## Chapter 285: Ace Monster
Kaiba revealed a cruel smile and commanded, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack Gorz the Emissary of Darkness! Begin your revenge!"
"Burst Stream of Destruction!"
The White Dragon, enlarged by Megamorph, poured the fury from its previous destruction into this attack. Doubled in power, the blow capable of destroying heaven and earth descended upon Gorz the Emissary of Darkness! The white torrent instantly swallowed everything!
Bakura: 4200 → 900 LP
Like a fluctuating electrocardiogram, Bakura, who had just raised his Life Points from 1000 to 4200 last Turn, saw his Life Points plummet again, leaving him with a mere 900 points!
"Hmph, I'll leave your Life Points, flickering like a candle in the wind, for me to harvest next Turn." With the situation overwhelmingly in his favor, Kaiba even spoke carelessly, actively giving Bakura a "buff". "Set two cards. My Turn ends."
Kaiba: 3800 LP, Hand 1
Blue-Eyes White Dragon DEF 2500
Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Megamorph) ATK 6000 → 1500
Set cards X2
As Kaiba and Bakura's Life Points changed, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon equipped with Megamorph had its Attack Points halved. At the same time, Bakura welcomed his third Turn.
"As expected of President Kaiba, you really won't let me gain any advantage. I had just managed to gain a little advantage last Turn," Bakura said, getting up dishevelled and looking at Kaiba.
Due to the impact converted from the attack just now, Bakura was knocked hard to the ground. He almost dropped the cards in his hand. One must know that they were thousands of feet in the air. If he let go of the cards and allowed them to fall into the air, they would only be blown away by the strong wind to some unknown corner, their fate sealed.
Placing his fingers on his Deck, Bakura drew a card. "My Turn. Oh? My luck is unexpectedly good."
As he spoke, Bakura flipped over the card he had just drawn. "The Newt that was destroyed at the very beginning, the Gorz the Emissary of Darkness that just entered the Graveyard, plus the Earthbound Spirit I used Graceful Charity to send to the Graveyard before... Right now, there are exactly 3 Fiend-Type monsters in my Graveyard!"
"Buzz—"
A strange chill assailed Kaiba, who stood opposite Bakura, although it was already cold outside the Airship.
Slapping the Monster Card in his hand onto the Duel Disk, Bakura said with confidence, "By banishing three Fiend-Type monsters from my Graveyard from play, watch closely, President Kaiba! This is my Ace Monster!"
"Dark Doll Nikroferia!"
The sky behind Bakura suddenly seemed to be stained with ink, and a blackness quickly spread outwards. In just a few breaths, more than half of the sky was dyed pitch black. The darkness even swallowed Bakura, making it impossible to see what was happening.
From within the darkness, a child's cry suddenly came. A blue-skinned female figure holding a puppet slowly walked out. From behind her, Bakura's voice came, "President Kaiba, I haven't forgotten the damage you dealt to me last Turn. Dark Doll Nikroferia, attack that Blue-Eyes White Dragon equipped with Megamorph!"
Dark Doll Nikroferia Level 8 / DARK
Fiend-Type / Special Summon / Effect
2200 / 2800
Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Megamorph) ATK 1500
Hayato had expected the attack method of a Fiend-Type monster like Dark Doll Nikroferia, which looked so sinister, to be somewhat strange and eerie. However, as Bakura gave the command, Dark Doll Nikroferia, under Hayato's expectant gaze,居然 casually threw the child puppet she was holding!
It truly shocked Hayato for a whole year.
But as the one facing the attack, Kaiba was quite calm. The expression on his face was even somewhat mocking. "Idiot, the card effect of a double-edged sword like Megamorph has two sides. How could I not have considered this?"
"Chain to your Attack Declaration, activate the set card in my backrow!"
Without waiting for Dark Doll Nikroferia's attack to arrive, Kaiba flipped over the card he had set in his backrow last Turn. "Quick-Play Spell Card Emergency Provisions! I send Megamorph to the Graveyard to recover 1000 Life Points! At the same time, without the influence of Megamorph, Blue-Eyes White Dragon's Attack Points return to normal!"
As the Megamorph stone tablet shattered, Kaiba's Life Points instantly rose, and Blue-Eyes White Dragon consequently regained its might. Facing the puppet thrown at it, it contemptuously opened its mouth, caught the puppet, and bit it to pieces.
Kaiba: 3800 → 4800 LP
Blue-Eyes White Dragon ATK 1500 → 3000
"The only thing that changed is the Spell/Trap Card on my Field. In other words, you cannot withdraw your Attack Declaration," Kaiba said with a cold laugh. "There's no need to hold back against such a person who kicks others when they're down. Strike back, Blue-Eyes!"
"Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Bakura, who had intended to take advantage of Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon being in a weakened state to defeat it, suffered the consequences. Blue-Eyes White Dragon opened its massive mouth, the ultimate white jet of light destroyed the Dark Doll Nikroferia he had painstakingly Special Summoned to the Field and sent it to the Graveyard. He also took reflected damage to his Life Points.
Bakura: 900 → 100 LP
"Damn it, Kaiba is really strong," Joey Wheeler, watching from the spectator seats, saw Bakura's Life Points drop to just 100 and shouted excitedly towards Bakura, "Hey, Bakura! Hang in there! Don't let that arrogant guy Kaiba defeat you so easily!"
"Go, Bakura!"
"Don't give up!"
Téa and Tristan also cheered him on.
Unlike the three of them, Hayato and Yugi Mutou had already sensed that something was wrong with Bakura. The person dueling right now was not their classmate from before. Bigger than Bakura, they actually wanted Kaiba to win.
When Hayato saw Dark Doll Nikroferia being destroyed, he frowned even more. "This is bad."
Having dueled Bakura once before, he knew that while Dark Doll Nikroferia was Bakura's Ace Monster, its main purpose was not for attacking. On the contrary, after Dark Doll Nikroferia was destroyed, Bakura's strategy was just about to unfold.
As Dark Doll Nikroferia was sent to the Graveyard and his Life Points hit rock bottom, Bakura instead laughed even more wildly. "Heh heh, ha ha ha ha, President Kaiba, thank you for helping me send it to the Graveyard."
"Because Dark Doll Nikroferia was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I can activate this Field Spell Card from my hand, Dark Sanctuary!"
(End of this chapter)