The battle between Yusei and the mysterious Skeleton Knight is continued. The Skeleton Knight has 2300 LP and Hellfire Sleeping Princess - Ghost Sleeper on his field. On the other side, Yusei has 3200 LP and Mighty Warrior on the field. Yusei swears that he will win this riding duel, so he hopes Sect will be waiting for him.

The Skeleton Knight thanks Yusei for the pain he gave him. In exchange, he is going to show him a part of his power. The Skeleton Knight activates [Plant-Fusion ~ Yuugou: Fuse Zombie monsters on your side of the field with Zombie monsters in your deck or Cemetery] to fuse Hellfire Sleeping Princess - Ghost Sleeper on the field with Hellfire Winged Dragon - Ghost Wyvern in his deck. The 2 souls call the master of the underworld. [Dragonecro, Dragon of the Underworld ~ Meikairyuu Dragonecro - 8/3000/0: This card cannot destroy an opponent's monster by battle. Reduce the attack power of the monster it battles to 0 and Special Summon a "Dark Soul Token" with the same original ATK/DEF of that monster to your field. This token cannot destroy an opponent's monster by battle] is fusion summoned to the field in attack position.

Yusei is very stunned by seeing Dragonecro, Dragon of the Underworld breaking the dark sky and appearing with big roar to the field. The Skeleton Knight moves to battle phase and declares the attack of Dragonecro, Dragon of the Underworld to smash Mighty Warrior. Dragonecro, Dragon of the Underworld bites Mighty Warrior and takes its soul out. This strike reduces Yusei's LP to 2400 (3200+2200-3000). Yusei screams while losing balance on his D-Wheel and swinging around.

The Skeleton Knight activates the monster effect of Dragonecro, Dragon of the Underworld. Dragonecro, Dragon of the Underworld can take the soul of the monster it battles. The monster will fall in darkness and become the Skeleton Knight's ally. Thus, Mighty Warrior's soul turns dark and appears on the Skeleton Knight's field with full 2200 ATK. In addition, Mighty Warrior losing its soul on Yusei's field has its ATK drop to 0.

The Skeleton Knight tells Yusei to taste his greatest dark feel, declaring the attack of Mighty Warrior Dark Soul, "Mighty Dark Knuckle!," toward Mighty Warrior on Yusei's field. Because Mighty Warrior has 0 ATK, Yusei receives full damage. His LP quickly drops to 200 (2400-2200). Yusei is chocking in blood, and his consciousness begins to fade away. He is losing control over his D-Wheel and is about to hit the nearby flaming walls.

Yusei doubts whether he will be finished off here by such a monster and horrible feel. Meanwhile, Sect laying on the top of the altar is trying to hold himself up and saying Yusei's name. Yusei pauses as he seems to hear Sect calling for him. Sect doubts whether Yusei as his rival is going to be defeated here. He cries and says that he is the only duelist who will defeat Big Brother Yusei Fudo. Sect then calls Yusei out loud, bringing Yusei back to his normal sense.

Yusei quickly takes control his D-Wheel and gets away from the flaming walls. The Skeleton Knight is surprised by that Yusei's consciousness has been back. Yusei resumes the duel by opening his face-down trap card [Shock Draw - Normal Trap: Draw 1 card for each 1000 damage point you receive during the turn this card is activated]. It allows him to draw a card for each 1000 damage he received in this turn.

Yusei has just received 3000 (3200-200) damage points from the 2 strikes in his turn, so he can draw 3 cards. Yusei realizes that the riding duel hasn't ended yet. It doesn't matter what kind of true monster his opponent is. There is no way Yusei will be defeated. No matter what, he will win and take back Sect. Sect watching over from the altar smiles after seeing that Yusei is back on game.

The Skeleton Knight sees that Yusei still wants to taste Dark Feel and demands terror and pain. Setting up a face-down card, he ends his turn.

5th Turn - Yusei

Yusei calls for his turn, closes his eyes, and prepares to draw a card. He thinks of Sect and hopes that Sect is going to lend him power. Meanwhile, Sect is putting his hand onto his left arm, closing his eyes, and preparing to draw along with Yusei. Both open their eyes at the same time and draw a card. Yusei looks at the card and summons a tuner monster [Righty Driver - 1/100/300: You can Special Summon a "Lefty Driver" in your Cemetery] to the field. The Skeleton Knight is stunned by seeing Yusei play a tuner monster. He is able to expect what's coming.

The soul of Mighty Warrior will be connected into a new warrior. Yusei tunes Righty Driver into Mighty Warrior, synchro summoning [Lightning Warrior - 7/2400/1200: When this card destroys your opponent's monster, inflict 400 damage for each card on your hand to your opponent] to the field in attack position.

Tuner Monster   Non-Tuner Monster   Synchro Monster Righty Driver + Mighty Warrior = Lightning Warrior

The Skeleton Knight looks surprised by seeing a new synchro monster. Yusei holds his grip tight and speeds up. He tells Lightning Warrior to crush down the fake soul turned dark, declaring its attack, "Lightning Punisher!," to destroy Mighty Warrior Dark Soul. This strike reduces the Skeleton Knight's LP to 2100 (2300+2200-2400).

Yusei calls that his battle hasn't done yet. According to the monster effect of Lightning Warrior, when it destroys an opponent's monster, 400 damage for each card on his hand will be inflicted to the opponent. Yusei now has 4 cards on hand, so 1600 (400*4) damage points are inflicted to the Skeleton Knight. "Lightning Ray!" hits the back of the Skeleton Knight, reducing his LP to 500 (2100-1600).

Both Skeleton Knight and Yusei are now even up, riding on the same speed. Setting 2 face-down cards, Yusei ends his turn. The Skeleton Knight chuckles and tells Yusei that it's very interesting that Yusei could drive him this much.

5th Turn - The Skeleton Knight

The Skeleton Knight calls for his turn and jumps to ride at an upper level. Yusei sees that the Skeleton Knight's speed has been increasing. He wonders whether the Skeleton Knight intends to increase the feel. If so, Yusei doesn't plan to have him get ahead and speeds up.

The Skeleton Knight orders Dragonecro, Dragon of the Underworld to steal a soul of the new servant, declaring its attack toward Lightning Warrior. He hopes that this strike should finish Yusei off. Sect calls Big Brother Yusei loudly. Yusei has been driven to the wall facing this strike.

To be continued...