Chapter 269
Judai was right; the Trap Card were indeed problematic.
Edo continued, "The effect of [D-Shield] is that when [Destiny HERO] in Attack Position is attacked, it is changed to Defense Position, and this card is equipped to it as an Equip Card, becoming a shield that protects it from being destroyed by battle."
[Destiny HERO Doomkaiser - Defense 800]
"You're really tenacious, aren't you? You truly deserve to be called a professional duelist, junior!"
"I'll honestly accept that statement..."
As he spoke, Edo immediately drew a card from the deck.
"My turn!"
[Edo Phoenix's hand cards: 0→1]
After glancing at his hand, Edo unhesitatingly threw out the card. "Activate the Spell Card [Gifts of the Angels], draw three cards from your deck, then discard two of them."
He grabbed three cards from the top of his deck, glanced at them briefly, and quickly threw two of them into the graveyard.
He then played his second Spell Card, "I activate another Spell Card, [Destiny Draw]!"
You can target 1 [Destiny HERO] monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon 1 [Destiny HERO] monster whose Level is half or less of that monster's Level from your Deck. Destroy the monster Special Summoned by this effect during the End Phase of this turn.
[Edo Phoenix's hand cards: 1→0]
"By the effect of this card, I banish the Level 8 [Destiny HERO - Fear Man] from my Graveyard and Special Summon a Level 4 or lower [Destiny HERO] from my Deck."
"Come out, Diamond Dude!"
Buzz--!!
A flash of golden light appeared on the field, and a dark hero wearing a dark green cloak and covered in diamonds suddenly appeared.
[Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude: Attack Power 1400]
"The Diamond Dude's effect activated!"
Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can activate this effect. Reveal the top card of your Deck. If it is a Normal Spell Card, send that card to the Graveyard. If not, return that card to the bottom of your Deck. If this effect sends Normal Spell Card to the Graveyard, you can activate the activation effect of that Normal Spell Card in your Graveyard during your next Main Phase.
"Trying my luck with gacha pulls!? That's interesting...!"
Judai became excited about it.
Edo quickly drew the top card from his deck, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Looks like fate is on my side... The card I drew is Normal Spell Card [Unfortunate]!"
"So I can activate this card's effect in the next turn, and this card's effect is to inflict damage on one monster on the opponent's field for half of its original ATK in exchange for forfeiting one turn of battle. It's an unfortunate future."
Upon hearing this result, Asuka and Manjoume were immediately shocked.
"This is bad. Once the next round of that newcomer arrives, Absolute Zero, who was previously excluded by Judai, will return to the field."
"Absolute Zero's attack power is 2500 points, half of that is 1250 points. Adding that to the damage from this round of combat, it's just over Judai's HP. Is this guy finally going to lose...?"
'Hmph, that was an easy win. The legendary Yusei Fudo isn't all that impressive after all!'
Edo was already internally popping champagne.
He immediately swung his arm and roared, "Take this! Diamond Dude attacks Cyber Person, Diamond Crack!"
At his command, the Diamond Dude rushed forward, swung his diamond-encrusted right arm, and punched the Cyber Person, instantly shattering it into pieces.
Bang!
"Ugh..."
[Yusei Fudo: LP1600→1200]
Chapter 130 The Man Behind Edo
"This moment!"
Hearing Judai shout, Edo's eyelids twitched. "Still not planning to give up, senpai?"
"Of course..."
With that, Judai took a card from the graveyard and placed it in the back row.
"When you are damaged, [Phantom HERO Glowman] from your graveyard is treated as Continuous Trap Card and placed on the field."
A monster card immediately appeared in his back row.
"Using a monster as a Continuous Trap?! What kind of weird effect is that?"
"... Perhaps this is what makes Phantom HERO unique?"
The two audience members were also seeing such a strange characteristic for the first time.
At the same time, Judai quickly pressed the button to face down the card. "Then I activate the Trap Card, [Escape]!"
"When a [Hero] monster is destroyed, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower [Phantom HERO] monster from your Deck."
"Come on, [Phantom HERO Gravitiman]!"
As he slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, a flash of light appeared on the field, projecting a bronze-armored warrior shielding his body with a shield.
[Phantom HERO Gravitiman: Defense 2000]
"After that, due to the effect of [Illusion], the original ATK and DEF of one of the opponent's monsters are each halved."
[Destiny HERO Doomkaiser- Attack 600 → 300, Defense 800 → 400]
Edo scoffed, "It's useless, senior! No matter how much you reduce the Demon Man's attack power, as long as [D-Shield] is still on the field, this hero is invincible."
Ignoring his opponent's words, Judai continued, "The effect of Gravity Man's monster is activated. When this card is Yugi, recycle one banished [HERO] monster."
"I add [Elemental Hero Sparkman] to my hand."
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 1→2]
Seeing this, Edo smirked disdainfully, "No matter what you do, it's all in vain, senior!"
"My turn is over."
"And in my final phase, the Diamond Dude summoned through the [Destiny Draw] effect cause destruction."
The next second, the Diamond Dude exploded into pieces with a bang.
"Now I only have the Demonoid on my field that can't be destroyed by battle. On my next turn, I can activate the [Unfortunate] effect to deal 1250 damage to you and wipe out your remaining life points."
"Alright, now for your final round, senior!" Edo said with an expression that suggested he had already won.
Judai chuckled softly upon hearing this, "Heh~, it really is the last round..."
It seemed he was about to admit defeat, but then he suddenly changed his tone and shouted, "But the one who's going to lose isn't me!"
"What?!"
While Edo was distracted, Judai quickly drew a card from the top of his deck.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 2→3]
Judai didn't even look at what card he had drawn. Instead, he slammed the monster card he had prepared beforehand onto the Duel Disk: "Appear once again, Sparkman!"
Buzz--!!
After a flash of golden light, Sparkman reappeared on the field.
[Elemental Hero Sparkman - Attack Power 1600]
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3→2]
He then pointed to the monster card beside him and explained, "I activate the effect of [Phantom HERO Glowman], which is used as Continuous Trap. During both players' Main Phase, I Special Summon this card from the Spell & Trap Zone by Tributing one of my [HERO] monsters."
"I offer up Gravity Man on the field..." Judai waved his hand and shouted, "Come forth, Glimmer Man!"
A dazzling white light burst forth from the card, and a warrior clad in green armor appeared before him.
[Phantom HERO Glowman - Attack Power 1200]
As the Glimmering Man appeared, the Devilman on the field suddenly exploded.
Bang!
Seeing the Devilman in front of him suddenly explode into dust, Edo's pupils contracted, his face full of confusion. "The Devilman was destroyed!? How could this be...?"
At this moment, Judai pointed to Glimmer and continued to explain, "Unfortunately, junior! Glimmer has another ability: when this card is Special Summoned from the Spell & Trap Zone, you can target and destroy one Level 4 or lower monster on your opponent's field."
"What did you say?!"
"Sorry, it's no longer your turn..." Judai waved his hand and gave the order, "That's it! [Elemental Hero Sparkman] and [Phantom HERO Glowman], attack the player directly!"
Upon receiving the command, Sparkman raised his right hand, and a beam of electricity shot out. At the same time, the light bulb on the mask of the Glowing Man also emitted a faint beam of light.
In an instant, two attacks struck Edo simultaneously.
"Ugh...!"
In the blink of an eye, Edo's health points unsurprisingly reached zero.
[Edo Phoenix: LP1700→0]
"My prized [Destiny HERO] has actually... lost... As expected of the Judai senior. I won't bother you any longer, farewell!"
Afraid of being unable to suppress his anger, Edo didn't say anything more and ran away.
"They're leaving already...?" Judai frowned upon seeing this, muttering to himself, "Just who is this guy?"
He still had questions to ask the other person, but he ended up running away in a sorry state, shaking his head helplessly.
On the other side...
After calming down, Edo went to a secluded corner, took out his phone, and made a call.
A voice called out from the other Edo Lord DIO, how did the duel go?"
"I'm sorry, Lord Sai-wang, I've been defeated by that person..."
The man Edo called the King of the Abode pondered for a moment, then said, "Hmm... It's alright. I still can't see through that person either, and I can't predict his fate. It's normal that you lost to him."
"No, Lord Sai-o. I was careless this time. I didn't use my full strength at the beginning, which led to this result. Next time, as long as I use the true power of [Destiny HERO], I will definitely not lose to that person!"
"Is that so...?" The person on the other end was silent for a moment, then agreed, "Alright, don't disappoint me again, Edo."
"Yes!"
After closing his phone case, Edo left, not intending to linger at the Duel Academy any longer.
Chapter 131 Battle Against Newcomers
Inside Judai's room.
"Edo... Phoenix... the young, talented duelist who... broke the winning streak record in the Professional Duel World League?!"
Judai read the information he found on the computer word by word, "So that's how it is, such a powerful duelist...?"
"But why would someone like that specifically come to challenge you to a duel?" Asuka subconsciously moved closer to Judai.
"That's a bit strange... Why is that?"
The two of them couldn't understand why.
Ring ring...!
Suddenly, a cell phone ringing interrupted their thoughts.
"Hmm?"
Judai picked up the phone on the table and looked at it. "Is this Cronos- sensei calling?"
Curious, he dialed the number. "Moshi Moshi? What's up, Acting Principal Cronos?"
Cronos's voice came from the other end very quickly, "A proxy is superfluous~ Naonai!"
"Ahem, it's like this, Judai. We've already chosen your duel opponent for promotion to the Blue Dorm ~ Naonai, but..."
"But?" Judai seemed hesitant upon hearing this. "Is there some difficulty? I'll try my best to help if needed..."
"No, no, no, it's not a big problem~ Naonai's just that we chose a first-year student as your opponent..." Cronos's voice trailed off at the end.
Upon hearing this, Judai's expression turned somewhat strange. "Does this mean I should bully my junior?"
No wonder they were so hesitant to speak up.
"You can't say that~ Naonai, we just want you to help us deal with the new students and teach them a lesson for their arrogance, especially the student who got into university first Manjoume this year. He's exactly like Manjoume back then~ Naonai!"