Chapter 146: The Winged Dragon of Ra's Life-Saving Egg Keeps Struggling! A Single Turn Turns the Yubel "HERO" Player Around!
On the Duel field!
We're back to a roughly even, 50–50 board state!
But in the short video—
The turn has already passed to the A-side Red Duelist, Old Ai!
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "My turn. Draw!"
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "I Normal Summon Effect Veiler!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "I activate the Monster Card Maxx 'C'!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "Go on, I'm waiting for your combo."
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "I Link Summon with the Effect Veiler on my field as the single material—Salamangreat Almiraj!"
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "Then I use Almiraj and Nibiru, the Primal Being to Link Summon!"
"Link-2! S:P Little Knight!"
"I activate S:P Little Knight's effect!"
"I banish your Primal Being Token!"
"I Set 1 card."
"My turn is over."
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "My turn! Draw!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I activate the Spell Card Neos Fusion!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I send Elemental HERO Neos and Yubel to the Graveyard!"
"Watch! This is the bond between a HERO and Yubel!"
"Fusion Summon! Elemental HERO Neos Kluger!"
"Heh-heh-heh! Time to start!"
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "Start what?"
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "I flip my Trap Card—Crackdown!"
"Such a strong Elemental HERO Neos Kluger…"
"It's mine now!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "What the—? What is this?"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "You top-decked three Crackdown?"
"Fine, fine! Three Crackdown—guess my HERO dream is shattered."
"Remember this. Remember it well—savor my words!"
"My turn is over."
…?
It's not just the B-side Duelist who's stunned—the veteran viewers watching this Duel are stunned too!
What was that?
Three Crackdown!
Is this an Orcust player's carnival or what?
That Set Crackdown just now—
Did he really draw into it?
Is this the luck and latent potential of a bull-headed gambler?
Too absurd!
Meanwhile, in the GX world…
Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix have already immersed themselves in the Duel!
Seeing that sequence of plays—
Both HERO players can't help but feel their hearts ache.
"I'm convinced… with 3 Crackdown, a HERO player can't even start a combo!"
"Now I feel like the advantage is about to swing!"
"Does the HERO player still have a way to develop a field?"
At the side, Jesse Anderson twitches at the corner of his mouth and speaks slowly.
He can also tell how painful that was for the HERO player.
If he keeps getting interrupted like this,
The chance of developing a field will drop to near zero!
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "Whew! Nicely done!"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "My turn! Draw!"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "Now it's my turn to combo!"
"I Normal Summon Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers and activate its effect to send Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll from my Deck to the Graveyard!"
"Little Soldiers becomes Level 8!"
"I also activate the effect of Gimmick Puppet Fiendish Knight in my hand!"
"I revive Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll from my Graveyard to the field, then Special Summon Fiendish Knight!"
"I build the Overlay Network with Little Soldiers and Dreary Doll!"
"Come forth! Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix!"
"Fantasix Machinix activates its effect—I detach a material and add Rank-Up-Magic – The Quick-Chaos from my Deck to my hand!"
"I Rank-Up the Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix on my field!"
"Chaos Xyz! CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix!"
"I activate Fanatix Machinix's effect to search the Trap Card Service Puppet Play from my Deck!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I activate the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being in my hand!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "You made us eat one earlier!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "Now it's your turn!"
"Come on! Nibiru wipes the whole field!"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "I chain S:P Little Knight's effect!"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "You want to eat me? I'm taking my big bros and dipping!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "Oh? Solebadokana?"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I activate Effect Veiler from my hand! I negate your Little Knight!"
"Hahaha! Here—have a Token!"
"Feels good, doesn't it?"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "A payback in kind, huh…"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "All right, all right!"
"I Set 1 card!"
"My turn is over."
The Gimmick Puppet explosion fizzles under a single Nibiru!
Over in the ZEXAL world—
IV (Thomas Arclight), user of Gimmick Puppets, wears a suddenly grim expression!
Gimmick Puppet's explosive combo—
Wiped out by Nibiru just like that!
