Chapter 164. The Pivotal Number 100: Numeron Dragon! The Final Power of the Galaxy-Eyes Dragon Emperor!
In the short video.
The effect of Revolution Falcon was already online.
And at that very moment!
The Galaxy-Eyes player's chain also began to trigger!
Under everyone's gaze!
A Trap Card was flipped!
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I chain the Trap on my field!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Photon Change!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I send the Galaxy-Eyes Solflare Dragon on my field to the Graveyard, then search my Deck!"
"This monster card—Kuriphoton!"
"I activate Kuriphoton's effect!"
"I send this card from my hand to the Graveyard and pay 2000 LP as the cost!"
"For this turn, I take no damage."
"And my Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord will not be destroyed!"
"The detached material Photon Emperor triggers and Special Summons itself from the Graveyard in Defense Position."
After the chain resolved and the effects finished processing.
Duelists across the various Duel Worlds were dumbstruck by that sequence!
Wait, what?!
You can do that?!
A single Trap Card searched a life-saving Kuriboh?
It costs 2000 LP, sure!
But it's a rock-solid lifeline that protects your LP!
It bought a few more turns!
In the ARC-V world.
Shay Obsidian, who had thought the win was already secured, couldn't help the corner of his mouth twitching.
His dazed eyes couldn't believe what he'd just seen!
A Kuriboh?
A Photon Kuriboh?
Huh?
That one card just saved the day again?!
Yuya Sakaki squinted at the Duel in the short.
This play.
Even he hadn't seen it coming.
"It's pointless, just a last-gasp struggle."
"Revolution and Rebellion's effect is right there."
"It's not that easy to solve."
Shay quickly regained his composure.
As things stood.
The advantage was still with the Raidraptor player.
Next turn, the match should finally be decided, right?
Raidraptor Player: "???"
Raidraptor Player: "I underestimated you!"
Raidraptor Player: "Then I enter the Battle Phase!"
"I use Raidraptor – Wise Strix to destroy your Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord."
"Raidraptor – Wise Strix destroys your Photon Emperor in battle."
"In Main Phase 2, I Set 1 card!"
"Turn end."
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "My turn! Draw!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I activate the Spell Galaxy Zero!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I revive Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord from my Graveyard!"
"I Normal Summon Galaxy Wizard!"
"I activate Galaxy Wizard's effect to Special Summon Photon Jumper from my Graveyard!"
"I have two Level 4 monsters!"
"I build the Overlay Network!"
"Come forth—Number 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord number two!"
"I've assembled two Photon Lords on my field!"
"And they're both Number 90!"
"I think you've guessed it, haven't you?"
"That's right!"
"This is the card that ends everything!"
"When they meet where they were born, Number 100 appears!"
"Construct the Numbers Overlay Network!"
"Using two monsters with the same Number as materials!"
"Come forth! Number 100: Numeron Dragon!!"
"And then!"
"I activate Numeron Dragon's effect, detaching 1 material!"
"Until the end of your turn, this card's ATK becomes the total combined Ranks of all face-up Xyz Monsters on the field × 1000."
"On the field, the total Rank is 14!"
"So my Numeron Dragon's ATK becomes—14000!"
"I attack your Raidraptor – Wise Strix with Number 100: Numeron Dragon!"
"The one who's finished—"
"—is you!"
What now?
Number 100: Numeron Dragon?
Duelists across the various worlds weren't shocked by Numeron Dragon itself!
They'd seen Numeron Dragon plenty of times!
What shocked them was!
Numeron Dragon was Summoned properly!
That's right!
Unlike the usual workarounds!
This Number 100: Numeron Dragon was Xyz Summoned by meeting its proper condition!
Two monsters with the same Number as materials!
And with 14000 ATK!
How is Raidraptor supposed to block that?
Never mind anything else!
Even the god-tier, near-untouchable Revolution Falcon!
With 4000 ATK, it still can't stop Number 100: Numeron Dragon!
In the ZEXAL world.
"Here it comes, here it comes! I knew it!"
"It's over!"
"Galaxy-Eyes wins!"
Kite Tenjo let out a long breath.
The pride in his eyes steadily grew.
But beside him, Yuma Tsukumo and Astral wore grave expressions.
No.
It's not over.
A timing window lit up.
That's right.
Raidraptor's timing lit up!
...
