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Chapter 531: Kaiba, Your Card is Really Useful, But Now It's Mine
"Hayato?"
Looking up at Hayato in the sky, Yugi had a brief exchange with him and learned about the current situation.
Everyone outside was fine, and the missing Yugi Mutou had been found by Hayato, who had ventured deep into the "Pyramid of Light". Aside from the Kaiba Dome, a newly completed Building, having a large hole in it, and Kaiba himself being beaten up, no one else was injured.
Furthermore, Yugi also learned from Hayato the necessary conditions to defeat Anubis.
However, Anubis was unaware of all this. After watching Yugi look up for a moment, he showed him a confident expression.
"I see, I understand completely." With his finger on the top card of his Deck, Yugi reached for his Deck to draw, sighing slightly, "The shortcut I wanted to take turned out to be the longest path."
"My Turn, Draw!"
"Then I Activate the Spell Card, 【Magical Stone Excavation】! By Discarding two cards from my Hand and Sending them to the Graveyard, I Recycle the Spell Card 【Card of Demise】 from my Graveyard and Activate it!"
"This card's Effect allows both Players to Draw cards from their Decks until their Hand contains six cards. Since I have no cards in my Hand, I can Draw six cards!"
Using 【Magical Stone Excavation】, Yugi benefited from the Effect of 【Card of Demise】 for the third time in this Duel, Drawing six cards from his Deck in one go. Seeing this, Anubis sneered. "Heh heh, useless struggle. What good are more cards when facing the invincible 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】 on the Field?"
"Furthermore, I also have no cards in my Hand, so I can Draw six cards as well."
Matching Yugi's action, Anubis also Drew six cards. When he saw the cards he drew, the corner of his mouth curved up. It seemed he had Drawn quite good cards.
'Although I Drew four filler cards, 【Dark Hole】 and 【Blast Sphere】 finally made it into my Hand.'
'Next Turn, I just need to Normal Summon 【Blast Sphere】, use its Effect to Equip it to 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】, and then Activate 【Dark Hole】 to Destroy all Monsters on the Field. This will clear all the Monsters that kid might Summon this Turn, while 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】 can use 【Blast Sphere】 to protect itself from this Destruction.'
'After that, a Direct Attack will be my complete Victory!'
Anubis's plan was sound, but he didn't notice the smile that appeared on Yugi's face when he saw the cards he had Drawn.
'Hayato just told me that Kaiba has a new 【Blue-Eyes】 card with a very powerful Effect, comparable to a God Card. If I remember correctly, it seems to be the one Kaiba wanted to Summon by Tributing 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 earlier?'
Thinking this, Yugi pressed the button to Activate a Set Card. "Anubis, in this Duel, I'll fight for Kaiba's sake too. I Activate the last Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone, 【Graverobber】! By Paying 1000 Life Points, I can choose one card from the Opponent's Graveyard to use."
【Yugi: 1600 → 600 LP】
"Hmm? A card from the Graveyard?" Anubis lifted his Duel Disk and said contemptuously, "It doesn't matter. 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】's ATK won't decrease just because a Monster leaves the Graveyard."
"No, not your Graveyard."
Yugi shook his head, pointing to Kaiba nearby. "The Target I choose is Kaiba's Graveyard, whose Duel you interfered with. To be precise, it's the card Kaiba wanted to Summon earlier but was Interrupted by you!"
As he spoke, Yugi looked towards Kaiba.
And just at that moment, Kaiba, who had been unconscious for a long time due to suffocation, slightly regained consciousness. As soon as he woke up, he saw his cards scattered beside him, as well as Yugi and Anubis confronting each other, and his gaze happened to meet Yugi's.
"This is..."
"Kaiba, you're awake."
Kaiba's regaining consciousness was unexpected for Yugi. However, Yugi had already Paid Life Points to Activate the card. Although it felt a bit awkward taking Kaiba's card right in front of him, Yugi still extended his hand.
And the 【Dark Magician】 on the Field also cooperatively swung the Staff in its hand. Mystical Power was released onto the cards beside Kaiba, taking one of them and sending it flying into Yugi's Hand. Yugi reached out and precisely gripped it between his fingers.
"Yugi! Kisama!"
Although Yugi's action was cool, someone was very annoyed.
Kaiba glared at Yugi, "Although I don't know what just happened, Yugi, you dare to take that 【Blue-Eyes】 from my hand!"
