Chapter 104. Pure Raidraptor vs. Cyber Dragon! Full Combo, Then Total Wipeout!
In the GX world, besides Jaden Yuki being shocked, the look of shock on Zane Truesdale's face still hadn't faded.
Recycling resources!
Exploding resources to fill the Graveyard!
Plus various powerful cards assisting Tearlaments!
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, and someone told him they could Fusion Summon without even using a Polymerization-type card, he definitely wouldn't have believed it, and might even have mocked them.
But right now, Tearlaments did it.
So this is Tearlaments?
In the ZEXAL world.
Yuma Tsukumo and Astral looked at each other, face to face.
Xyz?
What's Xyz?
Fusion is clearly the most noble summoning method!
Not only Yuma and Astral think so!
Other Xyz Duelists all think the same!
Now, in the Xyz world!
These Xyz players have already collectively acknowledged that Fusion is the most exalted form of summoning!
Just the characteristics of the Tearlaments engine alone!
They've been shocked enough!
For them to change this view!
It'll be when one day!
A whole engine releases!
Where every member shares one common trait!
"Send to the Graveyard, then you can Xyz-recycle a Level 4 from the Graveyard!"
Believe it — when that day comes, Xyz will be the most noble summoning method!
In the ARC-V world.
Yuri, Celina, and Sora Perse — the Fusion players — after combining the match video with Tearlaments' rise and fall, found their understanding of Fusion, just like Jaden Yuki's, shattered.
What is Fusion?
Tearlaments is the true Fusion!
Predaplant?
Lunalight?
Frightfur?
The three of them knew very well.
Their own engines' Fusion plays can't compare to Tearlaments at all!
"This… sigh."
"Forget it, forget it, I was too arrogant before."
"Even Branded — back then I thought it couldn't compare to my Predaplant."
"But right now, Tearlaments."
"And I…..."
Yuri let out a breath, his tone full of helplessness.
Celina and Sora Perse said nothing.
Because they also knew.
Tearlaments is far, far stronger than their decks.
Only those who have watched Tearlaments Duel know what a Fusion deck truly is.
In the main world.
After watching that Tearlaments short, Sei Yuki couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic for that blazing summer.
He vaguely remembered it.
When Tearlaments entered Master Duel, it was already at "restricted entry" strength.
He won't forget.
Back then Master Duel's environment was massively impacted by Tearlaments.
You're right.
But I'm a Tearlaments player.
"Sigh, I wonder when I'll get to play full-power Tearlaments plus Kashtira again?"
"I'm a little excited."
"Who will be the next ultra-mainstream powerhouse deck?"
"Still a bit excited."
After murmuring to himself, Sei Yuki tossed those thoughts aside.
He continued scrolling through other videos.
And next — after some thought — Sei Yuki settled on a short with maximum showmanship!
After he hit play, the title immediately popped up across every Duel world.
"Pure Raidraptor vs. Cyber Dragon! Do you know what 'everything was calculated' really means?"
Raidraptor?
Cyber Dragon?
In the ZEXAL world and the GX world — one is Shay Obsidian.
One is Zane Truesdale.
Both of them visibly jolted!
They hadn't even recovered from the shock of the Tearlaments dirge.
But upon seeing that the next video featured decks tied to them, they had no choice but to shove Tearlaments out of mind!
They hadn't been "tainted by Tears."
Naturally, they could refocus quickly!
Meanwhile, the Duel info in the short appeared!
Pure RR player vs. Invincible Cyber Dragon!
Both Life Points: 8000 LP!
Going first: Pure RR side!
Going second: Invincible Cyber Dragon!
Pure RR player: "Here we go, here we go! This time we're playing a pure RR deck!"
Pure RR player: "As everyone knows! No one understands Raidraptor better than me!"
Pure RR player: "Since I'm going first, I absolutely must give my opponent a tiny little RR shock!"
"Activate the Spell 'Cup of Ace'!"
"I call heads!"
"If I'm right, I draw 2 cards from the Deck!"
After the effect is activated, the coin is tossed.
It lands heads!
Pure RR player: "Told you! A true Duelist makes the inevitable happen!"
Pure RR player: "Heads — I draw 2!"
"I Normal Summon 'Raidraptor – Tribute Lanius'!"
"Tribute Lanius's effect sends 'Raidraptor – Mimicry Lanius' from the Deck to the Graveyard!"
"Mimicry Lanius triggers in the Graveyard — banish it to add 'Raidraptor – Heel Eagle' from the Deck to my hand!"
"I choose Tribute Lanius, pay 400 LP, and Special Summon 'Raidraptor – Pain Lanius' from my hand!"
"When I control only 'Raidraptor' monsters, I can activate this — Special Summon 'RR – Heel Eagle' from my hand!"
