Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"...Next, I will summon [Destiny Hero - Killer] in defense position."

With the Fusion Summoning sealed and not having the initiative, Edward's decision to strengthen his defenses at this time is undoubtedly the most rational choice.

Wait, and hold onto hope.

Until that card arrived.

As Edward moved, a muscular man resembling a rugby player appeared amidst a beam of light, crouching beside the defender with his arms crossed, forming Edward's solid defensive line together.

As long as they exist and remain in front of Edward, then the King of the West will be unable to break through their defenses and harm Edward himself.

Even though at this moment, there are four monsters in attack pose on Saiou's field: the Queen, the Emperor, the Chariot, and the Diamond Man.

"Hehehehehe... Ed, at the moment you summon the monster, the effect of [Arcane Power 3 - Empress] will also be triggered, granting me the right to normally summon an [Arcane Power] monster!"

A confident smile appeared on his lips.

With a smile, Saiou picked up the two monsters from the Duel Disk, then placed a new monster card on the deck: "I Tribute my [Arcane Power 3 - Queen] and [Destiny HERO Diamond] to Tribute Summon a new Arcane Power monster!"

"...Come forth! Ancient god born under the moonlight—[Mystic Power 18 - Moon] (Angel/Light/7-star/Attack: 2800/Defense: 2800)!!!"

The arena was instantly shrouded in darkness, and everyone's vision was also obscured by the blackness, making it impossible to see what was happening on the field.

However, in the next instant, just as everyone instinctively waved their arms and groped for the way forward, a moon suddenly appeared on the ceiling at the top of this underground cathedral space, floating and emitting a faint glow.

Bathed in moonlight, the darkness was gradually dispelled, and light returned to the space once more.

The scene on the field was then fully revealed to everyone.

"What...what is that?!"

At some unknown time, a black monster, seemingly standing in the black mud yet also appearing to be crawling on the ground, like an ancient god, with a strange and enormous body twisted and a baby-like creature coiled in its belly, appeared before the King of the Sea, accompanied by a huge phantom.

This life form, which appears to have appeared alongside the moon and clearly does not belong to this world, began to exert a mysterious influence on its surroundings upon its arrival.

Beneath the creature's feet, countless black tentacles, resembling arms, could be faintly seen churning and swirling in the inky mud.

"This is... a new monster imbued with the power of magic I've never seen before?!"

"A high-level monster... perhaps it should be called the power of a Grand Mystic..."

"【Secret Ritual Power 18 - Moon】...The base attack power is 2800 points, and if we add the 500-point bonus from the Emperor...that's 3300 attack power!"

Upon seeing the strange monster that suddenly appeared on the field, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, while Yusei's expression also became more serious.

Faced with such an unreasonable alien life form, even a human with a defense of 2700 might not be able to stop the next round of attacks.

At this moment, the pressure fell on Edward's side.

The defensive line formed by the monsters of the heroes of destiny is probably no match for this offensive.

"Hehehehehe... As before, in this instance of being summoned, [Arcane Power 18 - Moon] will gain its positive position effect."

"mean……"

This time, he didn't even bother with pretense. The moment the monster appeared, Saiou declared to everyone like a prophet: "The Moon's exact position effect is activated! During my Standby Phase, I can Special Summon one [Moon Token] (Fairy/Light/Level 1/ATK: 0/DEF: 0) to my field."

"Hmm... use the Queen's effect to increase normal summons, and the Chariot Minotaur's effect to gather as many monsters as possible, and then use these resources to summon higher-level monsters..."

"The moon can endlessly generate materials... and these monsters that appear will all receive the Emperor's effect bonus, increasing their attack power by 500 points..."

After carefully considering his words, Edward gently bit his lip and realized that fighting shouldn't be the priority right now.

She raised her arm, pointed to the manipulator in front of her, and said, "...Since we can't fight, then let's do this!"

"I activate the effect of [Destiny HERO - Kill], discarding one [Destiny HERO] monster from my hand to inflict 500 effect damage to my opponent!"

Discarding the [Destiny Hero - Disc Man] from his hand, turning it into ammunition for a kill, Edward then pointed to Saiou's location: "...Saiou, take this hit!"

The crouching assassin, at Edward's command, leaped into the air in front of him.

While remaining suspended in mid-air, Kou Shiren clenched his right fist and launched a high-speed missile carrying terrifying power toward the location of the King of the Sea.

Upon seeing this, the moon, the largest creature in the moon's body, instinctively extended countless tentacles to block the direct attack of the missile, standing in front of Saiō.

However, even so, the residual force of the missile still broke through the moon's protection and touched Saiō's body.

"...Gurgle!!!"

(Saiō Takuma LP: 4000→3500)

Affected by the wind pressure, his health points were reduced. The King instinctively put his arm across his front, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

Health points depleted? How embarrassing?

Oh, it's alright.

Anyway... we'll pay them back double soon, won't we?

"...Next, I'll lay a trap with one card, and then the turn ends."

Having successfully damaged the King of the West, Edward reached into his hand and buried a trap card in the back row before ending his turn.

"First of all, the first shot... to inflict damage on Saiou without even fighting, well done, Edward!"

