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

"When you use Armed Dragon Lv5's effect, I activate the Trap Card - Heavenly Punishment!"

"This card can negate the activation of a monster's effect and destroy that monster!!"

"Because of the rules of the Duel Kingdom Tournament, when a monster is destroyed, you will suffer damage equal to 30% of that monster's attack power!!"

"Now it's your turn to be damaged by your own monster! Hehehe!!"

In an era where monster cards are practically nonexistent, almost no one would choose to put a trap card like this in their deck. Insect Moth was definitely prepared.

"Boom!!!!!"

With a thunderous roar from the sky, golden lightning struck down, instantly sending the Armed Dragon Lv5 to the graveyard!

"Beep beep beep beep————"

Cruise control, LP: 1350→840

“However, Insect Moth, my Armed Dragon Lv5 is just to lure out your Trap Card.” Yu Che smiled slightly.

"What?!" The insect moth was truly stunned this time.

Yu Che swung his second monster card from his hand: "Since I have two Dark Mimics and the Wisdom of the Demon just sent to the Graveyard in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon Dark Armed Dragon directly from my hand!!"

"Dark Armed Dragon?!" The insect moth had never seen this card before.

When you have exactly three DARK monsters in your graveyard, Dark Armored Dragon can be summoned immediately!

The surging black mist seeped from the cracks in the scorched earth and gathered into a huge figure on the battlefield!

When the black mist completely dissipated, the Dark Armored Dragon, with its glossy black body and silver-white armor and blades, descended onto the battlefield!

Dark Armed Dragon

【Seven Stars】

[Dark Attribute/Dragon Race]

[Attack/Defense: 2800/1000]

Dark Armed Dragon's destructive power is absolutely top-tier in this era. If there weren't only one copy of this card, Yu Che would even have considered creating a dedicated DARK deck for it.

"The effect of Dark Armed Dragon is that I can banish one DARK monster from my Graveyard and destroy one card on the field!" Yu Che declared loudly. "Now, I choose to banish Dark Treasure Mimic Lv1 and destroy Ultimate Insect Lv7!!"

"boom--------------"

With a swing of its sharp claws, the Dark Armored Dragon unleashed a surge of dark energy towards the Ultimate Insect Lv7!

With a loud bang, deep purple poison gas burst open like fireworks!

"Beep beep beep beep——————"

Insects, feather moths, LP: 2000→1220

"Tsk!" The insect moth's expression turned extremely serious.

The Dark Armed Dragon's combat power was beyond his expectations. Even if Yuche didn't destroy the Ultimate Insect Lv7, its attack power was more than enough to destroy the Cocoon of Evolution.

2800……2800!

This monster is absolutely insane!!

"Enter battle phase!" The Cocoon of Evolution has zero attack power; there's no need for Yu Che to waste a shell on disrupting its effects. "Dark Armed Dragon! Attack the Cocoon of Evolution!!"

"boom!!!!!"

The sound of cards breaking rang out again, and now the field for Insect Moth was empty.

Looking at the terrifying, dark, armed dragon, the insect moth was filled with resentment.

In just one round, the cocoon of evolution was destroyed...

Even the weakest moth larvae won't hatch at this time!

Could it be... that I, the national champion, am going to lose to a rookie duelist who just debuted?

Filled with resentment and a sliver of hope, the insect-moth gritted his teeth and began his turn. But as new cards were added to his hand, that familiar, nauseating, wicked laugh echoed once more:

"Hehehe! Yu Che, your Dark Armed Dragon is indeed strong, but if you add this card... it will become utter garbage!"

"Activate the effect of Parasite Paranoid from your hand, and equip this card as an Equip Card to your Dark Armed Dragon!"

"From this moment forward, your Dark Armed Dragon effect is nullified, your race is changed to Insect, and you are unable to attack Insect monsters!"

"Hehehe..."

"As far as I know, although you have the Armed Dragon Lv7 card, it can only be summoned through the effect of Armed Dragon Lv5 or Level Up!"

"But now, your Armed Dragon Lv5 and Dark Armed Dragon have both been destroyed by me! With your trump cards locked away, you can only watch helplessly as you fall into a disadvantageous position! Just like a flying insect caught in a spider web!"

"I haven't summoned yet this turn! Come on! Ultimate Insect Lv5!!"

"Just one more turn, and the unparalleled Ultimate Insect Lv7 will make its reappearance!!!"

