The Protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Might Be the Same Person

"I'll summon Shell Turtle in defense mode."

With a flash of light, a giant turtle with a launcher on its back appeared on Penguin's field.

[Shell Turtle: DEF 2000 → 2200]

[Great Five Elders Hand: 5 → 4]

"My turn ends."

The Great Five Elders' turn ended once more.

"Summoning a Level 5 monster without a tribute... Damn it, if I don't deal with Legendary City: Atlantis quickly, this will be troublesome."

Jonouchi wiped the sweat from his brow.

"My turn, draw!"

[Katsuya Jonouchi Hand: 5 → 6]

"Chained Boomerang, huh..."

Seeing the card he drew, Jonouchi's expression turned grim. It was obvious to everyone that he hadn't drawn the card he needed.

"Don't worry, Jonouchi-kun. It's fine if you didn't draw a card to remove the Field Spell. Besides, it's good that you didn't remove it, because I have a card that can make use of it. You just need to prepare your defenses."

Yugi reassured Jonouchi.

"Yugi... Okay, I understand."

Jonouchi no longer hesitated and set the card he drew.

"I'll set one card and end my turn."

Jonouchi passed the turn to Yugi.

[Katsuya Jonouchi Hand: 6 → 5]

"Now it's my time to shine! My turn!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 5 → 6]

After drawing his card, Yugi unhesitatingly pressed the button and revealed his set card.

"I'll activate the Continuous Trap, Blood Sacrifice!"

Another forbidden card was activated by Yugi. The Great Five Elders' turn would not even come around again, as Yugi would end the Duel this turn.

Chapter 41: Blood Gear

"Blood Sacrifice!? What is that?"

The Great Five Elders had never heard of this card, and Yugi didn't explain its effects after activating it.

"Before I use this card's ability, I'll use the effect of the Field Spell to summon Shell Turtle from my hand without a tribute."

Another Shell Turtle appeared on Yugi's field. It was the same substitute.

[Shell Turtle: ATK 1000 → 1200]

[Yugi Muto Hand: 6 → 5]

--What are you looking at?

--What are you gonna do about it!

The two giant turtles stared at each other.

"So that's how it is. No wonder you said I didn't need to remove that Field Spell."

Jonouchi's confusion was finally cleared up.

"Hmph, so what if you summoned Shell Turtle using the effect of Legendary City: Atlantis? A Shell Turtle with only 1200 ATK can't break through my defense."

Penguin said stubbornly.

"Who said I was going to attack? I'm using Shell Turtle's special ability. By tributing one monster on my field, inflict damage to my opponent equal to half of this monster's ATK."

This was a pre-Number effect, with no "once per turn" restriction.

"How foolish. Even if you launch all the monsters on your field, the damage you deal to us will be negligible."

Penguin said disdainfully.

"Is that really so?"

Yugi smiled confidently.

"What!?"

Hearing this, the Great Five Elders suddenly felt a sense of dread.

"Let me tell you about the special effect of the Continuous Trap, Blood Sacrifice."

"You can pay 500 Life Points to Normal Summon 1 monster. This effect can be activated during your Main Phase and your opponent's Battle Phase."

This effect also had no "once per turn" restriction.

"Let's go!"

The Great Five Elders were startled for a moment.

"Here we go!"

All attention focused on Yugi.

At this moment, he placed the card he had retrieved last turn onto his Duel Disk.

"I'll pay 500 LP to Special Summon [Red Gear] from my hand and activate its effect to add one [Yellow Gear] from my Deck to my hand."

[Yugi Muto: LP 4000 → 3500]

A red gear robot appeared.

[Red Gear: ATK 1300]

"Then, I'll pay another 500 LP to Special Summon [Yellow Gear] from my hand."

[Yugi Muto: LP 3500 → 3000]

A yellow gear robot followed closely behind.

[Yellow Gear: ATK 1200]

"Similarly, I'll activate [Yellow Gear]'s monster effect to add a second [Green Gear] from my Deck to my hand."

At this point, the Great Five Elders suddenly realized something.

"This... could it be that you've prepared three sets of these three-colored [Gear] monsters in your Deck?"

As they said this, they knew things were going badly.

