Chapter 394
"I don't think I can truly hate you... I look terrible like this...? This won't satisfy me..."
Yusei simply shook his head at this.
At the same time, a large amount of black energy began to emanate from Kiryu's body, making him appear as if he were about to die. He then closed his eyes. "It seems the time has come... This time it truly is goodbye forever, Yusei..."
However, after waiting for a while, until all the black energy disappeared, Kiryu's body showed no signs of disappearing.
Yusei: "..."
Kiryu: "..."
What's going on?
Kiryu stared blankly at Yusei, completely bewildered.
Yusei couldn't help but burst out laughing first, "Pfft! Didn't I just say I would definitely save you this time?"
"I already possess the power to reverse death, so Kiryu, you haven't been harmed by the rules of the Dark Duel. In other words, you're still alive."
Hearing this, Kiryu's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but punch Yusei in the chest. "What? So I'm still alive... You should have said so earlier! I'm so embarrassed to be performing here all by myself!"
Chapter 73 Battle against Rudger
"Duel!!" ×2
[Yusei Fudo: LP4000]
[Rudger Godwin: LP4000]
As soon as the duel began, Yusei decisively won the first round.
"I'll go first, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand: 5 → 6]
After scanning his hand, Yusei quickly came up with an idea. "First, I activate Spell Card [One for One -One] from my hand. By sending one monster card from my hand to the Graveyard, I Special Summon a Level 1 monster from my hand or Deck."
After dropping the [Level 0 Thief Bug] into the graveyard, he continued, "Due to this effect, I Special Summon [Jet Synchron] from my Deck 0."
"Then I summon [Starlight Dragon], and according to [Starlight Dragon]'s effect, when this card is successfully summoned, it can Level Up! of one monster on the field other than this card by 2 until the end of the turn. Therefore, [Jet Synchron] is raised from Level 1 to Level 3."
[Yusei Fudo's hand: 6 → 3]
Rudger sneered upon hearing this, "Hmph~, a level seven Synchro Summon? What can you summon with materials like that?"
As far as he knew, Yusei's Level 7 Synchro Monsters posed little threat to him; the only troublesome one was Moonflower Dragon, but that card had already been given to Aki Izayoi long ago.
Just as he had guessed, Yusei didn't summon any powerful Synchro Monsters next. "I'll use a Level 4 [Starlight Dragon] to Synchro Summon a Level 3 [Jet Synchron]!"
Synchro Summon! Appear, [Lightning Warrior]!
With a flash of lightning, a blond warrior clad in white armor solidified within the lightning and landed in front of Yusei.
[Lightning Warrior: Attack Power 2400]
"Due to the effect of [Jet Synchron] used for Synchro Summon, I added [Junk Synchron] to my hand from my deck."
[Yusei Fudo's hand: 3 → 4]
His gaze then turned to the graveyard. "I activate the effect of [Level Stealing Bug] again. While this card is in the graveyard, you can reduce the Level of any monster you control that is Level 5 or higher by 1 and Special Summon it... I reduce [Lightning Warrior] from Level 7 to Level 6, and Special Summon [Level Stealing Bug] from the graveyard in Defense Position."
"Finally, set one more card face down to end the turn."
[Yusei Fudo's hand: 4 → 3]
Watching Yusei quickly end his turn, Crow frowned and said, "Using [Lightning Warrior] as your opening move? Are you serious?"
Lightning Warrior has no resistance or counter-attack effects; summoning such a monster first is really unlike Yusei's style.
Looking at Yusei's only face-down card in the backcourt, Aki comforted him, "It's okay! Yusei must have a strategy ready!"
Although he couldn't see through Yusei's intentions, Rudger had nothing to fear with only one face-down card.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Rudger Godwin's hand cards: 5→6]
"Appear, Dark Tuner [DT Spider Cocoon]!"
As Rudger slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, a black mist suddenly appeared in the front field, and a cocoon-shaped spider resembling a ball of yarn emerged from the darkness.
"This monster can be Special Summoned when your opponent controls a monster but you do not... I will then Normal Summon [Dark Spider]."
