Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

"It's your turn. I've given you a rare opportunity to show yourself, so don't let me down!"

"Then let me show you my dueling skills! My turn, draw a card!"

Raising his hand to draw a card, Yuya clicked his tongue as he looked at his hand. At this moment, he only had two Pendulum Monsters in his hand: [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] and [Cosmic Magician], which was, in a way, terrible.

Fortunately, the remaining magic cards gave him a chance to salvage the situation.

"Then, I'll set the pendulum scale of my [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] with a scale of 4!"

As Yuya slapped the card down, on the left side of his D-Wheel, [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] rose from the pale blue pillar of light, and the number 4 appeared beneath it.

"Then, I activate the Spell Card [Duelist Descent] from my hand! When there is a card in either your or your opponent's Pendulum Zone, you can add one [Pendulum] Pendulum Monster or one [Pendulum] Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand!"

I chose [Odd-Eyes Overlord Pendulum Dragon] from the deck!

After catching the [Odd-Eyes Overlord Pendulum Dragon] that popped out of the deck, Yuya then slammed the [Odd-Eyes Overlord Pendulum Dragon] onto the opposite side of the [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon].

"Now, I will also set the pendulum scale for the [Odd-Eyes Overlord Pendulum Dragon] with scale 8!"

Another beam of light rose from the right side of Yuya's D-Wheel, this time revealing a dragon with a dark purple body. For some reason, Jack felt an unusual sense of oppression when he saw the dragon.

"Next, I will activate the Spell Card [Spiral Assault Blast] from my hand!"

Chapter 175 The Obstructed Dance of Different Colors

"When this card is activated, you can choose one of its two effects to activate. The effect I choose to activate is: if you control a [Odd-Eyes] card, destroy one card on the field!"

"Is it coming?"

Upon hearing Yuya's explanation of the effect, just as Jack thought Yuya was about to destroy the cards on his field, he heard Yuya's voice instead:

"What I choose to destroy is my own [Odd-Eyes Spirit Swipe Dragon]!"

"What!?"

To Jack's astonishment, the [Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon] was instantly destroyed by the red and black light that pierced through the beam, and Yuya's voice followed immediately:

"At this moment, I activate the effect of [Cosmic Magician] in my hand! When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect while it is on your field, you can Special Summon it from your hand!"

At the same time, apply the effect of [Odd-Eyes Overlord Pendulum Dragon] on the field! When a face-up [Odd-Eyes] card you control is destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Special Summon 1 [Odd-Eyes] monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard!

I chose to Special Summon [Odd-Eyes Masked Dragon] from my deck!

As Yuya shouted, the crimson dragon whose head was covered by a white bone mask and the magician, whose eyes were as deep and blue as the starry sky, appeared instantly in front of Yuya's D-Wheel in a burst of light.

But soon, the [Cosmic Magician] who appeared on the field raised his staff high, and it shimmered with starlight.

"After successfully Special Summoning [Cosmic Magician] with this effect, you can add one monster of the same name that was destroyed this turn from your Deck to your hand! The one I chose to add to my hand is naturally the second [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon]!"

Yuya caught the card spat out by the Duel Disk and quickly took it, then added another card from his hand to his right hand as well.

"Then, I activate the Spell Card in my hand, [Pendulum Call]! By discarding one card, I can add two [Magician] Pendulum Monsters with different card names from my Deck to my hand!"

I send [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] from my hand to the graveyard, and add [Tune Magician] and [Star Reader Magician] from my deck to my hand!

After sending both cards to the graveyard and then taking two more cards from the deck, Yuya affixed one of the cards to his Pendulum Zone:

"Now, I will set the pendulum scale for [Star Reading Magician] at pendulum scale 1!"

Just moments ago, within the pillar of light that destroyed the [Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon], the figure of a mage dressed in white robes and a purple cloak rose once more. This time, the number inscribed beneath his feet was only 1.

"Witness my pendulum summon, Jack Atlas! Since the pendulum scales on my field are now 1 and 8, I can Special Summon monsters from Level 2 to Level 7!"

Swing, Pendulum of Souls! Draw arcs of light across the sky! Pendulum Summon! Come, [Tuning Magician]! And [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon], just destroyed and sent to the Extra Deck!

As the void opened, a massive red dragon and a white-clad girl wielding a tuning fork-like staff instantly appeared in front of Yuya's D-Wheel.

But this is far from the end of the summoning.

"At this moment, I can also activate the effect of [Tuning Magician] on the field! When this card is successfully Pendulum Summoned from my hand, you can negate the effects of 1 [Magician] monster other than [Tuning Magician] from your Deck and Special Summon it in Defense Position!"

