Want to play cards? I'll use my King's Deck!

"Is that so? It seems he really is a genuine Dragon Cancer duelist."

The fact that the truth was spoken so matter-of-factly made Youxi feel strange that she was the one who asked such a question.

"Never mind, this has nothing to do with the current duel. Let's continue the duel. I'll set four cards face-down to my back row, end of turn."

Having covered almost all of his cards, Youxi immediately announced a rotation.

As his turn ended, the figure of "Osiris the Sky Dragon" behind him gradually faded and disappeared—this is why Yushigaika was so decisive.

When a God Card is revived by the effects of a monster or spell card, it can only last for one turn before it must return to the Graveyard to rest. He cannot keep "Osiris" for the next turn to exert pressure.

"At the end of your turn, the effect of 'Stardust Dragon' activates, and this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard. Then it's my turn, I draw a card!"

At this stage of the duel, even the most confident person could no longer maintain their composure, and their true expression became extremely serious.

He knew that if things went wrong next, he might really be doomed here.

"Then, in this turn, I'll unleash my final power. I activate the Spell Card: 'The Treasure of Harmony,' discard 1 Dragon-Type Tuner with 1000 or less ATK, and draw 2 cards from my Deck. Banish 'Dark Dragon Collapse Star Serpent' from my Graveyard, and Special Summon 'Radiant White Dragon' from my hand."

Reality draws one card from her six-card hand and plays it. The Flying Dragon, which Yuki and Kaiba Mashiro have seen many times, appears, followed by the resurrected Undead Dragon.

"Then, target 'Jobham Armored Dragon' and Special Summon 'Death Dragon' from your Graveyard. The Level of the Special Summoned monster decreases by the Level of the targeted monster."

"Dragon's Trembling - Deathly Desire Dragon, Level 7→6/Dark/Dragon/Tuner" "ATK: 1000/DEF: 3000"

"Then activate the Continuous Spell: 'Shared Spiritual World,' and use the 6-star 'Dragon's Tremor' to adjust the star level of the 1-star 'Jobham Armored Dragon' and the 4-star 'Radiant White Dragon Tyrannosaurus.'"

The ghost dragon, unwilling to be reborn in the underworld, was finally summoned. With a wave of his hand, it transformed into a star ring, allowing the other two monsters to pass through the circular passage.

6★ + 1★ + 4★ = 11★!

"Dragon of Ice and Snow, end your long hibernation and freeze all things here! Synchro Summon: 'Trident Dragon of the Ice Barrier'!!"

"Ice Barrier Zero Dragon Trident, Level 11/Water/Dragon/Synchro" "ATK: 2700/DEF: 2000"

The surrounding air temperature plummeted, and snowflakes and ice crystals drifted down.

Amidst the synchronized light, a three-headed, ice-blue dragon spread its wings and descended upon the world, bringing with it a catastrophe of absolute zero.

"The Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier?"

Looking up at the ice dragon in the sky, Yuki exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that the card of the Ice Ocean Team captain?"

In his memory, both the "Trident Dragon of the Ice Barrier" and the "Zero Dragon of the Ice Barrier" were extremely rare monsters, especially the latter, which was the prized possession of Team Ice Ocean. However, the last duel was too fast, and Team Ice Ocean's captain, Azure, didn't have much of a chance to use it.

Is it possible...

"Is that what you're thinking? This Star Cup has gathered so many top-quality prey, how could I possibly miss it?"

The author states: "Upon a successful Synchro Summon, activate the effects of C1 'Shared Spirit World,' C2 'Ice Barrier Zero Dragon,' and C3 'Radiant White Dragon: Wraith Dragon'! Add the last 'Dark Dragon' from your Deck to your hand. Then, when 'Zero Dragon' is successfully Synchro Summoned, banish 3 cards from your opponent's field. Finally, for 'Shared Spirit World': also upon a successful Synchro Summon, inflict 500 LP damage to your opponent."

The "Radiant White Dragon" placed at the end of the chain is insignificant, only there to prevent "activation nullification". The real heavyweights are the first two effects.