[Rudger Godwin's hand cards: 6→4]
"This [Dark Spider] can raise the Level of one Insect-type monster on its field by 2 stars before the End Phase. I'll raise the Level of [DT Spider Cocoon] from 5 to 7..."
"I used a level 1 [Dark Spider] to dark-tune a level 7 [DT Spider Cocoon]!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the spider cocoon instantly transformed into seven orbs of light, all of which were injected into the green spider's body. One of them canceled out the star of the Dark Spider itself, and the remaining six were twisted into black stars by the power of the underworld.
"When darkness overlaps with darkness, the gates of the underworld will open; go to that world without light!"
"Dark Synchro! Appear, [Arachne of the Underworld]!"
A flash of black light revealed a dark figure lurking in the shadows, with several red eyes opening in the darkness.
The next moment, a spider woman with the lower half of a giant spider dispelled the darkness and revealed herself to everyone.
[Arachne of the Underworld: Attack Power 2400]
"Has it arrived, Dark Synchro Monster...?"
It's another monster Yusei knows about, but will its effects be the same as he expects this time?
At that moment, Rudger waved his hand and shouted, "Activate the effect of [Arachne of the Underworld]!"
"Once per turn, you can equip one monster your opponent controls as [Arachne of the Underworld]... Equip [Lightning Warrior] as an Equip Card, and use the Net of Capture!"
Then, the spider woman's lower body opened its spider mouth, and a sliver of spider silk shot out, just as the Lightning Warrior was about to be captured by the enemy...
Just then, Yusei decisively pressed the button to set the card face down. "Don't even think about it! Activate the Trap Card [Synchro Barrier], by releasing one Synchro Monster on your field, reduce all damage you take to 0 until the end of the next turn!"
In an instant, the Lightning Warrior's body transformed into a green barrier, protecting Yusei, while the spider silk shot into the air.
"What?!" Seeing that the attack missed, Rudger gritted his teeth in anger. "Although it can't harm you, monsters can still be destroyed... I'll use [Arachne of the Underworld] on [Level Stealing Bug]!"
After the one-star ladybug is smashed to pieces, Rudger sets two cards from his hand to the back row. "Now your field is empty... Set two cards face down to end this turn."
[Rudger Godwin's hand cards: 4 → 2]
"It seems I was the first to summon my ace."
"What?"
Although Yusei was empty, he had already achieved his goal.
"My turn!"
Yusei flicked his wrist, and a slight smile appeared on his lips when he saw the card in his hand, because he had obtained the key card!
He then grabbed another card from his hand and threw it out. "I activate the Spell Card [Necroid Synchro], by banishing one Tuner monster and up to two non-Tuner monsters from my Yugi, and Special Summoning one [Stardust] Synchro Monster with the same total Levels from my Extra Deck."
Rudger scoffed, "Hmph, the same trick you used in your duel with that guy? But the monsters in your graveyard aren't high enough to reach level 10, so you can't summon Stardust Warrior."
"Then I'll summon the others, except for the Level 4 [Starlight Dragon], the Level 7 [Lightning Warrior], and the Level 1 Tuner monster [Jet Synchron]..."
Chapter Seventy-Four: Sacred Dragon Stardust - Zero
"A total of twelve stars!? Do Synchro Monsters like that even exist?"
Faced with Rudger's questioning, Yusei calmly drew an extra card from the Extra Deck, "A Stardust Synchro Monster that meets the requirements certainly exists, and there is only one..."
"O stars that adorn the ancient sky, transform into divine rain and purify the world!"
"Level 12 Super Arrival, [Saint Guang Divine Dragon Stardust Zero]!"
As the sound faded, a beam of divine light shattered the barrier and shot from the cosmos, instantly illuminating the dark space. Accompanied by a thunderous dragon roar, a colossal, silver-white holy dragon with twelve wings appeared in mid-air.
'Roar--!!'
[Saintly Dragon Stardust Zero: Attack Power 4000]
Everyone present was stunned as they stared at the colossal dragon that exuded such majestic power.
Qiu: "Level 12, attack power 4000... The best in the country (Awesome)!"
