Chapter 88. Gandora Leads into Underworld Goddess of the Closed World! Yubel Struggles Against Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!
Everyone stared enviously at Super Polymerization.
Who wouldn't want to activate a Fusion Spell that can't be negated…
…eat an opponent's monsters—maybe even their ace?
At least right now, in the GX world…
…every Fusion old-timer couldn't hold back their emotions anymore.
"Super Polymerization! Damn, it feels so good when you pull it off!"
"Hiss… why does this feel like a cleaner board break than Nibiru? Is it just me?"
"How to put it… I'm in love. Just let me fire it once. Pure bliss!"
"Looks like the yandere of true love is about to take this one."
"..."
While they gushed over Super Polymerization, they also noticed the aftermath.
After being fed to Super Polymerization as Fusion Material, the opponent barely had any cards left on the field.
It looked like the yandere of true love had victory within reach.
Because the opponent's hand held only 2 cards.
With just 2 cards left after burning through so many earlier…
…can they still push?
In a situation like this…
…can they still push?
In the short video—
After getting Super Polymerization'd, Agatsuma Trudia was numb.
She finally lined up another Synchro Summon…
…and got fused away by that guy?
Now it'd be a crime not to blow up Yubel.
Beloved Yandere: "I activate the effect of Yubel – The Loving Defender Forever.
I use 3 materials."
Beloved Yandere: "You lose 1500 LP."
"Okay then, your move."
"Let's see how you're turning this around with only 2 cards."
Agatsuma Trudia: "My turn continues!"
"You like fusing my monsters?"
"You think 2 cards can't flip this?"
"I wanted to take it slow, but you're forcing my hand!"
"I activate the Continuous Spell – Shining Sarcophagus!"
"During my Main Phase, I add 1 card that mentions 'Shining Sarcophagus' from my Deck to my hand."
"The card I add is… Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction!"
Beloved Yandere: "???"
Beloved Yandere: "Gandora? Who the hell even are you?"
Agatsuma Trudia: "I Special Summon it!
Its ATK is 6300!"
"I pay half my Life Points—down to 3250 LP!"
"I destroy and banish all other cards on the field!"
In that instant—
Gandora's ATK shot up to 8900!
Every card except Gandora was cleared, leaving only Yubel – The Loving Defender Forever and the indestructible Shining Sarcophagus.
That sudden Sarcophagus + Gandora line stunned all six Duel Worlds.
What kind of top-deck was that?
No—seriously.
What on earth did this guy pack into his Deck?
First it was D.D. Crow snatching Yubel.
Then came Double Tuning with Stardust and Rose.
Now Gandora with Shining Sarcophagus?
DM world.
Seeing Gandora, "Little Game"—Yugi Muto—went wide-eyed.
Gandora!
The powerful ace that helped him out of countless tight spots!
Has that card gotten this alien in the Higher World?
Just slap it down and casually nuke the board?
Then he glanced at his own Deck's Gandora, which still needs two Tributes.
Yugi's lip twitched.
Sir, times really have changed.
Even Gandora feels foreign now!
Beloved Yandere: "Heh… pointless."
"First destroy, then banish."
"Too bad—my Yubel – The Loving Defender Forever can't be destroyed, so it won't be banished either."
Agatsuma Trudia: "Hahaha. Oh? Is that so?"
"After Gandora resolves, I can also Special Summon a monster from my Deck!"
"Come forth—Archfiend's Advent!"
"At the same time, it activates!"
"Your Yubel—I take control of it until the End Phase!"
Beloved Yandere: "Nani? What the—!"
"What disgusting, janky card is that?!"
At this point—
Beloved Yandere's field was wiped clean.
None of the old-guard Duelists expected it.
All the advantage Super Polymerization built up…
…got erased by a single Shining Sarcophagus search into Gandora.
Even the highly resistant Loving Defender got yoinked.
That reversal was way too fast!
In an instant the lead collapsed.
Too fast!
Agatsuma Trudia: "It's over. Direct attack!"
Beloved Yandere: "In that case—
I Special Summon Spirit of Yubel from my hand!"
"This card cannot be destroyed by battle, and I take no battle damage from its battles!"
