as an Equip Card, [Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator] will not be destroyed by battle or its effect."
Atem suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. No wonder you summoned [Mobile Fortress - Stronghold] before the god's attack landed; it was to equip it with [Parts] monsters to prevent [Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator] from being destroyed by the god."
In this way, his plan to eliminate the monster caused by the card-exploding effect failed.
Since that's the case, he inserted the card in his hand into the Duel Disk: "I will then activate the Spell Card [Gifts of the Angels] from my hand."
Draw three cards from your deck, then discard two cards from your hand.
After quickly drawing three cards, he threw two of them into the graveyard.
"That concludes my turn."
He didn't plan to cover the card, since the starting admiral was still on the field, and covering it would result in him being blown up.
However, given King's abilities, there will definitely be a graveyard among the cards sent to the graveyard using the Heavenly Gift.
Therefore, I dare not relax at all during the Yugi.
"My turn! Draw a card!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→3]
After confirming his hand, he inserted it into the Duel Disk without hesitation.
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell [Limiter Removal] from my hand."
All Machine-Type monsters you control gain double ATK until the end of this turn. Monsters affected by this effect are destroyed during the End Phase of this turn.
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 3 → 2]
With their limiters removed, the two mechanical giants suddenly became much more imposing.
[Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator: Attack Power 2500 → 5000]
[Mobile Fortress, Powerful Fortress: Attack Power 3400 → 6800]
Jonouchi clenched his fists in amazement. "So strong, too strong! Even without gods, Yugi can still easily raise monsters to a level surpassing that of gods!"
President Kaiba crossed his arms and said coldly, "If the other Yugi didn't have those weird survival cards, this duel would be a victory for Yugi."
But is it really that simple?
Of course not. In the Yugi's view, Atem's expression didn't show any loss of fighting spirit, indicating that he had already prepared a backup plan.
"It's about to happen, the Other Me!"
"Come on, AIBO!"
Then, with a flick of his arm, he shouted, "Yugi begins! [Mobile Fortress Powerful Fortress] attacks [Obelisk the Tormentor]..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Atem quickly drew a card from his graveyard. "How naive, AIBO! I activate the monster effect of [Electromagnetic Turtle] from my graveyard, forcibly ending this Battle Phase!"
"Really..."
The Yugi itself revealed that things weren't that simple.
"Then my battle is over. I'll activate the special effect of [Activator Admiral - Destruction Rotator] once more. This time, the card I'll destroy is this one..."
At this moment, he was pointing to the monster card placed in the back row beside him.
Bang!
After the Equip Card was destroyed, he continued, "The monster effect of the destroyed [Gold Gear] is activated."
This effect can be activated if this card is destroyed by battle or card effect. Special Summon 1 Level 4 [Parts] monster from your Deck, except [Gold Gear].
"Come on, [Silver Gear]!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared on the Yugi field, and a silver robot made of spare parts was projected.
[Silver Gear: Defense 1000]
He then added, "The moment the [Silver Gear] appears, its special effect activates."
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can activate this effect. Special Summon 1 Level 4 Machine-Type -Type monster from your hand.
"With this effect, I Special Summon [Planet Rover] from my hand."
As he slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, another flash of light appeared, and a reconnaissance vehicle with six wheels fitted with red tracks materialized on the field.
[Planet Rover: Defense 1000]
"And I activated this monster's special effect by offering up the [Planet Rover] as a price."
You can activate this effect by Tributing this card. Add 1 Field Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
The Planet Rover that had just appeared suddenly disappeared.