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

Despite repeated changes, the life value of the Seahorse Sojin ultimately remained at its maximum.

The moment he fulfilled the price of the "contract," Yu Xi made a move.

"During this same preparation phase, activate the Trap Card: Cradle of Destruction Swordsmen! Use the effect of this card to send the "Destruction Swordsmen" and "Destruction Sword" monsters from your Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon "Destruction Dragon" from your Extra Deck!"

"Afterwards, banish 'Memories of the Destroyer Sword' (Normal Trap) from the Graveyard and activate its effect. Banish 'Swordsman of Destruction' and 'Swordsman of Destruction' from the Graveyard and Fusion Summon! The Dragon Slayer, 'Swordsman of Dragon Destruction - Swordsman of Destruction'!"

"Broken Dragon - Destroyer Dragon, Level 8/Synchro, DEF: 2800"

"Dragon Destroyer Swordsman - Destroyer Swordsman, Level 8/Fusion, ATK: 2800"

The light of fusion and harmony shimmered and shone.

Appearing on Yuki's field are a demonic dragon, devoid of its former innocence and dominated by destructive desires, and a swordsman who protects all living beings from the dragon's violence. Together, their combined power will produce an effect greater than the sum of its parts.

"As long as 'Destroyer Dragon' is on the field, the Type of all monsters your opponent controls becomes Dragon. Then, 'Destroyer Swordsman' gains ATK equal to 1000 x the number of Dragon monsters on your opponent's field or in their Graveyard. Also, all Dragon monsters your opponent controls are changed to Defense Position and cannot activate Dragon monster effects."

"It's not over yet! Activate the second effect of 'Broken Dragon - Destroyer Dragon'!"

[Once per opponent's turn, you can target 1 "-Destroyer" monster you control; equip 1 "Destroyer" monster from your Graveyard to the targeted monster as an Equip Card.]

"I will equip the 'Destruction Sword - Weapon Destruction Sword' to the 'Dragon Destruction Swordsman - Destruction Swordsman'."

It is the "Weapon Destroyer Sword", not the "Dragon Destroyer Sword".

Compared to the latter, which can seal off additional summons, the "Weapon Destruction Sword" rarely has a use—but that doesn't apply now.

Out of curiosity, Yu Xiyou studied the video recordings of Kaiba Sojin's past duels.

Since his debut, Kaiba Sōjin has used many different decks besides "Blue-Eyes," and has performed exceptionally well in all of them. Based on his duelist's intuition, Yuki judged that Kaiba Sōjin's true deck was "DDD," and he proved to be right.

This is how this ambush force came to its purpose.

"As long as 'Destruction Sword - Weapon Destruction Sword' is on the field, your opponent cannot activate the effects of face-up Spell/Trap Cards!"

Yu Xi said, "In this way, even with the resistance provided by 'Mana Spring,' your 'Contract' and the Pendulum Monsters in the P-zone still can't use their effects! You can only activate one Spell Card in the end!"

The strange effect seal, plus the sticker seal.

Despite the inability to limit extra cards, the pressure on "DDD" decks is even stronger and more difficult to deal with in another respect.

At the very least, this was enough to make the spectators cheer.

"Great!"

Xingyewu was overjoyed and excitedly clenched her fist: "Let's suppress our opponent and seize victory!"

"But will things be that easy?"

Both Hikari and Alicia were unhappy with the current situation.

Because the relationship is somewhat distant, they are better able to view things from an outsider's perspective, only sensing that a storm is brewing.

Kaiba Aoto is not someone who can be easily defeated.

As someone directly experiencing the feeling of Kaiba Soujin in the game, Yuki understands this even better.

To be honest, even though he should be completely safe surrounded by the swords of "Dragon Destroyer Swordsman" and "Weapon Destroyer Sword", he felt no sense of security at all.

"Watch out, Yu Xi. It's coming!"

Phantom King gave Yu Xi a serious reminder from the bottom of his heart.

"Is that all, Yu Xi?"

At the same time, Kaiba Sōjin's unmoved voice rang out: "The combination of 'Dragon Destroyer Swordsman' and 'Destruction Sword' is interesting, but it won't affect what I'm doing."

"Only face-up Spell & Trap cards will be affected by 'Sword of Weapon Destruction'; instant-effect Spells are unaffected. Activate the Spell Card 'Shuffle Resurrection': If you control no monsters, Special Summon 1 monster from your Graveyard with negated effects. Revive 'DDD Lord of Turbulent Seas, Decision Kaiser', then activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Enemy Manipulator'."

Behind the "King of Raging Waves," a giant game controller appears.

"Based on this card's effect, release 'Raging Tide King Decision Caesar' and gain control of 'Dragon Destroyer Swordsman - Destroyer Swordsman' on your field."

Yu Xi: "!"

As soon as Kaiba Soto finished speaking, the buttons on the game controller started pressing in a certain pattern.

Then, the figure of "King of Raging Waves" appeared, and the eyes of "Dragon Destroyer Swordsman" lit up red, forcing him to come to Kaiba Soto's field.

...Have I started having bad luck lately?

The same thing happened with Amagi Naruto; he never expected that his monster would be stolen from him again.

While Yuuki was reflecting on his actions, Kaiba Aoto continued, "With 'Dragon Destroyer' on my field, even if its type changes to Dragon, it won't be restricted by my monster effects. Conversely, because you have a total of two Dragon monsters on your field and in your Graveyard, 'Dragon Destroyer' gains 4800 ATK."

"Then, if 'King of Raging Waves Caesar' is sent to the graveyard, add 1 'Contract' card from your deck to your hand."