If the "Return Zero Dragon" effect succeeds, it will deal a devastating blow to Yuki's formation.

The harm caused by the "shared spiritual world" seems to be very low, however...

【Seahorse True White LP: 500】

"Hey, is this coming for me?"

Mashiro Kaiba finally understands why Shinichi used the "Earthbound Prison" effect to halve her HP last round.

That 500 points of damage was just enough to take her down.

"We won't let that happen!"

Yuki shouted, "Discard 'Effect Veiler' from your hand, effect activated! Select 'Ice Barrier Trident Dragon' to negate its effect, and simultaneously chain the Trap Card 'Great Sandstorm'!"

【Sandstorm (Normal Trap): During the turn this card is activated, you cannot conduct your Battle Phase. ①: You can target up to 2 Spell/Trap Cards on the field; destroy those cards.】

"Based on this card's effect, destroy the 'Shared Spiritual World'."

Normally, using this card would require skipping one's own battle phase, but since it's activated during a real turn, the cost is negligible. Yuuki doesn't need to destroy any other cards; just destroying "Shared Spirit World" will give Kaiba Mashiro a fighting chance.

"Stardust Dragon's effect activated!"

Truly spoke in a cold voice, pressing forward relentlessly: "Release this card to negate and destroy the effect of 'Great Sandstorm.' [Sacrificial Sanctuary]!"

Trap Card: "Chain Void" activated!

Xi naturally had no idea that this was the real mobile game, and he immediately flipped over the second card.

[Chain Void (Normal Trap): This effect can be activated when your opponent activates a Chain Spell/Trap/Monster effect. Negate that effect. After that, your opponent can banish 1 card from their hand or Deck whose original name is the same as the card negated by this effect. If no card is banished, you can banish 1 random card from your opponent's hand.]

Similar artwork to "Chain Destruction," but with a different effect. Perfectly designed to counter "Stardust Dragon."

"In this way, the effect of 'Stardust Dragon' will be nullified, and the effect of 'Great Sandstorm' will be bypassed..."

"Hahaha!"

Before Youxi could finish speaking, Zhenshi interrupted him with a burst of laughter.

"Indeed, the effect of 'Stardust Dragon' will fail to activate. But Yuuki, you can't save Kaiba Mashiro—chain your 'Chain Void,' activate the quick-attack spell: 'Chain Crit'!"

A new card appears before the real person.

The appearance of that card caused Youxi's pupils to shrink sharply.

"This card can only be activated after Chain 2, dealing damage to the opponent equal to 400 of the Chain Count accumulated when this card was activated. The current Chain Count is 8, so it can deal a total of 3200 damage."

3200 damage is a lot, but not enough to defeat Yu Xi.

however--

"The goal is still the same: absorb all the impact of this explosion, Mashiro Kaiba!"

Like the Grim Reaper delivering a death sentence, he coldly issued his final ultimatum.

The explosion's flames instantly engulfed the rabbit-eared loli.

"So white!!!"

Chapter 216 The Final Victory! Stardust's Counterattack!

【Seahorse True White LP: 1500→0】

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

"Zhenbai——!!!"

This time, there were no "accidents." The explosive flames caused by the "Chain Strike" instantly engulfed the petite figure of the bunny-eared loli. Kaiba Mashiro's painful cry and Yuki's anxious shouts rang out simultaneously, drowned out by the roar of the explosion.

The bunny-eared girl was then blasted away, and Youxi quickly ran over to hug her and check on her.

"So white! Are you alright? So white!"

"Um...cough cough, Yuki."

Her delicate face was clearly contorted and pale from the pain. Kaiba Mashiro opened her eyes and looked at the worried and anxious boy.

"I never imagined I'd only live such a short time... Yuki, I'm entrusting the rest to you. For me, for everyone, forge a path to hope for the future..."

"Wait, she's so white!"

As Yuki called out, Kaiba Mashiro was enveloped in a ghostly blue flame in his arms, then transformed into a card with Kaiba Mashiro's image printed on it.

