"Send Mirage of Nightmare to the Graveyard, and recover 1000 Life Points!"
[Supreme King, LP 2200 → LP 3200]
"As expected, the same old trick," Kira smiled.
The Breaker the Magical Warrior’s sword once again cut through empty air. It seemed fruitless, but Kira was already satisfied. The Breaker the Magical Warrior’s effect was meant to remove that face-down backrow threat. Even though it whiffed, it confirmed the set card was indeed reactive. With the backrow threat identified, his mission was essentially accomplished.
"Ritual Spell: ’Super Soldier Ritual’!"
Kira raised the Spell in his hand.
"Tribute monsters from my hand and field whose total Levels equal eight to Ritual Summon the ’Black Luster Soldier’ Ritual Monster from my hand!"
He revealed a monster from his hand.
"By banishing ’Breaker the Magical Warrior’ from the field and ’Beginning Knight’ from my hand, I conduct a Ritual Summon!
One soul guides Light, one soul guides Darkness—now the Gate of Chaos opens. The legendary warrior—
—Black Luster Soldier, appear!"
Souls of Light and Darkness dissipated within a chaotic tempest. A pillar of chaotic radiance, as if from beyond the heavens, descended; in that vortex landed the mightiest warrior!
[Black Luster Soldier, ATK 3000]
The Supreme King’s golden eyes flickered. "This spirit..."
He seemed to sense something extraordinary from Black Luster Soldier—something ordinary Duel Spirits lacked.
"Even so, its ATK still can’t defeat my current Malicious Edge," the Supreme King said.
"When Beginning Knight is used as Ritual material, Black Luster Soldier gains an additional effect," Kira said. "Once per turn, banish 1 monster your opponent controls. Banish Malicious Edge directly!
Dimensional Slash—Open the Rift!"
The chaotic blade cleaved, a swordstroke that warped space itself. Even the repeatedly empowered Malicious Edge was helpless before the fissure in dimensions, letting out a scream as it was sucked away.
Also, the banish effect conferred by Beginning Knight does not impose the attack restriction. He can still attack this turn.
"With that, Vicious Claw can’t protect your Malicious Edge. Destroy both ’Power Frame’ and ’Vicious Claw’ equipped to it."
Kira swept his hand.
"Black Luster Soldier, direct attack on the Supreme King."
The dimensional slash cleared the field. The Soldier’s blade hewed straight toward the Supreme King. With nothing left to bar the way, that domineering aura seemed poised to cleave heaven and earth, surging over the otherworldly monarch like a flood.
[Supreme King, LP 3200 → LP 200]
Brought to a flickering candle by a single stroke, the Supreme King merely lowered his head, his face shrouded in shadow, unreadable.
Kira: "Set two cards. Turn end."
Several seconds of silence. The Supreme King kept his head down, unresponsive for a moment.
After a few seconds, he slowly raised his hand.
"...Draw."
He looked up; the golden eyes seemed even more terrifying than before, as if golden flames burned within them.
"I underestimated you, warrior from another world," he said coolly. "From now on, I’ll show my true power."
"Oh?" Kira said. "Meaning the Supreme King hasn’t even been serious up to now?"
The Supreme King didn’t answer. He responded silently with the cards in his hand.
"The effect of ’Evil HERO Adusted Gold’ in my hand. I discard this card to add 1 card that lists ’Dark Fusion’ in its text from my Deck to my hand."
It was clearly a darkened variant of Elemental HERO Captain Gold."
[Black Luster Soldier, DEF 2500]
"You think that’s enough to defend? Far from it. This turn I’ll show you true darkness," the Supreme King snapped.
"Next I activate the Spell ’Dark Fusion’! I fuse ’Valkyrion the Magna Warrior’ in my hand with another ’Evil HERO Malicious Edge’!
Fusion requirement: Fiend-Type + Rock-Type. Dark Fusion Summon—
—Evil HERO Dark Gaia!!!"
[Evil HERO Dark Gaia, ATK ?]
"Dark Gaia’s ATK equals the combined original ATK of the Fusion Materials!" the Supreme King stated.
[Valkyrion the Magna Warrior, ATK 3500]
[Evil HERO Malicious Edge, ATK 2600]
"Therefore, Dark Gaia’s ATK is..."
[Evil HERO Dark Gaia, ATK 6100]
"Six thousand one hundred ATK," Kira nodded gravely. "Terrifying."
But the Supreme King continued: "I activate ’Dark Calling’ once more!
From my Graveyard, I banish ’Evil HERO Malicious Edge’ and ’Evil HERO Lightning Golem’!
Fusion requirement: ’Evil HERO Malicious Edge’ + a Level 6 or higher Fiend. Dark Fusion—
—Evil HERO Malicious Fiend, appear!!!"
[Evil HERO Malicious Fiend, ATK 3500]

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