Elemental chaos, a storm sweeping through, shattered glass fragments jumping restlessly as if trembling at the existence about to arrive.
The pillars of light representing the five attributes of earth, water, flame, wind, and darkness shot up to the sky! A dragon, noble like a god, descended from mid-air, claws shattering the ground, five different-colored heads twisting and stretching, its solid massive body as awe-inspiring as a deity!
[Five-Headed Dragon, Attack Power 5000]
The onlookers were knocked to the ground in fright, stunned. It was the terrifying pressure of the king of Dragon-Type that stood at the pinnacle of Duel Monsters, a divine beast that ordinary people might never see in a lifetime of dueling, a legend revered by countless duelists.
This is the Five-Headed Dragon, known for having the highest base attack power!
And unlike the Egyptian God cards whose animated abilities were unmatched but became "the three useless brothers" in physical cards, this Five-Headed Dragon, whether in physical card or animation...
...is just the best of the worst.
This creature, being a twelve-star monster created through a Fivefold Fusion, only has the effect "cannot be destroyed by battle with non-Light Attribute monsters," a feature that barely keeps it from being a blank.
Its most awesome aspect is actually as a Fusion Monster, with fusion requirements of "any five Dragon-Type monsters," so you can just play a "Future Fusion" card to precisely send any five Dragon-Type monsters from the Card Deck to the graveyard, amassing resources like crazy.
So, this theoretically six-for-one nugget has found its place.
However, in this situation, a 5000 attack power is still impressive, at least considered an elite bruiser.
"Battle Phase," the Black-clothed Man said, "First, Five-Headed Dragon, destroy Masked Hero Dian."
All five heads of the Five-Headed Dragon opened simultaneously, the beams of the five great attributes—earth, water, flame, wind, and darkness—fired simultaneously, converging and sweeping forth. Against such overwhelming power, Dian had no resistance, and in an instant, even its armor was blasted to pieces.
[Youyu, LP 4000 → LP 1800]
The five-colored impact swept through, like a scorching wind impacting his insides. He bent his knees slightly, grimacing a bit.
"Red-Eyes Black Dragon," the Black-clothed Man said, "attack Elemental Hero Blazeman!"
The poor Blazeman, looking as if he had stumbled into a boss melee, was greeted with a dark scorching "Black Flame Bullet" and immediately blown to bits.
"Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, attack Masked Hero Anki!"
[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, Attack Power 2800]
[Masked Hero Anki, Attack Power 2800]
Identical attack power, evenly matched battle strength. Darkness Metal Dragon spewed black flames, while the Masked Hero fearlessly charged forward, a flying kick stuffing the flames back into its mouth, both exploding on the spot.
But with this, Youyu's field was left empty.
"For the final blow," the Black-clothed Man said, "King Dragun, direct..."
"Not so fast," Youyu snapped his fingers, "Flip Cover Card! Trap - Hero Signal! When a monster is destroyed by battle, Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Hero Monster from the Card Deck.
Special Summon Elemental Hero Airman!"
[Elemental Hero Airman, Defense Power 300]
"Airman's effect," Youyu said, "when successfully summoned, add a 'Hero' monster from the Card Deck to the hand. I will add to my hand, Vision Hero Faris!"
Indeed, it was the Vision Hero just acquired.
It immediately came in handy.
King Dragun's attack continued, the Hero of the sky striving to block it. Even though his mere 300 defense power made the resistance seem futile, at least before exiting the field he shielded his master from all battle damage with his body.
The attack was once again thwarted, but the Black-clothed Man's offensive was not yet over.
"Prime Material Dragon," he said, "attack directly!"
All of Prime Material Dragon's tails rose simultaneously, golden streaming light charged from the tail to its mouth, transforming into a whirling light ball, roaring and blasting forth.
"Flip Cover Card," Youyu said, "Trap - Negate Attack. Turn one instance of battle damage into 0, and draw a card from the Card Deck!"
A milky white shield, golden light beam was violently scoured away, yet failed to leave even a scratch.
"Managed to hold on?"
The Black-clothed Man didn't seem surprised—in fact, since the duel began, he hadn't shown any emotional fluctuations, feeling like a heartless card-playing machine.
"Then set a card face-down, end turn,"
He said, pausing for a moment, a shadow of a black dragon appearing behind him.
"At this moment, Red-Eyes Wyvern's effect in the graveyard," he said, "during the End Phase of a turn in which a Normal Summon was not conducted, remove this card from play to revive a 'Red-Eyes' monster in the graveyard.
Return to the field! Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon!"
The image of Red-Eyes Wyvern vanished in an instant, the steel body spread its wings and spun, landing on the field.
[Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, Attack Power 2800]
Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, return!
The five zones were packed full, brimming with powerful dragon-type warriors. Moreover, now they all had some kind of resistance enhancement, akin to an impenetrable fortress.
Even those not directly confronting this lineup could feel the overwhelming oppressive power.