Chapter 1024

"Duel!"

The engine of Fujiki You Xuan's D-Wheel erupted with star-like blue flames, and the wings condensed from magic power on both sides were as clear as crystal. The wings transformed from Silent's magic power refracted the starlight, flapping rhythmically with the rhythm of the climb, leaving behind fine light dust in the air. The tires rolled over the invisible airflow, and the entire motorcycle rose vertically as if lifted by an angel's hand.

Both sides continued to increase their altitude. The city below gradually shrank into a glowing chessboard, the glass curtain walls reflecting the moonlight, and the traffic looked like a slowly moving swarm of fireflies. The two of them were frozen into silhouettes among the clouds. Fujiki You Xuan's wings suddenly unfolded with full force, setting off a ring-shaped air wave. In the sound of the wind at an altitude of three hundred meters, the mechanical sound of the Duel Disk unfolding could be heard.

"I've been looking forward to a duel with Zone for a long time." Fujiki You Xuan said with a light smile, "Even if it's just a knock-off."

He felt that although the knock-off imitated the personality and deck, it was probably not as good as the original. But even so, it should not be underestimated.

Especially since the other party said that the deck he used was the same as the real Zone's, and was the highest crystallization of Zone's lifelong research. With this sentence, Fujiki You Xuan was basically convinced of the deck the other party was using.

Fake Zone's first move: "My turn, draw."

The other party manipulated that huge mechanical arm, and fingers as thick as metal claws drew a card from the deck.

"I Special Summon 'Time Maiden'."

Although he said he was summoning, he didn't see a Duel Disk, or at least not a Duel Disk in the traditional sense.

The fake Zone's dueling equipment was similar to Zone's in the anime. He threw the card in his hand directly. The monster card floated directly in front of his floating equipment and opened the vortex of the summon.

The monster had a tall posture, and a faint ghostly light lingered around her body, as if the flow of time around her had become slow and clear. She had long hair as deep as the night sky, and starlight-like light flickered faintly between her hair strands.

【Time Maiden, ATK 0】

"Time Maiden cannot be Normal Summoned, and can be Special Summoned if there are no cards on your field." (Original effect)

The fake Zone said.

"However, when this card is Tributed for the Tribute Summon of an Angel-Type monster, one monster can be treated as two."

Therefore, I Tribute Time Maiden as two monsters!"

Time Maiden's body became transparent, and energy was released. The body split into two, turning into two clones, and then the two clones disintegrated into light spots.

"Tribute Summon, appear—"

"—Metaion, the Timelord!!!"

The curtain of time and space was torn apart by divine power, and ten thousand feet of golden light poured down from the sky. Metaion, the Timelord slowly descended in the brilliant torrent of light. The metal body shone with eternal luster, and a human face was sealed in the inverted triangle crystal on the chest. The face was sometimes compassionate and sometimes majestic, and the image was quite terrifying.

【Metaion, the Timelord, ATK 0】

Zone, who was watching the battle from a lower altitude, muttered: "So it really is the Timelords."

This was indeed the main trump card deck he was currently using, the eleven Timelords originating from the Kabbalah Tree of Life, possessing divine power comparable to gods.

"Finally, set one card, turn end."

The fake Zone said in a muddy voice.

"Alright, it's your turn, King of another world. With the Timelords as your opponent, if you have the confidence to surpass the power of gods, then come and try."

"The power of gods? Honestly, I've seen plenty of all kinds of strange gods."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled lightly.

Well, it was true that this was his first time facing the Timelords.

However, the reason why Zone's Timelords in the original work were so tough, forcing Yusei and Aporia into desperate situations, was partly because each Timelord's effect was very powerful, but Fujiki You Xuan felt that a more important factor was the information gap. All Timelords could be said to be unconventional monsters. If you didn't know the effects of the Timelords in advance and didn't prepare countermeasures, it was indeed very easy to capsize on these gods.

But conversely, if you knew the effects of each Timelord and the common characteristics of the Timelords, you could design countermeasures in advance. In this way, in Fujiki You Xuan's view, the Timelords were actually not that invincible.

"My turn, draw."

Fujiki You Xuan said.

"Activate the Spell Card 'Takeover5'."

"When this card is activated, send five cards from the top of the deck to the Graveyard." (Original card)

Fujiki You Xuan drew five cards in one breath and pushed them into the Graveyard one by one.

"The Timelords should have opponents suitable for the Timelords. Let's use this deck to be your opponent."

Fujiki You Xuan played a card from his hand.

"Normal Summon 'Abyss Soldier'!"

A burst of water appeared out of thin air at an altitude of hundreds of meters, as if forming a water iris. A trident slashed through the iris, and an armored Sea-Serpent warrior stepped on the water.

【Abyss Soldier, ATK 1800】

"Abyss Soldier?" The fake Zone frowned slightly.

"Activate the effect of Abyss Soldier." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Discard one Water-attribute monster from your hand, and choose one card on the field to return to the owner's hand."

Fujiki You Xuan sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard.

"I discard a card from my hand to bounce 'Metaion, the Timelord' back to the hand!"

Fake Zone: "!"

Bounce back!?

The real Zone below also frowned slightly and smiled lightly under the heavy iron mask.

"Oh? Interesting, you know the weakness of the Timelords before the battle even starts?"

Timelords are basically 10-star big monsters, and most of their ATK is 0. Moreover, these Timelords also have common abilities: they cannot be destroyed by battle or effects, and the battle damage to their own side is 0.

In addition, each Timelord can activate its own exclusive effect after battle, which is generally very tough. For example, Metaion: at the end of the Battle Phase after battle, all monsters on the opponent's field are returned to the owner's hand, and the opponent is dealt 300 points of damage for each monster returned to the hand by this effect.

Cannot be destroyed, and must clear the field after battle—it was precisely this almost foul-level power that made Yusei struggle in the anime.

But obviously, the resistance of the Timelords is limited to "destruction," but they have no resistance to effects like Abyss Soldier's bounce back to the hand.

This is why a Timelord could make all the Synchro Dragons, the trump cards of the Signers, helpless, but was countered by such an inconspicuous 4-star small monster, Abyss Soldier.

Abyss Soldier suddenly waved the trident in his hand, as if responding to some ancient summon, and seawater quickly gathered from the surrounding void, forming a rapid stream of water.

The water stream, accompanied by the trajectory of the trident's waving, was like a silver lightning bolt, heading straight for Metaion, the Timelord. In an instant, the water stream tightly wrapped around Metaion, the Timelord, and the huge impact made it difficult to resist. Metaion seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand, and finally turned into a stream of light and returned to the fake Zone's hand.

The look in the fake Zone's eyes under the mask suddenly became a bit complicated.

"You guy... do you know the weakness of the Timelords?"

(End of chapter)