Come on! [Time-Reading Magician]!

As the girl in white picked up her tuning fork-like staff and gently tapped it in the air, a ripple instantly spread across the arena, and a figure in a black robe gradually emerged from the ripple.

"Next, I will use a level 4 [Tuning Magician] to adjust the star level of a level 3 [Time Reading Magician]!"

"The flames of the fallen now burn in its heterochromatic eyes! Synchro Summon! Appear, blazing bicolor eyes! Level 7, [Opposite-Eyed Meteorite Dragon]!"

As the tuning fork struck, the [Tuning Magician]'s body instantly transformed into four halos of light within the sound waves, enveloping the [Time Reading Magician]'s black-robed body.

As the bluish-white light of the Synchro Summon was once again consumed by the crimson flames, Yuya's Flame Dragon, [Odd-Eyes Meteor Dragon], appeared before him.

"Then, let the battle begin! [Heterochromatic Meteor Dragon] attacks [Crimson Wyvern]! Meteor Roar!"

Seeing that the [Heterochromatic Meteorite Dragon], whose attack power was only 100 points higher than the [Crimson Wyvern], opened its mouth to spew a fireball at the [Crimson Wyvern], Jack immediately shouted:

"Now, I activate the effect of [Crimson Wyvern]! If your opponent has two or more monsters with higher ATK than this card, you can target and destroy the monster with the highest ATK on your opponent's field!"

Because you have three monsters on your field with a maximum ATK of 2500: [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon], [Cosmic Magician], and [Odd-Eyes Meteor Dragon], I choose to destroy your [Odd-Eyes Meteor Dragon]!

"It's no use! When my [Odd-Eyes Meteor Dragon] is in the Monster Zone, my opponent cannot activate monster effects!"

"What!?"

Yuya's words startled Jack, but even if it was only this much, he wasn't without a backup plan.

"Then, I activate the Trap Card [Resist Resurrection]! When your opponent's monster declares an attack, negate that attack, force an end to the Battle Phase, and destroy all monsters on your field!"

As a hazy red light emanated from the [Resist Resurrection] card, the monsters of Yuya that were illuminated by the red light instantly weakened, and even the fireball that [Odd-Eyes Meteor Dragon] had been preparing to unleash instantly dissipated.

However, Jack's own [Crimson Wyvern] was also shattered by the red light at that moment.

"Then, based on the effect of [Resist Resurrection], I can Special Summon as many monsters from my Graveyard as there are a few attacks I negate during the Battle Phase!"

I failed to land one attack, so revive! [Crimson Wyvern]!

In an instant, the [Crimson Wyvern] that had just shattered flew back to Jack's field from within the aura. Moreover, since it was no longer the battle phase and [Crimson Wyvern] had been resurrected from the graveyard, it broke through the two layers of blockade from [Opposite-Eyes Meteor Dragon] and [Opposite-Eyes Masked Dragon], successfully destroying the [Opposite-Eyes Meteor Dragon] on Yuya's field.

This made Yuya grit his teeth involuntarily:

"Damn it, I thought I could take him down this round! I should have stacked another [Odd-Eyes Zero Dragon] on top of [Odd-Eyes Meteor Dragon], right? In that case..."

Looking at the two Level 7 monsters remaining on his field, Yuya immediately stretched out his palm and shouted.

"I'll just stack [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] and [Cosmic Magician], both level 7 on the field!"

The resolute soul, once again encased in the eyes of the heterochromatic eyes, now returns to freeze everything with unparalleled chill! Xyz Summon! Rank 7, [Odd-Eye Zero Dragon]!

As the profound figure and the crimson dragon plunged into the massive black hole, an unparalleled chill, accompanied by an explosion of golden light, instantly poured out.

And the dragon, clad in azure ice crystals, then revealed its form.

This made Jack's brow twitch slightly:

"Oh? Xyz Summoning? I've never seen a summoning method like this before. Well then, let me see how you're going to withstand my attack!"

Chapter 176 The Power of the King

"Then, my turn, draw a card!"

After Yuya finished his turn, Jack's finger swept across his deck, drawing the top card from it.

"I activate the Spell Card [Crimson Revival]! This card's effect is to Special Summon 1 [Crimson] monster from my Graveyard to my field! Revive, [Crimson Resonator]!"

The imp wielding a tuning fork reappeared on Jack's field, and this time, Jack activated its effect:

"When [Crimson Resonator] is successfully Special Summoned, I can recover LP equal to the ATK of one Synchro Monster on the field! Right now, there is only one Synchro Monster on the field, [Crimson Wyvern], so my LP has increased by 2400!"

