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

Although its upper body still retains the head shape and fins of a shark, its body becomes slender and elongated from the tail down, so long that it completely deviates from the category of sharks and is more similar to the dragons that swim in the ocean in mythology.

The original fins have been replaced by two arms connected to sharp claws, and a pair of azure dragon wings have sprouted from the shoulders of the arms.

Although the Nightmare Shark, its eyes covered by layers of armor, had lost its sight, it sensed the direction of the enemy by smell alone and roared towards Soleva.

"Then, [Nightmare Shark]'s effect activates! Once per turn, remove 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 WATER monster you control! This turn, monsters other than this one cannot attack, but this one can attack your opponent directly!"

Now, I bestow this effect upon [Nightmare Shark]! [Nightmare Shark], attack directly at IV!

The blue super-quantity material flew into Nightmare Shark's mouth, turning its body a pale blue color. Upon hearing the shark's command, Nightmare Shark immediately opened its jaws and lunged at Soleva.

But just as the Nightmare Shark's sharp teeth were about to touch Soleva, a layer of seemingly thin but incredibly solid gray aura condensed on Soleva's body, blocking the Nightmare Shark's attack.

And [Hoples's] voice echoed in Soreva's mind:

"You encountered a [No.] card?"

"um, yes."

“You… your current LP is in danger. If necessary, use my power.”

Then, the voice of [Hoples] disappeared, but a gray light spread from the Extra Deck on the D panel of Soreva's wrist. Soreva reached out and touched it, and pulled out a [No. 98 Despair Emperor Hoples].

Thanks, [Hoples]

With [Hoples] returned to the Extra Deck, Soreva, now with only 400 LP, looked at the shark:

"So, do you still want to continue?"

"Hmph, round over! You've escaped with your life."

Speaking of this, Shark recalled the [Super Pressure] card that Soleva had previously negated. If that card had been combined with his other [Torrent Resurrection] card in the back row, Soleva would probably have lost by now.

"Really? Well, I guess I'm really lucky... My turn, draw a card!"

As he drew the card from the top of his deck and looked at it, Soreva couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

"It seems good luck has come my way, but I may have to disappoint [Hopleth's] kindness."

As he spoke, the card that Soreva had just drawn fell from his hand onto the D panel:

"Continuous Spell, [Flame Dance - [Hidden Element]] activated! When this card is activated, you can send the Fusion Materials of a Beast-Warrior Fusion Monster from your hand or field to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck!"

I will use [Xiang Qing] and [Hong Guan Sheng] on the field as materials for a Fusion Summon! Fall from the heavens! Pure white fire feathers, now transformed into my blades, shatter my enemies! [Fu Yan Xing - Bai Tian Ying]!

"What? It's actually a fusion summon!?"

Seeing the swirling vortex on Soleva's field, Shark's face instantly showed astonishment. He didn't expect that in this era of popular Xyz Summoning, Soleva could still use a retro Fusion Summoning technique.

Within that swirling vortex, a burly man dressed in black and white robes brandished his spear and, propelled by a white flame swan behind him, arrived on Soreva's field.

"If this card can be Special Summoned, inflict damage to your opponent equal to 200 damage for each [Flame Dance] Spell/Trap Card on your field! Then..."

Before he could finish speaking, the card lying face down at Soreva's feet was flipped open.

"At the same time, I activate the effect of [Flame Dance - [Heavenly Spin]]! When this card is activated, you can choose one Beast-Warrior monster you control and increase its ATK by 700 until the end of this turn! I choose to increase the ATK of [Rich Flame Star - White Response]!"

Instantly, with the card flipped over, under the combined effect of its continuous effect and activation effect, [Fuyan Star - Bai Tianying]'s attack power jumped from 2600 points to 3600 points.

Immediately afterwards, [Bai Tianying] brandished his spear and threw out two fireballs, which slammed heavily into the shark's body, reducing the shark's LP to 1600 points.

"Battle has begun! At this moment, I activate another effect of [Daytime Response]! During the Battle Phase, I send one face-up [Flame Dance] Spell/Trap Card from my field to the Graveyard, and destroy one card on my opponent's field!"

But just when the shark thought that Soleva would definitely disrupt [Nightmare Shark] and make his [Torrent Resurrection] take effect, Soleva pointed directly at his card:

"I choose to send [Flame Dance - [Hidden Element]] to the Graveyard to destroy that face-down card!"

Upon hearing the sound, [Bai Tianying] immediately thrust his spear heavily into the [Flame Dance - [Hidden Origin]] card, shattering it. A blazing fissure then began to extend, swallowing the shark's [Torrent Rebirth] into it.

Although [Hidden Element] has another effect when sent to the graveyard, it is useless to Soreva because he can then finish off the shark.

"Attack! [During the day] attack [Nightmare Shark]! Although [Number] cards cannot be destroyed by battles from monsters other than [Number] cards, you still have to take this 1600 points of damage!"

With a fierce battle cry, [Bai Tianying] swung his spear and slammed it heavily into [Nightmare Shark]'s body, instantly unleashing blazing flames and 1600 points of damage.

The shark's LP is thus reset to zero.

Chapter 251 A Duel for No., The Twelve Zodiac Animals Strike

"Hey, Astral Entity, you said you sensed the presence of [No.] Card over here, is that true? I haven't noticed anything."

Holding his knees and panting heavily, Yuma began to complain to the astral body. If the astral body hadn't suddenly said that the aura of [No.] Card had appeared here, he wouldn't have abandoned Tetsuo and Kotori and gone through all that trouble to come here alone.