"Pain Lanius and Heel Eagle — Link Summon!"
"Link confirmation! Link-2! 'Raidraptor – Wise Strix'!"
"Wise Strix effect — Special Summon 'Raider's Wing' from the Deck!"
"Raider's Wing and Tribute Lanius overlay!"
"Two Level 4 monsters! Build the Overlay Network!"
"'Raidraptor – Force Strix'!"
"Activate Force Strix's effect! Detach 1 material to search 'Raidraptor – Singing Lanius' from the Deck!"
"I activate Wise Strix's effect to set 'Rank-Up-Magic Soul Shave Force' from the Deck!"
"I Special Summon Singing Lanius, then Graveyard 'Raider's Wing' triggers — detach 1 material from Force Strix to Special Summon it."
"Two Level 4s are online again!"
"But first I'll Link Summon with Wise Strix and Force Strix!"
"Link-3, confirmed!"
"'The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche'!"
On the field, the pure RR player kept comboing through Raidraptor lines, piling up resources!
Precisely because of this explosive string, they quickly pulled the eyes of every Duelist still obsessed with the Tearlaments video back to the present!
At this moment, a long-silent Shay Obsidian became the focus of the chat!
Yugi Muto: "Shay Obsidian? This Duelist rarely speaks up, huh? Didn't expect his engine to run this smoothly!"
Jaden Yuki: "ARC-V's world, huh? No wonder — that world has mastery of Xyz, Synchro, Pendulum, and Fusion! Everyone there's top-tier!"
Yuya Sakaki: "Hahaha! You seniors flatter us! We're not that amazing!"
Yuto: "But why did this 'pure RR' list suddenly bring out Phantom Knights?"
As the chat kept scrolling, the always-lurking Shay Obsidian still stayed silent.
He was carefully watching RR's setup.
A pure RR list?
Why does it feel… not that pure?
In the short, the setup continued!
Pure RR player: "I activate 'Zexal Construction', returning 'The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots' from my hand to the Deck!"
Pure RR player: "Then I search 'Rank-Up-Magic Raid Force'!"
Pure RR player: "'The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche' effect — send Silent Boots from the Deck to the Graveyard, then set 'The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch' from the Deck."
"I flip the previously set Rank-Up-Magic — 'Rank-Up-Magic Soul Shave Force'!"
"I pay half my Life Points!"
"I Special Summon 'Raidraptor – Force Strix' from the Graveyard, then immediately Rank-Up!"
"Come forth! Force Strix — Rank-Up by 2!"
"'Cyber Dragon Infinity'!"
…What the heck?
Cyber Dragon?
Infinity?
Wait!
Isn't this a pure RR list?
Why is 'Cyber Dragon Infinity' in the Extra?
In the GX world, Zane Truesdale — who'd been quiet — couldn't keep a straight face now!
What kind of power is 'Cyber Dragon Infinity'?
Ever since he watched that Cyber Dragon explosion clip last time, Zane had seared it into his mind!
The most important part of Infinity is this:
Once per turn, when a Spell, Trap, or monster effect is activated, you can detach 1 material from this card to negate that activation and destroy it.
That's right!
It's a negate!
Without question!
This so-called Raidraptor build splashes 'Cyber Dragon Infinity' clearly for that one negate!
In the ARC-V world, seeing the Raidraptor engine that had been running so smoothly, Shay Obsidian was very satisfied.
When Phantom Knights appeared, he only frowned a bit — after all, Yuto was right beside him.
The two are good friends to begin with.
Borrowing Yuto's Phantom Knights is reasonable, right?
But when Cyber Dragon showed up, it directly stunned Shay, who'd originally wanted to learn and improve his tech!
Wait, what?
A pure RR deck?
And you added Cyber Dragon?
That's not right, is it?
And this… was only the beginning!
Apparently unsatisfied, the pure RR side kept exploding!
Pure RR player: "I banish Silent Boots from the Graveyard to search 'The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Force'!"
Pure RR player: "Now my two Level 4 monsters can Xyz Summon!"
"Build the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon!"
"The second copy of 'Raidraptor – Force Strix'!"
"Force Strix isn't 'once per turn' by name! I'll detach to search 'Raidraptor – Rudder Strix'!"
"Activate 'The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Force'!"
"Use materials from the Graveyard to Rank-Up Force Strix!"
"'Raidraptor – Arsenal Falcon'!"
"Arsenal Falcon effect — Special Summon the second 'Raider's Wing' from the Deck!"
"I set — then flip — the Trap 'The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine'!"
"When I have no Traps in the Graveyard, I can activate this the turn it's set, then it becomes a Normal Monster (Warrior/DARK/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 300) Special Summoned in Defense Position!"
"Raider's Wing and Shade Brigandine overlay!"
"Build the Overlay Network!"
