Chapter 490

"My turn."

Shhh—

Yusei drew a card.

Because he didn't lose any life points, his speed still remained at the same level as Kiryu's.

However, when he saw the card he drew, he pursed his lips slightly.

He put this card in the card area on his left hand, in the position of the hand.

"If the opponent has a monster on the field and I have no monsters on the field, this card can be special summoned as a Level 4 monster!"

"Level Warrior!"

A monster that looked like a red warrior in a sentai team jumped onto the field; there was a five-pointed star drawn on his head. After he appeared, the star on his face flashed, and a projection of a star appeared on his forehead.

Level Warrior, Level 3, Light-attribute, Warrior-type, ATK 300.

Level Warrior, Level 3 → 4.

"Then, normal summon, Rogue Synchron!"

A green robot appeared on Yusei's field.

Rogue Synchron, Level 4, Light-attribute, Machine-type, ATK 1600.

"Use Level 4 Rogue Synchron and Level 4 Level Warrior to tune!"

"A flash of light cutting through the star sea!

Let the pulse of the soul roar in the world!!

Synchro Summon!!

Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon!"

Light shone on the dark track, and Stardust Dragon appeared again, but this Stardust Dragon appeared even more holy and shining.

Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon, Level 8, Light-attribute, Dragon-type, ATK 2500.

"The Synchro monster summoned using Rogue Synchron as a Synchro material gains 600 ATK until the end of the turn, and its effect is negated."

"2500 plus 600, the ATK has reached 3100!"

Stardust Sifr, ATK: 2500 → 3100.

"Battle, use Stardust to attack your Infernity Doom Archfiend!"

Stardust spun his body, turned into a golden whirlwind, and stabbed at the demon; Kiryu just smiled but didn't activate any cards.

Or rather, he had no cards to activate at all right now.

The next second, Stardust Dragon instantly pierced through the Archfiend, then took advantage of the momentum to lift Kiryu and hit him against the nearby purple flames.

The flames burned his soul, but he didn't scream in pain, but laughed wildly again: "Hahahaha, very good, very great, this is the feeling of battle! Yusei! You caused damage first, well done, hahahaha—"

Kiryu, LP: 4000 → 3100.

Yusei frowned, looked at the card on his left hand, and covered a card: "Cover a card, end turn."

"My turn, draw!"

"Hee... really unlucky, Yusei." Kiryu looked at the card he drew and couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, "Activate Continuous Spell Card, Infernity Launcher!"

A cannon barrel stood on his D-Wheel, aimed at himself.

"As long as this card exists on the field, once per turn, during the main phase, you can send 1 Infernity monster from your hand to the graveyard."

"Discard hand?" Crow frowned.

"... So that's it," Jack realized, "Infernity's effects are always cards that activate when the hand is 0. This card is a Spell Card that exerts Infernity's power to the maximum."

"It's not just that simple, Jack~" Kiryu smiled eerily, "Infernity Launcher's other effect. When my hand is 0. Send this face-up card in the Spell & Trap zone to the graveyard, and special summon up to 2 【Infernity】 monsters from your graveyard."

!

"What?"

"So strong!"

"What a powerful card—"

You know, the famous "Monster Reborn" can only revive one monster.

This card can actually special summon two monsters at once, and more importantly, the special summoned monsters still have effects!

"Send Infernity Launcher to the graveyard, revive Infernity Sage and Infernity Doom Archfiend from the graveyard."

"Activate Infernity Doom Archfiend's effect, negate your Stardust's effect!"

"Then I activate Stardust's effect, once per turn, target 1 face-up card on my field, that card cannot be destroyed by effects or battle. This effect can also be activated during the opponent's turn."

"Ha—then, I activate Trap Card, Infernity Suppression!"

Kiryu laughed grimly: "If you control an 【Infernity】 monster, activate when the opponent activates a monster effect. Negate that effect. After that, inflict damage to the opponent equal to that monster's level x 100."

"A card that wasn't activated last turn... Indeed, Yusei only activated Stardust's effect just in case last turn, but this turn, if Stardust doesn't pass, there's no way to protect himself."

"Activate Trap Card!" But Kiryu didn't expect that when he was laughing wildly, Yusei suddenly opened the cover card, "Counter Trap, Damage Polarizer!"

