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Oros glanced at Kyle, but couldn't glean any information from his sneer, so he could only say, "I guess it's positive."

The coin spun between the two men, revealing the final result—heads.

"You guessed right!" Oros's eyes sharpened. "Therefore, 'Demon Comedian' banishes all cards from your graveyard! 'Rainbow Declarator,' the target of 'Rainbow Declarator,' remains unaffected by Chain 1 'Synchro,' and you cannot draw a card!"

With a whooshing sound, all the cards in Kael's graveyard were drawn by an invisible force, flying out uncontrollably like snowflakes, swirling in the air before falling into the banished zone. Whether it was the "Judgment Dragon" sleeping in the graveyard, the "Death Dragon" that could leap from the graveyard, or "Synchro Teleport," they were all lost—a truly devastating loss.

Chapter 535, Chapter 202: The Dragon of Punishment

The "Path of Light" should have been devastated by losing all its graveyard resources, but Kyle seemed completely unconcerned, merely offering a disdainful smile:

"Field Spell 'Chaos Space': Whenever a monster is banished, 1 Chaos Counter is placed. At this moment, since 12 monsters in my Graveyard have been banished, 12 Chaos Counters are placed!"

With a gentle wave of his hand, Kael activated the field effect: "The effect of 'Chaos Space': Once per turn, take at least 4 Chaos Counters on your field, and Special Summon 1 monster banished from your field and 1 monster of the same Level as the banished monsters."

I will take four counters to summon "Lightwalker Ra-den," who is slumbering in the excluded area!

[Lightsworn Assassin Raiden, Attack Power 1800]

"Next, I can Special Summon 'Spell Attacker' from my hand by banishing 1 Spell Card from my Graveyard. I banish 'Pop-Up Page,' the only Spell Card in my Graveyard."

[Magic Attacker, Defense 200]

Kyle continued, "The spell card 'Chaos Greed' allows you to draw 2 cards if you have 4 or more banished cards and no cards in your graveyard."

After drawing two more cards, the blond youth chuckled softly: "Oros, everything in this world has both light and darkness. The 'Path of Light' dwells in the light, yet can also sink into darkness for various reasons. This is the essence of 'Chaos,' perfectly encompassing both light and darkness. Now I have transcended the original constraints of the 'Path of Light,' and I am no longer afraid of anything except this!"

He held up a card in his hand: "I summon this monster—'Twilight Shaman Luminas'!"

“Twilight Path?” Oros was stunned.

A mage in a long robe entered the arena. She had flowing short golden hair and a slender figure, somewhat resembling "Lightsworn Summoner Luminas," but her attire was no longer pure white, but rather a somber black.

[Twilight Shaman Luminas, Attack Power 1000]

"Activate the effect of 'Lightsworn Assassin Raiden': Once per turn, send the top 2 cards of your deck to the Graveyard."

Kyle picked up the top two cards and threw them into the graveyard.

"The effect of 'Twilight Shaman Luminas': Once per turn, if any of your other 'Lightsworn' monsters activates its effect, send the top 3 cards of my Graveyard."

Another graveyard dumping, Kael's lips curled into a slight smile as he played a card from his hand:

"The Continuous Spell 'Soul Absorption' is activated. As long as it is on the field, I recover 500 Life Points for each card banished."

He then proceeded to elaborate: "Another effect of 'Twilight Shaman': Once per turn, banish 1 'Lightsworn' monster from your hand or Graveyard, and Special Summon 1 banished 'Lightsworn' monster other than your own card."

I banished "Twilight Path Fighting Dog - Lightning" (which was previously sent to the Graveyard), and Special Summoned "Lightsworn Warrior - Garros" (which was also banished). Because of the banished monsters, "Soul Absorb" recovers 500 Life Points.

【Lightsworn Warrior - Garros, Attack Power 1850】

[Kyle, Health 900 → 1400]

"By banishing the 'Chaos Realm' that was dumped into the graveyard, return 1 LIGHT/DARK monster that I banished and cannot Normal Summon to the Deck, shuffle it, and draw 1 card."

I returned "Chaos Dragon - Chaos Ruler" to my deck, drew a card, and used "Soul Absorption" to restore 500 life points.

[Kyle, Health 1400 → 1900]

"Next, stack the 3-star 'Magic Attacker' and the 3-star 'Twilight Shaman' to create an Xyz Network!"

XYZ Summon, Tier 3 "Void Sea Dragon Leviella"!

