"Divine Serpent Geh attacks! Direct attack!!!"
The Snake God opened its mouth, spewing out a chaotic vortex. It was like a dark river, surging toward Kira's field with overwhelming force.
"He's attacking even though he knows Kira's formation?" Mokuba was shocked.
"Because of 'Battle Mania's' effect, he has no choice but to attack," Jaden replied, as optimistic as ever. "That means Kira wins!"
Cards from Kira's graveyard exited accordingly, and a fluffy little creature jumped onto the field with a series of "Kuriboh, Kuriboh" cries.
"Clear Kuriboh's effect!" said Kira. "When the opponent declares a direct attack, I banish Clear Kuriboh from the graveyard to draw a card from the deck.
If it's a monster, I special summon it!"
"Hahaha, of course you'll use that effect! The top card of your deck is the Winged Dragon of Ra, which was just returned to the top by the effect of 'Cyber Valley'. If you draw Ra now, the moment the Immortal Phoenix descends, I lose!"
The Arbiter paused, then raised his voice:
"But... will it really be that easy?"
"What?"
The onlookers were all startled.
In this situation, facing this game-ending combo, what else could he do?
"Activate Trap!" the Arbiter shouted, "Trap Card 'Simultaneous Loss'!
Both players must send the top card of their decks to the graveyard!"
"NANNIII!!?"
The entire audience was stunned.
Right at the final moment when Kira's finishing combo was about to succeed, a last-ditch trap unexpectedly appeared!
"Damn, a chain trap resolves before 'Clear Kuriboh'," Zane said. "That means, when Kuriboh resolves..."
"The Winged Dragon of Ra that was originally on top of the deck is already in the graveyard," Jaden frowned.
Kira's finishing Kuriboh–Ra combo was broken.
The top cards from both decks popped out and fell into the graveyard. As Kira's card went to the graveyard, everyone seemed to hear a divine roar in midair, as if Ra lamented and was unwilling to see the combo fail.
"Now, it's time to resolve Clear Kuriboh's effect," the Arbiter announced. "Draw your card."
The Snake God's attack was imminent, infinite attack pressure crashing down like a tidal wave. Kira, under that divine force, stood protected within a golden shield from the artifact on his chest, resisting the evil god's overwhelming aura.
Kira drew a card.
"...I drew, Winged Kuriboh!"
With a wave, a tiny Kuriboh with pure white wings jumped onto the field.
"Kuriboh!"
[Winged Kuriboh, DEF 200]
The evil god's strike swept over Winged Kuriboh like a flood. In the face of infinite attack, its mere 200 defense was negligible, but as the dark impact washed over, Winged Kuriboh's body vanished, yet left behind a transparent barrier that protected Kira from all damage.
Even after it disappeared, the barrier remained steadfast on the field.
"During the turn Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, all battle damage I take becomes zero," Kira said.
"Heh, so you managed to cling on with a trash monster," the Arbiter sneered. "But how long can you stall with tricks like that?"

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