I Play Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game-Chapter 1493: Meklord Astro Dragon

Electricity splashed, the tail like a steel whip swung continuously, the golden skeleton-like iron armor covered the body surface, the huge steel creature twisted its body, and the star-shaped face flashed with dangerous blue light!

[Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk, ATK 0]

Seeing this unprecedented Meklord monster, Yusei was stunned.

What is this?

Didn't he summon the usual three Meklord Emperors—Skiel, Wisel, and Granel?

Is this Aporia's own new trump card?

"Effect of Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk!" Aporia said, "This card can only be Special Summoned from the hand when there are three or more face-up ‘Meklord' monsters on my field.

The attack power of this card is equal to the combined ATK of all other face-up Attack Position Machine-Type monsters I control!" (Animation effect)

Yusei: "!"

The -up Attack Position Machine-Type monsters on Aporia's field are…

[Meklord Army of Wisel, ATK 1800]

[Meklord Army of Skiel, ATK 1200]

[Meklord Army of Granel, ATK 1600]

"That's right." Aporia waved her hand and said, "Therefore, the attack power of the Meklord Dragon becomes the sum of the attack power of the three Meklord Army soldiers!"

[Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk, ATK 4600]

"Oh, he is swarming the field right off the bat, and there is even a super powerful monster with 4,600 attack points!" said the MC. "Things are looking dangerous for Yusei!

Maybe it really was a mistake for Judai to step down so easily?"

Indeed, if Judai hadn’t exited the duel early, he’d be the one taking the brunt of this combined assault. Although Judai would have lost his remaining life points, Yusei would have then been able to start his turn unharmed.

"It's good to have such a level of determination, but without strength to match it, it just makes you a clown." Aporia shouted, "Well then, can you withstand the assault of the Meklord?

I'll then activate the Spell Card ‘Boon of the Meklord Emperor'!

For each ‘Meklord' monster on my field, I can draw a card.

I have four on my field, so I draw four cards!" (Animation effect)

After drawing four cards in a row, Aporia waved his thick arms.

"Spell Card ‘Pot of Greed', draw two more cards from the deck!"

Yusei: "You replenished your hand in one go…"

"Battle! Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk, attack ‘Elemental HERO Divine Neos'!"

But it doesn't matter!

"I activate the effect of ‘Guard Master' in the graveyard!" Yusei said, "When a face-up Attack Position monster I control is attacked, I can remove this card from play to change the attacked monster to Defense Position. During this turn, that monster cannot be destroyed by battle!" (Animation card) ℞à𝐍ȯBÊs̩

A monster card flew out of the graveyard and was sucked into the vortex of the other dimension.

"So I change ‘Elemental HERO Divine Neos' to Defense Position, and it will not be destroyed by battle!"

Divine Neos switched from offense to defense, and a layer of golden light transformed into an energy shield in front of him, blocking the energy beam from the dragon.

"Oh, although Judai left the field early, he still prepared a defensive measure for Yusei, who will be the next in play!" said the commentator.

"Wow, there is still such a card."

Aporia smiled, not surprised that he failed to complete the OTK in this turn.

"But it's not over yet." He said, "The last blow of the hero boy just now was gorgeous, but it also laid a foreshadowing.

That is the ‘Catapult Turtle' he summoned to my field in order to copy the effect. It is still my monster now!"

Aporia waved his hand.

"I activate the effect of ‘Catapult Turtle'! Tribute 1 monster; inflict damage to the opponent equal to half the Tributed monster's ATK!"

Aporia pointed to his own field.

"First, I release the ‘Meklord Army of Skiel' on the field and inflict damage equal to half its attack power!"

[Meklord Army of Skiel, ATK 1200]

This monster was originally pulled from the graveyard to the field by the effect of the Spell Card "Iron Call", so it would self-destruct at the end of this turn, thus it's best to release it here.

The mecha soldier automatically jumped onto the back of the Catapult Turtle, and the electromagnetic force burst out, and the soldier turned into a steel cannonball and fired at Yusei!

"Ototo, it's the Catapult Turtle!" The Airplane Head commentator shouted, "The effect of Catapult Turtle does not have once-per-turn limit! If Aporia releases all five monsters on his field, he can OTK in this turn even without fighting…"

But Yusei had waved his hand.

"Then I activate the effect of the ‘Interceptomato' in the graveyard." Yusei said, "During the opponent's turn, I can banish this card from my Graveyard; this turn, any effect damage I take becomes 0!"

The red Q version of the little tomato jumped out, blocking in front of Yusei with its body, and withstood the bombardment from the Catapult Turtle.

“Whoa! Even though Judai stepped down, he still left Yusei with solid defenses!” the MC shouted. “Whether it’s battle or effect damage, everything’s been perfectly countered!”

Judai, who had already left the field, laughed: "Of course, how could I leave a mess for Yusei to take over."

"……Then I will Set two cards, and my turn is over."

Aporia said no more, but his eyes flicked briefly to Judai outside the arena.

That jellyfish-haired kid—after going through such a fierce duel, he still managed to leave behind so many defensive measures…

Apart from anything else, at least his match against Antinomy had clearly shown that Judai had claimed victory with ease.

“You are indeed strong, Judai Yuki. I’ll at least acknowledge that much.”

Aporia’s gaze then returned to Yusei.

“So, Yusei Fudo… how far can you go?”

"My turn, draw!"

Yusei drew a card, glanced at the star mark on the opponent's field, and said: "Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk's attack power is the sum of the attack power of all the Attack Position Machine-Type monsters on your field.

So because your ‘Meklord Army of Skiel' was released, its attack power has decreased!"

"Indeed."

Aporia nodded in acknowledgment, indicating that he was a honest person, so he wouldn't use BISS to ignore such details.

[Meklord Astro Dragon Asterisk, ATK 4600 → ATK 3400]

But even so, the attack power of the Meklord Astro Dragon was still considerable.

"Then I will activate the effect of ‘Elemental HERO Divine Neos' on the field!" Yusei said, "By banishing 1 ‘Neos', ‘Neo Space', ‘Neo-Spacian', or ‘HERO' monster from my Graveyard; this card gains 500 ATK, and until the End Phase it also gains the banished monster's effects!

The card I want to banish is——

—— Destiny HERO Plasma!"

Aporia: "!"

That Destiny HERO is…

[Elemental HERO Divine Neos, ATK 3000 → ATK 3500]

"The effect of Destiny HERO Plasma! Once per turn, I can select 1 monster on the opponent's side of the field and equip it to this card!

I will use this effect to absorb ‘Meklord Army of Wisel'!"