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

With the surge of light, two monsters immediately appeared on the field of IV.

One of them resembled several dark red dolls twisted together, but at its top and bottom were heads with pale faces, ghastly green hair, and expressions of pain.

The other one was a humanoid puppet with a blue body and limbs, but its head, which should have been blue as well, was replaced by a black gearbox, and its left hand was gripping the gearbox lever.

After the two monsters appeared together, IV waved his hand and activated the effect of one of them:

"I activate the effect of [Gear Shifter]! Once per turn, target one [Gear Golem] monster you control and change its Level to the same as that monster's Level!"

Therefore, [Gear Shifter]'s level becomes the same as [Nightmare]'s level 8!

After the sound of IV rang out, [Gear Shifter] immediately started shaking its hand. As the golden gears in the gearbox turned, a purple electric light began to spread across [Gear Shifter], changing its level to 8.

"Two level 8 monsters?"

Seeing two monsters of the same level on the field, Yuma's brow furrowed instantly. If he wasn't mistaken...

"I'll stack two Level 8 Nightmare and Gear Shifter to create a stacking network! Xyz Summon! Appear, [Number 15]! Messenger from hell, puppet of fate! [Machine Golem - Giant Slayer]!"

"It really was an Xyz Summon! But..."

Looking up at the enormous, jet-black marionette summoned by IV, which resembled a king, Yuma couldn't help but feel a surge of curiosity.

“Just now, it seems that he didn’t use this [No.] card, did he? It seems that he has more than one [No.] card.”

Chapter 350 Yuma, who controls the giant eye

Despite his curiosity, Yuma ultimately didn't ask, but simply watched as IV took another card from his hand and placed it on his D deck:

"It's not over yet! Next, I'll equip this [Machine Shield] to [Giant Slayer]! This card can only be equipped to Xyz Monsters whose names contain [Machine Golem], and the monster that equips this card exchanges its ATK and DEF!"

With the gear-like [Mechanical Shield] equipped on [Giant Slayer], the [Giant Slayer]'s attack power, which was originally only 1500 points, now reaches 2500 points.

Of course, this isn't the full effect of this [Mechanical Shield].

"Then, I activate the effect of this [Mechanical Shield]! Once per turn, this card can inflict damage to your opponent equal to 300 Xyz Materials held by the monster equipped to this card!"

As IV's finger pointed at Yuma, the center of the [Mechanical Shield] was also aimed at Yuma by the [Giant Slayer], revealing the red inner barrel of the cannon.

"Because [Giant Slayer] now possesses two overload materials, it can deal 600 damage to you!"

With this command, the two golden supermassive materials surrounding [Giant Slayer] simultaneously transferred their golden energy into the cannon's muzzle, and a golden energy cannon was thus formed.

Immediately afterwards, the golden energy cannon shot out from its muzzle and slammed heavily into Yuma Di, reducing Yuma Di's LP to 3400 points.

"I set a card and the turn ends."

"Ha, well then, it's my turn, draw a card!"

Despite losing 600 LP to IV's effect in the first turn when he couldn't attack, Yuma wasn't discouraged at all. The only thing that worried him now was how to deal with IV's current situation.

If it's simply a matter of solving the [Giant Slayer] problem, Yuma has some solutions, but...

Yuma glanced at the trap card that IV had placed face-down in the back row, and then became worried again. After all, he didn't know the effect of that trap card, which made him a little troubled.

However, Yuma breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the card he had drawn, because the existence of this card meant that he could reliably destroy a card.

Reassured, Yuma immediately added the card to his hand, then drew one from his hand and placed it on his D deck:

"I choose to Normal Summon [I-I-I Magician]!"

Dressed in a black robe and bound by chains, one of Yuma's most trusted monsters came to his field.

With its appearance, Yuma immediately revealed the card he had just added to his hand:

"Then, I activate the Spell Card [GaGaGa Lightning Strike]! This card can only be activated when there is a monster with [GaGaGa] in its name on your field. You can target and destroy one card on your opponent's field!"

Just when IV thought that Yuma would definitely choose to destroy [Giants Slayer], Yuma's choice gave him a surprise.

"The card I chose to destroy was the one that was face down!"

"What!?"

Just as IV was wondering, [I-I-I Magician] raised his finger high, pointing straight to the sky. At that moment, dark clouds gathered, and a bolt of lightning suddenly fell on the card.

IV could only grit his teeth, his face dark, and watch as the card he had placed was destroyed.

After that, Yuma couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, since it meant that he only had to deal with [Giantslayer] on Field IV.

In that case...

"I activate the effect of [I- ...

I choose to raise [I-I-I the Magician]'s level to 7!

As Yuma's voice rang out, a dark purple light began to shine on [I-I-I Magician]'s body, and his level quickly climbed to level 7.

After [I-I-I-Magician]'s rank changed, Yuma immediately threw out another card:

"Next, [I-I-I x I-I-I-I] activates! This card can be activated by targeting one [I-I-I-I] monster you control. This card is then Special Summoned as a monster with the same Attribute, Level, ATK, and DEF as the targeted monster!"

Now, it will be Special Summoned as [GagGagGag Magician], also at Rank 7!

Just like looking in a mirror, a figure that looked exactly like him immediately appeared next to [I, I, I the Magician], only the color of his clothes was completely opposite.

