Chapter 199. Horus–Blue-Eyes Explodes into an Absolute Board! The Trick-Master's Midsummer of That Grass Looks Greener!
Duel values across the various Duel Worlds may be behind the times, but that doesn't mean anyone's a fool.
Seeing the shockwave from this round of Accel-Synchro T.G. plays, they all knew perfectly well what a combo like that means for the opponent—and how it tends to end.
Understanding is understanding, but for the old guard, the focus is still the raw power of this T.G. build.
Yes.
According to information reported in the chat by the relevant party, Bruno, the old guard completely lost it after listening.
Yugi Muto: "Hold on—Mr. Bruno? Are you saying you can't fully grasp these T.G. lines even yourself?"
Jaden Yuki: "No way, seriously? Haven't you been on T.G. for decades? You still can't read the lines?"
Yusei Fudo: "Don't blame him. Compared to the Higher World, our Synchro World is still lagging. Even Stardust Dragon is having trouble parsing this at first glance."
Bruno: "It's normal. I need to deepen my understanding of the T.G. combo routing."
After hearing the Synchro World duelists' discussion, duelists from other worlds took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
Well then.
They really didn't expect that even people from the Synchro side couldn't follow what T.G. is doing now.
So it's clear: while T.G. may not have as many story-book steps as Junk-heavy lines, wrapping your head around it is still a mouthful.
The key is—
There's also the Snake-Eye + Sinful Spoils package.
If it weren't for the unfamiliarity that package suddenly introduces, maybe T.G. would be easier to parse?
VRAINS World.
Yusaku Fujiki, Akira Zaizen, and the others had already gone numb.
For them, the gold standard is still this Accel Synchro line.
Imagine if they had to face T.G. with Accel Synchro online—how would they break through?
After thinking for a long while, their answer was: no out.
At least, at the current dueling level of Aoi Zaizen and the others, that's how it is.
"Why do Higher-World decks feel like they spark so much more synergy across engines?"
"I never imagined it."
"There are so many incredible decks out there!"
"T.G., Bruno… the light of Accel Synchro?"
Muttering to himself, Takeru Homura looked more and more conflicted.
Now he was sure.
The number of decks he doesn't know about in the Higher World might be even bigger than he thought.
In the Main World—
After Sei Yuki finished watching all the T.G. deck videos, he moved on to the next pushed video.
And this push… was something else!
"697" had more reinforcement info for Blue-Eyes White Dragon again!
Inside were a duel video plus a Blue-Eyes new-card teaser.
Seeing that, Sei Yuki couldn't help but sit up straight.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon got buffed again?"
"Ahem."
"Looks like we have to watch another Blue-Eyes duel video!"
Once Sei Yuki locked it in, the title quickly appeared across the Duel Worlds.
"Horus Blue-Eyes vs. the Trick-Master! Massive Blue-Eyes New-Card Reveal at the End!"
While everyone was still chattering about T.G., the moment they saw this title, they all straightened up with grave looks.
What?
Blue-Eyes White Dragon got more support again?
Wait a sec.
Didn't it just get buffed not long ago?
How is it getting buffed again!
Jaden Yuki: "Sheesh! K-Snake buffed Blue-Eyes again? When are they buffing HERO for me?"
Yuma Tsukumo: "Gotta hand it to that DM-World CEO, looks like Seto Kaiba chose right with Blue-Eyes!"
Yuya Sakaki: "Is there a chance—just a chance—that Mr. Kaiba knows someone at Higher-World K-Snake?"
Yusaku Fujiki: "Not likely. Probably just because Blue-Eyes is super popular."
The chat's topic shifted at once.
One by one they started discussing Blue-Eyes decks.
In the short video—
Duel info popped up.
Horus Blue-Eyes vs. the Trick-Master himself!
Both Duelists: 8000 LP!
First to play: Horus Blue-Eyes!
Going second: the Trick-Master himself!
Horus Blue-Eyes: "Alright, let's duel!"
Horus Blue-Eyes: "I heard Blue-Eyes is about to get more support, so this round we're running Blue-Eyes!"
Horus Blue-Eyes: "My first turn! I activate the Spell 'The Melody of Awakening Dragon'!"
"I discard 1 card to add 'Chaos Dragon Levianeer' and 'Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon' from my Deck."
"The discarded 'The White Stone of Legend' triggers; I add 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my Deck."
"I activate the Spell 'Trade-In', discard Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and draw 2."
