Chapter 82. Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon's Winning Flame! Entertainment Supreme King vs. Kashtira?
In a situation like this.
Could there still be a comeback?
Would anyone really believe it?
At least at this moment.
Not many believed the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist would actually turn it around.
Even Yugi Muto and Yuma Tsukumo thought the chances of a comeback this time were slim.
But the truth was.
The Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist did not surrender.
On the contrary.
He seemed certain of the destined top-deck in his turn.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "My turn!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Want me to surrender? Take a good look at my name!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "I'm an entertainment duelist! The moment I Summoned Supreme King Z-ARC—"
"I had already won! But your big meteor made me really upset!"
"This is my—my destined draw!"
"Yaa!"
"Draw!!!"
"The card I drew is the Spell Card 'Shuffle Reborn!'"
"If I control no monsters, I can target 1 monster in my Graveyard and Special Summon it. A monster Special Summoned by this effect has its effects negated, and it's banished during the End Phase!"
"The monster I revive is—"
"'Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!'"
"I activate the second effect of Shuffle Reborn, banishing it to return the 'Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon Overlord' in my Pendulum Zone to the Extra Deck!"
"Then I draw 1 card from my Deck!"
"Draw!!!"
"I place the Scale 3 'Xiangke Magician' in my Pendulum Zone!"
"The final Pendulum Summon!"
"From the Extra Deck—Special Summon! 'Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!'"
"Then I activate the Pendulum effect of 'Xiangsheng Magician!'"
"I make 'Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon' Level 7!"
"Then I activate the Pendulum effect of 'Xiangke Magician!'"
"'Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon' can be used as material for a Rank 7 Xyz Summon!"
"..."
Rank 7 Xyz Summon?
Indeed!
Through relentless effort, he successfully pulled his resources back.
But on the field.
It's just a Rank 7 Xyz.
What monster could possibly break through the Blue-Eyes user's field that strong?
Not to mention.
Because of 'Galaxy-Eyes Cipher X Dragon's' effect.
His LIGHT monsters cannot be targeted by the opponent's effects until the end of the opponent's turn.
With targeting protection up.
To try to clear so much at once.
Are you joking?
VRAINS World.
Seeing Odd-Eyes still struggling.
Playmaker, however, saw a sliver of hope in the process.
At the start.
Playmaker also thought Odd-Eyes would surely lose.
But now.
Playmaker didn't think so.
If he dared to play toward this line.
Then there must be a card in the Extra Deck that can turn the tide.
So then.
This card?
What is it exactly?
What made him so relentless in writing the final equation?
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Overlay for Rank 7!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Overlay!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "My last hope—'Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon!'"
"'Cannot be targeted by effects?'"
"I'm sorry!"
"The destruction by 'Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon' does not target!"
"Come! Detach 1 material! Destroy all cards on your field!"
"...."
At this point.
"Strongest Ever" (the Blue-Eyes user) had a slight change in expression.
This guy.
He was still holding on?
Indeed.
This destruction does not target.
There's no way to stop it.
Wait—no.
Something's off.
That card has one more effect.
It seems to pump ATK.
Right at this moment.
ARC-V World.
The duelists who had thought Odd-Eyes would surely lose trembled.
Hold it.
This card's effect?
"Detach 1 material from this card; destroy all cards your opponent controls."
Not only that—"This card gains ATK equal to the number of cards destroyed × 200 until the end of this turn."
"Whoa! He turned it around! He turned it around! No way—he really turned it around!"
"Huh? What happened? Isn't he still destroying cards? How is that a comeback?"
"Yeah! What are you all talking about? Just a single 'Shuffle Reborn,' and it's a comeback?"
"Why don't I get it yet! How is this a comeback?"
"...."
As the surrounding duelists' voices rose.
Yuya Sakaki, Yuto, and Yugo all looked back at the short video one after another.
And what followed.
Was exactly as they said.
It started—a comeback.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Destruction complete! For each card, it's 200 points!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "On your field—'Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon!' 'Galaxy-Eyes Cipher X Dragon!'"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "'Nibiru, the Primal Being!' 'Vermillion Dragon Mech!'"
"And that nasty back-row—'Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!'"
"That's 5 cards total!"
"My 'Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon' final ATK is—"
"4000!"
"And also!"
"If this card was Xyz Summoned using an Xyz Monster as material, it gains an effect!"
"This card can make 2 attacks during the same Battle Phase."
"First hit! 4000!"
