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

"What!?"

Then, to Yuma's astonishment, the pair of claws on the [Crest of the Shield] instantly transformed into a shield, blocking the [Ruler of Color]'s charge.

Immediately afterwards, the claws of the [Herald Shield] transformed into hooks once more, slashing towards [Hope].

With a single strike, he destroyed the platinum-colored warrior.

"Hahaha! Yuma Tsukumo! Now you have no monsters left to attack! What can you do now!?"

Faced with the Jade Throne's mockery, Yuma looked at his own hand.

These two cards, along with my own face-up cards, might help me hold on a little longer, but only for a negligible amount of time.

"Do you really want to do this?"

Yuma asked himself the question, and his heart quickly gave him the answer:

"Let's do it this way! We can't give up as long as there's even a sliver of hope!"

With this in mind, Yuma immediately placed one of his two remaining cards onto his D-card deck:

"Then, I will Normal Summon [Hopeful Royal Onomatopoeia Utopia] from my hand!"

The platinum-colored warrior reappeared, and immediately after its appearance, Yuma revealed the last card in his hand.

"Then, I activate the Equip Spell Card [Ga Ga Ga Revenge]! This card can be equipped to one [Ga Ga Ga] monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it!"

Revive! [Lala Bancho - Me Me Me Jacket]!

From within a slowly rising coffin, the monster dressed in delinquent attire, [Shurala Bancho], slowly emerged and knelt on one knee on Yuma's field.

Yuma then waved his hand again and said:

"Then comes the effect of [Rage Rage Rage Dwarf - Rage Rage Glove] in the Graveyard! If this card is in the Graveyard and you control a [Rage Rage Rage] monster other than this card, you can activate this effect and Special Summon this card!"

Upon hearing Yuma's words, the throne paused for a moment before bursting into laughter:

"Hahaha! Are you crazy? You don't have either of those monsters on your field, so how can you activate such an effect?"

His response was a remark from Yuma:

"No! [Onomatopoeia Utopia] can be used as a [Shalala], [Gaa Gaa Gaa], [Rumble Rumble], [Angry Angry Angry] monster because of its own effect!"

"However, its effect should have been nullified by the [shield]!"

"This effect is a rule-based effect! According to what the old man used to say, this kind of effect is called an off-text effect, and it won't be invalidated by other effects!"

A turning point appeared in Chapter 421

"Tch! Is that even a saying?!"

Listening to Yuma's words and looking at the few low-level monsters Special Summoned in Defense Position on Yuma's field, the Throne understood what Yuma was planning.

"Trying to survive by relying on monsters in defense mode? I won't let you get away with that!"

Immediately after hearing the sound of Yuma ending his turn, Yuza also placed his finger on the top of the deck, adding another card to his hand.

Immediately, the throne's gaze swept across the field, taking in the [Crest of the Aegis] which now only had one Xyz Material left, and the card Yuma had face-down in the back row. The throne then made its choice:

"Now, [Crest of the Shield], activate the effect of [Ruler of Color]! Remove 1 Xyz Material, declare one card, and negate its effects until the end of your opponent's second turn!"

At this moment, having decided that Yuma's back row was a trap card for survival, he immediately made his choice.

"And the card I want to declare is a Trap Card!"

In an instant, jet-black thorns flew out from the grappling hook of the [Herald Shield Emblem] and slammed heavily into the ground beside Yuma, forming a jet-black barrier.

The throne pointed to the [Ruler of Color] on the parade ground and said mercilessly:

"In that case, the [Ruler of Color] is useless! Now, let me destroy it! But before that..."

He picked up a card from his hand, and the jade throne lit up before Yuma's eyes; it was clearly a magic card.

"I activate the Spell Card, [Advanced Emblem Technique]! This card can use monsters from my Graveyard as Xyz Material to Xyz Summon 1 Xyz Monster!"

"W-what? It's a card that uses monsters from the graveyard as Xyz Material?"

Immediately afterward, to Yuma's astonishment, the figures of the two monsters, [Basilisker] and [Atmospheric Beast], which had previously served as super-materials for the [Crest of the Aegis] and had now been sent to the graveyard, began to emerge in the two crests.

And at that moment, the voice from the jade throne rang out:

"Now! I will stack the Level 4 [Emblem Beast Basilisk] and [Atmospheric Dimetros] from my graveyard! I will construct a stacking network with these two monsters! Xyz Summon!"

Show yourself! [Heir to the No. 8 Herald King's Genome]!

Soon, the two emblems overlapped, opening the channel for the Xyz Summon. A four-legged beast, dressed in colorful clothes and a mask, with four thick tufts of white fur flying on its head, slowly walked out of the channel and came to the throne.

