Chapter 202: Final Sword
"Just a bunch of arrogant brats!"
A Wind Blade struck, and Mai Valentine's Harpie's Pet Dragon immediately met it, scattering the airflow with an Air Blast. "You're calling me young, but you're in no position to comment on my age, you old geezer!"
"You don't know your place, challenging us like this!"
A Water Cannon was negated by Flames, and Joey Wheeler's Red-Eyes Black Dragon roared in response, "Do you think everyone's like you guys, old man!"
"Unforgivable!"
Dark Breath clashed with Stream of Light, and Kaiba's face was cold. "Useless anger. Just obediently fall before Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Die!"
"You're the ones who will die!" Flames were negated by Flames, and Yugi Mutou used Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1 and Curse of Dragon to block the Fire Head's attack.
"Kneel before us!"
A mud bomb attacked, but was cut apart by the sharp blades on Armed Dragon. Hayato made his final declaration: "Our destiny is decided by ourselves!"
"Roar!"
All the Dragon-Type Monsters present roared in unison, their terrifying aura!
However, Hayato knew very well that their current lineup was no match for The Big Five's Avatar—Five-Headed Dragon.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Five-Headed Dragon's five attacks were all blocked by Hayato and the others' Monsters just now. That was only because it had spread out its five heads.
The Big Five, who were entering this game for the first time just like Hayato and the others, and were controlling Five-Headed Dragon's Dragon-Type body by sacrificing themselves, had no experience in coordinating attacks. That's why the situation just now occurred. It would be terrible once they learned how to unleash Five-Headed Dragon's full power.
But Joey Wheeler didn't seem to understand the situation. After Red-Eyes Black Dragon successfully suppressed one of the heads' attacks, he summoned Baby Dragon, sending it out to its doom. "Alright! Let's press the advantage!"
His two Dragon-Type Monsters aimed their attacks at Five-Headed Dragon's Water Attribute Head. Red-Eyes Black Dragon engaged its attack, and then Baby Dragon delivered a fatal blow, directly destroying the Water Attribute Head—
—or so he thought?
To Joey Wheeler's astonished eyes, the Water Attribute Head that had just been destroyed by Baby Dragon's attack regenerated rapidly as if time was flowing backward. Before he could react, it bit Baby Dragon into pieces!
"How is that possible?!"
Seemingly quite pleased with the expression on Joey Wheeler's face, the Water Attribute Head—Kohnosuke Oshita—explained smugly, "Five-Headed Dragon is the strongest Duel Monster designed based on the Hydra from Greek Mythology. It possesses the strongest Immortality in the world. Cut off one head, and two will grow back!"
"While you can't destroy us, you have to face our powerful attacks!" The Wind Attribute Head, Shuzo Otaki, chimed in. Although he was a penguin enthusiast, he suddenly felt that a Dragon-Type body wasn't bad either. "Die, brats!"
The Wind and Water Heads began to attack together. A High-Pressure Water Blade struck, and with just a moment's contact, it destroyed Mai Valentine's Harpie's Pet Dragon and then surged towards Mai Valentine and Mokuba, who were protected by it!
"Danger!" At this moment, Hayato, Yugi Mutou, and Kaiba's Monsters were all tied up by the other heads. Joey Wheeler realized that only his Red-Eyes Black Dragon could possibly reach Mai Valentine and Mokuba in time to help.
But at the same time, Joey Wheeler also noticed that his Life Points were running low.
Since entering the DM Online Game, everyone had 4000 Life Points as their basic Life Points. However, unlike the basic Life Points that reset at the start of every Duel, these 4000 Life Points did not recover after a battle ended. After so many battles before, plus the damage from Baby Dragon being destroyed just now, if he took this attack, Joey Wheeler's basic Life Points would very likely drop to zero.
His heart feared the unknown after his basic Life Points reached zero, but Joey Wheeler's body acted without thinking, shielding Mai Valentine and Mokuba. At the same time, he shouted loudly, "Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
Completely synchronized with its controller's actions, Red-Eyes Black Dragon blocked the incoming water blade, taking the full force of the attack.
Standing behind Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine looked at the back shielding her, slightly stunned.
Slightly hunched over in pain, Joey Wheeler sighed and looked back at Mai Valentine. "You... don't push yourself."
"You're the one pushing yourself," Mai Valentine instinctively wanted to retort, but found herself unable to speak.
"Joey!" Joey Wheeler heard Yugi Mutou calling him, but unfortunately, when he turned his head, he no longer had the strength to speak. Looking at Yugi Mutou's worried gaze, he gave a bitter smile and just gave a thumbs-up.
'Sorry, everyone. I might need to rest for a bit. The rest is up to you.'
Just like Aigami, who dissipated in Yugi Mutou's hands, Joey Wheeler's body dissolved into golden Light Particles.
"Damn it!" Hayato's rage was uncontrollable. He summoned another Monster from his Deck. "Go, Gaia The Fierce Knight! Ride Yugi's Curse of Dragon!"
Carrying its master's fury, Gaia the Dragon Champion's lance, under the cover of Armed Dragon LV10, destroyed the Wind Attribute Head.
"That guy, Joey Wheeler!" Joey Wheeler's death, and Mokuba almost being attacked, enraged Kaiba. He also followed Hayato's lead, summoning the remaining two Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck and activating Polymerization.
As soon as the usually invincible Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon appeared, three Destruction Burst Stream of Destruction attacks surged towards the Water Attribute Head.
But, just as had happened when Joey Wheeler attacked earlier, even though half its body was shattered, in just the blink of an eye, Five-Headed Dragon returned to its original form, completely unharmed.
"That's it, Seto Kaiba! That look of anger, that look like you want to kill us!"
"But it's not enough. That expression alone isn't enough to vent the hatred in our hearts!"
"Try to get even angrier, Seto Kaiba!"
While Hayato and Kaiba focused their attacks on the other two heads, the remaining three heads fully locked onto Mokuba. A stream of Lava flew towards him. Yugi Mutou tried to use Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1 to help defend, but it was useless. The intense heat engulfed Mokuba's location.
However, before the Lava hit, Mai Valentine threw Mokuba away from there, taking the direct attack herself.
"This game is really unfriendly to hair." Dissipating into particles, Mai Valentine looked at Five-Headed Dragon in front of her. "Hey, Yugi, Hayato! Avenge me and Joey Wheeler!"
"Mai!"
With their companions falling one after another, Pharaoh's face was filled with coldness, staring directly at Five-Headed Dragon. "Arbitrarily taking others' lives, you pieces of trash!"
"Heh heh, in this world, we are the rules!" Destroyed by Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack and regenerating again, Five-Headed Dragon said arrogantly. Yugi Mutou and the others' attacks, like a fierce storm, only resulted in Five-Headed Dragon's repeated resurrections. And as the number of times increased, The Big Five became more and more proficient in using this body.
No longer suppressing the rage in his heart, Yugi Mutou's face was ashen. He activated the Card in his hand. "Then, I'll defeat you with the rules of this world!"
"Chaos Form! Become the Legendary Warrior, Gaia The Fierce Knight!"
"Then, Fusion Black Luster Soldier and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon on the field!"
Kaiba was both shocked and angry, turning to look at Yugi Mutou. "What?! You, you dare to use my Blue-Eyes White Dragon?!"
Hayato had the same expression. "What?! What are you doing releasing my Tamashii?!"
But The Big Five, controlling Five-Headed Dragon, looked at Black Luster Soldier riding Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and showed surprised expressions. "No, impossible! What is that Monster?!"
"That level of pressure, that threat of death!?"
"Five-Headed Dragon shouldn't be destroyed by DARK, EARTH, WATER, FIRE, WIND Attribute Monsters!"
"There shouldn't have been any oversight in our plan!"
"We're dead, we're dead!"
The Warrior from the Mountain Range will defeat the Demonic Dragon that rules the world. Answering this legend, Dragon Master Knight appeared.
"Dragon Master Knight is the legendary Warrior. He will inherit everything from his companions and defeat the Evil Dragon!" Yugi Mutou looked at The Big Five's pathetic state, without any mercy, and waved his hand to command, "Every Dragon-Type Monster on my field will increase Dragon Master Knight's ATK by 500!"
"Finishing Move! Rising Dragon Sword!"
The Warrior standing on top of the ultimate white dragon raised his sword. Looking at the immense power gathering upon it, he swung the sword in his hand with single-minded focus.
One dazzling slash, severing all creation.
After that sword strike, which seemed to cleave the world open, Five-Headed Dragon and the surrounding Space instantly turned to ash and dissipated. Yugi Mutou, Hayato, Kaiba, and Mokuba fell downwards...