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An hour passed quickly.
In the lounge, Hayato stretched out and stood up from his seat, picked up the card deck he had modified, and opened the door.
On the duel ground, Kaiba was already ready.
"You're moving too slowly, Hayato Kobayashi!" With a straight face, Kaiba raised his head slightly, "As punishment for making me wait, are you ready to be defeated by me?"
"It's obvious that you showed up too early, don't make it sound like I'm late." Hayato waved his hand, took out the deck of cards, and looked at the sun that was already approaching above his head.
The time now is 11 o'clock in the morning, which is the scheduled start time of the finals. Although it was still some distance from twelve o'clock at noon, the gazes between Hayato and Kaiba in the duel field were exactly the same as the gazes between the cowboys during the western pioneer period when they dueled at noon.
With the assistance of Isono and other staff, the two sides exchanged each other's decks and shuffled them, just like cowboys turning their backs to each other and preparing to turn and draw their guns.
In the audience, Jonouchi bumped Yugi next to him with his elbow and asked: "I'm talking about Yugi, who do you think has a better chance of winning? Although I think Hayato is very strong, but Kaiba's [Obelisk] just now [Giant Divine Weapon], it’s indeed quite powerful.”
As he spoke, he subconsciously covered his chest.
In the last duel, although Kaiba had no intention of killing and the punch of [Obelisk's Titan Weapon] did not exert its full destructive power, Jonouchi was still because of its infinite attack power. And suffered some injuries.
But Jonouchi didn't notice that when he said that [Obelisk's Titan Soldier]'s attack was "somewhat powerful," Isis looked at him strangely.
Among the cards of the three illusory gods, the most oppressive [Sky Dragon of Osiris] symbolizes the majesty of the god, the so-called strongest [Ra's Winged Dragon] symbolizes the power of the god, and [Obelisk] The giant divine weapon] symbolizes the power of God.
In terms of functionality, [Obelisk's Titan Weapon] is not as good as the other two-body phantom gods, but in terms of destructive power, he is undoubtedly the strongest.
Even if Kaiba has no intention of killing, [Obelisk's Titan Soldier]'s attack power soaring to infinite after releasing "Soul Energy MAX" is enough to make an extremely strong-willed duelist suffer from the oppression and impact on his soul. He immediately lost consciousness, but Jonouchi only felt that his physical strength was consumed a lot when he was attacked, and he only felt a little pain in his chest afterwards?
Isis believed what Hayato said when chatting with her before, "People's physiques cannot be generalized."
Yugi glanced at the high-spirited Kaiba, and then at Hayato, who was very confident in himself, and said with some uncertainty: "It's hard to say this kind of thing. To be honest, before your duel with Kaiba, Jonouchi-kun, I thought Hayato will be stronger, but I see something special in the current Kaiba."
"Something special?"
"I can't tell you the specifics. If I have to make a generalization, it's probably that Kaiba seems to have learned something from his duel with you. He is walking alone on the dark road to the future. There seems to be something extra beside Kaiba. What."
The Riddler's behavior in the game gained Jonouchi's "strong lock man", and on the referee's bench, looking at Hayato and Kaiba who put their decks into the duel plate, Isono nodded, raised his hands and announced: "Take that. The duel that comes next is the Duel City finals, between Hayato Kobayashi and Seto Kaiba."
"I declare that the game begins!"
"Duel!"
[Hayato: 4000LP]
[Haima: 4000LP]
"I have the right to attack first, draw the card!" Kaiba seized the right to attack first and took the lead in drawing the card.
Looking at the cards in his hand, Kaiba showed a confident expression on his face: "I am bound to win the title of Duel King. In order to win the final victory, I will defeat all enemies in front of me. Even you, Hayato."
"I can't pretend that I didn't hear this, Seth." Hayato glanced at his hand card, raised his eyebrows, and met Kaiba's eyes, "If the duel is not about defeating all opponents, then isn't it? Is it meaningless? Let me explain in advance, in order to be worthy of this duel, I deliberately used a pure dragon deck this time."
"Did you modify the deck again in order to defeat me? It's useless. No matter how you modify the deck, you still have no hope of defeating me. You have to ask why, because [Blue Eyes White Dragon] is the strongest dragon!" while saying , Kaiba activated a card from his hand, "Let's use this Combo as the beginning of this duel!"
"The magic card [Bargain Shopping] can be activated by discarding a level 8 monster in my hand." Kaiba showed the card he wanted to discard, which turned out to be his [Blue Eyes White Dragon], "From my Draw two cards from the deck."
"Then, I activate the magic card [Gospel of Resurrection], and I special summon a level 7.8 Dragon monster from the graveyard."