"Second hit! 4000!"
"Your Life Points drop to 0!"
"Duel—over!"
"...."
With the last string of consecutive attacks concluded.
Across the Six Duel Worlds.
The duelists who hadn't processed it yet all dropped their jaws.
Their eyes were filled with bewilderment and shock.
Wait—what?
That's it?
A comeback?
Just like that.
Relying on the god-draw of a single card.
He won.
You can actually do that!
No way!
5D's World.
After seeing the final sequence, Crow Hogan—who had been silent all this time—finally popped the champagne.
"Holy smokes! Sick!"
"At the crucial moment, he draws 'Shuffle Reborn!'"
"Rapid calculation paired with Xiangsheng and Xiangke!"
"Easily reverse the game with one card!"
"Too cool!"
Crow's cheer was exactly what Ushio and Sherry wanted to say.
This last sequence felt as if he had already solved the equation for victory.
But.
You can't help but marvel at that god-draw 'Shuffle Reborn.'
If it weren't 'Shuffle Reborn.'
They really wouldn't know how to turn it around.
GX World.
Professor Cronos let out a long breath.
He was the one who bet that Blue-Eyes would win.
Over his dead body would he have expected it.
It's just—gone?
The advantage.
Just completely gone?
Obviously, there were still so many monsters on the field.
Obviously, they even provided strong targeting protection.
And yet.
Odd-Eyes found a single non-targeting, full-board wipe window to break through.
Too hard to keep it together.
While duelists across the Worlds were still discussing.
The short video wasn't over.
Very soon, the second half of the video started to play.
And this part.
Immediately seized everyone's attention.
The video?
It wasn't over yet?
There's a second half of entertainment dueling to enjoy?
That instantly made the duelists stop talking.
Their eyes locked back on the video.
And the second half was—
"Supreme King Specialization vs. Kashtira! Entertainment means dueling with a smile!"
Supreme King? Specialization?
Kashtira?
What are those supposed to be?
Before anyone could react.
The video had already begun.
Duel Information.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist vs. Shangri-La of Entertainment.
Both players' Life Points—8000 LP.
Going first—Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist.
Going second—Shangri-La of Entertainment.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Alright, this time we're playing the Supreme King deck!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "As everyone knows, the Supreme King deck is at entertainment strength!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "As an entertainment duelist, of course I've got to run this Deck too! Bring smiles to other players!"
"Alright! I'm going to set up!"
"Watch closely!"
"I Set 4 back-row cards!"
"My turn is over!"
"It's your move!"
"..."
Opening thunder.
Seeing the protagonist of the video Set 4 back-row in one breath and nothing else.
He fried the brains of duelists across all six worlds.
Wait, what?
Where's Supreme King?
Where's the combo?
End the turn with 4 sets?
This is a graveyard deck, right? You're Eldlich, aren't you!
It wasn't just them who were confused.
Even the opponent, Shangri-La of Entertainment, was stunned.
Shangri-La of Entertainment: "Well well, a graveyard Supreme King?"
Shangri-La of Entertainment: "My turn, draw."
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "At this moment, I flip the Trap Card 'Gamble!'"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "When the opponent has 6 cards, I can activate it! If I call it right, I draw until I have 5!"
"If I call wrong, I skip my next turn!"
"Come on! An entertainment duelist never fears a gamble!"
"I call… heads!"
At the tense moment when every duelist held their breath.
The coin landed.
Heads.
Without a doubt.
The Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist guessed right.
This swing.
He straight up profited 5 cards from the Deck and refilled all his resources in one go.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "I then activate the Trap Card 'Soul of the Supreme King!'"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "I pay half my Life Points—that is, 4000 LP."
"I ignore Summoning conditions and Special Summon this monster from the Extra Deck!"
"'Supreme King Z-ARC!'"
A Trap Card flips.
The cost is half your Life Points.
And it yanks out a 4000-ATK Pendulum-Fusion monster by force.
That sight immediately left the duelists across the Worlds slack-jawed.
ARC-V World.
Even Zarc's brain short-circuited for a moment when he saw it.
What the heck?
The ace of the Supreme King.
It's this easy to Summon now?
You flip one Trap.
And you pull it out.
Then what was the point in the previous video of painstakingly assembling 1 Dragon-type Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum—4 monsters total—to Fusion Summon?
In the multi-world group chat, this one move completely blew up the feed.
