Chapter 416

"I activate the Spell Card 'Melody of Awakening Dragon'!"

Kaiba played a card from his hand.

"Discard one card from my hand to add two monsters with 3000 or more ATK and 2500 or less DEF from my Deck to my hand."

A blue data stream converged toward his Deck, and two cards automatically popped out of the Deck after searching themselves.

"I add these two cards from my Deck to my hand: 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' and 'Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon'!"

"So, all three White Dragons were shuffled back into the Deck via 'Parallel World Fusion'," You Xuan said.

"Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon can be Special Summoned by revealing 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' in my hand."

Kaiba slapped the card in his hand onto his Duel Disk with a 'snap'.

"By revealing the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand, I summon the descent of this card. Appear now—"

"—Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!"

The subspecies of the White Dragon of Light, the transformed White Dragon tossed and turned its sacred and shining body, flapping its bone wings as it hovered above Kaiba's field, emitting a heavy hiss.

【Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, ATK 3000】

"The effect of Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon: once per turn, destroy one monster on the field," Kaiba shouted. "Destroy 'Magician's Valkyria'—no, 'Breaker the Magical Warrior'!"

Alternative White Dragon opened its mouth, dazzling white light churning within, which exploded outward as a blast of destructive gale.

"As expected, the President really doesn't give even a moment to breathe, immediately attacking again at full speed."

"If you don't move forward, you will be left behind and become a weakling to be eliminated," Kaiba said coldly. "Are you a strong person who can keep up the pace and climb to the peak, or will you just stop here?"

"Fujiki You Xuan, prove your caliber as a duelist."

"Alright, since that's the case..."

You Xuan slowly raised an arm.

"... I activate my face-down card."

"Continuous Trap: 'Light-Imprisoning Mirror'."

"As long as this card is on the field, the effects of all LIGHT monsters activated on the field and in the Graveyard are negated!"

Marufuji Ryo's eyelids twitched.

It really appeared!

"Ah, that trap again!" Mokuba also exclaimed.

Known as the 'must-die' trap for LIGHT attributes, it was a fatal lockdown for Kaiba Seto's deck, which was primarily LIGHT-based. Whether it was the VWXZ series or the White Dragons, although the President's deck was a pile of mixed series like Yugi's, the proportion of LIGHT monsters in his selection was indeed relatively high.

The image of Alternative White Dragon was reflected in the mirror, and the white light churning in the White Dragon's mouth gradually dimmed until it disappeared completely.

"In this way, most of Kaiba Seto's monster effects should be sealed. And although the effect activation was negated, Alternative White Dragon's ability was effectively activated, so it cannot attack again this turn..."

Marufuji Ryo glanced at the President.

In this way, the situation seemed to be reversed again...

"So this time it's an effect seal. Indeed, for Blue-Eyes, this must be a card with powerful lockdown capabilities, you must have thought so, right?"

Kaiba opened his eyes wide, his gaze as if containing a high-spirited lion.

"But over these years, Blue-Eyes has long since evolved to the further end!"

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell: 'Ultimate Fusion'!"

The exclusive Quick-Play Fusion for Blue-Eyes stirred up a cyclone of light and wind above the field, as if to tear space into pieces.

"'Ultimate Fusion' is the exclusive fusion spell for Blue-Eyes, and it can only be activated during the Main Phase," Kaiba shouted. "Choose any fusion materials from your hand, field, or Graveyard, and by shuffling the fusion materials back into the Deck, perform a Fusion Summon for a Blue-Eyes Fusion Monster!"

A card was ejected from the Graveyard of the Duel Disk, which Kaiba took into his hand and revealed along with another White Dragon in his hand.

"The Blue-Eyes discarded by 'Melody of Awakening Dragon', the other Blue-Eyes in my hand, and the 'Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon' on the field that can be used as 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'—the three Blue-Eyes perform the ultimate fusion!"

