Heartand Academia Barian War Arc Episode 23

"**Alit and Girag’s Fiery Fist of Awakening The Day the Devil was Born**" is the 23rd episode of the series.

Yuya arrives to an unknown place and finds Yuzu to arrive as well…but suddenly Alito and Gilag arrive to duel Yuya….Yuya refusing to duel and hurt more people….is forced to duel after Yuzu is held captive….Meanwhile, Yuri duels Durbe and Merag in order for Vector to take their powers….

## Featured Duel: Yuya Sakaki vs. Alito and Girag

**Turn 1: Yuya**

Yuya draws. He then activates "Stargazer Magician" ([1] 1) and "Timegazer Magician" ([2] 8) in his Pendulum Zones. He then Pendulum Summons "Performapal Coin Dragon" (1700/1000) and "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" (2500/2000) from his hand in Attack Position. The effect of "Coin Dragon" increases the ATK of all Dragon-Type monsters by 500 and prevents them from being destroyed by card effects ("Odd-Eyes": 2500 → 3000 ATK; "Coin Dragon": 1700 → 2200 ATK).

**Turn 2: Alito**

Alito draws. He then activates "Rank-Up-Magic - The Seventh One" to Special Summon "Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus" (an "Over-Hundred Number") ([3]4/2500/1600) in Attack Position with its effects negated. Subsequently, Alito uses "Rank-Up-Magic - The Seventh One" to Rank-Up "Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus" via Chaos Xyz Evolution in order to Xyz Summon "Chaos Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus" ([4]5/2800/2000, ORU: 1) in Attack Position. Alito activates the third effect of "Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus" to detach a Chaos Overlay Unit ("Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus": 1 → 0 ORU), destroy "Odd-Eyes" and inflict damage to Yuya equal to its ATK, but "Odd-Eyes" isn't destroyed due to the effect of "Coin Dragon". "Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus" attacks and destroys "Coin Dragon", but Yuya finds and activates the Action Card "Damage Vanish" to reduce the Battle Damage to 0. Alito Sets a card.

**Turn 3: Girag**

Girag draws. He then activates "Rank-Up-Magic - The Seventh One" to Special Summon "Number 106: Giant Hand" (an "Over-Hundred Number") ([5]4/2000/2000) in Attack Position with its effects negated. Subsequently, Girag "Rank-Up-Magic - The Seventh One" to Rank-Up "Giant Hand" via Chaos Xyz Evolution in order to Xyz Summon "Chaos Number 106: Giant Red Hand" (2600/2000) in Attack Position. "Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus" attacks and destroys "Odd-Eyes" (Yuya: 4000 → 3400). "Giant Red Hand" attacks directly, but Yuya finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion" to negate the attack. Girag Sets a card.

**Turn 4: Yuya**

Yuya draws. Girag activates his face-down "Damaging Hand" (as Yuya controls no monsters) to inflict 300 damage to Yuya for every card in his hand. Yuya has three, but Yuya finds and activates the Action Card "Acceleration" to reduce the effect damage to 0. Yuya Pendulum Summons "Odd-Eyes" (2500/2000) from his Extra Deck and "Performapal U Go Golem" (1600/1000) from his hand in Attack Position. As it was Pendulum Summoned this turn, Yuya activates the effect of "U Go Golem", letting him Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from his Extra Deck to using monsters he controls as the Fusion Materials, including "U Go Golem". He fuses "Odd-Eyes" with "U Go Golem" to Fusion Summon "Performapal Gatlinghoul" (2900/900) in Attack Position. As it was Fusion Summoned, its effect activates, inflicting 200 damage to Girag for every card on the field, but Alito activates his face-down "Overlay Block" to detach an Overlay Unit from "Giant Red Hand" and negate the effects of "Gatlinghoul". Yuya finds and activates the Action Card "Double Attack (Action Card)", doubling the ATK of "Gatlinghoul" (2900 → 5800 ATK). "Gatlinghoul" attacks "Giant Red Hand" (Girag 4000 → 800), but "Giant Red Hand" isn't destroyed as "Gatlinghoul" isn't a "Number" monster.

