Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

He cast a fearful glance at Prince Sai on the platform, then, clutching his chest, continued to address the crowd: "...It seems he has already obtained one key! If we give him the other key as well, then there will truly be an irreversible outcome."

"An irreversible outcome?"

“That’s right, just as you know, the Prince who obtained the key will manipulate our country’s [Sura] satellite and lead this world to utter destruction… Therefore, we must stop this from happening no matter what!”

Having broken free from Rindo's support, Prince Okujin, struggling to his feet, shouted to Yusei, who was confronting Saiō: "Yusei! You absolutely... you absolutely must win this duel! You absolutely cannot let Saiō's plan succeed!"

"Yes, leave it to me without worry."

From the moment Prince Okin suddenly appeared here, Yusei and Evil Spirit Saiou tacitly refrained from immediately starting their duel, instead waiting for him to reveal his intentions.

Upon hearing Prince Okin's heartfelt request, Yusei nodded and gave an affirmative answer.

Even without his words, he still intended to stop the evil Saiō's plot.

"...Tsk! Auchin...you piece of trash! Is this what you wanted to say? I patiently waited for your surrender! And what do you do, uttering such treasonous words in front of me!"

"You wasted my precious time... Damn it! You traitorous bastard!!!"

Smacking his lips in annoyance, a fierce glint flashed in Evil King's eyes as he looked at this ant who dared to rebel against him after being defeated by Yusei.

Aiming at Prince Auchin's location, the Evil King swung his hand sharply, projecting a circular energy blast imbued with destructive power in his direction: "...Since you're so eager to die! So fond of seeking attention! Then I'll grant your wish and send you on your way! Vanish!!!"

The evil-minded king in his current abnormal state clearly cannot be judged by ordinary standards.

It is reasonable and foreseeable that he, whose body is filled with the light of destruction, possesses some special abilities that ordinary people cannot achieve.

However, to everyone's surprise, this guy actually abandoned all martial ethics and skipped the duel phase, launching a direct attack on Prince Auchin...

"Holy crap! Flashbang!"

"The target is... Aukin is in danger!!!"

"...Prince Aukin!!!"

"...Stop him! Neos!"

Just as Prince Auchin was about to be affected by the attack of Evil Saiō, and his secretary Rindo subconsciously spoke up, Yusei, who had noticed Evil Saiō's actions, immediately waved his hand, drew a card, and summoned the spirit of the Neos.

In the blink of an eye, the New Universe Warrior, who appeared out of thin air, also stretched out his arm and emitted a rainbow light of the new universe from his palm, which canceled out the light wave emitted by the Evil King.

651 King Zhai, you still say you didn't cheat?

"Tsk... Yusei! Neo Space Knight! I am a great being who will turn the entire world and even the universe white! You lot, don't interfere with my good deed!"

Seeing his direct (physical) attack on Prince Auchin being stopped by the suddenly appearing New Universe Knight, Evil King frowned, subconsciously clicked his tongue, and a look of extreme displeasure appeared on his face.

You've repeatedly hindered me; do you really think I have no temper?

"Don't get in your way? Hmm... I don't understand what you mean by that. We're here precisely to thwart your plans, aren't we?"

Yusei shrugged and replied.

Foolish light of destruction, you actually told us you didn't want us to get in your way?

Heh... So why do you think we'd come here?

Not coming is to stop your plans, or did you come here for a picnic?

Funny?

"...Hmph! Mortals like you cannot comprehend my grand purpose."

Seeing the look of disbelief on Yusei's face, and realizing that his words were unreasonable, the evil Saiou quickly turned his attention to Yusei, who had just interfered with him: "Yusei, since you intend to become a partner of justice? Then... you will take the punishment in place of this foolish Okin!"

Just like before, after saying this, Evil King casually conjured a light bullet and threw it toward Yusei's location.

The ruthless and wicked Saiō seems to want to skip the duel and decide the winner through physical impact.

"—Drink up!"

This time, without Yusei needing to remind him again, the instant Evil Spirit Saiou made his move, Shin-Ukyo, who was floating in mid-air, flashed in front of Yusei and quickly reached out to block the attack for him.

From the surface, the Neo Universe, representing the darkness of the universe, and the Saiou, who calls himself the will of the light of destruction, are two life forms born from light and darkness respectively, and they possess similar or equal levels of power.

Otherwise, Evil King wouldn't have been wary of New Universe Knight, and New Universe Knight wouldn't have been able to withstand Evil King's direct attack.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that neither side can determine a winner in a real duel for the time being.

"...Yusei, the current Saiou has had his body taken over by that consciousness called [Light of Destruction]."

"Huh? That voice... Xinyuxia? Is that you speaking?"

The New Universe Knight, who stood guard in front of Yusei with his arms crossed, had no lips, but his voice appeared directly in everyone's minds.

Realizing this, Yusei instinctively asked a question.

Meanwhile, Jaden Yuki, who also possessed the power of the new space, scratched his head and looked in the direction of Neo-Universe with a bewildered expression.

"Ah, it's me speaking!"

After nodding, Xinyuxia continued, "Listen carefully, the source of all battles in this world is the duel between light and darkness."

The nurturing darkness of life is now being gradually weakened by the influence of the shattering light...

"And you and Judai, you two chosen by the darkness of the universe, are special beings who possess the right power to fight against the light!"

Jaden Yuki: "A special existence?"