'I've only ever used it on the simulator, and you dare to steal my card's precious first time!'
He didn't say the second half out loud, as even Kaiba was self-aware enough to know it was a bit embarrassing.
"Sorry, Kaiba, I can apologize later, but right now I must defeat the person opposite me." Yugi mentioned what Anubis had done, his teeth clenched slightly, "He actually dared to take Aibo away from me!"
In his wrath, Yugi looked down at the card he had taken from Kaiba's hand.
【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】【Level 10 / LIGHT】
【Dragon Type / Effect】
【3000 ATK / 2500 DEF】
【Effect: Cannot be Normal Summoned. Must be Special Summoned by Tributing one 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 you control. This card gains 300 ATK for each Dragon Type Monster in your Graveyard. The Player chooses whether to accept the Effects of Spell/Trap/Monster Effects used against their Monsters or themselves. Also, you can Tribute this card to Destroy any number of cards on the Field. This Effect cannot be Negated, and can be Activated during your Opponent's Turn.】
After reading the Effect of 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, even Yugi, who had seen many things, was slightly silent. After all, the Effect of this card was a bit ridiculous. He somewhat understood where Kaiba's confidence in defeating him and Hayato came from.
What does "The Player chooses whether to accept" mean? What does "Destroy any number, cannot be Negated" mean?
Such a shameless Effect is so typical of Pegasus's style. When that guy gets an inspiration, he loves to just print cards with random effects, completely disregarding whether the card's strength is reasonable. Truly unforgivable, Pegasus!
After cursing Pegasus as usual, Yugi reread the Effect of 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】. This card is indeed strong, but Summoning it is truly troublesome. It cannot be Normal Summoned but can be Special Summoned by Tributing 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】, and only Kaiba has 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】. This means that even if dozens or hundreds more of this card were printed, it wouldn't affect the Duel Monsters meta.
If Yugi were to design it, first he would change "can be Special Summoned" to "can only be Special Summoned", then that confusing "Player chooses whether to accept" Effect must be removed, and finally, the card-destroying Effect that can even Destroy Gods must have "cannot be Negated" removed and only be able to Destroy one card. Then these cards would be slightly more reasonable.
Although Yugi was grumbling internally about the strength of 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, in the current situation, the overly powerful 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 was most suitable. To defeat Anubis, having an even stronger effect wouldn't be a problem.
However, the problem currently facing Yugi was that he didn't have a card in his Hand that could Special Summon 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】. After all, his Deck didn't have many High-Level Dragon Type Monsters, nor had he Drawn 【Monster Reborn】 to Resurrect the 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 in Anubis's Graveyard.
But, Yugi did bring an 【Autonomous Action Unit】, and he also "just happened" to Draw a card that could Recover Life Points by Tributing a Monster, which would provide the Life Points needed to Activate 【Autonomous Action Unit】: 【Mystik Wok】...
Unaware that his 【Dark Magician】 behind him was being stared at with a subtle gaze by Yugi, it suddenly shivered, and then heard Yugi's voice: "Anubis, to defeat you, I'm willing to give up my old friend, 【Dark Magician】. I Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, 【Mystik Wok】."
"I Tribute 【Dark Magician】! My Life Points recover by the amount of 【Dark Magician】's ATK, which is 2500 points!"
With 【Dark Magician】 wearing a confused expression, a large pot descended from the sky and covered it, Sending it to the Graveyard. Yugi's Life Points recovered accordingly.
【Yugi: 600 → 3100 LP】
"With enough Life Points, I can Activate this card, the Equip Spell Card 【Autonomous Action Unit】! By paying 1500 Life Points, I can Special Summon one Monster from the Opponent's Graveyard to the Field in Attack Position and Equip it with 【Autonomous Action Unit】! And the one I choose is the 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 in your Graveyard, Anubis!"
"Come to the Field, 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!"
【Yugi: 3100 → 1600 LP】
After going in circles, Yugi's Life Points returned to the value Kaiba had set, but on the Field, a three-headed White Dragon appeared.
"This is the second time someone has used my 【Blue-Eyes】 in front of me. But, if it's used to defeat the guy who dared to interfere with my Duel, I can settle the score with you later." Kaiba's face turned sour because of the appearance of 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】. However, perhaps because he had gotten used to seeing his 【Blue-Eyes】 change hands during his Duel with Hayato, most of Kaiba's wrath was directed at Anubis.