"Activate when an effect that inflicts damage is activated. Negate that activation and effect, and both players draw 1 card!"

"Tsk..."

A shield of light appeared in front of Stardust, splitting the flames and preventing the invasion of the flames.

"Beautiful!" Crow shouted happily.

"Damage Polarizer! How wonderful." Jack couldn't help but say.

"Eh? What's wrong with Damage Polarizer?" Carly asked suspiciously.

"By now, Yusei must have seen it too. The strongest moment of Kiryu's Infernity deck is when the hand is 0. Only then can Kiryu's monsters, spells, and traps exert their strongest effects. Damage Polarizer not only blocked the damage but also let both sides draw cards. Worthy of Yusei."

Jack evaluated.

"Tsk..." Seeing his trap negated, Kiryu had no way.

So, the two could only draw cards at the same time.

Kiryu glanced at it.

Tsk...

Infernity Destroyer, huh?

Cut.

Yusei also drew a card and glanced at it.

Fortunately.

"Since it can't be destroyed by effects, let's fight!" Although Kiryu was a little regretful, he didn't feel sorry and laughed wildly.

"Use Level 2 Infernity Sage and Level 6 Infernity Doom Archfiend to tune!"

Infernity Sage turned into black stars again, but this time, what he attached to was a 6-star monster.

Infernity Doom Archfiend turned into pitch-black stars; these stars connected to each other and then burst out black lightning.

In the lightning, eyes rose one by one in the darkness.

"When the pitch-black curtain falls, the eyes of the underworld will open!"

"Darkness descend!"

"Synchro Summon—"

"Hundred-Eyes Dragon!"

The Dark Mark on his left hand began to flash with light, and a twisted giant dragon covered in eyes appeared on his field, flying with him.

Hundred-Eyes Dragon, Level 8, Dark-attribute, Dragon-type, ATK 3000.

"ATK 3000!"

"It's the same as Jack Atlas's Red Dragon Archfiend."

"Is that his trump card?"

He smiled grimly, looked at Yusei, and said: "Yusei, don't blink, witness the power I gained for revenge—

Hundred-Eyes Dragon's monster effect, this card gains the effects of all Dark-attribute monsters in the graveyard!"

"What!?"

Not to mention Yusei who was dueling, everyone who was paying attention to this duel was startled.

What kind of terrifying effect is this?!

"A... all?" Shinji was stunned listening on the side, but after being stunned, he felt a surprise like a god's grace, "Invincible! Really invincible! As long as there is this card, the world—Mr. Kiryu can definitely become the 【Sole God】!"

With such an invincible effect, how could anyone resist it!?

This is a monster that copies the effects of all Dark-attribute monsters in the graveyard!

Tenjou Hikari's eyelids were also jumping wildly.

Hundred-Eyes Dragon... it's actually the original effect; clearly, this world doesn't have "Dark Synchro," but it actually has the complete original effect.

This card can be said to be one of the top monsters that compete for the most outrageous original cards. In the original work, this card brought Yusei unknown pain and can be said to be the trump card among Kiryu's trump cards.

However, after Kiryu was completely resurrected in the original work, this card disappeared from his deck; roughly calculated, the Dark Synchro monsters are probably projections of the Earthbound Immortal's power. Without the Earthbound Immortal, there is no such invincible monster, which is reasonable.

"Yusei, I want you to experience what despair is, what fear is, I want you to witness the true power—let you, this traitor, live in fear forever!"

Yusei's face under the mask couldn't see his expression; he looked at Hundred-Eyes Dragon and said in a low voice: "Indeed, Hundred-Eyes Dragon's effect is shocking; it can be called an invincible monster.

But—the effects of the monsters in your graveyard, those Infernity monsters, are effects that can only be activated when the hand is 0.

In other words, the current Hundred-Eyes Dragon can only copy the effect of Infernity Doom Archfiend."

He waved his right hand: "And Stardust Sifr has already activated its effect on itself, so it won't be destroyed by effects or battle!"

"Heh, but battle damage, you have to bear it too—Battle, use Hundred-Eyes Dragon to attack Stardust!"

