Heartand Academia Barian War Arc Episode 10

"**Decisive Battle! The Hero's Trumphant Return!**" is the 10th episode of the arc.

Yuya and the rest finally confront Akaba Leo but Leo reveals his plan…Revival Zero as well as Zarc’s story. As Leo tempting Reiji to join to defeat Yuya…Yuma challenges him to a duel along with Yuya to stop his plans but Leo pushes them to a corner only for things to seem hopeless when suddenly……..

## Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo and Yuya Sakaki vs. Leo Akaba

**Turn 1: Yuma**

Yuma draws. Yuma Normal Summons "Ganbara Knight" (0/1900). Yuma Sets a card.

**Turn 2: Yuya**

Yuya draws. Yuya activates "Performapal Lebellman" ([1] 1) and "Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn" ([2] 8) in his Pendulum Zones. Yuya Pendulum Summons "Performapal Drummerilla" (1600/900) and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (2500/2000) from his hand in Attack Position.

**Turn 3: Leo**

Leo draws. Leo activates two copies of "Spirit Reactor" ([3] 1) in his Pendulum Zones. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of his left "Reactor", letting him change its Pendulum Scale to that of another Pendulum Monster on the field. He targets "Timegazer" ("Reactor": [4] 1 → 8). Leo Pendulum Summons "Spirit Tech Force - Pendulum Governor" (2800/2500) and "Spirit Gem - Salamander Core" (0/0) from his hand in Attack Position. Leo activates the effect of "Pendulum Governor", letting him Tribute a "Spirit Gem" monster that was Pendulum Summoned from the hand this turn that has not activated its effect to allow "Pendulum Governor" to use that card's effect up to twice this turn. He Tributes "Salamander Core". He activates the effect now, letting him destroy a monster on the field and inflict damage 800 to its controller. He destroys "Odd-Eyes" and "Drummerilla" (Yuya: 4000 → 3200 → 2400 LP). The effect of "Pendulum Governor" prevents any monsters besides Pendulum Monsters from targeting it for attacks. As Leo has cards in both of his Pendulum Zones, its effect also prevents monsters his opponent controls with Levels between those Pendulum Scales" from attacking "Pendulum Governor". Leo Sets a card.

**Turn 4: Yuma**

Yuma draws. He then Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000) in Attack Position. Yuma overlays "Ganbara Knight" and "Gagaga Magician" to Xyz Summon "Number 39: Utopia" ([5]4/2500/2000, ORU: 2) in Attack Position. Yuma Sets two cards.

**Turn 5: Yuya**

Yuya draws. Yuya Pendulum Summons "Drummerilla" (1600/900) and "Odd-Eyes" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. Yuya then activates Yuma's face-down "Cross Attack" to target "Utopia" and "Odd-Eyes" (as they have the same ATK) in order to let "Odd-Eyes" attack directly but forbid "Utopia" from attacking. "Odd-Eyes" attacks Leo directly. Yuya then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Odd-Eyes Unicorn" to increase the ATK of "Odd-Eyes" by the ATK of "Drummerilla" ("Odd-Eyes": 2500 → 4100/2000). negating the attack since a Pendulum Monster is attacking and then taking control of the attacking monster, preventing it from being destroyed by card effects. The second effect of "Dis-Swing Fusion" allows Leo to ignore one of the Fusion Materials of a Fusion Monster and use monsters in his hand or on his field as the remaining Fusion Materials to Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster. Leo fuses "Pendulum Governor" to Fusion Summon "Master Spirit Tech Force - Pendulum Ruler" (3500/3000).

**Turn 6: Leo**

Leo draws. Leo Pendulum Summons "Salamander Core" (0/0) and "Pendulum Governor" (2800/2500) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position. As "Salamander Core" was Pendulum Summoned from the Extra Deck, Leo can activate its effect to return it to the hand, and he does so. "Pendulum Ruler" attacks and destroys "Drummerilla", but Yuya activates the effect of the "Performapal Inflater Tapir" in his hand, sending it to the Graveyard to reduce the battle damage to 0. "Pendulum Governor" attacks "Utopia", but Yuya activates Yuma's face-down "Half Unbreak" to prevent his monster from being destroyed by battle this turn and halve all Battle Damage he takes this turn (Yuya: 2400 → 2250 LP).

**Turn 7: Yuma**

Yuma draws. Yuma activates his face-down "Number Spell Caster" to Tribute "Utopia" (a "Number" monster) and activate "Swords of Burning Light" (a Continuous Spell Card) from his Deck. Due to the effect of "Swords of Burning Light", Number 96 can't attack while Yuma controls no monsters. Yuma Sets one card. Yuma activates "Card of Spell Containment" to draw two cards at the expense of being unable to activate other Spell Cards or set cards for the remainder of the turn.

**Turn 8: Yuya**

Yuya draws. Yuya Sets two cards.

