[Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon] Level 8│DARK│Dragon│4000 ATK 0 DEF
Descending amid thunderous chaos, Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon—also known as One-Slash Bro, the Scrub Shredder—could inflict double piercing damage against Defense Position monsters.
And on the High Prelate's field, Ad Libitum of Despia sat in Defense Position with 2000 Defense.
If Chaos MAX Dragon struck with double piercing, that meant exactly 4000 damage—pulverizing the scrub in a flash.
"Perfect chance! Smash him to pieces, Miles!"
Little Kaima was ecstatic.
Even if she wasn't the one fighting, this was still a victory for Blue-Eyes.
Most importantly, she could send that ugly Dogmatika High Prelate—who dared dream of stealing the God Cards and the god-slaying weapon—flying along with all his cards.
Cold sweat seeped from the edges of the Prelate's mask. Facing MAX Dragon's overwhelming presence, he too seemed shocked by this suddenly opened gate of chaos.
"When your opponent controls a Ritual Monster, Masquerade the Blazing Dragon's effect activates from the Graveyard!"
[If this card is in the Graveyard, and your opponent controls a Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Monster, you can Special Summon this card. If this card Special Summoned by this effect leaves the field, banish it. This effect can be activated during either player's turn.]
"Revive! Masquerade the Blazing Dragon!"
[Masquerade the Blazing Dragon DEF: 2000]
Another monster with 2000 Defense—another perfect target to be shredded.
And since the revived Masquerade was no longer Fusion Summoned, its burn effect was disabled.
"Summon all the scrubs you want! You can't change the fact you're going to lose, old man!"
The High Prelate's voice suddenly dropped.
"I told you—I would make you regret ever reaching for the god-slaying weapon! Chaos dragon of light and darkness… taste the might of Despia's ultimate card!"
The atmosphere of the enclosed space shifted instantly. From the Prelate's mutated crimson body, a violent surge of ominous dark chaos power burst forth.
"With my own body as the price—Trap Card activate: Branded Banishment!"
"Again!?"
A second Branded Banishment—Miles truly hadn't expected it.
After all, this card was essentially a field-wide Super Polymerization. Even the Saint herself only held a single Fallen of Albaz.
Miles warned, "Greed for ultimate power only devours the fool who grasps at it, old man!"
It was now clear: activating a second Branded Banishment made the mask repaired by Despia crack apart once more, revealing the Prelate's withered, dying true face.
"To grasp the ultimate god-slaying weapon—that is the meaning of my life! Bloom, most resplendent brand of Despia!"
The monstrous fusion energy erupted again, stronger than before; its force so intense that Little Kaima nearly fell over.
"I Special Summon Despian Quaeritis from the Graveyard! Then, using monsters on both sides of the field—I Fusion Summon!"
The Prelate's arm pointed forward—its flesh withering in the Despia glow—and at the same time, he pointed at Miles's Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon.
"I will fuse every monster you control—the white dragon, the dark dragon—and Ad Libitum of Despia!"
Light and darkness—Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon—were dragged into the twisted Super-Polymerization-like vortex.
Taking two ultimate fusions in one duel—Miles felt like absolute garbage.
"Light and dark intertwine once more within the Branded chaos—Despia's strongest twin-headed dragon! Fusion Summon: Despian Proskenion!"
[Despian Proskenion] Level 11│LIGHT│Fiend│3200 ATK 3200 DEF
A massive Despia Fiend-dragon hybrid—two terrifying heads emerging from a colossal stage-frame—roared as it melted everything in sight.
Little Kaima's mouth fell open. "The Fusion Materials… are Light and DARK monsters."
Unlike the earlier Despia Fusions, which needed either a LIGHT or DARK, Proskenion required one of each.
And once Miles Ritual Summoned Chaos MAX, his two dragons perfectly matched the requirements.
This Branded Banishment was the High Prelate's final, life-consuming gamble.
"Finally… when Ad Libitum of Despia is banished as Fusion Material, I can Special Summon a Despia monster from my Graveyard! I Special Summon Dramaturge of Despia!"
[Dramaturge of Despia ATK: 3000]
He had wiped Miles's entire field and restored a lineup even more overwhelming than before the Burst Stream wipe.
Three Despia Fusion Monsters… and a 3000 ATK Dramaturge.
"A dying flare… one last counterattack, huh?"
Though Miles and Kaima had mocked him as a scrub, thinking it over… this guy was the highest-ranking leader of the Dogmatika Order.
And Branded Banishment—two copies of a pseudo–Super Polymerization—was indeed terrifying.
Facing the final Despia field, Miles now held only one recovered Blue-Eyes White Dragon and one more card.
"—Spell Card activate: Pot of Greed!"
He couldn't risk drawing earlier—if Pot of Greed had pulled Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, then High Ritual Art and all related cards would have been dead draws.
"Draw!"
With a double draw, the dragons' roar echoed—guiding a new power forward.
These last three cards would awaken the Blue-Eyes Deck's greatest destructive force to strike down Despia's finale.
Power against power.
"With a Blue-Eyes in hand, I call forth a new white dragon soul! I reveal Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Special Summon—Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!"
[Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon ATK: 3000]
Shattering the floor in a burst of light, Alternative White Dragon emerged—its Burst Stream detonating instantly.
[Once per turn: Target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy it. This card cannot attack the turn this effect is activated.]
