"Activate Orichalcos' second barrier!" The Spell Card Dartz picked out from the deck was absorbed into the Duel Disk, "Orichalcos Deuteros!"
The majestic magic power soared into the sky, and the Orichalcos barrier, which had been fixed, began to rotate. The magic circle of the six-pointed star bloomed with unprecedented dazzling brilliance, and the edge of the barrier moved slowly like a huge time disc.
The aura of the entire space has changed, the air inside the barrier seemed to have condensed, and the atmosphere has become more depressing. A second layer of the magic circle appeared on the ground, which was set outside the first layer.
At the same time, the breath felt from Dartz's body was even more uncomfortable. It was as if the chains that bound the wild beasts in the abyss were loosened again, and some kind of dark, huge beast was hiding in it, roaring with teeth and claws.
The second layer of the Orichalcos barrier, Orichalcos Deuteros. As long as this layer was presented, Dartz could negate the opponent's direct attack by sacrificing a monster on his field, then destroy the opponent's attacking monster.
In this way, Anki's ability to attack directly was also blanked.
Yuei Vu frowned, and gave up the battle directly: "Set a card, and I end my turn."
"Oh? You actually know the hidden effect of 'Orichalcos Deuteros', so you dare not continue to attack?" Dartz snorted, "It doesn't matter. Although I don't know how you got the information about my deck, even knowing it won't change anything."
His eyes froze, and his eyes seemed to release a majestic murderous aura instantly.
"Because of the side effect of 'Orichalcos Gigas', I cannot draw cards during my Draw Phase. But at the end of your turn, I will activate this set card.
Trap Card – Reckless Greed. This trap allows me to draw two cards from the deck, but at the cost of skipping the next two Draw Phases. "
Although the price was to skip two Draw Phases, Dartz couldn't draw cards anyway because of Gigas, so the side effects of the two were offset.
But of course, Yuei Vu was not to be outdone.
"At this moment, the effect of the Continuous Trap – Appropriate is also activated!" Yuei Vu waved his hand, and the trap card beside him suddenly burst into light, "When the opponent draws a card outside of the Draw Phase, I can draw two cards!"
Seeing the two cards drawn, Dartz smiled mysteriously, and that expression made people feel a little unclear.
"Humans say 'every man is his own worst enemy' . . . so it seems that human beings are stupid, but occasionally they seem to be self-aware. "
Yuei Vu: "?"
This thinker was playing cards and suddenly inspired, and enlightened again?
"But the sad thing is that even if you realize this, you can't change it. This is the limitation of human beings. Because we are only human, we can never overcome ourselves, we can't transcend the darkness in our hearts."
As Dartz spoke, his tone changed. He revealed a card he just drew in his hand: "It's my turn!
Look! This is the enemy you will face in this duel. I activate a Ritual Spell from the hand – Orichalcos Mirror!
By tributing monsters whose total Levels equal 6 or more from my field or my hand, Special Summon 1 'Mirror Knight Calling' from my deck! "
He pointed to the last "Shield Token" that remained on the field from the very beginning and revealed a card in his hand at the same time.
"I tribute the Level 2 'Shield Token' on my field and the Level 4 'Orichalcos Diablos' in my hand.
Ritual Summon! Come out, Mirror Knight Calling! "
The token and the monster in Dartz's hand turned into ritual offerings. Both disappeared into the small altar that emerged on the ground.
A beam of light flew from the altar, and the monster summoned from the sacred ritual was…
…a mirror?
That's right. That monster looked like a mirror that was erected. It was placed in the back row, standing in front of Dartz clearly reflecting the battle situation on the entire field.
[Mirror Knight Calling, ATK 0]
A monster with 0 attack power!
It's simply terrifying!
"When Mirror Knight Calling is successfully Ritual Summoned, I can Special Summon as many 'Mirror Knight Tokens' as possible in my own Monster Zones." Dartz said, "Appear, my mirror knights!"
