It was Kaiba's turn: "My turn, draw!"
"At this moment, the effect of the Continuous Magic 'Nightmare Mirage' activates," Youyu said. "Until my hand is 4 cards, I draw from my Card Deck!"
Kaiba didn't care: "I set one card face-down on the field, then activate the Magic Card 'Card of Demise'. I draw until my hand is 5 cards, and in the Standby Phase five turns later, I discard my entire hand."
"Magic Card 'Graceful Charity', draw 3 cards from my Card Deck, then discard 2 cards to the Graveyard."
Kaiba sent two cards from his hand to the Graveyard, and immediately put them to work.
"Magic Card 'Dragon's Mirror'! By banishing the Fusion Material Monsters on the field and in the Graveyard, I Fusion Summon a Dragon-Type Fusion Monster!"
He revealed the two cards that had just been discarded to the Graveyard.
"I fuse 'Lord of Dragon' and 'Divine Dragon Ragnarok' in the Graveyard! Descend—
—King Dragun!!!"
The lord clad in golden armor held a dragon-shaped flute in his hand, his lower body fused with a golden divine dragon, scales of gold shining brilliantly.
King Dragun descended!
[King Dragun, ATK 2400]
"Effect of King Dragun!" Kaiba said. "Once per turn, I can Special Summon a Dragon-Type Monster from my hand! The card I'm Special Summoning is this one!
Dragon of the abyss emerging from ancient times, show your power here and now—
—Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon!!!"
It was a beautiful White Dragon with feminine features, a pair of unforgettable deep eyes, gorgeous wings rippling with flowing light, and a noble body with soft, graceful lines.
She raised her swan-like long neck and let out a sharp, clear dragon's cry.
[Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon, ATK 2500]
Youyu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Another new alt skin... President and Kisara really have never been idle when they're locked up at home at night, huh, pumping out alts like crazy...
"Effect of Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon! When successfully Summoned, I add 1 Ritual Magic or 'Polymerization' from my Card Deck to my hand."
Blue data streams converged in Kaiba's hand and transformed into a card.
"I add 'Polymerization' to my hand."
He added that card to his hand, then immediately revealed two other cards.
"Next, I reveal 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' in my hand to Special Summon this guy!" Kaiba slammed the card hard onto the Duel Disc, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Show your invincible form here and now—
—Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!!!"
The floor tiles were blasted open as a gigantic White Dragon soared up, its body spiraling, its massive bone wings whipping up a visible silver-white cyclone!
[Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, ATK 3000]
In the stands, Xiang Maruteng was dumbfounded: "So... so strong. That kind of lineup had just been cleared, and now it's suddenly another three insanely powerful dragons..."
"So this is Kaiba Seto's strength?" Even Maruteng Ryo, the academy's so-called Caesar, felt unsettled in his heart. "This is... a true powerhouse!"
"But even though these three dragons are all extremely strong, none of them is a match for the Duel King's 'Shining Flare Wingman'..." Mitsuzawa Daichi chimed in with a timely blessing.
Kaiba immediately said, "Effect of Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon! By giving up its attack this turn as the cost, I destroy 1 Monster on my opponent's field.
Eyesore Shining Flare Wingman, disappear!!!"
Shining Flare Wingman was famous for its high attack power and one-turn kill potential, a big brother among Elemental Heroes, but it didn't have Resistance to special abilities.
Alternative White Dragon opened its angular maw, a blue energy shell trailing a clear pressure wave as it blasted out, melting through the silver-white armor in one shot and blowing Shining Flare Wingman to pieces.
"Ah! Mr. Youyu's Shining Flare Wingman was taken out in an instant..." Judai was momentarily dazed.
"But that means Alternative has lost its right to attack." Asuka beside him said, "The two dragons Mr. Kaiba has left aren't a match for 'Masked Hero Divine Wind'..."
"Quick-Play Magic - Shrink!" Kaiba barked. "I halve the ATK of 'Masked Hero Divine Wind'!"
[Masked Hero Divine Wind, ATK 2700 → ATK 1350]
"Its attack power got surpassed!" Mitsuzawa cried out.
Kaiba swung his arm down: "Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon, crush 'Masked Hero Divine Wind' for me!"
The White Dragon circled upward, wings gently spreading, her supple tail sweeping slowly, as if dancing elegantly midair. The wings spread behind her glowed with pale blue light, like crisscrossing spotlights in a ballroom.
An azure impact slammed straight into Divine Wind's body. The Masked Hero let out a muffled groan, but stubbornly withstood the blast. His cape was blown straight by the energy flow, his armor shell crackling and popping.
[Youyu, LP 2500 → LP 1350]
"Masked Hero Divine Wind cannot be destroyed by battle." Youyu narrated, as a card popped out of his Graveyard. "Then there's the effect of 'Vision Hero Increase' in the Graveyard.
While this card is in the Graveyard, when I take damage to my Life Points, I can place it from the Graveyard into my Magic Trap Zone!"
A phantom of a Hero appeared in his back row, but it was only a blurred outline, its figure indistinct.
"Hmph, then I'll have King Dragun attack 'Masked Hero Divine Wind' again..."
Kaiba gave the order, but his King Dragun acted as if it were hard of hearing and didn't respond at all.