Seeing that Edward's tactics had worked, Jaden Yuki immediately let out an excited shout.

If we can maintain this situation, we can slowly turn the tide against the overpowered Saiō!

"No... that expression on Saiō's face..."

Unlike Jaden Yuki's reaction, Yusei felt a sense of foreboding as he looked at Saiou's smiling face: "If I'm not mistaken, he seems... to be enjoying this feeling..."

Things are not as simple as they seem.

The Prince of Zhai is not a masochist; his calm and composed reaction must have been supported by certain evidence.

"Hehehehehe... Ed, I know what you're thinking."

Instead of rushing to draw cards, when it was Saiou's turn, he slowly closed his eyes, shook his head and sighed, then said to Edward, "In the face of the great will of fate, one cannot help but have doubts... Ah~ Do you feel a sense of despair right now, as if fate is mocking your actions?"

"Hmph! King of the West... no, the will of the Light of Destruction, if you have time to spout nonsense, you might as well take action quickly."

Hearing the strange words spoken by the King of the West, Edward, who did not want to be influenced by the King's words, frowned and waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Hehehehe... Well then, as you wish, I'll show you... what true despair is!"

Having stopped explaining, the King of the West opened his eyes in the next instant, a dazzling divine light flashing in them.

Just now, he had already foreseen his fate.

In that premonition, I would get my hands on the key card before Edward, thereby summoning that terrifying being with overwhelming power who could influence the rules of the duel!

"...My turn, draw a card!"

"Ed, since [Destiny Hero - Defender] is in Defense Position on your field, I can draw one more card during my Standby Phase."

After tapping the duel disk, Saiō said this.

As a price for having extremely high defensive capabilities, if [Destiny Hero - Defender] is on the field in Defense Position, the opponent will gain the right to draw one more card during their turn.

"……Um."

Nodding, Edward watched as the King of Zayed replenished his hand with two more cards in one go.

"...And at this moment, the effect of [Arcane Power 18 - Moon] will also be activated, Special Summoning a [Moon Token] to my field."

Just as the King of the West finished speaking, the placenta in the abdomen of [Secret Ritual Power 18 - Moon] was automatically ruptured from the inside.

An ancient god infant with an alien appearance struggled out of the moon's belly, wrapped in amniotic fluid, and began to wriggle and crawl on the cold ground around it.

That figure was completely devoid of human appearance; just one glance was enough to send chills down one's spine and make one's sanity drop. It was undoubtedly the true form of a young ancient god.

"Entering the main phase, I will sacrifice the monsters on the field, [Moon Token] and [Archive Power 7 - Chariot], to summon the last member of the Grand Mystic family!"

"Despair, wail, and then surrender to this irresistible force!"

"...A superior summons! Descend! [Arcane Power 21 - World]!!!"

As the king's words fell, the chariot and the moon's derivative bodies were immediately enveloped in a golden, soaring light.

In that instant, an unprecedented and even more powerful pressure than when [Mystic Power 18 - Moon] appeared enveloped the entire space of the underground cathedral.

Against the backdrop of four illusory blue Earths, a black alien angel, carrying a massive wheel of light on its back and proclaiming the arrival of the apocalypse, floated in mid-air and descended amidst the light, radiating an indescribable and powerful pressure. It conveyed the final judgment of fate to the insignificant mortals.

Everything is born of light, and will eventually vanish into nothingness within that light.

Leading the ignorant world towards a new realm of light and a better new world is this ultimate angel, born from the fluctuations of light, surpassing all other mystical powers, standing at the pinnacle of all life, and controlling the power of time!

Guided by the ultimate angel who controls time, all chaos, turbidity, and filth will be purified by pure white light and return to the original nothingness.

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【Arcane Power 21 - World】

(Angel/Light/8-star/Attack: 3100/Defense: 3100/)

effect:

When summoned, flip a coin once. If the coin is on top, the summon gains the effect of being upright; if it is on the bottom, the summon gains the effect of being reversed.

●Positive Position: You can activate this effect by sending 2 monsters you control to the Graveyard during your End Phase. Skip this effect during your opponent's next turn.

●Reversed Position: During each of your opponent's draw phases, add the top card from their graveyard to their hand.

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XXI - The World

Under the immense pressure of the world, Yusei and Jaden Yuki, both powerful duelists with the protection of spirits, only swayed slightly and were not significantly affected.

Manjoume and Kenzan, protected by the disturbed brothers' and dinosaur skeletons respectively, only bent down slightly, not to the point of kneeling on one knee.

However, there are always exceptions.

A weakling like Marufuji Sho, who has no means of self-defense, almost instantly gave up his defense, fell backward, and was forced to choose to lie down and wait to die.

If Kaiser Ryo, who was waiting above with the Tenjouin siblings, saw his good-for-nothing younger brother in such a sorry state, perhaps he too would have felt a pang of embarrassment.

Xiang! Can't you be a little more assertive? Stand up straight for me!

You've completely disgraced the Marufu family!

644 The Unsolvable World Lock, Zavarudo!

"...I Tribute to this card, the last member of the Grand Mystic family, by Tributing the two monsters on the field: [Moon Token] and [Mystic Power 7 - Chariot]!"