Unlike the duel with Jonouchi, it was clear that the duel had just begun, but Kaiba seemed to have become completely serious. He opened his palms and raised them above his head, as if he wanted to hold the entire blue sky into his palms, "The strongest dragon." Ah, come to me!"
"Blue-Ace-Tilted-Doragon!!"
The phantom of the legendary combat power calculation unit, I mean the legendary white dragon, appeared from the feet in front of Kaiba. It quickly transformed from illusion into reality, soared in the sky, and let out a loud dragon roar:
"Roar!!"
【Blue Eyes White Dragon】【ATK3000】
Seeing the white giant dragon appear, Hayato smiled: "As expected, it's you Kaiba, who welded Takahoshi's hand to death."
"However, because you have a monster special summoned, I discard a card in my hand and activate the effect of this card!" In response to Kaiba summoning [Blue Eyes White Dragon], Hayato also played a card in response. Discarding a card from his hand and sending it to the graveyard, Hayato showed the card he wanted to activate: "The effect of [Chaos Hunter] is that it can only be activated by discarding a card from his hand when the opponent's special summon of a monster is successful."
"Special Summon it from my hand."
On Hayato's field, a white-haired witch wearing dark red armor appeared holding a whip. Seeing the appearance of this monster, Kaiba was slightly startled, and then he complained to Hayato in a rare way: "Didn't you just say that you were using a pure dragon deck? What's going on with this monster?"
【Chaos Hunter】【7☆/Dark】
【Demon/Effect】
【2500/1600】
"Well, how can the Dragon Clan be such an inconvenience?" Hayato just smiled.
Kaiba snorted coldly and let it go.
"Then, I activate the effect of [Trickster] in my hand, discard a card in my hand, and Special Summon it." Throwing a card into the graveyard, Kaiba drew a card from his hand with all over his body written on it. Full of "?", a monster dressed as a clown wearing a blue cloak is summoned. "Then use the effect of [Dark Tunnel Master-Peter] that was sent to the graveyard to exclude it from the graveyard and special summon it from the deck. The other [Dark Channel Transformer-Peter]."
Kaiba said as he waited for the Duel Disk to process the monster effect he activated, but he did not wait until the effect of banishing [Dark Channel Master-Peter] from his graveyard appeared.
"Is this?" With sharp eyes, he suddenly discovered that the [Chaos Hunter] at Hayato's venue had lowered the whip in her hand at some point, and the end of the whip sank into the ground and disappeared as if it had no entity. At the same time, Kaiba saw [Secret Channel Master - Peter] in his graveyard who was trying to activate an effect to remove him, but was tied up with a whip and unable to break free.
"It's such a pity, Seth. As long as [Chaos Hunter] is face-up on the field, you can't use the effect of banishing the card."
Hayato explained, "I think you can tell from the names. Monsters like [Chaos Wizard], [Chaos Warrior] and [Chaos Emperor Dragon] require the combination of the power of light and darkness, and [Chaos Hunter] The effect is specifically designed to restrain their appearance."
"It's really a troublesome effect." Seeing Hayato's [Chaos Hunter] sealing his own exclusion operation, Kaiba couldn't help but frown, "In that case, I just need to destroy your [Chaos Hunter]. .”
"Activate the magic card [Explosive Wind Bullet of Destruction]! This turn, [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] will release its power to the maximum, destroying all monsters on the opponent's field!"
Waving his palm forward, Kaiba showed a sneer on his face, "Although [Blue Eyes White Dragon] cannot attack during the turn this card is used, because it is the first turn now, this side effect has no effect on me at all! Take the move. , Hayato!"
"Destroy Burst Stream!"
[Blue Eyes White Dragon] opened its bloody mouth, and the torrent of light was released in an instant, instantly destroying the [Chaos Hunter] on Hayato's field and sending it into the cemetery.
Regarding the destruction of [Chaos Hunter], Hayato shrugged indifferently. Compared with summoning a bunch of monsters and being wiped out by Kaiba with one card, Hayato made a lot of money by destroying only one [Chaos Hunter], and the price he paid was only two cards in his hand.
Moreover, sending the hand card to the graveyard cannot be called a price to some extent, because Hayato did not lie to Kaiba. The deck he used this time was really a dragon-specialized deck, although it cannot be called A pure dragon-type deck, but the purity of dragon-type monsters is quite high.
Purity is useless though.
As for drawing a non-dragon [Chaos Hunter] in the first round, it can only be said to be bad luck.
Seeing [Chaos Hunter] disappear from the field, Kaiba gave Hayato a proud look.
In his eyes, there were three parts of pride, three parts of confidence, three parts of fighting spirit, and one part of arrogance. It was like an old fan-shaped statistic chart.
