Chapter 81. Nibiru Feasts and Devours the Field! Odd-Eyes' Struggle under the Scarecrow Lock!
Everyone was wondering.
Facing the absolute suppression of Supreme King Z-ARC…
Why was the Blue-Eyes White Dragon duelist "Mighty-Invincible-Strongest" still perfectly calm?
The turn had already passed to the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Interesting.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon is a rare sight."
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "My turn.
I activate the effect of Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon!"
"This card goes to the Graveyard and I pay 500 LP.
I search my Deck for Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon!"
"I Normal Summon Performapal Skullcrobat Joker."
"Joker's effect.
I add Black Fang Magician from my Deck to my hand."
"I activate the Pendulum Zone effect of Performapal Odd-Eyes Dissolver."
"I Fusion Summon using Joker and the Black Fang Magician in my hand."
"Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom!"
"I activate Heavymetalfoes Electrumite's effect, destroy Dissolver, and add my face-up Joker from the Extra Deck."
"Electrumite's other effect: when a card in my Pendulum Zone leaves the field, I draw 1 card.
I draw."
"I set Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon with Scale 8 in my left Pendulum Zone."
"Then I Pendulum Summon from the Extra Deck Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon and Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer."
"Pendulum Sorcerer's effect—destroy itself and Arc Pendulum."
"I search Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and Performapal Kuribohble from my Deck."
"I activate Arc Pendulum's effect in the P-Zone to Special Summon Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon from my Graveyard."
"I activate a second Pendulum Call."
"I discard 1 card."
"I add Harmonizing Magician and Tuning Magician from my Deck."
"I activate Starving Venom's effect and copy the effect of Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon in my Graveyard."
"Activate!
This card's ATK and DEF increase by half of the opponent's LP."
"Starving Venom's ATK shoots up to 6800!"
"And this turn, all of my monsters can inflict piercing damage."
"Alright!
Time to end this!"
...
After that frenzy of resource-burning development, the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist had assembled as much of an OTK as their line allowed.
Everyone felt their hearts sink.
Was the Blue-Eyes player about to be done for?
One monster after another, combined like this…
Even if it couldn't completely finish "Mighty-Invincible-Strongest," it should be enough to wipe out all of his resources.
As expected.
Odd-Eyes still had the edge.
Maybe… probably?
At the very moment the six great duel worlds thought that—
a scene that shocked everyone unfolded!
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "Oh? Sore wa dō kana?"
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "If I flip this card in my hand…
How will you respond?"
"This card is Nibiru, the Primal Being."
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "???"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Wha—? Nani???"
The next second—
every monster on the field was Tributed and cleared!
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "Looks like your final ATK isn't high enough."
"I Summon Nibiru, the Primal Being, which only has 3000 ATK."
"As for you, enjoy your Primal Being Token with 17,100 ATK and 13,000 DEF."
"I'm sure you'll love that Defense Position big baby of a Token."
Numb.
Utterly numb.
Not only the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist in the video, but also every duelist watching right now.
DM World.
Seto Kaiba stood firmly on the Blue-Eyes side, and he was all smiles.
He knew it wouldn't be that simple.
A single Nibiru just turned the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist to stone, didn't it!
Joey Wheeler: "Whoa! What even is that thing?
What kind of card is this?!
You can play like THAT?!
Wait—
So all his monsters got eaten and sent away?!"
Joey blurted out his endless astonishment.
He would've never imagined the Higher World even had something this dirty.
A big meteor, huh?
GX World.
The students and faculty were dumbfounded too.
Mouths agape, they stared at a monster card that devoured the entire field—even its controller's monsters.
Nibiru, the Primal Being?
This card is kinda busted.
It eats the whole board in one bite.
Doesn't leave a scrap.
And that Token it gives—sure, the ATK and DEF are huge…
But it's a vanilla body.
Right now, their mindset had changed.
Vanilla monsters—no matter how strong—what good are they?
One destruction effect and they're done.
