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# Chapter 385: Ultimate Conductor Tyranno

"——Boom!"

Suddenly, a powerful heartbeat echoed. Its might was truly terrifying; even before its true form appeared, an exceptionally dreadful presence swept across the entire Field!

"——Boom!"

Joey was startled by the heartbeat. Facing it directly, he felt a clearer sense of threat than anyone else—a threat stemming from biological instinct, like being targeted by a top predator in the food chain!

"——Boom!"

After the third heartbeat, an abrupt silence followed, so profound it was as if the heartbeats just now were merely hallucinations felt by the over ten thousand people present. But this didn't mean the prelude to that existence's summon had ended there!

On the contrary, the auditory and olfactory shock from that existence was sufficient. Next came the visual shock!

Under everyone's gaze, an incomparably magnificent and dazzling light, like the instant of a supernova explosion, bloomed on the Field. Beam after beam, countless brilliant lights were cast into the slightly dim sky, completely tearing apart the gloom and revealing the most direct stellar light, as if unfiltered by an ozone layer!

It wasn't the light of world-ending destruction; it was the deep crimson light capable of creating miracles!

"Come forth! My Ace Card!" Ryuzaki, completely immersed in the Duel, shouted excitedly, "Ultimate Conductor Tyranno!"

As Ryuzaki called out its name, behind him, a phantom image of an extremely massive, even exaggerated, size slowly revealed its form within the deep crimson light. Its height of dozens of meters nearly pierced the ceiling of the Kaiba Dome, obscuring everyone's view.

Its thick tail swayed slowly; even such a subtle movement stirred up a wave of wind on the Field. The giant dinosaur, a fusion of pitch black and dark red, overlooked Joey's **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"** on his Field. The crimson-purple gems on its body lit up one after another. What a terrifying presence!

[Ultimate Conductor Tyranno][10☆/LIGHT]
[Dinosaur-Type/Special Summon/Effect]
[3500/3200]

Appearing on Ryuzaki's Field was none other than the invincible, strongest big brother of the Dinosaur-Type monsters, the apex of Dinosaur-Type monsters even in Hayato's previous life's environment, a symbol of absolute violence, an embodiment of oppressive power, nicknamed "Lackey Destroyer" — Ultimate Conductor Tyranno!

Although it was jokingly called the big brother who couldn't survive three turns because it was often negated and destroyed by cards like Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit and Infinite Impermanence, this didn't affect Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's status among Dinosaur-Type monsters—though, the main reason was that there weren't many capable Dinosaur-Type monsters.

Its simple Summoning Conditions, requiring only banishing two Dinosaur-Type monsters from the Graveyard to summon, not even using a Normal Summon; an Attack of 3500 points, which is 500 points higher than the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon; and 3200 Defense points, plus a mass suppression effect, truly made it a considerably powerful card.

In the audience seats, Hayato nodded in approval. It was truly impressive that Ryuzaki managed to obtain such a powerful card.

As for how Ryuzaki obtained this card, that kind of thing wasn't important at all.

To paraphrase someone else's words, "You don't need to understand Duel Monsters matters that clearly."

Joey looked at the giant Ultimate Conductor Tyranno, nervously swallowed, and thought back. He realized that in his past duels, he had never seen a monster of such exaggerated volume appear. Not even Obelisk the Tormentor could compare to the Ultimate Conductor Tyranno before him; only Slifer the Sky Dragon, when its length once approached a hundred meters, had the qualification to rival it.

And, an Attack of 3500 points.

Although Joey had seen monsters with Attack higher than 3500 points before, such as Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Obelisk the Tormentor whose normal Attack was 4000 points and could even increase to infinity after using its ability, and Hayato's Cyber End Dragon, etc.

But not being a Fusion Monster, and not being an exception like a God Card, yet still being able to reach 3500 Attack points with just one independent monster, Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's presence was truly immense.

Especially when his **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"** on the Field had its Dark Dragon Type Claw Equip Card destroyed, making its Attack even lower than Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's.

"Enter my Battle Phase! Here I come, Joey!"

