Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

"I know!!" Kaiba Keihei held the phone, constantly directing the personnel under KC Corporation, while looking at his brother lying on the platinum screen, his heart was burning with anxiety.

“Pharaoh…” Anubis, with the crystal pyramid of light hanging from his chest, mirroring the King wearing the Millennium Piece, said, “In this duel, I will bury you once more…”

"Those who have died, the spirits they have become will forever haunt you with endless resentment..."

"And this is the price you must pay for your sins in your past life..."

A sin in a past life?!

Is it...

Was I a tyrannical ruler in my past life?

Having lost all memories of his past life, King Yang gripped the cards tightly, cold sweat rolling down his face like raindrops.

Just then, Anubis waved his arm, and two yellowish-gray stone slabs rose from the ground. Immediately, two ferocious beasts appeared from the light emanating from the stone slabs.

One of them is a white lion with a human face and a beast's body, and the other is a strong warrior with a lion's face and a human body!

Sphinx Deleya

[Ten Stars]

[Light Attribute/Beast Race]

[Attack/Defense: 2500/3000]

Sphinx Andrew

[Ten Stars]

[Light Attribute/Beast Race]

[Attack/Defense: 3000/2500]

As Anubis summoned the two monsters, the Pyramid of Light on his chest emitted an eerie glow, and a dark yellow stone duel disk appeared on his arm.

Looking at the numbers on the Anubis Duel Disk, You Che's expression darkened.

4000...

In other words, this guy essentially took over Seto Kaiba's duel as a new duelist!

It had been quite a while since Yuzuru had last seen the theatrical film, The Pyramid of Light. Although he remembered some of the plot, he couldn't recall the effects of the two Sphinx monsters in front of him.

It's still a turn of uncertainty. He has to find a way to block his opponent's next attack, but setting up a defense is a difficult task when he doesn't remember the characteristics of those two monsters at all.

"The moment this guy appeared, all the monsters on the field were destroyed..." Yu Che frowned. "Armed Dragon, Dark Magician, Disruptor, and even XYZ have all lost their fighting ability..."

"Now, all we can rely on is the Sleeping Giant, Gudu!"

"Magic Card Activated - Magic Hammer!!"

"Return all cards in your hand, including this card, to your deck, and draw the same number of cards!!"

"Spell Card activated - Double Summon!!"

"Summoned in defensive stance—Monotonous Demon!!"

"Smack!"

The card was played, and the elven doctor, Ido Boggs, wearing a white lab coat, appeared from the light. He adjusted his glasses and looked at the two terrifying monsters and the horrifying jackal head in front of him with some shock.

[Mediocre Ghost]

One star

[Dark Attribute/Demon Race]

[Attack/Defense: 400/400]

"Activate the effect of Sleeping Giant Gudu from my hand! Reveal this card to your opponent and place a Gudu counter on the Ordinary Ghost!!" Yu Che announced, revealing his unique God Card. "Set two cards, end your turn!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a faint blue light suddenly appeared in the dark clouds above the battlefield. A faint divine light descended from the sky, passing through the light screen of the Pyramid of Light and landing on the mediocre Dr. Ido Boggs.

"Tsk..."

Anubis vaguely sensed the divine power contained within the light. It was somewhat surprised that the duelist who fought alongside the Pharaoh could actually summon power beyond the three Egyptian Gods.

It was already quite unexpected that the Pharaoh would defeat the three Egyptian Gods, but now it seems that this young man is hiding an even greater strength!

Anubis was unaware of the Sleeping Giant Gudu's abilities. Out of fear of the gods who could not be controlled by the Pyramid of Light, it decided to first destroy Youche along with everything on his field!

"Then, let the sanctions begin now..." Anubis's deathly voice echoed across the battlefield. With a wave of its hand, two more stone slabs rose from the ground, standing behind the two Sphinx monsters. "Set up two face-down cards..."

"Sphinx Dereya..."

"Launch an attack on the mediocre..."

"Hiss!!!!!"

The white lion with the most exquisite features roared wildly, revealing its sharp teeth and claws. Its wings spread open with a "whoosh" and it pounced on the mediocre ghost shrouded in blue light!

"Trap Card activated! Messenger of Peace!!" Yuzuriha shouted, flipping up a face-down card. "This turn, all battle damage I take is zero, and my monsters cannot be destroyed by battle!!"

However, Anubis coldly replied, "Sphinx Dereia's special ability allows her to directly destroy monsters that are in a defense position when she attacks them..."

You Che's eyes flickered.

The jackal-headed creature's words were somewhat ambiguous, but it was generally understood that the white lion with a human face had the effect of directly destroying a defense-positioned monster that was attacked without performing damage calculations.