Crow: "To summon such an incredible dragon... Wow, Yusei!"
Yusei looked up at the top-tier 12-star leader he had finally summoned through a roundabout means, a pleased expression on his face.
How do you say "satisfied"? Satisfied!
"[Saint Dragon Stardust Zero] cannot be Special Summoned unless Synchro Summon, but the Special Summon of [Necroid Synchro] is considered Synchro Summon, therefore this card's appearance is valid."
"I see..." Upon hearing this, Rudger said with a grim expression, "But in that case, this dragon can't have its effects refreshed through Special Summoning like the Stardust Warrior ... The result is just summoning a monster whose only redeeming quality is its attack power. A monster like that can't beat me!"
"Solvadocana!"
"What?!"
"There's more than one way to refresh monster effects..."
Yusei spoke, he played another Spell Card from his hand.
"I activate the Continuous Spell [Subspace Material Transporter] from my hand. Once per turn, this card targets one monster on the field and banishes it. The banished monster immediately returns to the field. This effect is not a Special Summon, therefore I banish [Sacred Dragon Stardust Zero]!"
With a flash of light, a Space-Time Material Transfer Device appeared, and then the device shot a beam of energy towards the Holy Dragon.
In the blink of an eye, the dragon was sent to the subspace, and the next second it was teleported back.
Yusei: "Since Zero left the field once, His effect has been activated."
"Tch, quite a few tricks up their sleeves...!" Rudger scoffed upon hearing this.
"It's not over yet..." Yusei then slammed the card onto the Duel Disk: "I'll summon the Tuner monster [Junk Synchron] and activate this card's effect to Special Summon [Level Stealing Bug] from my Graveyard in Defense Position."
[Yusei Fudo's hand: 3 → 1]
"Use a level 1 [Level Stealing Bug] to level up a level 3 [Junk Synchron]!"
"Synchro Summon! Appear, [Weapon Master]!"
In an instant, a green light rose, and a mechanical arm flew out from the light.
"Due to the effect of [Weapon Master], by using myself as an equipment card on Zero Equipment, my attack power increases by 1000 points."
[Saintly Dragon Stardust Zero: Attack Power 4000 → 5000]
Upon seeing this, the Crow immediately perked up and exclaimed, "Yosh! The effect of [Weapon Master] is that when the equipped monster destroys another monster in battle, it deals damage to the opponent equal to the destroyed monster's ATK!"
Qiu: "If Zero's attack succeeds, it will deal a total of 5000 damage, achieving a one-shot kill..."
Yusei glanced at the opposing backline and, without hesitation, gave the order, "Battle begins! [Saint Dragon Stardust Zero] attacks [Arachne of the Underworld], Supernova Impact!!"
The starlight suddenly gathered on the blue jewel on the chest of the Holy Dragon, and in the next moment it burst out like a shooting star.
Boom--!!!
With a deafening roar, Rudger and the spider were swallowed by the starlight.
Did you succeed?
However, when the light faded, the Spider Woman remained firmly standing on Rudger's field, and Rudger's health points did not change at all.
Yusei took a closer look and discovered that his opponent had opened a Trap Card in their back row.
Rudger sneered, "Hmph, what a pity!"
"At the moment of your attack, I activated the Trap Card [Shield of Conspiracy]. Based on this card's effect, I equipped this card as an Equip Card to [Arachne of the Underworld]. As long as the equipped monster is in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn, and all battle damage inflicted on me by the equipped monster during battle is reduced to 0."
Since the monster wasn't destroyed, the Weapon Master naturally wouldn't activate, so Rudger didn't suffer any damage whatsoever.
Yusei frowned slightly, then said, "Then I'll activate the effect of [Level Stealing Bug] again, lowering Zero's level from 12 to 11, and Special Summoning myself from the Graveyard in Defense Position."
"Set down another card, end the turn."
[Yusei Fudo's hand: 1 → 0]
"My turn!"
[Rudger Godwin's hand cards: 2→3]
Rudger glanced at the card he had drawn, and a smile immediately appeared on his lips, "Hmph~, God has come to my side."
Yusei narrowed his eyes. "Earthbound God...?!"