"Activate Trap Card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! Negate Hundred-Eyes Dragon's attack, and then cover this card again."

"Beautiful, as long as there is Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, even if Hundred-Eyes Dragon's ATK is higher, it can be blocked."

Crow cheered.

"Even at such a dangerous moment, you can achieve tactics with the cooperation between cards, it's really great!"

"Hehe... Yusei, your duel is indeed good, but. Too naive! How could I forget Scrap-Iron Scarecrow?! Infernity Doom Archfiend's effect in the graveyard, a Dark-attribute Synchro monster that uses this card as a Synchro material can attack monsters up to 2 times during battle!"

He pointed at Stardust Sifr: "Hundred-Eyes Dragon, attack again!"

Hundred-Eyes Dragon's eyes opened one by one; a moment later, this twisted dragon emitted terrifying purple light, then flew to Yusei's side and slapped Stardust with a claw.

"Ugh—" The terrifying power knocked Yusei away, directly hitting the purple flame wall on the track; the violent flames instantly swallowed him, and the car and his clothes immediately started to burn.

"Hahahahaha, hahahaha——" Kiryu laughed wildly in surprise.

It's just that, before he could laugh for long, he saw Yusei tighten the throttle after the initial pain, actually running on the flame wall with the D-Wheel, then spinning and landing on the track again.

His smile disappeared immediately, replaced by astonishment.

Yusei, this guy exactly...

Yusei, LP: 4000 → 3500.

"Hmph, really boring, not satisfied at all—end turn."

"My turn!!" Yusei roared, accelerating the car crazily, running out of the purple flames, and appearing beside Kiryu again.

He drew a card in the flames.

"Kiryu! Ever since you passed away, I've been thinking about what happened to our world!"

"Ha?"

"In the Lower City, I saw many people and encountered many things. Jack and I even had conflicts because of this, so much so that we parted ways for a while. I met people from another dimension and learned about their world from them.

I've been thinking, if this world were a little better, would tragedies like yours not happen."

"What exactly are you talking about, Yusei?" Kiryu looked at Yusei with suspicion.

He vaguely sensed that Yusei was evolving from the Yusei he was familiar with into a "Yusei" he couldn't predict or imagine at all.

"I want to create a real opportunity for everyone to understand each other, a world where everyone can understand each other and understand the other's thoughts."

"You..." Kiryu was stunned, "Could it be that you became a 【Signer】 with this thought?"

"... No." Yusei denied this.

Then, he started his turn: "Activate Stardust Sifr's effect, once per turn, target 1 face-up card on my field, that card cannot be destroyed by effects or battle.

Then, I activate Quick-Play Spell Card—Meteor Sound Strike!"

"Target 1 【Stardust】 Synchro monster on my field. This turn, when that Synchro monster battles the opponent, at the start of the damage step, that opponent's monster returns to the owner's deck."

"Oh! This way you can defeat high-ATK monsters with low-ATK monsters." Crow cheered.

"Damn—come on, Mr. Kiryu!" Shinji cursed in a low voice and then cheered for Kiryu.

"Battle, use Stardust Sifr to attack your Hundred-Eyes Dragon."

Kiryu raised his mouth: "Yusei, I do have to praise your duel, but this level is not enough!

Activate Trap Card, Enemy Alert!

Activate when the opponent declares an attack. Special summon 1 monster from your hand. As long as the monster special summoned by this effect exists face-up on the field, the opponent cannot select other monsters as attack targets. The monster special summoned by this effect returns to the owner's hand at the end of the battle phase."

"Special summon Infernity Destroyer from my hand!"

Infernity Destroyer, Level 6, Dark-attribute, Fiend-type, ATK 2300.

"Special summoning the monster card in hand is to make the hand zero, right?" Carly Nagisa also saw the situation.

"Ugh..." Yusei sighed softly, then stopped the attack, "Attack replay, I won't continue to attack."

"Cover a card, end turn."

"Not attacking is to let my monster return to my hand, right? Because as long as this card remains in my hand, my Hundred-Eyes Dragon can't use much of its effect—but, Yusei, this level is just that, not even daring to take such a risk, you still want to be a savior?

Hahahahaha——you can't even save yourself!"

Yusei's pupils contracted sharply.

He remembered the past.