Yugi Muto: "So that's why it's a two-part video! It was showing us another way to Summon Supreme King Z-ARC!"
Jaden Yuki: "That's ridiculous! Didn't expect there was a bootleg one-card to pull Z-ARC! The cross-video contrast is way too hard to keep calm!"
Yusei Fudo: "It's not the same! That card's Supreme King Summon is negated on Special Summon. Simply put—it's a vanilla."
Yuya Sakaki: "Ohhh! Then that's not strange! If you want to Summon it that easily, there has to be a price!"
Zarc: "But I'm gonna cry! Since when did my ace—Supreme King Z-ARC—get degraded to being pulled out like a small fry?"
"....."
And it still wasn't over.
The next move nearly made the old-guard fans cough blood.
In the short video.
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Come on! Duel with joy!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "I flip another Trap—'Trap Trick!'"
"I destroy the Supreme King Z-ARC on my field!"
"I search 1 Trap from my Deck and Set it!"
"A card Set by this effect can be activated the turn it was Set."
"Supreme King Z-ARC's effect—place it in the Pendulum Zone!"
"As long as this card is in the Pendulum Zone, the opponent cannot activate the effects of Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz monsters on the field."
"But I can!"
"So here's the question!"
"What Trap did I search?"
"Heh heh heh!"
"Of course—a second copy of the Trap 'Soul of the Supreme King!'"
"Upon activation I pay half—2000 Life Points!"
"Special Summon!"
"A second 'Supreme King Z-ARC!'"
".733....."
At this point.
The Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist finally completed what you could call a true going-first field.
One Supreme King Z-ARC in the Pendulum Zone.
One Supreme King Z-ARC on the field.
That's it.
It looks weak, but actually it's got some bite.
Shangri-La of Entertainment: "Oh? Strong—very strong."
Shangri-La of Entertainment: "I Special Summon 'Kashtira Unicorn.'"
Seeing this.
Duelists across the six worlds who didn't know the theme felt nothing yet.
But the Odd-Eyes entertainment duelist's heart skipped a beat.
"Exclude to the heavens?" (banish face-down?)
What the heck.
No wonder the name is Shangri-La.
So the "Shangri-La" is referring to Kashtira's 'Kashtira Shangri-Ira,' huh.
If that's the case.
Doesn't that mean Z-ARC's Pendulum effect can't hit their deck's angle?
After all, the P-effect only hits Synchro, Fusion, and Xyz.
Shangri-La of Entertainment: "During my Main Phase, I can activate this—add 1 'Kashtira' Spell from my Deck to my hand."
Shangri-La of Entertainment: "I choose to add the Spell 'Kashtiratheosis.'"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "Oh? Add a Spell? Come on then!"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "I won't use 'Supreme King Z-ARC's' Pendulum effect to blow up your Spell! I dare you to activate it!"
Shangri-La of Entertainment: "Then I'll activate it. Do as you please."
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "???"
Odd-Eyes Entertainment Duelist: "You really dared to activate it!"
"Fine, fine! You forced my hand!"
"I activate the Graveyard effect of 'Soul of the Supreme King,' banishing it together with the 'Supreme King Z-ARC' on my field!"
"All four Heavenly Dragons are in position!"
"Come! Begin my crazy Summon!"
"Number 1! In Attack Position—'Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon!' 3000/2500!"
"Number 2! In Defense Position—'Brave-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!' 3000/2000!"
"Number 3! In Defense Position—'Starving Venom Predapower Fusion Dragon!' 3600/2500!"
"Number 4! In Defense Position—'Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon Overlord!' 3000/2500!"
In that instant.
The Supreme King entertainment duelist casually free-ripped a full set of four ridiculous 3000-class monsters from the Extra Deck.
And at that moment.
The entire ARC-V World boiled over in disbelief.
Yuya Sakaki: "What the heck is this filth? He pulled four Dragons in one breath?!"
Yuto: "What is that supposed to be? Better than me? Is there something about that Trap I didn't know?"
Yugo: "No wonder he said he wouldn't blow up the searched 'Kashtiratheosis'—turns out he was completely unbothered!"
Yuri: "Nice. After this line, Crystal Wing still brings a negate! That's plenty!"
Zarc: "So he's the true Supreme King, huh! One Trap pulls Z-ARC, now the Graveyard still yanks four Dragons! The key point—these Dragons have effects!"
Indeed.
All four of those Dragons have usable effects.
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