Chapter 158. Three "Waking the Dragon" Pull Out the Three Aesir and Hope! The Signer's Five Dragons' Majestic Limit—The Last Light of Victory!
Yes!
The Duelists of the 5D's world quickly realized the "Earthbound Immortal" on the field was just an ordinary card—it didn't carry the dark Earthbound Immortal power!
That made Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas both breathe a big sigh of relief!
At the same time, everyone's eyes locked back onto the Earthbound Immortal card!
Off to the side, Carly Nagisa was already dumbfounded!
Her whole expression froze, even a little lost for words!
"Earthbound Immortal? That really is an Earthbound Immortal card! There's actually still an Earthbound Immortal card here!"
"Whew… if you hadn't said it, I would've almost forgotten about the Earthbound Immortals! Back then, the Goodwins and the rest…."
"It's all in the past—forget it! I didn't expect this 'King of Crashing' Jack to be running an Earthbound Immortal card!"
"This is bad! Earthbound Immortals can attack directly, and once this Earthbound Immortal leaves the field, it blows up all of the opponent's cards! The situation looks grim!"
Indeed!
The situation had gotten grim!
In the short video!
The turn had passed to "Crab-Uppercut" Yusei's side!
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "If that's how it is."
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "My turn. First, I Set 5 cards to my back row! I also Set 1 monster."
"And then I activate Majestic Star Dragon's effect to negate your Earthbound Immortal's effects until the end of the turn!"
King of Crashing Jack: "I chain Destiny HERO – Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer as Chain Link 2 to destroy your Majestic Star Dragon."
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "I chain Cosmic Blazar Dragon as Chain Link 3 to negate your Phoenix Enforcer!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Resolution: my Cosmic Blazar Dragon banishes itself, and your Phoenix Enforcer is negated and destroyed!"
"The Earthbound Immortal is a blank piece of cardboard now!"
"I enter the Battle Phase!"
"Majestic Star Dragon—Meteoric Sonic Burst!"
"Destroy your Earthbound Immortal!"
"You lose 1300 LP!"
King of Crashing Jack: "In that case! The Earthbound Immortal, refreshed in the Graveyard, activates!"
King of Crashing Jack: "I can activate the effect of Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu!"
"When this face-up card leaves the field by a method other than its own effect, it must activate."
"Destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls and inflict damage equal to the number destroyed × 800!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Oh? So you're going to pull that?"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "I activate Majestic's effect—when my opponent activates a Spell, Trap, or Effect Monster's effect, I can Tribute this card to negate that activation and destroy all cards on my opponent's field."
King of Crashing Jack: "So that's how it is—everything is within my calculations!"
King of Crashing Jack: "As expected, you don't want to take Earthbound Immortal damage, right?"
"In that case—you're going to blow up all my cards!"
"Open your eyes and take a good look!"
"Check the three Set cards you just sent to the Graveyard!"
In the short video.
After a mocking laugh from the King of Crashing Jack, he roared!
The three Set cards were destroyed and sent to the Graveyard.
At the same time—
The identities of those three Set cards appeared before everyone!
They were: Waking the Dragon!
That's right!
It was that card everyone got bitten by once and feared forever after!
Its effect only triggers if this Set card leaves the field because of the opponent's effect and is sent to the Graveyard or banished.
Then you can Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck or Extra Deck.
Three copies of Waking the Dragon—which meant he could Special Summon three monsters from the Extra Deck!
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "???"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "What?—What the—! You had three Waking the Dragon?!"
"Shimatta!"
"It's over!"
King of Crashing Jack: "I activate all three Waking the Dragon!"
King of Crashing Jack: "O capricious gods born of the Astral Plane!"
"Show us your absolute might!"
"Mock the world—Defense Summon!"
"First! Loki, Lord of the Aesir!"
"When the Gate of the Stars opens!"
"The ancient war god raises his hammer!"
"In the earth-shaking thunder—Defense Summon!"
"Second! Thor, Lord of the Aesir!"
"O sovereign of the northern sky, master of omniscience and omnipotence!"
"All ye Aesir who rule the Astral Plane!"
"Show your majesty!"
"Third! Odin, Father of the Aesir!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei was left completely numb!
All three Aesir!
Just like that—he had summoned them all!
Who the heck Sets three Waking the Dragon in the back row?!
That's insanely nasty!
And when the turn ended—
Cosmic Blazar Dragon returned!
As expected—
It got forced off the field again on the King of Crashing Jack's turn!
With no Cosmic Blazar Dragon—
It was time for Jack's development!
