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

As the Duel Disk ejected a card, Soleva caught it and displayed it to everyone. Its black background clearly indicated its status as an Xyz Monster.

"[No. 5 Death Chimera Dragon]!"

Chapter 23 The Great Discovery of Susanoo of Ziyun Temple

"Because [No. 5 Death Chimera Dragon] is a Rank 5 monster, [Starlight Kuriboh]'s Rank has been raised to 5!"

Seeing that Starlight Kuriboh's level had indeed risen to 5, Soleva placed the card he had just drawn onto the Duel Disk.

"Then, I activate the Spell Card, [Shining Five Stars]! I Tribute [Starlight Kuriboh] on my field to Special Summon the Kuriboh Five Brothers from my Deck! Come forth, Kuriboh Five Brothers!"

As the Duel Disk ejected five cards from the deck in a row, Soleva caught them and slammed them onto the Duel Disk.

Instantly, five colors of light—yellow, blue, green, purple, and pink—flashed before Soleva. Within these five lights, the original chestnut-colored [Kuriball], the purple [Kuriba], the pink [Kuribi], the silver-white [Kuribu], and the dark green [Kuriba] were all summoned to Soleva's front.

"He summoned five monsters in just a moment? As expected of Mr. Sorewa!"

Watching Soleva summon the Kuriboh brothers, Yuya Sakaki sincerely praised them. However, upon seeing that the five Kuriboh brothers had the same attack and defense stats, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"But such a weak monster can't even be defeated by my Exploring Hippo, Mr. Sorewa!"

"Really? How about this?"

In response to Yuya Sakaki's loud shouts, Soleva simply smiled and activated the effect of one of the Kuriboh Five Brothers.

"I activate the effect of [Kuriboh], Tribute the Kuriboh brothers on the field, and Special Summon this monster from my Deck! Come, [Kuriboh Babylon]!"

As the five Kuriboh brothers disappeared in a burst of golden light, a Kuriboh several times larger than Kuriboh appeared on Soreva's field. Its dark green fur was disheveled and bristling, its claws were increasingly sharp and ferocious, and it had a spiral horn on its head with a menacing gaze.

This is the monster used by Yugi Muto in the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, [Kuribaton], which can also be called [Babylon Kuriboh].

"Attack power 1500... No! 3300!? What's going on!?"

Seeing that [Kuribabylon] only had an attack power of 1500 points when it was first summoned, Yuya Sakaki breathed a slight sigh of relief. But in the blink of an eye, [Kuribabylon]'s attack power soared to 3300 points, which made Yuya Sakaki open his mouth in astonishment.

"[Kuriboon Babylon]'s ATK and DEF increase by 300 for each [Kuriboon] monster on your field and in your Graveyard. Since the Kuriboh Five Brothers in the Graveyard are all [Kuriboon] monsters, and [Starlight Kuriboh] is also a [Kuriboon] monster, [Kuriboon Babylon]'s ATK increases by 1800!"

After kindly explaining the effects of [Kuribabylon] to Sakaki Yuya, Soleva chuckled and picked up [Kuribabylon] from the light screen extending from the Duel Disk.

"But don't worry, Yuya Sakaki, I won't use [Kuriboh Babylon] against you. I'll activate the effect of [Kuriboh Babylon] to return it to my hand, bringing the Kuriboh brothers back to the field from the graveyard!"

As [Kuribabylon] split into five different colored Kuriboh brothers amidst a golden light, Yuya Sakaki was instantly stunned.

He didn't understand why Soreva didn't use the more powerful [Kuribetsu Babylon] to attack him, but instead turned it back into the weak Kuribetsu Five.

Although Yuya Sakaki had already run far away, Soleva could still see the dazed look on his face, and immediately sighed:

"Sakaki Yuya-kun, you witnessed my duel yesterday, so why can't you follow my dueling strategy? Didn't you notice? I have five Level 1 monsters on the field right now!"

Upon hearing Soleva's voice, not only Yuya Sakaki, but also Yuzu Hiiragi and the three little ones in the spectator area reacted instantly:

"Could it be that……"

"Is it happening again? Mr. Soleva's Xyz Summon!?"

