Chapter 1502: New Onomatopoeia [1

"The battle is only just beginning!" Shun shouted, "Directly enter the Battle Phase! Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon, attack!"

At Black-Feather Shun's command, the red falcon's body immediately began to burn, its entire form seemingly wrapped in raging flames as it began to charge up.

Yuma: "This guy is also using a monster with low attack power..."

"Do not be careless, Yuma. There must be a special effect," Astral reminded him.

Black-Feather Shun: "Blaze Falcon's effect! When this card has Xyz Material, Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon can attack the opponent directly!"

"Ah!" Yuma said, "It's actually a direct attack effect!"

If the original form of Hope were on the field, he could have used Hope's "detach one Xyz Material to negate an attack" effect to defend against this strike. But at this moment, Hope had already ranked up and evolved into the Lightning Emperor, which focused more on offensive finishing power; while its aggression had increased, it had lost its original defensive capabilities.

The Lightning Emperor naturally could not defend against this face-to-face effect, and the burning falcon flew straight past the Hope on the front field and struck Yuma directly. Yuma crossed his arms to block, his body staggering back two steps in the sweeping whirlwind of flames.

【Yuma, LP3900→LP2900】

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." Yuma grimaced, but soon smiled again, "A direct attack is really too much. But it's only 1,000 attack power; I can still take that much."

Black-Feather Shun said gloomily: "Blaze Falcon's effect doesn't stop there. When Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon inflicts battle damage to the opponent, I can choose one monster on the opponent's field as a target and destroy that monster directly!"

"?" Yuma was startled, "You're going to destroy Hope too?"

Astral also said: "Not only does it have the ability to actively destroy all Special Summoned monsters on the opponent's field, but it also comes with an additional card-destroying effect after a direct attack... This falcon is indeed not to be underestimated."

Shun: "This time, let me destroy you for real, Lightning Emperor!"

Flames seemed to rise out of thin air, instantly wrapping around the Lightning Emperor's entire body. The latter was burned to ashes in the flames in an instant, and the last trace of lingering golden light dissipated from the field.

"I set one card, turn end," Shun said in a low voice, "Our city will never let you advance even half a step."

"So I'm saying..." Yuma scratched his head, "What exactly do you mean by your city? We have no hostility..."

"What is the point of putting on such a clumsy performance at this late stage?"

Black-Feather Shun said coldly.

"All cities that have come to this Survival Dimension can only fight for their own survival; everyone is an enemy," Shun said icily, "If you don't fight, you can't survive. Any 'city' is forced into a life-or-death struggle with others."

"It has nothing to do with justice, nothing to do with right or wrong, only survival."

He clenched his fists, his expression resentful.

"Yes, only survival. To survive, to keep dueling for one's own companions and one's own city, and to win until the end—that is the only law of this dimension."

Yuma was very surprised: "Cities and dueling and all that... isn't that too much? Isn't this just using the power of dueling to hurt each other?"

Yugi, who was on the side, was also thoughtful: "Is this the law of this dimension?"

The so-called Survival Dimension, as the name suggests, is a dimension where all duelists fight for survival. Here, no one has a choice; a duelist's victory or defeat does not just concern themselves, but forces them to bet on the "city" they represent, and bet on their companions and everyone around them.

"What's wrong? My turn has already ended," Black-Feather Shun shouted, "If you don't want to duel, surrender early. If you don't crave victory, then I will take it, and I will continue to fight to the end with my 'city'!"

"I will never accept such a thing!" Yuma said, "Dueling is not a tool for meaningless harm. If the rules of this world are like this, then we... no, we will correct them!

My turn, draw!"

Yuma drew another card.

Astral looked at him, the corner of his mouth twitching into a slight smile.

"As expected of you, Yuma," Astral said calmly, "That is fine. Always soaring into the sky, always moving forward—with you like this, any obstacle can be overcome."

"You're being too distant; it should be 'us' together," Yuma chuckled.

Astral closed his eyes and smiled: "Yes, us together."

When he opened his eyes again, a golden glow had already flashed through them.

"ZEXAL, Yuma."

"Right!"

And so, the two of them raised their arms high together.

Astral: "Take my soul!"

Yuma: "And mine!"

"Overlay!"

Shun: "What the hell!?"

Then, red and blue lights were seen shooting up into the sky from the opposite side, intersecting and overlapping like monster Xyz effects.

"When two distant souls intersect, the legendary power will appear!"

In the intersecting light, it was as if particles were reconstructing a new body, with an even more explosive hairstyle and iconic armor, as golden sacred light circled the warrior's new form.

"ZEXAL!"

Black-Feather Shun expressed that he didn't understand but was greatly shocked: "The duelist... Xyz summoned?"

"Correct, this is the power of ZEXAL!" Yuma said after merging, "Activate the Quick-Play Spell, Card Destruction!"

"This card allows both of us to discard two cards from our hands, and then draw two more cards."

Two cards were discarded. Shun frowned slightly, carefully examining the brand-new form of the opponent after the transformation, but said nothing, only following suit by discarding two cards and drawing new ones along with his opponent.

"And one of the cards I just discarded was Card of Sanctity," Yuma said, "When this card is discarded from the hand, I draw two cards from my deck!"

The Spell Card image drifted across the sky, and Yuma subsequently drew two new cards into his hand.

"Next, I activate the Spell Card Onomatopaira," Yuma sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard and said, "Onomatopaira requires discarding one card from the hand to the Graveyard to activate. I can add up to one each of 'Zubaba', 'Gagaga', 'Gogogo', or 'Dododo' monsters from my deck to my hand, for a total of up to two!"

Two cards popped out of Yuma's deck, which he drew into his hand.

"I add 'Utopic Onomatopoeia' and 'Dododo Dwarf - Gogogo Glove' from my deck to my hand." Yuma added the two cards to his hand, while specifically explaining, "'Utopic Onomatopoeia' can be treated as all Onomatopoeia monsters according to the rules, so it can also be searched by 'Onomatopaira'."

Afterward, he directly slapped down this monster called Utopia.

"Normal Summon Utopic Onomatopoeia!"