"Draw card." The Dragon Lord casually drew a card from the Deck.
"At this moment, thanks to the effect of Mirage of Nightmare, I draw four Hand Cards during the opponent's Preparation Phase!" Judai seized the opportunity and hurriedly drew four cards.
"Hmph, haha, did I actually draw this card?" The Dragon Lord looked at Judai replenishing his Hand Cards without a hint of tension, gazing at the card in his hand, chuckling to itself, "In the past, facing The Supreme King, I would definitely not draw such a card."
"The power of the Duel will be suppressed to the minimum, but now, everything seems different."
"Activate the Spell Card, Dark Corridor."
"This card can add 1 Dark World Monster from the Deck to the Hand Card."
"?!"
"Hehehehe, you know what I'm going to add, right?" The Dragon Lord sneered, "I will add my second Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World from the Deck to the Hand Card!"
"What?" Jim climbed to the window, feeling a wave of power, shouted in shock.
"To be able to manufacture a second copy of its Physical Card? Could there be a third copy?" Kenzan followed up, shouting.
"You..." Watching the Dragon Lord add a second copy of itself to the Hand Card, Judai's expression became much more solemn.
If not Spirits, it is often hard to determine how powerful a Spirit truly is.
Even in a Duel, it is difficult to see how high a Spirit's Spirit Power is.
But one thing can be certain.
A Spirit often has at most only 1 Physical Card of itself! Because creating a perfectly empowered Card containing its own power, for Spirits, is extremely difficult, almost akin to evolution!
And those Spirits capable of creating a second or even a third card of themselves, such Spirits are undoubtedly top-tier Spirits in the Spirit World!
"Hahaha—Supreme King, haven't you realized yet? I am one of the top-tier Archfiends among countless dimensions!" The Dragon Lord scoffed, "So, of course, I have three of myself."
"Dark Corridor's effect. After taking the card, discard one of your Hand Cards."
"I discard Brron, Mad King of Dark World."
"Discard Brron?"
"Is it to use the effect of The Gates of Dark World?"
The companions hearing this suddenly came back to their senses.
Indeed.
Changing Hand Cards is also a good choice.
"Activate the effect of The Gates of Dark World, banish Brron from the Graveyard, discard one Fiend-Type Monster, draw a card."
"Of course, what I discard is myself." The Dragon Lord casually drew a card then pointed across, "Now, disappear for me, Cosmos Warrior, my effect! When discarded to the Graveyard, target 1 card on the opponent's field. Destroy that opponent's card!"
"Don't think so, the effect of Neos Fusion from the Graveyard! When a Fusion Monster using Neos as Fusion Material on my field is destroyed, it can be banished as a substitute!"
"Hehe, futile struggle—"
The Dragon Lord looked at the card it drew, chuckling coldly.
"Activate Trap Card. Forces of Darkness! Target 2 Dark World Monsters in the Graveyard and activate. Add those cards to the Hand Card!"
Judai slowly widened his eyes.
The two Dark World monsters in Grapha's Graveyard... that is...
Two Graphas!
The Dragon Lord slowly picked up the two monsters from the Graveyard, then leisurely summoned a monster.
"Normal Summon, Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World."
A snarling, tooth-baring ordinary soldier of Dark World appeared in front of the Dragon Lord.
Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World, LV 4, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, ATK 1600→1900.
"Then... Continuous Spell Card, Dark World Archives!"
Countless books flew out from the door behind the Dragon Lord, stacking together to form a library.
"Can only be activated during your Main Phase. Discard 1 Dark World Monster from your Hand Card, all Dark World Monsters on your field have their ATK increased until the end of the turn by that discarded monster's level x100.
What I want to discard, naturally is... Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World!"
Beiige, ATK: 1900→2700.
"The effect of the Dragon Lord, destroy your Flare Neos!"
"Open the Set Card, Quick-Play Spell Card, Graveyard Digestion, send all Spell and Trap Cards on my field to the Graveyard, increase Life Points by 1000 for each, I send Instant Neo Space equipped to Flare Neos and Continuous Spell Card: Mirage of Nightmare to the Graveyard, increasing 2000 Life Points!"
Yuki Judai, LP: 4000→6000.
