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

"Since you've put it that way, sir..."

Despite the repeated defeats that cast a shadow over Yuma and Astral when they faced Soleva, Yuma resolutely raised his left arm, which was adorned with a D-panel.

"Then let's duel! I will definitely stop you!"

"Duel!" ×2

"Alright, uncle, I'll take the first strike! Draw a card!"

Yuma skillfully drew a card from the top of the deck and immediately let out a cheer.

“Great card! Well then, sir, I usually summon this [Goblindberg]!”

As Yuma slapped the card he had just drawn onto his D-pad, a goblin piloting a small red plane flew onto Yuma's field, pulling a huge metal box along with it.

Yuma also revealed another card from his hand:

"Then, based on the effect of [Goblindberg], I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower monster from my hand! However, [Goblindberg] that activates this effect will be changed to Defense Position."

Come on, [rumbling stone man]!

The metal box suddenly opened, revealing the [Rumble Stone Man], instantly eliciting cheers from the [No.] Club members watching the battle.

"Great! Now Yuma has two Level 4 monsters on his field! Now he can summon [Hope of the Rising Sun]!"

At that moment, Yuma also raised his hand and began his Xyz Summon:

"Now, I'll stack the level 4 [Goblindbergh] and [Gollum Golem] on the field! Construct a stacking network! Descend! [No. 39 Hope Royal Hope]!"

Seeing the platinum-gold warriors reappear on the racecourse, Soreva couldn't help but start complaining:

"Is it [Hope] again? If we just release another Level 4 monster, we can release [Color Dominator], which is even stronger than the banned version, right?"

However, seeing Yuma end his turn by simply setting two cards face-down, Soreva consoled himself, saying...

"Well, it's much better than when I first met him, when he couldn't even set a card in the back row and couldn't use Xyz Summon effectively. So, it's my turn, draw!"

It's quite a coincidence that he's using the same deck he used in his first duel with Yuma. However, the cards in his hand are completely different from those back then.

Thinking it over, Soreva revealed one of the cards in his hand to Yuma:

"Then, I activate the Spell Card, [Rough Man's Expectation]! This card can be activated when you have no monsters on your field. Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from your Deck!"

Come forth, [Relic Army]!

The familiar giant sushi reappeared, but just when Yuma thought Soleva was going to pull out one of those giant sushi monsters from the [Military Slam] series, as they had done the first time, Soleva instead slapped another card onto his D-pad:

"Then, I choose normal summoning, [Light Angel Staff]!"

As this scepter-shaped monster, predominantly black and dark green with bright yellow patterns covering its body, appeared on Soreva's field, Soreva's voice rang out.

"When this [Radiant Staff] is successfully Normal or Special Summoned, you can add one [Radiant] monster other than [Radiant Staff] from your Deck to your hand!"

But just when everyone thought that Soreva was about to draw that monster card from his deck, Soreva turned over one of his cards:

"At the same time, I activate the effect of [Radiant Angel's Throne]! If I successfully Normal or Special Summon a [Radiant Angel] monster, I can Special Summon this card from my hand and draw one card from my Deck!"

If you draw a [Light Angel] monster, you can Special Summon that monster!

As he spoke, Soreva placed [Heavenly Archangel's Throne] on the D panel and then placed his finger on the top of the deck.

"Then, reverse the effect, Special Summon [Throne of the Light Angel]! Draw!"

However, this time, the monster that came into my hand was not a [Light Angel], but a [Ash Blossom], which Soreva could only regretfully add to his hand.

However, Soreva has a second chance:

"Now, next up is the effect of [Light Angel's Staff]! I choose to add another [Light Angel's Throne] from my deck to my hand!"

Catching the card that popped out of his deck, this time Soreva didn't bother adding it to his hand; instead, he simply revealed it openly.

"[Heavenly Throne]'s effect isn't once per turn. Because of the special summon of [Heavenly Throne] during the chain, I can activate the effect of [Heavenly Throne] in my hand again!"

Once again, the card was slammed onto the D-deck, and another monster, primarily black and gold with yellow stripes, resembling a chair, appeared. Soreva's finger returned to the top of the deck.

"Draw a card!"

This time, it's still not the monster of [Light Angel], but the addition of this [Relic Army] card is still somewhat useful to Soreva.

After adding the card to his hand, Soreva raised his hand and began chanting:

"Now, I'll use the Level 4 [Heavenly Staff] and two [Heavenly Throne] cards on the field as materials to build a stacking network with Trisolaran monsters!"

Reappear! Iron Warrior, inheriting the will of the Trident in a jet-black body! [Laplace the Block Slash Operator]!

"It's that monster again!?"

Upon seeing the [Hope of the Emperor] card that Soreva had once used to sweep his field, a trap card, and his hand into the graveyard, Yuma's spirit instantly tensed up. He had never forgotten that duel, and he immediately let out a gasp.

However, the members of [No.] Club, who were unaware of the duel between Soreva and Yuma, immediately asked Yuma in confusion:

"Yuma, you seem very afraid of this monster? Why is that?"

"This monster... has a terrifying effect when it is successfully Special Summoned: it removes three Xyz Materials and sends one monster, one face-down card, and one card from the opponent's hand to the Graveyard."

"What!?"

Just as the members of Club No. received Yuma's reply and exclaimed in surprise, Soleva's voice rang out again:

"Not bad! However, due to the different Xyz Summoning materials, this card has another effect!"