In the short video, the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist's face was practically green with rage.
No doubt about it—Nibiru must have been drawn last turn.
Otherwise he could've dropped it at the very start of the combo.
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "My turn! Draw!"
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "I activate the Spell Advanced Ritual Art."
"I send Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard."
"I Ritual Summon Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon."
"I activate Trade-In, discard The White Stone of Ancients, and draw 2."
"I Normal Summon a second Sage with Eyes of Blue."
"I Synchro Summon using Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon and Sage."
"Level 8 plus a Level 1 Tuner."
"Come forth—Vermillion Dragon Mech!"
Using Chaos MAX as Synchro Material?
Has he gone mad?
No—there must be more to it.
After all, with these two turns, he's already loaded the Graveyard with plenty of White Stones.
Which means he can recycle.
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "I activate Vermillion's effect and banish the Sage in my Graveyard."
"You don't seem to like that Token."
"I'll blow it up for you."
"Then I activate The White Stone of Ancients in the Graveyard—banish it to add my Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon back."
"I activate a second Advanced Ritual Art."
"I send a third Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard."
"Ritual Summon—Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon."
"Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon in the Graveyard—banish itself to give my Chaos MAX 1000 ATK."
"I'll go for a direct attack."
"You're finished."
...
As expected, the seemingly mighty Token was destroyed and cleared.
And on the field, the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist had no monsters left to block.
Almost every duelist couldn't help but hold their breath for the Odd-Eyes player.
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "Vermillion Dragon Mech! 2700! Direct!"
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "Nibiru! 3000! Direct!"
"7,000 LP shaved in an instant."
"Your LP is down to 1300."
"The final blow! Chaos MAX—5000!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Oh? Sore wa dō kana?"
"Did you forget the Kuribohble I searched earlier?"
"I Special Summon Performapal Kuribohble in Defense Position from my hand.
Your Chaos MAX cuts through defense, right?"
"You like double damage, huh?
You like your big meteor, huh?"
"Then my Performapal Kuribohble has 200 DEF."
"Piercing 4800 becomes 9600 when doubled."
"My LP jumps straight to 10,900!"
"Hahahaha!
Come on! Let's see who feels better now!"
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "Heh.
You only bought yourself one more turn."
"I Set 1 card.
Turn end."
...
In that exchange of turns, neither side really gained much advantage.
But the scales of victory had been re-weighed.
ARC-V World.
Yuya Sakaki took a deep breath and slowly exhaled after watching that sequence.
This was way too close.
Kuribohble literally saved a life.
Without Kuribohble, the duel would've already been lost.
"Foresight, huh?"
"You can tell he realized the danger coming."
"That's why he fetched Kuribohble beforehand."
"This entertainment duelist has something."
Shay Obsidian analyzed coolly.
Replaying the earlier sequence, Shay's expression finally showed a hint of surprise.
His words made Yuto, Yugo, and Zuzu Boyle all stir slightly.
If that's true, then Kuribohble was a pre-emptive read.
Are Higher World duelists all this terrifying?
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "My turn. Draw!"
"I activate Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm in the Graveyard."
"When I control no monsters, it Special Summons itself."
"I Normal Summon my last Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, and search my second Noble Dragon Magician."
"I overlay the two Level 4 monsters on the field."
"I'm not done yet."
"Xyz Summon—Supreme King Dragon Dark Rebellion."
"I start a Pendulum Summon.
From the Extra Deck, I Special Summon Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer."
"I use the effect to reduce Odd-Eyes' Level and Special Summon Noble Dragon Magician."
"I Synchro Summon using the Level 4 Pendulum Sorcerer and the Level 3 Tuner Noble Dragon."
"Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon."
"Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon's effect—Special Summon Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon from my Pendulum Zone."
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell—Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Force."
"Dark Rebellion, Rank-Up."
"Overlay Soul! Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"
"Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon—effect.
Detach 1 material.
Its ATK becomes the total of all monsters on the field."