Upon hearing that Soleva could actually use Xyz Summoning, Shionin Sora immediately became interested:

"What? He can use Xyz Summon?"

"do not you know?"

Seeing that Shiun-in Sora was unaware of Soleva's situation, Harada Taishi seized the opportunity to boast and began to extoll Soleva.

"Professor Soreva is really amazing. Whether it's Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz, Soreva knows how to use them! Although Professor Soreva said in class that his weakest point is Pendulum Summoning, he knows all the rules of Pendulum Summoning perfectly. Not to mention Professor Soreva's unique Link Summoning."

"Huh? Is that so? He's quite an interesting person!"

Listening to Harada Taishi's praise of Soleva, Shiunin Sora became even more interested in Soleva. She immediately pressed herself against the glass, looking towards the center of the dueling arena, silently thinking to herself,

"Let me see for myself, Mr. Soleva, your Xyz Summoning... and many other Summoning methods!"

In the dueling arena, Soleva brought his hands together, and the five Kuriboh brothers instantly transformed into five orbs of light of different colors, which were then plunged into the black hole symbolizing an Xyz Summon:

"I'll stack the five Kuriboh brothers together! Xyz Summon!"

When he saw that Soleva had used five monsters as Xyz Material in one go, Yuya Sakaki was stunned for a moment. After all, he had only seen Soleva stack two monsters of the same level before. He never thought that he could use more than two monsters to Xyz Summon a single Xyz Monster.

"Birds with beautiful wings, now gather your meager strength and descend here as a shining light! Rank 1, [Lyrical Robin - Gathering Nightingale]!"

Amidst a golden storm symbolizing abundance, a bird, primarily cyan and pale beige in color, with a shape resembling a human, gracefully alighted in front of Soreva.

"This, this card is..."

Upon seeing the card summoned by Soreva, Shiyunin Sora was so stunned that he could no longer maintain his smile, simply because he also vaguely remembered this card.

Among the records of battles between Fusion Dimension and Hyper Dimension that he had seen, there was a woman from the Hyper Dimension who had used this card [Lyrical Nightingale - Gathering Nightingale].

Even now, looking back, Shionin Sora realizes that the woman bears a resemblance to Hiiragi Yuzu, who is currently standing beside her.

"Interesting, this is really interesting! I never expected something so interesting to happen here!"

Pinching her chin, Shiyunin Sora's eyes blazed with curiosity, and a cryptic smile played on her lips.

"Soreva! Let me see if this is just a coincidence, or if you really have some connection with those weaklings in the Hyperdimension!"

Chapter 24, five consecutive hits!

However, seeing that the attack power of [Lyrical Nightingale - Gathering Nightingale] had actually risen to 1000 points, Shiunin Sora looked puzzled.

If he remembered correctly, the [Lyrical Robin - Gathering Nightingale] card he saw at the time only increased attack power by 100 points per Xyz Material, but Soreva's Gathering Nightingale card could provide 200 points of attack power per Xyz Material.

"Why is the same monster stronger in Mr. Soreva's hands? Or is it just that I've mistaken a similar monster for something else?"

At this moment, even the doubtful Shiyunin Sora was no longer certain of Sorewa's identity.

Yuya Sakaki, however, was overjoyed to see that the Xyz Monster created by Soleva using five monsters only had 1000 attack power.

"With such low attack power, even if it breaks through my Search Hippo, it will only deal 200 damage. What's more, I also got a key card. Mr. Sorewa's claim that I don't have a next turn is just empty talk."

"Battle Phase! [Lyrical Nightingale - Gathering Nightingale], direct attack on Yuya Sakaki!"

Upon hearing Soleva's voice suddenly rang out, Yuya Sakaki was momentarily stunned:

Wait a minute! I still have the Hippo on the field, why would Mr. Soreva have his monster attack me directly?

However, seeing the Nightingale Gathering rushing towards him at high speed, and with no error message from his Duel Disk, Yuya Sakaki realized that the ability to attack directly was probably due to the Nightingale Gathering's effect. He quickly sent the card in his hand into the Duel Disk before the Nightingale's claws could reach his face:

"Action Card [Evasion] activated! This attack is ineffective against me!"