"Spell Card: 'Hand Destruction' - Both players discard their hands and draw the same number of cards."

With Kaiba Soujin's two cards in hand, Yuki's four cards were thus replaced.

If a "Contract of a License" is sent to the Graveyard, return 1 "DD" monster from your Extra Deck to your hand. Then activate the "Shuffle Resurrection" effect in your Graveyard, return "GO-DDD God Zero King Zero God Zero" from your Pendulum Zone to your Deck, and draw 1 card.

"In the empty pendulum area, set the P scale using 'DD Sage of Magic Kepler'."

On the left, a new pillar of light illuminates, replacing the "0" in "God Zero King" with the title "10".

"Now I can Pendulum Summon monsters of levels 6 to 9. Appear! 'DDD Emperor of Domination'!"

"DDD Overlord Emperor, Level 7/ATK: 2800"

Beneath the swaying trail of light, a new demon descends, its weapon unleashing a relentless storm of evil.

"The effect of 'DDD Emperor of Domination': If a Pendulum Summon is successful, the effects of all face-up cards on your opponent's field are negated until the end of this turn."

"It's a complete invalidation!"

Yu Xi had already realized something was wrong: "If that's the case..."

"The effects of 'Twin Knight Astram' and 'Destruction Sword - Weapon Destruction Sword' are negated, and my Spell & Trap Cards in the back row are finally freed."

"Whether it's the 'Contract of Hell's Gate,' the 'Contract of the Demon King,' or the 'DDD Evil King Abyss Doomsday God,' all can activate their effects. Try to survive this turn, Yuuki."

Kaiba Sojin flexed his fingers, causing the pressure on Yuki to surge dramatically.

Under this pressure, You Xi no longer hesitated and pressed the start button for the backstage area.

"—No! My strategy isn't over yet. Trap Card activated! 'Ace Wild'!"

[Wild Card (Normal Trap): During your or your opponent's Main Phase and Battle Phase, you can send 1 Spell Card from your Deck to the Graveyard with all the names of "Queen Knight," "Guard Knight," and "King Knight" listed. This effect becomes the same as the effect of that Spell Card when it was activated.]

"I send the Spell Card 'Ace Straight' from my Deck to the Graveyard, Special Summon 'Queen Knight' from my Deck, and add 'King Knight' to my hand in Attack Position. While both Q and K are on the field, I Summon the last Jack—'Guard Knight'!"

The three swords clashed together, producing a clear and melodious sword cry.

The Three Knights of Poker successfully assembled during Kaiba Soto's turn.

This also fulfills the usage requirements for another face card.

"Then, the instant the 'Guardian Knight' was successfully summoned, the quick-attack spell—'Swift Summoning'—was activated!"

【Swift Summon (Quick-Play Spell): Can only be activated during your or your opponent's Main Phase and Battle Phase. Summon 1 Level 10 monster. If you control all of "Queen Knight", "Guard Knight", and "King Knight", the following effect can be applied instead.】

●Add 1 Level 10 monster (excluding DARK monsters) with ? ATK to your hand. Then, you can Summon 1 Level 10 monster.

The ability to summon a Level 10 monster during the main phase of both players' turns means that, for Yuki's deck, there is only one target that can be selected.

"I add this card from my deck to my hand and summon it to the field."

"When the sky roars with chaos, gather the ancient grimoires from the chain, their power will be limitless! When good and evil collide, begin the ritual to summon the judge of hell! Descend—'Sky Dragon of Osiris'!!"

A bolt of lightning struck, engulfing the three knights of the playing card.

The immense and violent Feel energy transformed into a fierce storm that swept around, and under Youxi's incantation, the fiery red Hell Judge roared and appeared.

Surrounded by thunderous effects, the Sky Dragon, which descended during Kaiba Soto's turn, brought with it the terrifying suppressive power of [Summoning Thunderbolt].

"Osiris the Sky Dragon, Level 10/God/Phantom God" "ATK: ?/DEF: ?"

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Thunder roared continuously in the final sealing battlefield.

With two mouths and a crimson body, the dragon coiled and spun behind Youxi, golden arcs of electricity flashing as its sharp teeth and claws rubbed together.

A powerful divine aura emanated from the area, pressing down on everyone's nerves.

"These are the Three Egyptian Gods...!"

Both Himi and Alicia were witnessing the arrival of the God Card for the first time, and their eyes widened in amazement.

Gazing at the crimson dragon, the seahorse-like man who had seen far more storms and waves raised an eyebrow.

“The Sky Dragon of Osiris? I never expected you to summon it at this time.”

"However, this monster's attack power is determined by the number of cards in the player's hand. It's not strong enough right now. Aren't you afraid I can use 'Dragon Destroyer Swordsman' to attack it, Yuki?"

In order to summon "Osiris the Sky Dragon", Yuki only had 3 cards left in his hand, and his attack power was only 3000 points.

"Dragon Destroyer Swordsman" has an attack power of 4800, making it easy to deal with "Osiris" at this moment. "Twin Sky Knight" originally protected "Osiris" well, but its effect of "can only target this card for attack" has been negated.

"You can try doing that."

Despite the questioning from Haima Cangren, You Xiyi remained unfazed.

"Once you, Mr. Cangren, launch your attack, we'll know whether we can succeed or not."

"...It seems there are still ways to increase your hand size."

Kaiba Soto was not easily provoked by Yuki's words. No matter what Yuki said, his intentions remained unchanged.

However, if you have the God Card, you need to adjust your target slightly.

"First, activate the effect of 'Contract of Hell' to add 'DD Sage Newton' from my Deck to my hand. Then, discard this card and add 1 'Contract' card from my Graveyard to my hand."