"Your Life Points keep increasing, you really don't want these weak humans to get hurt, do you?" The Mad King laughed sinisterly, his eyes darting around, concocting some devious plan.
"But the effect isn't over yet, the effect of Dark World Archives. When a Fiend-Type Monster is discarded from your hand by the effect of a Dark World card or an opponent's effect, activate this effect. Choose 1 card from your hand to discard. Then, draw two cards!
Hehe... what should I discard, isn't it obvious? It's my second card!"
Boom!
The clone of the Dragon Lord crashed down like a meteor onto the Flame Neos, this time it was no longer protected by Fusion Power and was shattered instantly.
"It's not over yet, the effect of the second Dragon Lord is to destroy your last line of defense!"
The little Trooper had never seen such a scene, and it spun around on the ground in fright, but to no avail, as it was bombarded into scattered parts.
"Grafa!!!" Judai gritted his teeth and uttered Grafa's name, "The effect of Card Trooper, when this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, activate. Draw one card."
As a result, Judai's hand returned to five cards.
"Then, activate once more, Dark World Dealings." This is also the second card.
The Dragon Lord casually drew a card from the deck, while Judai silently drew a card.
"Discard Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World."
He was using Monsters mostly from his own faction, which was somewhat fitting.
"Wu-Lord's effect, when this card is discarded by an effect from the hand to the Graveyard, activate. This card is Special Summoned."
The golden demon that was once taken out in one turn by Tenjo Hikari appeared on the Dragon Lord's field.
Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World, LV 5, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, ATK 2300→2600.
"Then—return Wu-Lord and Vanguard to the hand!"
The two Monsters vanished from the field like bubbles, and at the same time, two Monsters identical to the Dragon Lord slowly revived in the darkness, accompanied by a sinister laughter.
"Hahaha—no matter how hard you try, it's no use."
"Two Monsters with Attack Power 3000!?"
"It's over, even if I increase Life Points, it's no use."
"How, how can it be, Judai has used all his cards to defend, but they're still easily wiped clean..."
The Mad King laughed wildly, already starting to eye the humans, contemplating how to kill them more beautifully and cruelly.
"Time to wake up, little guy, being a Hero isn't something you can do casually! If you can't even win, what's the point!? Your companions, your friends, your so-called classmates, will eventually leave you—not killed by us, they'll be killed by something else!"
"Direct attack! Go, my clones!"
Judai's face was stern.
He had grown frustrated by his opponent's Supreme King on one side and ridiculousness on the other.
He was never someone with a truly perfect temper, a truly optimistic person, his heart had long been filled with responsibility, and at this moment, he was left with only responsibility and anger.
He had only one thought.
Absolutely cannot lose Life Points—the worries of those classmates were not unfounded, that Mad King seemed capable of such deeds!
"Quick-Play Spell! The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh! Add 1 Kuriboh or Winged Kuriboh from your Deck to your hand or Special Summon!"
"Come, partner!"
"Kuri-kuri!" Winged Kuriboh flew out from beside Judai, cheering him on, and then resolutely stood on the field, guarding with its two claws in front.
Winged Kuriboh, LV 1, Light Attribute, Fairy-Type, DEF 200.
Bang—
In an instant, Kuriboh was torn apart by the Archfiend, yet even though Winged Kuriboh vanished, beside Judai, a giant light shield illuminated, protecting him from any intrusion.
"When Winged Kuriboh is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard on the field. Battle damage I receive this turn becomes 0!"
"Tch..." The Mad King grumbled, lowering his hand, no longer contemplating how to hack the humans.
If it were up to it, this batch of humans would have been dead long ago, but unfortunately, the Dragon Lord wasn't the type of Archfiend, more rigid, without causing damage, it wouldn't demand a Duel price.
Grafa glanced at the scene, slightly furrowing its brow, as one of the oldest and highest-ranking Archfiends, it already guessed some of Judai's intentions, but this wouldn't affect its strategies, it only shook its head and casually Set the next card.
"Then continue, continue your suffering."
"No matter how painful it is, I can endure it! Because, not only here, but in a faraway place, there are countless friends supporting me."
He wants to protect all his classmates, all the Spirits, to take everyone away!