Today, Yemo finally understood: dueling wasn't just about luck or skill—it was about psychology.
Seto Kaiba had learned this the hard way.
Back then, Kaiba had assembled the three sacrifices for his God card first but insisted on showing off before summoning Obelisk.
Yugi immediately activated Swords of Revealing Light, randomly sealing a card in Kaiba's hand. Yugi pointed at the card Kaiba was holding up, and Kaiba was stunned.
Now, Yemo faced a dire situation.
Three turns without monsters in hand, and his game-changer Monster Reborn was gone. Next turn, he'd have no monsters to play.
With only 1400 LP left, even if Kira didn't summon new monsters, he'd lose to these two comic relief gangs…
What a joke! To be toyed with by the Dark Scorpion gang, a bunch of joke-tier goons?
"My turn—draw!"
Yemo roared, hoping for a miracle.
"Spell Card: Pot of Greed! I draw two cards!"
He drew two, and then his eyes widened.
"Field Spell—"
He almost shouted,
"—Seal of Orichalcos, activate!!!"
A six-pointed star glowed on the ground, green light shooting skyward and swirling around the field.
"Oh? You're activating the barrier even now?" Kira smiled.
The field was against Yemo, and activating the barrier meant risking becoming a sacrifice to the Evil God. But with a Dark Duel already started, it was a duel for life anyway, so maybe this wasn't the wrong move.
More importantly, the Seal of Orichalcos granted a boost of fate power—even ordinary duelists could borrow the serpent god's might. This unwritten bonus was the field's greatest strength.
"Hahaha! I can feel it—the god's power surging through my veins!"
A six-pointed star glowed on Yemo's forehead as he cackled madly.
"I activate the Spell Card 'Fiend's Sanctuary' to Special Summon a 'Metal Fiend Token'."
[Metal Fiend Token, ATK 0]
"Then I tribute the Metal Field Token to activate this card—
Spell Card 'Monster Gate'!"
The token turned to golden light and vanished as a dimensional vortex swirled above.
"Tribute one monster on my field, then reveal cards from my deck until I reveal a monster that can be summoned. That monster is Special Summoned; the rest go to the graveyard."
Yemo's right hand blazed with green flame as he invoked the barrier's power.
"With the god's power, I am now unstoppable!
Now, Monster Gate's effect—reveal from the top of my deck!"
He revealed six cards in a row—all Spells—dumped into the graveyard.
The seventh was a monster.
"'Chaosrider Gustaph'!" Yemo declared. "Special Summon via Monster Gate!"
An engine roared as the chaos rider burst out atop a blood-red motorcycle.
[Chaosrider Gustaph, ATK 1400]
"At this moment, I activate the Quick-Play Spell 'Inferno Reckless Summon'!" Yemo said. "When I Special Summon a monster with 1500 or less ATK, I can Special Summon all cards with the same name from my hand, deck, or graveyard in attack position.
But as a trade-off, my opponent can also Special Summon as many monsters with the same name as possible from their field."
Two beams of gold shot from Yemo's deck.
"Special Summon two more 'Chaosrider Gustaph'!"
[Chaosrider Gustaph, ATK 1400] x2
Kira also pulled cards from his graveyard and deck.
"I Special Summon two more 'Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn' in defense position."
[Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn, DEF 1800]
Yemo continued, "Chaosrider Gustaph's effect: once per turn, I can banish up to two Spell Cards from my graveyard, gaining 300 ATK for each!
I banish the six Spells just sent by Monster Gate!"
Six cards turned to golden light, powering up all three Chaosrider Gustaph.
"Each Chaosrider Gustaph gains 600 ATK!"
[Chaosrider Gustaph, ATK 1400 → 2000] x3
"And 'Seal of Orichalcos' gives all my monsters another 500 ATK!"
[Chaosrider Gustaph, ATK 2000 → 2500] x3
Yemo roared, "Battle! The first Chaosrider Gustaph attacks 'Don Zaloog'!"
The blood-red bike barreled over Don Zaloog, sending him flying and shattering him.
[Kira, LP: 3500 → 2400]
"The second Chaosrider Gustaph attacks 'Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn'!"
The second rode forward, targeting the only attack-position Meanae.
"Then I activate the Trap 'Destruct Potion'. Destroy one of my own monsters and recover LP equal to its ATK." Kira pointed to his set card.
"I destroy the attacked 'Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn' and recover 1000 LP."
[Kira, LP: 2400 → 3400]
"Destroying your weak monster to avoid damage, huh?" Yemo sneered. "Clever. Now, the remaining two Chaosrider Gustaph attack the two defense-position Meanae!"
With no mercy, Yemo struck down both Meanae, reversing the field.
"Unfortunately, at the end of the turn, Chaosrider Gustaph loses the ATK boost and reverts to base stats. But before that…"
Yemo raised his hand.
"Quick-Play Spell 'Mystik Wok'! Before the ATK drops, I tribute one of my monsters and recover LP equal to its ATK or DEF.
So I gain LP equal to Chaosrider Gustaph's current ATK!"
[Yemo, LP: 1400 → 3900]
"My turn end."
[Chaosrider Gustaph, ATK 2500 → 1900] x2