[Void Sea Dragon Leviel, Attack Power 1800]

"I activate the effect of 'Leviathan', using 'Twilight Shaman' as material, to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster banished from both sides. I will Special Summon 'Lightsworn Summoner Luminas', a Level 3 monster!"

[Lightsworn Summoner Luminas, Attack Power 1000]

"With the effect of 'Lightsworn Summoner Luminas,' discard 1 card from your hand to Special Summon 1 'Lightsworn' monster from your Graveyard. I also revive 'Lightsworn Maiden Minerva' from my Graveyard using 'Twilight Shaman Luminas'!"

The wizard, dressed in a black robe, returned to the field.

[Twilight Shaman Luminas, Attack Power 1000]

"When 'Minerva the Lightsworn' is sent from my hand or Deck to the Graveyard, the top 1 card of my deck is sent to the Graveyard."

Kyle sent the graveyard card to the top, and then said:

"The effect of 'Twilight Shaman' has no card name and can be activated once per turn. Now, after being reset, it can be activated again. If another 'Lightsworn' monster activates its effect, send the top 3 cards of my Graveyard."

After sending these cards to the graveyard, Kael's once empty graveyard is now piled with an astonishing number of cards.

"If the 'Twilight Shaman' deck includes 'Twilight Twin Dragons' in its graveyard, and this card is sent to the graveyard by a 'Lightsworn' effect, add 'Retribution Dragon' from my graveyard to my hand and banish the top 4 cards of my deck!"

““The Dragon of Punishment”?” Oros’s expression changed upon hearing this unfamiliar term.

Kael retrieves cards from the graveyard and reveals them, and recovers 2000 life again due to the "Soul Absorption" effect.

[Kyle, Health 1900 → 3900]

"At the same time, the effect of 'Lightsworn Warrior Garros' is triggered. When other Lightsworn monsters on your field send their effects to the Graveyard, send the top 2 cards of your deck to the Graveyard. For each Lightsworn card sent to the Graveyard by this effect, I draw 1 card."

Kael casually sent the cards to the graveyard: "Garros sent 'Lightsworn Thief Cat Raikou' and 'Lightsworn Rapier' to the graveyard, both of which are Lightsworn cards, so I draw 2."

Furthermore, when "Lightsworn Rapier" is sent from the Deck to the Graveyard, you can equip it to one "Lightsworn" monster on my field, increasing its ATK by 700, and then equip it to "Twilight Shaman Luminas".

[Twilight Shaman Luminas, Attack Power 1000 → 1700]

He then waved his hand: "Use a 4-star 'Rayden' and a 3-star 'Lightsworn Summoner Luminas' to adjust the star level!"

Synchro Summon: Rank 7 "Archangel Michael, Lord of Light"!

A beam of light streaked across the sky, like a meteor shower. An angel riding a pure white dragon descended from the heavens like a god of war, clad in golden armor, raising his two-handed greatsword, a symbol of judgment, and pointing it at the enemy.

[Archangel Michael, Lord of Light, Attack Power 2600]

Kyle coldly glanced at Oros's back row: "Activate 'Michael's' effect: Once per turn, pay 1000 Life Points, banish 1 card on the field, and banish your face-down card in position 2!"

[Kyle, Health 3900 → 2900]

Oros then activated his face-down card: "Then I'll chain the 'Michael' effect and activate this card—the Trap Card 'Alchemy Cycle'—to reduce the original ATK of all monsters I control to 0 until the End Phase!"

Under the influence of the trap card effect, the brilliance of "Cyber ​​Dragon", "Dragon Princess Saphira" and "Cyber ​​Dragon Nova" was dimmed considerably, and their attack power plummeted to zero. However, since they were all in defense position, it was not a big problem.

Moreover, because Geka was excluded, Kyle's life was restored through "soul absorption".

[Kyle, Health 2900 → 3400]

"Hmph, it's nothing but a futile struggle!"

Kael scoffed: "I banish the Graveyard spell card 'Shuffle Resurrection,' return 1 card from my field to my Deck, and draw 1 card. I return 'Michael' to the Extra Deck and draw 1 card."

[Kyle, Health 3400 → 3900]

"Next, activate the effect of the reset Twilight Shaman Luminas, banish 1 Lightsworn monster from my Graveyard, and then Special Summon 1 Lightsworn monster that I banished."

I banished "Minerva the Lightwalker" from my graveyard, then Special Summoned it by targeting "Minerva".

