"Then it's my turn, draw card." Yugen said, "Activate the Magic Card 'Price Reduction Shopping', discard a Level 8 monster from my hand, and draw two cards from the card deck."
Yugen revealed a card from his hand.
"I am going to discard this card... Level 8 'Chaos Warrior'."
Not the Pioneer's Envoy, but the original ritual version of Chaos Warrior that first appeared in Muto Yuugi's hand.
This card wasn't originally in Yugen's collection; he acquired it during this trip to the Kaiba Company headquarters, from the Chaos Warrior research team.
Nightwalker's eyelid twitched.
"The legendary warrior?"
But he also knew that ever since the Great Opening was developed, the Pioneer's Envoy had been regarded as the evolved form of Chaos Warrior. The ancient ritual version now had more collectible value than practical use, so even if he had this card now, what difference would it make?
"Discard 'Chaos Warrior' and draw cards from the card deck."
Yugen drew a card and then calmly said.
"Mr. Pegasus, I've felt your passion as a Duelist, and I am grateful that you've granted me the honor of being the first to face the new form of the King of Divine Beasts in a duel.
So as a return gift..."
He slowly drew a card from his hand.
"I will show a new form of Chaos Warrior that no one has seen until now."
The entire audience was shocked.
A new form of Chaos Warrior?
Some quick-thinking Professor Cards immediately shifted their gaze to Keihei standing nearby.
They had heard that Kaiba Group's top research team had been working on related research.
Could they have really achieved something new?
Keihei quickly understood: "Are you going to test 'that' here?"
"Yes, I promised the team leader to test it in actual combat as soon as possible and provide feedback on the data," Yugen said. "There is no more suitable duel or opponent than now.
I activate the Magic Card 'Reinforcements', adding a Warrior Race monster of Level 4 or below from the card deck to my hand.
I add this card to my hand from the card deck..."
He drew a card that the deck had automatically searched out.
"Level 4 Warrior Race, 'Pioneer Knight'."
Nightwalker held his breath and said nothing.
Just a Four-Star Warrior... but it gave him a sense of ominous foreboding.
"Then activate the Ritual Magic 'Super Warrior's Bud'!"
Yugen raised the Magic Card in his hand.
"This card allows you to send a Light/Dark Attribute monster from your hand to the graveyard, and then send an opposite attribute monster from the deck to the graveyard, to Ritual Summon 'Chaos Warrior' from the hand or graveyard!"
Upon hearing this description, the entire audience was astonished.
Selecting materials from the card deck?
Being able to Ritual Summon monsters from the graveyard?
"I will use the Light Attribute 'Pioneer Knight' that I just searched from my hand and the Dark Attribute monster 'Knight of the Night' from the card deck as ritual materials for the Ritual Summon!"
One light and one dark, one black and one white, the young knights transformed into vortexes of energy, merging as if into a galaxy's whirlpool.
"A soul guiding the light, a soul guiding the darkness, the gate of chaos opens here—"
The storm of chaos erupted, the blade of the sword cleaving through heaven and earth. A pillar of light descended from the sky, with endless particles in the storm materializing into the shape of a knight. The sword blade sliced through the light curtain, and the knight's armor shimmered as if reflecting starlight.
"—Chaos Warrior, summoned!"
[Chaos Warrior, Attack Power 3000]
The pressure even stronger than the Pioneer's Envoy, it momentarily made Nightwalker think of the days when the gods reigned, as a storm rose high in the dueling arena.
It was as if at the moment this Chaos Warrior appeared, he already commanded the battlefield!
"But even so, Chaos Warrior's attack power is only equivalent to the Beast God King." Nightwalker said, "And he doesn't have the special ability to surpass the Beast God King."
Because, as everyone knows, Chaos Warrior is just a blank card, with no special effects.
Though he said this aloud, Nightwalker knew that deep down, he felt a slight sense of anticipation.
He seemed to sense something different about this Chaos Warrior.
"Chaos Warrior, activate effect." Yugen waved his hand, "Once per turn, you can remove one monster on the opponent's field from the game!"
"Nani!?"
Nightwalker was shocked.
His expression seemed to say, my cards don't print that, are you kidding me, isn't that thing a blank card?
Or is it that even though it's not written on the card, you can use it this way?
"Dimensional Opening Slash!"
Then everyone saw Chaos Warrior's sword light slashing, a domineering Sword Qi splitting space, pulling the massive King of Divine Beasts into the dimensional slash's fissure without resistance.
Nightwalker: "!"
Why is this happening?
But he, being an expert at the International Illusion Association, quickly deduced the crux of it: "Those two ritual materials just now..."
He had already noticed before, that those two young swordsmen looked exactly like younger versions of Chaos Warrior, there must be some trick to it.
"That's right." Yugen smiled, "'Pioneer Knight's' effect. When this card is used as a ritual material to summon 'Chaos Warrior', it grants additional effects.
One of those is 'Dimensional Opening Slash', once per turn to remove an opponent's monster from the game."
"I see, granting Chaos Warrior the same type of ability as the 'Pioneer's Envoy'."
Nightwalker smiled faintly.
"But even so, you haven't forgotten, have you?" Nightwalker reminded, "The 'Handwriting Exchange' from last turn, the card I took from you."
Yugen nodded: "Kite Robot, when discarded to the graveyard while receiving a direct attack, can reduce the battle damage to zero. When in the graveyard, it can still turn direct attack damage to zero once."
"Exactly." Nightwalker smiled, "How will you overcome this barrier you've created for yourself?"
Yugen smiled.
"Chaos Warrior, activate another effect."
Nightwalker was shocked.
Your blank card has a second effect?
Then he quickly reacted.
"The other card used as a ritual material just now..."
"Indeed, 'Knight of the Night' also grants an additional effect to 'Chaos Warrior' when used as a ritual material," Yugen said, "Once per turn, you can select a card from the opponent's hand at random, and banish it from the game until the end of the opponent's next turn!"
Nightwalker: "!"
There is actually such a powerful ability...
"Your hand is only left with that one card, and it's obviously the 'Kite Robot'." Yugen said, "Therefore, banish 'Kite Robot' from the game!
Night Dark Dimension Slash!"
The Sword Qi of light and dark slashed out again, this time targeting the hand! The sword light swept through, and the Kite Robot in Nightwalker's hand vanished into thin air, disappeared to the other end of the dimension.
"Battle."
Yugen gave the order.
"Chaos Warrior, direct attack on Mr. Pegasus!"
Chaos Warrior leaped up, the sword blade of light and dark cleaved out, transforming into countless sword shadows filling the sky, like a torrent of swords overwhelming the place.
Pegasus Nightwalker raised his head, looking at the radiant knight and the magnificent sword shadows filling the sky, he was momentarily lost in thought.
"This is... the new evolution of Chaos Warrior..."
[Nightwalker, LP 500→LP 0]