"Incredible, Thunder is amazing," Judai exclaimed repeatedly while watching the broadcast.
Of course, many people didn't even know what this meant.
Only those involved in the duel understood its significance.
"Indeed, the XYZ-Dragon Cannon might lack the same card-destroying power during the opponent's turn as the Ultimate XYZ-Dragon Cannon, but the effect of the XYZ-Dragon Cannon has no restrictions—there's no 'once per turn' limitation. So..."
He raised the Ojamagic in his hand: "Activate the effect of XYZ-Dragon Cannon, discard the Ojamagic from my hand, to destroy your El Shaddoll Construct on the field!"
Ojamagic transformed into a projectile, loaded into the Dragon Cannon's body, then a stream of cannon light blasted forth, striking Nephilim's chest. Slowly it crumbled and fell.
"Ojamagic's effect allows me to add 3 Ojama Monsters from the deck to my hand."
"Here we go again, big bro!" "Oh my, I knew big bro loves us!" "Woohoo, we'll definitely be the MVP this time!"
"Hmm? Wasn't it the Dragon Cannon that was impressive?" Next to him, John scratched his head in confusion. Spirit Ruby jumped out and kicked his forehead, snapping him back to reality with a laugh, realizing he misunderstood.
Manjome himself understood the value of the Ojama brothers, but instead of praising them directly, he continued, "It's not over yet, Tenjo. Now, I have three more Monsters in my hand."
"Activate the effect of XYZ-Dragon Cannon, discard Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, to destroy your Field Spell Card and Shaddoll Schism!"
Reloading, aiming, preparing, bombardment—a beautiful sequence of attacks, instantly wiping out Tenjo Hikari's field.
"This... Hikari's field just became empty all of a sudden." Mitsuzawa's face showed concern.
"Not only that—due to the Continuous Trap, Manjome can even bombard again during Tenjo Hikari's turn..." Jim was astonished, "Not only back to square one, but Tenjo's Life Points are even lower than the last turn!"
"Amazing... So that's why, earlier, Manjome wanted a one-shot finish." Caesar quickly understood why Manjome was so troubled before, "Because he wasn't sure what Hikari's Set Card was, so he first Special Summoned LV 5 to test. If Hikari couldn't Special Summon Midra, he would dismantle the Ultimate XYZ-Dragon Cannon, Special Summon the Dragon Cannon, then destroy Hikari's field and attack directly for victory..."
"However, Tenjo directly restricted Manjome's Special Summon..." John pondered, "I see, Armed Dragon Thunder can evolve in different directions. At that point, even without the Dragon Cannon, he could use the regular Armed Dragon's effect to destroy Nephilim, then deal higher battle damage."
"Uh... Compromise and decision-making?" Mitsuzawa Daichi dripped sweat from his forehead, "Instincts are something I'm really bad at!"
"But it's not over yet." As if to deepen everyone's impression, Manjome slowly clenched his fist, "This is not enough!"
The Duel Disk began to spin rapidly, and next to him, Kaiba Seto seemed prepared as he put on observation sunglasses, watching the data.
Orange-yellow currents flickered in Manjome's hand. He raised his fist and shouted to the sky, "The Monster Effect of Armed Dragon Thunder LV7, send 1 Monster from the hand to the Graveyard to activate. Send this field card to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 LV 10 or lower 'Armed Dragon' Monster from hand or deck!"
"10!?"
"It can evolve?!"
Sizzle—
Electric currents coursed through Manjome's body, and the steel dragon on the field swelled with it.
The spacecraft began to shake violently. In the unknown realms of the Spirit Realm above, a golden lightning bolt thundered down from the sky.
"Send the second Armed Dragon Thunder LV5 from my hand to the Graveyard!"
"Evolve!"
Boom!
Thunder roared.
The armored dragon, occupying almost half of the duel arena, slowly emerged in the electric glow.
It mirrored Manjome's exact movements, as the uncontrolled thunder and lightning fused completely into its body, transforming into radiant wings and a tail hammer, glowing as it moved.
"Armed Dragon Thunder LV10!"
Armed Dragon Thunder LV10, Level 10, Wind Attribute, Dragon-Type, Attack Power 3000.