Minerva, the Maiden of Light, has a Defense stat of 200.

"Use a 3-star Minerva and a 4-star Garros to adjust the star level, then synchronize with the 7-star Michael!"

A flash of light, and the two monsters transformed into new forms within the synchronized beam of light, as the archangel riding the white dragon descended once more.

[Archangel Michael, Lord of Light, Attack Power 2600]

"Next, if you have 4 or more Lightsworn monsters banished from your hand, Special Summon 'Punishment Dragon' from your hand!"

A jet-black dragon spread its wings, obscuring the sky, and descended beside Kyle. It had a similar appearance to the Judgment Dragon, but its feathers were dyed jet black, exuding an eerie and ominous aura.

【Dragon of Punishment, Attack Power 3000】

Kael continued, “If I activate the Quick-Play Spell ‘The Breath of the Holy Serpent’ and I have two or more types of Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Monsters on my field, I can add one monster from my Graveyard or Banished Zone to my hand.”

I have the Synchro Monster "Michael" and the XYZ Monster "Void Sea Dragon" on my field, so I add the banished "Judgment Dragon" to my hand. And because there are 4 or more "Lightsworn" monsters in my Graveyard, I Special Summon "Judgment Dragon" from my hand!

[Judgment Dragon, Attack Power 3000]

"Now it's time to crush your turtle shell!" Kael sneered. "Activate the effect of 'Dragon of Retribution,' pay 1000 Life Points, and return all face-up banished cards from both players' Graveyards, except for 'Lightsworn,' to their respective Deck."

[Kyle, Health 3900 → 2900]

The card was pulled back to the two players' decks by the monster's effect. Oros's expression also changed; the "Chimera Rage Dragon" in the graveyard was shuffled back into the Extra Deck, meaning that the "Cyber ​​Dragon's" resistance was also gone.

"Now that the 'Cyber ​​Eternal Dragon' has lost its resistance, it can be easily eliminated."

Kael pointed forward: "Activate the effect of 'Michael,' pay 1000 Life Points, target and banish 1 card on the field, banishing your 'Cyber ​​Infinite Dragon'!"

[Kyle, Health 2900→1900→2400 (Soul Absorption Effect)]

"Die, Oros!"

Having completed all the necessary actions, Kyle waved his hand fiercely: "Enter battle! Attack 'Dragon Princess Goddess' with 'Michael'!"

The elegant dragon was defeated by the archangel, but fortunately, due to the "Xyz Summoning Delay" effect, it had to be Special Summoned in Defense Position, so Oros did not suffer any battle damage.

"Because of the effect of 'Alchemy Cycle,' every time a monster with zero attack power is destroyed in battle, I can draw 1 card." Oros raised his hand to block the oncoming wind pressure and replenish his cards.

"We're about to be wiped out, there's no point in drawing cards anymore!"

Kyle continued, "Twilight Shaman, your Lightwalker Rapier's attack power has increased to 1700. Use it to destroy Cyber ​​Dragon Nova!"

Another explosive impact forced Oros to retreat slightly, as the effect of "Alchemy Cycle" replenished his hand.

"This is the end. All remaining 'Judgment Dragons,' 'Punishment Dragons,' and 'Void Sea Dragons,' attack immediately!"

As the three monsters unleashed their colorful energy attacks, Oros gritted his teeth and activated his face-down card: "This isn't over yet! Activate Trap Card 'Damage Reduction,' all damage I receive this turn is halved!"

Then, three attacks engulfed his body. The terrible pain almost tore his body apart, and as his consciousness became somewhat hazy from the pain, Oros suddenly saw certain memories flowing along with the attacks.

……

"Envoy Rand, please wait a moment!"

The young man stood up, his eager and fervent gaze fixed on the white-haired man at the door: "I have some information to tell you."

The white-haired man didn't speak, but turned to look at Kyle.

“Laiye, the girl who graduated with me, has repeatedly expressed her dissatisfaction with the Alliance to me and shown compassion for civilians. I think her thinking has gone wrong. She is a hidden danger and may turn against us at a critical moment and interfere with our plans. I suggest that we eliminate her before the plan is launched. I am willing to be the one to carry out this task.”

Rand seemed somewhat surprised, looking at Kyle for several seconds before chuckling: "The desire for power and strength can really corrupt a person to this extent, to the point of being ruthless and even willing to betray and kill one's former comrades."