"The Mirror can only negate LIGHT effects that require activation; the effect of Alternative White Dragon being treated as 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' is a continuous ability, so even the Mirror cannot negate it," Marufuji Ryo muttered.

Judai was even more fired up than the two playing cards on the field: "Oh oh oh, it's coming, it's coming, it looks like some super amazing guy is about to arrive!"

The triple fusion of the White Dragons, the most primordial and legendary strongest dragon, its shining radiance fell heavily like the most dazzling star in the sky.

Its body, covered in white scales, shimmered with a white-hot radiance like the scorching sun. Like a holy light purifying everything, its broad bone wings capable of stirring up wind and clouds contained an unparalleled majesty and divine power.

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, descend!

【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, ATK 4500】

"Descend onto my field in your strongest ultimate form!" Kaiba shouted. "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, in the case where 'True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' exists in the Graveyard, it is unaffected by any effects from the opponent!" (Original effect)

"So strong!" Judai exclaimed. "Isn't that invincible!?"

Marufuji Ryo couldn't help but be moved: "This is the ultimate dragon held by Kaiba Seto, known as the strongest in the Duel Monster realm..."

You Xuan raised his arm slightly, blocking in front of him, and narrowed his eyes to examine the huge White Dragon bathed in holy light.

He could also clearly feel that the current Ultimate Dragon, the powerful force in its body as if capable of destroying the world, was perhaps indeed the strongest monster capable of rivaling the gods.

With such a monster and such a duelist as an opponent...

He couldn't help but smile slightly.

To quote President Kaiba's words:

Now this is more like it.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the moment the Ultimate Dragon appeared and cast that god-like pressure, he felt the Sealing Vessel seem to tremble faintly again.

The Eye of Horus engraved on the artifact also seemed to flash with golden light briefly.

"Hoh, even when facing the Ultimate Dragon with its strongest form, you still maintain such calmness."

Kaiba chuckled and slowly raised his hand.

"Then let's go a step further and take this destructive power for me! 'Ultimate Fusion' has a follow-up effect: based on the number of 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' monsters used as fusion materials on the field during fusion, choose cards on the field to destroy."

"Although that card has no effect on the current 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon', destroy the eyesore for me."

"Destroy 'Light-Imprisoning Mirror'!"

The white-hot light bomb fell, and the Mirror in You Xuan's backfield was blown to pieces.

"And then, a direct attack from Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

Three mouths opened simultaneously, a strike as if piercing the firmament!

The exploding white light, as scorching as the core of the sun, intertwined to form a huge pillar of light, splitting the entire sky in two.

"You Xuan!" Judai couldn't help but worry for You Xuan.

The Ultimate Dragon, unaffected by any card effects—even for You Xuan, whether he could take it...

"I activate the Trap 'Half Counter'," You Xuan said. "When a monster on my field is attacked, during damage calculation, the ATK and DEF of the attacked monster increase by half the original ATK of the attacking monster."

"Therefore, the ATK of 'Breaker the Magical Warrior' increases by half of the Ultimate Dragon's ATK, which is 2250 points."

【Breaker the Magical Warrior, ATK 1600 -> ATK 3850】

An epic buff for the Magician Warrior, though even so, it was still not enough to withstand the divine power of the Ultimate Dragon. His sword and shield were blown to pieces after a brief support, vanishing into ashes in the beam of light.

【You Xuan, LP 2500 -> LP 1850】

"Heh, 'Half Counter', indeed a powerful trap. It was originally one of the powerful means for you to deal with the fully-resistant Ultimate Dragon, it's a pity you had to use it here."

Kaiba chuckled.

You Xuan said nothing.

Indeed. If the original ATK of the attacked monster was 2250 or more, combined with 'Half Counter', he could have successfully counter-killed the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with its invincible resistance.

"This is the strongest power that I and Blue-Eyes have obtained together now; if you can defeat it, just try it!"

(End of chapter)