We didn't even get to see the real power yet!
No wonder IV looks so sour!
"Interesting. Nibiru is really useful, huh!"
"In that case, this Duelist using Gimmick Puppets…"
"Must be feeling awful now."
After murmuring, IV regains his composure.
But out of the corner of his eye he re-examines the short video,
While recalling earlier Gimmick Puppet cards!
That recollection—
Instantly makes IV's face change!
Wait!
These Gimmick Puppets seem a bit different from the ones I use!
Gimmick Puppets…
Have they received major buffs in a higher tier world?!
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "My turn! Draw!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "The earlier humiliation will be cleansed right now!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "I banish the Quick-Play Spell Dragon King's Myth from my Graveyard to activate its effect!"
"I revive Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy from my Graveyard!"
"I Special Summon a second Schwarzschild Infinity Dragon!"
"I use its effect to pull out Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon!"
"I build the Overlay Network with 2 monsters! Divine Golden Shadow Dragon Dragluxion!"
"I activate Dragluxion's effect!"
"I search the Trap Card Tachyon Transmigration!"
"I Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Primal from my hand!"
"I activate Dragluxion's other effect—by detaching 2 materials I Xyz Summon Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!"
"Afterglow Dragon in the Graveyard activates—Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from my Deck!"
"I build the Overlay Network with Photon Dragon and Tachyon Primal!"
"Confirm Rank 8!"
"Xyz Summon! Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon!"
"Rank-Up Xyz Summon! Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon!"
"Effect, activate—Number C62 climbs to 6400 ATK!"
"Battle Phase!"
"Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon destroys your Primal Being Token!"
"Then Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon attacks directly!"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "I activate Battlewasp – Pin the Bullseye!"
C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist: "Damage is halved, and after this Damage Step, the Battle Phase ends!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "1500 damage is still damage!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "I Set 1 card."
"My turn is over."
The D-side Duelist once again regains the advantage with an R8 Galaxy-Eyes line!
And now—
Duelists across the worlds have to re-evaluate this spacetime Galaxy-Eyes build!
To handle Rank 8 Xyz this deftly—
No doubt this deck's power isn't below a pure Galaxy-Eyes build!
At least—
That's how it looks for now!
In the ZEXAL world—
"So cool! Too cool!"
"This is Galaxy-Eyes!"
"The galaxy that never loses!"
"Negation on board and big beaters!"
"And Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon isn't affected by your opponent's monster effects."
"Super resilient!"
"Now, the advantage should be firmly in hand, right?"
Kite Tenjo is thinking the same.
The more he watches, the more excited he gets—and the more he longs for it!
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "My turn! Draw!"
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "I activate the Quick-Play Spell Monster Reborn!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy negates your Spell and attaches it as material."
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "I activate Dark Hole!"
D-side Blue Dragon-combo Duelist: "I chain the Trap Tachyon Transmigration! I negate the Dark Hole in this Chain and shuffle it back into the Deck!"
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "Then I activate Pot of Duality."
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "I reveal three and add Herald of the Abyss to my hand!"
A-side Old Ai Duelist: "I activate Herald of the Abyss to search Triple Tactics Talent!"
"I activate Triple Tactics Talent to draw 2!"
"I activate Pot of Avarice!"
"I return 5 monsters from my Graveyard to the Deck and draw 2 more!"
"Hahaha! Kimoji!"
"I Tribute your Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon, Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy, and Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!"
"And pass this card to you!"
"Come forth—The Winged Dragon of Ra – Sphere Mode!"
"I Set 1 card!"
"Turn over."
Sure enough!
All those Spell activations—
Baiting the opponent's negations—
Were just to thin the Deck for the key draw!
But no one expected—
He actually fished it out!
And it turned out to be the ultra-rare Sphere Mode!
A single card—
Tributes away all of Galaxy-Eyes' on-board resources!
Many veterans gasp!
Yugi Muto, Seto Kaiba, Marik Ishtar and others watch the Ra Sphere with complex, excited looks…
Has Ra's Sphere Mode fallen to just a board-breaker now?!
