Joey shook hi head and looked over his hand.
"I flip summon my face down card. Double Coston and sacrifice it so Summon my Red Eyes Black Dragon!" As before the dragon was born in a black ball of energy, arcs of black lightning reached around the field, tearing upt eh ground as they did so. The audience was cheering loudly as the huge black dragon formed on the field, its huge obsidian wings flexed and flapped briefly.
The great black dragon let loose an ear piercing roar that shook the Colosseum to its very foundation and locked its ominously glowing red eyes on Willem.
"My, how frightening. It could really hurt me if I didn't have this defense monster protecting me." Willem feigned fear as Joeys dragon growled at him.
"Oh, it can still hurt you Willem. Thanks to this little card I picked up at the shop in the Lobby." Joey corrected as he slid a magic card into his Duel Disk.
"Inferno Fire blast!" Joey called out activating the card.
The Red Eyes Black Dragon reared back its head and charged up its attack, whipping forward it launched a huge ball of purplish energy at Willem. As it streaked towards the Duelist it vanished before impacting on Willems monster card.
"Is that all? How anticlimactic." Willem spat sarcastically just before the huge blast of energy reappeared directly before him. Slamming into the black clad Duelist, searing away a sizable chunk of his life points.
Willem: 5600 Joey : 8000
"Very impressive Mr. Wheeler. That will teach me to underestimate my opponents. Thank you." Willem said, sounding quite sincere as he stood back up and dusted himself off.
"Not done yet Willem. Now I'll activate the magic card Polymerization to fuse the Summoned Skull in my hand with my Red Eyes on the field. Creating..." Joey trailed off as the two monsters began to bleed together and glow. Chaotic energies began arcing off of the misshapen being before him as the magic cards effect worked on them.
Bone began to blacken and flesh appeared upon it. Sinister Red eyes sank back into the Stygian Darkness of the creatures new skin.
"Black Skull Dragon!" Joey finished, his new monster standing proudly before him, towering over both Duelist.
It roared loudly to announce its appearance to the world. A warning to its enemies.
"Most impressive Mr. Wheeler. One turn and already a monster more powerful than a Blue Eyes." Willem praised as he looked over Joeys massive Black Dragon.
"Yeah well that ain't nothing. Wait until you see it attack. MOLTEN FIREBALL!" Joey commanded the massive fiend type monster to launch its attack.
The fiery ball slammed into Willems monster promptly flipping the card up to reveal Willems monster.
"Oh look at that, Needle Worm." Willem feigned shock as his monster vanished.
Joey Wheeler, Discard 5 from deck. The holographic message appeared on the field in bright angry red.
"Man!" Joey complained as he shifted the top five cards from the top of his deck into his graveyard.
As he finished complying with Needle Worms effect Joey ended his turn. Willem Drew his card and smiled yet again.
"I activate my face down card, Pay attention Yugi this card's a blast from the past." Willem spoke, staring into the Audience directly at Yugi.
"Pyramid of Light!" Willems card flipped up to reveal the luminous pyramid.
A single point of light appeared over the field and four beams of light shot down, impacting on the four corners of the Duel Field. Each beam began to move in a counter clockwise direction cutting into the floor of the Colosseum.
"NO! That card was destroyed!" Yugi shouted standing up abruptly as the four beams completed their circuit, cutting a perfect square into the floor of the Colosseum.
"Don't worry Yugi, the version you encountered was destroyed. This is a toned down version, it was designed to work with three other cards, thought the set shouldn't be out of the Industrial Illusions testing center yet." Robert said, trying to calm the spikey haired Duelist.
The Pyramid's walls flashed briefly creating a wall of transparent golden light.
"Now for the real Fun Mr. Wheeler. I pay one thousand life points to special summon my two beasts. Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia!" Willem slid the two cards onto his Duel Disk and smiled darkly as his two massive beasts appeared on the field.
Joey: 8000
Willem: 4600
The two Sphinx appeared on the field in a blast of sand and wind, their huge claws extended and glinting in the midday sun. Their roars deafened the audience.