"However, if my 【Blue-Eyes】 loses to someone who looks like a fourth-rate Duelist using a third-rate Deck, you better be prepared to apologize, Yugi!"
"Don't worry, Kaiba, I want to defeat this guy in front of me even more than you do."
Replying to Kaiba, Yugi raised the 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 he had added to his Hand earlier high above his head. "Now, I will continue the Summon that Kaiba failed to complete earlier! I Tribute the 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 on the Field!"
"A Summon from beyond the Ultimate Monster, the Dragon of Light that erases everything!"
Following closely behind Yugi, Kaiba seemed to stand up, excited, perhaps because a new... a new 【Blue-Eyes】 was about to be Summoned. He exclaimed, "Let your radiance completely tear apart the filthy and impure darkness! Toughness, Invincible, Strongest! Crush! Destroy! Great Applause!"
"Descend!" X2
"【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】!!"
"Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!!!"
The body of the three-headed Ultimate Dragon suddenly cracked open with countless fissures. As if infinite radiance burst forth from the fissures, accompanied by sounds of shattering, like breaking out of a cocoon to become a butterfly, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 broke out of the body of 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!
Its slender body lit up with countless blue stripes like totems, and its sharp surface seemed to wear mechanical-textured armor. Called the Strongest Card that surpasses God Cards by Pegasus, the Father of Duel Monsters who created the Three Egyptian Gods, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 made its grand entrance!
【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】【ATK 3000】
The sacred and dazzling White Dragon descended onto the Field. Even Yugi was quite shocked looking at the White Dragon before him. "This is... the Strongest Evolutionary Form of 【Blue-Eyes】?"
"Heh heh, this is the symbol of my power, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】." Kaiba said proudly, "If it weren't for that annoying guy earlier, I would have already defeated you, Yugi."
"Whatever about that," Yugi said somewhat helplessly, his sharp gaze sweeping towards Anubis. "Although I don't have enough Dragon Type Monsters in my Graveyard to provide power for 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, my goal is just its strongest effect."
"I Tribute 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 to Activate its Effect! I choose to Destroy your 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】 on the Field, the 【Pyramid of Light】, and that Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone, Anubis!"
"I've endured to my limit! Now is the time! I will destroy all your cards!"
Anubis heard Yugi's words but sneered disdainfully, "Useless, useless! The 【Pyramid of Light】 isn't an ordinary Duel Monsters Card like the ones you use! It houses a powerful energy capable of World Destruction! How could it possibly be affected by a mere Monster—"
"Puaah!?"
Mid-sentence, Anubis suddenly screamed in pain, clutching desperately at the Crystal Pyramid on his chest, his voice somewhat confused. "Wh-What happened?! What did you do!"
--- Inside the Pyramid of Light ---
"I see, that 'King of Destruction' actually wants to turn the world into ashes. He's a dangerous guy indeed." Yugi Mutou and Hayato sat on scattered empty coffins in a Room, learning many things from Hayato beside him.
Not far away, the wreckage of many mummies was scattered on the ground. Although their strong life force allowed them to still move even when in pieces, they were too weak and were easily suppressed by 【Ojama Yellow】 leading the 【Ojama】 Monsters.
"But, Hayato, why is Bakura here too?" Yugi's gaze glanced towards the end of the Room, where the White-Haired One with rabbit-ear styled hair was squatting beside a mummy, his hand pressed tightly against the Crystal Pyramid on its chest, continuously releasing the energy within. "And I feel like you're using Bakura."
"Don't just feel it, I am indeed using Bakura, but this Bakura isn't the Bakura you know, Yugi." Beside Yugi, Hayato looked at the Bakura who wore a look of pleasure. "That guy isn't a good person. It's mutual utilization, but compared to Anubis, I'd rather let that guy get some benefit."
"However, by my calculations, that guy still owes me a favor."
Feeling the thousand years' worth of accumulated power in the Crystal Pyramid being released, although a large portion of it was wasted and another portion returned to the Three Egyptian Gods cards, Bakura, or rather, the Great Evil God Zorc manifesting in Bakura's appearance, still absorbed quite a bit of power that left him quite satisfied.
"It's just like putting on fresh underwear to welcome the first morning of the new year! Thank you very much, Hayato Kobayashi."
"You're still thanking me?"
