126 The Dragon That Slays Gods—Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!

"My turn, draw!"

With a stylish and dashing draw, Seto Kaiba caught a glimpse of the card art, his pupils constricting sharply in an instant.

'Is it time...'

The only monster in his deck capable of confronting the Egyptian God cards head-on.

"Magic card, 'Pot of Greed'! I draw two cards!"

Scanning the two cards he had just drawn, Kaiba showed one of them along with a monster already in his hand to Youyi before sending both to the Graveyard.

"Magic card, 'Trade-In'! I discard the level-eight monster 'Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon' from my hand to draw two more cards from my deck."

As he cast the steel-armored dragon with iridescent wing membranes into the Graveyard, Kaiba drew again.

"Next, the magic card 'Graceful Charity'! I draw three cards and discard two."

Drawing three cards at once, Kaiba finally secured the second 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' in his hand. Now, he was only one dragon away from being able to summon that legendary blue-eyed monster.

"Due to the effect of 'Graceful Charity,' I must discard two cards. Consequently, the effect of the 'The White Stone of Legend' sent to the Graveyard activates! When this card is sent to the Graveyard, I can add one 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my deck to my hand."

The two great stones of the Blue-Eyes series—one searches for a White Dragon in the deck, while the other special summons a Blue-Eyes monster from the deck and retrieves one from the Graveyard. They were the keys to Kaiba’s ability to quickly assemble his Blue-Eyes White Dragons from the mountain of cards in his deck!

"Magic card, 'Polymerization'! Unite the three 'Blue-Eyes White Dragons' in my hand into one!"

It was here! The strongest monster of President Kaiba, known to duelists worldwide!

"Transcend the boundaries of time and space! Descend! Destructive Burst Stream of White!! Perfect, invincible, strongest!! Crush, shatter, and let the cheers roar!!"

"Ite, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!!"

"ROAR!!"

Kaiba’s trump card, a monster whose raw power even exceeded the Earth-destroying god, 'Obelisk the Tormentor,' by 500 attack points—the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!

"Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon... In a pure contest of strength, even Obelisk would fall slightly behind this Dragon-type monster." Watching his "three-headed bride" appear on the field for the third time, Youyi curled his lips into a smile and analyzed the situation.

"But when it comes down to it, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is just a vanilla Fusion Monster with no special effects. A mere 500-point difference could easily be overcome by any Quick-Play Spell that boosts power! Not to mention that a Fusion Monster of level seven or higher cannot attack on the turn it is summoned."

His initial analysis was earnest, but the latter part carried a mocking tone. Youyi was subtly reminding Kaiba that he was the one most hampered by the rule that Fusion Monsters cannot attack the turn they are summoned!

Three White Dragons plus one Polymerization to create the 4500-attack-point Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon—a move that cost so many cards, only to be left unable to attack on the turn of its summon, made it nothing more than a sitting duck! "So, once the City Tournament ends, hurry up and agree to my proposal for 'lifting the Fusion Monster restrictions'!!"

"Youyi! The power of the Egyptian Gods is indeed mighty! However, in her presence, even a God must bow down!"

As he spoke, Kaiba’s trump card, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, began to emanate the shimmering light of a sacrificial monster.

"Nani?!"

Hearing Kaiba’s words, the spectators were stunned. As Youyi had noted, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was the strongest monster in Kaiba’s deck, already 500 points stronger than Obelisk. But that was all it was. Yet now, Kaiba claimed that the new monster he was about to summon would force the peak of Duel Monsters, the three Egyptian Gods, to crawl at her feet!

This...

Amidst the global audience’s transition from curiosity to astonishment, Kaiba summoned the "her" he had claimed would transcend the Gods!

"Blue-Eyes! Evolve beyond your limits!"

Holding the card high, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon’s body cracked, bearing the marks of an evolution born from destruction!

"The ultimate transcendence from the ultimate monster, the dragon of light that erases all existence! Appear! Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!!"

From the endless darkness, a sacred metallic dragon emerged, flying out from the abyss like the first ray of light at the dawn of creation! Its silver-white body, brighter than sterling silver, glowed with blue light patterns. It descended upon the world with a divine majesty that rivaled the Egyptian Gods yet felt infinitely warmer and more sacred!

"The final evolution of Blue-Eyes—Shining Dragon!!"

"ROAR!!"

The final evolution of his bride, a peerless power that bowed to no God!

"So beautiful!" A certain "dragon-obsessed" nerd in front of his TV couldn't help but drool. If he could, he would trade his entire fortune for such a White Dragon!

"In terms of sheer presence, this monster called the Shining Dragon truly doesn't seem to lose out to the descent of a God!"

As the Shining Dragon made its debut, before it had even shown its full power, the audience felt it was truly on par with a God.

"Kaiba said this is the evolutionary form of the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon? It possesses power that doesn't lose to the Egyptian Gods... but judging by its current stats, this Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon is actually weaker than the Ultimate Dragon before it!"

Joey, who always bickered with Kaiba, now expressed doubt about Kaiba’s earlier words. He didn't know the effects yet, but based on the visible attack and defense points, this so-called evolutionary form was inferior to the previous one. At least the Ultimate Dragon had 4500 attack points, 500 more than Obelisk.

"Hmph! A duffer is a duffer! Someone who can’t even read card effects has no right to judge my Shining Dragon!"

Joey’s voice had been loud, and Kaiba heard it clearly from the stage. Though anger flared within him, Kaiba "politely" brought up the Trap card 'Final Attack Orders'—the one Joey had activated during his duel with Mai Valentine, leading to both of their defeats.

"Nani! Kaiba!! You bastard...!"

What Joey hated most was being called a duffer. If his good friend Tristan hadn't been holding him back, he would have charged up there to fight Kaiba, even in the middle of a live-streamed duel.

"Hmph! Since I dared to say that the Shining Dragon has the power to rival the Egyptian Gods, it is certainly not an empty claim! Open your eyes and watch carefully! Watch as I strike down the high and mighty Gods!!"

"ROAR!!"

"Master, you are mighty!"

"The first effect of the Shining Dragon! Absorb the soul power of the Dragon-type monsters in my Graveyard!"

As the souls of the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, one Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, one The White Stone of Legend, and one Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon—a total of six Dragon-type monsters—appeared on the field, they were all inhaled by the Shining Dragon.

The light of the patterns on its body and the silver-white of its form grew more radiant, and the power of the Shining Dragon surged!

"For every Dragon-type monster in my Graveyard, the Shining Dragon gains 300 attack points! Therefore—"

"Hiss! That’s 300 points higher than the Ultimate Dragon!"

In the game of Duel Monsters, every single point of attack is an unbridgeable chasm! Even with an increase of only 300 points, without the support of other card effects, Obelisk’s disadvantage was even greater than it had been against the Ultimate Dragon!

"Go! Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon! Cast the God down to the mortal realm! Shining Neutron Blast!!"