Ultimate Conductor Tyranno overlooked **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"** and roared, almost slowing everyone's heartbeat by a beat. Dust on the ground stirred up, and Ryuzaki pointed his finger at Joey's Field:

"Attack **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"**, Ultimate Conductor Tyranno!"

"Supernova Blast!"

Ultimate Conductor Tyranno stretched its majestic body to its fullest. Starting from its tail, the crimson-purple gems covering its entire body lit up with brilliant light one after another. Witnessing this giant beast concentrating its full power in its mouth, preparing to unleash it, Joey also roared with burning passion: "Although the outcome is certain, we can't lose to you in spirit!"

"Strike back, **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"**!"

Following Joey's command, **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"** and Ultimate Conductor Tyranno simultaneously launched an attack against each other. The light bursting from Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's mouth suddenly intensified for an instant; the high-temperature energy cannon rapidly pierced through **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"**'s body, while **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"**'s final blow also landed heavily on Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's face, making it stagger.

[Joey: 3000 → 2700 LP]

Joey covered his face with one hand, shielding himself from the strong light emitted when Ultimate Conductor Tyranno's attack landed. After the light slightly receded, he opened his eyes and looked at Ryuzaki opposite him.

**"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"** was undoubtedly destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, and its dying blow made Ultimate Conductor Tyranno retreat a step, but it was only one step back.

"So... so powerful."

Ryuzaki, who was relieved that his attack went through, heard someone in the audience seats whispering.

"So there are such powerful monsters among Dinosaur-Type monsters?"

"To be able to recover from such a difficult situation at the start of the turn, that Ryuzaki is truly amazing."

"I heard he was the runner-up in the Duel Monsters National Tournament in Japan, and almost became the Champion."

"I see, no wonder he's got some skill. Even Joey Wheeler, a Top 4 player of Duel City, is being suppressed."

Hearing the audience's comments about him, Ryuzaki couldn't help but feel a bit smug.

After all, Ryuzaki, who had a clear understanding of his own strength from the beginning, didn't come to the KC Cup with the goal of competing for the top three prize money. He had no confidence in defeating Kobayashi Hayato, Yugi Mutou, or Seto Kaiba.

His goal was truly just as he told Joey, to build up his name recognition and enter the professional duelist circle.

'Indeed, it was the correct choice to specifically Tribute Super Conductor Tyranno just now to complete the summon of Ultimate Conductor Tyranno.'

Listening to the cheers of many of the audience who had been converted into his fans, calling out "Ryuzaki," "Ryuzaki," and "Rex Raptor," Ryuzaki had somewhat grasped the audience's mindset.

Between the optimal duel logic to achieve victory and the victory itself, which was more important?

Was it duel logic?

No.

Was it victory?

Not that either.

During the duel process, the back-and-forth, intense exchanges between both players, and the appearance of powerful, flashy, cool, and majestic monsters, were the most important things.

Bystanders who only half-understood Duel Monsters couldn't understand the duel logic at all. For them, as long as the duel was interesting enough, it was sufficient to focus their preferences on the duelist. And a fan base, to some extent, was more important for a professional duelist than a win rate of a hundred victories in a hundred battles.

While using the Invincible Library Exodia or a stall/burn deck could effectively increase the win rate, the audience would definitely not be interested in such boring duels. Besides that, how would investors sell tickets and collect their investment returns?

As for how to gain fans even if the duel was interesting but the duel was lost? The fans would naturally find ways to justify it, just like Water O Moon O's videos don't win every time but attract a large amount of fans because they are quite interesting.

This was also why Ryuzaki could have directly destroyed Joey's **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"** with Super Conductor Tyranno, but insisted on replacing Super Conductor Tyranno with the stronger Ultimate Conductor Tyranno.

"My turn ends." Feeling the audience's passion, Ryuzaki was in a good mood. He gave Joey a smile full of fighting spirit. "You must have more strength, Joey. In that case, use your full power to defeat me, 'Rex Raptor'!"