King of Crashing Jack: "I Normal Summon Crimson Resonator!"
King of Crashing Jack: "I Special Summon Wandering King Wildwind from my hand!"
"Synchro Summon!"
"Red Rising Dragon!"
"Red Rising Dragon's effect—Special Summon Red Resonator from the Graveyard!"
"Red Resonator's effect—I target Odin! I recover 4000 LP!"
"Then I Tuner Red Resonator with Red Rising again for a Synchro!"
"Roar of the king!"
"Shake the heavens and the earth—Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend!"
"I enter the Battle Phase!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "I flip my Continuous Trap—Rebirth Judgment!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "I declare Dragon; I change all monsters in both Graveyards to Dragon for the rest of this turn."
"Then I activate my second Trap—Converging Wishes!"
"If I have 5 or more different Dragon Synchro monsters in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon Stardust Dragon from the Extra Deck (this is treated as a Synchro Summon) and equip this card to it, but banish it during the End Phase."
"But! The equipped monster gains ATK equal to the combined ATK of all Dragon Synchro monsters in my Graveyard!"
"In other words—my Stardust Dragon's final ATK is…"
"14,400!"
Three Waking the Dragon!
Every Duelist across the worlds collectively flinched!
All pupils shrank—jaws almost hit the floor!
What on earth?!
This is nuts!
No—this is like Maxx "C" levels of insanity!
That's right—Maxx "C" had "dug out" three Waking the Dragon for him!
Absurd!
In the DM world—
Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba took deep breaths!
Both were shocked at the three Waking the Dragon flipping out the three Aesir and their pressure!
Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine, and the rest were already dumbstruck!
Their glassy eyes couldn't accept that a perfectly normal line to break a board—
Had just brought a disaster upon themselves!
And what a disaster!
Even if the three Aesir hit the Graveyard and couldn't be revived—
Their relevant effects could still be leveraged!
At Duel Academy in GX—
Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix were already stunned!
Three Waking the Dragon!
Just Set them like that!
And guess what?
The ace monsters just came out!
No Synchro Materials needed! No other requirements!
They just waltzed out the three Aesir boss monsters!
The other students and teachers—
Still hadn't recovered!
In the 5D's world—
Though Yusei, Jack, Akiza Izinski, Crow Hogan, Leo, and Luna were amazed by the ease of dropping three Aesir off three Waking the Dragon—
What impressed them even more—
Was Crab-Uppercut Yusei's extreme line!
Crab-Uppercut Yusei used two of his previously Set five cards to launch the Stardust Dragon combo!
A Stardust Dragon with limit-breaking ATK now stood as a wall—full of security!
But the problem is—
Can it really withstand the opponent's overwhelming assault?!
King of Crashing Jack: "It won't!"
King of Crashing Jack: "I attack with Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend!"
"I activate my Quick-Play Spell—Clashing Souls!"
"That's right! With this effect, I can keep paying LP to increase my monster's ATK!"
"I start at 18,800 LP!"
"Pay! 500!"
"Pay! 500!"
"Pay! 500!"
"…"
"I finally pay down to 2300 LP!"
"My Scarlight's final ATK is 19,500!"
"Keep smashing!"
"Because of Clashing Souls' text, the battle damage to both sides from that battle becomes 0, barely letting you crawl away with your life."
"But this card has another effect!"
"After damage calculation, the player whose monster was destroyed in that battle sends all cards they control to the Graveyard!"
"That's right! Your entire back row gets sent to the Graveyard!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Heh heh heh—in your calculations?"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "No—you are in my calculations!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "The three cards you destroyed and sent to my Graveyard are—"
"Three Waking the Dragon! That's right—I had three as well!"
What?!
What is this?!
This is madness!
No—
They've all gone and dug the nuts!
Yusei's three face-downs—
Were also Waking the Dragon!
Duelists across the worlds nearly coughed up a mouthful of old blood!
Some of them even saw black—
Almost dropped on the spot!
It was one thing for the opponent to hand-draw three Waking the Dragon!
But this guy—
Also hand-drew three Waking the Dragon!
And as if it were destiny for this Duel—
They all successfully triggered!
With those sends to the Graveyard—
Yusei could now Special Summon three Extra Deck monsters in succession!
The King of Crashing Jack nearly lost his footing!
He was petrified on the spot, unable to believe the scene before him!
Three Waking the Dragon! Damn!
Not just him—
This guy had three Waking the Dragon too!
It's over!
Masaka—!
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "It's coming! The power of my bonds with my partners!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "To protect the future of the world!"
"A revolution of courage and strength!"
