Chapter 1090: Brothers' Bonds

Two "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" and two "Galaxy Knight" cards, both Level 8, totaling three monsters played in succession!

Three torrents of light tore through the heavens; Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon raised its head and let out a long cry, its silvery body suddenly bursting forth with supernova-like brilliance, each dragon scale transforming into flowing starlight. The armor of both Galaxy Knights shattered simultaneously, revealing their inner cores of pure starlight, like two burning holy swords piercing the clouds.

It was as if the galaxy had begun to boil; the once-serene star bands now surged like angry seas, as if nebulae tens of thousands of light-years away were being pulled by an invisible force, forming a splendid celestial sphere above the battlefield. The spinning stars, wrapped in crimson comet tails, resembled a gestating supernova.

Kaito: "Roaring galaxy, now become the tide of light, reveal your form! Descend! My soul! Super Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!"

First to form was the dragon's claw. Countless light particles coalesced like molten iron being poured, the long dragon spine swinging and flinging out fire waves like solar prominences. As the skull, covered in star-dust armor, emerged from the galactic vortex, the air seemed to tremble. Within the newborn dragon's eyes flowed nebulae; each exhalation felt like the scorching energy of a star.

【Super Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, ATK 4500】

Even those in the city were somewhat surprised: "Such formidable spirit—this youth still hides such a trump card."

"Have you prepared your repentance!?"

Kaito roared loudly.

"When Super Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon successfully Xyz Summons, the effects of all face-up cards on the field outside this card are negated!"

A transparent, scorching heat wave erupted centered on the Photon Dragon, as if the dragon were declaring its supreme sovereignty on this field. Even the three gleaming Seal Spears that had sealed Kaito's field attacks were torn to shreds before this devastating force.

The attack restriction of the Light Seal Spears is hereby lifted.

"And then Super Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, attack 'Insect Queen Armored Centipede'!"

Crimson energy seemed to be drawn from all directions, condensing before Super Galaxy-Eyes into several dazzling orbs of light; those orbs connected like world-destroying power, instantly erupting into a spiral firestorm.

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP1600】

This strike will directly inflict 2900 damage, achieving a one-hit KO!

This is Kaito's desperate counterattack—a move he and Yuto forged together in hope!

Boom!!!

A skyward smoke screen swept across Fujiki You Xuan's field; the exploding light wave momentarily obscured vision.

However, this berserk state seems to impose a considerable burden on Kaito himself. At this moment, he struggles to catch his breath, gazing at the thick smoke before him.

However.

Fujiki You Xuan: "Oh dear, truly perilous."

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP2700】

Kaito: "!"

He poured his entire soul into that strike, yet failed to finish it—instead, the opponent's life points seem to have increased?

"Trap Card 'Power Bowl Super Z'." Fujiki You Xuan smiled, "Can be activated when I am about to take over 2000 battle damage, restoring 4000 life points."

"Oh oh, this isn't my card!" Jonouchi exclaimed, suddenly feeling a sense of kinship.

Kaito gritted his teeth.

Even Super Galaxy-Eyes

"What a pity," Fujiki You Xuan smiled, "that thing, Super Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, is 'Super Quantity Killer,' right? If I were using an Xyz Monster, I might truly have been killed by you in one turn."

Kaito: "!"

Indeed, Fujiki You Xuan is correct. Super Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon is a Super Quantity Killer, and it can only unleash its full power against Xyz Monsters.

Because Super Galaxy-Eyes's effect is: by removing one Xyz Material, it can remove all Xyz Materials from the opponent's face-up Xyz Monsters on the field. For each Xyz Material removed by this effect, Super Galaxy-Eyes's ATK increases by 500, and this turn it can make that many attacks.

For example, if the opponent's field has one "Abyss Dweller" holding two Xyz Materials, then Super Galaxy-Eyes will send both materials to the graveyard, raising its own ATK to 5500, and allowing two attacks this turn.

Two strikes with over 5000 ATK can basically send a person flying.

Moreover, if the opponent's field has more Xyz Monsters and more Xyz Materials, Super Galaxy-Eyes might possibly stack up to six or seven thousand ATK in one go, unleashing three to five attacks in a single turn—truly a god-tier annihilator in the Xyz Dimension.

But when facing non-Xyz opponents, its power is greatly diminished.

Kaito said darkly: "Just who are you? And what do you know?"

Fujiki You Xuan—this person is clearly not from the Xyz Dimension, so why does he know the effects of my cheat-printed cards?

Fujiki You Xuan smiled, yet did not answer.

Kaito let out a long breath, glanced at his hand.

Even Super Galaxy-Eyes wasn't instantly defeated—the situation is indeed unfavorable. I can already foresee that next turn, the opponent will likely be a Hornet Chain Bomb.

But he has already deciphered the opponent's deck's attack pattern, and still has a final countermeasure.

"Set one card, end turn."

Fujiki You Xuan: "Then my turn, draw."

Fujiki You Xuan gestured.

"Activate the effect of 'Super Evolution Cocoon' from the Graveyard. During my Main Phase, banish this card from the Graveyard, then return one Insect-Type monster from the Graveyard to the Deck, afterward draw one card."

Fujiki You Xuan revealed the Mantis from the Graveyard.

"Return 'Insect Queen Armored Mantis' from the Graveyard to the Deck, then draw one card."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card.

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Next came, just as Kaito had predicted, the violent rhythm of the Insect Queen Armor, like a yang scheme.

"Normal Summon 'Insect Queen Armored Damselfly' from hand."

【Insect Queen Armored Damselfly, ATK 1000】

"Damselfly's effect: once per turn, can equip one Insect Queen Armor monster from hand or Graveyard." Fujiki You Xuan said, "I equip 'Insect Queen Armored Hornet' from the Graveyard."