Yusei: "...The right power? Is it the power that Dolphin-kun mentioned before, the power that can save the universe?"

"That's right!"

Shin-Uchi glanced deeply at Yusei behind him, then greeted Judai Yuki beside him before flashing to the key at the foot of the statue: "Yusei, fight Saiou who is controlled by the Light of Destruction, and defeat him! I will guard this remaining key for you!"

"I can't guarantee anything else, but at least during my brief time here, the Light of Destruction will be unable to take this key by any despicable means, bypassing the duel."

"...What did you say?! How dare you call me despicable?"

Seeing that Shin-U-Kai and Yu-Sei were ignoring his presence, exchanging information with each other and dissing him, Evil-Intention Sai-Wang's face immediately showed a crazy, exaggerated expression.

His face contorted in an instant, and this time he directly stretched out his arms, unleashing a massive beam of light towards Xinyuxia with all his might: "Damn Xinyuxia! Die!!!"

Carrying the destructive power, the beam of light rushed straight towards the direction of the New Universe Warrior.

Faced with the attack from the malevolent King, Shinyu Kamen Rider assumed a posture of gathering energy, and then, also facing the King, swung his arm to release a rainbow-colored light wave containing the energy of the new universe.

The white beam of light and the colorful light waves collided in mid-air, creating a stalemate where they pulled at each other.

After a period of back-and-forth struggle, the two energies vanished into nothingness.

Judging from the results, this round of matches was evenly matched, with neither side able to gain the upper hand.

"King Sai, no... Will of the Light of Destruction, stop stalling for time and start the duel!"

Seeing that the evil Saiou was glaring fiercely at the calmly crossed-arms Shinu, and Yusei was also looking at Shinu, who was hovering at the foot of the statue and guarding the other key, Yusei raised the Duel Disk and pointed it at Saiou: "...I'll go first, draw a card!"

Last time, it was Saiou who preemptively blocked Edward's fusion summoning ability, which forced Edward to bring out the Blood Demon-D, which had a built-in debuff, to fight.

If it hadn't been Ultimate D that appeared in that duel, but instead the immortal Phoenix Chick, then the outcome would likely be very different now.

To prevent a similar occurrence from happening again, Yusei decisively seized the initiative in the duel this time.

As Saiou turned his head to look at him, Yusei reached out and drew a card from his deck: "Will of the Light of Destruction, I will not let you do as you please! A madman like you who is obsessed with destroying the world, I will destroy you!"

"Hehehehehe... From the moment the universe was born, its destiny was destined for destruction. Even if I explain it to you, you fools would not understand."

"Everything is within the fate I have seen through, including the duel itself."

Yusei snatched the initiative, and a sense of foreboding flashed across Evil Saiou's face.

However, having foreseen his fate, his expression quickly turned into maniacal laughter: "Very well... very well... as long as I defeat Yusei and Neosei who are in my way, then everything can be over! Let me show you just how narrow-minded you are through this duel!"

Since you're so eager for a duel and want to defeat me this way, then let's have a duel!

Everything is now under my control!

Victory will ultimately choose me, Saiō Takuma (Light of Destruction)!

No matter how hard you try or struggle, it will all be in vain!

This is... a predetermined outcome, and absolutely nothing will change!

"Enough talk! Let's begin!"

Yusei drew a card from his hand, taking the first turn, his eyes burning with tangible flames: "I activate the Field Spell Card [Rampage Magic Circle] from my hand! As a consequence of activating this card, I add [Summoner Aleister] (ATK: 1000) from my Deck to my hand!"

A crimson circular magic circle rapidly spread outwards from Yusei's feet, covering the entire area.

As the Field Spell Card was activated, a faint red mist appeared, spreading around everyone.

Within this special magic circle, Yusei's fusion summoning action cannot be nullified, and if fusion summoning is performed again, Saiou will also be unable to respond to this action and activate any effect.

"Rampaging magic circle... Hah..."

Looking at the surrounding red mist, Evil King smiled but didn't say anything more.

"Next, I will Normal Summon [Summoner Aleister] in Attack Position!" Holding the monster card he had just retrieved, Yusei immediately placed it on the Duel Disk.

As Yusei moved, the white-robed summoner with a half-smile on his face also appeared in front of Yusei, holding a staff and a holy book, accompanied by a light blue magic circle.

"At this moment, the effect of [Summoner Aleister] activates! When this card is Summoned or Flip Summoned, add one [Summoning Magic] card from your Deck to your hand."

The [Rampage Magic Circle] searches for [Summoner Aleister], and when [Summoner Aleister] is summoned, it can also search for [Summoning Magic].

This is a chain combination that is etched into Yusei's DNA and feels very familiar to him.

In terms of familiarity, it's almost comparable to the operation of [Hero Arrival] summoning [Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist Lady], then using [Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist Lady]'s effect to retrieve [Mask Change], thus transforming her into Friend Hero – [Mask Hero: Dark Claw].

If it weren't for the fact that a Link Monster has never appeared in a regular duel, Yusei could have even summoned the Light Chariot in one go, giving Evil Saio a wonderful surprise gift!

"Ambush two cards, end of turn."

After summoning Aleister, Yusei did not perform any further actions.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he simply placed his two cards face down in the back row and ended his turn.

"Hmm? What is Yusei planning to do? Why not launch it now?"

"If the Prince of Sai activates the [Forbidden Fusion Zone] again, wouldn't the initiative be pointless?"

"Well... I bet he has his own reasons, right?"