According to the effect of [Light Angel's Staff], when you successfully Xyz Summon a monster using three or more monsters, including this one, as Xyz Material, you can destroy one card off the field and draw one card!

As he spoke, Soreva pointed to the leftmost of the two face-down cards on Yuma:

"I choose to destroy this card!"

As Soleva's voice rang out, an Xyz Material surrounding [Operator Laplace] suddenly glowed, shooting out a beam of light that completely destroyed the face-down card.

Soreva successfully drew another card from the top of his deck and then said:

"Now, it's [Laplace the Operator's] own effect! Remove all three of its Xyz Materials, and send [Hope of the Royal Hope] on your field, that face-down card, and one card from your hand to the graveyard!"

Three Xyz Materials surged into the longsword with the triangular symbol in [Laplace the Operator]'s hand. [Laplace the Operator] immediately swung the longsword, unleashing three beams of light that stirred up a fierce cloud of dust on Yuma's field.

As the smoke cleared, Yuma's field was completely empty, and he only had one pitiful card left in his hand.

This silenced the cheers of the [No.] Club members. They hadn't expected that Yuma, who wielded the power of the [No.] card and seemed to possess formidable dueling prowess, would appear so utterly vulnerable before Soreva.

Just then, everyone suddenly heard a scream coming from the direction of Kaito and Sei, who were being blocked by Soleva and his monster.

Chapter 314 Soreva's Advice, Yuma's Obsession

"It seems Kaito has already taken care of that guy. So, Yuma, there's no point in continuing this duel. Do you still intend to continue?"

Upon hearing Soleva's words, Yuma opened his mouth, but in the end, he awkwardly uttered:

"...Continue. As long as I haven't lost, I absolutely cannot give up the duel."

"Ah, okay."

With a sigh, Soreva also raised his palm and said,

"Although I still have a [White Fish Scepter], I think that should be enough for now. So, [Calculator Laplace] and [Relic Scepter], launch a direct attack on Yuma!"

Two monsters with an attack power of 2000 attacked at the same time. Under the sword light of [Laplace the Operator] and the heavy pressure of [Shari Gunkan], Yuma's LP was directly reduced to zero.

As the AR image disappeared, Soreva saw Kaito standing beside him and was immediately startled:

"Huh? Kaito, when did you get here?"

"Just now, he said that he hadn't lost yet and absolutely couldn't give up the duel."

As he spoke, Kaito handed several cards to Soleva.

"Here, and also the [superproliferation] you just mentioned wanting."

"Thanks, Kaito."

After thanking him, Soleva took the card from Kaito's hand. However, before she could even feel happy, Soleva curiously asked Kaito, "..."

"By the way, since you've already retrieved the last [No.] card that guy hid, can I see what kind of card it is?"

"Of course, there's nothing you can't see."

Immediately afterwards, Soreva saw Kaito pull out a [No. 30 Acid Golem of Destruction], a card with the highest attack and defense stats among Tier 3 Xyz Monsters, reaching a full 3000 points, comparable to Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

However, such powerful attack power, and the requirement of being able to Xyz Summon two Level 3 monsters, come with terrifying side effects.

As long as this card is on your field, you cannot Special Summon monsters. Furthermore, if this card loses its Xyz Material, you will suffer 2000 damage during your Standby Phase, and this card will be unable to attack.

In this animated world where 4000 LP is the standard, this monster is truly a double-edged sword.

If used well, it can deal massive combat damage in the first two rounds to defeat the opponent; if used poorly, it can burn yourself to death with its effects after two rounds.

Of course, it's not impossible to consider giving this monster to the other party after running out of both Xyz Materials.

After returning the [No.] card to Kaito, Soleva turned to look at Yuma, who was still slumped on the ground, defeated in the duel.

"Yuma, I have to admit that your dueling skills have improved a lot since we first met."

Upon hearing Soleva's sudden voice, Yuma immediately looked up at Soleva, but his eyes were still filled with disappointment.

"But I still couldn't defeat you, Uncle, and in the end, I couldn't even save other people's lives."

"Yuma, if you want to defeat me now, your improved skills are no longer enough. What you need to do is rebuild your deck."

Right now, your deck is completely dragging down your dueling performance.

As he spoke, Soreva stepped forward, reached out and pulled out the deck from Yuma D's decklist, flipping through it and commenting as he did so.

"Firstly, regarding monsters, you have too few monster summon points. Many cards rely on Normal Summon to activate their effects. Once you encounter a deck that can prevent you from activating your effects, you can only Normal Summon one monster to stand on the field and cannot develop further, which is actually quite disadvantageous."

Furthermore, the levels of your monsters are far too varied. It's easy for you to summon multiple monsters, but their levels are inconsistent, making it impossible to perform an Xyz Summon.

Since your current ace monster is Rank 4 [Hope of the Rising Sun], I think you could focus your main deck on Rank 4 monsters with Special Summoning effects.

After discussing the monster cards, Soreva quickly flipped to Yuma's trap cards and continued:

"Furthermore, judging from your duel, Yuma, you seem to have brought a lot of trap cards that can only be activated when your opponent launches an attack, which is actually not a good thing."

After all, when an opponent launches an attack, they usually use their own trump card monster. These monsters typically have many special abilities and can also counter trap cards.

You could try cards like [Bottomless Trap Hole] to prevent your opponent from summoning their ace monster; that's often easier than dealing with their ace monster.

After the review, Soreva returned the deck to Yuma and gave him his final advice: