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Chapter 658: Move, Orichalcos God, Why Aren't You Moving!
"To think, you've merged yourself with a Monster like that, Dartz?" Looking up at Dartz, whose lower body was integrated into the Giant Serpent, Kaiba let out a cold snort. "Hmph, truly a disgusting form."
"But you cannot deny that now, having undergone Fusion with the 'Orichalcos God', I possess immense power, enough to bring about world destruction and reshape Human Civilization." Dartz looked down at the crowd, casually raising a finger and snapping his fingers. "After my failure back then, Atlantis was submerged into the Sea. The disappearance of a continent triggered Great Floods across the globe, recorded in countless versions of mythology." "Now, let me recreate the Great Flood of that time!" Following Dartz's declaration, Joey Wheeler and Kaiba turned around to look beneath their feet, only to find that the originally turbulent Sea Surface had eerily fallen silent. Immediately after, a Vortex appeared in the Center of the Ocean, gradually expanding and rising, transforming into a water spout connected to the floating Atlantis Castle? From a distance, it looked as if a water pillar was supporting the submerged City! After the water pillar rose, Atlantis, which was already about a hundred meters above the Ground, began to ascend even further. As the Castle rose, the water pillar also grew thicker, even starting to spread out circles upon circles of giant waves nearly a hundred meters high! "In some myths, deities spent seven days to create the world, isn't that right?" Dartz extended a finger. "One hour. To bring about this world's destruction, it will only take me one hour!" "Within one hour, these waves I command will arrive at Coastlines across the globe, crush everything that Human Civilization has managed to preserve over ten thousand years of development, submerging everything and returning it to its origin, until Humanity is extinct!" "Everything will be submerged beneath the Ocean, and Nameless Pharaoh, Seto, and Joey Wheeler, you too will be defeated by me! With your sorrowful and despairing eyes, watch the world's destruction from this sole safe place!"
As he spoke, the Giant Serpent beneath Dartz opened its mouth. Its massive maw, filled with sharp teeth, was like the Entrance to a bottomless Abyss. With just a simple breath, a gale swept towards the four of them, making it almost impossible for them to stand firm and threatening to be blown away!
"Tsk, come out, Blue-Eyes!" Just then, Kaiba drew a card from his Deck. Resisting the wind pressure, he pressed it onto his Duel Disk, and the form of a White Dragon appeared, blocking the gale. "The strength of this Virtual Projection System is really high, huh? But don't think that this can stop me from crushing you, Dartz!"
Joey Wheeler was already too lazy to comment on Kaiba. While the massive 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】 blocked the gale, he quickly drew a card as well. "I'm the one who'll defeat you, Joey Wheeler! 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon】, let's go together!" Following the White Dragon of "Victory", the Black Dragon of "Possibility" also appeared as a form. Both Giant Dragons simultaneously unleashed their respective attacks, black flame and a flood of light, sweeping towards the Giant Serpent. However, facing the attacks of 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon】 and 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】, the Giant Serpent beneath Dartz merely flicked its head contemptuously, directly deflecting both attacks.
But Joey Wheeler and Kaiba had bought some time. Taking advantage of this, Yugi had once again prepared the three 【Legendary Dragon】 Cards and the 【Legendary Heart】 Card. The three 【Legendary Knight】 reappeared before Yugi, Joey Wheeler, and Kaiba. Their sword edges crossed as they struck down, and immediately after, a thick bolt of lightning fell from the sky, striking towards the Giant Serpent. Compared to before, the attacks performed by the 【Legendary Knight】, the "Orichalcos God"'s old opponents, were undoubtedly much more effective. Dartz urgently controlled the Giant Serpent to perform an evasive maneuver, clearly showing fear towards the power of the lightning. But the lightning, in a way Dartz hadn't expected, curved and adjusted its angle, striking the Giant Serpent. The massive body couldn't help but stiffen under the lightning's attack. Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey Wheeler exchanged glances and simultaneously began their respective attacks.
"Fusion of three Blue-Eyes! Then radiate the peerless ultimate light, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】!"
"Armor merge, 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】! And then, 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword】!"
"Come forth, 【Palladium Oracle Mahad】! Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! And 【Catapult Turtle】!"
Yugi and the other two summoned monsters quite enthusiastically. Taking advantage of the fact that this wasn't a Duel, they freely drew cards and ignored summoning conditions, wildly playing monsters onto their respective Duel Disks. To boost the momentum, Yugi even threw out 【Kuriboh】 just to add to the numbers.
For a moment, the monsters summoned by the three of them frantically launched attacks at the "target" in the air — the "Orichalcos God" and Dartz who had undergone combination with it, currently unable to move or counter. Various monsters capable of ranged energy blasts created a dazzling light show, while those without such abilities, like Joey Wheeler who had personally donned the 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】 Armor, wielded the 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword】 and continuously unleashed sword slashes. Even more outrageous was Yugi's 【Kuriboh】. After absorbing the effects of the 【Multiply】 and 【Minefield】 Spell Cards from Yugi's hand, it actually hopped directly onto 【Catapult Turtle】 and was launched towards the "Orichalcos God"! Although the attack of a single monster might seem insignificant compared to the massive "Orichalcos God", many small efforts add up. Under the combined attack of everyone, the Giant Serpent's entire head was enveloped by the attack, and a powerful radiance swallowed it whole!
"Alright! The attack hit Dartz!" Seeing this scene, Joey Wheeler punched the air excitedly.
Yugi was also somewhat happy. "With this, everyone—"
"Useless, useless, useless, useless!"
Before Yugi could finish speaking, Dartz and the completely unharmed "Orichalcos God" poked their heads out, laughing loudly and taunting. "Weak, weak, weak! Your attacks are fundamentally useless against me! Hahahaha!"
"Roar!"
Along with Dartz's wild laughter, the "Orichalcos God" let out a fierce roar. Cracks visible to the naked eye appeared in the air. Its wrathful roar had actually shattered the air!?
The impact instantly swept across the monsters in front of everyone. Yugi immediately commanded Valkyrion the Magna Warrior to disassemble and block in front of them, acting as a shield to block the first wave of impact. But even the weakened impact easily sent the three of them and their monsters flying. Even 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 was knocked to the ground.
"No, no way, this must be a joke! Under an attack like that, Dartz is still completely unharmed!?" Joey Wheeler, protected by 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】, received the lightest injuries. He was the first to climb up from the ground, but saw that the 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword】 in his hand had already shattered and disappeared, and even the armor of 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】 was covered in cracks.
"Our monsters, in just one hit?" Yugi struggled to get up with the help of 【Dark Magician Girl】. Under the attack just now, 【Dark Magician】 had sacrificed itself to protect Yugi.
And Kaiba also managed to stand up. Beside him was 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, protecting Kaiba with most of its body. Even 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, whose power was so great it could erase Deities, couldn't unleash its full might because Kaiba himself still believed it was merely the power of the Virtual Projection System, so the Card Spirit fundamentally couldn't display its full strength. This was just one roar from the "Orichalcos God", and it had easily destroyed their setup? It was hard to imagine what kind of might it would possess when it truly launched an attack.
Joey Wheeler couldn't imagine such a scene, but Dartz gave Joey Wheeler the answer. The Giant Serpent opened its mouth for the third time. This time, the "Orichalcos God" was serious. As it took a deep breath, terrifying energy gathered in its mouth, forming a massive purple sphere, aimed in everyone's direction. The sphere's size, even if not as large as the entire floating island of Atlantis, was at least the size of the Castle in front of them. If they took an attack of this magnitude, things would be bad!
"Cry, scream, and then die!" Dartz raised his hand with a wild laugh, about to swing it down to make the "Orichalcos God" launch its attack.
But just then, Joey Wheeler roared, "Dartz!"
"Do you know who I am?"
Confident that he could take down the three of them with a wave of his hand, Dartz smiled contemptuously. He wasn't in a hurry to deliver the final blow and said, "An unknown nobody? What else could you be?"
"Then you better listen up! My name is Katsuya Jounouchi, 8th place in the Japan National Duel Monsters Selection Tournament in Domino City, 4th place in the Duelist Kingdom Tournament, 4th place in Battle City, a Duelist chosen by 【Hermos】, one of the 【Legendary Dragon】, and, and..."
"I can't think of anything else! Let's go, Yugi, Kaiba!"
Looking like he was racking his brain, Joey Wheeler finally just shouted in exasperation.
And as Joey Wheeler's voice fell, another voice immediately followed.
"God-Hand-Impact!!"
Unbeknownst to them, a blue giant god had quietly hidden in a blind spot of the floating island of Atlantis that Dartz hadn't noticed, using Yugi and the others as cover. While Dartz's attention was drawn by Joey Wheeler, 【Obelisk the Tormentor】 spread the wings on its back, which were not mere decoration, and delivered a rising punch that caught the "Orichalcos God" off guard. Its head was thrown high, and the energy accumulated in its mouth exploded!
"Boom!"
Surely there isn't a Deity that can't fly, right?
"【Obelisk the Tormentor】?!" Dartz looked down angrily at the blue giant god that had quickly retreated after its attack succeeded. "It's useless! Your power already became one of the 'Orichalcos God''s Tributes! Your attack is also not effective against me!"
While shouting, Dartz commanded the Giant Serpent that formed his lower body to attack 【Obelisk the Tormentor】. But another bolt of lightning struck the "Orichalcos God", causing Dartz's offensive to pause once more.
"【Slifer the Sky Dragon】!"
Only to see, behind Joey Wheeler on Atlantis, Kaiba and Yugi were each holding a card above their heads. These were two of the God Cards that had been taken by Dartz's Subordinate before and whose power had been sacrificed to the "Orichalcos God" — 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 and 【Obelisk the Tormentor】. Before, when Hayato planned to challenge Dartz after Rafael and Alister left, he had conveniently retrieved the three God Cards. However, before Hayato could start a Duel, Dartz was one step faster and sealed them in a Different Dimension. Now, Hayato had temporarily given two of those cards to Yugi and Kaiba to use. The 【Millennium Puzzle】 hanging on Yugi's chest was radiating golden light. At this moment, it was the power of the 【Millennium Puzzle】 that was supporting the two God Cards in launching an attack on Dartz at this critical juncture to avert the danger.
However, compared to the power the Deities originally possessed, the dark power supplied by Yugi at this moment was undoubtedly much weaker and couldn't last too long. Dartz was filled with wrath that two "God Cards" that were no opponent for him dared to attack him and interfere with him taking down the three of them. However, he overlooked one thing—
Ever since just now, Hayato hadn't been acting alongside Yugi and the other two in attacking Dartz.
Just as 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 and 【Obelisk the Tormentor】, along with Yugi and the others, had completely occupied Dartz's attention, suddenly, Dartz on top of the "Orichalcos God"'s head caught a glimpse of what seemed like sunshine behind him out of the corner of his eye.
The sky at this moment was completely covered by the dark clouds controlled by the "Orichalcos God". There was no opportunity for the Sun to show itself, so where could sunshine come from?
Confused, Dartz only then remembered that he hadn't noticed where Hayato had gone. He whipped his head around, but saw a sun disc rising from the Sea Surface.
Golden sun's fire burned fiercely on the Immortal Phoenix. Because at that time, its true form had resided within 【The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode】 card and gone with Hayato to the Spirit World, leaving behind only an empty shell of 【The Winged Dragon of Ra】 card in the Human World, 【Ra】 was the sole one among the 【Three Egyptian God】 whose power had not been absorbed by the "Orichalcos God". At this moment, the Immortal Phoenix spread its wings, and flames spread and expanded, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, nearly as large as the "Orichalcos God"'s snake head. And Dartz suddenly noticed that at the position above 【The Winged Dragon of Ra - Immortal Phoenix】's head was none other than Hayato, who had undergone combination with 【Ra】! "Didn't expect this, Dartz? I can use combination too!"