The black magic robe turned pale, and the silver chains turned black, giving this newly appeared [I-I-I Magician] an eerie feel.

As for Yuma's purpose in doing this...

"I stack two Level 7 [Ga-Ga-Ga Magician] monsters together to create a stacking network, and Xyz Summon! Now, [Number 11 Giant Eye]!"

That's right, this is the same monster that forced Yuma and Astral to create a [CNo.39 Hope Emperor Hope] to deal with it back then when it was in the hands of the demon. Now, Yuma has also chosen to use its power.

"[Giant Eye]'s effect activated! Remove 1 Xyz Material from this card, and gain control of 1 monster your opponent controls! Let [Giant Slayer] become our partner, [Giant Eye]!"

As Yuma gave the command, [Giant Eye]'s enormous golden eyes immediately turned crimson, staring into [Giant Slayer]'s eyes.

After a red light appeared in the eyes of [Giant Slayer], it slowly turned around and sat down in the direction of Yumaji, aiming its spear at IV, to IV's astonishment.

"[Giant Slayer], launch a direct attack!"

At this moment, IV, who had been trying to increase the attack power of [Giant Slayer], finally reaped the bitter fruit of his own actions. This whip, containing 2500 points of attack power, not only reduced IV's LP to 1500 points, but also made him so painful that he could not get up from the ground.

However, just when he thought Yuma was about to deliver the final blow, he heard Yuma's slightly regretful voice:

"However, during the turn [Giant Eye] activates its effect, it cannot attack on its own, so I set a card face down and end the turn."

The sound of Yuma ending his turn made IV breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was not so miserable as to be defeated outright; he still had a chance to win.

"My turn..."

He struggled to his feet, and now, with only one card left in his hand, he knew that one card alone wouldn't be enough to turn the tide. He had to gamble his hopes on this next card draw.

"Draw a card!"

Almost trembling, IV flipped the card over, praying that it was a card that could hopefully help him turn the tide.

When IV saw the card, his eyes lit up instantly. He knew that the card he had been waiting for had arrived.

So, he immediately showed the card to Yuma:

"Now, I activate a Spell Card from my hand: [Overlay Light Dark Regeneration]!"

Chapter 351 Reversal of Fortune

"This card can randomly remove one Xyz Material from your opponent's field! If the removed Xyz Material is a DARK monster, Special Summon that monster to your field, and then draw one card from your Deck!"

After revealing this [Overlay Dark Regeneration] card, IV began explaining its effects.

"But, if not, my LP will become half of what it was!"

After saying that, IV pointed his finger at the racecourse, at the [Giant Slayer] that originally belonged to him:

"I choose to remove the rightmost Xyz Material from [Giant Slayer]!"

Immediately afterwards, the Xyz Material chosen by IV flew out from beside [Giantslayer] and transformed into a twisted, dark red puppet on his field.

"[Nightmare]? Looks like I made the right bet! So..."

With his finger pressed against the top of his deck again, IV forcefully pulled the card from his D-pad.

"Draw a card!"

Upon seeing the card's true form, IV immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he still had a chance in this duel. Adding this hopeful card to his hand, IV immediately drew another card and placed it on the D face.

"Next, I will Normal Summon [Mechanical Golem - Scissor Arm] from my hand!"

The next second, a humanoid puppet, entirely dark purple with its hands bound behind its back in a scissor-like shape, appeared on IV's field. IV immediately activated its effect.

"This card can destroy Equip Cards equipped to monsters on your field, and its Level becomes double! I choose to destroy [Mechanical Shield]!"

As soon as IV gave the order, [Scissor Arm] immediately leaped up and used its scissor-like hands to cut open the [Mechanical Shield] attached to [Giant Slayer], and its level changed from the original level 4 to level 8.

"Two level 8 monsters?"

Seeing the two Level 8 monsters standing on the field, Yuma's heart immediately stirred.

"Is it coming? Xyz Summon..."

"I Xyz Summon my Level 8 [Machine Golem Nightmare] and [Machine Golem Scissors Arm] by stacking them on top of each other to create a stacking network of two DARK monsters!"

"Appear, [No. 40 Mechanical Puppet - Heavenly String Player]!"

Finally, the culprit who shattered [No. 96] with a single sword strike in front of Yuma makes his appearance.

This puppet, entirely black and shaped like a one-winged angel, had short, curly, light green hair. Its body appeared to have been torn apart, revealing the threads that controlled it.

In its right hand, it held the greatsword that had just shattered [No. 96].

With its debut, IV also revealed its last trump card:

"Finally, I activate the Spell Card [Attack Mechanism] from my hand! This card can be used to target one [Machine Golem] monster. The targeted monster gains 500 ATK until the end of the turn!"

Furthermore, when the monster selected by this effect destroys a monster during the Battle Phase, it inflicts damage to the opponent equal to the destroyed monster's ATK!

As the card was activated, a red light instantly spread across [Heavenly String Player]'s body, further increasing its original 3000 attack power to 3500.

Now, on Yuma's field, neither [Giant Eye]'s 2600 attack power nor [Giant Slayer]'s 2500 attack power can compete with it.

This means that no matter which monster [Heavenly Strings] attacks during the battle phase, Yuma will have to take 3500 points of damage.

However, after the first round of [Mechanical Shield] attack, Yuma only had 3400 LP left.

In other words, if Yuma is unable to cope, then IV will be able to defeat Yuma in this battle!