The blue and white steel armor covered the body of the crystal hero, reflecting a sapphire-like gleam. The surging cold air wandered everywhere, as ice crystals crept up the golden stone wall and froze the load-bearing pillars.
Absolute Zero!
Within the frozen realm, the silver-gray metal demon, the earth spirit, and the cunning mage were all instantly frozen, transformed into three ice statues, rapidly covered with cracks, shattering with a clattering sound.
"Beautiful!" Yugi praised, "Instantly using 'Absolute Zero' to wipe out all monsters upon summoning, now the other me can't gather sacrifices to summon the Egyptian God!"
Though cheering for another self in a duel felt a bit awkward, Yugi sincerely hoped Youyu would win. Because this might be their only chance to secure the 'Name of the King' and help Dark Yugi reclaim his lost identity.
"It's all for the other me." He thought to himself.
"Wow, that Pharaoh's game is really something." Jonouchi wiped his sweat, "Starting straight with an Egyptian God, even if it's not the real thing, it doesn't feel weak at all!
If it were someone other than Youyu here, they'd probably be obliterated by now, right?"
In an instant, three monsters were summoned and wiped out, yet the ancient Pharaoh did not even blink.
He calmly raised his hand and pointed at a stone tablet.
"Spell 'Monster Recovery.'" he said lightly, "All stone tablets returned, new tablets will descend as replacements."
Monster Recovery, Magic Card, returns all cards from your field and hand to your deck, shuffle, then draw five cards. (Animation Effect)
Youyu sighed, "Neutralizing the resource gap in one go... truly a Pharaoh's extraordinary spell."
Five brand new stone tablets flashed before the Pharaoh. Without even glancing, he randomly chose one of them.
"Appear, Watapon."
A cute, small cotton ball leapt out from the stone tablet, landing on the icy floor. It's also one of Dark Yugi's most frequently used cards.
Watapon, when added to the hand by Magic, Trap, or Monster Effect, can be specially summoned.
[Watapon, Defense 300]
"Use the spell 'Multiply', to rapidly multiply Watapon!"
Another stone tablet flipped over, it's another of Dark Yugi's commonly used spell cards, Multiply!
Multiply, Magic Card, select a monster on the field with 500 or less attack, and split it into any number of tokens.
The Pharaoh naturally chose the Watapon on the field. The fluffy and cute little ball rapidly multiplied, one became two, two became four, and in a dizzying display, it quickly turned into five Watapon tokens filling the field.
"Sacrifice three 'Watapon Tokens', using the Name of the King, summon the divine majestic true name to descend on the earth—
——Obelisk the Tormentor!"
The King's expression remained unchanged, the agitated blue energy swept like a storm, billowing the Millennium Pendant on his chest, radiating golden light.
The divine name roared like thunder, the azure currents shattered the icy ground, flying ice shards melted mid-air, refracting brilliant colors.
The blue giant crashed to the ground, as if a mighty mountain stood behind the Pharaoh. The suspended ice shards were melted into water, evaporating upon contact with the blue wave. The Absolute Zero realm collapsed with the descent of the god, hot currents sizzled in the air, light refracting as if space were twisting.
[Obelisk the Tormentor, Attack 4000]
"...Are you kidding me!?" Jonouchi was stunned, "Even so, you can still summon an Egyptian God?"
"No, that's not all!" Yugi urgently raised his voice, "Obelisk's effect is..."
"Another two 'Watapon Tokens' offered as sacrifice to the god." The Pharaoh's voice was emotionless.
"For all the servitors and their master, the divine sanction of the Fist of Fate!"
The Tormentor's two large hands reached out, grabbing the 'Watapon Tokens' from left and right. The two tokens were immediately converted into pure energy, like a flowing river straight into the god's head.
The Tormentor's aura reached its peak, his scarlet eyes glittered with violent light, the divine fist raised high, the destructive power enough to sweep everything!
"Obelisk's effect is sacrificing two monsters to destroy all opponent's monsters and inflict 4000 damage to the player!" Yugi struggled against the gale to lift his head, "One move is enough to decide the outcome!"
"Youyu!" Anzu exclaimed worriedly.
A pretty girl being concerned is naturally good, but Youyu knew she wasn't genuinely worried about him, she was worried about her crush, Dark Yugi.
Because if Youyu lost here, there'd be no chance to claim the 'Name of the King'...
But Youyu had no time to roll his eyes now.
The divine pressure, ultra-fast attack and defense, the first turn brought him to the brink of life and death.
This duel's pace was too fast, leaving no breathing room!
Obelisk swung his fist, the divine fist pierced through the air, bringing a stormy surge and electrical arcs to tear everything apart!
Fist of Fate Shock Wave!
"Flip Cover Card!" In the rush, Youyu flipped over the remaining set card, "Trap Card - Damage Translation! This turn, all effect damage received is halved!"
The divine light swept across Youyu's field, in the destroyer god's domain everything would be burned to ashes!
[Youyu, LP 4000 →LP 2000]
As the torrent surged past, the disk man was reduced to ashes upon encountering the divine light. But Masked Hero: Mist Water surprisingly endured, its blue-white armor smoking, the hero under the mask panting, but still stubbornly remained on the field.
"Masked Hero: Mist Water cannot be destroyed by any card effects," Youyu explained.
Everyone around breathed a sigh of relief.
"Close call, as expected of Youyu." Honda patted his chest, "If it were Jonouchi up there, he'd definitely be done for, right?"
Unusually, Jonouchi just swallowed, not rebutting his good friend's comment.
Because deep down, he felt if it were him in that turn, he might really have been taken out by this Nameless Pharaoh.
This strength is just way too ridiculous, isn't it?
At this moment, the Pharaoh looked almost... almost like a War God!
The Tormentor retreated to his master's field, but his domineering gaze still watched the enemy like a tiger eyeing its prey. The Pharaoh swept his arm, his cloak billowing, saying coldly, "This round is over."
"Trap Card 'Damage Translation's' other effect," Youyu said, "In the turn this card is activated, at the end phase, based on the number of effect damage received, special summon corresponding number of 'Ghost Tokens' on your field."
The trap card's phantom surfaced once more, a transparent ghost floated onto Youyu's field, gently landing.
[Ghost Token, Defense 0]
Youyu let out a long breath.
Though only a residual image, this Pharaoh is strong, exceedingly strong.
But Youyu's counterattack has only just begun.