How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

The robes transformed into armor, and the all-black magician leaped out of the reopened coffin, landing steadily on Yuwatari's field, taking the place of the black magician girl.

The Black Magician

【7 stars】

[Magician/Dark]

[Defense: 2100]

Ok?

Sajō Ayaka, whose field had returned to a state of 2 monsters and 1 face-down card, looked up at Yūtarō's field, which also had 2 monsters and 1 face-down card, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Between the two of them, who actually has the upper hand right now?

Chapter 230 Awesome Draw 6, oh no, 5!

Sajo Aika's doubts were quickly dispelled by Yu Watari's voice.

"The instant [Black Magician - Black Magician] was Special Summoned! The effect of [Dark Magic Circle] also activated!"

Thanks to the [Dark Magician's Enhancement] effect from the previous turn, which gave Yuto's Spell & Trap Cards on the field an effect that prevented them from being destroyed, Yuto was able to avoid being killed by the effect of [Lucifer, the Fallen Angel of Dawn].

Now, the card that narrowly escaped death is about to bounce back and strike Sajō Ayaka hard—

On the face-down card in the backcourt!

Haha, since neither [Fallen Angel Lucifer] nor [Dawn Fallen Angel Lucifer] can be selected as the target of the effect right now, Yuuto has no choice but to focus his attention on the only unprotected face-down card.

"I will banish that face-down card from your field!"

With just one sentence, Yutari successfully explained the situation, putting Sajo Aika on the defensive.

Now that she has no cards left in her hand and all the monsters on the field have activated their effects, she is powerless to change the outcome despite her best efforts.

The black magic circle beneath her feet lit up, and the immense magical power tore the space around Ayaka Sajou's face-down card apart. The resulting spatial rift emitted a powerful suction force, directly drawing the card into it and banishing it to another dimension.

Before flying into the spatial rift, the card's face was flipped over, revealing its true form.

【Fallen Angel of God】

That's a trap card that, by sacrificing one of your "Fallen Angel" monsters, can negate the effects of one of your opponent's monsters without targeting.

It's meaningless for Yuwatari, whose abilities have already been blocked by the effects of the Kingmon.

"Then let's begin the battle—"

"It's not over yet!" Yuto interrupted her, as if to maintain a counterpoint, and opened his own face-down card as well.

"Continue the chain effect of [Dark Magician Circle] to activate face-down cards! Trap Card [Dark Magician Illusion] activated!"

"This turn, my DARK Spellcaster monsters with ATK 2000 or higher cannot be destroyed by battle, have their effects negated, or be affected by my opponent's effects!"

Is there another trick to it?

Hearing Yuuto meticulously arrange the protective measures on his side, as if he were a flawless source of joy, Aika Sajou's expression immediately turned quite unpleasant.

"Even if it won't be destroyed in battle, you still have to take the damage you're supposed to take! Let's fight!"

She glared fiercely at Yuto, but remained unwavering as she entered the battle.

"The Fallen Angel of Dawn, Lucifer, attacks the Magician of Chaos! Blade of Rebellion!"

Lucifer, the Fallen Angel of Dawn

[Attack power: 4000]

【Magician of Chaos】

[Attack power: 500]

The deep purple energy emanating from the sword transformed into a massive sword aura as Lucifer swung it. The crescent-shaped sword aura pierced through the body of the [Magician of Chaos] almost instantly, cleaving him in two.

The remaining sword energy continued its relentless attack on You Du, almost halving his basic attack points.

"Hiss..." The excessive damage made the pain feel incredibly real. The pain, as if he had been sliced ​​in half vertically, made Yu Du gasp involuntarily.

[Yoto LP: 8000 → 4500]

Fortunately, due to the effect of [Fallen Angel of Pleasure], the attack power of [Magician of Chaos] was lower than 2000 points, so it was not protected by the effect of [Dark Magician Illusion] and was sent directly to the graveyard by this attack, so that it would not remain on the field as a target for Ayaka Sajou to deal damage to Yutaka again.

Unwilling to give up, Sajou Aika tried to have [Fallen Angel Lucifer] attack [Black Magician - Black Magician], but seeing that the opponent was still standing on the field unharmed in defense position, she had no choice but to end her turn.

Without any cards in her hand, she couldn't even fold a card.

"Ahem, it's my turn, draw a card!"

The Black Magician

[Attack power: 2500]

Having regained control of the turn, Yuuto first changed the [Black Magician - Black Magician] on the field to attack position, and then placed the card he had drawn on the Duel Disk.

"I Normal Summon [Tricolor Parts] from my hand!"

Red, yellow, and green.

Three small robots of different colors, each with large gears on their bodies, jumped out of the card standing in front of Yuwatari. Like the three Harpie sisters, the three of them worked together to form a monster.