But without a doubt—
This Sphere saved a life!
The turn passes again—
To the HERO player who had been "tilted" by bulls**t draws!
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "My turn! Draw!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I activate the Continuous Spell Screams of the Unchained!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I activate the Field Spell Nightmare Throne from my hand!"
"Nightmare Throne activates—I add Painful Return (Nightmare Pain) from my Deck!"
"I Normal Summon Samsara D Lotus, activate its effect to Tribute itself, and Special Summon Spirit of Yubel from the Deck!"
"I activate Spirit of Yubel to add Nightmare Pain from my Deck!"
"I activate the Continuous Spell Nightmare Pain—its effect destroys Spirit of Yubel, then adds Spirit of Yubel from the Deck!"
"Spirit of Yubel activates in the Graveyard—I Special Summon Yubel from my Deck, ignoring its conditions!"
"The Field Spell's effect adds Yubel – The Cursed Knight to my hand, then I Normal Summon it, ignoring conditions!"
"I Link Summon using Yubel and Yubel – The Cursed Knight!"
"Link-2 confirmed! Unchained Soul Lord of Yama!"
"Screams of the Unchained triggers—when I Link Summon an 'Unchained' Link Monster, I can destroy a card. I'll destroy your Set backrow!"
"Yama activates—I search Unchained Soul of Sharvara!"
"Using the Sphere Mode you gave me, Nibiru, and Yama, I Link Summon with three monsters!"
"Arrows, confirm!"
"Link Summon! Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess!"
"I return Yubel and Yubel – The Cursed Knight from the Graveyard to the Deck!"
"Contact Fusion! Phantom of Yubel!"
"I activate Gruesome Grave Squirmer in my hand to Special Summon itself!"
"I Link Summon with Gruesome Grave Squirmer and Phantom of Yubel!"
"Link-2! I:P Masquerena!"
"I banish Gruesome Grave Squirmer from the Graveyard to revive Spirit of Yubel!"
"I activate Unchained Soul of Sharvara in my hand!"
"I destroy Spirit of Yubel to Special Summon Sharvara!"
"Spirit of Yubel activates—I Special Summon Yubel from my Deck!"
"Sharvara activates—I revive Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju from my Graveyard!"
One turn—full reversal!
A complete reversal!
Duelists who assumed the HERO deck, after so many interruptions, couldn't move—watch their expressions change!
Goodness!
Is this a HERO player?
Nonsense!
This is clearly a Yubel player!
No—wait!
It's Neo-Space Yubel!
The summons just don't stop!
Even Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix are dumbfounded!
They had been thinking—
How could a HERO player mount a counterattack?
Well, here's the answer!
It's Yubel of all things!
Jaden can't hold it in!
Splash a small HERO package with Unchained + Yubel—
And that's "pure HERO," huh?!
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I Link Summon Unchained Soul of Sharvara and Yubel into Unchained Soul of Rage!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "I return Yubel and Samsara D Lotus from the Graveyard for another Contact Fusion!"
B-side Blue "HERO" Duelist: "Come forth again—Phantom of Yubel!"
"Battle Phase!"
"First blow—I:P Masquerena destroys your Pin the Bullseye!"
"Second blow—Unchained Soul of Rage attacks directly! 1800 LP!"
"Third blow—Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess attacks directly! 2400 LP!"
"Fourth blow—Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju attacks directly! 2800 LP!"
"Main Phase 2!"
"I Set 1 card. Turn end!"
On the field—
The combined A/C Red LP is down to 7500!
Seeing this board,
The C-side Red Gimmick Puppet Duelist's face grows grim for the next turn!
There's Apollousa with 3 monster-effect negations!
I:P Masquerena can accelerate a Link Summon!
And there's Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju on the field!
That Kaiju has a clause—only 1 Kaiju can exist on a player's field in face-up position.
Which means—they even pre-empted a Kaiju out!
Good grief—how are we supposed to play into that?
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