(End of Chapter)
"Hayato?"
Looking up at Hayato in the sky, Yugi had a brief exchange with him and learned about the current situation.
Everyone outside was fine, and the missing Yugi Mutou had been found by Hayato, who had ventured deep into the "Pyramid of Light". Aside from the Kaiba Dome, a newly completed Building, having a large hole in it, and Kaiba himself being beaten up, no one else was injured.
Furthermore, Yugi also learned from Hayato the necessary conditions to defeat Anubis.
However, Anubis was unaware of all this. After watching Yugi look up for a moment, he showed him a confident expression.
"I see, I understand completely." With his finger on the top card of his Deck, Yugi reached for his Deck to draw, sighing slightly, "The shortcut I wanted to take turned out to be the longest path."
"My Turn, Draw!"
"Then I Activate the Spell Card, 【Magical Stone Excavation】! By Discarding two cards from my Hand and Sending them to the Graveyard, I Recycle the Spell Card 【Card of Demise】 from my Graveyard and Activate it!"
"This card's Effect allows both Players to Draw cards from their Decks until their Hand contains six cards. Since I have no cards in my Hand, I can Draw six cards!"
Using 【Magical Stone Excavation】, Yugi benefited from the Effect of 【Card of Demise】 for the third time in this Duel, Drawing six cards from his Deck in one go. Seeing this, Anubis sneered. "Heh heh, useless struggle. What good are more cards when facing the invincible 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】 on the Field?"
"Furthermore, I also have no cards in my Hand, so I can Draw six cards as well."
Matching Yugi's action, Anubis also Drew six cards. When he saw the cards he drew, the corner of his mouth curved up. It seemed he had Drawn quite good cards.
'Although I Drew four filler cards, 【Dark Hole】 and 【Blast Sphere】 finally made it into my Hand.'
'Next Turn, I just need to Normal Summon 【Blast Sphere】, use its Effect to Equip it to 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】, and then Activate 【Dark Hole】 to Destroy all Monsters on the Field. This will clear all the Monsters that kid might Summon this Turn, while 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】 can use 【Blast Sphere】 to protect itself from this Destruction.'
'After that, a Direct Attack will be my complete Victory!'
Anubis's plan was sound, but he didn't notice the smile that appeared on Yugi's face when he saw the cards he had Drawn.
'Hayato just told me that Kaiba has a new 【Blue-Eyes】 card with a very powerful Effect, comparable to a God Card. If I remember correctly, it seems to be the one Kaiba wanted to Summon by Tributing 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 earlier?'
Thinking this, Yugi pressed the button to Activate a Set Card. "Anubis, in this Duel, I'll fight for Kaiba's sake too. I Activate the last Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone, 【Graverobber】! By Paying 1000 Life Points, I can choose one card from the Opponent's Graveyard to use."
【Yugi: 1600 → 600 LP】
"Hmm? A card from the Graveyard?" Anubis lifted his Duel Disk and said contemptuously, "It doesn't matter. 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】's ATK won't decrease just because a Monster leaves the Graveyard."
"No, not your Graveyard."
Yugi shook his head, pointing to Kaiba nearby. "The Target I choose is Kaiba's Graveyard, whose Duel you interfered with. To be precise, it's the card Kaiba wanted to Summon earlier but was Interrupted by you!"
As he spoke, Yugi looked towards Kaiba.
And just at that moment, Kaiba, who had been unconscious for a long time due to suffocation, slightly regained consciousness. As soon as he woke up, he saw his cards scattered beside him, as well as Yugi and Anubis confronting each other, and his gaze happened to meet Yugi's.
"This is..."
"Kaiba, you're awake."
Kaiba's regaining consciousness was unexpected for Yugi. However, Yugi had already Paid Life Points to Activate the card. Although it felt a bit awkward taking Kaiba's card right in front of him, Yugi still extended his hand.
And the 【Dark Magician】 on the Field also cooperatively swung the Staff in its hand. Mystical Power was released onto the cards beside Kaiba, taking one of them and sending it flying into Yugi's Hand. Yugi reached out and precisely gripped it between his fingers.
"Yugi! Kisama!"
Although Yugi's action was cool, someone was very annoyed.
Kaiba glared at Yugi, "Although I don't know what just happened, Yugi, you dare to take that 【Blue-Eyes】 from my hand!"