Once, when fighting a duel gang, he was pushed off a high building. At that time, it was Kiryu who risked falling down with him and grabbed his arm desperately, which kept him from dying.

At that time, he had already made up his mind to let Kiryu live, and if he fell, he fell.

But Kiryu said that he was his companion, so he tried his best to save him.

Yusei seemed to fall into silence, and Kiryu had already taken the monsters on the field into his hand.

"My turn, draw!"

"Hahaha, hahahaha, it seems everything is over, Yusei!"

"Activate Continuous Spell Card, Void Wave! As long as this card is on the field, when you have no hand, the ATK and DEF of all face-up 【Infernity】 monsters on your field increase by 400—but that's not important. You can send this card on the field to the graveyard and send all your hand to the graveyard!"

!!

Everyone realized what this scene represented.

Hundred-Eyes Dragon's countless eyes began to emit purple light.

"Battle, Yusei—hahahaha—" He pointed at Yusei's Stardust Sifr, "Battle, use Hundred-Eyes Dragon to attack Stardust Sifr!"

"Then, I activate Stardust Sifr's effect, once per turn, target 1 face-up card on my field, that card cannot be destroyed by battle or effects!"

"Doesn't matter—"

"Activate Trap Card, Scrap-Iron..."

"Useless useless useless!" Kiryu laughed loudly, "Hundred-Eyes Dragon gains the effect of Infernity Beast in the graveyard; when this card attacks, you cannot activate Spell/Trap cards."

Hundred-Eyes Dragon flew to Stardust Sifr's side, countless eyes illuminated, shining purple light on Stardust Dragon, causing black smoke to rise all over its body.

Yusei, LP: 3500 → 2500.

"Why?!"

"How did you lose 1000 life points?"

"Hahaha—" Kiryu laughed loudly, "Hundred-Eyes Dragon uses the effect of Infernity Doom Archfiend in the graveyard; as long as your hand is 0, the battle damage inflicted to the opponent when this card battles an opponent's monster becomes double!"

Yusei's driving became very unstable, almost falling down.

"Heh, can't you hold on anymore? Yusei, don't make me completely unsatisfied—don't forget, Hundred-Eyes Dragon, which was Synchro summoned using Infernity Doom Archfiend, can attack monsters up to 2 times in one turn!"

"Go, Hundred-Eyes Dragon, finish Yusei!"

Hundred-Eyes Dragon attacked again, slapping Yusei away with a dragon claw.

Yusei drove the car, spinning on the ground like a top, almost falling.

Boom!

He fell directly into the wall of fire and disappeared completely.

Yusei, LP: 2500 → 1500.

"Hahahahaha——" Kiryu laughed wildly, "By the way, Infernity Guardian cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects when the hand is 0!"

Kiryu exerted extreme pressure, swearing to crush Yusei's spirit completely, but—

To his shock, Yusei actually stood up to the heavy pain and rushed out of the flames, looking at him with a firm gaze.

The eyes under the goggles made Kiryu feel surprised.

"... End turn."

"My turn——" Yusei drew a card.

His clothes were already torn, dark purple flames were burning on his body, and his body was visibly suffering.

But even in this situation, he was still holding on.

The duel so far, Yusei was different from the Yusei in Tenjou Hikari's impression in every way, but to say where it was wrong, Tenjou Hikari felt that there was no problem anywhere.

Really strange.

"Activate the effect of Speed Warrior in the graveyard. Banish this card in the graveyard and target 1 Synchron monster in your graveyard. Add that monster to your hand."

"I add Junk Synchron to my hand."

"Then, activate Spell Card, Angel Scepter (Note 1). According to its effect, I draw two cards and discard one card."

He drew two cards and then casually threw Junk Synchron into the graveyard.

He looked at the cards in his hand, and cards appeared in his mind, connecting to each other, finally leading to a possibility—

Feasible!

"Activate Continuous Trap Card, Fragment of Hope!"

"When a monster on your field inflicts battle damage to the opponent, draw one card from your deck; if it's a trap, destroy this card and you can directly activate that card."

"Heh—that also requires inflicting battle damage first." Kiryu didn't comment on Yusei's behavior.

"Normal summon, Front Runner!"

