158 The Savior God—Chestnut Divine Dragon: Orb Form!

"PARADOX! Since you have activated the effect of Sin Selector once again, I too shall activate the Quick-Play Magic Card, Forbidden Chalice, for a second time!"

"Nani?!"

"Until the end of the turn, Sin Selector gains 400 attack points! But as a trade-off, its effects are negated!"

Cards designed to interrupt an opponent's plays—if duel rules didn't restrict you to a maximum of three copies of a card with the same name in a single deck, one would stuff as many into their deck as humanly possible!

"My final card in hand—Polymerization! I send Elemental HERO Solid Soldier and Elemental HERO Shadow Mist from my field to the graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon!"

The ground shook violently, as if something was about to burst forth from the depths of the earth.

"An Elemental HERO monster plus an EARTH monster, Fusion Summon—Elemental HERO Gaia!"

Earth-bro, the one capable of absorbing half an enemy monster's power and converting it into his own strength, stepped onto the stage once more to help Yugi break the deadlock.

"When Gaia is successfully Fusion Summoned, I can halve the power of one monster on my opponent's side of the field until the end of the turn! And that vanished half of its power is absorbed by Gaia to strengthen himself!"

The monster with the greatest power on Paradox's field was Sin Truth Dragon, so the target for Gaia's absorption needed no further explanation. With a seismic fissure splitting the ground below, even the airborne Sin Truth Dragon was drained of half its might by the immense suction generated by the crack.

"The second effect of Solid Soldier activates! Because it was sent from the monster zone to the graveyard by a Fusion Spell as fusion material, I can Special Summon a HERO monster from my graveyard in Defense Position—Destiny HERO - Disk Commander!"

Disk Commander, having entered the graveyard as one of the fusion materials for Shadow Mist, was now resurrected from the grave thanks to Solid Soldier's faction-independent effect that could revive any HERO.

"When Disk Commander is successfully Special Summoned from the graveyard, it allows me to draw two cards from my deck."

If Bubbleman was the Pot of Greed of the Elemental HERO family, then the Pot of Greed of the Destiny HERO family was undoubtedly the resurrected Disk Commander.

"Magic Card, Graceful Charity! Draw three cards, then discard two... Next, Miracle Fusion! I banish Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier and Elemental HERO Stratos from the graveyard from play to perform a Fusion Summon!"

After cycling through his hand with Graceful Charity, Yugi activated Miracle Fusion, banishing the big brother Stratos, who had just been sent to the graveyard, along with the little brother Liquid Soldier, who had been waiting there for a while.

"An Elemental HERO monster plus a WIND monster, Fusion Summon—Elemental HERO Great Tornado!"

Although Sin Selector would be banished during the End Phase anyway, Yugi chose to summon Great Tornado right here in order to activate the remaining Magic Card in his hand containing the word "Change".

"The very moment Great Tornado descends upon the field, the power of all monsters on the opponent's side of the field is halved by the fierce tearing winds of a tornado!"

A biting gale swept across Paradox's monster zone. Sin Truth Dragon, having already been weakened twice, now suffered the indignity of having its power halved yet again, shrinking in size until it was no larger than an ordinary human.

As for Sin Selector on the other side, even though over seventy percent of its body was mechanical, under the ferocious tearing of the immense tornado, it became riddled with fractures and jagged tears.

"When Liquid Soldier is banished as material for a 'HERO' Fusion monster, I can draw two cards from my deck and then discard one."

Liquid Soldier's second effect provided incredible card drawing and graveyard setup capabilities, making him practically the "Graceful Charity" of the HERO family.

"Entering the Battle Phase! Acid, attack Paradox's Sin Truth Dragon! Acid Shooting!"

Liquid projectiles imbued with intense corrosive properties fired from the weapon in Acid's hands, striking Sin Truth Dragon and instantly provoking a chorus of sizzling corrosion sounds.

"At this moment, targeting Acid, I activate the Quick-Play Magic Card, Form Change! I return him from the field to the Extra Deck, and in exchange, I can Special Summon a 'Masked HERO' monster from my Extra Deck with the same Level as Acid, but a different name."

Acid's Level was eight, so the newly summoned monster would naturally be Level 8 as well.

"Form Ride! The Hero guarding everyone in the guise of a demon mask—Masked HERO Dark Law!"

An appearance closely resembling Kamen Rider Hibiki, the sixth Heisei rider from one of Japan's three major tokusatsu franchises, appeared on the field.

"Go! Dark Law! Deliver the Hero's flying kick to the enemy!"

Crouching slightly, then leaping fiercely into the air dozens of meters high, Dark Law glanced down at Sin Truth Dragon on the ground and struck a classic Rider kick pose, plunging diagonally downwards at incredible speed.

'Final Attack Ride! An-An-An-Anki!'

Ten holographic, card-shaped walls of light bearing the emblem of Dark Law's visage seemed to manifest, linking Sin Truth Dragon on the ground and the swiftly descending Dark Law from above at approximately a forty-five-degree angle.

"Bang-Boom!"

Under a Rider kick, no one survives!

"When Dark Law destroys an enemy monster in battle, I can add a 'Change' Quick-Play Magic from my deck to my hand."

After adding the second Mask Change to his hand, Yugi did not rush to use it, instead having his other Hero on the field continue the attack.

"Gaia! Give Paradox the final blow! ContinentalHammer!"

Paradox's field was completely empty at the moment, save for the Field Spell used to search for "Sin" monsters. Therefore, as long as this attack landed, the match would be brought to an immediate end!

However, as the theatrical version's ultimate villain who dared to take on three generations of Duel Kings all by himself, would he really surrender so easily?

The answer was—

"At this moment, the effect of the Effect Monster in my hand, Sphere Kuriboh, activates! I send this card to the graveyard to change an attacking monster on the opponent's field to Defense Position!"

Looking at the glowing Kuriboh floating in front of Gaia, surrounded by the aura affectionately dubbed by fans as the "Kuribodragon Sphere", a massive question mark slowly formed above Yugi's forehead.

Wait a minute. As the villain of the piece, Paradox-uncle, why on earth would you stuff such a "minion monster" among your massive roster of high-Level, high-attack monsters? That defies science! That defies all reason!

If he could hear Yugi's inner thoughts, Paradox would undoubtedly reply with this:

"Kaiba-boy! At least I conducted thorough research before deciding to time-travel! The monsters of the 'Kuriboh' family are the life-saving creatures of every generation's Duel King—Yugi Mutou's Kuriboh, Jaden Yuki's Winged Kuriboh, Yusei Fudo's Junk Kuriboh—all of them performed brilliantly! So, as someone attempting to challenge three generations of Duel Kings, stuffing a card from the 'Kuriboh' family into my deck is hardly unreasonable, is it? ヾ(◍°∇°◍)ﾉﾞ"

Yugi: "..." That argument is so airtight I am completely speechless!