Gaining the advantage on the scene, Gekko directly announced the start of the Battle Phase, "First, Archlord Kristya, attack Masked HERO Anki!" "
After receiving the order, Archlord Kristya flapped his wings and flew up. The holy wings released a pure white light, and the light in his palm was churning, brewing a storm of light.
[Archlord Kristya, ATK 2800]
[Masked HERO Anki, ATK 2800]
Mokuba on the side said: "Both monsters' attack power is 2800, are they going to die together?"
Kaiba said lightly: "No, look carefully."
Seeing that Archlord Kristya's attack was about to hit, the black Masked HERO was about to step forward to meet him, but unexpectedly, a phantom appeared behind him, and a translucent demon suddenly appeared behind Anki, hugging and imprisoning the hero in his arms.
"This is…"
"Archfiend of Gilfer, which was also discarded through the effect of the 'Card Destruction'." Gekko said, "When this card is sent to the GY: I can target 1 face-up monster on the field; equip this card to that target. That monster loses 500 ATK while equipped with this card."
Facing the rushing stream of light in front of him, the black Masked HERO tried his best to escape, but the transparent demon restrained his actions like a lingering ghost, making him unable to move even half a step.
[Masked HERO Anki, ATK 2800 → ATK 2300]
Kaiba commented: "Through Card Destruction, he gets four Fairy monsters together in the GY, meet the summoning conditions of 'Archlord Kristya', and then use Archlord Kristya's ability to recover 'Angel O7 ', and quickly summons them to the field to suppress the opponent.
It's not over yet, when he activated "Card Destruction", he had already thought of using the effect of Archfiend of Gilfer to reduce the opponent's attack power. Gekko did have the qualifications to be the opponent of the Duel King. "
President Kaiba's criteria for evaluating people were indeed simple enough. Now through Gekko's brilliant performance on the field, he has been upgraded from "irrelevant miscellaneous fish" to "know how to play cards" in the eyes of President Kaiba, which could be described as a qualitative leap.
If a player here faced this absolutely blocked formation, he might kneel directly, but Yuei Vu said that "we are true duelists".
"Open the set card!" Yuei Vu pointed at his feet, "Quick-Play Spell – Double Cyclone! Target 1 Spell/Trap I control and 1 Spell/Trap you control; destroy them."
Gekko quickly understood: "The card you want to choose is…"
"The 'Archfiend of Gilfer' that exists as an Equip Card on your field," Yuei Vu pointed to the demon that bound the Masked HERO Anki, "and the Continuous Spell Card 'Mirage of Nightmare' on my field."
"Beautiful!" Even Mokuba understood the purpose of this operation at this time, "If Archfiend of Gilfer is destroyed, the attack power of Masked HERO Anki will rise again! Then, by destroying Mirage of Nightmare, he can also avoid the side effect of that card. Yuei Vu is so powerful!"
Kaiba snorted, smiled, and said nothing, but his eyes seemed to be approving.
Mokuba: "As expected of the man who defeated my brother!"
Kaiba's smile quickly disappeared, and his face immediately darkened.
Red and golden whirlwinds flew out of the magic card in a staggered manner. The red wind swept away the "Mirage of Nightmare" on the Yuei Vu's field and turned it into powder, while the golden wind tore the transparent demon that bound the Anki into pieces.
[Masked HERO Anki, ATK 2300 → ATK 2800]
The Anki who broke free from the shackles suddenly started to move again. There was a desire of reviving the man's glory that rose in his chest. He dodged the incandescent stream of light with a flexible dodge to the limit, jumped towards Archlord Kristya in midair, and performed a flying kick.
Archlord Kristya was not to be outdone. He waved his palm and blasted Anki down. The holy light and the Masked HERO's flying kick clashed in mid-air, and a violent impact erupted. The waves backfired towards each other, blowing both Archlord Kristya and the hero into pieces.
Having the same attack power, the ending was of course the same.
But in this way, there was nothing left on Yuei Vu's side.
"But Archlord Kristya is immortal."
Gekko's graveyard area was already lit up with golden lights. The "Archlord Kristya" who had just been destroyed to go to the cemetery popped up again, and he inserted it back into the top of the deck.
"When 'Archlord Kristya' would be sent from the field to the GY, it will be placed on top of my Deck, instead."