**Turn 9: Leo**

Leo draws. Leo Pendulum Summons "Spirit Gem - Sylpheed Core" (0/0) from his hand in Attack Position. Leo activates the effect of "Pendulum Ruler", letting him Tribute a "Spirit Gem" monster that was Pendulum Summoned from the hand this turn that has not activated its effect to allow "Pendulum Ruler" to use that card's effect up to twice this turn and double any effect damage inflicted by this effect. He Tributes "Silpheed Core". He activates the effect now, letting him destroy a Spell/Trap Card on the field and inflict damage 800 to its controller. He destroys "Swords of Burning Light" (Yuma: 2250 → 650 LP). Leo activates the effect again and he destroys "Odd-Eyes Unicorn", but Yuya activates Yuma's face-down "Desperate Guard" to reduce the damage Ray takes to 0 by paying half his Life Points (Yuma: 650 → 325 LP). "Odd-Eyes" attacks Yuya directly, but Yuya activates his face-down "Performapal Pinch Helper", negating the attack and Special Summoning a "Performapal" monster with 800 or less ATK from his Deck, but its effects are negated. Yuya Special Summons "Performapal Kaleidoscorp" (100/2300) in Defense Position. "Pendulum Governor" attacks and destroys "Kaleidoscorp". "Pendulum Ruler" attacks directly, but Yuya activates his face-down "Performapal Call", negating the attack and letting him add two "Performapal" monsters from his Deck to his hand whose combined DEF are equal to the ATK of the attacking monster, though he may not Summon monsters from his Extra Deck during the turn he Summons the monsters he adds "Performapal Trampolynx" and "Performapal Seal Eel".

**Turn 10: Yuma**

Yuma draws "Comeback" and subsequently activates it to target "Odd-Eyes" and take control of it as it was a monster he owned. Yuma Sets two cards.

**Turn 11: Yuya**

Yuya draws. Yuya activates "Seal Eel" ([6] 3) in his left Pendulum Zone. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Seal Eel", allowing him to negate the effects of a monster on the field until the end of the turn. He negates the effects of "Pendulum Ruler". Yuya activates "Pendulum Card Burst", destroying two Pendulum Monsters he controls to draw two cards. Yuya activates "Timegazer Magician" ([7] 8) in his Right Pendulum Zone. Yuya Pendulum Summons "Performapal Splashmammoth" (1900/2300) and "Odd-Eyes" (2500/2000) in Attack Position and "Drummerilla" (1600/900) in Defense Position. He then activates the effect of "Splashmammoth", which allows him to fuse it and other Fusion Material monsters in his hand and on his field to Fusion Summon a monster, but "Splashmammoth" will be banished instead of sent to the Graveyard. Yuya fuses "Odd-Eyes" with "Splashmammoth" to Fusion Summon "Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (3000/2000) in Attack Position. "Beast-Eyes" attacks "Pendulum Ruler". The effect of "Drummerilla" activates ("Beast-Eyes": 3000 → 3600/2000). Due to the effect of "Spirit Reactor", as there is an EARTH, WATER, WIND or FIRE monster on the field, each monster Leo controls cannot be destroyed once per turn (Leo: 4000 → 3900 LP). Yuya Sets a card.

**Turn 12: Leo**

Leo draws. Leo Pendulum Summons "Salamander Core" (0/0) from his hand in Attack Position. Leo activates the effect of "Pendulum Ruler", letting him Tribute a "Spirit Gem" monster that was Pendulum Summoned from the hand this turn that has not activated its effect to allow "Pendulum Ruler" to use that card's effect up to twice this turn and double any effect damage inflicted by this effect. He Tributes "Salamander Core". He activates its effect now to target "Beast-Eyes", but Yuma activates activates his face-down "Courageous Heart" to pay half his Life Points (Yuma: 325 → 163 LP) and negate the activation and effect of "Pendulum Ruler". "Pendulum Governor" attacks and destroys "Drummerilla". "Pendulum Ruler" attacks "Beast-Eyes", but Yuya activates the second effect of "Pinch Helper" to send itself to the Graveyard and halve the Battle Damage. Yuma activates his face-down "Reverse Glasses" to halve the ATK of all face-up monsters on the field ("Beast-Eyes": 3000 → 1500/2000; "Pendulum Ruler": 3500 → 1750/3000; "Pendulum Governor": 2800 → 1400/2500). The attack continues and "Beast-Eyes" is destroyed (Yuya: 163 → 38 LP).

**Turn 13: Yuma**

At this point, Astral is revived thanks to the Number cards. Yuma and Astral, at this point, perform a ZEXAL Morph with themselves. Yuma then performs a Shining Draw. He then activates "Xyz Revival" to revive "Utopia" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. Yuma then overlays "Utopia" with itself via Chaos Xyz Evolution in order to Xyz Summon "Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray" (2500/2000, ORU: 1) in Attack Position. Since Yuma controls only one monster and no other cards in his Spell & Trap Card Zones, he activates his face-down "Wings of Misdirection", which allows him to increase the ATK of a monster he controls by 800, and negate the effects of all cards Declan controls until the End Phase. He targets "Utopia Ray" for its effect ("Utopia Ray": 2500 → 3300/2000). Astral activates the effect of "Utopia Ray", detaching "Utopia" ("Utopia Ray": 1 → 0 ORU) in order to increase its ATK by 500 ("Utopia Ray": 3300 → 3800 ATK) and decrease the ATK of "Pendulum Ruler" by 1000 ("Pendulum Ruler": 3500 → 2500/3000). Yuma Normal Summons "ZW - Asura Strike" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. Yuma then activates the first effect of "Asura Strike" to equip it to "Utopia Ray", increasing its ATK by 1000 ("Utopia Ray": 3800 → 4800 ATK) and allowing it to attack all monsters Number 96 controls once each. "Utopia Ray" attacks and destroys both "Pendulum Governor" and "Pendulum Ruler" (Leo: 3900 → 1900 → 0 LP).