The mirror released a shining light, and in the remaining three positions of Dartz's Monster Zones, monster images in silver armor and shaped like medieval European knights were projected one after another.
Each of them was well protected by armor from head to toe, standing upright like chess pieces on a chessboard, holding sharp swords and mirror-smooth shields in both hands.
[Mirror Knight Token, ATK 0] x3
Yuei Vu remembered that in the animation when Dartz fought against Yami Yugi and President Kaiba, he once sealed the souls of Yugi Muto and Jonouchi in these mirror knights so that Yami Yugi would not dare to make a move.
But here Dartz may think that Yuei Vu was not too familiar with those people who were sealed so that dirty trick was probably useless.
"Then the Field Spell 'Orichalcos Deuteros' also inherited the effect of 'The Seal of Orichalcos'." Dartz said, "The attack power of Mirror Knight Calling and Mirror Knight Tokens have increased!"
[Mirror Knight Calling, ATK 0 → ATK 500]
[Mirror Knight Token, ATK 0 → ATK 500]
"Then it's time to enter the Battle Phase!" Dartz shouted, "First of all, the first Mirror Knight Token, attacking Great Tornado!"
Yuei Vu would not make any weird comments like "Is your brain broken? Attacking my monster with a monster who has lower attack power?" He knew these mirror knights all had special abilities.
"Mirror Knight Calling's effect!" Dartz said, "When a 'Mirror Knight Token' with the shield battles an opponent's monster, its ATK becomes equal to that monster's ATK."
[Elemental HERO Great Tornado, ATK 2800]
[Mirror Knight Token, ATK 500 → ATK 2800]
The hero of the storm opened his arms and blew out the strong wind, but the knight was completely unmoved, swiping his sword to cut through the storm and rushed up. The hero and the knight fought hand to hand and fought fiercely in one place. In the end, the hero's fist hit the knight's shield hard, but he was also pierced by the sharp sword.
With a loud explosion, Great Tornado was blown to pieces.
On the other hand, the shield hit by the hero broke into pieces with a bang, while the mirror knight flew back unharmed.
"Although the attack power is the same, each shield in the mirror knight's hand can be destroyed instead of its holder. After the Battle Phase is over, the destroyed shield will be reset." Dartz said lightly, "Nest is the second Mirror Knight Token, attack Masked HERO Anki!"
The mirror knight flew out, slashing at Anki with his sword.
[Masked HERO Anki, ATK 2800]
[Mirror Knight Token, ATK 500 → ATK 2800]
The black Masked HERO tried his best to counterattack, dodging several thrusts from the mirror knight, and finally swept out with a roundabout kick at the right time, but still only kicked firmly on the shield.
Then his armor was also cut by the sharp blade, and his body was turned into pieces.
"The third mirror knight," Dartz said, "attack the 'Elemental HERO Solid Soldier'!"
[Mirror Knight Token, ATK 500 → ATK 1300]
[Elemental HERO Solid Soldier, DEF 1100]
The mirror knight slashed down with his knife, and with one blow, he broke through the armor on the Solid Soldier's wrist and chopped it in half.
In this way, the field on Yuei Vu's side was completely empty.
"The final blow, Duel King Yuei Vu." Dartz waved his hand, "Orichalcos Gigas, attack directly! Turn the Duel King into the nourishment for the recovery of the great god!"
[Orichalcos Gigas, ATK 1900]
[Yuei Vu, LP 1200]
The giant spirit who had died countless times rushed forward aggressively again, roared, dragged the chain, and smashed down towards the top of Yuei Vu's head.
Of course, Yuei Vu would not just let go that easily: "Trap Card – Counter Gate! When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: Negate the attack, and then I draw 1 card.
If the drawn card is a monster, immediately after this effect resolves, I can Normal Summon it! "
The giant spirit's chain jerked down and was swung aside the moment it hit the blue barrier in front of Yuei Vu.