'I've only ever used it on the simulator, and you dare to steal my card's precious first time!'
He didn't say the second half out loud, as even Kaiba was self-aware enough to know it was a bit embarrassing.
"Sorry, Kaiba, I can apologize later, but right now I must defeat the person opposite me." Yugi mentioned what Anubis had done, his teeth clenched slightly, "He actually dared to take Aibo away from me!"
In his wrath, Yugi looked down at the card he had taken from Kaiba's hand.
【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】【Level 10 / LIGHT】
【Dragon Type / Effect】
【3000 ATK / 2500 DEF】
【Effect: Cannot be Normal Summoned. Must be Special Summoned by Tributing one 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 you control. This card gains 300 ATK for each Dragon Type Monster in your Graveyard. The Player chooses whether to accept the Effects of Spell/Trap/Monster Effects used against their Monsters or themselves. Also, you can Tribute this card to Destroy any number of cards on the Field. This Effect cannot be Negated, and can be Activated during your Opponent's Turn.】
After reading the Effect of 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, even Yugi, who had seen many things, was slightly silent. After all, the Effect of this card was a bit ridiculous. He somewhat understood where Kaiba's confidence in defeating him and Hayato came from.
What does "The Player chooses whether to accept" mean? What does "Destroy any number, cannot be Negated" mean?
Such a shameless Effect is so typical of Pegasus's style. When that guy gets an inspiration, he loves to just print cards with random effects, completely disregarding whether the card's strength is reasonable. Truly unforgivable, Pegasus!
After cursing Pegasus as usual, Yugi reread the Effect of 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】. This card is indeed strong, but Summoning it is truly troublesome. It cannot be Normal Summoned but can be Special Summoned by Tributing 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】, and only Kaiba has 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】. This means that even if dozens or hundreds more of this card were printed, it wouldn't affect the Duel Monsters meta.
If Yugi were to design it, first he would change "can be Special Summoned" to "can only be Special Summoned", then that confusing "Player chooses whether to accept" Effect must be removed, and finally, the card-destroying Effect that can even Destroy Gods must have "cannot be Negated" removed and only be able to Destroy one card. Then these cards would be slightly more reasonable.
Although Yugi was grumbling internally about the strength of 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, in the current situation, the overly powerful 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 was most suitable. To defeat Anubis, having an even stronger effect wouldn't be a problem.
However, the problem currently facing Yugi was that he didn't have a card in his Hand that could Special Summon 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】. After all, his Deck didn't have many High-Level Dragon Type Monsters, nor had he Drawn 【Monster Reborn】 to Resurrect the 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 in Anubis's Graveyard.
But, Yugi did bring an 【Autonomous Action Unit】, and he also "just happened" to Draw a card that could Recover Life Points by Tributing a Monster, which would provide the Life Points needed to Activate 【Autonomous Action Unit】: 【Mystik Wok】...
Unaware that his 【Dark Magician】 behind him was being stared at with a subtle gaze by Yugi, it suddenly shivered, and then heard Yugi's voice: "Anubis, to defeat you, I'm willing to give up my old friend, 【Dark Magician】. I Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, 【Mystik Wok】."
"I Tribute 【Dark Magician】! My Life Points recover by the amount of 【Dark Magician】's ATK, which is 2500 points!"
With 【Dark Magician】 wearing a confused expression, a large pot descended from the sky and covered it, Sending it to the Graveyard. Yugi's Life Points recovered accordingly.
【Yugi: 600 → 3100 LP】
"With enough Life Points, I can Activate this card, the Equip Spell Card 【Autonomous Action Unit】! By paying 1500 Life Points, I can Special Summon one Monster from the Opponent's Graveyard to the Field in Attack Position and Equip it with 【Autonomous Action Unit】! And the one I choose is the 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 in your Graveyard, Anubis!"
"Come to the Field, 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!"
【Yugi: 3100 → 1600 LP】
After going in circles, Yugi's Life Points returned to the value Kaiba had set, but on the Field, a three-headed White Dragon appeared.
"This is the second time someone has used my 【Blue-Eyes】 in front of me. But, if it's used to defeat the guy who dared to interfere with my Duel, I can settle the score with you later." Kaiba's face turned sour because of the appearance of 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】. However, perhaps because he had gotten used to seeing his 【Blue-Eyes】 change hands during his Duel with Hayato, most of Kaiba's wrath was directed at Anubis.