Because this destruction is an effect-based destruction, the Messenger of Peace is utterly powerless to resist it!

Just as Sphinx Dereia's claws were about to tear apart the mediocre demon who was the only one capable of summoning Sleeping Giant Gudu, King Yu, who was standing nearby, snapped out of his confusion and self-blame and flipped open the only card, shouting:

"Quick-Play Spell Card activated - Extremely Weak Voice!"

"This turn, one of my monsters has its original ATK increased to 100, and it cannot be destroyed by battle or effect!!"

The Quick-Play Spell Card flashed with light, generating several colorful feathers at lightning speed to block the opponent's attack for the Ordinary Ghost.

With a stern expression, Wang Yang shouted at the jackal-headed man after the chain of eliminations was over: "I don't care what ridiculous excuses you use, the wrongdoings you are doing right now cannot be blamed on me!!"

"I have completely forgotten my memories of my past life, but now I am doing everything I can to find them!!"

"If I had truly been an utterly wicked sinner before, I would have done everything in my power to make amends!!"

"But now, all I see are demons committing evil deeds under dubious pretexts!!"

"For the sake of Domino City, for the sake of those you are hurting, I will fight this duel and utterly defeat you!!!"

Anubis's eyes flashed with two terrifying crimson beams, and he spoke slowly in his still icy tone: "Stubborn Pharaoh..."

"Let me see what you're capable of doing to escape the punishment of this trial..."

Due to the effect of the Messenger of Peace, Anubis was unable to deal any damage this turn, so his turn ended immediately.

However, just as his turn was about to end, Yuche revealed another face-down card and said, "During your end phase, I activate—Angel's Tears!"

"Give the Sleeping Giant Gudu from your hand to the game!!"

"At the same time, I replied with 2000LP!!"

"Beep beep beep beep——————————"

Cruise control, LP: 600→2600

By handing over the cards, Youche, who was originally in great danger, gained a large increase in health.

Upon receiving the card imbued with divine power, King Yoshi immediately understood the meaning of "Yūchō":

"My turn! Draw a card!"

"Spell Card activated - Pot of Greed!"

Draw two cards from your deck!

"Activate the effect of Sleeping Giant Gudu once per turn, placing a Gudu token on a Mediocre Ghost!!"

"Activate the Spell Card again—Time Leap!!"

"Since I've skipped three rounds and entered a new turn, I can activate Sleeping Giant's effect again!!"

"Bang—Bang—"

Two more beams of azure light descended from the sky and landed on the mediocre ghost. As the third Gudu token fell, the light enveloping the mediocre ghost became even brighter.

Staring intently at the arena radiating intense light—the Pyramid of Light—King Yang's eyes turned cold, and he shouted in a loud voice:

"Since God is sealed by that card, then I will shatter it and free God from the other dimension!"

"Quick-Play Spell Card activated - Twin Tornadoes!!"

"Discard one card from your hand to destroy up to two Spell/Trap cards on the field!!"

"I'm going to destroy your Pyramid of Light and your other face-up card!!"

Sleeping Giant Gudu was discarded by Yugi as a cost, but this was actually a way to return the card to Yugi. Since Yugi was the holder of this card, Gudu would eventually go to Yugi's graveyard.

Two powerful tornadoes were rapidly generated under the impetus of magic and blasted towards the field card that was constantly shining with light!

However, all they heard was a shattering sound. The only thing destroyed by Yugi was the stone slab that had been covered by a magic trap card, while the Pyramid of Light remained completely intact!

"What?!" Wang Yang gritted his teeth, his face turning ashen.

The hearts of Jonouchi and the others who were watching the battle sank.

"It can't be destroyed?!"

"Oh no, in that case, we have no choice but to defeat that big wolfhound!"

"Kuihei, how's the situation? Can it still be controlled?!"

Completely overwhelmed, Kaiba Keihei placed all his hopes on Yuzuriha and Yugi: "There's nothing we can do... those monsters just won't die... all KC can do is evacuate the crowd!"

After the raging winds subsided, Anubis murmured coldly, "No trickery can erase the existence of the Pyramid of Light..."

"Pharaoh, all you've done is in vain..."

"Impossible!!" Wang Yang decisively swung another card. "Since this duel is based on the rules of the next-generation Duel City, there's another way to destroy the field besides using card effects!!"

"Because only one Field Card can exist at a time in a duel, when a new Field Card appears, the existing Field Card will be replaced!!"

"Magic Card Activated - Planet Transformation!!"

"Add the Field Spell Card - DARK - from your deck to your hand!!"

"Activate the Field Card - DARK!!!"