Chapter 18: Hope Sword Slash

Looking at the three-headed giant snake whistling towards him, You Hao said calmly:

"Yao, if you are still awake, watch carefully. Hope is not something that can be destroyed so easily."

"At this moment, the effect of the Rainbow Chestnut Ball in the Graveyard is activated! If this card exists in the Graveyard, when the opponent's monster declares a direct attack, this card is Special Summoned. This effect excludes this card when it leaves the field."

"Kurili!" On You Hao's field, a small purple ball with rainbow-colored hair on its head jumped out and blocked You Hao.

Rainbow Chestnut Ball DEF: 100

"This card..." Ophion gritted his teeth and looked at the cute creature standing in front of the Ouroboros, "Is it the card in your hand that was sent to the graveyard just now by the effect of Ouroboros?"

"Then, I'll let you survive this turn with this small fish." After the demonic Ouroboros destroyed the Rainbow Chestnut Ball, Ophion said coldly, "Your hope has been used up. Now you have 0 cards on the field and 0 cards in your hand. You won't have a second chance. I'll end the turn like this."

"Yes, there is nothing in my hand and on the field. All I can rely on is the next card draw." You Hao laughed freely.

"But I didn't give up hope. How could hope give up on me?"

"My turn! Draw a card!" You Hao drew what might be the last card in this duel.

"Sure enough, the light of hope is still shining." You Hao smiled as he looked at the drawn card.

"Attack Position Summon, Rumble Golem!"

The rocks on the ground in front of You Hao snapped together and formed a giant to block You Hao.

Rumble Golem ATK: 1800

"Is this what you hoped for? This monster is vulnerable to Ouroboros!" Ophion sneered.

"Don't be so anxious, the effect of Rumble Gloves of Rage Dwarf in the Graveyard is activated!"

"This card exists in the Graveyard. If you have a "Rumble" or "Rage" monster other than this card on your field, this card is Special Summoned."

"Stack the Level 4 Rumble Golem and Rage Dwarf Rumble Gloves!"

You Hao pointed his right hand to the sky and summoned a brilliant galaxy. The red number 39 flashed brightly on the back of his right hand.

"Warrior of Hope! Here we come!"

"XYZ Summon! NO.39·Hope Emperor·Hope·Double!"

In the brilliant galaxy, the golden warrior of Hope descended on the field with the light that could dispel all evil.

NO.39·Hope Emperor·Hope·Double DEF: 2500

"What is this! Ah!!!" The moment the light brought by Hope touched the black mist surrounding Sugihara Yo's body, the black mist melted as if it had encountered the most deadly poison, and Ophion, who controlled Sugihara Yo's body, could not help but scream.

"Activate the effect of Hope Emperor·Hope·Double!"

"Once per turn, remove 1 stacked light material from this card, add 1 "Double Chance" from the deck to your hand, then stack 1 "Hope Emperor·Hope" XYZ monster other than "No.39·Hope Emperor·Hope·Double" on this card on your field as an XYZ Summon from the Extra Deck. The attack power of the monster special summoned by this effect is doubled, and it cannot attack directly."

The wings behind Hope·Double flashed, and a golden ball poured into Youhao's deck. After a moment, Youhao pulled out the card that popped out after the duel disk was automatically searched:

"XYZ Transformation! Show up! No.39! Hope Emperor·Hope!"

Hope in front of Youhao grabbed the second Moon Goddess Blade falling from the air and switched to an offensive posture. The light radiating from his body was even brighter at this moment.

NO.39·Hope King·Hope ATK: 2500→5000

"Let's fight! Hope King·Hope attacks the Demonic Ouroboros·Ouroboros!"

"With only 5000 attack power, you can't defeat me!" Although Ophion was struggling under the light of Hope, he still gritted his teeth and said.

"The effect of Hope King·Hope is activated!"

"When your or your opponent's monster declares an attack, remove 1 stacked light material from this card, and that attack is invalid."

"At this moment! Quick Attack Magic! Double the chance!"

"When a monster's attack is invalid, target that monster, and during this battle phase, that monster can only attack once again. This effect doubles the attack power of that monster during the damage step of its attack."

"What!" Ophion was terrified, and the black fog lingering around Sugihara Yo's body quickly retreated. He wanted to run away.

"Go! Hope! Hope Sword Slash!" You Hao roared!

The Moon Goddess Blade in Hope's hands now shone with great light, and with a flap of his wings, he chopped at the three-headed giant snake.

NO.39·Hope Emperor·Hope ATK: 5000→10000

The blade fell, and the three-headed giant snake disintegrated layer by layer, and Ophion behind him was nowhere to hide. The evil black fog in Sugihara Yo's body was instantly purified by Hope's light.

Sugihara Yo LP: 4000→0

[Side quest completed, rewards issued]

[Side quest completion 100%, additional reward UR treasure box]

As the sun set, Hope's figure slowly disappeared, and Sugihara Yo, who lost his support, stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Boss!"

"Yao!"

You Hao and the second in command, Garros, hurried to support the shaky Sugihara Yao.

At this moment, the rune in Sugihara Yao's left eye had disappeared. Although he was barely breathing, his eyes no longer had the madness of destruction.

"You Hao... I'm sorry, I almost dragged you into this." Sugihara Yao said weakly.

"I saw the hope you mentioned." Sugihara Yao looked at the night sky, with the stars reflected in his eyes, and slowly spoke.

"The future of this dimension... I'll leave it to you."

"Don't make it like I'm entrusting an orphan to someone else. That thing is gone, and you can't die." You Hao said, taking out Hope from the card bag on his waist and putting it on Sugihara Yao's body.

Hope's card slowly released a layer of golden light, maintaining Sugihara Yao's constantly losing vitality.

"Is this... the light of hope?" Sugihara Yao forced a smile with difficulty, and then fainted.

"Hurry back and take him to see a doctor. His previous inhuman recovery ability probably came from something in his body. Now that thing is gone, it may be too late if we don't hurry up." You Hao looked at the second in command and said.

"Okay." The second in command nodded and hurried to start the car.

The two drove the dying Sugihara Yao to the camp, not daring to delay for a moment. On the way, they met the panting army of duelists from the Cangsu District. The second in command just stuck his head out and shouted a few times to let them go home.

Under the desperate accelerator of the second in command, the car that You Hao had saved from the edge of scrapping finally ended its mission in front of the military hospital in the Cangsu District. Without caring about the car, the two hurriedly sent Sugihara Yao in and plugged in the life support device.

Outside the emergency room of the hospital, You Hao finally had time to take a look at the rewards issued by the system.

The three cards of the task reward were already in the system backpack, and the UR treasure box that You Hao cared about was also lying quietly in the backpack.

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