"Hayato, what are you doing?!"
Seeing 【Ra】 in its Phoenix form charging towards him, Dartz shouted in surprise and fear.
But Hayato acted as if he hadn't heard, merely speaking to Dartz. "Dartz! You always watch from the sidelines, manipulating others to reap the benefits!"
"Unforgivable! Even if I risk my life, even if I sacrifice this body, I won't spare you! I won't let you live!"
"Lend me your body, 【Ra】!"
The Immortal Phoenix let out a cry as if responding to Hayato, and the sun disc-like golden light on its body surged fiercely once more!
And Dartz was surprised to find that as 【The Winged Dragon of Ra】 approached, lights of various colors lit up one after another on the "Orichalcos God" that formed his lower body!?
It was none other than Hayato's 【Infernoid】 monsters! Unbeknownst to him, these monsters had appeared within the "Orichalcos God"'s body and were currently vying with Dartz for the "Orichalcos God"'s power, rendering Dartz fundamentally unable to move and forcing him to face Hayato's attack!
"Dartz, you wouldn't understand. This is the power of my spirits, my partners, teaming up with me!"
"Move! Orichalcos God!" The Immortal Phoenix was getting closer and closer, and Dartz shouted frantically, "Orichalcos God, why aren't you moving!"
"Hraaaaaaah!!!"
"Uwaaaaaaah!!!"
Amidst the shouts of both Hayato and Dartz, 【The Winged Dragon of Ra - Immortal Phoenix】 collided fiercely with the "Orichalcos God". The bird's beak, burning with sun's fire, pierced Dartz on top of the "Orichalcos God"'s head. The shattered body of the "Orichalcos God" turned into a mud-like substance, covering both Hayato, who was on top of 【Ra】, and Dartz.
"To think, you've merged yourself with a Monster like that, Dartz?" Looking up at Dartz, whose lower body was integrated into the Giant Serpent, Kaiba let out a cold snort. "Hmph, truly a disgusting form."
"But you cannot deny that now, having undergone Fusion with the 'Orichalcos God', I possess immense power, enough to bring about world destruction and reshape Human Civilization." Dartz looked down at the crowd, casually raising a finger and snapping his fingers. "After my failure back then, Atlantis was submerged into the Sea. The disappearance of a continent triggered Great Floods across the globe, recorded in countless versions of mythology." "Now, let me recreate the Great Flood of that time!" Following Dartz's declaration, Joey Wheeler and Kaiba turned around to look beneath their feet, only to find that the originally turbulent Sea Surface had eerily fallen silent. Immediately after, a Vortex appeared in the Center of the Ocean, gradually expanding and rising, transforming into a water spout connected to the floating Atlantis Castle? From a distance, it looked as if a water pillar was supporting the submerged City! After the water pillar rose, Atlantis, which was already about a hundred meters above the Ground, began to ascend even further. As the Castle rose, the water pillar also grew thicker, even starting to spread out circles upon circles of giant waves nearly a hundred meters high! "In some myths, deities spent seven days to create the world, isn't that right?" Dartz extended a finger. "One hour. To bring about this world's destruction, it will only take me one hour!" "Within one hour, these waves I command will arrive at Coastlines across the globe, crush everything that Human Civilization has managed to preserve over ten thousand years of development, submerging everything and returning it to its origin, until Humanity is extinct!" "Everything will be submerged beneath the Ocean, and Nameless Pharaoh, Seto, and Joey Wheeler, you too will be defeated by me! With your sorrowful and despairing eyes, watch the world's destruction from this sole safe place!"
As he spoke, the Giant Serpent beneath Dartz opened its mouth. Its massive maw, filled with sharp teeth, was like the Entrance to a bottomless Abyss. With just a simple breath, a gale swept towards the four of them, making it almost impossible for them to stand firm and threatening to be blown away!
"Tsk, come out, Blue-Eyes!" Just then, Kaiba drew a card from his Deck. Resisting the wind pressure, he pressed it onto his Duel Disk, and the form of a White Dragon appeared, blocking the gale. "The strength of this Virtual Projection System is really high, huh? But don't think that this can stop me from crushing you, Dartz!"
Joey Wheeler was already too lazy to comment on Kaiba. While the massive 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】 blocked the gale, he quickly drew a card as well. "I'm the one who'll defeat you, Joey Wheeler! 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon】, let's go together!" Following the White Dragon of "Victory", the Black Dragon of "Possibility" also appeared as a form. Both Giant Dragons simultaneously unleashed their respective attacks, black flame and a flood of light, sweeping towards the Giant Serpent. However, facing the attacks of 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon】 and 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】, the Giant Serpent beneath Dartz merely flicked its head contemptuously, directly deflecting both attacks.
But Joey Wheeler and Kaiba had bought some time. Taking advantage of this, Yugi had once again prepared the three 【Legendary Dragon】 Cards and the 【Legendary Heart】 Card. The three 【Legendary Knight】 reappeared before Yugi, Joey Wheeler, and Kaiba. Their sword edges crossed as they struck down, and immediately after, a thick bolt of lightning fell from the sky, striking towards the Giant Serpent. Compared to before, the attacks performed by the 【Legendary Knight】, the "Orichalcos God"'s old opponents, were undoubtedly much more effective. Dartz urgently controlled the Giant Serpent to perform an evasive maneuver, clearly showing fear towards the power of the lightning. But the lightning, in a way Dartz hadn't expected, curved and adjusted its angle, striking the Giant Serpent. The massive body couldn't help but stiffen under the lightning's attack. Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey Wheeler exchanged glances and simultaneously began their respective attacks.
"Fusion of three Blue-Eyes! Then radiate the peerless ultimate light, 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】!"
"Armor merge, 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】! And then, 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword】!"
"Come forth, 【Palladium Oracle Mahad】! Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! And 【Catapult Turtle】!"
Yugi and the other two summoned monsters quite enthusiastically. Taking advantage of the fact that this wasn't a Duel, they freely drew cards and ignored summoning conditions, wildly playing monsters onto their respective Duel Disks. To boost the momentum, Yugi even threw out 【Kuriboh】 just to add to the numbers.
For a moment, the monsters summoned by the three of them frantically launched attacks at the "target" in the air — the "Orichalcos God" and Dartz who had undergone combination with it, currently unable to move or counter. Various monsters capable of ranged energy blasts created a dazzling light show, while those without such abilities, like Joey Wheeler who had personally donned the 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】 Armor, wielded the 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword】 and continuously unleashed sword slashes. Even more outrageous was Yugi's 【Kuriboh】. After absorbing the effects of the 【Multiply】 and 【Minefield】 Spell Cards from Yugi's hand, it actually hopped directly onto 【Catapult Turtle】 and was launched towards the "Orichalcos God"! Although the attack of a single monster might seem insignificant compared to the massive "Orichalcos God", many small efforts add up. Under the combined attack of everyone, the Giant Serpent's entire head was enveloped by the attack, and a powerful radiance swallowed it whole!
"Alright! The attack hit Dartz!" Seeing this scene, Joey Wheeler punched the air excitedly.
Yugi was also somewhat happy. "With this, everyone—"
"Useless, useless, useless, useless!"
Before Yugi could finish speaking, Dartz and the completely unharmed "Orichalcos God" poked their heads out, laughing loudly and taunting. "Weak, weak, weak! Your attacks are fundamentally useless against me! Hahahaha!"
"Roar!"
Along with Dartz's wild laughter, the "Orichalcos God" let out a fierce roar. Cracks visible to the naked eye appeared in the air. Its wrathful roar had actually shattered the air!?
