I'm in Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I'm also in Machine Ascension.

"...He really did it, Senior Yuuka—1 card, 4 [Xyz]..."

"What kind of incredible move is that?!"

Soon, amidst the astonished gasps of the onlookers, the young girl, Asuka Tenjouin, also momentarily froze, staring blankly at the four neatly arranged Xyz Monster cards:

"Ugh... I originally thought... what Senior Yuuka meant by '1 card 4 Xyz' meant being able to use the effect of one card to continuously summon cards for a combo... ultimately achieving a final state with 4 Xyz monsters..."

"Who would have thought that my senior actually summoned four Xyz Monster cards with just one card..."

"This ability to expand is simply terrifying!"

...

Soon, at this very moment, accompanied by the equally tense and surprised voice of the young girl Asuka, Jaden Yuki nodded in agreement:

"Hmm...it didn't even require the necessary 'overlay to build an Xyz network' for an Xyz Summon...it was Special Summoned directly from the Extra Deck..."

"It seems that Senior Feng not only reached the pinnacle of duelists through Xyz, but also transcended ordinary limits by elevating the power of Xyz summoning to a new dimension..."

Soon, with Judai Yuki's eyes filled with admiration, most of the others also looked at Yuuki with similar shock at the scene where, although Yuuki was still the leader of the [Mechanical Race], he seemed to be gathering an even more surging sense of power.

At that moment, faced with Youfeng's powerful maneuvering, Wan Zhangmu Jun, as his true opponent, quickly took a deep breath and shook his head slightly:

"...Even so...I have nothing to fear from you...Senior Yuuka..."

"If all of them have 1000 attack power, although the overall damage output could even achieve an OTK... but—"

"Since my [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] has an attack power of 3000, your attempts to score points will be futile if I can't get through!"

...

At that very moment, accompanied by the confident and precise voice of Wan Zhangmu waving his arms, Professor Chronos, with his blond mushroom-headed hair and arms crossed, also instantly revealed a satisfied smile:

"Hmph... So this is what they call 'one man can hold off ten thousand'... Manjoume, well done..."

"It seems this battle strategy finally worked..."

At the same time, as everyone looked at the rather embarrassing attack power value of the [Gate of Origin] in the Wind Arena, they shook their heads with a little helplessness.

...

But the next second, amidst this atmosphere of sighs and lamentations, Youfeng immediately slid his finger back to his hand, to the same eerie green [Magic Card] he had just drawn from his main deck during the draw phase this turn:

"Next, I will activate a versatile Quick-Play Spell card from my Machine-Type deck—Release!"

"This card's effect is extremely effective: All Machine-Type monsters on your field gain double ATK until the end of this turn. Monsters affected by this effect are destroyed during the End Phase of this turn."

In an instant, a scene flashed by as an electronic speedometer was stripped of some parts, breaking through its speed limit. The four [Gates of Source Numbers] neatly arranged in the Wind Playing Arena also saw their attack power increase significantly by a certain dimension.

And just after all the monsters on the field doubled their attack power, the total attack points on the field instantly reached 8000!

"But that's still far from enough, Senior Youfeng! We're still short one thousand points!"

Soon, when he saw his opponent play a magic card that was completely unexpected, Jun Manjou was somewhat taken aback, but he quickly shook his head with a smile.

...

At that moment, Yufeng didn't say anything, but directly entered his battle phase. Amidst the astonished gazes of everyone, he chose to use the [Gate of Source] to unleash the [Xyz] monster and launch an attack:

"Now, let's deliver a punch—[Number 1: Gate of Source Number - One], the target is [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] in the opponent's arena!"

In an instant, accompanied by Youfeng's battle declaration, to everyone's surprise, a faint dark light appeared from this uniquely designed monster card, revealing the mechanical vehicle form that the opponent had summoned to the field through [Flexible Fusion]—[ABC-Dragon Annihilator]!

A loud "bang!"

Since it was a low-attack monster attacking a high-attack monster, it's no surprise that Manjoume's [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] on the field didn't suffer any damage from the human's actions.

Correspondingly, due to the 1000-point attack power difference, a bright indicator representing the damage quickly flashed on Youfeng's Duel Disk:

[Wind: LP4000 →]

3000!

"Ah this?!"

"Is this a blood transfusion?!"

"Wasn't that a suicide attack?!"

Soon, amidst the murmurs of confusion from the crowd, even Professor Chronos, who was watching the plot unfold exactly as he had anticipated, shrugged and exclaimed dramatically:

"Oh my god~ Is Master Youfeng so unwilling to lose to a dueling student as a legendary duelist that he doesn't even know it?"

But accompanied by Chronos's exaggerated tone, at this moment, although he was also very proud, he was also relatively calmer. In the instant after this attack, he immediately realized that the [No. 1 Source Gate - One], which should have been destroyed and sent to the graveyard due to insufficient attack power, was not destroyed and sent to the graveyard.

Instead, it was flashing, as if it was about to activate its effect.

His brow twitched instantly, and he hesitated in surprise, as if he had just realized something:

"Could it be that--"

...

