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Chapter 526: The Despicable Destroyer Enters the Kaiba Dome

【Dragon Ruler - Dragon of Overlord】、【Diamond Dragon】, and 【Emerald Dragon】—these three monsters on Kaiba's Field, upon being chosen as Tribute and Tributed, unlike monsters Tributed at other times, did not turn into fragments and go directly to the Graveyard. Instead, they dispersed into dust as if weathered away.

Subsequently, a suffocating gale swept across the Field. A giant vortex appeared in the virtual projection of the sky, and within the vortex, a pair of eyes suddenly opened!

Thick arms reached out from the clouds, tearing the dark clouds apart. Only then did Yugi realize that the "God" had already made its descent. Its overly majestic body made it hard to imagine that it was actually a Duel Monster!

"Gale sweeps across the Field, all things turn to withered bones before divine might! Descend, obeying my order!"

Kaiba raised his arm and shouted,

"【Obelisk the Tormentor】!"

The blue Giant God Soldier stood tall upon the Field!

【Obelisk the Tormentor】【ATK4000】

"He already summoned the Tri... Giant God Soldier on the third turn. Kaiba really has some tricks up his sleeve." Hayato quickly corrected his slip of the tongue, not speaking his inner thoughts, his face bearing a smile full of anticipation for the upcoming Duel.

Joey Wheeler , however, was a bit nervous. "Now isn't the time to marvel at Kaiba's strength, Hayato. 【Obelisk the Tormentor】 has a whopping 4000 ATK, and it also has the powerful resistance shared by the Three Egyptian Gods."

"Although I don't know what that Set Card in Yugi's Spell & Trap Zone is, if he just lets 【Obelisk】 attack 【Dark Magician Girl】 with only 2000 ATK, Yugi's remaining 1600 Life Points will be reduced to zero, and Yugi will just lose like that!"

"That's right, Yugi. Although I don't know what that card in your Spell & Trap Zone is, there's no longer any need for me to know. Because what stands before you now isn't some ordinary monster, but Kami-da!"

Kaiba, with an empty Hand, looked contemptuously at the 【Dark Magician】 and 【Dark Magician Girl】 on Yugi's Field, feeling certain victory was already in his grasp. After all, 【Obelisk the Tormentor】 was already right in his face, how could he still lose?

However, Kaiba suddenly remembered that if he were to attack Yugi next, he would still have to battle with the monsters on Yugi's Field instead of a direct attack. Yugi still had room to maneuver here, such as 【Soul Shield】 which prevents taking damage as long as there is a monster, or 【Desert Sunlight】 which changes his monster's battle position.

To be safe, he still needed to destroy that card in Yugi's Spell & Trap Zone, or at the very least, seal it.

Although he had no cards in Hand, Kaiba glanced at the six cards in Yugi's Hand and the Set Card in his own Spell & Trap Zone, revealing a proud expression. "【Graceful Charity】 is a draw card that replenishes the Hand. While it can draw a large number of cards in one go, the cost is that it will also cause you, Yugi, to draw a large number of cards. As Hayato often says, powerful cards are often accompanied by great risk."

"But for me, who has the firm resolve to climb to the peak, I can even utilize this negative effect." Kaiba sneered, pressing the button to activate his Set Card. "Open my Set Card in the Spell & Trap Zone, the Trap Card 【Balance of Power】!"

"I can only activate this card when my Hand is 0. My opponent chooses half the number of cards in their Hand to discard and Send to Graveyard, and then I can draw cards from my Deck equal to the number of cards my opponent discarded from their Hand."

"Yugi, because of 【Graceful Charity】's effect, your Hand size has increased to three. So now, you need to discard three cards from your Hand, and I will draw three cards as a result!"

As Kaiba's Set Card activated, Yugi looked at his Hand with a slight hesitation. After a moment of thought, he drew three cards from it. "In that case, the cards I discard are these three."

Witnessing Yugi Send three cards of unknown significance to the Graveyard, Kaiba drew three cards. Seeing the cards he drew, Kaiba's eyes lit up, and he immediately burst into maniacal laughter. "Yatta! Yugi! The victory in this Duel has undoubtedly fallen into my Hand!"

"I enter Battle Phase, and chain its activation to the start of the Battle Phase, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 【Forbidden Lance】 from my Hand!"

