Chapter 169. The Extreme Hunt of Neo Galaxy-Eyes! "Beyond Utopia" Calculations into the Super Beast-Armament Fusion Utopia!
Inside the short video.
The final round of interactions!
The Galaxy-Eyes player also managed to use Kuriboh to block attacks for a turn!
Both Duelists found a lifeline thanks to Kuriboh!
Duelists across every Dueling world couldn't help but sigh in their hearts!
These two guys—
They're totally protagonists, right?!
Their Kuribohs!
Always manage to come through at the critical moment!
Look at ours!
Either it never gets drawn, or it never shows up when it matters!
I'm numb!
Completely numb!
But here comes the problem!
In this situation—
Can the Galaxy-Eyes player still counterattack?
Forget everything else!
Right now Utopia Exalted Saint's field resources are maxed out!
It looks like there's barely anything left in the Extra Deck!
So it seems—
Utopia has staked everything in the Extra Deck!
Meanwhile, the Galaxy-Eyes player keeps bringing out eye-catching Xyz Monsters!
With that in mind,
All the Duelists turned their eyes back to the short video.
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "During your End Phase!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "I activate my Continuous Trap, Photon Change!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "I send the Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon on my field to the Graveyard and Special Summon Photon Jumper from my Deck!"
"And then I add Photon Orbital from my Deck to my hand!"
"It's my turn! Draw!"
"In the Standby Phase I continue with Photon Change!"
"I send Jumper to the Graveyard and add the Trap Card Photon Timestop from my Deck!"
"In the Graveyard, Jumper's effect activates to add Galaxy Trance from my Deck!"
"In Main Phase, Photon Change sends itself to the Graveyard per its self-restriction!"
"I have no cards on my field! I activate the Spell, Shuffle Reborn!"
"I revive Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from my Graveyard!"
"I activate Galaxy Trance! I revive Photon Emperor from my Graveyard and Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon from my Deck!"
"I construct the Xyz Network!"
"Overlay Photon Emperor and Afterglow!"
"Roar that pierces the cosmos!"
"Trace it back to the dawn of time!"
"Awaken from the source of the galaxy—Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!"
"I then activate Photon Orbital in my hand to equip it to Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!"
"I enter the Battle Phase!
"I activate Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon's effect by detaching 1 material—Photon Emperor!"
"All other face-up monsters on the field have their effects negated, and their ATK/DEF become their original values."
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Oho? Is that your limit?"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I activate Utopic Draco Future's effect! I negate your Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Then I'll take it and make it my monster! 310."
"Your coolest Galaxy-Eyes now belongs to me."
A chance to swing the momentum—
Utopia Exalted Saint dismantled it with ease!
In the ZEXAL world—
Kite Tenjo looked on with a face like ash.
Resources, wasted again.
In this state—
Can the pure Galaxy-Eyes Duelist still turn it around?
No.
The chance—
Too slim.
Right now—
Even developing a field is a problem, right?
"No, we can't give up yet! The Photon Emperor that was detached can still be Summoned!"
"There's still a chance!"
Kite Tenjo suddenly thought of something and pulled himself together again.
On the other side, Yuma Tsukumo and Astral—
Took a deep breath at the sight.
Utopic Draco Future's strength is insane!
It negates,
And it steals control too!
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "Hehehe, sore wa dō kana?"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "You've stepped into my trap!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "The detached Photon Emperor returns by its effect—Special Summon!"
"My Main Phase 2!"
"I send Photon Orbital to the Graveyard to add the final key card from my Deck!"
"Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon!"
"I Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon!"
"There are three Level 8 monsters on my field! I construct the Xyz Network!"
"Everybody stand up!!!"
"Surging galaxy, now become a raging wave of light!"
"Show your form!"
"Descend, my soul!"
"Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!!!"
"I activate its effect!"
"When this card is Xyz Summoned using Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon as material, all other face-up cards on the field have their effects negated."
"That's right! It's a permanent negate!"
So that's it!
That earlier Galaxy-Eyes was the bait!
The real focus is this one!
This is the archetypal ace Xyz of Galaxy-Eyes with 4500 ATK!
Seeing this—
Kite Tenjo, who had lost hope, felt his flame rekindled!