Agatsuma Trudia: "Then I'll have The Loving Defender Forever attack your Spirit of Yubel."
Beloved Yandere: "No damage, so it won't get banished either."
"How about it? Any more tricks?"
Agatsuma Trudia: "Of course. Main Phase 2."
"I Link Summon using The Loving Defender Forever and Archfiend's Advent—Link-2!"
"Link confirmed—S:P Little Knight!"
"Effect.
Banish your Spirit of Yubel!"
"Then in Main Phase 2, I Normal Summon Centur-Ion Atrii."
"Effect—draw 1."
"Next, I Synchro Summon using my Level 8 Gandora and the Level 4 Tuner Atrii!"
"Centur-Ion Legatia!"
"Legatia's effect—draw 1!"
"I Set 1, and in the End Phase I activate Legatia again."
"I place Centur-Ion Primera from my GY to my Spell & Trap Zone."
"..."
That Synchro line sent the old-guard Duelists across the worlds into mental overload.
A perfectly good Gandora—
A massively powerful Gandora—
Used as Synchro Material to make a 12-Star, 3500/2000 Synchro?
Sure, it looks more respectable than Gandora…
…but the raw stats don't beat Gandora.
Could it be…
…she's pivoting back to Centur-Ion as her main axis?
Joey Wheeler: "Weird.
Is this guy brain-lagging? Why ditch Gandora?"
Kite Tenjo: "Not sure. Maybe there's another plan."
Professor Chronos: "Ma, Duelists from the Higher World are like this—always lines we can't predict."
Yusei Fudo: "It's obvious Gandora's job is done.
This way he can convert resources and pair with his set card."
Yuto: "Senior Yusei is right.
If Gandora gets answered, his position becomes dire."
As interpretations clashed, the group chat heated up again.
On screen, the Duel continued.
Beloved Yandere: "My turn! Draw!"
"I return Yubel and Spirit of Yubel from my GY to the Deck."
"Contact Fusion—Phantom of Yubel."
"I activate the Spell Nightmare Pain!"
Agatsuma Trudia: "Chain!
Quick-Play Spell—Emblema Salvation!"
"I banish the Primera in my Spell & Trap Zone—your Nightmare Pain gets banished too."
Just as expected—
It was there to interrupt.
If she'd stayed on Gandora here, she couldn't have leveraged resources, and the position would be awful.
Beloved Yandere: "Heh—what a pain!"
"You like pivoting engines? Fine—so do I!"
"I Normal Summon Dark Beckoning Beast."
"I add Opening of the Spirit Gates."
"Opening of the Spirit Gates activates to add Chaos Summoning Beast."
"Gates effect—discard Chaos Summoning Beast to Special Summon it."
"Summoning Beast now tributes itself to Special Summon from the Deck…!"
Agatsuma Trudia: "Chain—S:P Little Knight!"
Beloved Yandere: "Too late!
I also chain Phantom of Yubel!"
"Phantom destroys Spirit of Yubel in the Deck to Special Summon Yubel!"
"And then…
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!"
"...…"
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder?
One of the Sacred Beasts—the counterpart to the Egyptian Gods' The Winged Dragon of Ra!
GX world.
Chancellor Sheppard nearly thought the Academy's Sacred Beasts got stolen.
Then he remembered: in the Higher World, powerful cards are everywhere.
The Sacred Beasts are nothing special.
Even so, after all they'd seen, seeing Hamon appear still shocked everyone at Duel Academy.
Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix both grew solemn.
The opponent's Deck is complicated.
And this Yubel Deck is insanely complicated too.
He wasn't just using the lower-level Sacred Beast support…
…he actually main-decked the Sacred Beasts themselves.
DM world.
Many Duel veterans almost heard the Gods' summoning BGM the moment this card hit.
Realizing it wasn't Ra, they were even more rattled.
The ones unfamiliar went pale.
A 4000 ATK Hamon!
That stat line alone is terrifying.
"Knew it—he wasn't that simple!"
"The moment Beckoning Beast appeared, I suspected it.
Of course there'd be an ace!"
"Now it won't be easy to break through, right?"
"Don't be so sure.
I get the feeling the other side is super 'sacky'—and super printed."