"Go! Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon—destroy Dramaturge of Despia!"
A precise beam annihilated the Dramaturge—an exact copy of the Prelate—instantly erasing it in light.
"Even if you destroy one monster, my three Despia Fusion Monsters still outclass your dragons!"
The Prelate's cracked mask fell apart—his life force nearly gone, yet his voice stayed defiant.
"Now comes the final battle! With this card, I'll gather the white dragon soul permeating this entire duel—converging it to the peak!"
Miles slammed his remaining card onto the Duel Disk.
"Witness the ultimate secret of Blue-Eyes Fusion!"
As the card activated, a chorus of dragon roars echoed across every zone.
Fusion answering Fusion.
Ultimate against ultimate.
"—Quick-Play Spell activate: Ultimate Fusion!"
[During the Main Phase: Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster that lists 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' or 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' as material by shuffling monsters from your hand, field, or Graveyard into the Deck as Fusion Material.]
The exclusive Blue-Eyes Fusion Spell—Ultimate Fusion—could pull its materials from hand, field, or Graveyard simultaneously.
The white dragon soul that had carried the duel from beginning to end now truly permeated every corner of the battlefield… just as Miles had said.
"Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon's effect! While this card is on the field, its name becomes 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'!"
This was the white dragon soul residing on the field.
"And the Blue-Eyes White Dragon I recovered and revealed from my hand!"
This was the white dragon soul in his hand.
"And finally—the Blue-Eyes White Dragon I tributed earlier for the Ritual Summon!"
This was the white dragon soul within the Graveyard.
Now, under the command of Miles's last card—Ultimate Fusion—the Blue-Eyes across all zones appeared at once, soaring into the spiral light of fusion gathering overhead.
"Miles, you…!"
Lightly biting her lip, Little Kaima's emotions were complicated… but even she couldn't suppress the thrill of seeing Ultimate Fusion connect the entire duel in one brilliant moment.
"Fine… you're amazing, Miles. This Ultimate Fusion… I acknowledge you!"
Miles had officially earned the recognition of the Blue-Eyes Deck's original wielder (even if she was in loli form right now).
"Shatter! Pulverize!! Grand applause!!!"
And Miles himself—upon performing the second three-Blue-Eyes Ultimate Fusion of the duel—finally completed the full chuuni-style Fusion chant he had been holding back.
"Transcending the limits of time and space! Behold the return of the strongest evolved dragon! Shine, white dragon light! Pierce the darkness of Despia! Ultimate Fusion Summon!"
"—Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
[Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, ATK: 4500]
"ROOOOAR!!"
Bursting violently from the Ultimate Fusion light, the titanic Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon unleashed a triple-throated roar toward the Despia field.
This wasn't Future Fusion—this Fusion could attack at once.
"When Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is Fusion Summoned, the second effect of Ultimate Fusion activates!"
"After that, destroy face-up cards your opponent controls up to the number of 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' or 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' used as Fusion Material from the field."
"Since I used one Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the field as material, I can destroy one face-up card you control! Be crushed by the ultimate power of the white dragons!"
The Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon surged from the dissolving fusion spiral: three heads gathering an overwhelming blast of white destruction that obliterated Despian Proskenion.
Three heads will always beat two.
Miles raised his Duel Disk triumphantly toward the sky. "The path to victory has been blasted open by Ultimate Fusion!"
Destroying Proskenion was absolutely pivotal.
After the Ultimate Fusion explosion, the High Prelate's field dropped from three monsters to two.
And with only two monsters, he had no way to withstand the triple assault of the ultimate dragon.
"What's wrong? Not planning to struggle a little at the end, old man?"
The only effect the High Prelate could still use was Despian Quaeritis's effect to make all monsters' Attack become 0.
Albeit that effect excluded Level 8 or higher Fusion Monsters.
And Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was what?
A Level 12 Ultimate Fusion monster.
Even if he struggled, it would change nothing.
"The performance ends here, Despia!"
Riding atop the strongest white dragon, Miles declared as the light of Blue-Eyes burned away the darkness.
"Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's effect—during the same Battle Phase, it can attack up to three times!"
Three blasts of 4500 Attack: that was why the High Prelate, with only two monsters left, couldn't possibly hold back the ultimate dragon.
"—Ultimate Burst Stream! First strike!"
[Masquerade the Blazing Dragon destroyed]
"—Ultimate Burst Stream! Second strike!"
[Despian Quaeritis destroyed]
"And this next one… is the final blow!"
The three dragon heads gathered a single, ultimate, duel-ending sphere of white energy—aimed straight at the barely-conscious High Prelate.
"—Annihilating! 'Ultimate Burst Stream!' Third strike—!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
[High Prelate, LP: 4000 → 0]
The strongest destructive force of the Blue-Eyes Deck erupted in a single finishing strike.
In one turn… from Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon to Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Despite this being Miles's first real duel using a Blue-Eyes Deck, his performance rivaled Seto Kaiba himself—drawing out the Blue-Eyes soul to absolute perfection.
"So cool…!"
Little Kaima's wide eyes sparkled like stars. Her tsundere stubbornness was totally blown away.
"Ahem… so cool… I mean my Blue-Eyes. The Blue-Eyes, okay!?"
In the last moment, she remembered she was supposed to keep up her tsundere act.
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