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Chapter 354: A Brand New 【Blue-Eyes】

Restricted from attacking by "Curse of Darkness", "Armed Dragon Thunder LV10" was unable to move on the field. Glancing at his hand, Hayato said helplessly, "Set one card from my hand, I end my turn."

[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand: 2]
[Armed Dragon Thunder LV10] (Curse of Darkness) [ATK 3300]
[Armed Dragon Shockwave] [Set Card]

On the audience stands, Joey Wheeler tapped the railing in front of him with a regretful expression. "He finally managed to Summon 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10' with 4000 Attack. I thought Hayato could take out that guy Kaiba in one turn. What a shame."

"Even I know that's impossible just by thinking about it," Tristan retorted. "Besides, if Hayato easily defeated Kaiba, wouldn't that make you, who couldn't beat Kaiba, seem weak?"

"Huh? I guess you're right."

Joey Wheeler belatedly slapped his palm. "But it doesn't matter. Compared to Kaiba defeating Hayato and becoming King of Games, I'd still rather see Hayato take my place and give that guy Kaiba a good beating."

"What's more, didn't Hayato say he would defeat Kaiba and obtain the 'Obelisk the Tormentor' in his hand to collect the Three Egyptian God Cards? He has a reason why he must achieve victory."

Beside him, Mokuba heard Joey Wheeler's words, put down the tablet in his hand, and turned his head. "A reason for victory or something like that, my brother has one too."

"My brother told me, Joey Wheeler, you guys have already met Gozaburo in that Virtual World before, right? The reason my brother chose to hold the Duel City Finals on this Devil's Island is because he wants to use the glory of being King of Games to sever himself from Gozaburo's past."

"To achieve this goal, my brother will defeat all enemies blocking his path and charge forward all the way. Even against Hayato, he won't hold back." He lowered his head again, and Mokuba opened a report and started analyzing it. "But presumably Hayato won't hold back against my brother either, right? Perhaps this is what's called 'duelists' mutual respect'?"

On the Duel Field, Kaiba drew a card from the top of his Deck. "My turn, draw a card!"

His confident action when drawing a card seemed to dispel even the strong winds on the Tower.

"During your Main Phase, I have a card effect to activate," Hayato said. "Although its attack is sealed, 'Curse of Darkness' cannot prevent 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10' from activating its effect!"

"When 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s ATK is 1000 or more, once per opponent's turn, I can discard one card from my hand and choose one other card on the field to destroy."

Kaiba snorted coldly. "So which card of mine will you choose to destroy? Is it 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' or 'Curse of Darkness' which is restricting 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10'?"

"Don't always give me choices; I have trouble deciding," Hayato said, pointing with some hesitation at the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' on the field. "Compared to recovering 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s ATK, annihilating their forces is the optimal choice."

"I choose to destroy 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon', and then increase 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s ATK by 1000!"

Bound tightly by 'Curse of Darkness', 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10' began releasing a large amount of electricity from its body as Hayato discarded a card from his hand. Following the chains of 'Curse of Darkness', the current extended to Kaiba's field and attacked the defenseless 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'!

[Armed Dragon Thunder LV10] [ATK 3300→4300]

"Boom!" An explosion occurred as the electricity hit. Seeing 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s ATK increase with the activation of its effect, Hayato raised an eyebrow slightly. "I thought you would save the effect of 'Return of the Dragon Lords' for a crucial moment."

"Oh? You actually know this card's effect?" Kaiba said something unexpected, but the expression on his face was quite calm. "Hmph, although I can sacrifice everything for victory, even 'Blue-Eyes', I will not accept unnecessary sacrifice."

"My glorious path is the king's road to the top of the world together with my monsters. Roar, 'Blue-Eyes'!"

"Roar!!"

With a fierce dragon roar, the smoke and dust from the recent explosion were blown away by a strong current of air, and the unharmed 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' spread its wings. And behind it, a statue of a giant dragon wrapped in lightning was scattering into ash.

"The second effect of 'Return of the Dragon Lords' is, when a Dragon-Type monster on the field is destroyed by battle or effect, I can banish 'Return of the Dragon Lords' from the Graveyard as a substitute."

Just now, Kaiba used this effect to allow 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' to evade being destroyed by 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s effect. After explaining the effect of 'Return of the Dragon Lords', Kaiba looked down at the card he had just drawn.

A Spell Card possessing one of the most mysterious (card creation) power in Duel Monsters, "Fusion".

And the card Kaiba had in his hand last turn was another 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from his Deck. Last turn, he originally planned to use 'Trickster' and 'Dark Jester - Peter' as Tributes to gather two 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' on the field at once.

However, because of the obstruction from Hayato's 'Chaos Hunter', his plan fell through, and he wasted the opportunity for a Normal Summon and ended his turn.

After all, he couldn't possibly use 'Trickster' and 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' as Tributes to Tribute Summon another 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon', right?

Glancing at the 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10' on Hayato's field, whose ATK had already increased to 4300, Kaiba couldn't help but frown. Although the effect of 'Curse of Darkness' temporarily prevented it from attacking, this situation wouldn't last too long.

By Kaiba's next turn, Hayato could completely use 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s effect on 'Curse of Darkness' to release the restraint. And by then, 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s ATK would increase again to a full 6000, twice the ATK of 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'.

By that time, besides 'Obelisk the Tormentor' using its "Soul Energy MAX" ability, Kaiba couldn't think of any other monster in his Deck that could defeat 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10' at that point.

And even now, Kaiba had no way to defeat 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10', which has battle destruction resistance. Even 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon', its ATK is only 200 points higher than the weakened 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10'.

While feeling conflicted, Kaiba suddenly remembered Joey Wheeler's answer to his question in the previous duel.

