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Chapter 703 The Negative Side (4K, please vote with monthly tickets~)

"Should I go first...?"

Yuma took two deep breaths.

"Yuma, this is a duel we cannot afford to lose." The astral figure floated beside him, its tone serious.

“Ah, I know—and it has always been like this!” Yuma nodded.

Looking back on the past six months, he had met Astral by chance, and with Astral's help, he started learning dueling from scratch, then obtained Hope, and then dueled with many numbered card duelists.

Numbered duels are duels you can't afford to lose; losing any duel could mean never seeing each other again.

With the help of many companions and through countless life-or-death duels, he has gradually surpassed himself, surpassing that reckless and ignorant version of himself.

He looked at his hand.

"Go for it, Yuma!!"

"Go for it, Yuma!"

Kotori and Kaito Amagi cheered for Yuma, who hadn't started his turn yet.

Not only him, but Jack and Crowe, although they weren't familiar with Yuma, still cheered him on. However, since they didn't know Yuma very well, they thought he was just nervous, so they advised Yuma not to be nervous.

Trusted partners, and older brothers I've only recently met.

Not only their world, but also the world of elves and other human worlds, is just as beautiful.

He looked around at the seemingly endless tombstones, their reflections transforming into a dark power that flowed into the body of the God of Despair.

We absolutely cannot let Ella destroy the world like this!
"My turn!"

Yuma roared.

His voice was deafening, as if it could pierce the heavens.

"Here we go, Astral! Full power!"

"Um!!"

"Spell Card, Rage Rage Rage Draw: You can activate this effect by sending 1 Rage Rage Rage monster from your hand or field to the Graveyard. Draw two cards from your Deck. You can only activate 1 of this card per turn!"

"I'm discarding the Rage Rage Rage Dwarf - Rumble Rumble Gloves from my hand!"

"Draw two cards—"

Swish!
As Yuma drew his gacha card, a golden light streaked across the sky, illuminating the dark world.

"Oh!?" Jack and Crow were quite surprised.

This child looks completely different from the one in the video that Amagi brought back.

It seems they really weren't full at the time.

After Yuma finished drawing his cards, he looked at the cards he had drawn, exchanged a glance with Astral, and nodded.

"If you have no cards on your field, you can Special Summon this card from your hand."

"Special Summon, Rank 4, Servant of the Same Heat - Ascended Sage!"

A purple warrior flew out of the light, like a star, illuminating this dark world of shadows.

"If you control only 1 Level 4 monster other than this card, you can Special Summon this card directly. Special Summon: Zealous Servant - Armed Sage!"

Crimson warriors flew out of the light, flashing alongside purple stars, spreading the light outwards.

“There are two level 4 monsters…” Ella squinted, knowing what Yuma was about to do next.

"That's right! Use two Level 4 monsters for an Xyz Summon!" Yuma clenched his fist and shouted, "Xyz Summon—"

The two monsters transformed into spheres of different colors and merged into the air. A huge vortex lit up behind Yuma, and then the shimmering figure gradually emerged from it.

"No. 39 Hopeful Hopp!"

A massive shield emerged from the vortex, then slowly transformed into a gigantic, gleaming warrior.

No. 39 Hope the Emperor, Rank 4, Light attribute, Warrior race, Attack 2500, Xyz Material 2.
"Hope's Monster Effect activated!"

"Huh?" IV asked, somewhat puzzled.

Hope's Monster Effect?

Isn't that thing only capable of blocking attacks?
"Armed Sage Xyz Summoning of Hope Royal Hope gains a special effect that can be activated if the Summon is successful. Add 1 Extra-Heat Weapon from your Deck to your hand."

Does the material contribute to the effect?!

That kid has become so amazing without us even realizing it...

"It's not over yet! The Rising Sage's Xyz Summoned Hope the Emperor also gains a special effect, which can be activated if the Xyz Summon is successful. Add 1 Rank-Up Spell Card from your Deck to your hand!"

Add the upgrade spell directly to your hand!
"I added the Ascension Spell - Power of the Heat of Unity to my hand, and the Power of the Heat of Unity Weapon - Thunder Tiger Sword from my deck to my hand!"

Upgrade Magic Card.

Yusei looked at Yuma's card.

Judging from this, is it coming...? A rank advancement!
Yuma looked at the cards in his hand and nodded silently.

"Upgraded Magic Card - Power of Different Heat and Unity!"

"You can target 1 Xyz Monster you control. Special Summon 1 Hope Royal Hope Monster or 'Heat Weapon' monster that is 1 Rank higher than that monster from your Extra Deck as an Xyz Summon. Place 1 Heat Weapon or 'Heat Weapon' from your Deck on top of that monster."

"Let's use Hopeful Hopp to create a winning streak!"