Witnessing the situation he had created, he pondered, "That line just now, doesn't it sound like a famous line from an important supporting character in a well-known dueling series who got killed by the scriptwriter? That little girl is really interesting, is she planning to make a reference in this kind of situation?"

"Judging from this, Mashiro Kaiba truly trusts you completely, Yuuki. She seems to believe in you more than herself. Even though she wouldn't be dead now if she hadn't used the 'identity swap' back then."

"...No, he's not dead yet."

Yuki carefully held the card of the seahorse in her hand, then turned around and glared at Shiro.

"This dark duel is probably just part of the so-called grand ritual you've prepared. The souls of the duelists are important ritual materials, and you won't waste them easily. In other words, defeating you will save everyone."

"That's right. Once the grand ritual is completely destroyed, those who lose in these dark duels will be released and freed, and there won't be an awkward situation like Satomi Sho, who only has a soul but no body."

Besides murder and arson, dark duels are also an excellent choice for kidnapping and robbery. By turning people into cards through duels, hostages have almost no chance of escaping.

To play to the point of having only a soul and no body, unless it's intentional, is arguably the hallmark of a third-rate dark duelist.

[Doomsday Bell] This high-profile operation naturally wouldn't involve such low-level maneuvers. After all, the human body is also a usable resource, and cults prioritize "human-centeredness" above all else.

"That's easy to say."

Yuki carefully put the card away and raised the Duel Disk again.

"If we defeat you here, and then defeat everyone else, we can rescue Mashiro and everyone else!"

"Your fighting spirit is commendable, but I have no intention of giving up the victory in this duel."

"After the effect of 'Chain Strike' ends, continue dealing with the remaining chains. Because 'Shared Spiritual World' is destroyed, the effects of 'Stardust Dragon' and 'Zero Dragon' are negated. I only apply the last effect, adding 'Dark Dragon Collapse Star Serpent' from my deck to my hand."

"But before that, you have to bear the consequences of the 'chain of voids'."

Yu Xi said, "Stardust Dragon is a Synchro Monster, so you can't send a card with the same name from your hand or deck to the Graveyard. Therefore, I can randomly banish one card from your hand."

When the tornado whipped up by "Great Sandstorm" tore apart the "Shared Spiritual World" card, a chain flew out from another of Yuki's trap cards and hit the real card in the middle of the hand.

That card—"Red-Eyes Black Dragon"—was then sent to another dimension.

Despite taking a hit that cut his hand, his expression remained unchanged: "Luckily, my most important card wasn't nerfed. Okay, let's activate the Spell Card: 'Temptation of Darkness,' draw two cards from my deck, and banish the DARK Attribute 'Dark Dragon Collapse Star Serpent.' Then, the Spell Card: 'Sinful Choice'!"

【Sin Choice (Normal Spell): You can activate this effect by banishing 2 "Sin" cards from your Graveyard. Add 2 "Sin" cards (excluding the banished "Sin Choice" cards) from your Deck to your hand (maximum 1 card with the same name).】

"Ban 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' and 'Parallel Gear' from your deck, and add the second 'World of Sin' and 'Cross of Sin' from your deck to your hand. Then activate 'Dark Burst' (Normal Spell), add 1 DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Graveyard to your hand, recycle 'Parallel Gear', and summon it."

Reality played several magic cards in a row, the last two of which were directly related to the "Sin" deck. Seeing this, Yuki understood what Reality wanted to do.

"Activate the Field Spell: 'Sin World,' then Tribute 'Sin Parallel Gear,' Special Summon the second 'Sin Parallel Gear' from your Deck, and then search for 'Sin Stardust Dragon.' The Level 2 'Sin Parallel Gear' is used to adjust the Level 8 'Sin Parallel Gear' in your hand."

2 stars + 8 stars = 10 stars!

"Darkness born from dimensional rifts, draw back the curtain of destruction on a stage beyond time and space! Synchro Summon, Level 10, 'Sinful Contradictory Dragon'!"