"Xyz Summon 'Gagagaga Magician'!"
"Next, activate 'The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche' — destroy my own Arsenal Falcon."
"Arsenal Falcon triggers — Special Summon 'Raidraptor – Ultimate Falcon' from the Extra Deck!"
"Ultimate Falcon gains Arsenal Falcon as material."
At this point, the Raidraptor explosion and line of play had been displayed vividly!
Now those Duelists still lingering on the Tearlaments dirge couldn't sit still!
This Raidraptor!
When they'd seen it before, it hadn't fully shown its in-archetype strength!
But this explosion right now utterly and completely made every veteran Duelist's expression turn serious!
Indeed.
In the higher worlds!
Putting Tearlaments aside, other decks that seemed unworthy to duel Tearlaments on the surface were, in reality — to these veterans — pure dimensionality-reduction strikes!
Even Shay Obsidian, who'd thought the RR list was "not pure," suddenly got serious!
The list indeed isn't pure.
But the power sure isn't low!
On the field, in one breath, they exploded into 'Cyber Dragon Infinity' — a negate!
Then they paired self-destruction to Special Summon 'Raidraptor – Ultimate Falcon'!
You know this!
Ultimate Falcon, besides Effect 1 of not being affected by other cards' effects,
Has Effect 2 to detach and reduce the opponent's monsters by 1000 ATK this turn while preventing the opponent from activating card effects,
And Effect 3 — if it has a 'Raidraptor' as material — during each End Phase of both players, all opponent's monsters lose 1000 ATK.
If the opponent has no monsters, they take 1000 damage.
An Ultimate Falcon with materials and one without are two totally different beasts!
This is — the ultimate ace!
Just when everyone thought it was over, the pure RR player kept going!
Pure RR player: "Activate Gagagaga Magician — detach 1 material to revive Force Strix."
Pure RR player: "Gagagaga Magician and Force Strix overlay!"
"'Number F0: Utopic Future'!"
"Climb further — 'Number F0: Utopic Draco Future'!"
"End of turn! Ultimate Falcon effect — burn you for 1000!"
Thus, the explosion fully concluded!
On the field:
A multi-line negate — 'Cyber Dragon Infinity'!
Battle-phase pump plus monster-effect interaction — 'Number F0: Utopic Draco Future'!
Invulnerable boss — 'Raidraptor – Ultimate Falcon'!
An extra body — 'The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche'!
Plus a set Rank-Up-Magic!
With this first-turn board, its strength was basically maxed out!
As everyone knows, when a going-first board looks like this and the opponent hasn't rage-quit, it's obvious.
The opponent absolutely has a way to break it!
Just as everyone was full of anticipation, Invincible Cyber Dragon finished drawing their going-second cards!
Invincible Cyber Dragon: "Impressive! Very impressive!"
Invincible Cyber Dragon: "I'll Contact Fuse your Rusty Bardiche and Cyber Dragon Infinity!"
"'Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon'!"
"Your Draco Future is so strong!"
"I'll tribute it away — Special Summon 'Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju' to your field!"
"I Normal Summon 'Cyber Dragon Nachster', and then 'Cyber Dragon Vier' in my hand Special Summons itself by its effect!"
"I send your Jizukiru and my Nachster to the Graveyard!"
"Keep Contact Fusing — 'Chimeratech Fortress Dragon'!"
"'Chimeratech Fortress Dragon' and 'Cyber Dragon Vier' — Link Summon!"
"Link-2, confirmed! 'Cyber Dragon Sieger'!"
"I enter the Battle Phase!"
"'Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon' attacks! Activate Sieger's effect!"
"Megafleet rises to 4500 ATK!"
"Destroy your 3500 'Raidraptor – Ultimate Falcon'!"
"I set 1 card."
"My turn ends — your move."
Everyone was dumbfounded!
Just when they thought he'd top-decked Dark Ruler No More or something similar, two "dirty" Cyber Dragon-related monsters flat-out erased every last ace on the RR side of the board!
What kind of Cyber Dragon is this, huh?!
Why is it completely different from what we imagined?!
"Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon"?
"Chimeratech Fortress Dragon"?
What are these weird cards?
And they can do that?!
He top-decked a Kaiju!
Taking care of Cyber Dragon Infinity and Draco Future would have been one thing!
But no one expected this:
The previously overlooked Link-2, Cyber Dragon Sieger, actually had an effect that could spike ATK by 2100 for combat!
It straight-up punched down the final proud, all-resisting big boss and sent it to the Graveyard!
In the ARC-V world, Shay Obsidian almost spat blood!
The opponent exploded so much!
Assembled so many monsters on the field!
Even he thought it was locked.
Even if not locked, it shouldn't be wiped clean.
But reality chose the worst-case scenario.
It was all wiped clean!
Just what is this Cyber Dragon?!
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