The astral body floated beside Yuma, its eyes closed as it tried to sense the aura of the [No.] card that Yuma had just detected, but now it could sense nothing at all.

Shaking his head in disappointment, the astral body immediately spoke:

"I can no longer sense the presence of that [No.] card. It seems the duel is over."

"How could this be! Did all my running here just now go to waste?"

With a groan, Yuma slumped to the ground, but the sight of a familiar face approaching quickly lifted his spirits.

"Hey? Isn't that Uncle? What's he doing here? Since he's here, he might have some clues."

After thinking for a moment, Yuma stood up abruptly and ran towards Soleva.

"Oh, uncle!"

Meanwhile, Soreva, seeing Yuma running towards him, initially wanted to raise his hand to greet him, but unfortunately, he was carrying a fainting patient and couldn't do so. He could only nod in response to Yuma's greeting.

"Oh? It's Yuma. What can I do for you?"

"Uncle, if you had been here just now, would you have...?"

Originally, Yuma wanted to get straight to the point and ask Soleva if he had seen anyone using the [No.] card, but as he got closer, he saw the shark that Soleva was currently carrying on his back, and his attention was immediately diverted to asking...

"Uncle, what's wrong with the shark?"

"You mean him? It's nothing, he just passed out after losing his duel with me."

After bobbing the shark he was carrying on his shoulder, Soreva explained to Yuma, then asked in return,

"By the way, was there anything else you wanted to ask me?"

"Ah, yes."

Reminded by Soleva, Yuma remembered his real purpose for coming to see Soleva and quickly asked,

"Uncle, if you're around here, have you seen anyone use a [No.] card during a duel?"

"Oh, so that's what you wanted to ask."

Upon hearing Yuma's question, Soreva bounced the shark on his shoulder and pointed at him.

"Yes, that's him. He used a [No.] card during our duel, but I was still better and won. As for that [No.] card..."

As he spoke, Soreva took out the [No. 47 Nightmare Shark] that [Hoples] and Zero had worked together to harmlessly remove from the shark, and waved it in front of Yuma.

"This is the one."

"Eh!?"

At first, Yuma was mentally prepared that there would be no news from Soleva, but to his surprise, things went so smoothly that even the [No.] card that he and Astral were looking for appeared in Soleva's hands.

So, Yuma immediately made a request to Sorewa:

"Uncle, could you lend me this [No.] card? It's very important to me."

Seeing Soleva's smiling face, Yuma thought Soleva would agree, but unexpectedly, Soleva refused with a smile:

"No."

"Eh?"

Upon hearing Soleva's refusal, Yuma immediately let out a sound of doubt. After all, in his memory, Soleva had always seemed to be a pretty easy-going person, and this was the first time he had refused so decisively.

Soreva saw through Yuma's thoughts and immediately sighed, saying:

"Yuma, aren't you taking my kindness for granted? I almost lost to win this card, do you really think you can just take it back so easily?"

"This……"

Yuma was speechless for a moment, but the astral entity beside him nodded:

“He’s right. This [No.] card is also a prize from his duel victory. It’s impossible for him to hand over his prize so easily.”

"But Astral Entity, don't you need these [No.] cards to recover your memories? Are we just going to give up like this?"

Faced with Yuma's questioning, Astral Entity also hesitated. Indeed, he still had too few memories left, and he did not want to give up this way of restoring his memories.

However, all of this naturally fell into Soreva's notice, and Soreva smiled and made a suggestion to Yuma:

"If you really want this card, then let's have a duel where we wager our cards. I'll wager this [Number 47 Nightmare Shark], and you and Astral will wager the [Number 17 Sea Dragon] from before."

Whoever wins can take the cards the other person bet on, how about it?

"But, [the sea dragon] has already..."

Yuma was about to argue that the [Sea Dragon] had already been absorbed by the Astral Spectrum to restore its memories and couldn't be used as a wager, but the Astral Spectrum covered its mouth first:

"It's alright, agree to him, Yuma. I've already absorbed all the memories of me contained within [Sea Dragon]. I can separate the power of [Sea Dragon] simply as a [No.] card at any time."

I think I'll take this gamble!

Upon hearing Astral Entity's determination, Yuma immediately nodded and addressed Astral Entity:

"Since you put it that way, Starlight Entity, then I will also do my best to duel with Uncle! Although Uncle is very strong in duels, I will not be afraid! No matter what difficulties I face, I will not give up. This is my path to soaring to the sky!"

After saying that, Yuma turned to Soleva, raised the D panel, and put on the D-visual glasses:

"Come on, uncle! Today, I'm going to soar to the sky and I definitely won't lose to you!"

"Alright, since you put it that way, then I'll have to treat you properly. But let me make this clear first, the deck I've chosen this time is very strong."

The Tyrannosaurus Rex tattoo reappeared as Soleva spoke. This time, in order to see the astral body next to Yuma clearly, it was once again rendered gold by Zero's power, and the silver Tyrannosaurus Rex Duel Disk also appeared on Soleva's wrist.

"Duel!" ×2

"Then, my first move: draw a card!"

Having just been pressured by the shark's first move and nearly lost due to the deck's strength, Soreva was determined to make up for it against Yuma this time, so he immediately seized the first move.

This time, the six cards in his hand indicate that Soleva has all the key cards for both of the deck's systems, and he can go big now.

"Then, I will Normal Summon [Twelve Beasts Horse Sword]! When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can discard one [Twelve Beasts] card from your hand and draw one card from your Deck!"