As the crimson LP counter on the Duel Disk dropped all the way to zero, the enormous six-headed mechanical dragon that blotted out the sky dissolved into a shower of stardust amid the fading plasma lightning and vanished into the air.
Almost the very second the duel projections disappeared, that familiar, friendly mechanical notification sounded deep inside Yūki's mind.
[Ding! This duel has ended.] [Defeated renowned duelist "Alexis Rhodes."] [Unlocked Archetype Pack "Cyber Angel" (price: 300 Duel Coins/draw)!] [Congratulations! Host received Soul Power reward: 5%!] [Congratulations! Host received Duel Coin reward: 13,000!] [Soul Power progress: Lv4 (22%)] [Duel Coin balance: 31,800]
Looking at the results panel refreshing across his retinas, Yūki couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from lifting and nearly laughed aloud.
"Thirteen thousand Duel Coins in one go... plus five percent Soul Power?!"
He had to admit, the more famous the duelist, the more generous they truly were when it came to dropping coins.
Compared with that stingy little third wheel Syrus Truesdale, Asuka, Obelisk Blue's leading star, could practically be called a walking super ATM.
The incoming Duel Coins instantly filled the wallet he had emptied just two days earlier drawing from the Cyber Dragon Booster Pack.
As for that newly unlocked [Cyber Angel] Booster Pack...
Yūki stroked his chin, mulling it over.
"Although pure Angel Ritual builds mostly serve as engines or splashable support in the physical card game, Benten's tribute search without a once-per-turn limit is a top-tier broken card even across all of Yu-Gi-Oh!."
Once he saved enough Duel Coins to pull two or three copies of Benten, whatever LIGHT deck he splashed them into in the future would let his opponents truly understand a Duelist's smile.
"Yūki."
Crisp footsteps approached from a distance, interrupting Yūki's delighted mental calculations.
Asuka had