"However, if my 【Blue-Eyes】 loses to someone who looks like a fourth-rate Duelist using a third-rate Deck, you better be prepared to apologize, Yugi!"
"Don't worry, Kaiba, I want to defeat this guy in front of me even more than you do."
Replying to Kaiba, Yugi raised the 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 he had added to his Hand earlier high above his head. "Now, I will continue the Summon that Kaiba failed to complete earlier! I Tribute the 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 on the Field!"
"A Summon from beyond the Ultimate Monster, the Dragon of Light that erases everything!"
Following closely behind Yugi, Kaiba seemed to stand up, excited, perhaps because a new... a new 【Blue-Eyes】 was about to be Summoned. He exclaimed, "Let your radiance completely tear apart the filthy and impure darkness! Toughness, Invincible, Strongest! Crush! Destroy! Great Applause!"
"Descend!" X2
"【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】!!"
"Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!!!"
The body of the three-headed Ultimate Dragon suddenly cracked open with countless fissures. As if infinite radiance burst forth from the fissures, accompanied by sounds of shattering, like breaking out of a cocoon to become a butterfly, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 broke out of the body of 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!
Its slender body lit up with countless blue stripes like totems, and its sharp surface seemed to wear mechanical-textured armor. Called the Strongest Card that surpasses God Cards by Pegasus, the Father of Duel Monsters who created the Three Egyptian Gods, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 made its grand entrance!
【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】【ATK 3000】
The sacred and dazzling White Dragon descended onto the Field. Even Yugi was quite shocked looking at the White Dragon before him. "This is... the Strongest Evolutionary Form of 【Blue-Eyes】?"
"Heh heh, this is the symbol of my power, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】." Kaiba said proudly, "If it weren't for that annoying guy earlier, I would have already defeated you, Yugi."
"Whatever about that," Yugi said somewhat helplessly, his sharp gaze sweeping towards Anubis. "Although I don't have enough Dragon Type Monsters in my Graveyard to provide power for 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, my goal is just its strongest effect."
"I Tribute 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 to Activate its Effect! I choose to Destroy your 【Sphinx Andro Sphinx】 on the Field, the 【Pyramid of Light】, and that Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone, Anubis!"
"I've endured to my limit! Now is the time! I will destroy all your cards!"
Anubis heard Yugi's words but sneered disdainfully, "Useless, useless! The 【Pyramid of Light】 isn't an ordinary Duel Monsters Card like the ones you use! It houses a powerful energy capable of World Destruction! How could it possibly be affected by a mere Monster—"
"Puaah!?"
Mid-sentence, Anubis suddenly screamed in pain, clutching desperately at the Crystal Pyramid on his chest, his voice somewhat confused. "Wh-What happened?! What did you do!"
--- Inside the Pyramid of Light ---
"I see, that 'King of Destruction' actually wants to turn the world into ashes. He's a dangerous guy indeed." Yugi Mutou and Hayato sat on scattered empty coffins in a Room, learning many things from Hayato beside him.
Not far away, the wreckage of many mummies was scattered on the ground. Although their strong life force allowed them to still move even when in pieces, they were too weak and were easily suppressed by 【Ojama Yellow】 leading the 【Ojama】 Monsters.
"But, Hayato, why is Bakura here too?" Yugi's gaze glanced towards the end of the Room, where the White-Haired One with rabbit-ear styled hair was squatting beside a mummy, his hand pressed tightly against the Crystal Pyramid on its chest, continuously releasing the energy within. "And I feel like you're using Bakura."
"Don't just feel it, I am indeed using Bakura, but this Bakura isn't the Bakura you know, Yugi." Beside Yugi, Hayato looked at the Bakura who wore a look of pleasure. "That guy isn't a good person. It's mutual utilization, but compared to Anubis, I'd rather let that guy get some benefit."
"However, by my calculations, that guy still owes me a favor."
Feeling the thousand years' worth of accumulated power in the Crystal Pyramid being released, although a large portion of it was wasted and another portion returned to the Three Egyptian Gods cards, Bakura, or rather, the Great Evil God Zorc manifesting in Bakura's appearance, still absorbed quite a bit of power that left him quite satisfied.
"It's just like putting on fresh underwear to welcome the first morning of the new year! Thank you very much, Hayato Kobayashi."
"You're still thanking me?"
(End of Chapter)