A monster wearing sports shoes and hanging a gold medal ran at high speed on the field.

Front Runner, Level 4, Wind-attribute, Machine-type, ATK 1100.

"Front Runner—" Kiryu was surprised.

"That's right, Front Runner! As long as this card is on the field, the ATK of all Synchro monsters on your field increases by 600!"

Stardust Sifr, ATK: 2500 → 3100.

"It exceeded Hundred-Eyes Dragon!"

"Well done, Yusei!"

"Battle, Stardust Sifr attacks your Hundred-Eyes Dragon! Stardust Impact!"

Kiryu's car shook slightly.

"Tsk——"

Kiryu LP: 3100 → 3000.

"Because of Infernity Guardian's effect, Hundred-Eyes Dragon won't be destroyed by battle!"

"Then the effect of Fragment of Hope, I draw a card—" He drew a card, his eyes widened suddenly.

It's here!

"Fragment of Hope destroyed, activate Trap Card, Miracle Trajectory! Target 1 face-up monster on your field and activate. The opponent draws 1 card. Until the end of the turn, the monster I selected gains 1000 ATK and can attack again!"

Tenjou Hikari vaguely felt that he was reproducing a classic in front of him—this card doesn't inflict battle damage to the opponent after being OCG-ized, so Tenjou Hikari basically hasn't used it.

"Tsk——" Kiryu drew a card.

"This way, you have a hand!"

"Stardust Sifr attacks again!"

Like Hundred-Eyes Dragon attacking Yusei twice in the last turn, this time, Stardust Sifr also attacked Kiryu twice!

Stardust Sifr rode the wind and stardust, swooping down from the sky and piercing through Hundred-Eyes Dragon.

Kiryu LP: 3000 → 1900.

"... Hundred-Eyes Dragon's effect, when this card is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, add 1 card from your deck to your hand."

Outrageous.

Tenjou Hikari only felt that this thing was really outrageous.

"I choose, Earthbound Geoglyph."

"Front Runner attack!" Yusei called out to Kiryu with all his heart, "Remember quickly, Kiryu, our friendship and bonds—"

"... Activate Trap Card!" Kiryu suddenly widened his eyes, "My life is only dueling—I only believe in dueling! I won't believe you, traitor!!"

"Activate Trap Card, Honor Sacrifice!"

"Activate when your life points are 3000 or less and the opponent declares an attack. Negate that attack, special summon two 【Sacrificial Stone Stele Tokens】 on your field, and add 1 card with 【Earthbound Immortal】 in its name from your deck to your hand!"

"What?"

"I add Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu to my hand."

Earthbound Immortal...

Tenjou Hikari looked at the Earthbound Geoglyph shining with eerie blue light on the ground. He looked at his left hand, and the Hound Dark Mark also began to resonate.

This posture was as if he and Kiryu had some bond that supported him in dealing with the Signers.

Wait!

Suddenly.

Tenjou Hikari grasped the point he had ignored before.

Why did he always feel that Yusei was strange somewhere, so it was here—until now, Yusei's Signer Mark hadn't lit up!

On the contrary, Jack's Signer Mark had long started to glow!

"My turn, draw—activate Field Spell Card, Earthbound Geoglyph!"

The huge, unbelievable giant geoglyph reflected from the ground to the sky; countless people, whether in the Lower City or the Upper City, could see this terrifying, huge geoglyph.

"Has it started..." Goodwin stood with his hands behind his back, looking at this scene calmly.

A huge rock heart beat in the sky of the City.

Thump thump...

"Release the two tokens on the field as sacrifices!

Tribute Summon—

Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu!"

Suddenly, countless light spots rose from all around and flew over. Shinji looked at those light spots in surprise, and after a while, he saw that this seemed to be one person after another; there were security police, and also some people he was familiar with.

What is the situation?

"Ah—aren't these the people who used the Earthbound Geoglyph!?" Crow saw this scene and shouted in horror.

"What?" Shinji suddenly screamed.

"It's a sacrifice," Tenjou Hikari said on the side, "The call of the Earthbound Immortal requires sacrifices—requires the souls of lives to awaken them."

Shinji opened his mouth; he saw a member of the resistance army who had just come out with him to rescue his companions today, and only felt that his heart had been stabbed fiercely.

