If it were an ordinary person playing Undead-Type here, seeing a Friend Hero, they might have already surrendered. But not our classmate Bakura; he is still staring intently at his hand, trying to think of a strategy to defeat the enemy.
Just that dark, broken thing trashing his entire deck?
That's a load of crap!
But he still has a chance.
"Magic Card 'Magical Book in the Pot'." Bakura gritted his teeth and played this super-powerful draw card, trying to create more opportunities, "Both players draw three cards from their deck."
Of course, due to the effect of Masked Hero Dark Claw, one card from the hand must be randomly banished.
After all, the Great Evil God Sock is not an ordinary person; upon glancing at one of the drawn cards, his eyes sparkled as if he thought of something.
If it's that card... maybe it could work!
"Activate Magic Card 'Foolish Burial' from my hand; this card allows you to select one Monster Card from your deck and send it to the graveyard."
Bakura raised his arm high, and a transparent slate appeared mid-air.
"The monster I want to send to the graveyard is... this fellow! Necroface!"
Youyu squinted his eyes slightly.
Goodness, there's still this move.
An unsettling, pale doll's head flashed fleetingly on the field like a ghost and vanished. Meanwhile, the realm established by Masked Hero Dark Claw took effect, banishing the monster that was supposed to go to the graveyard to another dimension.
"That's right! Due to the effect of your Masked Hero Dark Claw, the monster sent to the graveyard is banished instead." Bakura said, "Then, the special effect of Necroface activates the moment it's banished.
Both players must banish the top five cards of their decks!"
Youyu silently drew the top five cards of his deck. Similarly, five slates floated in front of Bakura, gradually transforming into transparent phantoms and dissipating.
"Hey, it seems like your luck isn't too good." Bakura smirked, waving his hand, "Among the five cards banished from the top of my deck, there's a second Necroface.
According to the effect of the second Necroface, we must banish the top five cards of our deck again."
If you banish five cards at once, the probability of hitting a second Necroface isn't small.
Youyu silently drew another five cards, and five slates floated and gradually vanished into thin air in front of Bakura.
This means the cards banished from the game now include Magical Book in the Pot, Foolish Burial, Necroface, plus each of the ten cards banished from the top of their respective decks, a total of 23 cards.
"Next, I summon Necroface from my hand!"
The third Necroface. That disgusting white head appeared on Bakura's field, the eyes wide and devoid of light like a dead man, with scarlet tentacles poking from numerous cracks, wriggling up and down like octopus arms, and an alarming hollow in the brain part.
[Necroface, ATK 1200]
"Another effect of Necroface." Bakura waved his hand, "Upon successful summon, all cards banished from the game return to the deck and are shuffled.
For each returned card, its attack power increases by 100 points! We have banished a total of 23 cards, increasing the attack power by 2300!"
Slates from the depths of void turned into golden light and shot back into Bakura's alchemy Duel Disc. The cards banished from Youyu's side also lined up neatly, flying back into the deck slot on the Duel Disc, shuffling rapidly.
[Necroface, ATK 1200 → ATK 3500]
"Battle!" Bakura raised his hand, "Attack Masked Hero Dark Claw for me, let that thing go to hell!"
That large pale head widened its eyes, countless tentacles shot out like ropes wrapping around the black-masked hero.
The hero looked up, letting out a deep groan before erupting with a bang.
[Youyu, LP 4000 → LP 2900]
Youyu slightly raised his arm to shield against the impact, "Is there such a solution..."
The major hassle of Dark Claw was considered resolved by Bakura, but his situation didn't improve yet.
The moment leaving the field triggering a freeze of the opponent's entire field from Absolute Zero Hero is another hurdle.
"I set three cards, ending my turn."
Apparently, not having a better solution for now, Bakura had no choice but to end this turn.
"My turn, draw."
"At this moment, Set Card is activated!" Bakura shouted, "Trap Card - Death Follower!" (Anime Card)
Youyu raised an eyebrow.
This card was unfamiliar, vaguely recalling it as something Bakura used in the anime?
"Players forcibly swap their hands," Bakura chuckled, "both players discard all their hands, suffering damage equal to the number of discarded cards x100. Afterward, both draw five cards from their decks."
Youyu glanced at his hand of nine cards, falling into contemplation.
...What the heck kind of card is this!?
In this way, the side effect of giving the opponent three cards with the Magical Book in the Pot earlier was offset, and 300 additional damage was added.
[Bakura, LP 4000 → LP 3700]
[Youyu, LP 2900 → LP 2000]
With Bakura only having to endure 300 damage for holding three cards, the gap in life points widened, and the superiority of hand resources leveled out.
"What a coincidence, Duel King." Bakura caustically quipped with his traditional sarcastic skill, "Hehe, after finally accumulating so many cards, all must be discarded."
At this point, players who had been pushed back by Bakura earlier and more players at the back joined in swarms. Having seen the duel unfold on the forum, they flocked in, addressing Youyu as "Youyu-san" while squishing up front for a better view.
Ignoring Bakura's sarcasm, Youyu continued, "Summon Elemental Hero Airman."
A white whirlwind arose, and a hero in high-tech blue armor ascended, a white vortex swirling beneath him. He crossed his arms, the rapidly spinning turbines raising a suffocating whirlwind.
[Elemental Hero Airman, ATK 1800]
"Airman's effect," Youyu said, "When summoned, add a 'Hero' monster from your deck to your hand. I add Elemental Hero Liquidman to my hand.
Then, activate field magic 'Gate of Fusion' from my hand!"
The domain of fusion quickly dominated the field, dark clouds rolling up into a chaotic vortex high above, flickering with bolts of lightning.
"Effect of Gate of Fusion," Youyu explained, "With this card on the field, players can conduct fusion summoning by banishing Fusion Material Monsters without needing 'Fusion' magic.
I banish the water attribute Elemental Hero Absolute Zero from the field, and Elemental Hero Sparkman from my hand, fusing!
Fusion condition: Elemental Hero plus any Light Attribute monster, Fusion Summoning!
Elemental Hero The Shining!"
A dazzling white glow impossible to look directly at, the golden embellishments unfurled behind the pure white hero like the sun. He descended from mid-air, light pouring down on the earth.
[Elemental Hero The Shining, ATK 2600]
"The attack power of The Shining increases by 300 points for every banished 'Elemental Hero'."
[Elemental Hero The Shining, ATK 2600 → ATK 3200]
"Simultaneously, at this moment, the effect of Elemental Hero Absolute Zero triggers; when he leaves the field, all opponent monsters are destroyed!" Youyu raised his hand, "Absolute Zero!"
A visible white chill swept through, freezing the earth-yellow ground and sturdy mountain walls instantly under the frost. On Bakura's field, the intrusive Necroface turned into an ice sculpture in a moment, shattering into icy fragments.
With The Shining and Airman, total output adds up to 5000 points, enough to finish it off in this turn!
"But at this moment, my Set Card also activates!" Bakura exclaimed, "Flip Cover Card! Quick-Play Magic - Demise of the Land! This card can activate a Field Magic from my deck in response to the opponent's Special Summon!"
Bakura raised his arm high, a slate with engravings of Field Magic materialized.
"Come forth, the world dominated by undead, devouring the living—
—Zombie World!"