Chapter 96
Kaiba clenched his fist and said excitedly, "Well done, Yugi. That way, Dartz can't Dartz [Orichalcos Kyutora]."
Yugi nodded in response, then continued, "I will offer [Gorz the Emissary of Darkness] as a sacrifice to seal the effects of your monster."
"And if [Gorz the Emissary of Darkness] is Tributed, its special effect activates: Draw one card from your Deck."
As he spoke, the Yugi drew another card.
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→3]
After he finished, he turned his gaze back to the other side.
"AIBO, now's the time! This is our only chance to defeat that immortal monster."
"Um."
After responding to the King, Yugi waved his arm and shouted, "Go! [Chaos Magician - Black Chaos Ultimate Magician], attack [Orichalcos Kyutora]!"
The Dark Chaos Archmage raised his wand, gathering chaotic power and imbuing it into the blade.
He then swung his hand forward, and a jet-black energy blade shot out.
Just as it was about to strike Qijias...
"What!?"
The Kaiba stared in astonishment at the scene before it.
A wall of light suddenly appeared in front of Qijias, blocking the light blade.
"Orichalcos Second Barrier..."
That's right, if you look closely, you can see that it's an obstacle formed by the second layer of barrier folding over.
Dartz then explained, "The second effect of [Orichalcos Breath] is to sacrifice one of your monsters to nullify your opponent's attack and destroy the attacking monster."
"What was destroyed was, of course, [Chaos Magician - Dark Chaos Ultimate Magician]!"
He had barely finished speaking when the blade of light was reflected back.
"Not good!!"
The Yugi couldn't be stopped.
Bang bang--!
The Black Chaos Extreme Magic was instantly shattered, and at the same time, Qijias was also pulverized.
I miscalculated.
I didn't Yugi my opponent to be so tough; it seems I'll have to play more cautiously.
"Finally, I'll set two more cards face down, and the turn ends."
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 3 → 1]
Chapter 133 The Third Layer of Barrier
"This is terrible, neither Yugi nor Kaiba have any monsters on their fields."
Seeing this disadvantageous situation, everyone couldn't help but worry about the two of them.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Dartz Hand Cards: 0→1]
With Qijias gone, Dartz can finally draw cards normally again.
He then said, "During my preparation phase, I will pay 500 health points to allow the Continuous Trap [Seal of Orichalcos] to continue to exist."
[Dartz: LP5100→4600]
"But I have six monsters on my field, and thanks to the effect of [Orichalcos Breath], my Life Points are restored by 3000."
[Dartz: LP4600→7600]
"How could this happen..."
"Dartz's health is increasing."
The crowd grew increasingly anxious.
At this moment, Dartz continued, "Yugi, Seto, let me show you the true power of the Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians, and make you sacrifices to our god!"
"The Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians..."
"True power..."
The Yugi and the Kaiba suddenly realized something.
Dartz raised the card in his hand and shouted, "Yes, activate it! The third barrier of Orichalcos, [Orichalcos Tritus]!"
[Dartz Hand Cards: 1→0]
"With this card, the Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians is truly complete."
As soon as he finished speaking, a third layer of ancient script appeared on the outer side of the barrier, slowly rotating.
The barrier only became complete when it completely stopped rotating.
"Orichalcos Tolitos..."
The Yugi sensed a very ominous power emanating from the barrier.
"[Orichalcos Tritus]'s ability is to negate Spell Card and Trap Card activated on my monsters, so there's nothing to hinder me now."
"Yugi, Seto, your little tricks won't work on me anymore."
"..."
Both Yugi and Kaiba fell silent.
This formation is indeed quite troublesome.
While it's far from despairing, the main problem is that there are just too many unfamiliar cards in the Yugi, making it easy to fall into traps secretly set by Dartz, resulting in a complete first-time kill.
However, the Yugi wasn't completely unprepared.
He then pressed the button and said, "Then I'll open the face-down card, and activate the Trap Card [Dragon Hurricane Return]."
You can activate this effect by targeting 1 banished monster of either yours or your opponent's. Special Summon that monster to your field. The monster Special Summoned by this effect returns to its owner's hand during the End Phase.
A Mystical Space Typhoon instantly swept across the Yugi field.
When the Mystical Space Typhoon dissipated, a mechanical turtle with electrodes drawn on its abdomen and magnets attached to its tail appeared.
