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

Despite the round being over, facing Soreva's three large dragons—[Lightwave Blade Dragon], [Aurora Wave Dragon], and [Photon Dragon]—and a small dragon and warrior combination—[Photon Burst Dragon] and [Photon Lord]—Shark and Yuma felt only intense despair.

"No, that's not right, there must be another way!"

Shark frowned, placing his fingers on the deck, telling himself this in his mind.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Upon seeing the [Overload Gift] added to his hand, the shark immediately activated the card's effect:

"I activate the Spell Card [Xyz Gift] from my hand. When there are two or more Xyz Monsters on the field, I can draw two cards from my Deck! Draw!"

Another card draw, and this time, looking at the cards he received, Shark instantly understood:

Since you can't target monsters, why not just destroy the monsters on his field with cards that don't target them? Although doing so would involve some minor sacrifices.

"I usually summon [Needle Shot Sunfish]!"

Instantly, a large, greyish-blue sunfish appeared on the shark's field, and then the shark revealed another card from its hand:

"Then, I activate the Spell Card, [Rise]! Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Fish-Type, Seadra-Type, or Aquatic Monster from my Graveyard in Defense Position! Reborn, [Giant Shark]!"

Amidst a swirling current, the shark with its steel teeth was reborn in the shark arena.

"Now I have two Level 3 monsters on my field! I'll stack Level 3 [Spirit Sunfish] and [Bigmouth Shark] to create a stacking network! Xyz Summon! Appear, [Blackfin Lancelot]!"

At that moment, the two fish-shaped monsters instantly transformed into two blue orbs of light, opening a channel for Xyz Summoning in front of the shark and flying inside.

Then, surrounded by golden particles, a warrior with a pair of huge fins on his back and another pair of smaller fins serving as feet, his entire body covered in jet-black armor, and wielding a long spear, slowly emerged onto the shark's field.

"Next, I'll activate the Spell Card [Underwater Fire]! The effect of this card is that if you control a WATER Xyz Monster, you can destroy all cards on the field!"

"What!?"

As this card was activated, a raging inferno erupted across the field, engulfing everything from the cards and monsters set on the field, including Shark and Yuma, to Soreva, Kaito, and many others.

"How about that? That should be enough to destroy your monsters, right?"

However, just when the shark thought he was finally going to succeed, he heard Soreva's response:

"What a shame!"

"what?"

As the fire subsided, Shark saw the current situation on the field. Although he, Yuma, and Kaito had been wiped out, there were still two monsters on Soreva's field.

[Galaxy-Eyes Photon], and another [Galaxy-Eyes Lightwave Dragon].

"How is this going?"

In response to the shark's trembling question, Soreva gave his answer:

"[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord] cannot be destroyed by card effects when you have a [Photon] card as an Xyz Material. As for [Galaxy-Eyes Lightwave Dragon], if an Xyz Summoned [Galaxy-Eyes Lightwave Blade Dragon] is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon one [Galaxy-Eyes Lightwave Dragon] from your Graveyard."

"Shark, you've done remarkably well to reach this level. It's just a pity you know too little about my deck."

"Tsk!"

After hearing Soleva's words, the shark immediately clicked his tongue in amazement and placed one of his cards face down.

"I put down a card, and the turn ends!"

Chapter 287 Hope and the Shark Unite Here!

"Then, my turn, draw a card!"

It was Kaito's turn again, but he only felt troubled. After being wiped out by Shark's [Underwater Fire], he had nothing left on the field, and even his hand only had three cards left.

It seems there's not much I can do.

With a silent sigh, Kaito immediately revealed a card from his hand:

"Quick-Play Spell Card, [Photon Guidance] activated! This card can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower monster from your hand! I choose to Special Summon [Photon Lizard] from my hand!"

Amidst the surging light, a lizard with a body emitting a blue-white fluorescence and clad in dark blue and dark red armor entered Kaito's arena, but it quickly vanished into light.

"Then, I activate the effect of [Photon Lizard]! I Tribute myself and add one Level 4 or lower monster with [Photon] in its name to my hand! I choose to add one [Photon Slasher] to my hand!"

Then, without hesitation, Kaito slapped the card that was spat out from his D-panel onto his own D-panel:

"Since I currently have no monsters on my field, I can Special Summon this [Photon Slasher]!"

In an instant, the warrior wielding the long sword reappeared on Kaito's field, and Kaito immediately gave the order to attack.

"Battle has begun! Photon Slasher, attack the shark directly!"

Several flashes of light appeared, and the shark, which had no defense, was instantly struck by these flashes of light. Its LP dropped directly from 3000 points to 900 points, and it almost knelt on the ground.

Seeing the shark's reaction, Kaito ultimately chose to face down both cards in his hand.

"Finally, I set a monster and a card face down, and the turn ends."

"Well then, it's my turn. Draw a card!"

Seeing that most of the monsters on Soreva's field had just been wiped out by the shark, Yuma suddenly felt like he was invincible again. Excitedly, he added the top card of his deck to his hand and then revealed a card from his hand:

"I activate the Spell Card, [Monster Resurrection]! I choose to revive..."