"I activate the effect of 'Imsety, Glory of Horus' in my hand, sending it and my Jet Dragon from my hand to the GY."
"I add 'King's Sarcophagus' from my Deck to my hand."
"I activate the Continuous Spell 'King's Sarcophagus' and Normal Summon 'Sage with Eyes of Blue'."
"Sage's effect adds another 'The White Stone of Ancients' from my Deck."
"I discard 'The White Stone of Ancients', sending 'Qebehsenuef, Protection of Horus' from my Deck to the GY."
"I discard 'Duamutef, Blessing of Horus', sending 'Hapy, Vanguard of Horus' from my Deck to the GY."
"Then, the Horus monsters Special Summon without starting a chain."
"Come forth—Qebehsenuef, Hapy, Duamutef, and Imsety!"
"Qebehsenuef + Imsety + Hapy overlay into an Xyz."
"Three Level 8 monsters!"
"Overlay—'Coach King Giantrainer'!"
"I use Giantrainer's effect."
"First draw—'Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon'! Take 800 LP."
"Second draw—'Dictator of D.'! Take 800 LP."
"Third draw—'King of the Swamp'! Take 800 LP."
"I send Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to the GY and Special Summon 'Dictator of D.'."
"On resolution, I discard 1 to revive 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from the GY."
"Blue-Eyes plus Sage—Synchro Summon."
"8 + 1 makes Level 9."
"'Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon'."
"I activate 'Polymerization'."
"Fusion Summon using 'King of the Swamp' and the 'Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon' in my hand."
"The true Blue-Eyes big boss—'Dragon Master Knight'!"
"I activate the Spell 'Time-Tearing Morganite'."
"I gain three effects."
"First, I cannot activate monster effects in my hand."
"Second, my Normal Draw becomes drawing 2 cards."
"Third, during my turn I can conduct multiple Normal Summons."
"At the end of my turn, 'The White Stone of Ancients' in the GY triggers."
"I Special Summon 'Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon' in Defense Position."
"Then its effect adds another 'Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon' from my Deck."
Invincible.
Overwhelming.
The strongest.
When duelists across all worlds saw Horus Blue-Eyes explode into that first-turn board in one breath, they were all stupefied.
Wait a second.
Why does this feel way stronger than plain Blue-Eyes.
No—also super lucky.
They even managed to use King of the Swamp as material—
And casually made the real headline boss.
With Dragon Master Knight on the field—and Spirit Dragon holding a GY check—it's going to take serious effort for the opponent to move.
But everyone knew:
The real carry here is Horus.
How is there such an absurd engine that mills while effortlessly fielding four bodies.
That power level is way over the line.
Duel Monsters World.
Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba both had their pupils contract.
Their attention wasn't on the opening board at all—
It was on that Spell: "Time-Tearing Morganite."
The downsides on that card are nothing compared to the upsides.
Normal Draw becomes 2 cards.
You get multiple Normal Summons per turn.
With effects that strong—
How is this not Forbidden?
But on second thought—
They relaxed.
They know exactly how valuable hand traps are nowadays.
If he dares flip Morganite, it signals he isn't on a heavy hand-trap count.
Which is also telling the opponent: you can safely set up.
The Trick-Master himself: "My turn—draw."
The Trick-Master himself: "I activate the Spell 'That Grass Looks Greener'."
Horus Blue-Eyes: "Useless. Chain 'Dragon Master Knight'. Negate your 'That Grass Looks Greener'."
The Trick-Master himself: "Then I'll just activate a second one."
The Trick-Master himself: "'That Grass Looks Greener'. I'll toss my Deck right into the yardstick."
The Trick-Master himself: "Mill."
With that, at a 60-card count—
The Trick-Master's Deck started dumping cards into the Graveyard like crazy.
And this wave of milling—
Left the old guard across the worlds slack-jawed.
"Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon"?
"Bone Devil"?
"Stardust Synchron"?
"Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn"?
Hold up—hold up.
What deck is this Trick-Master even playing?
The more they watched, the less they understood.
It felt like—there was a bit of everything.
Well then.
No wonder they call him the Trick-Master.
Now the duelists were even more curious—
What huge showcase is he about to pull out?
The Trick-Master himself: "I activate the effects of 3 copies of 'Wulf, Lightsworn Beast'."
The Trick-Master himself: "I can Special Summon all 3 'Wulf, Lightsworn Beast'."
