Chapter 431: Unknown Details

Magic Card—Shield Crush, activate!

A beam of green light shot out from the card, piercing through the robot that served as the only defensive line on the Arbiter's field like an armor-piercing shell. The robot immediately exploded into fragments.

"Using Shield Crush on a monster with 0 DEF is correct, I get it now." Mokuba felt like he had guessed Fujiki You Xuan's thoughts. "The Black Luster Soldier cannot attack the turn its effect is activated; solving the token is the only way to deal further damage."

Is that really the case?

Although the Arbiter frowned and remained silent, his eyes were fixed intently on Fujiki You Xuan, as if trying to see through the thoughts in this person's heart.

The second layer of the Orichalcos Barrier, the Orichalcos Kyutora, still hid another effect he hadn't disclosed.

Compared to the first layer of the Barrier, the second layer also gained a powerful attack-counter ability.

When the opponent declares an attack, by Tributing one monster on one's own field, that attack can be negated, and then the attacking monster is destroyed.

This is the absolute defense of the Orichalcos Kyutora; as long as there are still monsters on one's field, one can counter the opponent's attack and cause their monster to backfire. Just now, there was one robot token left on the Arbiter's field; if the opponent had attacked the token without knowing the details, he could have used the token as ammunition to bounce it back.

But now his field had become empty, with no monsters available to use as sacrificial ammunition, so the absolute defense of the Orichalcos Kyutora could naturally not be used.

However, he still had means.

"The Black Luster Soldier cannot declare an attack the turn its effect is activated, but the Dragon Warrior can," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Dragon Warrior, direct attack."

The Arbiter slowly raised his hand again.

"Activate Trap, 'Universal Mine - Broadsword Style'."

"Activate when the opponent's monster declares an attack; destroy the monster with the highest ATK among the opponent's face-up Attack Position monsters!"

Mokuba was shocked: "Wouldn't the monster with the highest ATK be the Black Luster Soldier!?"

Dragon Warrior attacked, but did it trigger a mine countering the Black Luster Soldier?

But Fujiki You Xuan still calmly waved his hand: "Then, the effect of 'Dragon Warrior' activates again."

"Pay 1000 Life Points to negate the Trap Card's effect."

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP4800→LP3800】

The Arbiter frowned again, and everyone else was shocked once more.

This Dragon Warrior's negation doesn't even have a once-per-turn limit!?

Fujiki You Xuan said sternly: "'Universal Mine - Broadsword Style', effect also becomes negated!"

The Dragon Warrior's blade slashed again, and the sword light, like a silver dragon swimming, pierced through the back-row trap once more; the buried mine was also beaten into golden dust and dissipated under the agitation of that sword Qi.

Now there was no more obstruction, and the warrior's sword drove straight in. With no defensive barrier left, the sword light slashed straight down, carrying an overbearing sword wind, as if to cut his entire body in two.

【Arbiter, LP2700→LP700】

"Tch."

The damage within the Barrier was originally physical damage to the body and spirit, not to mention that in this duel, Fujiki You Xuan's side was also fully loaded with dark power, and every strike and sword of the monsters he controlled was blessed with extraordinary power.

Of course, this level of damage and pain was still not taken to heart by the level of the Serpent God. He was more concerned about how much the opponent actually knew about his background.

He narrowed his eyes, his sharp gaze scanning Fujiki You Xuan repeatedly.

In fact, it would make sense for Fujiki You Xuan to activate Shield Crush just to deal damage, but he had a premonition that it was more than that.

This person knew the hidden effect of the Orichalcos Kyutora.

This led to new questions.

Since he even knew about the Orichalcos Kyutora, then besides that... what else did he know?

The Arbiter began to feel slightly irritable inside.

His existence had already continued for unknown ages, and he had long forgotten his own age. In the past, Dartz acted on his behalf in the human world, and since ten thousand years ago, he had walked in the world, secretly developing forces, and after building the behemoth Doma in the modern era, he could almost be said to know everything about everyone and everything in the world.

Therefore, regardless of who he faced in the past, it was always the enemy in the light and him in the dark; he always knew the enemy's tactics, flaws, and weaknesses like the back of his hand, and was extremely good at attacking using the darkness in the opponent's heart as a weak point.

Even three thousand years ago, when the ancient Egyptian royal family fought to the death with the Evil God Zorc, he was watching from the sidelines, seeing it all in secret. Therefore, when Atem was struggling to find his own life story back then, Dartz and the Serpent God behind him actually knew everything about the Pharaoh's past and even his true name.

It's just that they all knew the Pharaoh's true name was also power, and to some extent, it was a seal on his power. In a nameless state, they only needed to face a Pharaoh whose power was half-crippled, so naturally, they couldn't be kind enough to reveal his true name to help the enemy break the seal.

Otherwise, if the Pharaoh chanted his true name on the spot, and the Creator God of Light came down with a single "toilet cleaner" strike, he, a small Orichalcos god, would have no place to die.

However, although Atem was once hesitant because he lost his true name and memory, he was once shaken by Dartz's "mouth-jutsu" and almost surrendered to the darkness in his heart, which shows how powerful his skills were.

It's just that this time, it might be the first time in history that the Arbiter stood on the field, but he had a sense of discomfort that the enemy was in the dark and he was in the light. It seemed that the opponent inexplicably knew his means quite well, but he couldn't see through the opponent's tactics, origin, or thoughts at all.

"Great, only 700 Life Points left!" Judai said happily. "Fujiki You Xuan is really outrageously strong; this way, it's just a little bit more!"

The others didn't speak, just held their breath and watched the situation.

In just a short turn, the situation had changed rapidly, and both sides had continuously exchanged attacks and defenses several times. The Arbiter's counterattack was fierce, but Fujiki You Xuan resolved all his means with ease, and then pushed his Life Points to the brink of collapse in one fell swoop.

During this period, it seemed that Fujiki You Xuan occupied the upper hand, but the process was actually quite dangerous if you think about it carefully. If it weren't for Fujiki You Xuan playing the "Metamorphosis" card, which had become his personal signature, to jump out a Dragon Warrior to escort him, not only would he not be able to solve the Orichalcos Fortress, but the Black Luster Soldier would have also been destroyed by the counterattack, and his situation in the next turn would have been very dangerous.

Arbiter: "My turn, draw card."

After he drew the card, he showed the hand.

"Magic Card 'Book of Magic in the Pot'. Both sides draw three cards from the deck." (Original card)

His expression was slightly cold, and after drawing the card, he only said coldly.

"It seems I still underestimated you a bit... but it won't happen next time."

"I will unearth your true form hidden under that shell, your darkest part, and your deepest secrets."

The Arbiter waved his hand.

"First, set one card on the field."

He then drew a card from his hand.

"Orichalcos Kyutora, this card can be Special Summoned from the hand by discarding one card and paying 500 Life Points."

【Arbiter, LP700→LP200】

He picked out a card from his hand to discard, and the monster card was slapped onto the Duel Disk at the same time.

"Come, Kyutora!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 432 =====