"Evolve—first card! Life Stream Dragon!"
"Cold flames that mercilessly devour everything!"
"The blooming of the jet-black rose!"
"Come forth—second card! Black Rose Dragon!"
"A sacred, protecting light!"
"In this very moment it converges into everlasting life!"
"Descend—third card! Ancient Fairy Dragon!"
King of Crashing Jack: "But! Odin can still attack!"
King of Crashing Jack: "Destroy Life Stream Dragon!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "I activate Bacon Saver in the Graveyard!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "I banish it to negate this attack!"
King of Crashing Jack: "My… turn… ends."
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Cosmic Blazar Dragon's effect—return to the field!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "My turn! Draw!"
King of Crashing Jack: "Phoenix Enforcer in the Graveyard activates!"
King of Crashing Jack: "Phoenix Enforcer returns to the field!"
"Phoenix Enforcer activates again—choose itself and your Cosmic Blazar Dragon for destruction!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Persistent, aren't you?"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "No matter—it's your last turn!"
"I activate Cosmic Blazar Dragon to negate Phoenix Enforcer's destruction, then Blazar banishes itself!"
"My turn—continues!"
"I activate Stardust Illumination, sending Stardust Trail from my Deck to the Graveyard!"
"I activate Pot of Greed, draw 2 cards!"
"One of the cards I drew is Monster Reborn!"
"I activate Monster Reborn—revive your Red Dragon Archfiend from your Graveyard!"
"The heartbeat of the King—this Red Dragon Archfiend—"
"Will now descend to my field!"
"I Normal Summon Super Quantal Fairy Alphan!"
"Alphan's effect—choose itself; I make all monsters on the field become Level 1!"
"Then I Tribute Alphan to Special Summon Stardust Synchron from my hand!"
"Stardust Trail in the Graveyard activates—Special Summon it!"
"Level 4 Stardust Trail plus Level 4 Tuner Stardust Synchron equals Level 8!"
"O black whirlwind—let hidden feelings take flight upon your wings!"
"Take to the sky—Black-Winged Dragon!"
Hold it!
Something's off!
Way off!
What exactly are the monsters on Crab-Uppercut Yusei's field right now?
Huh?
What are they?!
They look like—the Signer's Dragons!
In the 5D's world—
Yusei Fudo, Jack, Akiza Izinski, Crow Hogan, Leo, and Luna all stared in shock and even panic at the Duel before their eyes!
Who is this person?
What exactly is he trying to do?!
Is he sure he isn't Yusei Fudo himself?
These five dragons—could it be—!
No way. Impossible!
There's no way!
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "At this very moment!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Level 1 + Level 1 + Level 1 + Level 1 + Level 8 equals Level 12!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "A brand-new domain—a mirror-still heart beyond the limits!"
"I tune Ancient Fairy Dragon, Black-Winged Dragon, Black Rose Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, and the Tuner Life Stream Dragon!"
"Five Dragons—tuning!"
"When the gathered stars become one, a new bond will light the future!"
"Become the shining road of radiant light! Limit Over Accel Synchro!"
"Light of Evolution—Shooting Quasar Dragon!"
"This card can attack during one Battle Phase up to the number of non-Tuner monsters used as its Synchro Material!"
Stunned!
Everyone was stunned!
All Duel Worlds—
Were plunged into confusion and disbelief!
The entire 5D's world—
Was thrown into upheaval on the spot!
All the Signers—even just watching—were completely carried away by the moment!
"Go, Yusei—! Beautifully done!"
"Yusei! This is our last strength!"
"Hang in there, Yusei! All of us Signers' hope is right here!"
"Hit them hard! The last of the Quasar! The last of the Majestic!"
Leo and Luna, Crow Hogan—even Akiza—couldn't help but cheer out loud!
Even Yusei Fudo, the original, felt his composure cracking!
Hold on—
Who is Yusei Fudo here, anyway?!
"Enter the Battle Phase!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Shooting Quasar Dragon attacks!"
Crab-Uppercut Yusei: "Creation Burst—Genesis Break!"
"First hit! Destroy Thor, Lord of the Aesir!"
"Second hit! Destroy Loki, Lord of the Aesir!"
"Third hit! Destroy Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend! You lose 1000 LP!"
"Fourth hit! Crash together with Odin, Father of the Aesir!"
"I activate Shooting Quasar Dragon's effect! I Special Summon my last hope from the Extra Deck!"
"Be summoned—Shooting Star Dragon!"
"This will be my final blow!"
"Stardust Fantasia! Fifth hit! Direct attack!"
"3300 points! The Duel is over!"
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