"Believe in the cards, and the cards will respond to you, huh?" Looking at 'Fusion' in his hand, and the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' on the field that turned its head to look at him, Kaiba suddenly felt a sense of ease, and the corner of his mouth curved up slightly without him even noticing.

"Oh White Dragon who bears all my glory, respond to me!"

"I activate the 'Fusion' Spell Card, Fusion Summon a 'Blue-Eyes' monster!"

"'Fusion'!? Is Kaiba going to Summon 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon'?" Joey Wheeler was also startled and looked at Kaiba's hand. But besides the 'Fusion' Spell Card, he clearly only had one card in his hand.

Mai Valentine beside him was also puzzled. "The effect of 'Trickster' should only be to Special Summon by discarding a card from the hand. Or rather, is Seto Kaiba going to Summon a 'Blue-Eyes' Fusion Monster other than 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon'?"

"A 'Blue-Eyes' Fusion Monster other than 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon'? I've never heard of such a thing," Joey Wheeler muttered and asked Yugi Mutou, "Yugi, have you ever heard of such a monster?"

"No, I haven't heard of it either, after all, there are only four 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' in the world," Yugi Mutou shook his head. He wasn't Maximillion Pegasus, that card creation merchant, who knew every card released by Industrial Illusions. "But..."

Yugi Mutou's gaze moved away from the 'Fusion' vortex on Kaiba's field and looked towards Hayato, who was surprised but also revealed a look of understanding.

'Hayato-kun, he seems to recognize the monster Kaiba is about to Summon? How interesting.'

'Aibo, you've become naughty.'

And Hayato watched as Kaiba Fused the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from his hand with the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' on the field, feeling both surprised and a little relieved. "A Fusion of two 'Blue-Eyes'? Did you learn card creation from Joey Wheeler, Seto?"

"Hmph, according to your saying, isn't this the Heart of the Cards?" After replying to Hayato, Kaiba raised his right arm high, a card appeared out of thin air between his fingers, and he slapped it onto his Duel Disk. "Shout, tremble!"

"Descend! Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!"

"Roar!!"

With a dragon roar, the brand new 'Blue-Eyes' after the Fusion was completed flew out from the card. Looking at the soaring White Dragon, in a trance, Kaiba suddenly heard a faint female voice in his ear: "Se...to..."

"Hmm?" Kaiba frowned, subconsciously turned his head to look beside him, but saw nothing.

That woman's voice just now, Kaiba could guarantee he had never heard it in his memory, but his intuition gave him a feeling completely contrary to his memory. He seemed quite familiar with the owner of the voice, and vaguely felt some pain and rage, but even this feeling flashed and disappeared.

Shaking his head to cast this feeling aside, Kaiba treated it as an aftereffect of not resting well yesterday and looked back at the two-headed White Dragon on the field—Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon.

[Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon] [Level 10/LIGHT Attribute]
[Dragon/Fusion/Effect Monster]
[3000/2500]

Even though it was Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon Summoned by Fusing two 'Blue-Eyes', its ATK and DEF had no change? But Kaiba didn't feel dissatisfied at all. Just seeing the brand new form of 'Blue-Eyes' was enough to bring him satisfaction.

But of course, defeating strong enemies could also bring him satisfaction.

Following his inner intuition, although he didn't know the effect of Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon yet, Kaiba firmly swung his hand forward fiercely and said loudly, "Begin Battle! Oh Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, attack 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10'!"

"What?!"

"Kaiba is going to use Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon with lower ATK to attack 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10'?!"

Except for Hayato, almost everyone was quite surprised by the attack command given by Kaiba, while Hayato showed a troubled expression because he knew the effect of Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon.

Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon heard Kaiba command it to attack 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10', and didn't show dissatisfaction with this command, which was no different from suicide. It folded its spread wings without hesitation and swooped down from mid-air towards 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10', which was under the control of 'Curse of Darkness'.

'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10' wasn't the type to just take a hit when provoked either. Without waiting for Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon's attack to arrive, it began releasing lightning from its body to counter.

Although some of the lightning was diverted by the chains of 'Curse of Darkness', 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10''s attack was still one step faster than Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon and countered back, hitting completely!

[Kaiba: 4000→2700 LP]

The overflowing lightning spread along Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon to Kaiba's field, and the powerful electric current attack made Kaiba take a step back.

"Alright!"

Joey Wheeler couldn't help but cheer. He didn't have any other meaning; he was just happy to see Kaiba at a disadvantage. "That guy Kaiba randomly gave an attack command, isn't he just bringing suffering upon himself?"

"Is Kaiba really just attacking randomly?" Yugi Mutou was a little doubtful.

Because in his expectation, Kaiba wasn't someone who would mindlessly activate an attack, and Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, as a monster Fused from two 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon', would surely become stronger to some extent. Maybe it would have an ability similar to 'Metalmorph', where its ATK increases based on the ATK of the monster it battles.

However, until being countered by 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10', which caused Kaiba's Life Points to decrease, Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon's ATK also didn't change. Carrying this troubled feeling, Yugi Mutou subconsciously looked towards the location where Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon was "destroyed".

Then he widened his eyes.

"No, it's not like that, Joey Wheeler!"

"Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon wasn't destroyed by 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10' at all! It also possesses the ability to not be destroyed by battle!"

Almost at the same time Yugi Mutou said these words, everyone saw two dragon heads simultaneously emerge from within the smoke and dust created by the explosion when Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon was hit. Each held a sphere surging with pure white light, and they countered back towards 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10', which was bound by chains!

"Is not being destroyed by battle some kind of very common protection? Why does it feel so common?" Joey Wheeler commented. Then he saw that 'Armed Dragon Thunder LV10', which was hit by Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon's attack, its battle resistance seemed to disappear and was instantly swallowed and vanished!

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