"Da... damn it, but... it doesn't matter, this is a necessary... sacrifice." He gritted his teeth, trying his best not to look at those people.

"Kiryu, what are you doing—" Yusei questioned Kiryu loudly.

"Hehehehahaha—I want to thank you, Yusei, it was you who let me draw cards and destroy Hundred-Eyes Dragon, so I could gather them!

Now, let you witness the real 【God】!"

Rumble.

In the earth, a huge stone man rose from the ground; his body was burning with blue flames, and his figure was so high that it covered the sky and the sun; even in this position, he could easily exceed the highest position of the Upper City and overlook the entire world!

Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu, Level 10, Dark-attribute, Fiend-type, ATK 3000.

"Is it another ATK level of Red Dragon Archfiend?" Carly was trembling nervously.

"Ccapac Apu attack!" Kiryu laughed loudly.

"Activate Trap Card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow—"

"Useless, Earthbound Immortals are unaffected by Spell/Trap card effects!"

"... Then meet it, Stardust, Front Runner!"

"Hehehe." The two monsters rushed up to block, but didn't expect to pass directly through Apu's palm, while Apu pointed directly at Yusei.

"What's going on?" Everyone exclaimed.

"Earthbound Immortals can attack directly," Kiryu sneered, "You're done, Yusei!"

Boom boom boom—

The giant's hand fell slowly; no one could stop it, no one could resist it.

Bang!

A blue mushroom cloud like an explosion rose out of thin air.

"Hahahahaha, hahahaha——ha——ah?"

The smoke cleared, but Yusei rushed out of the smoke unscathed.

"How is it possible?"

"I discarded this card—Battle Fader."

Battle Fader, when the opponent's monster declares a direct attack, discard this card from your hand to activate. Negate that attack, and after that, the battle phase ends.

Kiryu remembered the effect of this card.

"Tsk, just playing little tricks... " Kiryu saw this but didn't care, "Earthbound Immortals cannot be touched—you cannot select him as an attack target. Likewise, because he is on the field, you cannot attack directly either. You've lost, Yusei!"

"Hahahahaha——this world, it seems it's about to end immediately. Let me think about how to create this new world after I become the messenger of the Sole God? Hmm, sure enough, remove the merchants and everything else, and just leave the duelists. Hahahahaha——"

Yusei looked at the hand on his left side, the card he hadn't used all along, and fell into a long silence.

"No."

"Hmm?"

"I said no," Yusei opened his mouth calmly, "There is one more possibility."

"I don't believe that hope will be cut off, and I don't hope that this world is destined to have only an apocalypse."

Kiryu narrowed his eyes.

Yusei closed his eyes, as if returning to that white world.

That desolate wilderness after the apocalypse where even breathing didn't exist.

【The battle between gods repeats endlessly, have you really made up your mind to help one side?】

【Is it the positive pole, or the negative pole?】

【But it's useless, no matter which side, this is the last choice for humanity.】

【Humanity... has no hope, unless... from the very beginning, cut off "Synchro."】

"No!"

He suddenly widened his eyes.

Flames, storms, the breath of the Earthbound Immortal, shook his body wildly.

Click—

The helmet, which had already suffered countless impacts, finally cracked, and thus, Yusei's current face was revealed under the helmet.

"Yusei!?" "Yusei!" Jack and Crow exclaimed at the same time.

"How could this be!" "What is this—" The two women couldn't help but cover their mouths, not daring to look at the screen.

"You..." Kiryu forgot even his anger and hatred for a time.

The Yusei behind him, the right half of his face, seemed to be eroded by something eerie, madly emitting black smoke.

No.

It wasn't black smoke, but... numbers?

That appearance was as if he had caught some bizarre infectious disease. It was also like being parasitized by a cyber evil god and growing tentacles crazily.

No wonder—

No wonder Yusei hadn't appeared in public during this time, no wonder Yusei hadn't even taken off his helmet during this time.

"It doesn't matter, this is just a symptom of being incompatible with the 【Artificial God】," Yusei didn't care about the pain in his body and focused on the duel, "Kiryu, I believe—in your heart, you are still our partner!

