167 G·Hero Giant God Soldier: I'm not pure anymore! (╥_╥)

"My turn, draw!"

Glancing at the card he just drew, Yuyi felt confident. Without hesitation, he placed it into the Spell and Trap zone of his Duel Disk, and simultaneously set a card face-down in his monster zone.

"I set a monster in face-down defense position, and then set two more cards face-down. Turn end."

Looking at Yuyi's field completely covered with face-down cards, Gurimo's mouth curled into an upward smirk as he offered a mocking "praise":

"Should I say as expected of the two-time reigning Duel King, the CEO-san? Facing a completely unknown opponent, you respond with a layout consisting entirely of face-down representation!"

It sounded like praise for Yuyi choosing to counter an unknown opponent with such a completely defensive face-down setup, but in reality, it was mocking him: You, a Duel King, facing a mere pawn like me, actually choose a turtle-like defensive tactic for a counterattack instead of a relentless, charging assault!

Is this the tactics of a Duel King? Truly disappointing!

Yuyi frowned slightly, but his expression quickly smoothed out. Say whatever you want; until I determine whether the Doma cards in this world are identical to the anime plot, I will not take the initiative to attack.

"Since that's the case, it's my turn to perform! Draw!"

Drawing a card and glancing at it just once, Gurimo couldn't help but reveal a smile at having drawn a good card.

"CEO-san! I will now let you witness the true power of our Doma organization!"

"Spell Card, 'Terraforming' activates! According to the effect of this card, I can add one Field Spell from my deck to my hand."

Hearing the name of the activated card, Yuyi's heart instantly leaped into his throat. Knowing the card's effect all too well, he understood which card his opponent would add to their hand from the deck, and this was precisely the purpose for which he had decided to accept this challenge.

"The Field Spell added to my hand by Terraforming, activate!"

With that, Gurimo opened the field zone of the special Duel Disk crafted by their Doma organization and placed the searched Field Spell card into it to activate.

"Open your eyes and look! The magic card born from pitch-black darkness, its mysterious power will become the key to my victory! Surround me and my enemy with the sacred engraved space!"

"The Seal of Orichalcos, activate!"

Accompanied by the exclusive BGM of Orichalcos, a massive amount of dark clouds instantly gathered in the sky. However, this wasn't to bring rain, but rather to lower what Gurimo called the "sacred engraved space."

The green halo was inscribed with a vast amount of incomprehensible text. If one had to compare it, this halo strongly resembled the core spell card of the "Dark Magician" archetype, "Magical Circle Dimension."

As the green halo rotated and slowly descended, Yuyi could clearly perceive that the surrounding air had become somewhat viscous at this moment, rendering movement difficult and leaving one with no choice but to watch helplessly as the halo landed, extending several green straight lines to form a massive magical array.

"Hmphahaha! Did you see that? This is the power possessed by our great Doma—The Seal of Orichalcos!"

Gurimo spoke with the demeanor of a devout believer:

"Duelists enveloped by the barrier will not be affected by any external interference from the outside world and must continue the duel!"

"And if you want to walk out of the barrier alive, you must win the duel! As for the loser? Their soul will be absorbed by the power of the Seal of Orichalcos, becoming nourishment for the resurrection of my god!"

While Gurimo was explaining the power of the Seal of Orichalcos, Yuyi, driven by curiosity, walked to the edge of the barrier and cautiously extended his index finger to gently touch the pale green light wall formed by the barrier.

It had a physical texture, feeling like a slightly transparent wall when touched, with no other strange punishments like electric shocks.

Looking back at Gurimo, the middle-aged man with the symbol of the Seal of Orichalcos etched onto his forehead, Yuyi took out the "Millennium Eye"—one of the Millennium Items gifted to him by Maximillion Pegasus at the very end of Duelist Kingdom half a year ago—from his own system space.

Holding it in his palm, he aimed the pupil of the Millennium Eye at a spot on the light wall, then stimulated the divine power within it to see if it could affect the light wall.

After waiting for quite a while, only the Millennium Eye was glowing, yet the light wall showed not the slightest change.

At this point, Yuyi could basically confirm that the cage formed after the activation of "The Seal of Orichalcos" was identical to the one in the anime.

Either he win the duel and walk out alive, or he lose the duel and have his soul absorbed, or end in a draw where both sides walk out hand in hand with nothing happening to either of them.

"Futile, futile! Within this barrier, even the power of the Millennium Items cannot forcefully break through!"

Seeing Yuyi's actions, Gurimo burst into laughter. Lord Rafael was right after all; even ultra-powerful sacred treasures like the Millennium Items had no effect on their Orichalcos.

"The true power of the Seal of Orichalcos has not yet been fully unleashed! CEO-san, please open your eyes wide and watch my subsequent plays properly!"

Returning to the main subject, the duel continued. Gurimo glanced at his hand and activated one Spell Card out of five:

"‘Graceful Charity’, allow me to draw three cards from my deck and then discard two cards from my hand."

Drawing three cards: the first one was one of the major forbidden cards in the OCG; the second one could be Special Summoned through its own effect, and given the current situation, it wouldn't even trigger negative effects; the third card was entirely blue.

*'Yosh! The cards for victory have already been gathered in my hand!'*

Triumphant inwardly, Gurimo maintained a calm composure on the surface as he continued his operations.

"After discarding two cards, I will successively activate the Spell cards 'Monster Reborn' and 'Premature Burial'! Paying 800 Life Points, I revive the monsters just discarded, 'Goblin Attack Force' and 'Warrior Dai Grepher', onto the field!"

As the two spell cards with resurrection effects took effect, the two Warrior-type monsters rose from the graveyard.

"Then I Special Summon the Effect Monster 'Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight' from my hand using its own effect!"

The Dinosaur-type Raptor was once again Special Summoned using its own effect, and since this was only the second turn of the duel, there wasn't a single monster in Yuyi's graveyard, rendering the Raptor's negative effect unable to affect Yuyi's side.

"Gathering three monsters in the span of a single turn... Nani?!"

Looking at the three monsters Gurimo had gathered on his field in mere seconds, Yuyi instantly wore a look of astonishment. If he weren't going to summon some special monster, who would waste god-tier cards like "Monster Reborn" and "Premature Burial" to revive these weak monsters?

"Offering the three monsters on the field as tribute! Come forth! Obelisk the Tormentor!!"

As the Raptor and the two warriors transformed into tributes, a violent tremor came from the ground beneath their feet, and blue light surged into the sky from the surface behind Gurimo.

Amidst a roar echoing up to the heavens, the towering, mountain-like figure of the Tormentor appeared within this duel arena enclosed by the cage.

The fully descended Tormentor immediately spotted Yuyi standing on the opposite side of him.

Tormentor:?

What's going on? Why is my "Master" on the opposite side?

Then, the Tormentor slowly lowered his head to look at his own side, at the person who had summoned him.

Tormentor:??

What's the situation? How come the duelist who summoned me is a buzz-cut middle-aged man?

Hmm~~~ Oh! I get it! My card body, due to certain circumstances, has fallen into the hands of this buzz-cut uncle.

Using His body without getting His approval? Heh~, then I won't be polite! Taste my giant god fist!!!

Thinking this, just as the Tormentor was about to raise his right arm and smash a punch directly down onto Gurimo below, an unfamiliar power suddenly invaded his body. Before he could react to counterattack, that unknown dark force intruded into his brain, instantly seizing 70% to 80% of the control over his body!

Tormentor:??!

What the hell? What kind of ghost is this? How could I, the mighty Egyptian God, actually have my bodily control hijacked by someone one day?!