As Kaiba inserted the card from his Hand into the Duel Disk, a large number of spell arrows suddenly appeared out of thin air above Yugi and Kaiba's heads and rained down. They all landed precisely on both players' Spell & Trap Zones, and the card Set in Yugi's Spell & Trap Zone was firmly nailed to the Ground by 【Forbidden Lance】!

"【Forbidden Lance】's activation cannot be chained by Spell, Trap, or monster effects. Its effect is to lock the activation of all your and my Spell and Trap Cards for this turn! This means that card in your Spell & Trap Zone can no longer be used!" Kaiba's finger pointed at the 【Dark Magician Girl】 in attack position on Yugi's Field. "Then next, is 【Obelisk the Tormentor】's attack!"

"Crush that 【Dark Magician Girl】, 【Obelisk】!!"

"Divine Fist Smash Attack!!!"

Under 【Dark Magician Girl】's terrified gaze, the blue giant raised its fist comparable to a meteor. Its movement seemed heavy but was actually swift. Visibly compressed air wrapped around the fist, turning into a blue impact, and slammed down heavily onto 【Dark Magician Girl】!

"Kyaa!"

Although she put up a magic defense in front of her, facing the power of a God Card, 【Dark Magician Girl】's barrier was easily broken through, not even counting as a sheet of paper. The little witch was destroyed and Sent to Graveyard. The airflow from the terrifying impact shook the virtual projection of the airship beneath their feet, raising sky-covering smoke that enveloped Yugi's figure.

Seeing this, Kaiba frowned. Due to Hayato, Kaiba had somewhat grasped the existence of the so-called "no damage with smoke" rule. Although he personally saw 【Dark Magician Girl】 being destroyed, because he didn't directly witness Yugi's Life Points reduced to zero, a thought arose in Kaiba's heart that "Yugi can withstand this attack."

And in reality, that was indeed the case.

"Kuriboh~"

In the gradually dispersing smoke, the figure of 【Kuriboh】 beside him gradually became transparent. Yugi, who had dodged this damage and was completely unharmed, met Kaiba's gaze. "Oh my, that was dangerous. Thanks to you, Kaiba, for Sending 【Kuriboh】 to my Hand with 【Graceful Charity】 earlier."

"Tsk, it's that small fry monster again." Kaiba curled his lip in disdain. The more he didn't want to see something, the more likely he was to see it. This was already the umpteenth time. Kaiba found that every time Yugi was in a critical moment where his Life Points were about to be reduced to zero, a 【Kuriboh】 would always appear in his Hand, as if it were glued there.

And that guy Hayato too, 【Rainbow Kuriboh】 is just as troublesome.

Kaiba, grumbling internally about both Yugi and Hayato, didn't reflect on himself at all. When it came to "gluing cards," he was actually better at it than both Yugi and Hayato.

Even though he had summoned 【Obelisk the Tormentor】, he still couldn't finish off Yugi. Although Kaiba felt a bit annoyed in his heart, he also had the idea that "Since it's Yugi, this level is only natural."

【Forbidden Lance】's effect is effective for both players. Therefore, neither Yugi nor Kaiba could use Spell and Trap Cards during this turn. After Yugi used his monster 【Kuriboh】's effect to reduce the battle damage to zero this time, Kaiba glanced at the two cards in his Hand and Set them both.

"Set all my Hand. I end my turn." Kaiba inserted the cards into the Spell & Trap Zone of his Duel Disk. His face showed no signs of "disappointment" or "annoyance." Instead, he looked at Yugi with anticipation.

【Kaiba: 4000 LP, Hand 0】

【Obelisk the Tormentor】【ATK4000】

【Set Card】X2

Kaiba agreed with what Hayato said before the Duel began. After all, what he needed was victory, but not just any victory. Only a victory earned after a full-power struggle where both players burned their Duelist Spirit was what he craved.

Since he had already summoned 【Obelisk】, Yugi surely wouldn't make Kaiba wait long. He would probably be able to summon 【Slifer】 this turn.

"My turn, draw a card."

"Then, activate the effect of 【Pot of Greed】, and draw two more cards."

【Forbidden Lance】's effect was lifted when Kaiba ended his turn. After activating the 【Pot of Greed】 he had just drawn on the Field, Yugi drew two cards. Glancing at the 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 that had been Added to his Hand last turn, Yugi's mouth curved into a smirk.

"Kaiba, I feel your thirst for victory from your Duel. But, I will not lose this Duel, because I have a reason why I must defeat you."

Recalling everything Yugi Mutou described seeing in the illusion, Dark Yugi's gaze was firm. "I will use 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 to defeat your 【Obelisk】!"

