Chapter 423

Endless radiance, shining white dragon, rising like a blue scorching sun, the body of the sacred white dragon descended again in that radiance!

【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, Attack 3000 → Attack 4800】

"Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon has revived!" Kiba was overjoyed.

"Reversed again..." Judai was stunned.

You Xuan's Black Luster Soldier appeared, and he thought the two-hit combo would lock in victory. Who knew that at the very end, the President had such a move, reviving his invincible Shining Dragon again.

Shining Dragon does not accept any effects, Black Luster Soldier's attack power cannot defeat it, and the banishing effect has no effect on it. And in the next turn, Kaiba's counter-attack will determine his reversed victory.

The President turned the tables.

And now You Xuan has also lost his trump card, Dragon Destroyer Swordsman, against Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon.

In such a situation, what other way could there be...

"Then battle rewind, attack terminated, I won't attack," You Xuan said, "Battle Phase end."

After the declaration of the end, entering Main Phase 2 also means You Xuan officially gave up the attack this turn.

Marufuji Ryo also let out a long breath.

It seems that, even if it is the Lord of the Yellow Clothes, he is powerless at this step, right?

"... Activate magic card 'Pot of Avarice'."

You Xuan said.

"Shuffle five monsters in the Graveyard back into the deck, and draw two cards from the deck."

Five monster cards in the Graveyard were ejected one after another, briefly displayed in his hand, and then inserted back into the deck.

"Of course, 'Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman' is a fusion monster, so it doesn't return to the deck to be shuffled, but returns directly to the Fusion Deck."

"Oh?" Kaiba chuckled, "Recycled 'Buster Blader' and 'Dragon Destroyer Swordsman', huh..."

Everyone was speechless for a moment.

Indeed. To defeat Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, it seems only that dragon-slaying expert can do it.

Such a god-level dragon, ordinary monsters simply don't have the capital to contend with it.

Dragon Destroyer Swordsman is his only chance.

"But even so, it's just recycled into the deck," Marufuji Ryo frowned, "Wanting to re-summon it with just one draw opportunity..."

He didn't continue.

But everyone had the same mentality.

You Xuan is already very precarious at this point.

Of course, no one dared to question him. Even if he loses here, he has already done something amazing. Being able to fight Kaiba Seto to this point, he is no longer just a king of the Duel Academy.

Now he is undoubtedly one of the few top masters in the world who has reached the pinnacle of the duelist world.

But even if he reached this point, just relying on one draw...

"He can do it," Judai suddenly said.

Marufuji Ryo looked at him unexpectedly.

"I believe in You Xuan," Judai smiled slightly, "Because You Xuan is supernaturally strong."

You Xuan didn't draw a card immediately, but looked at Kaiba.

"Having fought to this point, I have to rely on drawing cards to decide everything... The President is really amazing," You Xuan shrugged, "To be honest, I rarely face this situation."

"Hmph↓."

Kaiba acted disdainful, but the upward curve of his mouth couldn't be hidden.

He had heard plenty of compliments on weekdays, and almost everyone around him tried every means to flatter him, but he usually didn't bother to pay attention.

But praise from a strong person is different, especially from an opponent who can fight him to a standstill. Even the President enjoys listening to it very much.

Of course, he wouldn't admit it verbally.

"If you think this will make me show mercy, then you're thinking too much," Kaiba said lightly, "A duel must always be fought with all one's strength, until only one person is left standing on the field."

"That's for sure. It's just that no matter what, this is likely my last draw."

You Xuan closed his eyes lightly.

"Fighting to here has already exceeded my calculations and arrangements, and only this one draw decides whether I win or lose."

Kaiba raised an eyebrow: "Are you afraid to reveal this answer?"

"No."

You Xuan smiled, and opened his eyes again.

That was the look of someone moving toward the future without any hesitation.

Kaiba asked himself that even if he were only one step away from victory, he should not be able to be so calm.

"Believe in your deck, pour your heart into every draw," You Xuan said softly.

That golden ornament shone brightly on his chest.

"Don't think, just feel, just look forward to..."

Use drawing cards to open up the future and create miracles.