【Three-color parts】

【4 stars】

[Mechanical/Earth]

[Attack power: 1300]

"When 【Tricolor Parts】is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add 1 【Golden Coffin of Light】 from my Deck to my hand!"

"Chain with the effects of your [Tricolor Parts], I activate the effect of [Lucifer the Fallen Angel of Dawn]! Pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon [Nelgal the Fallen Angel] in Defense Position!"

[Satō Aika LP: 6000→5000]

The fallen angel, now filled with black energy and encased in armor, returned to the field, kneeling before Ayaka Sajou with her wings as a shield.

【Fallen Angel Nelgal】

[Defense: 2500]

"Then I will activate the perpetual magic [Golden Chest of Light]!"

Yuto inserts the card he received into the Duel Disk. A box made of gold floats behind three robots of different colors. The lid of the box is half open, and a card completely enveloped in white light flies into Yuto's hand.

"The effect of the Continuous Spell [Golden Chest of Light] is activated: Once per turn, add 1 card other than [Golden Chest of Light] with the [Golden Chest of Light] card name to your hand from your Deck!"

"I'm adding the Quick-Play Spell [Silence the Future] from my deck to my hand!"

The card drawn from the deck transformed into a sharp sword, pointing directly at Ayaka Sajou standing opposite him. Yuuto shouted loudly amidst the astonished gazes of his opponent and the others watching from the distant temple.

"Come on! Let's enter battle!"

Is this a plan to use a single monster with 1300 attack power to directly confront the opponent's three monsters on the field?!

Is he out of his mind?

of course not!

The instant the declaration entered the battle phase, Yuuto filled the Duel Disk with the card in his hand: "Quick-Play Spell [Silence Against the Future] activated!"

"This card allows me to add 1 monster with the name of 'Golden Chest of Light' from my Deck to my hand!"

"Furthermore, if I have [Golden Chest of Light] and that monster on my field, and I activate this card during either player's Battle Phase, both players can draw cards until they each have 6 cards in their hand!"

Hmph, now that the duel has progressed this far, I suppose neither of us is running out of cards, right?

Come on, let's draw cards to our hearts' content!

"I add [Destruction Dragon Gandora - Forbidden] to my hand, then draw 5 cards from my deck!"

Chapter 231 Spiral Gun Kill!

"The effect of [Guardian Priest Mahad] in my hand has activated!"

After both sides finished replenishing their hands, before Ayaka Sajou could even finish looking at the cards she had drawn, Yuuto's side launched the first attack.

Without the barrier of the King Beast, he can now safely activate monster effects from his hand!

Although the Light attribute Mahad could still activate its effect even when the Primalmon sealed off Dark attribute monsters...

"When this card is drawn, reveal it to your opponent to activate this effect, and Special Summon this card from your hand!"

Mahad, clad in golden armor, leaped out of the card, stood with his arms crossed next to [Black Magician - Black Magician], and glanced at the three monsters on the field of Sajyou Aika.

Dark attribute, dark attribute, you're also a dark attribute!

very good!

Mahathir nodded in satisfaction.

Guardian Priest Mahad

【7 stars】

[Mage/Light]

[Attack power: 2500]

"Here we go! [Guardian Priest Mahad] attacks [Dawn's Fallen Angel Lucifer]!" With a command from Yudu, Mahad leaped into the air.

Lucifer, the Fallen Angel of Dawn

[Attack power: 4000]

are you crazy?

Before the question could even leave their lips, Yuuto immediately spoke up: "【Guardian Priest Mahad】During the Damage Step when battling a DARK monster, this card's ATK becomes double!"

Guardian Priest Mahad

[Attack power: 2500→5000]

Sajō Aika: "!"

Mahad, suspended in mid-air, had a white cloak billowing behind him as he drew a circle in front of him with his golden staff, and constellation-like patterns flashed past behind him.

Several golden magic circles appeared around him as they spun, and the magic power they gathered solidified and crashed down on Lucifer, who was raising his shield to defend himself on the field, like a falling meteor.

boom!

Boom boom boom boom——

After the first sound, there were continuous explosions caused by meteorites hitting the ground. Even Ayaka Sajou herself was not spared and was affected by the aftershocks.

"Tsk!"

[Satō Aika LP: 5000→4000]

"Next up is the attack by the Black Magician on the Fallen Angel Lucifer!"

The Black Magician

[Attack power: 2500]

Lucifer, the Fallen Angel

[Attack power: 3000]

Come again? !

The familiar scene was no surprise to either Ayaka Sajou, the person involved, or Arash and the others who were watching remotely through magic.

They were all convinced that Yuuto must have some means to increase the Black Magician's attack power.

You Du's actions were exactly as they had expected.