Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Episode 169 Valon ' s challenge . Joey , who ' d been heading over to the Paradius Inc . building , stumbles upon Tristan and Téa , trying to get away from one of the Orichalcos Soldiers running amok in the city . Just as Joey turns to fight back , the soldier disappears , and they see that the one who dismissed it is Valon . Joey yells out to him , but he turns and rides away on his motorcycle . Joey picks up another motorcycle abandoned by a fleeing citizen and chases after Valon . However , Valon is much more skilled at driving a motorcycle than Joey is , and the difficulties in keeping up cause Joey to get even angrier than before . Tristan tells Téa to go warn the others while he tries to find Joey . Re - organizing . Meanwhile , Yami Yugi and Kaiba reunite with Mokuba , Duke , Rebecca and Prof . Hawkins , having learned about Paradius and Dartz ' s identity as the leader of Doma . Their first news is that Joey has already gone off to Paradius Inc and Honda tried to stop him . The dangers are growing worse , but since Dartz already has the police in his power , Yami Yugi and the others are the only ones who can do anything about it . Tristan runs after Joey , but he can ' t find him . Just then , Mai confronts him and demands to know where Joey is . He shoots back that Valon led him away . She just drives off , irritated that Valon got ahead of her . Clash . Deeper in the city , Valon stops in a vacant lot , away from anyone who might interfere . Joey tries to confront him about Mai , but Valon questions his right to ask , as she isn ' t on Joey ' s side anymore . Even when Joey says he ' ll get her back , Valon claims Joey doesn ' t understand the pain Mai ' s gone through , but he does . Joey denies that , saying Valon ' s never fought alongside them , but privately , Joey recalls that Mai said that she willingly chose to fight him . Valon pushes on anyway , claiming that as long as Joey ' s around , Mai won ' t stop suffering . To prevent further suffering , he ' ll take it on himself to defeat Joey . With that , he prepares to Duel him , and Joey ' s fist clenches for a second before he takes the challenge , knowing that the other is completely determined . Joey starts with a basic offense , but Valon starts his Turn by saying that there ' s nothing but offense in his Deck . He unveils his Armor Deck , summoning five Monsters at once with the same combo he uses in his duel against Rebecca and Duke . These Monsters form a suit of armor that attaches itself to Valon , and he promises to show its full power to his opponent . In his island temple , Dartz remains unconcerned with outcome of the Duel ; no matter who wins , one more soul will be sacrificed to their God . Surrounded . Yami Yugi and the others drive towards Paradius Inc . ' headquarters , although Kaiba doubts they will be allowed to get there easily . Just then , Duke hits the brakes , nearly crashing into an Orichalcos Soldier which has cornered Tristan . Yami Yugi defeats the Soldier , but when Tristan tells the others that Joey is fighting Valon , Duke and Rebecca know that he is in big trouble . But Kaiba notes that now isn ' t the time to worry about him - - the group is surrounded by a horde of Soldiers . Valon ' s Tactics . Back at the Duel , Joey wonders how Valon could attack when all of his Monsters have 0 ATK . Valon answers him by attacking with Big Bang Blow , which has the power to Destroy all other Monsters in play . It also deals Damage to Joey , cutting his Life Points nearly in half , and although Valon would have taken the same Damage , he explains that his Active Guard Negated the Damage to him . All his Monsters are then Destroyed , and he ends his Turn . Joey sees that he has no Cards Set , and when he comments on this , Valon repeats that his Deck has nothing but attack Cards , as opposed to any unnecessary things . He reflects on the fact that he ' s been that way " ever since I was a brat " . When he was younger , he lived at a church but had a history of fighting others , even groups of larger opponents . Even so , he was cared for and kept somewhat in check by a nun at the church . When a group of thugs arrives to kick out the nun now that their boss has bought the church , she tries to stop them for sake of the children that live there . They ignore this and push her away . Valon rushes up to fight them , but she holds his arm back . That night , he comes running up to the church to find it is on fire . He wheels around when he hears the thugs snickering , saying now they won ' t have to bother knocking the church down . Some minutes later , Valon is in an alley , panting heavily and dropping a pipe as he stands over the thugs ' sprawled bodies . He is arrested , and even in prison , he gets into massive fights with other prisoners and guards . The warden calls him from solitary confinement to offer a way to get out of his sentence . If he wins a series of Duels , he ' s free . Without a word , Valon accepts , and he is taken to an island , where he unflinchingly uses the Seal of Orichalcos on other prisoners . When the guards return for him , he has defeated everybody , and Dartz reveals himself to be the one who set up the deal . He accepts Dartz ' s offer of employment in Doma and the chance to fight stronger opponents , although he warns Dartz that he might end up beating him . Back in the present , he explains to Joey that what ' s most important in his life has been gone for a while . He , Rafael and Alister are different from Joey - - they don ' t have to shoulder burdens . He is able to fight for his own goal , which is victory . Joey considers these words , which he might have agreed with in the past , back when he enjoyed fighting . But after all he ' s been through , he knows there ' s more to what he does than just winning , and he says so . He affirms that he won ' t lose to someone like Valon , and Valon invites him to go ahead and try if he really thinks he can beat him . Notes . Due to parallel storylines as well as frequent and extensive flashbacks , this Duel extends over 4 Episodes . Featured Duel : Joey Wheeler VS . Valon - Part 1 . Turn 1 : Joey Joey draws " Alligator ' s Sword " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 1500 / 1200 ) in Attack Position . Turn 2 : Valon Valon draws " Psychic Armor Head " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 0 / 500 ) in Attack Position . He then activate s " Armored Gravitation " to Special Summon " Trap Buster " ( 0 / 0 ) , " Big Bang Blow " ( 0 / 0 ) , " Over Boost " ( 0 / 1000 ) and " Active Guard " ( 0 / 2500 ) from his Deck in Attack Position . " Big Bang Blow " then attacks " Alligator ' s Sword " . Due to the effect of " Active Guard " , Valon takes no damage this turn . " Alligator ' s Sword " destroys " Big Bang Blow " . Since " Big Bang Blow " was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard while Valon controlled at least two Armor Monsters , its effect activates , inflicting damage to all players equal to the total combined ATK of their respective monsters ( Joey 4000 → 2500 ) . After that happens , the effect of " Big Bang Blow " destroys all monsters on the field . " Duel continues next episode . " Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .