"Number 39: Hope's effect: negate its own attack!"
Yuma was brimming with momentum, as though he could already see victory in his grasp.
Next, he would unleash the Double Chance combo and claim a dazzling victory!
But before he could play out that dazzling combo—
"Activate my Set Card!" Judai said. "Continuous Trap, Fiend's Chain!"
The trap activated, and green chains shot out from the void, binding Utopia's arms, legs, and body alike. Even the sword aura it had already slashed out seemed to vanish into thin air.
Yuma: "Fiend's Chain?"
"That's right. Fiend's Chain is a trap that restrains a Monster and prevents it from acting," Judai said. "This card can target any face-up Monster on the Field.
"The effects of the Monster bound by Fiend's Chain are negated, and it cannot attack either!"
Yuma: "!"
With Utopia's effect negated, its attempt to "negate the attack" was naturally negated as well. It could not fulfill Double Chance's activation condition. Moreover, Utopia could not move or attack, so the battle itself could not proceed.
"Darn it, that would've been such an awesome combo," Yuma said dejectedly.
A ten-thousand-ATK Utopia was practically every man's dream. How cool would it have been if that slash had gone through?
"This opponent truly isn't someone ordinary tactics can defeat," Astral said with a grave expression. "He is a formidable enemy."
Then he looked at Yuma and instructed, "This is not an opponent we can defeat while holding back. Draw a Card, Yuma."
"Eh?" Yuma hesitantly looked at Utopia, bound by chains on the Field. "But if I do that, won't I have to sacrifice—"
"There is no other way," Astral said seriously. "Utopia is currently bound and cannot act. It cannot attack, and its effects cannot be used either. Do you understand, Yuma? That