The impact instantly swept across the monsters in front of everyone. Yugi immediately commanded Valkyrion the Magna Warrior to disassemble and block in front of them, acting as a shield to block the first wave of impact. But even the weakened impact easily sent the three of them and their monsters flying. Even 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】 was knocked to the ground.
"No, no way, this must be a joke! Under an attack like that, Dartz is still completely unharmed!?" Joey Wheeler, protected by 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】, received the lightest injuries. He was the first to climb up from the ground, but saw that the 【Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword】 in his hand had already shattered and disappeared, and even the armor of 【Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon】 was covered in cracks.
"Our monsters, in just one hit?" Yugi struggled to get up with the help of 【Dark Magician Girl】. Under the attack just now, 【Dark Magician】 had sacrificed itself to protect Yugi.
And Kaiba also managed to stand up. Beside him was 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, protecting Kaiba with most of its body. Even 【Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon】, whose power was so great it could erase Deities, couldn't unleash its full might because Kaiba himself still believed it was merely the power of the Virtual Projection System, so the Card Spirit fundamentally couldn't display its full strength. This was just one roar from the "Orichalcos God", and it had easily destroyed their setup? It was hard to imagine what kind of might it would possess when it truly launched an attack.
Joey Wheeler couldn't imagine such a scene, but Dartz gave Joey Wheeler the answer. The Giant Serpent opened its mouth for the third time. This time, the "Orichalcos God" was serious. As it took a deep breath, terrifying energy gathered in its mouth, forming a massive purple sphere, aimed in everyone's direction. The sphere's size, even if not as large as the entire floating island of Atlantis, was at least the size of the Castle in front of them. If they took an attack of this magnitude, things would be bad!
"Cry, scream, and then die!" Dartz raised his hand with a wild laugh, about to swing it down to make the "Orichalcos God" launch its attack.
But just then, Joey Wheeler roared, "Dartz!"
"Do you know who I am?"
Confident that he could take down the three of them with a wave of his hand, Dartz smiled contemptuously. He wasn't in a hurry to deliver the final blow and said, "An unknown nobody? What else could you be?"
"Then you better listen up! My name is Katsuya Jounouchi, 8th place in the Japan National Duel Monsters Selection Tournament in Domino City, 4th place in the Duelist Kingdom Tournament, 4th place in Battle City, a Duelist chosen by 【Hermos】, one of the 【Legendary Dragon】, and, and..."
"I can't think of anything else! Let's go, Yugi, Kaiba!"
Looking like he was racking his brain, Joey Wheeler finally just shouted in exasperation.
And as Joey Wheeler's voice fell, another voice immediately followed.
"God-Hand-Impact!!"
Unbeknownst to them, a blue giant god had quietly hidden in a blind spot of the floating island of Atlantis that Dartz hadn't noticed, using Yugi and the others as cover. While Dartz's attention was drawn by Joey Wheeler, 【Obelisk the Tormentor】 spread the wings on its back, which were not mere decoration, and delivered a rising punch that caught the "Orichalcos God" off guard. Its head was thrown high, and the energy accumulated in its mouth exploded!
"Boom!"
Surely there isn't a Deity that can't fly, right?
"【Obelisk the Tormentor】?!" Dartz looked down angrily at the blue giant god that had quickly retreated after its attack succeeded. "It's useless! Your power already became one of the 'Orichalcos God''s Tributes! Your attack is also not effective against me!"
While shouting, Dartz commanded the Giant Serpent that formed his lower body to attack 【Obelisk the Tormentor】. But another bolt of lightning struck the "Orichalcos God", causing Dartz's offensive to pause once more.
"【Slifer the Sky Dragon】!"