"I'm afraid you can't do that, President," Youyu said. "As long as 'Masked Hero Divine Wind' is on the field, during the opponent's Battle Phase they can attack with at most one Monster."
"Can't be destroyed by battle... and it can even restrict the opponent's attacks?" Mitsuzawa said. "As expected of the Duel King's Masked Hero, what overwhelming control!"
"Hmph, my turn is over," Kaiba said coldly. "'Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon's' follow-up effect. At the end of the turn, I add a Level 8 Dragon-Type Monster from my Deck to my hand."
Another digitized Card appeared in his hand.
"I add 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' to my hand."
"Also, in the End Phase, the effect of 'Shrink' ends, and 'Masked Hero Divine Wind's' ATK returns to normal," Youyu added.
[Masked Hero Divine Wind, ATK 1350 → ATK 2700]
"My turn, draw!"
"At this moment, the side effect of 'Nightmare Mirage' will activate," Kaiba said icily. "You must randomly discard four cards from your hand."
"No, I won't," Youyu said. "Quick-Play Magic 'Mystical Space Typhoon'—I destroy my own 'Nightmare Mirage' on the field."
A black storm swept up that Continuous Magic, and a bolt of lightning blasted it into fragments.
"That way, the side effect no longer exists," Youyu said. "At the same time, in my Standby Phase, the follow-up effect of the Magic Card 'Take Over 5' in my Graveyard can also activate.
During my own Standby Phase, I banish 'Take Over 5' in my Graveyard and a card with the same name from my Deck to draw one more card."
After replenishing one card, entering the Main Phase, Youyu glanced at his hand and immediately revealed a card.
"I Summon 'Elemental Hero Shadow Mist'!"
[Elemental Hero Shadow Mist, ATK 1000]
"Then I activate the effect of 'Vision Hero Increase' in my Trap Zone, tribute Shadow Mist to Special Summon 'Increase'!"
[Vision Hero Increase, ATK 900]
"Shadow Mist's effect! When she's sent to the Graveyard, I add a 'Hero' Monster from my Deck to my hand." Youyu pulled out a card that popped from his Deck. "I add 'Destiny Hero Plasma' to my hand."
"Next, when 'Increase' is Special Summoned, I Special Summon 'Vision Hero Vyon' from my Deck!"
[Vision Hero Vyon, ATK 1000]
"Vyon's effect: I send 'Destiny Hero Malicious' from my Deck to the Graveyard," Youyu continued his narration. "Malicious's effect: I banish 'Destiny Hero Malicious' in the Graveyard to Special Summon a card with the same name from my Deck!"
[Destiny Hero Malicious, ATK 800]
Kaiba narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Hmph, so it's coming?"
"I tribute 'Destiny Hero Malicious', 'Vision Hero Increase', and 'Vision Hero Vyon' to Special Summon this Monster!
The power of ruin brings the end of all fate, descending as the ultimate Hero—
—Destiny Hero Plasma!!!"
The blood-drenched Hero rose from a crimson mire, blood gushing down the vast bone wings, like a ferocious demon!
[Destiny Hero Plasma, ATK 1900]
"Plasma's effect!" Youyu said. "Once per turn, he absorbs one opponent's Monster on the field as his Equip Card! I absorb 'Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon'! Blood Capture!"
"Huh?" Manjome in the stands leaned forward. "But while 'King Dragun' is on the field, all Dragon-Type Monsters can't be targeted by card effects..."
Right then, Youyu on the field explained, "When 'Destiny Hero Plasma' is present, all Monster effects on the opponent's field are negated! So King Dragun's protection for Dragon-Type Monsters is naturally negated as well...
...Of course, President, you should already know that."
Kaiba snorted and said nothing.
The Alternative White Dragon let out a roar, seized by Plasma's power, turning into a blue sphere of light and becoming part of this Anti-Hero's strength.
"Plasma's ATK increases by half of the equipped Monster's ATK," Youyu said.
[Destiny Hero Plasma, ATK 1900 → ATK 3400]
"Battle!" Youyu said. "Destiny Hero Plasma, attack 'Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon'!"
Plasma spread his wings and soared into the air, his vast wings firing a rain of blood down toward the ground!
"Hmph, I anticipated that long ago!" Kaiba swept his hand. "Trap Card - Security Orb! When the opponent declares an attack, that Monster is changed to Defense Position!"
Though Plasma exerted overwhelming suppression on Monsters, he had no resistance to Magic Traps. The electric current fired by Security Orb pierced the bloody rain, struck his body, and forcibly twisted him into Defense Position.
[Destiny Hero Plasma, ATK 3400 → DEF 600]
"Then Masked Hero Divine Wind, attack 'Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon'!"
The Hero of Wind leapt forth like a slicing blade. A green whirlwind spun like a toothed saw as the gracefully curving White Dragon exited the stage with a final wail.
[Kaiba, LP 1100 → LP 900]
"Masked Hero Divine Wind's third effect," Youyu said. "When he destroys a Monster by battle, I can draw one card."
Youyu glanced at the new card he drew, and a completely new line of play flashed rapidly through his mind.
After a brief pause, he pulled out two of the cards.
"I set two cards face-down. Turn end."