**Turn 5: Alito**

Alito draws. He then Normal Summons "Battlin' Boxer Headgeared" ([6]4/1000/1800) in Attack Position. As he controls a "Battlin' Boxer" monster, Alito Special Summons "Battlin' Boxer Sparrer" ([7]4/1200/1400) via its own effect in Attack Position. He then overlays "Battlin' Boxer Headgeared" and "Battlin' Boxer Sparrer" in order to Xyz Summon "Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk" (0/1200) in Attack Position. He then activates "Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force" to Rank-Up "Rhapsody in Berserk" via Chaos Xyz Evolution in order to Xyz Summon "Chaos Number 80: Requiem in Berserk" (0/2000) in Attack Position. Alito then activates the second effect of "Requiem in Berserk" to detach an Overlay Unit ("Requiem in Berserk": 3 → 2 ORU) and banish all cards in Yuya's Monster Card Zone or Spell & Trap Card Zone. Alito chooses to banish Yuya's monsters. Alito Sets two cards.

**Turn 6: Girag**

Girag draws. Girag Normal Summons "Fire Hand" ([8]4/1600/1000) in Attack Position. As he controls a Pyro-Type monster, Girag Special Summons "Prominence Hand" ([9]4/600/2000) in Attack Position via its own effect. Girag overlays "Fire Hand" and Prominence Hand" in order to Xyz Summon "Number 58: Burner Visor" (1000/1000) in Attack Position. Girag activates the second effect of "Burner Visor" to detach both its Overlay Units ("Burner Visor": 2 → 0 ORU) and equip itself to "Giant Red Hand". He then activates the second effect of "Requiem in Berserk" to detach an Overlay Unit ("Requiem in Berserk": 3 → 2 ORU) and banish all cards in Yuya's Monster Card Zone or Spell & Trap Card Zone. Alito chooses to banish Yuya's Spell and Trap Cards. He then activates the third effect of "Requiem in Berserk", equipping it to "Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus" and increasing its ATK by 2000 ("Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus": 2800 → 4800 ATK). In addition, "Requiem in Berserk" will negate the effects of any monster "Battlin' Boxer Comet Cestus" battles. "Comet Cestus" attacks directly, but Yuya finds and activates the Action Card "Evasion" to negate the attack. "Giant Red Hand" attacks directly (Yuya 3700 → 1100). Girag then activates the final effect of "Burner Visor" to discard "Ice Hand" and inflict 500 damage to Yuya (Yuya 1100 → 600). He then activates its effect again (Yuya 600 → 100). He then activates the effect one last time, but Yuya finds and activates the Action Card "Acceleration" to reduce the effect damage to 0.

**Turn 7: Yuya**

Yuya draws. He then activates "Performapal Monkeyboard" ([10] 1) in his Left Pendulum Zone. He then activates the Pendulum Effect of "Monkeyboard", which allows him to add a Level 4 or lower "Performapal" monster from his Deck to his hand. He adds "Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn". He then activates "Odd-Eyes Unicorn" ([11] 8) in his Right Pendulum Zone. He then Pendulum Summons "Performapal Drop Gallop" (800/1200) from his hand and "Odd-Eyes" (2500 → 3000/2000), "U Go Golem" (1600/1000) and "Coin Dragon" (1700/1000) from his Extra Deck in Attack Position.

As "Drop Gallop" was Pendulum Summoned, Yuya activates its effect, which lets him draw cards equal to the number of "Performapal" monsters Pendulum Summoned at the same time, in this case, three. Yuya activates the other effect of "Drop Gallop" as he controls a Level 5 or higher monster, which lets him change its Level from 1 to 4. Yuya changes the Level of "Dropgallop" to 4. He overlays the Level 4 "U Go Golem" and "Drop Gallop" to Xyz Summon "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon" (2500 → 3000/2000) in Attack Position.

Yuya activates "The Phantom Knights' Possession", letting him treat an Xyz Monster he controls as having a Level equal to the Level of a monster on the field. He treats "Dark Rebellion" as having the same Level as "Odd-Eyes". Yuya overlays his two Level 7 Dragon-Type monsters to Xyz Summon "Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon" (3000 → 3500/2500) in Attack Position. Yuya activates the effect of "Raging Dragon", which is gained by Xyz Summoning it using Xyz Monster as an Xyz Material by detaching all of its Overlay Units to negate the effects of as many face-up Spell/Trap Cards as possible and then destroying all other cards on the field, with "Raging Dragon" gaining 200 ATK for each destroyed card. Seven cards were destroyed ("Raging Dragon": 3500 → 4900/2500). "Raging Dragon" attacks directly (Alito and Girag 800 → 0).