This is the way a duelist survives.

"... Accept the effect of 'Pot of Avarice', draw!!!"

You Xuan drew two cards.

The moment the card was drawn, even the air along the path his arm swung through seemed to become scorching, and his whole person seemed to be distorted by high temperatures from nowhere, becoming erratic.

Kaiba's pupils contracted.

The power of spirits.

But such a peculiar throbbing, this feeling, could it be...

You Xuan held up the card he drew.

At the end of this fierce battle, in his last draw, the card that responded to him.

"Use Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon and White Spirit Dragon as offerings, and special summon my soul, my trump card to the President's field!

Awakened from the lava of the abyss, the power of destruction and rebirth——

——Lava Golem!!!"

Rolling lava, like an erupting volcano. The scorching high temperature that melts everything in the world, even gods, even the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon that surpasses gods, cannot resist.

The radiance like the sun dimmed instantly, as if stars were swallowed. The burning palm slapped fiercely on the field in front of the President, and the tall humanoid slowly crawled out from the flames.

【Lava Golem, Attack 3000】

Kaiba: "..."

It really is... this thing.

Marufuji Ryo also opened his mouth, looking like he had a stomach full of complaints stuck in his throat and couldn't spit them out.

Right.

It's not just Dragon Destroyer Swordsman that can kill Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon.

This guy's trump card...

Everyone realized at this moment.

Although Pot of Avarice shuffled back Buster Blader and Dragon Destroyer Swordsman just now, it was just a feint. Among those five cards, there was also his real trump card, Lava Golem.

It's just that although it is said so.

But shuffling five cards back from the Graveyard, and then drawing two cards. With only this one chance, which is likely the last draw that determines the outcome, he accurately drew the Lava Golem that was just shuffled back...

Marufuji Ryo couldn't help but look at Judai beside him.

Compared to You Xuan, this kind of thing looks more like Judai's operation.

But he saw Judai with his hands on his hips, smiling and saying: "I said it, You Xuan is supernaturally strong."

Marufuji Ryo: "..."

A Jaden Yuki-style terrifying god-draw, but what was drawn was such a gloomy thing...

Both drawing power and gloomy things blooming together, huh?

"Not only that," Judai said, "Lava Golem will give the controller 1000 points of damage during the Standby Phase of their turn."

【Kaiba, LP1000】

Not more, not less, exactly one thousand points.

And by the way, the three thousand health points the President deducted before were also hammered down by Lava Golem's punch.

If you give this duel an MVP award for output, Lava Golem undertook 100% of the team's output, definitely the best of the whole game.

"But it's not over yet," Marufuji Ryo said, "Lava Golem's effect needs to be activated during the Standby Phase, before the Standby Phase, President Kaiba still has a chance to draw a card."

Although it seems like a slim chance, if it's Kaiba Seto, this draw might be able to...

"This turn is not over yet, so the effect of 'Dark Lucius the Executioner' is of course still in effect," You Xuan said, "I can still activate trap cards from my hand.

Therefore, I activate this card..."

You Xuan waved his hand.

"Trap card 'Time Seal'!

Skip the opponent's next Draw Phase!"

Everyone: "..."

Kaiba: "..."

Well, as the President who has studied the old rival's deck thoroughly over the years and copied countless models of AI, he naturally recognized this card at a glance.

It's Yugi's annoying card again.

"Therefore, the President's Draw Phase is skipped directly, you cannot draw cards this turn, and enter the Standby Phase directly," You Xuan said, "Then the moment of the Standby Phase, Lava Golem's effect...

Give the controller 1000 points of damage."

Kaiba looked at You Xuan again, still feeling the radiance of the ornament on his chest, still only feeling as if he saw the phantom of an old friend.

But until the rolling lava of Lava Golem fell on his head, with the churning air waves and white smoke coming toward his face, he suddenly woke up.

Looking over again, where is the shadow of an old friend?

The duelist who stood there and played against him, and gave him this long-lost defeat, is named Fujiki You Xuan.

And it's just You Xuan.

【Kaiba, LP1000 → LP0】

(End of chapter)