Legendary Heroes, Part 2 is the 44th episode in the second series of Yu-Gi-Oh!, airing in Japan on February 27, 2001 and in the United States on October 19, 2002.
At the coliseum in the Virtual World, the Duel between the champion and Joey begins. They are both masked at first, but it isn't long before Joey realizes that the champion is Mai Valentine. He removes his mask, and after discussing the situation, Mai uses "Harpie Lady" to steal the "Niwatori" card. The four run off, and the villagers pursue them, but Joey stops them using "Trap Hole". They use the monster to cross the desert and find a temple. After crossing the maze and defeating the "Gate Guardian", they meet up with Princess Adina, who looks like Mokuba. They are taken to her palace and she explains to the story of the "Mythic Dragon". Every year, her kingdom and another town offer one human each in hopes of reviving the dragon. The other town chose Seto for this year's tribute while Adina volunteered for her kingdom.
However, there is a myth that legendary heroes will save the town and destroy the dragon. Yugi and his group are convinced that they are the ones to answer this challenge. To stop the dragon's revival ritual, they must reach a "Castle of Dark Illusions" high in the sky, and the castle is surrounded by a barrier that no duel monster can pierce. However, a flying machine was used long ago by the heroes that repelled the dragon originally. Just as the four modern heroes get ready to go to the castle, the town is attacked by a herd of Duel Monsters. Adina is kidnapped, but it is revealed that she and Mokuba switched outfits, and it is actually him they took. It is now more vital than ever that they reach the castle soon. Yugi finds the ancient flying machine, but it has long since been corroded and buried. Joey uses "Time Wizard" to turn the machine's time backwards, restoring the machine and freeing it from the earth. But back in the real world, Tristan and Tea are in a tight spot, doing their best to keep Kemo and his crew from breaking into the room and unplugging their pods.
Mai responds by activating "Mirror Wall", negating the attack and halving "Flame Swordsman's" ATK ("Flame Swordsman": 1800 → 900/1600).
Mai activates "Rose Whip", equipping it onto "Harpie Lady" and increasing its ATK and DEF by 300 ("Harpie Lady": 1300 → 1600/1400 → 1700)
"Harpie Lady" attacks "Flame Swordsman", but Joey, at this point, recognizes Mai's tactics and removes his mask. Recognizing him, Mai cancels her attack.
After deciding to help her friends, Mai orders "Harpie Lady" to use "Rose Whip" to snare the "Niwatori" card.
The friends flee the crowd. Joey uses "Trap Hole" to put a deep pit in the middle of the road outside, blocking pursuit.
A close up of Joey's crotch is cut out from the US version.
Cut from the US version is a whole section where the citizens of Meyari's land hear a proclamation urging them to help defeat the "Five God Dragon" by searching everywhere for clues on how to revive the airship.
The words "TO BE CONTINUED" are added at the end of the dub episode.
When Mai equips "Harpie Lady" with "Rose Whip", it's attack goes up to 1800 and not 1600.
When Yugi holds up his "Summoned Skull" for the "Black Skull Dragon" fusion, his fingers are blocked by the entire dub version of the card.
When Mai says "I mean life's a game!", her lipstick disappears.
When Joey equips "Black Skull Dragon" with "Dragon Nails", he gains 700 attack points and not 600, which is the normal increase given by "Dragon Nails". However, it doesn't matter in this situation because with 3200 + 600 = 3800 attack points, "Black Skull Dragon" beats the 3750 attack points of the "Gate Guardian" anyway.