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'''"Unknown Enemy!" '(未知なる敵！Michinaru Teki!) is the eighteenth chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V'' manga series.

Synopsis
The clash between Yūya and Reiji meets an early conclusion when Ren suddenly appears in front of them, revealing a shocking truth about the Genesis Omega Dragon.

Featured Duel: Yūya vs. Reiji
Duel continues from the previous Scale.

Turn 7: Yūya

Since Yūya has a monster in his Pendulum Zone and an "Odd-Eyes" monster in his Extra Deck, he performs an Overscale Pendulum and Pendulum Summons "Odd-Eyes Phantasma Dragon" (3000/???) from his hand regardless of his Pendulum Scales. "Phantasma" attacks "DDD Destiny King Zero Laplace", with the latter's effect activating, making its ATK double the ATK of "Phantasma" ("Zero Laplace": ATK 0 → 6000). However, the effect of "Phantasma" activates as well, reducing the ATK of "Zero Laplace" by 1000 for each Pendulum Monster in Yūya's Extra Deck upon its attack; "Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon", "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon" and three copies of "Entermate Card Gardna" are currently in Yūya's Extra Deck, so the ATK of "Zero Laplace" is decreased by 5000 ("Zero Laplace": ATK 6000 → 1000). The attack continues, but Reiji activates the other effect of "Zero Laplace", preventing its own destruction as well as reducing the battle damage to Reiji to zero.

Turn 8: Reiji

Reiji plays a new card on his Duel Disk, however, Ren immediately shows up, interrupting the Duel, which ends with no result.

Featured cards
The following cards appeared in this chapter. Cards in italics debuted here.