The Trick-Master himself: "Chain 'Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden'—I can discard 1."
Horus Blue-Eyes: "Chain Spirit Dragon. Negate Minerva."
Horus Blue-Eyes: "Then I use Spirit Dragon's effect."
Horus Blue-Eyes: "I Special Summon 'Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon' from my Extra Deck in Defense Position."
"When this card is Special Summoned: until the end of the next turn, your Dragon monsters cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects."
Seeing the opponent dump so many seemingly random cards—
Horus Blue-Eyes clearly got a little spooked.
Without waiting to see what the opponent was cooking,
he brought out Azure-Eyes first for blanket protection.
The Trick-Master himself: "I activate the Spell 'Dark World Dealings'."
The Trick-Master himself: "We both draw 1 and discard 1."
The Trick-Master himself: "I Normal Summon 'Qardan the Clear-Sighted'."
"Effect: I reset 'Rebirth Judgment' from my Graveyard to my back row."
"I activate the effect of 'Weiss, Lightsworn Archfiend' in my hand."
"Return another 'Lightsworn' card from hand to the top of the Deck to Special Summon this card, then send 2 cards from the top to the GY."
"Two 'Wulf, Lightsworn Beast'—overlay into an Xyz."
"Overlay—'Gagaga Magician'."
"'Qardan the Clear-Sighted' and 'Weiss, Lightsworn Archfiend'—overlay into an Xyz."
"Overlay—'Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn'."
"Minerva's effect. I detach 1 material."
"I send the top 3 cards of my Deck to the GY—then draw that many if any were Lightsworn."
"Next I activate the Spell 'Nadir Servant'."
"I send 'Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon' from my Extra Deck to the GY, then add 'Dogmatika Maximus' from my Deck."
"I activate 'Black Dragon Collapserpent', banishing a LIGHT to Special Summon."
"'Black Dragon Collapserpent', 'Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn', and 'Wulf, Lightsworn Beast'—Link Summon."
"Arrows confirmed—Link-3."
"'Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion'."
Numb.
They grew more and more numb as they watched.
Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, Yuma Tsukumo—everyone was totally glass-eyed by now.
They could understand the resources exploding from the mills—
But the cross-archetype synergy out of nowhere?
All these bizarre engines jammed together.
The more they looked, the less it made sense.
It wasn't just the cards being milled—it was the actual board state.
At first glance it looked like Lightsworn—
But how did a "Gagaga" Xyz pop out of nowhere?
Even the Extra Deck choices felt more and more bewildering.
So—
What board is he trying to make?
Even Horus Blue-Eyes seemed lost now.
ARC-V World.
After drawing a deep breath and eyeing the duel,
Yuya Sakaki felt an indescribable sense of dread when he saw cards related to his Odd-Eyes show up.
"Good grief. This deck feels like it only moves when That Grass Looks Greener hits."
"But the problem is—"
"This sack-artist even hit two copies of That Grass Looks Greener."
"With this much milling, he's going to go nuts leveraging those follow-up resources."
Beside him, Shingo Sawatari—eyes blinking—stared at the duel with growing anticipation.
He was already looking forward to it—
To what kind of eye-popping line the Trick-Master would unveil next.
The Trick-Master himself: "I activate the effect of 'Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion'."
The Trick-Master himself: "When it's Link Summoned, I can send 1 card from Deck to GY."
Horus Blue-Eyes: "I activate 'Dragon Master Knight'. Negate and destroy your Curious."
The Trick-Master himself: "Curious destroyed by a card effect—its effect triggers."
The Trick-Master himself: "I add 1 card from my GY to my hand."
"I activate 'Gagaga Magician'—detach 1."
"I revive 'Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn' from my GY."
"Two non-'Number' Xyz—overlay."
"Overlay Summon—'Number F0: Utopic Future'."
"Again."
"Rank-Up—'Number F0: Utopic Draco Future'."
…?!
Draco Future.
Utopic.
Huh.
So the Extra Deck really did include these after all.
ZEXAL World.
When Yuma Tsukumo saw the Trick-Master suddenly pull out Utopic Future—
He was stunned.
He'd already suspected the Extra Deck was leaning into Xyz,
But seeing Draco Future in the flesh still shook him.
But here's the problem—
Even with Draco Future,
breaking the opponent's board still looks rough.
Because "Dragon Master Knight" has—
5000 ATK.
And that stat line is one heck of a wall to climb…
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