Only to see, behind Joey Wheeler on Atlantis, Kaiba and Yugi were each holding a card above their heads. These were two of the God Cards that had been taken by Dartz's Subordinate before and whose power had been sacrificed to the "Orichalcos God" — 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 and 【Obelisk the Tormentor】. Before, when Hayato planned to challenge Dartz after Rafael and Alister left, he had conveniently retrieved the three God Cards. However, before Hayato could start a Duel, Dartz was one step faster and sealed them in a Different Dimension. Now, Hayato had temporarily given two of those cards to Yugi and Kaiba to use. The 【Millennium Puzzle】 hanging on Yugi's chest was radiating golden light. At this moment, it was the power of the 【Millennium Puzzle】 that was supporting the two God Cards in launching an attack on Dartz at this critical juncture to avert the danger.
However, compared to the power the Deities originally possessed, the dark power supplied by Yugi at this moment was undoubtedly much weaker and couldn't last too long. Dartz was filled with wrath that two "God Cards" that were no opponent for him dared to attack him and interfere with him taking down the three of them. However, he overlooked one thing—
Ever since just now, Hayato hadn't been acting alongside Yugi and the other two in attacking Dartz.
Just as 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 and 【Obelisk the Tormentor】, along with Yugi and the others, had completely occupied Dartz's attention, suddenly, Dartz on top of the "Orichalcos God"'s head caught a glimpse of what seemed like sunshine behind him out of the corner of his eye.
The sky at this moment was completely covered by the dark clouds controlled by the "Orichalcos God". There was no opportunity for the Sun to show itself, so where could sunshine come from?
Confused, Dartz only then remembered that he hadn't noticed where Hayato had gone. He whipped his head around, but saw a sun disc rising from the Sea Surface.
Golden sun's fire burned fiercely on the Immortal Phoenix. Because at that time, its true form had resided within 【The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode】 card and gone with Hayato to the Spirit World, leaving behind only an empty shell of 【The Winged Dragon of Ra】 card in the Human World, 【Ra】 was the sole one among the 【Three Egyptian God】 whose power had not been absorbed by the "Orichalcos God". At this moment, the Immortal Phoenix spread its wings, and flames spread and expanded, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, nearly as large as the "Orichalcos God"'s snake head. And Dartz suddenly noticed that at the position above 【The Winged Dragon of Ra - Immortal Phoenix】's head was none other than Hayato, who had undergone combination with 【Ra】! "Didn't expect this, Dartz? I can use combination too!"
"Hayato, what are you doing?!"
Seeing 【Ra】 in its Phoenix form charging towards him, Dartz shouted in surprise and fear.
But Hayato acted as if he hadn't heard, merely speaking to Dartz. "Dartz! You always watch from the sidelines, manipulating others to reap the benefits!"
"Unforgivable! Even if I risk my life, even if I sacrifice this body, I won't spare you! I won't let you live!"
"Lend me your body, 【Ra】!"
The Immortal Phoenix let out a cry as if responding to Hayato, and the sun disc-like golden light on its body surged fiercely once more!
And Dartz was surprised to find that as 【The Winged Dragon of Ra】 approached, lights of various colors lit up one after another on the "Orichalcos God" that formed his lower body!?
It was none other than Hayato's 【Infernoid】 monsters! Unbeknownst to him, these monsters had appeared within the "Orichalcos God"'s body and were currently vying with Dartz for the "Orichalcos God"'s power, rendering Dartz fundamentally unable to move and forcing him to face Hayato's attack!
"Dartz, you wouldn't understand. This is the power of my spirits, my partners, teaming up with me!"
"Move! Orichalcos God!" The Immortal Phoenix was getting closer and closer, and Dartz shouted frantically, "Orichalcos God, why aren't you moving!"
"Hraaaaaaah!!!"
"Uwaaaaaaah!!!"
Amidst the shouts of both Hayato and Dartz, 【The Winged Dragon of Ra - Immortal Phoenix】 collided fiercely with the "Orichalcos God". The bird's beak, burning with sun's fire, pierced Dartz on top of the "Orichalcos God"'s head. The shattered body of the "Orichalcos God" turned into a mud-like substance, covering both Hayato, who was on top of 【Ra】, and Dartz.