[Electromagnetic Turtle: Defense 1800]
The strategy for this Yugi is simple: since Mirror Knight's attack power is determined by the opponent's monster, you can completely defend by making your monster's defense power higher than its attack power.
The Electromagnetic Turtle's attack power of zero meant that Dartz couldn't break through its defenses at all, which was quite awkward.
So Dartz set his sights on the President.
"Go, Mirror Knight, attack Seto directly!"
At his command, the four Mirror Knight charged towards the President, slashing at him one after another.
The President also wanted to open his card, but in the end he hesitated and didn't press the button.
"Ugh--!!"
The President was then slashed four times by the opponent, taking most of the damage.
[Seto Kaiba: LP4000→2000]
"Round over."
After finishing the game, Dartz had nothing left to do.
At the same time, the Electromagnetic Turtle on the field returned to Yugi's hands.
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 1→2]
Immediately afterwards, the Kaiba eagerly drew out a card.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Seto Kaiba cards: 2→3]
Looking at the card, he clicked his tongue and muttered, "Tsk! [Destruction Ring]... This couldn't have come at the worst possible time..."
"There's no other way but to take a gamble."
Without further hesitation, the President pressed the button on the Duel Disk.
"Open the face-down card, the Trap Card [Gamble Eight] is activated!"
This effect can only be activated if your Life Points are lower than your opponent's. Reveal the top card of your Deck to both players. If it is a Level 1 or Level 8 monster, add that monster to your hand or Special Summon it. Otherwise, your opponent can choose one of the following effects to apply.
●The controller of this card now has 1000 base points.
●From the perspective of the controller of this card, the opponent's life points are restored to 8000.
Dartz looked amused. "Hmph, entrusting your life to luck?!"
However, even if you don't draw a monster, you won't lose anything. After all, the President's life points becoming 1000 is equivalent to losing 1000 of his own life points. Similarly, Dartz's life points into 8000 only gives the opponent 400 life points. The impact of both is not significant.
Of course, the President urgently needs to draw a level 8 monster and doesn't want to make a mistake.
"I'm betting everything on this gacha pull..."
As he spoke, he placed his fingers on the card deck.
"Degeneration!!"
The President forcefully pulled out the card.
After he looked at the card, a slight smile appeared on his lips. "Hmph, it seems Lady Luck has finally come to my side."
The President slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, exclaiming, "Ichiyo! [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]!"
With a flash of light, a giant silver-white dragon with wings resembling a Duel Disk and radiating colorful light was projected.
[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon: Attack Power 2500]
Then, the Kaiba pointed at the sea urchin and shouted, "And at this very moment, the special effect of [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] activates, nullifying the effect of [Orichalcos Kyutora]!"
As a monster that received special attention, Dartz certainly wouldn't sit idly by and let it be sealed away.
So he quickly said, "It's no use, I'll activate the effect of the Trap Card [Skill Bind] from the Graveyard!"
You can banish this card from Yugi Graveyard, then target 1 card on your field to activate this effect. This turn, negate the monster effects activated by the targeted card.
A shield of light then appeared in front of the sea urchin.
"The final effect of [Skill Bind] has been used up. Now is the best time to deal with [Mirror Knight Summon], Kaiba!"
"No need for you to remind me, the game is starting!"
"Is it possible?"
"Hmph, who do you think I am?"
With the Kaiba's inherent pride, it cannot allow itself to fail.
So he picked up a card from his hand and inserted it into the Duel Disk. "I'll activate the Spell Card [Super Rejuvenation], and tribute the Level 8 [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] on the field to draw two cards from my Deck."
Bang!
The instant the 3D Dragon shattered and disappeared, Kaiba drew two cards from his deck.
Chapter 134 Destruction Dragon
"Degeneration!!"
[Seto Kaiba cards: 3→4]
The moment he drew the card, Seto Kaiba's aura surged.
"Hahahaha, ahahaha~! Here it comes, here it comes~! The Reversal card that's been sleeping in my deck!"
He laughed loudly as he held up a card and shouted, "Come on, Legendary Dragon Critias!"
Suddenly, an unnamed wind arose beneath the Kaiba's feet, and divine light shone forth from the card.
As the light faded, a colossal black dragon appeared above him.
"Críthea..."