As the words fell, the spectators shouted excitedly, almost as if they themselves were dueling on the track.
Kaiba raised his eyebrows upon hearing Yusei's words.
Accel Synchro? What's that?
Yusei stomped on the D-Wheel's pedal, pushing the throttle to the limit! Countless Yusei Particles surged out as the Moment operated, enveloping the entire D-Wheel and the Monsters following alongside Yusei.
The D-Wheel accelerated at an astonishing rate, quickly widening the gap between him and Youyu. Even the headwind and air current seemed to be burning red!
Heart of Clear Mind!
This is a new realm that only the top D-wheel Users can possibly comprehend, and it's also a prerequisite for stepping into the "Accel Synchro" domain.
This is the direction of Yusei's evolution as a Duelist!
"Level 2 Synchro Tuner 'Formula Synchro', Level 8 'Stardust Dragon', Tuning!"
With ultimate acceleration, a milky white hemisphere shield appeared in front of the D-Wheel. Formula Synchro transformed into two shining starlights, forming a ring that enveloped Stardust Dragon and Yusei's D-Wheel, reaching unimaginable human super-speed in the blink of an eye!
"Crystals of gathered dreams shall open a new gate of evolution! Transform into a shining path! Accel Synchro!!!"
A Stardust Path was paved in the void, and the D-Wheel rushed straight along the shining road until it suddenly vanished, disappearing from the track!
Everyone was dumbfounded, hardly believing their eyes.
What kind of move is this, vanishing while dueling!?
Not only did Yusei disappear from the live picture, but the icon representing Yusei also vanished from the Dueling Arena in that brief moment.
It was as if he evaporated into thin air!
Kaiba, sitting in his office, also widened his eyes, staring intently at the scene unfolding on the screen.
He believed in science, and firmly believed that everything could be explained scientifically.
Dueling till someone disappears must also have a reasonable explanation!
"Behind you!" Mokuba shouted first.
Sure enough, a beam of light shot from behind Youyu. Yusei's D-Wheel somehow rushed out from his rear again, sweeping past Youyu's side at an outrageous speed and returning to the front of the track.
Along with him, a glorious white dragon, as magnificent as a shooting star appeared!
"Rise—
—Shooting Star Dragon!!!"
Like a meteor piercing through the sky, the white dragon dove down, drawing a graceful arc in the sky before slowly landing beside Yusei.
[Shooting Star Dragon, ATK 3300]
"Shooting Star Dragon..." Mitsuzawa looked bewildered, "Such a powerful Monster, yet unheard of!"
That dragon... is its presence even stronger than my Blue Eyes?
President Haima thought, his Soul of the Duelist simultaneously becoming more and more restless.
"Brother, the energy readings are skyrocketing!" Mokuba's voice was somewhat exuberant, "The appearance of this dragon has significantly increased Duel Energy, there is hope!"
After the dazzling space leap, Yusei returned to the arena on his D-Wheel, resuming the duel immediately.
"Then, activate 'Shooting Star Dragon's effect!" Yusei waved his hand, "Once per turn, check the top five cards of the deck. The number of Tuner Monsters among them equals the number of attacks Shooting Star Dragon can perform this turn!"
"Multiple attacks!" Xiang exclaimed.
"But the attack count must increase based on the number of Tuner Monsters found," Mitsuzawa, the star commentator, responded, "If it was based on the number of Monster Cards, it would be easier to achieve, but not only is it required to be Monster Cards, they must specifically be Tuner Monsters, making it statistically unlikely.
Logically, the chances of seeing five cards with no Tuners are very high; finding one Tuner is already quite fortunate..."
At this moment, Yusei flipped over the top five cards in one go, glanced at them, and immediately revealed them.
"Among the five cards I checked, there are 'Drill Synchro', 'Turbo Synchro', and 'Effect Veiler', three Tuners!" Yusei declared, "Therefore, Shooting Star Dragon can attack three times this turn!"
"What!?" Many spectators couldn't help but feel shocked.
Players started to stir.
"Don't lie to me! Shooting Star Dragon's effect clearly says 'give up this turn's attack chance and shuffle the deck'!"
"Why does his Shooting Star Dragon start with three attacks, but my Shooting Star Dragon can't attack even once, boo hoo hoo..."
"Don't ask, if you do, it's because the Bonds aren't strong enough."
In contrast, President Haima seemed quite calm about the result, as if his expression were saying—
—Humph, isn't this inevitable for a true Duelist?
"..."
Of course, Youyu, the person involved, was not surprised.
After all, based on the animation's depiction, Shooting Star Dragon's three strikes are also Yusei's regular performance. In normal duels, he generally performs three strikes whenever he activates Shooting Star Dragon's effect.
When the plot demands or when facing particularly strong opponents requiring an all-out burst, it often rises to five strikes.
Of course, five strikes even for someone like Yusei with such a hairstyle require the right atmosphere; consistent performance is usually three strikes.
"Battle!"
Yusei raised his hand, while Shooting Star Dragon in mid-air split into three, transforming into red, blue, and yellow residual images.
"First attack," Yusei waved his hand, "Attack 'Soldier Gaia The Fierce Knight' with 'Shooting Star Dragon'!"
The red shadow flew out, piercing through Gaia's iron armor on his chest. Gaia groaned, exploding from chest to back.
[Youyu, LP 4000 → LP 3300]
"Second attack!" Yusei commanded, "Shooting Star Dragon, attack 'Gaia the Magical Knight of Dragons'!"
The second shadow locked onto Youyu's remaining dragon knight!
"Monsters resurrected by 'Spiral Reborn' cannot be destroyed by battle or targeted by effects," said Youyu, "but they can be destroyed by battle!"
"That's not certain." Youyu swiped his right arm, steering his D-Wheel. "Activate Set Card, Trap Card 'Intrigue Shield', equip to 'Gaia the Magical Knight of Dragons'!"
Gaia's hand immediately held an intricately patterned shield, the Shooting Star Dragon's shadow blasted into it without causing any real damage.
"Monsters equipped with 'Intrigue Shield' can avoid battle destruction once per turn," Youyu explained, "and inflict 0 battle damage to players."
"But it's only once!" Yusei declared, "Shooting Star Dragon, third attack! Stardust Illusion!"
The third phantom was now a blue Shooting Star Dragon! It seemed to pierce through space itself, severing the sky with its trail, charging at Youyu's dragon knight again!
But it was ineffective!
The phantom burst against the shield again, Shooting Star Dragon's dive-bomb recoiled, failing to make an impact.
"What?" Yusei was surprised.
"The effect of 'Shield Warrior' in the graveyard," Youyu removed a card from the graveyard, "banish 'Shield Warrior' once to negate the battle destruction of a Monster."
"Brilliant!" Ed praised with clenched fists, "All three attacks were defended, truly impressive, Principal Youyu!"
Yusei nodded slightly in admiration, the three phantoms merged back into Shooting Star Dragon's form.
"Then, my turn ends."