Not over!
It's not over yet!
Still struggling!
He's still struggling!
That's the Galaxy-Eyes player!
"It's useless, Kite Tenjo."
"Look at his back row."
Yuma Tsukumo spoke calmly.
Kite was about to argue when his eyes locked onto Utopia Exalted Saint's Set card!
The timing light came on!
No way!
Masaka!
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Hehehe, then I'll say this too."
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Sore wa dō kana?"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I flip my face-down Trap! Number Protection!"
"Negate your effect and destroy it!"
"It's a Counter Trap, you know!"
"Go on, show me your Red Reboot if you dare!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "Is that so? You think you've succeeded?"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "I forced out your back row!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "Now for my real plan!"
"In my Graveyard, Galaxy-Eyes Kuriboh activates to banish itself for disruption!"
"I activate another effect of Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!"
"I can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; detach all Xyz Materials from your monsters, and this card gains ATK equal to the number detached × 500 this turn."
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Interesting! Subarashii!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Truly subarashii!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I chain Number 99: Utopia Dragonar! I detach my last 2 materials!"
"I treat this as an Xyz Summon from the Extra Deck!"
"Come forth—Number 39: Utopia Beyond!!!"
"Alright, your Neo Galaxy-Eyes's ATK went up, right?"
"Then my Utopia Beyond's effect—when it's Xyz Summoned, it must activate."
"All monsters on your field become 0 ATK!"
"So your Neo Galaxy-Eyes drops to 0."
"Hahahaha!!!"
Mental break achieved!
Absolutely shattered!
After two desperate struggles—
Hope was doused yet again!
Across every Duel world, the old-guard Duelists saw this and—
Even though they weren't the ones Dueling—
Such interruptions! Such extinguishing of hope!
Their mental game was already in pieces!
In the DM world—
Joey Wheeler and Mai Valentine had the same thought!
Seeing this, both wore stunned faces!
They didn't expect the last Extra Deck monster in the Utopia build—
Would be perfectly timed to matter right here!
"Amazing! Incredible! It's like he foresaw everything!"
"For sure—Number 99: Utopia Dragonar saved its materials from start to finish, and every activation brought absolute suppression!"
"No kidding! Last time it was the pseudo-Numeron Dragon; this time it's Utopia Beyond! I'm dumbfounded!"
"So the Galaxy-Eyes side can't counter, right? No way he still makes a board? If so, he deserves to win."
"....."
Weevil Underwood, Rex Raptor, and the others all began chiming in.
They'd just been wowed by the Galaxy-Eyes player's meticulous line!
But who would've thought!
It all fell apart anyway!
Everything was for nothing!
So how does he play from here?
The odds of breaking through just dropped again!
In the 5D's world—
Yusei Fudo, Crow Hogan, and the others squinted, following the pair's calculations.
They also thought the Galaxy-Eyes player might pull off an extreme technique to break through!
But unexpectedly—
He was still short.
Still suppressed by Utopia Exalted Saint!
"Ah, what a pity."
"In the end, the resource gap is just too big."
"Even if Galaxy-Eyes's Rank 8 Xyz lineup is excellent—"
"The problem is that the devil is always one step taller than the god!"
Jack Atlas couldn't help but sigh.
On the field—
The Galaxy-Eyes player was still struggling, refusing to give up!
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "Damn! You cracked it all, huh?!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "Fine, fine! I activate Shuffle Reborn in my Graveyard!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "I return my Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon to the Deck and draw 1 card!"
"I activate the effect of the card I drew—Triple Tactics Talent! I draw 2 more!"
"I Set 3 cards!"
"Turn end."
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Not so fast—at your End Phase!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I activate Number 39: Utopia Beyond, detach 1 material, and send your Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon to the Graveyard!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I revive Number 39: Utopia Double from my Graveyard!"
"Then, I recover 1250 LP!"
From that 400 LP—
Utopia Exalted Saint clawed back up to 4650!
Meanwhile, Galaxy-Eyes was left at just 2000 LP!
Utopia Exalted Saint: "It's my turn!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I activate the Field Spell, Zexal Field, to place Shining Draw on top of my Deck!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "No doubt, my draw is Shining Draw."