I believe that as long as everyone, as long as everyone overcomes difficulties together, then we can definitely correct the apocalypse of our world!

Since Hikari can shout 【Fusion is the noblest summoning method】, then we cannot and should not fear the power of 【Synchro】!"

"What are you talking about—"

"What I want to say is... sorry. Kiryu—draw."

He glanced at the card he drew: "Activate Spell Card, Shallow Grave."

"Is it, is it a spell card that lets both sides special summon monsters!!?" Carly exclaimed.

"That guy—"

"You..." Kiryu looked at his friend blankly.

"I know you've experienced pain, I know you've experienced death, I know you don't believe me. But it doesn't matter—I will use drawing cards, use helping you revive monsters, to make you believe, to make you understand my thoughts."

"According to the effect of Shallow Grave, both sides each select 1 monster from the graveyard and cover it on their field."

"I choose... Stardust Dragon."

"Hundred-Eyes Dragon..."

"Then, I release the Stardust Dragon covered on the field, and the Stardust Sifr on the field."

"Release?" Everyone watching the battle was confused.

"Ah? Take two Stardusts?!" Shinji exclaimed.

Tenjou Hikari widened his eyes when he heard this.

Shhh shhh—

The two monsters turned into starlight and dissipated.

A ball of fire burned on Yusei's hand.

Then, the flames were thrown into the air, and a human face observed the human world through a mirror, showing a compassionate smile.

Immediately after, mechanical limbs, shields, and wings appeared at the same time!

"Normal summon, Timelord Metaion!"

Timelord Metaion, Level 10, Fire-attribute, Fairy-type, ATK 0!

That card Yusei had held in his hand from the beginning and didn't want to use all along!

Zzz—zzz zzz—

Yusei couldn't help but instinctively cover his right eye; the current even scorched it, emitting a burst of burnt smell. Only then did Kiryu realize why Yusei didn't have any fear after experiencing the attacks of Hundred-Eyes Dragon and the Earthbound Immortal.

Because he was already used to pain!

"But, its ATK is only 0!"

"It doesn't matter—Metaion attacks Hundred-Eyes Dragon!"

"Are you crazy, Hundred-Eyes Dragon's DEF is 2500! You will lose the duel directly—"

"Battle damage received by Timelord is 0."

Metaion held his hands in front of him, rubbed a ball of fire very casually, hit the covered monster, and then just floated there, looking at the Earthbound Immortal with interest.

What's the point of this?

Kiryu didn't understand.

Holy light slowly replaced the geoglyph in the sky; unknowingly, the sky seemed to brighten.

"Metaion's effect, activate at the end of the battle phase where this card battled. All monsters on the field other than this card return to the owner's hand, inflict 300 damage to the opponent for each."

"!!"

"Good, this way, whether it's Hundred-Eyes Dragon or the Earthbound Immortal, they're all solved!" Carly shouted excitedly, turning to look at Jack, hoping to hear Jack's agreement.

But when she turned her head, she saw Jack looking at the ground blankly, as if he were a fool.

Crow's helmet fell to the ground without him knowing, but he had no reaction at all.

At this moment, they finally realized.

Yusei had abandoned his identity as a 【Signer】 without them knowing!

He wanted to win this 【Sole God】 victory as a 【Human】—he wanted to take the power to the human side!

So, he accepted human body modification!

At this time, the few hundred points of damage made Kiryu not care so much; instead, he opened his mouth and looked at Yusei blankly.

The Earthbound Immortal and the Timelord collided in the air, and the two real "gods" erupted with terrifying fluctuations.

"Ugh—"

"Ah—"

Yusei felt that he was increasingly unable to control the power of the god, and Kiryu also felt the anger coming from the Earthbound Immortal.

Zzz—

Bang!

Explosions started everywhere in the geoglyph.

All the power began to run wild.

Clang—

Yusei couldn't hold on for long after all and was blown off the car.

And Kiryu wasn't much better; under the backlash of the Earthbound Immortal's power, purple flames instantly swallowed him!

Tenjou Hikari saw this, hurriedly got on his D-Wheel, and jumped down towards the bottom.

Didn't expect...

In the end, it was still "unscrewing the bolt," huh.

No wonder Yusei would ask him for help now.

(End of chapter)