Raidraptor Player: "Oh? Solevado Cana?"
Raidraptor Player: "I activate my set Trap!"
Raidraptor Player: "Raidraptor – Glory!"
"If a Raidraptor monster is on my field, I target your Numeron Dragon; its effects are negated until the end of this turn."
"So! Your ATK is 0!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Nani? Sheesh!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Yamero!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "It's over! I can't roll back the attack!"
Chain resolved!
The once-almighty Numeron Dragon became 0 ATK and willingly crashed into Wise Strix!
The Galaxy-Eyes player lost 1400 LP!
Their LP dropped to 2600!
A field that was just about to be flipped on its head!
Suddenly left the ZEXAL world's Kite Tenjo and the other duelists totally stunned!
That reversal came way too fast!
Never pop the champagne mid-match!
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "My turn, end!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Tch, your move."
Raidraptor Player: "My turn, draw!"
Raidraptor Player: "You're out of cards."
Raidraptor Player: "I activate the effect of the Raidraptor nest on the field!"
"I can target three of my banished Raidraptor monsters."
"They return to the bottom of my Deck in any order, then I draw 1 card."
"Next I Normal Summon Raidraptor – Tribute Lanius!"
"Tribute Lanius activates, sending Raidraptor – Mimicry Lanius from my Deck to the Graveyard!"
"Mimicry Lanius activates, banishes itself to search Raidraptor – Strangle Lanius!"
"If a DARK monster exists on the field, I Special Summon Strangle Lanius!"
"Strangle Lanius and Tribute Lanius!"
"Two cards to build the Overlay Network!"
"Come forth—Raider's Knight!"
"I activate its effect, detach 1 material to Rank-Up into Raidraptor – Brave Lanius!"
"I activate Brave Lanius's effect, detach 1 material to search the Rank-Up-Magic The Phantom Knights' Force from my Deck!"
"Battle Phase!"
"I attack you directly with Raidraptor – Wise Strix!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Muda muda muda!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I activate Number 100: Numeron Dragon in the Graveyard to Special Summon itself in Defense Position."
Raidraptor Player: "Wise Strix destroys your Numeron Dragon!"
Raidraptor Player: "Then Brave Lanius attacks directly!"
"This should finish it!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Heh heh heh, Number 100: Numeron Dragon doesn't have a 'once per turn' on that!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "As long as I have no cards in my hand or on my field!"
"Then it can keep reviving!"
"Defense Special Summon—Number 100: Numeron Dragon!"
Raidraptor Player: "Brave Lanius destroys your Numeron Dragon!"
Raidraptor Player: "Main Phase 2!"
"I Xyz Summon by upgrading into Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder!"
"My turn is over."
The non-once-per-turn revival of Numeron Dragon in the short video.
Made the old-guard duelists in every world wince hard!
They'd only thought of Numeron Dragon as a power attacker.
They almost forgot this dragon has that bodyguard effect too!
But here's the problem!
Although Numeron Dragon did block wave after wave!
It also proved the Galaxy-Eyes player was out of cards.
In other words, the next draw would be absolutely critical!
If they drew a monster they couldn't use!
That would mean Numeron Dragon couldn't jump out to keep blocking.
After all, if there's a card in hand, Numeron Dragon can't revive!
In that situation!
The Galaxy-Eyes player was still at a disadvantage!
In the VRAINS world.
Yusaku Fujiki squinted at the Duel in the short.
The turn had come back around to the Galaxy-Eyes player.
But he.
Still hadn't drawn his card.
As if he were building toward something.
"Quit stalling! You think everyone topdecks miracles?"
"There are still so many cards in the pool! The odds of drawing a reversal piece are tiny!"
"Face reality already."
George Gore curled his lip at the Galaxy-Eyes player in the short.
They knew the truth.
Not everyone can topdeck like a god!
And even if you do draw a card that lets you develop, so what?
Don't forget!
Raidraptor still has a ZEUS on the field!
As long as ZEUS is around, it can fire off a board wipe once!
So the chance of drawing into a comeback is even lower.
Raidraptor Player: "Hurry up! Quit dawdling!"
Raidraptor Player: "If you won't draw, just surrender!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Do you believe in bonds?"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "That's right, this is my bond with the Galaxy-Eyes Deck."
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Now, it's time to answer that bond—with the critical topdeck!"
"Alright then! Draw!"
"The card I drew is—Accellight!"