"Chaos Overdrive Ascension!"

"Just you wait, E.L.! I will use hope to utterly defeat you!"

"Class 5!"

"Beast Suit Fusion Lion Hope!"

Hope first shrank, transformed, and returned to its shield shape. Then, its body grew larger, with crimson light flowing over it. The next second, it instantly transformed, revealing its heroic body once again.

Beast Armor Fusion Lion Hope, Rank 5, Light Attribute, Warrior Race, Attack Power 2500.
"Lion Hope is also considered Chaos No. 39 in the rules and is expected to be used by Royal Hope."

"Normal Summon, Level 4, Rumble Golem."

"If you control a monster other than Rumble Rumble Dwarf - Rumble Rumble Gloves in your Graveyard, you can activate this effect to Special Summon this card. If this card Special Summoned by this effect leaves the field, it is banished."

"Stack together a level 4 Rumble Golem and a level 4 Rumble Rumble Dwarf!"

As Yuma called out, a monster with a similar appearance to Hope Royal, but looking much smaller, appeared on his field.

"Xyz Summon, Rank 4, Servant of Different Heat - Sage of Hope".

Servant of the Same Heat - Sage of Hope, Rank 4, Light attribute, Warrior race, DEF 2500, Xyz Material 2.
"Activate the special effect of Sage of Hope, detach two Xyz Materials, and Special Summon 1 Xyz Weapon Monster or Xyz Servant from your Deck. After this effect is activated, you cannot Special Summon monsters from your Extra Deck except for Xyz Monsters until the end of this turn."

I removed its two materials and Special Summoned it from my Deck: "Heat-Slaying Weapon - Pegasus Twin Swords!"

Hopefully, Sage, the excess material will be reduced from 2 to 0.
Ow—

At the call of the wandering horse, the silver-white Pegasus flapped its wings and flew across the sky.

"In addition, since the Rage Rage Rage Dwarf is not sent from the field to the graveyard, it can still return to the graveyard, so there is no need to make exceptions."

"Activate the effect of Lion Hopley. Once per turn, detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to activate this effect. Equip 1 Zealot Weapon Monster from your Deck or Extra Deck as an Equip Spell Card for that effect to this card."

"I've equipped my Extra Deck's Heroic Weapon - Beastmaster Lion Armor!"

Lion Hope, Xyz Material: 3 → 2.
With a leap, the Beast King Hope leaped out of the Extra Deck, and a strange beast flew out, carrying the lion Hope, truly making it even more powerful.

Lion Hoperay, ATK: 2500→5500.
"It's not over yet! The Pegasus Twin Swords can be transformed into equipment on your own field and equipped to the Lion Hope, increasing its attack power by 1000 points!"

Pegasus leaped into the sky, its body transforming into a gleaming silver sword, which was then seized by the lion Hope.

Lion Hoperay, ATK: 5500→6500.
“6500 points?” Jack was a little surprised.

That's quite a powerful attack.

"He's gotten that good, Yuma." IV managed a weak smile. That's already pretty good; it feels like he can do it!
"It's not over yet!" Yuma held up a card in his hand. "Thunder God Tiger Sword can be equipped directly from your hand to Hope the Emperor! As long as it's equipped, the cards on your field called 'Heat of the Heart' won't be destroyed by your opponent's effects!"

The tiger leaped from Youma's hand, streaked through the air, and transformed into a silver-white longsword, flying to Hope's front. Hope already had the Pegasus Twin Swords in his left hand and the Thunder God Tiger Sword in his right, wielding them both with imposing power.

Lion Hoperay, ATK: 6500→7700.
"7700!"

"Wow, that's amazing!" Mizuki Kotori couldn't help but clasp her hands together.

There's no need for fusion anymore; Hope's armor can be completed directly!

As expected of Yuma.

"Yuma, we can't let our guard down. That guy is a much stronger enemy than any we've ever faced before." Even after equipping his weapons and mount, Astral still reminded Yuma.

Yuma nodded: "Set one card face down, end your turn!"

A brilliant first round.

The vast majority of people present were excellent duelists. Even Tiera, who did not duel often, had an extremely precise grasp of the rules and details of dueling.

In his first turn, Yuma made precise use of all the characteristics of his monster, not only completing the upgrade and equipping it, but also avoiding the side effects of the monster. He didn't even become complacent, but cautiously dealt with the following turns.

That's amazing.

"Is this your first round, Ninety-Nine Horses?" Ella said softly, looking at the huge Hope on the field.

"Oh, what's wrong!"

“Hehehehe…” Ai stretched out his hands, “If that’s all there is to it, then, as expected, hope is nothing but an illusion, and despair is the true end.”

"What did you say?!" Yuma exclaimed angrily.