"I activate Shining Draw and reveal it."
"Next, I activate Utopia Beyond's effect, detach a material, and send Number 39: Utopia Double to the Graveyard."
"I revive Number 39: Utopia!"
"I recover 1250 LP!"
"I then activate Zexal Field again! From the Graveyard, I select a Utopia and attach it as material to Utopia."
"I chain the Spell—Shining Draw!"
"From my Deck, I equip to Number 39: Utopia—ZW – Pegasus Twin Saber, DZW – Chimera Clad, ZW – Tornado Bringer, and ZW – Lightning Blade!"
"This is my Super Beast Armament!"
"The ZEXAL union—fusion!"
???
Nani?
Holy—?!
You're the real Yuma Tsukumo and Astral, aren't you?!
I give up!
I'm convinced!
Yuma Tsukumo and Astral saw this sequence and their vision went dark!
They achieve it through bonds!
And this guy—
Can "fuse-evolve" Utopia by himself?!
That's outrageous!
Each equipped monster adds an effect to Utopia!
This single Number 39: Utopia—how do you even say it—invincible! Invincible!
ZW – Pegasus Twin Saber: While equipped, once per turn, when your opponent's on-field monster effect resolves, you can negate that effect.
DZW – Chimera Clad: While treated as an Equip, the equipped monster cannot be destroyed by battle, and if its attack does not destroy a monster, you can make that monster's ATK become 0 and, once only, attack the same monster again.
ZW – Tornado Bringer: While equipped, your opponent cannot target the equipped monster with card effects. If it would be destroyed by battle, destroy this card instead.
ZW – Lightning Blade: While equipped, your face-up ZW cards you control cannot be destroyed by your opponent's effects. If the equipped monster would be destroyed by an effect, destroy this card instead.
Absurd!
Way too absurd!
Lightning Blade even protects the other ZW equip monsters!
How do you play against this?!
The opponent's board—just kept getting bigger!
Yugi Muto: "??? What kind of line is this? Yuma Tsukumo, is this your handiwork too?"
Yuma Tsukumo: "Ahem, yes—but not this busted, honestly."
Yuya Sakaki: "Man! I really underestimated this Utopia build! So it can play like this!"
Yusaku Fujiki: "Shining Draw, huh? Noted."
The chat exploded with message after message!
They were all stunned by this Utopia–ZW combo!
You call this a Utopia fusion?!
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I activate Number XX: Utopic Dark Infinity and choose Utopic Draco Future again!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I recover 3000 LP!"
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Hahaha! Kimochi!"
"Looks like Lady Luck's on my side—400 LP has now turned into—"
"8900!"
"I don't think you have any chance left!"
"Battle Phase! I attack directly with Utopia!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "I activate Photon Jumper in my hand!"
Pure Galaxy-Eyes: "When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Special Summon this card from my hand, then end the Battle Phase."
"After using this effect, I'll skip my next Battle Phase."
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Heh, still clinging to life."
Utopia Exalted Saint: "Next turn you won't even have the right to attack me."
Utopia Exalted Saint: "I end my turn."
Indeed!
Struggling—
This is way too much struggling!
Used Photon Jumper—so there's no Battle Phase next turn.
Look at the opponent's field!
Number 99: Utopia Dragonar!
Number F0: Utopic Draco Future!
Number XX: Utopic Dark Infinity!
Number 39: Utopia Beyond!
Number S39: Utopia the Lightning!
And the invincible Number 39: Utopia!
How do you beat that?
No Battle Phase—plus you have to answer the entire Utopia family bucket!
There's basically no way!
"It's over! No chance! The Galaxy-Eyes player can only concede this one."
"Yeah, the main thing is the lost Battle Phase; otherwise he might have struggled a bit more."
"The problem is—how? Tell me how you break this Utopia board?"
"I don't know—let's watch. You never know."
The chat quickly lit up with discussion.
Everyone was considering hypothetical outs for Galaxy-Eyes.
And the answer was—no outs.
Yes.
No matter what Galaxy-Eyes puts out—
It's checkmate.
Unless—it isn't a Galaxy-Eyes line at all?..
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