Chapter 79

As soon as he finished speaking, the purple gem around the Skilled Dark Magician's neck lit up.

[Skilled Kuriboh Magician: Spell Counter 0→1]

"Next, I'll activate the special ability of [Skilled Kuriboh Magician]."

You can detach 1 Spell Counter from this card and activate 1 of the following effects.

●This card's Level Up! by 1 star, and its attack power increases by 1500.

●Add 1 [Kuriboh] monster or 1 [Multiply] monster from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand.

"I'll definitely choose the first effect: [Skilled Kuriboh Magician]'s attack power increases by 1500 points."

"Furthermore, due to the level increase, the Equip Spell effect will increase [Skilled Kuriboh Magician]'s attack power by another 100 points, for a total of 1600 points."

After the Yugi was finished, the Spell Counter on the Skilled Dark Magician's neck returned to its dim state.

[Skilled Kuriboh Magician: Level 4→5, Attack Power 700→2300]

Upon seeing this, the Weevil Underwood immediately abandoned its previous flippant attitude. "It can actually increase attack power by 1600 points in one go!?"

Although the current attack power of the Skilled Dark Magician doesn't seem like much, once Spell Card is activated, the Skilled Dark Magician's attack power can increase by 1600 points each turn without any cost, reaching a maximum of 13500 points, making it a rather terrifying lower-level attacker.

This means that the Weevil Underwood can no longer use Spell Card freely, which is equivalent to indirectly restricting the activation of his Spell Card.

Therefore, he had to find a way to deal with this monster as soon as possible. Fortunately, the Skilled Dark Magician had no resistance, so it was not difficult to defeat.

But that's a story for later; right now, he has to deal with the Yugi's attacks.

At this moment, Yugi waved his arm, "Go! [Skilled Kuriboh Magician] Attack the Guardian Monster!"

The Skilled Dark Magician immediately waved his wand, summoning a Kuriboh- shaped magic ball, which he then fired at Gekko.

At this moment, the cover card of the Weevil Underwood was passively flipped open, revealing a dragonfly monster.

[Dragonfly: Defense 900]

The Yugi was immediately taken aback, "It's a [Dragonfly]!?"

This monster has a "Last Word" effect that allows you to draw a WIND monster with 1500 or less ATK from your deck, similar to the effect of Shining Angel.

Although attacking rashly is not a good idea, unfortunately, it's already impossible to stop the Skilled Dark Magician's attack.

However, now that Yugi has already fallen into a trap, he has no regrets.

Soon, the Skilled Dark Magician's attack landed on the dragonfly.

Bang--!

After an explosion, the dragonflies on the field disappeared.

"Hiahiahiahia, you've been tricked! [Dragonfly] can summon a wind-attribute monster with an attack power of 1500 or less when it's sent to the graveyard."

"Appear, [Ultimate Insect LV3]!"

Before the Weevil Underwood, the image on a card emitted light, projecting a red and blue worm covered in many sharp spikes.

[Ultimate Insect LV3: Attack Power 1400→1900]

Upon seeing this, King was greatly surprised, "It's actually a [LV] monster like AIBO!?"

"[Ultimate Insect LV3] has the special ability to lower the level of all of the opponent's monsters, but that only works if it is Special Summoned by the effect of [Ultimate Insect LV1]."

The Yugi developer narrowed his eyes slightly as he spoke.

The Weevil Underwood continued with a sly grin, "Hiahiahia, you're right, Yugi. But you should understand my purpose; after all, I learned this trick from you."

Yugi nodded. He knew that Weevil Underwood was probably referring to the Duel City finals, where he used Shining Angel to summon Silent Swordsman LV5. Weevil Underwood must have watched that match.

However, the Yugi doesn't care if it gets copied, since there are only three groups of [LV] monsters that can use this method, and the Ultimate Insect is also quite weak.

Of course, this kind of trick is very powerful for ordinary people, but it doesn't mean much to them in Yugi.

Then, the Yugi inserts two more cards into the Duel Disk, saying, "I'll set two more cards face down, end of turn."

After two face-down cards appeared at his feet, he announced the end of his turn.

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 4 → 2]

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Weevil Underwood Hand Cards: 3→4]

Before even looking at the card it had just drawn, the Weevil Underwood pointed directly at the worm and said, "During your Standby Phase, send [Ultimate Insect LV3] to the Graveyard, and Special Summon [Ultimate Insect LV5] from your hand or Deck."

As soon as it finished speaking, the worm split open from behind, and a giant gray worm, which had not yet grown wings and whose claws were still retracted, emerged.

[Ultimate Insect LV5: Attack Power 2300→2800]

Chapter 109

After evolving into Ultimate Insect, Weevil Underwood adjusted its glasses slightly and continued, "The [Ultimate Insect LV5], with its attack power increased to 2800 points by [Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians], is enough to defeat [Skilled Kuriboh Magician]."

"And that's not all. As long as a [Ultimate Insect LV3] Special Summoned by the effect of [Ultimate Insect LV5] is on the field, all monsters on your opponent's field lose 500 ATK."

[Skilled Kuriboh Magician: Attack Power 2300 → 1800]

He then placed a card on his Duel Disk with a sly grin, "Hiahiahiahia, I'm summoning another monster [Resonance Insect]."

A card emitted light, and a bug with constantly vibrating large green wings appeared before him.

[Resonance Insect: Attack Power 1000 → 1500]

Then I inserted another card into the Duel Disk, "And I activate the Spell Card [Hatch]."