As the little devil clattered and struck the tuning fork with his hammer, a sound wave spread out, and Jack's LP, which hadn't changed at all in the previous round, instantly rose to 6400 points.

But that's not the most important thing.

"Now, witness the power of the king at the pinnacle! I'll use a level 6 [Crimson Wyvern] and a level 2 [Crimson Resonator] to adjust the star level!"

Amidst Jack's resounding shout, the [Crimson Resonator] transformed into two halos of light once more. This time, however, it was precisely the [Crimson Wyvern] that had just emerged from these two identical halos that was trapped within them.

"The roar of the king will now shake the heavens and the earth! Engrave this unique power of the overlord upon your body! Synchro Summon! Berserker Soul! [Crimson Dragon - Right Crimson Mark]!"

Within the halo, the [Crimson Lotus Wyvern]'s body instantly became a golden phantom, which in the blink of an eye transformed into six emerald green orbs of light, disappearing into the synchronized bluish-white pillars of light.

But soon, a deep red mark was etched onto the beam of light of the Synchro Summon. As a crimson dragon claw, covered in white armor and inlaid with a deep red arm blade, tore apart the beam of light of the Synchro Summon under the raging flames, the audience was able to see that the deep red mark was actually a deep wound that had shattered the white armor.

As the beam of light from the Synchro Summon was torn to shreds, a monstrous dragon with jet-black skin and dark red muscles, resembling a demon, appeared before everyone. However, for some reason, of its pair of horns that curved like demonic ram horns, the right horn seemed to have been cut off.

"Now, the effect of [Crimson Dragon - Right Crimson Mark] activates! Once per turn, it can destroy all Special Summoned Monsters with an attack power greater than its own! And for each one destroyed, it inflicts 500 damage to the opponent! Absolute Power Flame!"

As Jack's voice rang out, [Crimson Dragon? Right Crimson Mark]'s scarred right hand condensed into an incredibly powerful flame, and Yuya swiftly responded:

"Don't even think about it! I activate the effect of my [Odd-Eyes Masked Dragon]! Once per turn, negate the effects of one face-up monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck until the end of this turn! Moreover, this effect can be used during your opponent's turn!"

As he spoke, Yuya pointed to the [Crimson Dragon Demon? Right Crimson Mark] in his right hand, which was already brimming with flames.

"Now, [Heterochromatic Masked Dragon] is ineffective against the effect of [Crimson Dragon? Right Crimson Mark]!"

As a mask identical to the bone mask on the head of [Heterochromatic Masked Dragon] appeared out of thin air and was placed on the face of [Crimson Dragon? Right Crimson Mark], the blazing flames that had just gathered on its right arm instantly vanished.

This scene, witnessed by Jack, caused his face to darken involuntarily.

"Oops!"

If the effect of [Crimson Dragon - Right Crimson Mark] had been successfully activated, destroying the only two monsters Yuya had on the field and dealing 1000 damage, and combined with the 3000 damage from the direct attack of [Crimson Dragon - Right Crimson Mark], Jack was confident that he could defeat Yuya this turn, fulfilling his pre-match prediction.

Now, however, [Crimson Dragon? Right Crimson Mark] only has the ability to attack, and can only deal a maximum of 200 points of damage to [Heterochromatic Zero Dragon].

This means that his pre-match announcement completely failed. Consequently, his prestige as the Duel King will plummet.

But he was out of options...?

Looking at the pile of new cards in his hand that had been delivered this morning by Officer Roger from the Bureau of Public Security, Jack fell into deep thought. Among them was a card called [Calling the Resonator].

Although his own [Resonators] do not have enough power to support him further, there seems to be such a card among the new cards delivered this morning.

"I activate the Spell Card [Summon Resonator]! I add one [Resonator] monster from my Deck to my hand! The one I choose to add to my hand is..."

Looking at the cards displayed on the Duel Disk panel, Jack quickly found the card he needed.

"I choose to add [Chain Resonator] to my hand and Normal Summon it!"

As the card was snapped, a black-clad figure, identical to the previous [Crimson Resonator], with a chain-marked little devil on its hem, instantly appeared beside [Crimson Dragon? Right Red Mark].

If there's anything else that distinguishes it from the [Crimson Resonator], it's probably the thick, black iron chain hanging from its rear end.

"Then there's the effect of [Chain Resonator]! When this card is successfully Summoned while there is a Synchro Monster on the field, you can Special Summon 1 [Resonator] Monster other than this card from your Deck!"