Andros Sphinx flexed its powerful arms and pointed at Joey then motioned its index finger across its own throat. Sphinx Teleia simply smiled at Joey then opened her mouth fully, revealing rows of razor sharp teeth.
"You've got about two turns Joey. Then this Duel is over." Willem warned, his smile gone.
Willem ended his turn and watched the hesitant look on Joey's face.
As Joey Drew his card he smiled.
"Alright, guess who's back?" Joey asked as he flipped one of his face down cards, Call of the Haunted.
No sooner had the card flipped than Joeys Red Eyes reformed on the field, Joeys two black Dragons roared angrily at Willems combined forces.
"Now to activate my new card, Inferno Fireblast!" Joey shouted as the magic card activated. Once again the Red Eyes Black Dragon reared back its head and charged up its attack, whipping forward it launched a huge ball of purplish energy at Willem. the huge blast of energy Slammed into him, searing away another chunk of his life points.
Joey: 8000
Willem: 2200
"And now my Black Skull Dragon will attack your Andro Sphinx." Joey declared, the huge obsidian beast launched another Molten Fireball towards Willem's side of the field.
"Not so fast there Joey. No doubt you're familiar with my trap card, Magic Cylinder!" Willem was smiling again.
The Black Skull Dragons attack entered one enchanted tube and shot out the other back towards Joey, bypassing his monsters and slamming into the blond Duelist.
Joey: 4800
Willem: 2200
Joey cried out as the huge attack slammed into him, knocking him back several feet. "Man that was painful." Joey commented as he resumed his place on the field. "Guess my Turn's over Willem." Joey said as he wiped away a smudge of dirt from his cheek with his right hand.
"More than just the Turn Joey." Willem smiled as he looked at his new card.
"How could they reproduce those cards!?" Yugi was livid, shouting in Roberts face.
"They were created to provide more depth of play to the game Yugi. They haven't even been released to the public yet they're supposed to be locked away at the Industrial Illusions testing Center." Robert was leaning back slightly trying to get away from the younger Duelists accusatory tone.
"WHY THOSE CARDS!?" Yugi's face was dark red, rage clearly showing in his eyes.
"They're part of the new set, Rage of Anubis. Listen Yugi I know what happened at the Duel Dome but these aren't the same cards. They share the name yes and some of the effects but they're not unbeatable. The only way Willem could have the edge with those cards is if Pyramid of Light is destroyed while both Sphinx monsters are on the field." Robert was starting to feel cornered, his eyes darting around to find an escape route. Though Yugi was a head shorter and at least fifty pounds lighter he was throwing off an aura of extreme power.
"I activate my face down card, Mystical Space Typhoon. It's target, The Pyramid of Light!" Willem declared, a psychotic lilt to his voice.
As the Pyramid dissolved the two Sphinx monsters roared loudly and vanished from the field. Nearly before any time had passed a new beast formed on the field, standing an impressive height over the massive Black Skull Dragon it bore a striking resemblance towards Andro Sphinx though its lower body was that of Sphinx Teleia.
"How do you like this beast Joey? Look familiar?" Willem called out, the look of shock on Joeys face speaking volumes for his memory of the the monster.
"Unfortunately I lose five hundred points when Theinen is special summoned." Willem shrugged and waited as the life point counter dropped.
Joey: 4800
Willem: 1700
"But wait, there's more Joseph. Now I'll pay an additional five hundred points to increase my monsters attack by three thousand points." Willem was grinning like a mad amn as his lifepoints dropped and Theinen's attack skyrocketed.
Theinen The Great Sphinx
6500/3000
Joey: 4800
Willem: 1200
"Now Theinen remove that abomination from the field." Willem commanded and his great Sphinx took flight using the wings on it's back. Streaking across the field the huge beast bore a keen resemblance to a ballistic missile.
Joey's Black Skull Dragon took the beast head on and vanished in a wash of gore.
Joey: 1500
Willem: 1200
"Your turn Joey. That is if you can stand again." Willem spoke to Joeys prone form The younger Duelist lay on his side, breathing heavily.