Soon, seemingly sensing the other party's surprised gaze, Youfeng immediately smiled and nodded:

"Hmm... finally realized it...?"

"My [Number Gate] is a Rank 1 [Xyz] monster from the same series, and all four copies have the same effect—"

"First, it will not be destroyed in battle."

"Secondly, during the damage step of battle, all [Number] monster cards on the field have their ATK increased to double!"

In that instant, accompanied by Youfeng's powerful voice, the four [Gate of Numbers] monster cards on the field also surged in combat power once again, with the single card's attack power instantly becoming 4000 points!

Wan Zhangmu's face instantly darkened.

"In this way... not only can it destroy my [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] in combat, but even, if it doubles again..."

...

In that instant, as Manjou-jun, wearing the [Obelisk-Blue] academy trench coat uniform, showed a somewhat troubled expression, everyone else reacted just as quickly.

“OTK…”

"In this way, Manjoume, at full health, has no backline cards to cover him..."

"In this situation, they would be easily defeated by the continuously escalating attack power..."

Soon, amidst the exclamation of the girl Asuka Tenjouin, Professor Chronos, the "mastermind" behind this duel, also instantly darkened his expression.

However, before Yuu could even issue an attack order for the second [Gate of Numbers] monster on the field—

Manjou-no-Mikoto also let out a deep sigh:

"Hmm...it seems we have no choice but to resort to this last resort!"

Quickly, after making the optimal judgment in the first instant, the boy pointed his finger at the powerful machine-type monster [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] in his own arena:

"First, I activate the first effect of this card: Once per turn, you can discard 1 card from your hand and target 1 card on the field. Banish that card. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn."

"I'm excluding one of your [Gates of Source]!"

After sending a card from his hand to the graveyard as cost, Jun Manjoume immediately chose a "Gate of Numbers" card that had not yet attacked from the field.

Then, it once again directly targeted the one in its own arena and used the second effect of [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] again:

"Then, during your opponent's turn, you can Tribute this card to target 1 of each of your 3 Machine-Type monsters and 1 of each of your 3 LIGHT Attribute Union Monsters. Special Summon those monsters."

"In short—I will leverage the unique characteristics of my [Flexible Fusion] to bring this card's materials from the graveyard back onto the field!"

In an instant, the [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] flashed twice in succession. Although Youfeng frowned slightly, he still chose to let Wanzhuang successfully pass the effect of these two consecutive activations.

The next second, the materials used for [ABC-Dragon Destroyer], namely [A-Assault Core], [B-Destroyer Dragon], and [C-Crusher Wyvern], were immediately re-entered in face-up defense mode.

...

"He's saved... Manjoume-kun, you're really amazing..."

"Or rather—the president's deck is incredibly flexible..."

Soon, as Jaden Yuki, nicknamed "Jellyfish Head," murmured his admiration from below the stage, Jun Banjou also suddenly smiled, his initial surprise and tension vanishing instantly.

"Hmph... Senior Yufeng, although you can always infinitely increase your attack power no matter what deck you use..."

"But this time, no matter how high your attack power is, I'm in defensive stance, so you simply can't break through my defense."

"And—in the next turn, I can banish my powerful [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] from the graveyard again!"

...

At that moment, accompanied by Wan Zhangmu's absolutely confident tone, You Feng smiled slightly, then shook his head:

"It certainly looks like an impregnable fortress..."

"However—because of this, I can summon an even more powerful Xyz Monster card to the field."

At the same time, Yufeng immediately opened his Extra Deck and drew that mysterious, powerful Xyz Monster card, so powerful that it had to be listed as a forbidden card, the pinnacle of the NO. series—that incalculable power.

86.SNo.0 - ZEXAL of Hope: Forbidden power from the cult leader himself!

Soon, after Manjoume successfully separated the [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] on the field into three different monsters, [A], [B], and [C], in defense mode, blocking the attacks of the remaining three [Gates of Numbers] from the wind.

At this moment, not a single card on the field survived this onslaught.

However, seeing that the opponent's attack power had soared to 16000 points per monster, Manjoume shook his head slightly.

"Hmph... Senior Yufeng... Although my [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] was also sacrificed because of this..."

"However, your [Source Monsters] on the field, whether summoned through any means or boosted by [Restriction Removal], come at the cost of self-destruction at the end of the turn..."

"In this way, as soon as the round ends, the one who gains the advantage will be me—Mr. Manjoume!"

...

Soon, amidst Wan Zhangmu's cheerful and confident smile, everyone's expressions shifted slightly as they re-examined the 1000 LP points they had intentionally lost due to being damaged by Yu Feng's activation of the [Gate of Source Numbers]. Their expressions became somewhat complicated.

"That's right... After weathering the initial advantage that belonged to Director Youfeng... the remaining time truly belongs to Manjoume's Lightning..."

Professor Chronos, sporting a golden mushroom-shaped haircut, immediately crossed his arms, a smug smile spreading across his purplish lips, seemingly quite pleased with the current development of the situation.

"Hmm~ This kid's nickname... 'Ten Thousand Eyes Lightning'... is certainly cool enough..."

"It seems that this time, I, along with this excellent instructor, will also become famous in the history of card battles!"