This effect of Kristya was closer to a rule written on the card than it was a monster effect. It was automatically applied without "activation", so naturally, it would not be affected by Angel O7's ability "Monster effects cannot be activated".
This kind of effect text that could take effect directly without "activation" was generally called "Unclassified effect" in the Yu-Gi-Oh system.
In this way, as long as Gekko drew Archlord Kristya back to his hand in the next turn, he could summon this powerful angel again.
"I still have 'Angel O7' that hasn't attacked yet." Gekko waved his hand, "Angel O7, attack directly!"
The remaining ace of Gekko made an immediate move. A spiral beam of light blasted straight at Yuei Vu, hit him without reservation.
Yuei Vu couldn't help but staggered back two steps, his body was covered with black smoke projected from the virtual images.
[Yuei Vu, LP 3600 → LP 1100]
"Set a card, and I end my turn." Gekko put a card into his Duel Disk.
Both LP and the situation on the field have reversed again, but Gekko was not too optimistic.
Although it seemed to be very favorable, the development of the situation was still somewhat different from his previous calculations. Archlord Kristya failed to stay on the field. If there was only one Angel O7 on the field, the suppressing power would be greatly reduced.
However, Archlord Kristya only left the field temporarily, and he could come back to the field in the next round.
I just need to make it through this turn!
"My turn, draw."
Yuei Vu added the drawn card to his hand and glanced at the Angel O7 on the opposite field.
It was indeed a very troublesome ability that all monster effects could not be activated, which was quite unfriendly to the HERO deck.
So Yuei Vu must get rid of this troublesome ability first: "Quick-Play Spell – Forbidden Chalice! Target 1 face-up monster on the field; until the end of this turn, that target gains 400 ATK, but its effects are negated.
I target your 'Angel O7'!"
[Angel O7, ATK 2500 → ATK 2900]
Although the monster's attack power increased, Gekko couldn't help but frown.
Invalidating the effect of Angel O7 meant that Yuei Vu has completely broken through the blockade of the combination.
Now Yuei Vu could play happily again without any scruples: "I summon 'Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier' in attack position!"
A water flow rose from the ground, and the water-blue hero entangled in the water flow condensed into shape and appeared on the field in a half-squat.
[Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier, ATK 1400]
"The effect of Liquid Soldier! When this card is Normal Summoned: I can target 1 Level 4 or lower 'HERO' monster in my GY, except 'Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier'; Special Summon it!" A card popped up in Yuei Vu's GY area, "Resurrect, Elemental HERO Blazeman!"
The flames rose, and the hero of the flames returned to the field, with a clear roar and a volley punch.
[Elemental HERO Blazeman, ATK 1200]
"The effect of Blazeman – If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: I can add 1 'Polymerization' from my Deck to my hand."
Watching Yuei Vu add the Polymerization card to his hand, Gekko seemed to understand: "You are still using Fusion…"
"That's not necessarily true." Yuei Vu smiled mysteriously and waved his arm, "The effect of 'Destiny HERO Malicious' in the graveyard is activated – I can banish this card from my GY; Special Summon 1 'Destiny HERO Malicious' from my Deck!"
The GY area of the Duel Disk emitted golden light and a Destiny HERO card popped up from the GY, then it was put into the card box by Yuei Vu. A beam of golden light flew out of the deck and came to the field in the form of a hero with devilish wings.
[Destiny HERO Malicious, ATK 800]
Gekko raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it fusion?"
"Archlord Kristya and Angel O7 are indeed very powerful monsters." Yuei Vu paused the operation, and said, "I have seen how powerful you are as a duelist, so let me take out a monster worthy of this duel."
He held up the card in his hand.
"Take the 'Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier', 'Elemental HERO Blazeman', and 'Destiny HERO Malicious' on the field as sacrifices!"
Gekko's expression changed, and he was shocked: "Three monsters as sacrifices!?"
On the side, Kaiba's expression also changed slightly: "Could it be God? No, the normal summoning of this turn has already been used. Then what is this?"
The bloody mist gradually filled the air, and the ground rolled up like a chaotic vortex from hell. An ominous atmosphere enveloped the audience as if an invisible cloud was lingering in their heart.
At this moment, everyone had a strong premonition——
——Something very powerful and eerie and evil was about to come.
"Using three monsters as sacrifices, I special summon from my hand…"
Yuei Vu slapped the monster card on Duel Disk.
"Destiny HERO Plasma!"