Chapter 77. Cyberdark End Dragon + Zeus's Relentless Suppression! Utopia's Despair Struggles!
As everyone expected!
With three copies of Cyberdark End Dragon in hand, it would make no sense not to enter the Battle Phase and clear the board!
Even if Dark Ruler No More prevented damage, it was still enough to expand the advantage on the field!
On top of that, Dragon Buster Destruction Sword locked out Special Summons from the Extra Deck!
Was Number F0: Utopic Draco Future's defeat already in sight?
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "Battle Phase."
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "Enjoy this!"
"Cyberdark End Dragon, 5000 ATK—attack and destroy Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy!"
"The second Cyberdark End Dragon destroys your Utopia Ray!"
"With the multi-attack, destroy your Number 99: Utopia Dragonar."
"The last Cyberdark End Dragon destroys your Number F0: Utopic Draco Future."
"At the same time, I activate Cyberdark Claw's effect to send Number 71: Rebarian Shark from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard."
"Rebarian Shark's effect places Rank-Up-Magic – The Seventh One on top of the Deck."
"Because of Power Bond's drawback, I take 2000 damage!"
"….."
After that Battle Phase and the turn ending, the Leader of the Cyber-Style's Life Points were only 4200!
And that final setup with The Seventh One stunned "Opening-the-Future Utopia."
It also stunned Zane Truesdale and the other Duelists in the GX dimension!
What kind of dirty tech was that?
Shark cards?
The Seventh One?
You call this a pure Cyber-Style build?
You call this a pure Cyber Dragon Deck?
This Deck definitely has some dirty stuff in it!
ZEXAL World.
Reginald "Shark" Kastle was just as dumbfounded.
"What is this?
A WATER package?"
"Shark cards?
Hold on!"
"He's not even playing pure Cyber Dragons?"
"Rank-Up with The Seventh One?
What exactly is he planning?"
Shark clenched his teeth as certain memories seemed to awaken.
Yuma Tsukumo and the others looked over at Shark's odd reaction.
Did seeing someone else using Shark cards trigger him?
Back to the Duel!
After that successful wave of attacks, "Opening-the-Future Utopia" had only two monsters left on the field.
Only a 3000-ATK Number 99: Utopia Dragonar and one 2500-ATK Number S39: Utopia the Lightning remained.
By contrast, the opponent had three Cyberdark End Dragons plus the extra suppression from Dragon Buster Destruction Sword!
The pressure was so intense that all the Duelists watching had trouble breathing!
Let alone "Opening-the-Future Utopia," who was now at a huge disadvantage!
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "My turn, draw!"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "Yaro!
Three Cyberdark End Dragons!
Interesting!"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "I'll activate Onomatopaira to search Utopic Onomatopoeia from my Deck!"
"Don't think Utopia has no chance left!
But don't forget!"
"I set two cards earlier!"
"One of them is Slash Draw!"
"Come on!
Activate Slash Draw!"
"You have eight cards on the field, so I send eight cards from my Deck to the Graveyard and then draw one!"
"As long as I draw Slash Draw, I'll destroy every card on the field!"
"Let's go!
Main-character anime mode, engage!"
"This draw… it's definitely… it's… ZS – Ascended Sage???"
Opening-the-Future Utopia stared at the Slash Draw that went to the Graveyard as the eighth card milled.
He froze!
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "Huh????"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "No way!
That's not how the script goes!"
"Wasn't I supposed to resolve Slash Draw and finish you?"
"Damn!"
With Slash Draw whiffing, all he could do was return any eight cards from his Graveyard to his Deck.
It didn't look like a minus on paper, but it didn't solve the opponent's triple-Cyberdark End Dragon board at all!
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "I… I'll switch Utopia the Lightning to Defense Position."
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "I set one monster."
"Number 99: Utopia Dragonar attacks your 'ride' and destroys it!"
"You take 2000 damage!"
After that strikeback, the Leader of the Cyber-Style's Life Points dropped to 2200!
In Life Points, at least, the Leader of the Cyber-Style was behind!
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "My turn!
Draw!"
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "No surprise, I draw The Seventh One and activate it."
"According to its effect, I Xyz Summon from the Extra Deck!"
"Number 101: Silent Honor ARK!"
"Then, with The Seventh One's effect—Rank-Up!"
"Number C101: Silent Honor DARK!"
"...…"
As expected!
This was definitely not a pure Cyber-Style build!
Seeing those powerful WATER "Shark" Xyz pulled out by The Seventh One, Opening-the-Future Utopia went completely numb!