Yugi, who brought him the pain of complete defeat for the first time, Hayato whose strength is still unfathomable, and Jonouchi who can be eliminated at any time, these three are all the duelists Kaiba has recognized so far. For Kaiba, what is at stake in the duel with Hayato is not only the honor of "Duel King", but also a test of his own strength.
"Cover a card in my hand, my turn ends."
Covering a card in the Magic Trap Card area, Kaiba ended his turn without even using the opportunity to normally summon it.
[Haima: 4000LP, 1 card in hand]
【Blue Eyes White Dragon】【ATK3000】
【Trickster】【ATK2000】
【Gaika】
Although on the surface, the lineup Kaiba completed this time is not as good as the monsters he summoned in the first round of the previous duels, either [Blue-Eyes Ultra Dragon] or [Obelisk's Titan Soldier], but that alone The cover card in the backcourt of Kaiba was enough to prove that he was serious about this duel.
‘I will risk everything I have as a duelist to defeat you with all my strength, Hayato Kobayashi. ’ Kaiba thought to himself, ‘You who have defeated Yugi are undoubtedly the strongest duelist in the world. Only by defeating you can I prove the limit of my power! ’
‘Use all your strength to give back to me, Hayato Kobayashi! ’
Hayato couldn't help but shudder when he felt Kaiba's eyes. If he knew what Kaiba was thinking at the moment, he would probably be so disgusted that he would give up on the duel.
The reason is not other, the main reason is that being targeted by a severe card addict, white dragon controller, and windbreaker maniac is definitely not a comfortable experience. As far as Hayato knew, even if Wang Xiang was targeted by Kaiba, he would be dug up and played cards more than once. In the end, he was even rushed to his hometown to play cards in front of him. He would not die peacefully.
"My turn, draw a card."
After pulling out the card, Hayato played a card from his hand: "In my preparation phase, activate the quick-attack magic card [Armed Dragon's Thunderbolt]. From the deck, I put a level 3 [Armed Dragon] monster with special defense position call."
"I choose [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV3]."
A beam of bright yellow lightning fell on Hayato's field. The light gradually dissipated, and a small and cute young armed dragon - [Armed Dragon LV3] appeared. However, compared to its usual appearance, the [Armed Dragon], which had mastered the power of thunder and lightning, appeared. ·Thunder LV3]’s fists were wrapped in thunder and lightning, and his eyes also glowed faintly with yellow light.
[Armed Dragon·Thunder LV3] [3☆/Wind]
【Dragon/Effect】
【1200/900】
Although among duel monsters, those with the power to control thunder and lightning are generally [Light attribute] monsters, but there is no absolute, just like [Earth Spirit God-Gransol] uses thunder and lightning as a weapon, [Armed Dragon Thunder and Lightning] LV3] also retains the original wind attribute.
Because of the power of thunder and lightning, the evolution method of [Armed Dragon Thunder] has also changed.
"Discard a dragon-type monster from my hand, and I activate the effect of [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV3] and send it to the graveyard." Hayato ignored the cute expression of [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV3] and dismissed it. He was sent to the graveyard mercilessly, looking at the expanding ball of lightning left on the field, "Special summon an [Armed Dragon] below level 5 from my hand and deck!"
"Evolve, [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV5]!"
"Then there is the effect of the [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt LV3] in my hand before. When it is sent to the graveyard due to the activation of the dragon-type monster's effect, I will remove a wind attribute level 5 dragon from the deck. The monster is added to the hand."
After adding another card [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV5] to his hand, Hayato showed it to Kaiba and said with a smile: "I need to remind you that the evolution conditions of [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV5] are the same as those of [Armed Dragon ·Thunder LV3] is the same, and its other effect is also an evolved version of [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV3].”
"What!?" Kaiba was also shocked when he heard Hayato's words, "That is to say -"
"In other words, evolution will start to accelerate, Kaiba!" Hayato smiled and played the card, "Activate the effect of [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV5], discard [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV5], and start the glorious evolution. , my Tamashi!”
"Come out, [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV7]! Then add [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV7] to your hand!"
"Then, this is the final evolution. I activate the effect of [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV7], discard the [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV7] in my hand, Final Vent! The crazy dragon that strikes thunder, tens of thousands of lightning strikes Destroy all enemies before my eyes!"
"[Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10]!"
On Hayato's field, every time an [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt] appears on the field, the size of the lightning will double. After undergoing the third evolution, the size of the lightning has expanded to be even larger than [Blue Eyes White Dragon] Degree.
A pair of huge dragon wings that covered the sky and the sun emerged from the violent thunder and lightning. All the raging energy was absorbed into the body of [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt LV10]. The thunder light danced on its body, waiting for the master's order. It will annihilate all enemies!
[Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10][10☆/Wind]
【Dragon/Effect】
【3000/2000】
Because it was specially summoned by the effect of the [Armed Dragon] monster, several rays of light lit up on the emerald green jade on [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10].
Attack power 1 or above: The card name is used as [Armed Dragon LV10];
Attack power 10 or more: The control of this card cannot be changed;
Attack power above 100: will not be destroyed by battle;
Attack power 1000 or more: Once during the opponent's turn, send a card from your hand to the graveyard, and it can be activated by targeting another card on the field. That card is destroyed, and your own attack power increases by 1000 points.
"A dragon with an attack power of 3,000 points? It's actually on par with the [Blue Eyes White Dragon]." Kaiba's eyes calmed down after a brief surprise, "Humph, let's admit that you still have a chance."
Kaiba was a little lucky. In the last round, he recklessly used the [Explosive Wind Bullet of Destruction] to get rid of the [Chaos Hunter] in order to breathe out a sigh of relief.
In Kaiba's graveyard, [Gospel of Resurrection] still has no effect after summoning [Blue Eyes White Dragon] to Kaiba's field. If the dragons on the seahorse field are destroyed, you can remove [Gospel of Resurrection] instead.
The attack power of [Armed Dragon·Thunder] is 3000 points, which is the same as [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]. However, [Armed Dragon·Thunder] has the effect that it will not be destroyed by battle when its attack power exceeds 100 points. In other words, Hayato only needs to use [Armed Dragon·Thunder] launches a suicide attack to send Kaiba's [Blue Eyes White Dragon] to the graveyard.
If [Chaos Hunter] had not been destroyed and [Gospel of Resurrection] could not be eliminated, this would only be the result.
"Because the [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt LV7] in my hand was sent to the graveyard in order to activate the effect of a dragon-type monster, I added an [Armed Dragon] card from my deck to my hand." Hayato continued. Following his operation, he took out a card from the deck, "Then I'm going to activate the sustainable magic card [Armed Dragon's Thunder] that was just added to my hand."
"Once per turn, target an [Armed Dragon] on my field and activate the first effect of [Armed Dragon's Thunder]. The attack power of that monster increases by the level of that monster x 100."
There is only one [Armed Dragon] monster on Hayato's field, and without even thinking about it, the attack power of [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10] begins to increase, and it can reach a full 1,000 points in one breath!
[Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10][ATK3000→4000]
"Entering the battle stage, I use [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10] to attack [Trickster], Roar of the Thunder Dragon!"
Seeing that [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt LV10], whose attack power was equal to [Obelisk's Titan Soldier], was summoned in the first round, the expression on Kaiba's face was quite calm: "Then I will chain your attacks. I need to activate my Gaika!"
"Continuous Trap Card, [Dark Curse]!"
Hayato's [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt LV10] on the field had just raised his hand holding the thunder, and the lightning in his hand turned into a javelin and was about to throw it at [The Trickster], but at this moment , with the activation of Kaiba's [Dark Curse], a large number of dark chains sprang out from the card, entangling [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10] in an instant like a dense tide of snakes.
Although the attack power is comparable to that of a god, [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10] is not a god after all. Under the control of [Dark Curse], [Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10] could not help but let go of its hand, and the thunder javelin disappeared from its hand. not see.
[Armed Dragon·Thunder LV10][ATK4000→3300]
"[Dark Curse] can be activated by targeting a monster in attack position on the opponent's field." In the audience, because of the previous duel, Yugi clearly realized that Jonouchi's knowledge was too shallow and gave him a make-up lesson. Said, "The attack power of that monster will be reduced by 700 points as long as [Dark Curse] is still on the field, and it cannot attack or change its form."
"It sounds a bit like Yugi's [Curse of the Six-Pointed Star]? And it also has the effect of reducing attack power?"
Yugi nodded and looked at [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt LV10], which was bound by chains and unable to move on Hayato's field: "The card of Kaiba is probably specially prepared for the strong attack style that Hayato occasionally uses."
"There are not many cards left in your hand, and the monster you finally summoned is also under control. What will you do, Hayato?"
Looking at [Armed Dragon Thunderbolt LV10] being "tied to play" on his field, Hayato smacked his lips in displeasure: "I thought your cover card was [Dark Deck Destruction Virus], you have become dirty. , Seth.”
Because Kaiba wanted to summon [Dark Path Master-Peter] with an attack power of exactly 500 points last turn, Hayato really thought that the card under Kaiba's cover was [Dark Deck Destruction Virus]. After all, this was Kaiba. Classic Combo.
"Hmph, who do you think taught me this trick?" Kaiba glared at Hayato. Nowadays, when Omo Yugi leaves most duels to Yami Yugi and rarely takes action, who else besides Hayato would fill the deck with holes?