While Joey, Tristan, and Téa chatted away, the Duel field showed, indeed, another absurd "sack-draw print-line."
Beloved Yandere: "Battle Phase."
"Hamon attacks your S:P Little Knight."
Agatsuma Trudia: "I Special Summon Marshmallon!"
"As long as I control Shining Sarcophagus, this card won't be destroyed by battle, and your monsters can't choose other monsters as attack targets."
Top-deck!
Pure, hard top-deck!
Even Marshmallon gets fished out!
You the real King here or what!
Beloved Yandere nearly coughed blood.
Only now did he realize how absurd Shining Sarcophagus is.
Earlier, Gandora wiped his board.
Now Marshmallon is stonewalling.
He has to answer that card.
Beloved Yandere: "Tch—shameless top-decks!
You only run one, don't you?"
"And you still managed to draw it!"
"Main Phase 2!"
"I Link Summon using Yubel and Dark Beckoning Beast—Link-2 Unchained Soul Lord of Yama!"
"Then I Link Summon again, using Yama and Hamon—Link-3 Unchained Soul of Anguish!"
"I activate its effect—using Anguish and your Legatia to Link Summon—Link-2 S:P Little Knight!"
"Little Knight's effect—your Shining Sarcophagus is banished!"
"And then—"
"I return Yubel and Chaos Summoning Beast from the GY to the Deck."
"Contact Fusion—Phantom of Yubel!"
"My turn ends."
To Link away Hamon—
that extravagance made the Duel Academy students and faculty shiver in unison.
What kind of household is this?
What kind of status?
What kind of rich guy?!
At our school, the Sacred Beasts are treasures to be protected.
On this field?
You just Link one away like that?
Earlier it was an 8000-ATK Gandora feeding a Centur-Ion Synchro line…
Now it's Hamon getting Linked to ultimately bring out Little Knight.
For this sequence—
Ishizu in the DM world felt it deeply.
After all, Seto Kaiba once Tributed Obelisk the Tormentor to Tribute Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon and beat her—clear as day even now.
Agatsuma Trudia: "My turn—draw!"
"I Normal Summon Gadget Trio."
"On Normal/Special Summon, I add Shining Sarcophagus, or a Spell/Trap that mentions it, from my Deck to my hand."
Beloved Yandere: "I'll fire Phantom of Yubel!"
"I alter your effect, destroy Spirit, and jump out Yubel!"
The relentless use of Phantom of Yubel to alter effects and replenish resources made many Duelists realize the real problem card in this Deck might not be anything else…
…but this Phantom of Yubel with its absurdly easy summoning condition.
The moment it hits, it's basically a monster-effect twist/negate.
Who can stand that?
Agatsuma Trudia: "Then I won't hold back anymore."
"It's time to bring out the trump card."
"To Summon this monster, I can also use an opponent's monster as material."
"So… need I say more?"
"Your Little Knight!
My Little Knight!"
"Plus Marshmallon!
And Gadget Trio!"
"Confirm Link Arrows!"
"Link-5—an unbeatable Link monster!"
Seeing those five Link Arrows, and that Summon letting her use his Link monster as material, Beloved Yandere's face twisted in alarm.
Those arrows… that Link-5…
That effect—he'd never forget this card even in death.
Agatsuma Trudia: "Link confirmed!"
"Underworld Goddess of the Closed World!"
As this Link-5 descended, what seized their eyes was not its 3000 ATK, nor the devil-reaper artwork.
It was the effect text.
Effect 1.
If this card is Link Summoned, negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent currently controls.
Effect 2.
This Link Summoned card is unaffected by your opponent's activated effects unless they specifically target this card.
Effect 3.
Once per turn, when your opponent activates a Spell/Trap/monster effect that includes Special Summoning from the GY, you can negate that activation.
Across all six Duel Worlds—
Silence.
A one-time mass monster-effect negation on Summon.
Built-in, heavy protection…
…and a GY-summon negate on top.
It tanks, it negates, it eats, and it even looks gorgeous.
Why is there such a perfect card?
And it isn't even that hard to Summon.
Calling it a "card everyone should own" wouldn't be an exaggeration.
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