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

Chapter 283 Volcanic Collapse

"My turn, draw a card!"

When it was Lu Wang's turn again, after adding the top card of his deck to his hand, Lu Wang immediately flipped over the monster he had set face-down on the first turn.

"I change my face-down Defense Position monster to face-up Attack Position! Appear, [Giant Fist Flame Dinosaur]!"

As the card was flipped over, a jet-black armored dragon, covered in dark red shells and spikes, appeared on Lu Wang's field amidst swirling points of light.

King Lu's voice followed:

"Activate the Flip Effect of [Giant Fist Flame Dinosaur]! Increase this monster's Level by one, making it a Level 5 monster! Now I have two Level 5 monsters on my field!"

I'm stacking my Level 5 [Giant Fist Flame Dinosaur] and [Morph Lava Dinosaur]! Building a stacking network with two monsters!

Instantly, the two dinosaur monsters on Rikuo's field transformed into two beams of red light, opening a channel for Xyz Summoning in front of Rikuo.

"Xyz Summon! Appear, [No. 61 Volcanic Dinosaur]!"

Within this passage, a lava stone sphere, as if pierced by a fiery spike, slowly rose up. Then, the fiery spike, bearing the patterns of a flaming cone, slid out of the stone sphere, and the stone sphere, now freed from its restraints, suddenly opened up.

A dinosaur with a pair of lava wings and a dark red carapace was born from the opened stone sphere, and the yellow number "61" was engraved on the armor on its chest.

"This is... this guy's [No.]!?"

Compared to Yuma's shock, Soleva's face showed a playful expression. After all, in the Kuriboh deck he had previously built, he had tried using the [No. 61 Volcano Dinosaur] among the [No.] cards that provided the star level change function for [Starlight Kuriboh].

Therefore, he was also aware of the card's effect:

"It should blow up a monster and deal damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack power, right? A simple and straightforward Destruction Wheel effect with no side effects..."

Soreva just couldn't understand how Lu Wang could be so arrogant as to say, "This is our world now. Let us show them what our true terror is," after summoning this [Volcano Dinosaur].

Moreover, what Soreva didn't expect was that just when he thought Lu Wang was using this effect to deal with the sharks and the horse, he actually turned his attention to him instead:

"[Volcano Dinosaur]'s effect activates! Remove 1 Xyz Material and destroy 1 of your opponent's monsters! Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK!"

I'm going to destroy the [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]! [Maximum Lava]!

In an instant, an overpowered material was bitten into the mouth of the [Volcano Dinosaur], and bright red, fiery energy began to gather in its chest.

However, just as Riku thought he was about to succeed and inflict a full 3000 points of damage on Kaito, Soleva's helpless voice suddenly rang out:

"I'm telling you, you don't really think we'll be unprepared? Or do you really think you can be invincible with just this one [No.] card? Don't forget, we have a [No.] card here too!"

I chain the effect of [Volcano Dinosaur] to activate the effect of [Number 90: Galaxy Eyes Photon]! When an opponent's monster effect is activated, detach one Xyz Material from this card and negate that effect!

As an overabundance of material surrounding [Galaxy-Eyes Photon] suddenly plunged into the triangular photon sword in its hand, a flash of light appeared on [Galaxy-Eyes Photon]'s helmet, followed by a flash of sword light. In the blink of an eye, [Galaxy-Eyes Photon] swung its sword and shattered the energy gathered in [Volcano Dinosaur]'s chest.

However, Soreva's voice did not stop there:

"It's not over yet! Based on the effect of [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord], because of the excess materials I removed, [Galaxy-Eyes Residual Dragon] has the [Galaxy] field, so [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord] can destroy [Volcano Dinosaur]!"

With another backhand strike, [Galaxy Eye Photon] appeared behind [Volcano Dinosaur], and the volcano dinosaur's body was severed in two.

"My [Volcano Dinosaur]!!!"

