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'Now that's a way of ranking up without using a Rank-Up-Magic card.' Kite didn't see it coming. 

'You go, Neith!' encourage Celeste her sister. 

Astral is astonished. 'A rank as a level and ranking up? She played us from the start.' 

Yuma sees the difference and nods. 'You are quite resourceful, I'll give you that. Why not have fun? You are creative enough to find another way to rank up your monster without using a Rank-Up-Magic card.'

'We were always taught to find different ways. To be prepared for anything. Even worst-case scenarios,' explains Neith yet not exposing too much of her past. 'I use Raptor's Intercept Form to switch Raidraptor Revolution Falcon attack and defense points.' Now her Revolution Falcon counts three thousand attack points. 'Go, Revolution Falcon, attack Utopia!' 

The blast comes quick and throws Yuma away. Destroying Utopia in the process. 

Astral reacts for him. 'Activate Damage Diet! It halves the damage we take.' 

'Au, that hurts.' Yuma sighs. 'Thanks, Astral.' Only to see that his side of the field is empty. 'You destroyed Utopia?' 

'Without overlay units, Utopia is a normal monster and can be destroyed,' knows Neith. 'I end my turn with two cards face down.'

Blowing some air out, Yuma stands on his feet yet again. 'We need the right card, Astral. Let's do this together.' He looks at his partner. 

'We must,' Astral nods. 'We can't afford to lose this duel. Let's do this, partner.' 

'Let's high five the sky!' 

Neith can see that both Yuma and Astral light up themselves. Astral in blue light and Yuma in red light. 

'Go, Zexal morph.' Coming back as something else, Yuma points at Neith. 'This is the end, Neith. Go, shining draw!' The card lights up as it is being drawn. 'First, I activate Monster Reborn, guess who's coming back.' 

'Is he seriously doing this?' Bronk can't believe it, yet he's happy to see those two together. 'We all know that he relies on Utopia.' 

'Indeed, Bronk,' agrees Tori. 'Nonetheless, end this duel, Yuma, I know you can do this!' 

It's no surprise that Yuma calls out Utopia. Not even for Neith. 'Is this suppose to impress me?' 

'Impressed or not, I hoped at least for a smile,' continues Yuma. 'Now I activate Rank-Up-Magic Numeral Force. This card ranks up Utopia into a Chaos Xyz monster. I build the overlay network with Utopia. Go, Chaos Xyz evolution!' A red bright light shows. 'Appear, Chaos Number 39 Utopia Ray Victory!' Utopia changes and comes back in the field. 'Utopia Ray Victory attack Revolution Falcon, by using one overlay unit, he gains your attack points. Victory charge!' 

'Unlikely, Yuma, haven't you learned anything in this duel. I activate my spell Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force...'  

Yuma shakes his head. 'An effect of Utopia Ray Victory is that you can't activate spell and trap cards.' 

'Wrong!' Neith knew about his duel against Vector in Sargasso. 'I can't activate anything directed to you! However, I can use a spell card on my own monster. I overlay Raidraptor Revolution Falcon to Xyz summon a Raidraptor that is two ranks higher. I dueled far too long to always have a backup plan. Go, Rank-Up Xyz evolution!' 

'She found a way around Utopia Ray Victory's effect to use a spell card, Yuma.' Astral was afraid this would happen. 

 'Fly high, Raidraptor Satellite Cannon Falcon!' She can see Yuma's reaction.