[Ryuzaki: 1100 LP, Hand 0]
[Ultimate Conductor Tyranno][ATK 3500]

Joey naturally also heard the people around him shouting Ryuzaki's name. If it were someone with slightly weaker mental fortitude, hearing that even the audience had started supporting his opponent while at a disadvantage might make them feel lost and lose their fighting spirit.

But Joey wasn't that fragile. The Ultimate Conductor Tyranno summoned by Ryuzaki ignited not only the audience's passion but also Joey's fighting spirit: "Even if you didn't say that, I would definitely do it!"

"Although you're also strong, Ryuzaki, my goal is to become one of the Top 3 in the KC Cup and get revenge on Kaiba, so I will definitely win!" Saying this, Joey excitedly drew a card from his Deck. "My turn, draw!"

"I activate **"Cards of the Red Stone"** from my hand! I send **"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"** from my hand and one **"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"** from my Deck to the Graveyard, and draw two cards from my Deck!"

Joey sent the **"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"** from his hand, which was recycled by **"Dark Factory of Mass Production"** last turn, and another **"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"**, which was returned to the Deck by **"Demon Dragon - Dark Magician"**'s effect, to the Graveyard. He replenished two cards to his hand from the Deck. Including the cards drawn during the Draw Phase this turn, he had a total of three cards in his hand.

"I activate this card, the Spell Card **"Painful Decision"**. After glancing at the card in his hand and thinking for a moment, Joey placed a card in his Duel Disk's Spell & Trap Zone. "I draw two cards from my Deck, and my opponent chooses one of them."

As he spoke, Joey drew two cards from his Deck. Two cards with only their backs showing appeared on his Field. "If you choose a Monster Card, Ryuzaki, then I can Special Summon the chosen monster to the Field, ignoring its Summoning Conditions, and add the other card to my hand. If it's not a Monster Card, both cards are sent to the Graveyard."

Hearing this, Ryuzaki curled his lip in disdain: "Joey, your gambling cards have finally evolved to the point where you're testing someone else's luck instead of your own?"

"Hey, don't say it like I particularly like using a gambling deck!" Joey immediately retorted. "It's not like everyone thinks gambling cards aren't strong, so the price of gambling cards is particularly cheap, that's why I use them, right? Do you think the gambling cards I used before are stronger than the Red-Eyes Deck I'm using now?"

When Joey asked this, Ryuzaki was genuinely stunned. Recalling Joey's unreasonable luck, where even gambling cards with equal earnings and risk always landed on the earnings side, he nodded affirmatively: "That's definitely true!"

"If you were using a pure gambling deck, you would have defeated Seto Kaiba long ago!"

"How annoying! I don't want to use a gambling deck!" Joey also threw a tantrum. Are you kidding me? I saved up my pocket money and various prize money, plus the other two Red-Eyes Kaiba gave me, just to finally build this Red-Eyes Deck. You want to persuade me to go back to using a gambling deck?

No way!

"Hurry up and choose which card!" Joey didn't want to continue this topic that made him feel annoyed and disheartened. Ryuzaki also scratched his head, feeling a bit troubled. "Damn it, it's somehow difficult to choose, even though it's a one-in-two choice."

Ryuzaki, who never had any expectation for his own luck, hardened his heart, gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and closed his eyes: "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!"

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, okay, I've decided on this one!" Ryuzaki, who had been pointing his finger back and forth between the two cards, suddenly opened his eyes and pointed his finger at the card on his right side. "I choose this one!"

As Ryuzaki chose the card, the two cards Joey drew because of **"Painful Decision"** were also flipped over, revealing their true appearance.

The card on Ryuzaki's left side was **"Fusion"**, and the card he chose on his right side was none other than the last **"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"** in Joey's Deck!

"Alright! Thanks, Ryuzaki, you gave me another **"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"**!" Joey ignored Ryuzaki's displeased expression, added **"Fusion"** to his hand, and waved his empty hand. "Soar, **"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"**!"

[Red-Eyes Black Dragon is Normal Summoned!]

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