Seeing his greatest asset, [Volcano Dinosaur], being severed by [Galaxy Eye Photon], Lu Wang immediately let out a wail. However, Soreva didn't care about his disheveled appearance at all, after all, it was his own fault.

Moreover, the effects on his end are not over yet:

"Then, there's the effect of [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon], which is sent to the Graveyard as Xyz Material! This card, which is removed because it was used as Xyz Material to activate the effect of an Xyz Monster, can be Special Summoned from your hand or Deck as Xyz Material or Overlayed under an Xyz Monster you control!"

I choose to Special Summon another [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon] from my deck!

As the [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon] roared as it reappeared, Soreva raised his right hand to support his neck, and said while easing his neck pain,

"Honestly, I was planning to give you a surprise after my turn. But since you're planning to attack me so soon, I won't hold back. To be honest, I've been holding back for quite a while."

Then, I activate another effect of [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord], which can only be activated during the opponent's turn. You can add one [Photon] card or [Galaxy] card from your deck to your hand, or place it under this card as Xyz Material.

I choose to add a card to my hand.

After a round of shuffling on the D panel, Soreva immediately caught the card he had chosen and waved it at Lu Wang:

"Come on, want to guess what effect this card has?"

However, now that Soreva had destroyed the [Volcano Dinosaur], and even ruined his and Aquaman's series of plans, the Land King had no interest in playing such a guessing game with Soreva. With a dark face, he turned down the two cards in his hand:

"I put down two cards, and the turn ends!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

The turn returned to Yuma's hands, but Yuma's feelings were somewhat complicated this time.

When Soleva used the effect of [Galaxy Eye Photon] to nullify and destroy [Volcano Dinosaur], he almost cheered for Soleva. After all, this would make it much easier for him and Shark to deal with Land King and Sea King.

However, the thought of possibly competing with Soleva and the others, and looking at Soleva and the two Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragons in the Kaito arena, as well as the [Galaxy Eyes Photon Lord] who had just made a big splash, made Yuma feel uneasy.

"What's wrong, Yuma?"

Hearing the astral body's call, Yuma quickly snapped out of his reverie and replied in his usual positive and cheerful tone:

"It's alright. Anyway, there are no monsters left on Lu Wang's field now, so we can take this opportunity to defeat them all!"

At this moment, Yuma, who was excited, completely ignored the astral body's warning to "be careful" and immediately Normal Summoned [Goblindberg] from his hand and activated the effect of [Goblindberg] to Special Summon a [Goblindberg Magician].

"Now, I'll stack the level 4 [Goblindbergh] and [I-I-I-Magician] on the field! Construct a stacking network! Xyz Summon! Appear, [No. 39 Hope Royal Hope]!"

However, as Hope of Yuma made his iconic appearance, Aquaman turned over the last face-down card in front of him:

"It's here! [No.]! I activate the Perpetual Trap, [Avalanche]!"

Instantly, four enormous ice pillars rose from the ground, enveloping [Hope] and surrounding him.

At the same time, a blizzard swept over Hope's body, freezing his twin swords and even covering him with a layer of ice.

Chapter 284 Yuma's Breakthrough, Sea King and Land King's Cheating Fails

"This card can be activated when an Xyz Monster is successfully Special Summoned. After this card is activated, that Special Summoned Xyz Monster cannot attack. If a monster effect is used, the player will take 500 damage!"

This means that [Hope]'s attack capabilities and effects are completely blocked.

Yuma's expression turned grim after hearing Neptune's description of the effect:

"Won't that mean Hope can't do anything? Damn it!"

"Is it a trap designed for Xyz Monsters?"

"What an ill-considered summoning."

Hearing comments like "shark" and "astral body," Yuma's face darkened, but he quickly found a way to break through:

"It's not over yet! I still have [Switch Rider] on my field! Battle, [Switch Rider], attack [Staring Iceberg Dinosaur]!"

Upon hearing Yuma's command, Neptune paused for a moment before immediately bursting into laughter:

"Hahaha, are you an idiot? [Staring Iceberg Dinosaur] has 2100 defense points, what use is your monster with only 1600 attack points?"