However, before Yuma could even state his goal for revival, he heard the sound of a shark:

"Yuma, revive [Hope of the Emperor]! Only [No.] cards can defeat [No.] cards!"

Hearing the shark's words, Yuma also felt they made sense, and immediately nodded and shouted:

"I choose to resurrect [Hope]!"

As the points of light surged, the majestic warrior clad in platinum armor slowly revealed himself amidst the converging light, returning to Yuma's arena. However, the Astral Spectre questioned this decision:

"However, [Hope]'s attack power is only 2500. At most, it can only take down [No. 90 Galaxy Eye Light Child] together, right?"

But at that very moment, the card that Shark had covered on the field was opened by Shark himself:

"I activate the Trap Card, [Full Armor Xyz]! This card can equip 1 Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck to 1 Xyz Monster on my field, and the equipped monster's ATK increases by the amount of the equipped monster's ATK!"

I choose to equip one of my Extra Deck [Emperor Shark] to [Hope King]!

As this trap card was activated, a huge shark, deep purple in color but with a small dragon head on its head, appeared on the field, opening its blood-red maw decorated with gold trim to reveal sharp, blood-red shark teeth.

But soon, the body of the [Emperor Shark] was disassembled. Its gaping maw was placed on [Hope]'s chest, its fins replaced [Hope]'s wings, and even the small dragon head on its head replaced the hilts of the twin swords at Hope's waist.

In an instant, Hope, who was originally covered in white and gold, was stained with an eerie purple.

However, the effect is obvious. [Hope Royal Hope], whose original attack power was only 2500 points, now has an attack power that has instantly soared to 4300 points.

This scene made Yuma clench his fist tightly:

"Great! With [Hope]'s attack power, it'll be more than enough to break through the old man's [Galaxy-Eyed Photon]!"

However, the astral body quickly poured cold water on Yuma's enthusiasm:

"However, if [Hope] is selected as an attack target without any materials, it will be destroyed directly. What will you do then?"

Faced with such skepticism from Astral Entity, Yuma simply reached out and picked up the card he had just added to his hand during the gacha draw:

"Then we'll have to rely on this card! I'll Normal Summon this [Xyz Spy]!"

In an instant, a small guy dressed in a black suit, carrying a briefcase, and with an attack power of only 900 points appeared on Yuma's field, startling Astral.

"This is……"

Before the astral body could react, Yuma gave the order to attack:

"Battle has begun! [Hope] is attacking [Galaxy-Eyes Photon]!"

As the longsword, stained purple by the power of [Shark Emperor], fell heavily, [Galaxy Eye Photon] was cut in two, and Soreva's LP quickly dropped to 2200 points.

All Soreva can do is use [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord]'s effect to draw another card before it is destroyed.

However, Yuma's next command left both the shark and the astral body wide-eyed with surprise:

"Then, [Super Intelligence Agent], attack [Photon Slasher]!"

"What!?"

To have a [Super Intelligence Agent] with 900 attack power attack a [Photon Slayer] with 2100 attack power? Isn't that like throwing an egg against a rock?

As expected, [Xyz Spy] was instantly annihilated in the flash of [Photon Slasher]'s blade, and Yuma's LP, which was originally 4000 points, dropped to 2800 points.

But that's exactly what Yuma wanted:

"Now, I activate the effect of [Xyz Agent] in the graveyard! I'll use it as Xyz Material and stack it under [Hope]!"

The destroyed [Xyz Spy]'s figure instantly transformed into a phantom, turning into golden Xyz Material that surrounded [Hope].

"That way, [Hope] won't be destroyed even if it's attacked! I'll end my turn here!"

As Yuma finished his turn, a round of applause rang out. Yuma turned around and saw that it was Soleva clapping for him. He immediately scratched the back of his head and boasted to Soleva:

"How about it, uncle? I'm still pretty good, aren't I?"

"Indeed, you've improved a lot compared to before. But I'm sorry..."

Soreva's applause gradually subsided, and his fingers were already resting on the top of the deck.

"I don't want to lose like this! My turn, draw a card!"

Seeing the card in his hand, Soreva smiled slightly:

"It seems I'm not going to end this here. Yuma! Thank you for leaving me with over 2000 LP points; that's the key to your defeat!"

With that, Soreva added the card to his hand, picking up the card he had added to his hand during Yuma's turn.

"I'll pay 2000 LP to activate this [Galaxy Soaring]!"

Chapter 288 The Super Galaxy Eye Descends, Yang Dou Gets into Trouble

"This card's effect negates the effects of one [Photon] monster in your Graveyard and one [Galaxy] monster of the same Level in your Deck, and Special Summons them in Defense Position! Furthermore, all of them gain 2000 ATK!"

Show yourself! [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon], [Galaxy Knight]!

Amidst the surging light, a photon dragon radiating blue light and a swordsman clad in silver armor slowly emerged on Soreva's field, both crouching protectively.

"Two more level 8 monsters?"

Seeing two more Level 8 monsters appear on Soleva's field, both Shark and Yuma breathed a sigh of relief. The previous [Galaxy-Eyes Lightwave Dragon] and [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord] had already proven to them just how terrifying the monsters Soleva Xyz Summoned at Level 8 were.