Without his "Kattobing", [[Yuma Tsukumo|Yuma]] tried tries to surrender, but III would not allow it and just skipped Yuma's turn. He continued his attack, but destroying the last defense Yuma has. When he tries to use "Machu Mech" to deal the final blow to a defenseless Yuma, Astral reminded reached out and tried to remind Yuma about "Kattobing". Yuma then sees his hand and sees "[[Gagaga Gardna]]" glowing. He then quickly uses the effect of his "Gagaga Gardna" to save himself. III is shocked that Yuma would do that despite being left defenseless and scared to do anything. Realizing that Astral was the one who did this, and III responded by torturing Astral before killing him. His next strike nearly knocked Yuma off of the highway they were Dueling on, but his friends saved him. III trapped them responded by trapping Yuma's friends behind an energy field to counter this as that blocks off any sound that comes out of the Duel continuedenergy field. Unknown Unbeknownst to III, [[Kazuma Tsukumo]] helped Yuma regain his "Kattobing" by using the power of the Numbers Yuma collected to break Yuma out of the trance created by III's crest. Yuma gets back his real personality and is able to finally see his Key again, but is shocked to find out that III got rid of Astral. Yuma struck however strikes back with at III by summoning "Utopia"(which was thanks to something Astral taught him earlier) and using it to destroy "Machu Mech". Angered by this, III counters with "Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis".<ref name="ep48" /> Yuma brought out "[[Number C39: Utopia Ray]]", but III saved "Atlandis" with "[[Thunder Pot]]". When III activated "Angolmois", it unlocked the door to the [[Barian World]], which threatened to destroy all of existence. Having a change of heart, III gave Yuma some of the powers from his crest and Astral was revived. The power of [[ZEXAL (power)|ZEXAL]] allowed Yuma and Astral to Xyz Change and perform a Shining Draw - "[[ZW - Phoenix Bow]]", and equipping it to "Utopia Ray", Yuma defeated III. III tells Yuma he considered him to be his first true friend, and asks him to save his family. Vanishing, he left behind his two "Numbers" and a [[Heart Piece]] for Yuma. Due to "Atlandis" being such a powerful "Number" and his crest's tie to his own soul, he fell comatose after losing.<ref name="ep65" /> Just before doing so, he is transported to Tron's headquarters, where he thanks Tron for comforting him.<ref name="ep49" />