Chapter 432: Arbiter's Counterattack

A strange eye opened in the Arbiter's back row, and a spherical monster covered in spikes all over its body landed lightly on his field. The single eye rolled around, seemingly secretly sizing up everything on the field.

Orichalcos Kyutora, summon!

【Orichalcos Kyutora, DEF 500】

"That Kyutora again, brother." Mokuba said.

"Hmm, the starting point of the Orichalcos system." Kaiba also said faintly.

Judai and Hibiki Midori also had somewhat solemn expressions. Although they didn't know the Orichalcos system before, Hibiki Kureha was defeated exactly when the opponent revealed this strange monster.

"At the same time, the card discarded when summoning Kyutora is the Magic Card 'Compensatory Treasure'. In the case of discarding from the hand to the Graveyard, draw two cards from the deck."

The Arbiter then showed another card from his hand calmly.

"At this moment, activate Quick-Play Magic 'Chain Magic', discard all cards in hand, and you can copy the effect of one Normal Magic Card."

The Arbiter discarded the remaining cards in his hand, and at the same time, a new Magic Card appeared, lined up in his back row next to the "Compensatory Treasure" that was currently activating.

"What I want to copy is, of course, the Magic Card 'Compensatory Treasure'!" the Arbiter said. "Therefore, draw a total of four cards from the deck!"

He drew four cards from the deck in one breath.

"Summon 'Killer Tomato' in Attack Position."

The red little tomato, with a round image, the green leaf on its head looked like a little green hat. Although it was a tomato, the image of its face clearly looked like a Halloween pumpkin head, and the fierce light shot from its eyes was malicious.

"Orichalcos Kyutora has the same effect as the first layer of the Barrier," the Arbiter said. "Killer Tomato's ATK increases by 500."

【Killer Tomato, ATK 1400→ATK 1900】

"Then the exclusive effect of Orichalcos Kyutora activates, gaining life from the monster." The Arbiter swept his arm. "Recover Life Points equal to the number of monsters on your field x 500."

"I have two monsters on the field now, so I recover 1000 Life Points."

【Arbiter, LP200→LP1200】

"Then it's the Battle Phase." The Arbiter waved his hand casually. "Killer Tomato, attack 'Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning'."

It was another suicide attack using a monster with lower ATK, but the people who had seen similar scenes in Hibiki Kureha's duel were no longer surprised at this time, and seeing this scene again just made their hearts tighten.

This move again.

Killer Tomato rushed over, and the Black Luster Soldier naturally had to counterattack. Where the sword light flashed, it slashed the tomato's figure in half, and that red round head was immediately cut into two sections.

"'Orichalcos Kyutora' is on the field, all battle damage caused to our side by monster battles is absorbed by Kyutora, and battle damage becomes 0."

Sure enough, the big eye opened with a brush, and the aftermath of the Black Luster Soldier's sword Qi was all absorbed into that eye, not a single bit leaked, and it failed to cause any damage to the Arbiter at all.

"Then it's Killer Tomato's monster effect." The Arbiter said: "When this card is destroyed by battle, Special Summon an EARTH attribute monster with 1500 or less ATK from the deck."

"Special Summon the second Killer Tomato."

Golden light shot out from his deck, transformed into the image of the second big-headed red tomato, and jumped onto the field.

【Killer Tomato, ATK 1400→ATK 1900】

"Second Killer Tomato attacks."

Of course, as expected, the great Black Luster Soldier swung his sword and struck. As the sword light fell, Tomato No. 2 was also slashed in two and exploded into fragments.

"Battle damage is still absorbed by Kyutora, and Special Summon the third Killer Tomato from the deck."

【Killer Tomato, ATK 1400→ATK 1900】

"This guy." Judai frowned. "Is he accumulating the damage absorbed by Kyutora again?"

Marufuji Ryo said: "When that monster leaves the field, it will summon that terrifying Demon God. If it has absorbed too much damage..."

After the battle with Hibiki Kureha, they all saw that when Kyutora leaves the field, it will call out the god puppet "Orichalcos Shunoros". Shunoros's ATK is determined by the battle damage absorbed before Kyutora leaves the field, so it is common for it to have an ATK of 10,000 or 20,000.

While speaking, the third Killer Tomato had also rushed forward to commit suicide. The Black Luster Soldier had no choice but to draw his sword and counterattack again. The chaotic sword Qi twisted the little tomato into fragments, and the aftermath of the sword Qi was also absorbed into Kyutora's eye strand by strand.

"The effect of the third Killer Tomato, Special Summon an EARTH attribute monster with 1500 or less ATK from the deck."

Naturally, there couldn't be a fourth Killer Tomato. But the Arbiter gave a chilling smile, raised his arm slightly, and a beam of light fell from the deck, exploding into a transparent vortex when it landed.

"What I want to Special Summon is this card—"

"—Yubel, summon!"

This change was beyond everyone's expectations. Especially Judai, who couldn't help but step forward when he heard this name.

I saw a storm and vortex unfolding on the field, and thorny vines flew and rolled up. The demon's heterochromatic pupils slowly opened, and it stood up, with thorny vines dancing around it like tentacles.

【Yubel, ATK 0→ATK 500】 (Orichalcos boost)

"Yubel..."

Although he knew that this was not his own and had no fairy residing in it, Judai was still in a trance when he saw this monster that was of extraordinary significance to him appear.

"Killer Tomato can summon this thing? This is a level 10 monster!" Mokuba was shocked.

"But the ATK is below 1500, and it satisfies the DARK attribute." Kaiba said calmly.

"The Battle Phase is still continuing, and the monster summoned during the battle can naturally continue to attack." The Arbiter said. "Yubel's attack, attack 'Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning'."

A level 10 big monster with only 0 ATK, even if it gets the Barrier boost, it only has a mere 500 ATK. But even so, no one dared to underestimate this monster.

"Yubel's effect..." Mokuba was suddenly nervous.

This monster comes with thorns!

She can negate battle damage and deal that amount of damage to the opponent. This attack will cause huge damage in one breath!

"Yubel will not be destroyed by battle, and the damage caused by her battle to our side is also 0." The Arbiter said. "And she has a second effect."

"Can be activated before damage calculation when battling a monster, deal damage to the opponent equal to the battle damage the opponent's monster should have received." (Original effect)

After the physical card was released, it was changed to only be activated when attacked by the opponent, and it deals damage to the opponent equal to the ATK of the attacking monster. Although it is the same type of effect as the original version, the specifics are quite different.

The thorny vines shot towards the Black Luster Soldier, and the Black Luster Soldier reluctantly swung his sword to counterattack again. Yubel's stats were extremely weak, and in a head-on confrontation, she was completely no match for the Black Luster Soldier. The sword Qi easily pierced through the vines and slammed into her body without any obstruction.

Yubel groaned, and after enduring the sword Qi, more vines shot up around her body, as if sensing the energy of the sword Qi, and reflected back at Fujiki You Xuan with even more fierce momentum.

But Fujiki You Xuan remained calm and just showed another card from his hand.

"The effect of 'Clear Kuriboh'." Fujiki You Xuan said. "When a monster effect that deals damage is activated, discard 'Clear Kuriboh' from the hand, and the activation of that effect becomes negated."

Kuriboh, save me!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 433 =====