After its appearance, the throne revealed its final card:

"Finally, I'll activate this Equip Spell Card [Emblem Annihilation] and equip it on [Emblem Shield]!"

As this card was revealed on the field, a pinkish-purple emblem appeared above the [Emblem Shield]'s head, and the throne immediately announced the card's effect.

"This card, once per turn, can inflict damage to both players equal to 300 times the number of face-up monsters on the field!"

We now have six face-up monsters on the field, so let's take this 1800 damage together!

Dark purple lightning suddenly erupted from the emblem above [Emblem Shield]'s head, striking Yuma and Yuzuo, reducing their LP to 2200 points.

"Roaming Horse!"

"Father!"

This marks the first time that the duel between Yuma and the Throne has resulted in injury. Previously, even the most tense duels had never caused such concern among those outside the energy shield.

This time, seeing Yuma and the throne both injured, the group couldn't help but cry out.

The jade throne, however, only laughed maniacally:

"Hahaha! Excellent! That's how it should be! Now, let's fight! [Crest of the Shield], attack [The Ruler of Color]!"

How could the [Ruler of Color], with an attack power of only 2300, possibly resist the grappling hook of the [Emblem Shield Emblem], which has an attack power of 2600? It was instantly defeated.

Yuma's LP has also dropped from 2200 points to 1900 points.

"Then, [Heir to the Herald King's Genome], attack that pesky [Onomatopoeia Utopia]!"

After all, the normally summoned [Onomatopoeia] is the only monster in Yuma's territory that still exists in attack position. How could they possibly let it go if they wanted to defeat Yuma's throne?

Even the [Helm of the King's Genome Successor], with an attack power of 2400, was easily defeated by the [Sound-like Utopia], which had an attack power of only 1500.

Yuma's LP value also reached an even more dismal 1000 points.

Even the throne, believing Yuma was destined to lose, immediately let out a disdainful sneer at Yuma after the round ended:

"See that? You're so weak in front of me! You might as well admit defeat and hand over the Yang Dou behind you to me!"

"I……"

But just as Yuma was rendered speechless by the throne's words, he heard a voice from the astral body beside him.

"Yuma, you won't give up, will you?"

Just then, Yuma saw the astral being beside him. Although its body was flashing with light due to the reduction of Yuma's LP, Yuma could still see the trust in the astral being's eyes.

With a knowing smile, Yuma immediately responded with a starlight-like response:

"Yes, we can't give up now! Astral body, please, lend me your power!"

"No problem, Yuma!"

As Yuma and Astral Body's palms touched, everyone saw a dazzling white light instantly emanate from Yuma's palm, completely obscuring the dramatic changes within the energy shield.

However, even so, they could still hear faint sounds:

"Take me!"

That's the sound of a wandering horse.

"With me!"

This sound, which is quite unfamiliar to most people, is the sound of astral bodies.

“Stack!”

Finally, amidst the combined voices of the two, the white light intensified for a moment before slowly dimming. However, the Yuma who appeared before everyone now looked completely different.

"This is……"

Compared to the surprise of the others upon seeing Yuma's completely changed appearance, Soreva, who had already witnessed Yuma's transformation before, simply nodded:

"Oh? It's turned into this stance again? This time, Yuma should be able to win, right?"

Before Yuma, the throne, who could clearly sense the power Yuma possessed in his ZEXAL state, was filled with jealousy and hatred. Even more so, a mud-like substance gushed forth from the half of Yuma's face that had vanished into nothingness.

"This power! It's a power that this world could never obtain! Why! You, who also obtained power from another world, were able to become like that!"

But this is all I can become! Why?!

Yuma didn't answer, but instead placed his hand on his D-panel, which had been transformed into an arm guard.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Chapter 422 The Final Sword

"This card..."

Yuma was taken aback when he saw the card called [Pot of Greed], since this card did not seem to be in his original deck.

However, just as he was filled with such doubt, the voice of the astral body rang in his mind:

"Yuma, what are you staring at? Don't hesitate, trust every card in your hand."

"I understand."

With a slight nod, Yuma revealed the [Pot of Greed] to the jade throne.

"I activate the Spell Card [Pot of Greed]! This card can return five monsters from your Graveyard to your Deck, and then you draw two cards from your Deck!"

Now, I'm returning all of [Hope of the Emperor], [Color Dominator], [Onomatopoeia Utopia], [Goblin Warlock], and [Goblin Emperor] from my graveyard to my deck!

As the deck was shuffled, Yuma's fingers instinctively pressed against the top of the deck, and his mouth, in unison with the astral body in his consciousness, shouted:

"All light! Power! Now reside in my right hand, illuminating the path to hope! Flash Draw!"