"You guessed right... Watch this, I'll Special Summon [Green Gear] from my hand and add a second [Red Gear] from my Deck to my hand."

[Yugi Muto: LP 3000 → 2500]

[Green Gear: ATK 1400] x2

Yugi's field was suddenly full. It was time for him to clear them out.

"I'll Tribute two [Green Gear], one [Red Gear], and one [Yellow Gear] to power up [Shell Turtle]'s effect."

Four Gear monsters were successively placed on the launcher and fired by Shell Turtle, turning into pure energy that struck the Great Five Elders.

"Ughhh----!!"

[Great Five Elders: LP 8000 → 5350]

"Gasp! Their Life Points dropped so much all at once..."

Jonouchi couldn't help but admire his friend.

Next, Yugi drew four more Gear monsters from his Deck.

"It's not over yet. I'll pay 2000 LP to successively Summon two [Red Gear], one [Green Gear], and one [Yellow Gear]."

[Yugi Muto: LP 2500 → 500]

[Red Gear: ATK 1300] x2

[Green Gear: ATK 1400]

[Yellow Gear: ATK 1200]

The last [Yellow Gear] had to be held in his hand because he didn't have enough Life Points left.

"I'll Tribute these four monsters as ammunition for [Shell Turtle]'s effect."

Four Gear monsters were again placed on the launcher.

"Eek! Don't come near--!"

The Great Five Elders were terrified.

Soon, the four monsters were also fired.

"Ughhh----!!"

The Great Five Elders' Life Points were significantly depleted in a short amount of time.

[Great Five Elders: LP 5350 → 2750]

"Damn it! How dare this brat treat us like this!"

Hiro Honda cursed furiously, but then quickly started laughing triumphantly.

"Now your Life Points are too low to Summon any more monsters as ammunition for [Shell Turtle]. Once we clear your pathetic 500 LP next turn, your bodies will be ours, hahahaha..."

Hearing the Great Five Elders' words, Jonouchi beside him panicked.

"What did you say?!"

Yugi remained calm.

"What!?"

The Great Five Elders were suddenly stunned.

"Did you think I hadn't considered that?"

Speaking, Yugi's gaze fell upon Dark Magician Girl.

That's right, his plan was still to use Dark Magician Girl's deck-master effect to draw cards. He had made preparations for this from the very beginning.

Chapter 42: The Sage's Gem

"I'm counting on you again, [Dark Magician Girl]!"

This time, Yugi intended for her to be the MVP again.

"Okay, leave it to me, Master!"

Dark Magician Girl winked playfully at him.

Of course, only the King could hear the conversation between Yugi and Dark Magician Girl, but he was deep in thought.

"I see, AIBO has this kind of strategy. Using the search effects of the [Gear] monsters to continuously thin the deck, then using [Shell Turtle] to inflict damage on the opponent while increasing the number of monsters in the graveyard. That way, when the [Dark Magician Girl]'s deck-master effect is activated, a large number of cards can be drawn at once."

The King said with sudden realization, this method of card advantage was astonishing.

At this moment, Yugi continued, "Here I go, I activate [Dark Magician Girl]'s deck-master effect, Dark Magic Secret Art: Soul Circle!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the nine monsters in his graveyard circled around Dark Magician Girl. She then gathered the energy of all the monsters and shot it towards Yugi's deck, causing the thick stack of cards on his deck to instantly light up.

"[Dark Magician Girl]'s deck-master effect allows me to draw cards from my deck equal to the number of monsters in my graveyard. I have nine monsters in my graveyard, so I can draw nine cards. Fall!!"

Yugi immediately pulled out that stack of cards from his deck.

[Yugi Muto Hand: 5 → 14]

Yugi's hand suddenly reached a terrifying fourteen cards, giving him many more options.

He had originally planned to use the Magic Cylinder, but considering that his opponent's starting Life Points were 8000 while his own were only 4000, it was not enough to deplete the opponent's Life Points.

So he switched to the similarly effective Blood Sacrifice Gear. Although it still couldn't finish the opponent, its advantage was that it could significantly thin the deck. As you can see, after Yugi activated his deck-master effect, only fifteen cards were left in his deck, which shows how effective it was.

"What an amazing deck-master ability..."