"Not always!"

With a clenched fist, Yuma announced the effect of [Sweat Lala Knight].

"[Shua Lala Knight], when attacking a face-up Defense Position monster, you can destroy that monster without calculating damage! Take this! This is the result of my special training with Akari-nee!"

Two serrated longswords swung down, and the brachiosaurus, its back covered in huge ice crystals, shattered under the golden-armored knight's blade light, causing Aquaman's expression to twist instantly:

"What!?"

However, Yuma's attack did not end there:

"It's not over yet! Because [Stare at the Iceberg Dinosaur] was disrupted by the effect of [Scramble Knight]! So [Scramble Knight] can relaunch its attack! I remember Akari-nee called this... Attack Recall? That's right!"

So, [farm the Lala Knight], then attack [the Crowned Blizzard Dinosaur]!

The [Crowned Blizzard Dinosaur] only had an attack and defense of 1400 points, so how could it withstand the attack of the [Shua Lala Knight] with an attack of 1600 points? In the blink of an eye, it was shattered again by the [Shua Lala Knight].

At this point, Yuma not only cleared the monsters off Neptune's field, but also dealt him 200 points of battle damage.

However, both the Land King and the Sea King found this situation unacceptable:

"How could this happen? Our rehearsed combo was supposed to be perfect! Why did it turn out like this!?"

Soon, King Lu realized that all these changes started with the [No. 90 Galaxy Eye Photon Minister] activated by Soreva.

If they had targeted Yuma and his group from the beginning, and [Volcano Dinosaur] hadn't been neutralized and destroyed, or if Neptune had placed [Avalanche] before Soleva and sealed off [Galaxy Eye Photon], would things have turned out differently?

Having figured this out, King Lu immediately glared angrily at Soreva:

"It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, this duel would have gone according to our plan! And none of these unexpected events would have happened!"

"That's a real shame, but judging from your current situation, if your opponents weren't Shark and Yuma, but us, it seems you wouldn't have had a chance of winning from the start, right? And..."

After ripping away the facade of Lu Wang and Hai Wang, leaving them both livid and turning pale with anger, Soreva pointed out a sharp issue.

"I'd really like to know what you mean by 'rehearsed' and 'your arrangements'?"

The moment Soreva uttered those words, the shark beside him let out a disdainful "humph":

"Is that even a question? These guys are definitely cheating! If I'm not mistaken, those two probably modified the shuffling function on the D panel so they could determine what cards they drew each time, right? But..."

After glancing at Soreva, the shark's lips curled into a mocking smile at their self-inflicted wound.

"I never expected that they would run into such an unreasonable duelist like you, and even went so far as to provoke you, causing you to ruin a crucial part of their plan."

One wrong step led to another, causing their entire plan to collapse.

Faced with such a comment about sharks, Soreva simply shrugged:

"There's nothing I can do. It's not that I'm too strong, it's that they're too weak. As a result, they're not even aware of their weakness. They don't know how to make themselves stronger. They only think about using these petty tricks, but they never thought that their petty tricks are just as weak as they are."

Soreva's sharp commentary caused Lu Wang and Hai Wang's faces to turn pale and then red again, while Shark burst into laughter:

"Hahaha! You're right, compared to you, they are indeed too weak, which is why they've ended up in this situation. But... I have no right to laugh at them. I was pretty much the same as them back then."

Yuma, standing beside the shark, upon hearing the shark's final self-deprecating remark, and now knowing some of what had happened to the shark, immediately encouraged it:

"Don't blame yourself, Shark! Aren't you fighting a fair and square duel right now? Compared to those who cheated using such methods, you are the true duelist now!"

No matter what despicable means the opponent uses, we must win honorably and fair; that's the spirit of our duel now!

However, just as Shark was stunned by Yuma's encouragement, he heard Soreva's voice break the mood:

"Speaking of which, Yuma, since you have the leisure to say such nice things, can you focus your attention on the duel for now? It's my turn next, and I'm getting a little impatient."