Riding the exploratory hippo, Yuya Sakaki dodged a swarm of nightingales with a sudden roll. He chuckled, rubbed his nose, and was about to boast to Soleva when he heard Soleva's cold voice ring out:

"Two strikes!"

With a flap of its wings, the Nightingale quickly changed direction in mid-air and kicked the unsuspecting Yuya Sakaki in the stomach, sending him crashing off the hippopotamus's back.

"Ouch...it hurts so much!"

Having suffered a heavy blow, Yuya Sakaki could only clutch his stomach, barely managing to get up from the ground. The intense pain caused large beads of sweat to form on his forehead.

"Why, why can Mr. Soreva's monster still launch an attack?"

"[Lyrical Bird - Gathering Nightingales]'s effect allows you to attack multiple times with just a few Xyz Materials! Yuya, I told you, you don't have a next turn! Triple Attack!"

After briefly explaining the effects of Gathering Nightingale, seeing that Sakaki Yuya had regained the strength to get up and was even planning to look for an action card, Sorewa immediately commanded Gathering Nightingale to launch a third direct attack on Sakaki Yuya, knocking him to the ground again.

"Yuya!"

Seeing that Yuya Sakaki had been knocked to the ground by the Nightingales, Yuzu Hiiragi's eyes were filled with tears of worry, and she immediately shouted through the screen,

"Yuya! Admit defeat! You're no match for Mr. Soleva now! And Mr. Soleva, stop bullying Yuya with this kind of dueling!"

"I refuse to give up..."

Upon hearing Yuzu's voice, Yuya Sakaki seemed to be injected with adrenaline, managing to stand up again and glaring fiercely at Sorewa.

“Mr. Soleva, I will never lose to you! I will never acknowledge this as a duel!”

At this moment, Soleva felt once again the oppressive aura emanating from Sakaki Yuya when he surrendered to him that day. However, he wasn't so easily suppressed:

"Four consecutive strikes!"

As Yuya Sakaki's body was swept away by the storm stirred up by the gathered nightingales' wings and fell to the ground again, the heavy oppressive feeling gradually weakened. Only then did Soleva walk step by step towards Yuya Sakaki and coldly reply:

"Whether this is a duel or not is none of your business to decide! Yuya! Who do you think you are? Don't display your arrogant self-importance!"

In a daze, the words "Who do you think you are?" reached Sakaki Yuya's ears, causing a ripple in his mind:

"who are you?"

"who am I?"

"I am... Yuya Sakaki, I am... Yusho Sakaki's son, and I will... inherit my father's ideals and bring smiles to everyone through duels..."

As these many voices intertwined and echoed in Yuya Sakaki's mind, they slowly and gradually converged into one:

“I…I am…Zack…”

Yuya Sakaki suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a fierce look he had never seen before. However, Yuya was lying on the ground in a disheveled state, so neither Soleva, who was closer to him, nor Yuzu Hiiragi and the others in the spectator area noticed his unusual behavior.

Although his consciousness was already quite clouded due to his injuries, Yuya Sakaki still managed to analyze his situation almost instinctively:

I'm being attacked... I have to fight back!

With a quick glance around, Yuya Sakaki quickly locked onto an action card behind Soleva:

That card! If I can get that card, I still have a chance!

Having come up with a solution, almost instinctively, Yuya Sakaki rushed towards the action card.

However, how could Soleva, who was right in his sprint path, let him get the action card so easily?

"Five hits in a row!"

Despite Yuya Sakaki's attempts to dodge, his human body could not escape the materialized monster card, and he was heavily knocked away, his LP points dropping to 0 at that moment.

As the announcement of Soleva's victory rang out, Soleva slowly walked to the side of "Sakaki Yuya," who lay sprawled on the ground:

"How was it, Yuya Sakaki? That duel must have hurt, right?"

Seemingly due to the pain from the attack, Yuya Sakaki suddenly felt much clearer-headed. Facing Soleva's question, he immediately let out a cold laugh:

"Congratulations, you won. How does it feel to win with such violence? Pretty good, right?"

But then, Soleva tapped Yuya Sakaki's forehead with his finger: