Chapter 1345: Undead Synchro

Bakura: "'Flash Bomb's effect: force this turn to end!"

Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, the text displayed on both Duel Disks changed to "End Phase". It wasn't just the common forced end of the Battle Phase, but a forced end to the entire turn, to the point where he couldn't even set cards in the back row to set up defenses... of course, Dartz couldn't have done that anyway.

Because his front and back rows were already filled by his Mirror Knights, there wasn't a single empty slot left, so he couldn't summon monsters or set new cards.

However, this meant Dartz didn't have the opportunity to replenish new counters for the token that had lost its "Mirror Counter". Thus, the Mirror Knight that had just battled lost the shield in its hand, and would be destroyed by battle if attacked again.

"You just survived one more turn using a trap's effect," Dartz said. "You're just bluffing."

Bakura yawned lazily.

"Whether I'm bluffing or not, you'll know soon enough... Alright, the playing is about done. Your performance was okay, I believe you can probably be considered a formidable opponent in this era, but how should I put it... that's about the extent of it. So next..."

Bakura suddenly changed from the lazy, unmotivated attitude he had held until just now, seemingly finally becoming serious, or perhaps the beast that had been dormant all along finally bared its fangs.

He smiled: "... It's my turn."

Dartz's expression tightened.

He could actually feel, more or less, that the opponent had just been playing around until now, holding a relaxed mindset, even somewhat like he was looking forward to seeing him perform.

But from now on, it was different.

Now, this guy was going to get serious.

"My turn, draw!" Bakura shouted. "First, activate the Magic Card 'Hand Destruction' from my hand! Both players discard their entire hands, then draw the same number of cards from their Decks."

Dartz followed suit and discarded his entire hand into the Graveyard with the opponent, then redrew his cards. But throughout the entire process, his gaze remained focused on Bakura, not blinking once, as if afraid that a moment of distraction would cause him to miss a critical moment.

"Then, among the cards I just discarded was this one, the Magic Card 'Compensation of the Treasure'. This card is sent from the hand to the Graveyard, and I draw two cards from my Deck."

Bakura drew two more cards, then revealed that slightly manic, excited expression, as if looking forward to the unfolding events.

"I summon 'Zombie Master'!"

A man with a face as pale as wallpaper appeared on the field, laughing maniacally under the moonlight, raising his hands high like a sorcerer casting a spell.

【Zombie Master, ATK 1800】

"The true power of the Undead is only just about to be revealed!"

Bakura shouted.

"'Zombie Master's effect activates! Once per turn, send one monster from your hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon any Level 4 or lower Undead-type monster from your own or your opponent's Graveyard to your field!"

Bakura sent a monster card from his hand to the Graveyard.

"I am going to revive this Undead, 'Shuten-Doji', from the Graveyard!"

The monster had a head of explosive blonde hair like a Super Saiyan, the skin of a red-faced demon, and held a gourd with a large "Wine" character written on it. Its figure was crooked, with a red face and fangs.

【Shuten-Doji, ATK 1500】

Bakura: "And the monster sent to the Graveyard when I activated Zombie Master's effect just now was 'Eclipse Wyvern'! Eclipse Wyvern's effect also activated when it was sent to the Graveyard!"

"When this card is sent to the Graveyard, I can banish a Light or Dark-attribute Dragon-type monster of Level 7 or higher from my Deck."

He took a card that automatically popped out of his Deck, threw it into the air, and that card was instantly sucked into a dark interdimensional vortex.

"I banish the Dark-attribute Dragon-type 'Darkest Diabolos, Lord of the Lair' from my Deck!"

Then Bakura raised his arm high and shouted as he flipped over a back-row card: "Activate face-down card, Continuous Trap 'Cycle of the World'!

Once per turn, declare a Type, and this card can change all monsters in both Graveyards to that corresponding Type. The Type I am declaring, of course, is Undead!"

The trap's power was released, replacing the effect of something like the field spell "Zombie World", briefly changing everything in both Graveyards to Undead-type.

"Next is the Quick-Play Magic 'Burial from a Different Dimension'. This card allows up to three banished monsters to return to their owner's Graveyard."

Bakura revealed the three monster cards that had already been banished, which were the three monsters that had been fired as "Dark Armed Dragon" ammunition in the previous turn.

"Return the three banished monsters to the Graveyard!"

Bakura: "Then activate 'Shuten-Doji's' monster effect! Shuten-Doji can choose to activate one of his effects, 1 or 2, once per turn. Now I am using effect 1: banish two Undead-type monsters from the Graveyard to draw one card from my Deck!"

Dartz understood: "Because of 'Cycle of the World's' effect, all monsters currently in your Graveyard are Undead-type."

"Correct, so it means I can banish any two monsters from the Graveyard to draw one card from my Deck!"

Bakura said, and two monster cards in the Graveyard already floated out of thin air. Shuten-Doji took a large gulp of wine, and his mouth seemed to spit out an endless cyclone, sucking those two cards into the dark vortex and making them disappear without a trace.

"I banish 'Goblin Zombie' and 'Eclipse Wyvern' from the Graveyard to draw one card."

Bakura drew another card and continued.

"And at this moment, 'Eclipse Wyvern's' other effect also activated! When 'Eclipse Wyvern' in the Graveyard is banished, the Dragon-type monster previously banished by this card's effect can be added to the hand."

"Therefore, I add 'Darkest Diabolos, Lord of the Lair' from my Deck to my hand!"

Bakura: "Next, I activate the Magic Card 'Allure of Darkness', draw two cards from my Deck, then banish one Dark-attribute monster from my hand."

"I draw two cards, then banish the Diabolos I just searched from the game."

Bakura drew two more cards.

"Then I want to activate the effect of 'Plaguespreader Zombie' in the Graveyard," Bakura said. "'Plaguespreader Zombie' can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard by returning one card from my hand to the top of the Deck."

He inserted a card from his hand to the top of the Deck, and at the same time, a certain eerie and terrifying zombie jumped out from the Graveyard onto the field.

【Plaguespreader Zombie, ATK 400】

If You Xuan were here, seeing this series of operations, especially seeing a monster with such iconic recognizability as "Plaguespreader Zombie", he would have long since recognized what kind of deck Bakura was using at this moment.

This was also a top-tier deck that once led the trend, becoming the mainstream environment of the island nation's national tournament in the early 2008 Synchro era with an 80% participation rate, and ultimately winning the championship with the Undead-type's powerful explosive ability.

Undead Synchro!

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