"This is exactly what I've been waiting for!"

Kaito roared loudly.

"Activate Set Card, Trap Card 'Rift to Another Dimension'!" The Hornet just selected had no time to fake death before a massive rift appeared in the sky, as if leading to the other side of dimensions. Endless gravity seemed like an invisible hand grabbing it, pulling the Hornet toward that rift.

"Rift to Another Dimension can choose an Attribute, then banish up to two monsters of that Attribute from both Graveyards!"

Kaito said.

I will of course choose the Dark attribute!

Then I will remove the Dark attribute's 'Insect Armor Unit - Hornet' and 'Insect Armor Unit - Centipede' from your graveyard from the game!

Both the Hornet and the Centipede were removed.

"I see!" City Inside suddenly understood.

Endless equipment, endless bomb cards, after bombing cards, special summoning and re-equipping, it seems endless. But in this process, the existence of the Hornet in the graveyard is the core of the entire system's operation.

Without the Hornet, the Insect Armor Units lose the key ammunition used for bomb cards, and subsequent effects cannot be triggered.

The action of the Damselfly equipping the Hornet was interrupted, and this entire process came to a halt.

"As expected of Kaito, even though this is our first clash, you found the key so quickly." Fujiki You Xuan said.

Kaito said in a deep voice: "This way, you should no longer be able to use the Hornet to destroy my 'Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon'."

The attack power of Galaxy-Eyes is 4500, and at this moment Kaito has already seen that the opponent's deck is centered around continuously bombing cards, and from the beginning had no intention of engaging in direct combat with big monsters. In that case, the opponent should find it very difficult to summon a monster with attack power exceeding that of Galaxy-Eyes.

"Your thinking is not bad." Fujiki You Xuan said, "but the effect of 'Insect Armor Unit - Damselfly' has already been activated and not yet processed.

The Damselfly can equip one Insect Armor Unit monster from hand or graveyard as its own equipment. Furthermore, this effect activates first, then selects the equipment target, and is not a target effect.

Therefore, even if you removed the Hornet, I can still choose another Insect Armor Unit to equip."

Fujiki You Xuan then revealed another Insect Armor Unit card from his hand.

"I equip 'Insect Armor Unit - Locust' from my hand."

In the previous turn, I retrieved the Insect Armor Unit from hand, and Fujiki You Xuan then equipped it onto the Damselfly as well.

"The monster equipped with the Locust has its level increased by 4 stars."

【Insect Armor Unit - Damselfly, LV3→LV7】

"Next, I special summon 'Big Eater' from my hand!"

【Big Eater, attack power 300】

"Big Eater, when there is an Xyz monster on the opponent's field, can be special summoned from hand." Fujiki You Xuan said, "and when this effect successfully special summons, choose one monster on the opponent's field and reduce its attack power by 300 points."

【Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, attack power 4500→attack power 4200】

"Next, I activate the spell card 'Level Up'!" Fujiki You Xuan said, "make all monsters on my field have the same level as the highest-level monster! (Original card)

Now the highest-level monster on the field is 'Insect Armor Unit - Damselfly', level 7, so Big Eater's level also becomes 7."

"Make the levels the same"

Kaito's pupils contracted.

"Could it be that you want to."

"Yeah." Fujiki You Xuan smiled, "since I'm entertaining guests from the Xyz Dimension, I naturally want to use this to properly entertain them.

I overlay the level-seven 'Insect Armor Unit - Damselfly' and 'Big Eater' two monsters!

Using two monsters to construct an overlay network, Xyz summon! Appear—

——NO. 11 Big Eye!!!

The energy of the Xyz burst forth, a white cone-shaped colossus descended in that chaotic vortex. The "NO. 11" numbering appeared in the void, a gigantic single eye as if opening from ancient slumber, its gaze gripping the soul.

【NO. 11 Big Eye, attack power 2600】

"'NO.!' Kaito clenched his fists, 'you bastard, clearly you are from the Fusion Dimension, why can you wield 'NO.'!?"

"Well, I think it's probably because I'm handsome." Fujiki You Xuan said.

Kaito: "?"

"So even 'NO.' will submit to me." Fujiki You Xuan said solemnly.

Kaito: "."

"The effect of 'NO. 11 Big Eye' activates! Once per turn, remove one Xyz material, gain control of one opponent's monster!"

Hand over your Tama Shi!

The ability of Big Eye activated, as if eye-shaped ripples shot from that enormous single eye. The enormous eye pattern reflected on Galaxy-Eyes, the latter's entire body flames flickered erratically, then suddenly vanished into thin air.

The next moment, a transparent spatial ripple appeared on Fujiki You Xuan's field, followed by Galaxy-Eyes arriving on Fujiki You Xuan's field.

Kaito clenched his fists, trembling slightly with rage: "Newborn, you actually severed the bond between me and Yang Dou"

"Truly impolite, I am actually very loving."

Fujiki You Xuan shrugged.

"Look, I will specially use your brothers' bond to send you off on your final journey.

Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, attack Kaito directly!"

Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon raised its head, dual eyes bursting with piercing red light. Before it, the air began to distort and tremble, three crimson light balls condensed out of nowhere. These light balls jumped with flame-like energy ripples on their surfaces, interiors seeming to have molten lava rolling within.

Accompanied by a heaven-shaking dragon roar, the three light balls shot out simultaneously, drawing scorching trajectories in the air, exploding on impact into ten-meter-diameter fire rings, towering fire pillars and thick black smoke swallowing everything.

【Kaito, LP1600→LP0】

(End of chapter)