Ella chuckled, looking at Yuma's field: "Beast Armor Hope has a special ability that, when equipped with a Weapon of the Heat, can negate the effects of one monster on the opponent's field and reduce its ATK to half during your turn and your opponent's turn."

Pegasus Twin Swords possesses the powerful ability to negate the effects of monsters activated by the opponent's monsters when their effects are resolved.

Even the seemingly ordinary Thunder Tiger Sword possesses the ability to protect its own Thermal Convergence Weapon from being destroyed by the opponent's monster effects.

"Finally, even Hope Sage has the ability to destroy in place of Hope Xyz Monster on the field or in the graveyard, which means that even if your opponent takes out your weapon, they still cannot easily defeat Hope."

"but--"

"Naive, so naive, ninety-nine horses."

"Eh?"

"Magic Card, Ancient Leaf".

"If you have 9000 or more Life Points, pay 2000 Life Points to activate this effect. Draw 2 cards from your deck."

The Goddess of Despair played a card that seemed unremarkable to many.

Ella, LP: 12000 → 10000
"The second one."

Another Ancient Leaf, and Ella lost 4000 HP.

Ella, LP: 10000 → 8000.
"Doesn't this directly result in the loss of a duel's worth of life points?"

"But with 12,000 health points, this level of damage isn't a loss, is it?"

The onlookers looked rather grim.

In their view, it was entirely worth it to draw four cards while only losing one-third of their health.

"Then I'll show you just how vast the difference really is between hope and despair."

“Use... any card you know.”

"Normal Summon, Goblindbergh..."

"What!?" Yuma, Astral Entity, and all the people from the Hyperdimension were all shocked the moment they saw this card, and instinctively shouted out.

"That card is... Yuma's card?" Yusei recognized the card as well.

Hikaru Amagi frowned, but wasn't particularly surprised.

In the original work, the deck that Ella used was called "Anti". The characteristic of this series is that it is exactly the same as the opponent's deck, but with 500 more attack power.

A simple analogy is an over-produced version of "sin".

"When Goblindberg is Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand. So, Yuma Tsukumo and Astral, how about activating your effects?"

Yuma looked rather unwell.

What should we do in this situation?

“There’s no time to hesitate now, Yuma.”

Yuma nodded, knowing he couldn't hesitate: "Then, activate Lion Hope's effect to nullify Goblindberg's effect and halve its attack power!"

A small black goblin plane flew across the sky, preparing to open its airdrop, but was surprised to find that the button was malfunctioning, so it could not special summon a monster.

"Hehehe...not bad, you did stop my summoning, but..."

"Overwrite a card."

"Then, activate!"

"What? A face-down trap card activated directly?"

"That's outrageous, that's a foul—"

"No, this card can be activated during the turn it is set if there are no Trap Cards in your Graveyard."

"This description?!" Yuma's eyes widened.

"Phantom Knights' Dark Cloth Armor!"

"This card is instantly transformed into a Level 4, DARK, 0 ATK, 300 DEF Normal Monster. Special Summon it in Defense Position in the Monster Zone!"

“The Phantom Knights!” Yuma’s eyes widened.

Amagi Hikaru was also taken aback when he saw it.

etc--

Isn't this Yuto's card?

“You bastard, you wouldn’t…” Amagi Hikaru interrupted from the other people’s turn.

If it's about Yudou, then we have to ask him.

"As expected of Amagi Hikaru, such a sharp reaction."

"That's right—of all of you present, I only cursed Amagi Yuuto."

But beyond that!

and also! !
Kaito was dumbfounded.

That damn Ella...

"You bastard!!! Ella, I will never let you get away with this!" Yuma was furious.

Those present were not all the victims!
Even now, Ella still has some untapped schemes and tricks up her sleeve!
That's so awful, Ella!
"No matter what you say, it's no use, it's ninety-nine Yuma..."

"Use two Level 4 monsters to perform an Xyz Summon!"

"Hope is but a fleeting trace; all things will eventually perish, returning to nothingness and despair!"

"Super Summon!"

"No. 98 Despair Emperor Hopeless!"

Darkness spread, and a torrent of despair flew out from the vortex. A figure exactly like Hope, but pitch black, gradually reversed its body and emerged.

No. 98 Despair Emperor Hopeless, Rank 4, Dark Attribute, Warrior Race, Attack Power 2000, Xyz Material 2.
In Yuma's eyes, the dark figure hanging upside down made him reveal a hint of surprise amidst his anger.

The monster that symbolized hope in his heart suddenly appeared opposite him!
The opposite of hope!
The first glimpse of despair!
　4K4K, it's past midnight. There might be another update in the morning, but definitely not too early. Everyone should go to sleep early; maybe I'll update again when I wake up tomorrow~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)