Of course a player with a handle like that would be running dirty tech!
Nothing clean in that Extra Deck at all!
Three Cyberdark End Dragons weren't enough—he still jammed in a Shark package!
Meanwhile, in the ZEXAL world—
At the very moment the Chaos Xyz happened, Astral and Yuma both jolted!
They knew this was power from the Barian World—Chaos power!
What exactly were the "Seven Emperors"?
No—more importantly, that Chaos 101!
Did the higher world also have access to Chaos Xyz power?
Shark was already wide-eyed and petrified!
His Shark cards hadn't even hit the field yet!
And this guy was already including them in a Cyber Dragon build!?
Hold on.
Cyber Dragons… isn't that Zane Truesdale from GX?
Shark immediately connected this to what he'd heard in the big cross-world chat—someone called "Kaiser," Ryo Marufuji.
He's the one who uses Cyber Dragons!
Realizing that, Shark calmed down.
The short video continued!
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "Activate your Field Spell, Chicken Game.
I pay 1000 Life Points to draw one card!"
The Leader of the Cyber-Style's Life Points were now down to 1200!
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "Heh-heh-heh, thanks for your Chicken Game—this feels great!"
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "Now!
Activate Number C101's effect!"
"Gimme your '99'!
Become material for Number C101!"
"My 6000-ATK Cyberdark End Dragon equips ZS – Utopic Sage from your Graveyard!"
"Number C101, attack and destroy your set monster."
"The first Cyberdark End Dragon destroys your Number S39: Utopia the Lightning!"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "Chain!
I activate Number Protection, the Trap I milled with the earlier Slash Draw!"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "While this card is in the Graveyard, if my 'Number' monster on the field would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can Set this card to my field."
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "Then I chain my last face-down from Turn 1!"
"Trap Card—ZEXAL Alliance!"
"I pay LP until I have exactly 10 LP to activate it!"
"I Special Summon Number C39: Utopia Ray from my Graveyard!"
"I also choose one card from my Deck to place on top."
"For the record—the monster Special Summoned by this effect has its ATK doubled, cannot be destroyed by card effects, and cannot be destroyed by battle except by 'Number' monsters."
"You're not attacking, and you're not damaging me either!"
"...…"
After a flurry of plays, Opening-the-Future Utopia forced himself to withstand the pressure from all those Cyberdark End Dragons!
He dropped to 10 Life Points and placed all his hopes on that Utopia Ray!
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "Oh?
Sore wa dōkana?"
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "I'll keep attacking, then activate Cyberdark Claw to send Number C101 from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard."
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "???"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "So you really aren't playing a pure Cyber Dragon Deck, huh?"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "Wait—don't tell me—"
A bad premonition surged up.
Even the near-invincible Utopia Ray might not hold!
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "That's right!
Exactly!"
Leader of the Cyber-Style: "Main Phase 2!
I Rank-Up the on-field Number C101 into Number XX: Utopic Dark Infinity!"
"I activate Utopic Dark Infinity's effect to copy Number C101 from the Graveyard!"
"Hand it over!
Utopia Ray becomes material!"
"End Phase!"
"I ascend straight to the Xyz endpoint!!!"
"Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder!!!"
What the—???
Nani???
ZEUS???
Opening-the-Future Utopia was instantly numb!
So those Cyber Dragons—those Cyberdark End Dragons—were all just a smokescreen!
This was going to collapse hard!
Duel Monsters World.
Seeing three Cyberdark End Dragons, plus all those bizarre Xyz monsters, Seto Kaiba, Yugi Muto, and the others could no longer keep a straight face!
Maximillion Pegasus covered his mouth in disbelief!
"Unbelievable!
This is a Cyber Dragon Deck?"
"No—Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder exceeds what a Cyber-Style build should even do!"
"That effect that sends everything to the Graveyard!
And it pairs with those nearly untouchable Cyberdark End Dragons!"
"What a perfect combo!"
"Simply splendid."
Pegasus couldn't help but give a flawless compliment!
Sweat dotted the faces around him.
Indeed.
Three Cyberdark End Dragons.
All kinds of Xyz, and then they Rank-Up into the beyond-understanding ZEUS!
Everyone's souls were numb!
GX World.
Zane Truesdale and Chancellor Sheppard couldn't calm down at all!
Cyber-Style?
You call this Cyber-Style?
What kind of cards are all these!
What does that make their own Cyber-Style?
A clown-show Deck?