You can activate this effect by Tributing 1 monster you control. Special Summon 1 Insect-type monster from your Deck whose Level is 1 level higher than the Tributed monster.

"I offer up my Level 4 [Resonance Insect] as a tribute to Summon the Level 5 Insect-type monster [Armored Mantis] from my Deck."

After another flash of light, a praying mantis covered in a rocky carapace appeared.

[Armored Mantis: Attack Power 2350 → 2850]

[Weevil Underwood Hand Cards: 4 → 2]

Watching the Weevil Underwood's smooth maneuvers, King couldn't help but sigh, "This Weevil has gotten stronger since getting the [Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians]..."

The Yugi developer shrugged indifferently and muttered to himself, "But it's not much stronger."

Then, staring at the Weevil Underwood, he said, "At this moment, because you activated a Spell Card, [Skilled Kuriboh Magician] has placed a Spell Counter."

The gem around the Skilled Dark Magician's neck was lit up again.

[Skilled Mage: Spell Counter 0→1]

Seeing this, the Weevil Underwood clicked its tongue disdainfully, "Tsk, it's not over yet. The special ability of the [Resonance Insect] sent to the graveyard has activated."

This effect can be activated if this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard. Add 1 Level 5 or higher Insect-type monster from your Deck to your hand.

After removing the Weevil Underwood from its deck, and after some selection, it added a card to its hand, "I choose to add the Level 6 Insect-type monster [Scale Moth] from my deck to my hand."

[Weevil Underwood Hand Cards: 2→3]

After finishing, the Weevil Underwood swung its arm and shouted, "Go! [Ultimate Insect LV5] and [Armored Mantis, attack!"

However, just as the two insects were preparing to launch their attack...

The Yugi quickly pressed the button, revealing a face-down card. "Activate the Trap Card [Gravity Bind], change the battle position of all monsters on the field."

"What did you say!?"

Under the influence of gravity, all the monsters crouched down uncontrollably.

[Skilled Kuriboh Magician: Defense 200]

[Ultimate Insect LV5: Defense 900]

[Armored Mantis: Defense 1000] 4

"Damn it!" Zero

With the simple effect of this Trap Card, the Weevil Underwood loses its chance to attack this turn.

There was no other way; he could only end the combat phase for now and prepare for the next round of defense.

He inserted a card into the Duel Disk and said, "I activate the Continuous Spell [Ignore Protection] from my hand."

[Weevil Underwood Hand Cards: 3 → 2]

With the activation of this Spell Card, a golden wooden cage was placed over the Weevil Underwood and his monster. Death

Then, the Weevil Underwood continued with a sly grin, explaining, "Hiahiahiahia, the effect of the [Ignore Protection] card is..."

When an opponent's monster declares an attack, you can banish 1 Insect-type monster from your Yugi; that attack is negated.

This effect does not limit the number of rounds.

"In other words, there are currently three Insect-type monsters in my graveyard, so I can negate three attacks."

Of course, if you include the two insects in the Weevil Underwood enclosure, the number will definitely be more than that.

To be honest, the Yugi didn't really remember this card, since it's a bit obscure. "However, since you activated Spell Card, triggering the ability of [Skilled Kuriboh Magician], add another Spell Counter."

A gem on the Skilled Dark Magician's shoulder then lit up.

[Skilled Kuriboh Magician: Spell Counter 1→2]

Then, the Yugi button was pressed again, revealing another face-down card. "It's not over yet. I'll activate the Trap Card [Needle Worm's Nest] and send the top five cards of my deck to the Graveyard."

"What the hell?! You actually destroyed your own deck!?"

The Weevil Underwood, was taken aback and couldn't understand the Yugi's behavior.

King was also taken aback. The concept of piling up graves had been mentioned in the Yugi, but he didn't expect the Yugi to be so straightforward and direct about blindly piling up graves.

It would be a waste to throw in some powerful spell traps.

However, discarding all five cards at once might yield something useful.

So at this point, the Yugi didn't hesitate to draw five cards from the deck.

Looking at the five cards, Yugi and King nodded in unison, seemingly having acquired a decent set of cards.

The Yugi then placed these cards into the graveyard.

"Hmph, all that fancy stuff. I'll just end this round like this."

He adjusted his glasses and announced the end of the round.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→3]

The Yugi's eyes lit up after glancing at the cards in hand, "Here it comes!"

He inserted the card directly into the Duel Disk, "I activate the Quick-Play Spell [Kuriboh's Call Flute] from my hand."

Add 1 [Kuriboh] or [Winged Kuriboh] from your Deck to your hand or Special Summon it to your field.

"I choose Special Summon, come on, [Kuriboh]!"

As soon as the Yugi was finished, a Kuriboh appeared in front of him.

[Kuriboh: Attack Power 300 → 0]

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 3 → 2]

"Curry, curry~~"

The Kuriboh made a cheerful sound.

Seeing the adorable creature, Yugi smiled knowingly and continued, "Since I activated another Spell Card, [Skilled Kuriboh Magician] will place another Spell Counter."

The gem on the other shoulder of the Skilled Dark Magician also lit up.

[Skilled Kuriboh Magician: Spell Counter 2→3]

"[Skilled Kuriboh Magician] can have up to three Spell Counter on them, so I'll use one of them first to activate its special ability."

"The effect I'm going to use this time is to add one [Multiply] card from my deck to my hand."

A gem on the Skilled Dark Magician's shoulder immediately dimmed.

[Skilled Kuriboh Magician: Spell Counter 3→2]

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→3]