"Final ATK—20,400!"
Here it comes.
A chance to turn the tide.
At that moment, seeing the counterattack, the Odd-Eyes side successfully exploded into a terrifying 20k+ ATK Xyz monster.
All six duel worlds boiled over.
5D's World.
"Ha ha ha!
Sick!"
"Even after getting hit by Nibiru, the comeback begins!"
"This swing—
the opponent's LP goes straight to 0!"
"He's going to win!"
Crow Hogan kept laughing and stacking flags.
Hearing Crow's words, Jack Atlas and Yusei Fudo both twitched at the corners of their mouths.
Why did they suddenly get a bad feeling?
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "I flip the Trap—Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"
"When your monster declares an attack, I target that attacking monster and negate the attack.
After resolution, this card doesn't go to the Graveyard—it Sets itself again."
"Alright. Please continue."
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "You—seriously…!"
"I'm done.
Main Phase 2—
I overlay Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon and Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon on the field."
"Rank 7 Xyz."
"Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon."
"My turn is over."
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "My turn. Draw!"
"Muda muda muda!"
"I banish a second Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon from the Graveyard."
"My Chaos MAX is now 6000 ATK."
"Battle!
I destroy your Rebellion Dragon and you take 3000."
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon's effect—when it's destroyed, it moves to the Pendulum Zone."
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "What's the point?
Nibiru destroys your Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon—take 500."
"Your LP is down to 7400."
Resources, blown away yet again.
On the field, the only thing left to rely on was the 32,800 ATK Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "My turn! Draw!"
"I place Harmonizing Magician with Scale 8 in my left Pendulum Zone."
"On the right is the Scale 4 Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon from earlier."
"I Pendulum Summon Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon in Defense Position from the Extra Deck."
"I use Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon again—detach 1 material."
"ATK climbs to 32,800."
"Turn end."
Mighty-Invincible-Strongest: "My turn. Draw!"
"I banish The White Stone of Ancients from the Graveyard to add Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
"I reveal Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Special Summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon."
"I overlay Chaos MAX and Alternative for a Rank 8."
"Overlay!
Xyz Summon Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon."
"Detach 1 material—gimme that."
"Can't be destroyed by effects?
Huge ATK?
Now it's mine.
Its name is also treated as 'Cipher.'"
"Now, only a 'Cipher' monster can attack."
"Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon—destroy Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon."
"Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon—direct attack.
Take 3000."
"Think you'll steal back Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon?"
"Forget it. I overlay on top of Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon."
"Rank-Up Xyz Summon—Galaxy-Eyes Cipher X Dragon."
"Cipher X Dragon—effect."
"I detach 2 Xyz Materials."
"Until your next turn, the LIGHT monsters I control cannot be targeted by your effects."
"Your field is empty.
Turn end—your move."
"Care to surrender?"
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Yes.
Everyone was stunned by Blue-Eyes' final sequence.
They all thought the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist, with the ever-growing Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon that also resists effect destruction, could keep stalling against a Blue-Eyes strategy full of destroy effects, hang on to the board, then, in a future turn, draw the key to answer Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, and finally win with Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon.
But right now, a decisive Rank-8 Galaxy-Eyes line mercilessly snuffed out the Odd-Eyes duelist's last hope.
Right—
it's Blue-Eyes, after all.
How could there not be Galaxy-Eyes?
In the big group chat, discussion erupted instantly.
Yugi Muto: "Is there still a chance?
With resources empty and the field empty—if it were me…"
Seto Kaiba: "Hahaha!
I told you! Pulverize! Invincible! The strongest!
Blue-Eyes White Dragon is not something Odd-Eyes can leech off."
Yuma Tsukumo: "What a shame.
Next game, trying to answer a Blue-Eyes board like that sounds like wishful thinking."
Yusei Fudo: "Why is everyone so discouraged?
If you ask me, there are still plenty of outs."
Yusei's words made many frown slightly.
There's still a chance?
Are you kidding?
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