"Duel!" Both shouted at once. Behind Tetsuhiro, Exodia constructed a virtual Duel Disk of energy for him.
Each side started with 4,000 HP!
"Dimension Realm, activate!" Diva immediately used the Dimension Cube to unfold his realm.
Going first, Diva drew a card. "I summon Vijam the Cubic Seed!"
A giant egg-shaped monster with 0 ATK and DEF appeared on the field.
Ignoring First A's murderous glare from the sidelines and everyone else's curiosity, Diva smiled, set two cards in his back row, and ended his turn.
"Dimension Summoning allows you to Tribute Summon without sacrifices. The duel takes place within the range of your monsters' stats.
"But how high you can raise those stats depends on your fighting spirit," he kindly explained.
"No need to explain. I understand." Tetsuhiro smiled confidently and drew a card. After one glance, he said, "Looks like my luck is pretty good today."
He calmly slapped down the Spell Card Pot of Greed!
He drew two cards from the top of his deck.
"I won't bully you too much. I didn't even put Exodia and the others in my deck."
"The outcome will be the same whether you put them in or not." Diva stood proudly. "Don't say I didn't warn you. In the battle ahead, we won't take battle damage. Instead, we'll take damage equal to the stats of our destroyed monsters!"
"Really?" Tetsuhiro casually revealed the Field Spell in his hand—Necrovalley!
"What's that?" Diva asked dismissively.
"It raises the ATK and DEF of all Gravekeeper monsters on the field by 500.
"Of course, I don't have any of those monsters. Its most important effect, though, is this-as long as this card remains in the Field Zone, neither player can banish cards from the Graveyard, and effects involving cards in the Graveyard are negated