Chapter 415: Powerful power always comes with risks

True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, summon!

"True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack 'Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning'!" Kaiba shouted, "Ultimate Burst Stream!!!"

The three mouths of the Ultimate Dragon opened simultaneously, the white light like a torrent of destruction.

"Then I activate my face-down card at this moment," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Trap card 'Self-Destruct Draw'."

"If the total attack power of all face-up Attack Position monsters on my field is lower than the monster with the lowest attack power on the opponent's field, I draw two cards from my deck. However, during the turn this card is activated, I cannot summon monsters in any form, nor can I change the battle positions of monsters." (Original effect)

After this card was released as a physical card, its effect was basically the same, only adding the restriction that there must be at least two monsters on one's own field. However, its practicality was greatly discounted.

"You only have 'True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' on your field, so the Ultimate Dragon is the monster with the lowest attack power. The Envoy of the Beginning's attack power is lower than the Ultimate Dragon's."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card from his deck.

"Therefore, I draw two cards."

The Ultimate Dragon's bombardment swept in, the terrifying impact carrying a momentum that destroyed everything in its path; even the Black Luster Soldier was powerless to resist. His shield lasted only half a second before shattering in the white light, and immediately after, he himself was swallowed by the radiance and left the field.

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP4000 → LP2500】

Fujiki You Xuan raised his arm to block in front of him, the incandescent energy and shockwave rolling over him domineeringly.

"As expected of President Kaiba, not so easily stopped."

"Right!" Judai thought of something, "The True Ultimate Dragon can attack three times in one turn, doesn't that mean..."

The field was cleared once again, and Fujiki You Xuan still had to face the True Ultimate Dragon's two consecutive attacks!

Even the invincible Kuriboh could only block one shot; it was powerless before the Ultimate Dragon's great might.

Kaiba waved his hand.

The evolved him had even surpassed that small-fry monster Kuriboh!

"In the end, are you only a duelist of this caliber!? Is this as far as you can go after all!?"

Kaiba looked up and shouted.

"True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's direct attack! Ultimate Burst Stream, second strike!"

The world-shattering impact, the radiance flashing in the white dragon's mouth, seemed to be declaring the end of this match.

Fujiki You Xuan revealed a card from his hand.

"Then, the effect of 'Kiteroid'," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Discard this card from my hand to make the battle damage from one direct attack 0."

The invincible kite appeared on the field, its translucent body turning into a barrier in front, and even the Ultimate Dragon's shockwave couldn't shake it by even half a point.

"Then the third strike!" Kaiba shouted.

"Kiteroid activates its second effect from the Graveyard," Fujiki You Xuan said. "While this card exists in the Graveyard, I have one chance to make the battle damage from a direct attack 0." (Original effect)

One card blocking two strikes; what is the gold content of a divine artifact?

"Heh, barely holding on by relying on continuous defensive means, huh?" Kaiba sneered.

"It's not just defense, President. Defense itself is a way of attacking." Fujiki You Xuan also smiled, "I haven't forgotten the side effect of the True Ultimate Dragon."

"Hmph." Kaiba said lightly, "The effect of the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to attack continuously can only be used once per duel. And at the end of the battle phase in which this effect was used, the True Ultimate Dragon itself must be destroyed." (Original effect)

After speaking, the True Ultimate Dragon was seen already shrouded in white light, gradually turning into countless white light spots and slowly dissipating from the field.

Kiteroid soloing the Ultimate Dragon—this is something to brag about for a lifetime.

"Set one card, turn end," Kaiba said.

"My turn, draw."

Fujiki You Xuan glanced at the card he drew, then revealed it directly.

"Magic card 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards from the deck."

His hand was replenished by two cards, after which he slapped one of them down directly.

"Summon 'Magical Exemplar - Breaker'!"

【Magical Exemplar - Breaker, Attack 1600】

The warrior in red armor followed the summon and landed on the field, holding a long sword and shield in his hands respectively. The magic indicator on the shield lit up the moment he landed.

Kaiba narrowed his eyes slightly.

This monster happened to be "that guy's" again.

The red armor was the monster in Atum's deck back then, and it was well-known for contributing the classic scene of "Berserker Soul's seven strikes," which could be said to be Weevil Underwood's psychological shadow.

It seemed like a coincidence, but the monsters Fujiki You Xuan used and the tactics he chose seemed to have quite a bit of overlap with that guy in Kaiba's memory.

"When Magical Exemplar is successfully summoned, place one magic counter on it, and its attack power increases by 300 points," Fujiki You Xuan said. "However, I want to remove this magic counter immediately to activate his second effect.

Magical Exemplar - Breaker can destroy any magic or trap card on the field by removing its own magic counter."

Fujiki You Xuan pointed to Kaiba's back row, which seemed to be the only face-down card that could become his defensive line now.

"Destroy that face-down card."

The Magical Exemplar swung his sword, and a crescent-shaped magic sword aura was fired toward Kaiba's back row.

"Activate face-down card."

Kaiba activated the targeted face-down card directly, triggering it before the Magical Exemplar's sword aura could sweep it.

"Trap card 'Threatening Roar'. This turn, monsters cannot be destroyed by battle, and battle damage taken by my side becomes 0."

Several blue-robed envoys appeared on his field, releasing a transparent shield as they chanted incantations, forming a hemispherical dome that protected him within.

The surging sword aura cut the trap in two, but it couldn't stop the activation of the effect.

Fujiki You Xuan: "Then I set two cards, turn end."

The crowd outside the field was already watching without daring to breathe.

"Even if the True Ultimate Dragon's kill failed, he had already set up a defensive backup in advance," Marufuji Ryo pondered. "But now the situation on the field has become favorable to Fujiki You Xuan again."

"That's hard to say," Judai continued with an excited face, "The world might change because of the next draw. Isn't this the charm of dueling?"

"... That's true."

Marufuji Ryo nodded.

For these two, the current level was probably just the beginning.

"My turn, draw!"

Kaiba waved his hand.

"Set one card.

Next, activate the magic card 'Card of Demise'. Draw cards from the deck until I have five cards in my hand."

The President's signature card-replenishing artifact; his ammunition was instantly replenished to five cards.

"However, during the Standby Phase of my fifth turn after activation, all cards in my hand must be discarded."

Fujiki You Xuan shrugged.

It really is true that powerful power always comes with risks.

But to be fair, this side effect was actually activated in the original work, only once, in the Jin Zita of Light movie.

And it was the performance in that movie that resolved the effect processing dispute that had existed before the card's anime effect—whether the Standby Phase after five turns was counted by both sides' turns or only by one's own turns.

In this regard, the performance in Jin Zita of Light confirmed it was "the Standby Phase of one's own fifth turn"; in other words, if it were calculated by both sides' turns, it would be the ninth turn...

The grass on the grave would already be several feet high.

"You guy, you've grown into a decent duelist in at least this half year," Kaiba said. "But this level is not enough to satisfy me.

Watch closely, Fujiki You Xuan, the real battle is only just beginning!"

(End of chapter)