"Heh heh heh, looks like my Deck answered our bond!"
"I activate this Spell! If I control no monsters, I can activate it."
"I Special Summon from the Deck a Level 4 or lower 'Photon' or 'Galaxy' monster."
"I Special Summon Galaxy Wizard from my Deck!"
"I activate Galaxy Wizard and Special Summon Photon Jumper from my Graveyard!"
"I have two Level 4 monsters!"
"I build the Overlay Network!"
"Come forth—Galaxy Photon Dragon!"
"I activate Galaxy Photon Dragon's effect..."
Raidraptor Player: "Pointless. I activate ZEUS!"
Raidraptor Player: "I send every card on the field to the Graveyard except ZEUS!"
"And my Rank 13 boss, Revolution Falcon, is unaffected by other cards! So it won't be sent!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "Oh? Then I think this Duel is already over!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "In fact, whether you activated it or not, the result would be the same."
"I activate Photon Jumper in the Graveyard."
"The Spell I add from my Deck is—"
"Numbers Last Hope!"
Last… Hope?
The moment that card appeared!
All eyes locked onto it!
They knew the Galaxy-Eyes Deck's combos!
But!
They didn't know!
How many more cards Galaxy-Eyes had that could impact this Duel!
Like this Numbers Last Hope!
When they finished reading the effect!
One duelist after another blanched!
This card!
Is it really going to…!
Turn the tide from behind?!
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I pay half my LP!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I use Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon in my Graveyard!"
Galaxy-Eyes Player: "I build the Overlay Network!"
"This is my final hope!"
"Light, wandering the cosmos, meets the dark—gather that power!"
"Open the door to truth!"
"Overlay Xyz Summon!"
"Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon!!!"
"Chaos Xyz Evolution!"
"Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon!!!"
"I enter the Battle Phase!"
"I activate Neo Prime Photon Dragon's effect, detaching Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon!"
"Then, Afterglow Dragon's effect also activates!"
"I attach Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon as material to my Neo Prime Photon Dragon!"
"At the same time, Afterglow Dragon's effect doubles my Neo Prime Photon Dragon's ATK!"
"So my final Dragon Emperor's ATK is—"
"12800!"
"I attack with Number C62: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon!"
"Last Hope Impact! Destroy Raidraptor – Wise Strix!"
"You take 11400 LP damage!"
"The Duel is over!"
They were stunned!
Absolutely floored!
Every Duel World stared, mouths agape, at the final extreme breakthrough by Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon!
Never in a million years did they expect!
One drawn card!
At the ultimate limit!
Could leverage the last remaining resources to break through Raidraptor and seize victory!
It was absurd!
And it still turned the Duel around after a ZEUS wipe!
Maximillion Pegasus: "Unbelievable! Two geniuses! One brings out the boss under a Number 41 lock! The other snatches victory with ZEUS flipping the table! Spectacular!"
Kite Tenjo: "Hahaha! I told you! Galaxy-Eyes is unbeatable! What Raidraptor? It still got flattened!"
Shay Obsidian: "Heh, just lucky. Compared to winning, isn't cracking Number 41's lockdown even more satisfying?"
Yusei Fudo: "If you keep Dueling, can you create miracles? Is the ultimate topdeck really fate?"
Meanwhile.
The group chat instantly erupted into a blazing discussion!
That sequence!
It was a line none of them had anticipated!
And the role of Afterglow Dragon!
Was displayed to the fullest in that moment!
Whether pulling Galaxy-Eyes back out, or feeding Galaxy-Eyes as material to the Dragon Emperor to rocket the ATK!
It's all Duel thinking and technique worth learning!
In the Main World.
Sei Yuki couldn't help but clap and cheer after watching.
That fated topdeck—call it a god-draw—really showed off.
As a diehard Dragon-deck fan, Sei Yuki.
After watching, even he was itching to boot up Master Duel and take Galaxy-Eyes for a spin.
"Phew! So cool!"
"Raidraptor still got punished for opening with Number 41."
"If the Deck didn't run 41, maybe the outcome would've been different."
"Anyway, that was a fantastic Duel!"
"Let's see what I'll pick for the next video."
Sei Yuki pulled his thoughts back and quickly started searching for the next video.
And his eyes fell on another one.
The title read—
"Apparently this is an absolutely inescapable, fully locked board! Any pros out there who can break it?"
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