"Hmph, that's a good spirit, Yugi. If you can summon 【Slifer】, then by all means, try it. After all, only a God can defeat a God." Kaiba, anticipating the descent of 【Slifer】, smirked, but then added, "However, if you're harboring such a naive idea that you can defeat me, you're two thousand years too early!"

With a commanding spirit, Yugi played a card from his Hand. "By discarding one card from my Hand as cost, I activate the Normal Spell Card 【Joker's Straight】! Special Summon 【Queen's Knight】 from my Deck, then Add either 【King's Knight】 or 【Jack's Knight】 to my Hand. I choose 【King's Knight】. After that, I can Normal Summon one monster from my Hand."

"Come forth, 【King's Knight】!"

The two Knights representing "Q" and "K" in playing cards appeared on Yugi's Field, standing beside 【Dark Magician】. 【King's Knight】's sword and 【Queen's Knight】's sword crossed each other and were raised, and then another sword was generated out of thin air, resting on the point where the two warriors' swords intersected.

"When 【Queen's Knight】 exists on my Field, 【King's Knight】 can Special Summon one 【Jack's Knight】 from the Deck when he is Normal Summoned. And because 【King's Knight】's summon is the effect of 【Joker's Straight】,"

Yugi looked at the "JQK" Three Knights that had appeared on his Field.

【Queen's Knight】【ATK1500】

【King's Knight】【ATK1600】

【Jack's Knight】【ATK1900】

"Kaiba, I have assembled the three Tribute monsters required to summon 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 on my Field!"

"Is that so..." Looking at the Three Knights assembled on Yugi's Field, plus the almost certainly existing 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 in Yugi's Hand, Kaiba knew Yugi was planning to summon the God next.

However, while he anticipated the battle between Gods, Kaiba was not someone who would intentionally go easy for such a reason. Yugi wanted to summon 【Slifer】, but what would he do if Kaiba destroyed his Tributes first?

Thinking this, Kaiba sneered and pressed the button to activate his Set Card. "Too bad, Yugi. Although I also look forward to you summoning a God, at least withstand this move first. Don't fall into the abyss so easily."

"I activate my Set Card, the Quick-Play Spell Card 【Polymerization】! This card allows me to use the 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】 and 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 in my Graveyard as Fusion Material and return them to the Deck to perform a Fusion Summon." Kaiba caught the three cards automatically retrieved from the Graveyard by his Duel Disk. "The Fusion Material I choose is, three 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】!"

"Come forth, Ultimate Dragon that surpasses all things! Show me your powerful strength! 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!"

The three 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】 cards were returned to Kaiba's Deck, and the Duel Disk automatically shuffled. Kaiba then slammed a Fusion Monster Card onto the Duel Disk.

The Ultimate Dragon appeared on Kaiba's Field, its form different from 【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】, yet its immense power, unchanged from the original version, remained!

"Roar!" X3

【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】【ATK4500】

"While 【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 exists in my Graveyard, it grants the 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 on my Field the ability to not be the target of any of your effects, nor be affected by any of your effects! Furthermore, the second effect of 【Polymerization】 resolves!"

Kaiba extended his finger towards the sky. Beside 【Obelisk】, the three heads of the Ultimate Dragon opened their mouths, and three beams of light shot towards Yugi's Field!

"Based on the number of 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】 and 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 used for the Fusion, I can destroy three cards on your Field!"

"I'll leave that 【Dark Magician】 for you for now, but the Tributes for 【Slifer】 that you worked so hard to gather will be Sent to Graveyard by 【Blue-Eyes】's attack, Yugi!"

"Toughness, invincible, strongest!"

The three beams of light struck 【Queen's Knight】, 【King's Knight】, and 【Jack's Knight】 on Yugi's Field with lightning speed. The "JQK" Three Knights, having been on the Field for less than a minute, were thus destroyed by the power of 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】, turning into dust.

Hmm? Kaiba frowned, looking at the dust floating into the air from Yugi's Field.

Logically, when a monster is destroyed, the virtual projection effect should be that it turns directly into fragments. When Fusion Summoned, the monster's body deforms and twists. When Ritual Summoned or Tribute Summoned, the monster turns into light points.

Turning into dust is not the correct representation...

Kaiba glanced at the 【Obelisk the Tormentor】 on his Field. Earlier, when summoning the Giant God Soldier, Kaiba's monsters had also turned into dust and dispersed.

Meaning...

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