And ZEUS!
What even is that thing?
Rank 12 Xyz?
Detach two materials to send all other cards to the Graveyard?
Must be a fake card!
In the short video—
After Main Phase 2 ended, the turn passed back to Opening-the-Future Utopia.
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "Remember what I stacked earlier?"
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "That's right!
The card I drew is—Slash Draw!"
"You like to play games, huh?"
"Then I'll play along!
Activate Slash Draw!"
"I'm doing it again!
No way my luck is that bad!"
"I send nine cards!"
"The card I draw is… Spell Card, Glorious Numbers?"
Opening-the-Future Utopia looked at Slash Draw being sent as the ninth card and almost suffocated on the spot!
"Nani?
Again?"
"Twice now!
Twice!
Slash Draw was the very next card—sent to the Graveyard right before I would draw it!"
"Damn!
I can't hold it in!"
"How am I supposed to play?
Where's my protagonist aura?"
Seeing the Utopia player that unlucky, Duelists across all six worlds couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Seriously?
That's some tragic luck.
First time: send eight, the eighth card milled is Slash Draw.
Second time: send nine, the ninth card milled is Slash Draw.
In other words, because the opponent's Cyberdark End Dragon equipped one extra card from the Graveyard, it tilted the scales of victory ever so slightly in his favor!
As if it were destiny!
If the opponent hadn't used that effect to add one more equip and thus one more card on the field, then this time—
He would have sent eight and drawn Slash Draw as the ninth!
Brutal.
Too hard to keep a straight face.
All the Duelists could no longer hold back their laughter.
It seemed victory would go to Cyber Dragons.
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "Then… let me reclaim what I can from the Extra Deck first."
Opening-the-Future Utopia: "I activate my third Onomatopaira!"
"I search Onomatopickup from the Deck!"
"I activate Onomatopickup, discard a card, and search Zubababancho Gagagacoat and Utopic Onomatopoeia!"
"I activate the card I drew—Glorious Numbers!"
"I revive Number F0: Utopic Future from the Graveyard and then draw one card!"
"I activate the Spell I milled with the first Slash Draw—ZEXAL Catapult!"
"I banish it along with ZW – Asura Strike to destroy your Dragon Buster Destruction Sword that was locking my Extra Deck Special Summons!"
"I Normal Summon Zubababancho Gagagacoat and use its effect to Special Summon Utopic Onomatopoeia from the Graveyard!"
"Overlay the two—Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia!"
"Rank-Up—Number S39: Utopia One!"
"I activate Rank-Up-Magic – Astral Force on Utopia One to Rank-Up again!"
"Number 93: Utopia Kaiser!!!"
"Then I upgrade the revived Number F0: Utopic Future into Number F0: Utopic Future Slash!"
"I activate Utopia Kaiser's effect!"
"I can Special Summon from my Extra Deck 'Number' monsters with different Ranks up to the number of materials it has, as long as they are Rank 9 or lower with 3000 or less ATK!"
"First—Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy!"
"Second—Number S39: Utopia the Lightning!"
"Third—Number 39: Utopia Beyond!"
"Fourth—Number F0: Utopic Draco Future!"
"...…"
Was the comeback really happening?
To the shock of Duelists across all six worlds, leveraging Utopia Kaiser's effect, "Opening-the-Future Utopia" once again flooded his field with all sorts of "Number" monsters!
On the field, he forced the momentum back into existence!
But here's the problem.
Three Cyberdark End Dragons, at least 5000 ATK each.
Among them, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder could at any time send everything to the Graveyard!
In that situation, what could these monsters do?
Not a single one could actually break through the board—
No chance, right?
Duel Monsters World.
Almost all of the old guard, seeing this, already believed Opening-the-Future Utopia had no way to strike back.
Even if he pulled out that many monsters.
So what?
Not a single one could beat Cyberdark End Dragon.
Even if he could beat one Cyberdark End Dragon—
What about the other two?
What could he use to beat them?
"It's over!"
"So many cards.
What a shame."
"No way to turn this around."
Joey Wheeler shrugged, as if convinced that Opening-the-Future Utopia was doomed.
"Oh?
I don't see it that way."
"On the contrary."
"I think Opening-the-Future Utopia should be favored to win."
"...…"
Yugi Muto's words immediately drew everyone's attention.
Yugi Muto actually thought Opening-the-Future Utopia could still win?
Was he looking down on Cyberdark End Dragon?
Or did Utopia still have some unknown trump card?
Something they didn't know?
…
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