Chapter 38 Forced Summoning! The Ultimate Perfect Form Giant Moth!

A dark purple parasite burrowed into the body of the Dark Armored Dragon. Under the influence of the parasitic virus, the Dark Armored Dragon became extremely weak, and even the original armor grew downy hairs unique to insects!

It's Parasite Paranoid?!

You Che's expression darkened.

He originally thought that the existence of the Dark Armed Dragon would be enough to win this duel.

Unexpectedly, in order to target the Armed Dragon, the Insect Moth also prepared this Parasite in addition to the Heavenly Punishment.

Although the current Ultra Insect Lv5 is not enough to defeat Dark Armored Dragon, once it evolves to Lv7 in the next turn, Dark Armored Dragon will only have the fate of being destroyed!

Looking at the card in his hand, You Che's expression became slightly serious.

The only remaining aces in the deck are Armed Dragon Lv7 and Armed Dragon Lv10, but without Armed Dragon Lv5, these two monsters cannot be summoned at all.

For now, we can only defend for the first round.

"My turn, draw a card." Yu Che reversed the position of Dark Armed Dragon. "Change Dark Armed Dragon to Defense Position, Set one card, End my turn!"

"Heh heh heh~" The insect-moth grinned wickedly, "So, we've had to adopt a defensive posture?"

"Now it's my turn again!"

"Evolve, ultimate insect!!"

"Under the effect of Ultimate Insect Lv7, Dark Armored Dragon's Attack and Defense will decrease by 700!!"

"Click——————————"

Four enormous, transparent insect wings unfurled, and the terrifying Ultimate Insect Lv7 reappeared, spreading poison gas towards the roaming monster!

[Ultimate Insect Lv7]

【Seven Stars】

[Wind Attribute/Insect Race]

[Attack/Defense: 2600/1200]

Dark Armed Dragon, Attack/Defense: 2800/1000 → 2100/300

While on the cruise ship, Insect Moth obtained two Ultimate Insect cards through a duel with the AI, namely Lv3 and Lv5 forms. The previous Ultimate Insect Lv7 evolved step by step from the Lv3 card, while this one evolved directly from Lv5.

To further expand its advantage, Insect Moth played the card it had just drawn: "Activate the Spell Card - Monster Resurrection!"

"Resurrect the ultimate insect Lv5 in my graveyard!"

"Soon, I'll have two Ultra Insect Level 7s on my field!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The sacred Anka Cross rose from the ground, but what was resurrected was an incredibly ugly and ferocious giant insect.

[Ultimate Insect Lv5]

【Five stars】

[Wind Attribute/Insect Race]

[Attack/Defense: 2300/900]

"Enter the battle phase!" shouted Insect Moth. "Activate the Spell Card—Defense Seal!"

"Transform the Dark Armored Dragon into attack stance!"

"Ultimate Insect Lv7, attack!!"

"Sizzle——————————"

Dark purple poisonous gas swept in during the storm!

The Dark Armed Dragon, whose attack power had already been reduced, was now at a disadvantage because it lacked the ability to fly!

When an attack launched by the Ultimate Insect Lv7 is included in the damage calculation, the attack power of this terrifying insect will increase by 30%!

This could be fatal!

Faced with the powerful attack of the insect-moth, Yuzuru could only turn his face-down card up: "The moment you attack, I activate Book of the Moon and change Dark Armed Dragon to face-down Defense Position!!"

"boom!!!!!!"

An explosion rang out, and the Dark Armed Dragon was torn to pieces by a storm containing deadly poison!

Because he switched back to defense stance in time, Yuzuru did not suffer any combat damage.

but……

At the same time that Dark Armed Dragon died, an extremely unfavorable situation was unfolding for Youche!

The parasite Paranoid, which was parasitizing the Dark Armed Dragon, began to absorb nutrients from the dragon's corpse and used this energy to give birth to the ultimate trump card of the insect moth!

Amidst the scorched, black earth, toxic fumes lingered.

In the eerie and terrifying battlefield, an astonishing moth, over four meters tall, emerged from the corpse of the Dark Armed Dragon and flew onto the field of insects and moths!

That wasn't any other insect monster; it was the Ultimate Perfect Form Giant Moth that the Insect Feather Moth had previously failed to summon!

[Ultimate Perfect Form Giant Moth]

[Eight Stars]