"Hmph, are you alive for the time being?" Dartz said lightly, "But there are still monsters on the field that haven't attacked. If you fail to draw a monster card, this turn is still your end."
Yuei Vu didn't say a word and put his finger on the deck silently.
Now he was already different from when he just crossed over.
His Duelist Rank was 8, which was considered to be top-tier in this world. Not counting those people with cheating abilities, he has undoubtedly become unrivaled among duelists.
This time, he must get a monster card!
"Draw!"
The card he pulled out clearly drew an arc in the air and paused briefly in mid-air.
Yuei Vu showed the card he had drawn: "The card I just draw is 'Destiny HERO Disk Commander'! According to the effect of the 'Counter Gate', he will be Normal Summoned in defense position directly!"
The hero who was covered in discs all over his body came to the field with a yell, and half squatted to protect Yuei Vu.
[Destiny HERO Disk Commander, DEF 300]
"Hey, as expected of the Duel King, did you actually draw a monster card that can be summoned directly? But the result will not change." Dartz waved his hand, "Mirror Knight Calling, Destiny HERO Disk Commander!"
The mirror released a blinding white light, piercing the disc hero's body like a sword. Although the poor hero had a powerful ability to assist in drawing cards, hand-to-hand combat was really not his strong point, and a mere 500 points of attack power was enough to wipe him out.
"Then… 'Orichalcos Kyutora', attack directly!"
[Orichalcos Kyutora, ATK 500]
The big eye closed briefly, then opened suddenly, a slender and life-threatening beam shot out from the center of the eye, piercing Yuei Vu's body like an arrow, the cold touch really seemed to penetrate the soul directly.
[Yuei Vu, LP 1200 → LP 700]
Yuei Vu swayed, his eyes became dizzy and he almost fell to the ground. But the Silent Magician at the side helped him in time.
Yuei Vu turned his head to the side and saw the Silent Magician giving him a clear and firm look, and nodded slightly as if to express trust and encouragement.
"It's the last blow." Dartz said lightly, "Spirit Reaper, attack directly!"
The purple-robed undead floated forward, like a god of death who literally harvested souls, and the sickle slashed down with the breath of death.
The success of this blow would directly determine the outcome!
…but no!
Yuei Vu quickly stuffed a card in his hand into the grave area: "Discard the 'Kuriboh' to activate its effect! It can reduce the damage of a battle to 0!"
Kuriboh! It's still invincible Kuriboh!
Accompanied by the "Kuri Kuri" cry, the Kuriboh jumped onto the field, stretched out the invisible force field with its small and cute body, and blocked all the impact for Yuei Vu!
"Can you even block this move?" Dartz said calmly, "Then my Battle Phase is over. In Main Phase 2 I will activate another effect of 'Orichalcos Deuteros'. Once per turn, I can gain 500 Life Points for each monster I control.
Now I have three Mirror Knight Tokens, Orichalcos Gigas, Spirit Reaper, Orichalcos Kyutora, and Mirror Knight Calling, a total of seven monsters. So the total recovered LP is 3500 points! "
[Dartz, LP 3100 → LP 6600]
General Shien, who was waving a samurai sword on the periphery and was entering and exiting the enemy's formation seven times, stopped briefly.
"Tch, you damned evil god." He muttered, "Even if it's a human warrior… is my current master unable to be his rival after all?"
"That's not the case!"
A magic shell blew up several Orichalcos soldiers beside Shien to pieces. The Dark Magician Girl shouted angrily: "Master will not lose! Because Master…is the strongest!"
"Set a card, I end my turn." Dartz said indifferently, "You managed to survive this turn, so let's start with a compliment for this part. But the result will not change, Yuei Vu.
Even if you try your best and use all the means, in the end, you will only find that everything is in vain…
…as I discovered 10,000 years ago when I tried to save a human being whose heart was corrupted and beyond recovery."