Chapter 308
Ignoring their reactions, Judai continued speaking to Ryo Marufuji, "Kaiser, I don't sense any Dark Power in you. Although the Cyber Dragon Stream deck feels extremely brutal, you haven't been affected by it. You seem to be pursuing the thrill of victory."
After saying this, Ryo Marufuji grinned wickedly, his lips curving upwards involuntarily. "That's right, only victory can make me feel alive!"
"I'm only interested in winning, that's why I got this deck. I have to push my limits to get what I want!"
"Yusei Fudo, you are an opponent I must defeat, so I will fight with everything I have to take you down!"
Upon hearing this, Judai immediately became alert. "Then bring it on...!"
Ryo Marufuji then let out two incongruous, eerie laughs, his voice suddenly rising in pitch.
The next moment, he played another Spell Card, "I activate the Quick-Play Spell [Eternal Cyber] from my hand!"
[Ryo Marufuji's hand cards: 3→2]
"Return one [Cyber] Fusion Monster from your Graveyard to the Extra Deck or Special Summon it ignoring its Summoning conditions..."
"Awaken, [Armored Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon]!"
The mechanical dragon that had just disappeared from the field reappeared on the Ryo Marufuji, solidifying once again.
[Armored Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon: Attack Power 2000]
'Roar--!!'
"This time your interference is gone..." He clenched his fist and said coldly, "Activate the effect of [Armored Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon] once more, equip [Cyber End Dragon] in the graveyard as an Equip Card, increasing its ATK by 4000 points."
Without Judai's interference, the Cyber End Dragon from the Graveyard appeared on the field and mated with the Cyber Dark Dragon. In the blink of an eye, the silver-white three-headed mechanical dragon merged into the belly of the ferocious mechanical dragon.
[Armored Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon: Attack Power 2000 → 6000]
"Should we just let it finish...?" Judai couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
"It's not over yet..." Ryo Marufuji said, inserting another card into the Spell & Trap Zone on the Duel Disk: "I'll activate the Equip Spell [Eternal Evolution Burst] from my hand!"
[Ryo Marufuji's hand cards: 2→1]
Upon seeing the card, Judai's pupils constricted sharply, and he quickly swung his hand, causing another card at his feet to open.
"Chain activation of the Trap Card [Half Unbreak]: During this turn, Flash Neos Wing cannot be destroyed by battle, and this monster takes half the battle damage it inflicts on itself!"
Seeing how quickly Judai acted, Ryo Marufuji could only frown and say, "[Eternal Evolution Burst] can only be equipped to Machine-Type Fusion Monster. As long as this card is on the field, your opponent cannot activate the effects of Spells, Trap Cards, or Monsters during your Battle Phase."
"They activated the face-down card just before I finished equipping it; that's a really fast reaction..."
If Judai had missed this crucial moment, Ryo Marufuji could have used the monster's power to prevent the Trap Card's effect. Unfortunately, Jaden activated the Trap Card before equipping it, which prevented him from doing so.
However, Ryo Marufuji anticipated that defeating Judai wouldn't be so easy, so he immediately pointed at the opposite side and shouted, "Then let's fight! Cyber Dark Dragon's attack, Eternal Evolution Burst!"
At its command, the three mouths of the Cyber End Dragon on the lower body of the Cyber Dark Dragon opened, and three blazing white beams shot out, blasting towards Judai's field and instantly hitting Flash Neos Wing, causing a violent explosion.
Boom--!!!
At the same time, Ryo Marufuji raised his Duel Disk and continued shouting, "Then, when damage is calculated for an attack by an equipped monster against an opponent's monster, you may banish one [Cyber Dragon] from your Graveyard to launch an additional attack against the opponent's monster!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Cyber Dragon popped out of the entrance to the cemetery. The Cyber End Dragon instantly increased its output power, and the three beams of light suddenly doubled in size.
"Ugh...!"
[Yusei Fudo: LP4000→2000]
As the smoke cleared, the Flash Neos Wing reappeared before everyone unharmed.
"Thanks to the [Half Unbreak] effect, you took half the damage and escaped with your life, Judai."
"Round over."
With Ryo Marufuji's turn coming to an end, the Tenjo-in siblings breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now their health points are roughly equal..."
"But in terms of attack power, the Cyber Dark Dragon is still stronger. Is this the Inner Cyber Dragon? Not only does it possess terrifying attack power, but it also doesn't have to bear the risks of [Power Bond]... Ryo is indeed very strong!"
Instead of being worried, Judai smiled and said, "It's really fun to fight you at full strength, Kaiser!"
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 2→3]
After glancing at his hand, Judai first drew another card and threw it out. "First, I activate the Spell Card [Miracle Fusion] from my hand, banishing materials from my Graveyard to Special Summon one [Elemental HERO] Fusion Monster."
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3→2]
"Hmph, do you think cards like that are useful against Cyber Dragon?"
Ryo Marufuji immediately raised his right hand and shouted, "[Armored Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon] Activate another ability!"
When your opponent activates the effect of a Spell/Trap/Monster, you can send 1 Equip Card you control to the Graveyard to activate this effect. Negate that activation and destroy it.
"I send the Equip Spell [Eternal Evolution Burst] to the graveyard, and the effect of [Miracle Fusion] is nullified!"
As the equipment card was sent to the graveyard, Judai's newly activated [Miracle Fusion] instantly shattered into pieces with a bang.
"Heh, as expected..." Judai wasn't surprised that he would discard the card. "But this way, you won't be able to stop my next move."
He then played another Spell Card: "I activate the Spell Card [Weapon Hole] from my hand, and in exchange for my Normal Summon right this turn, I send the top cards of my deck to the Graveyard, and add one Equip Spell from my deck or Graveyard to my hand."
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 2 → 1]
After discarding the top cards from his deck into the graveyard, Judai continued, "Based on the effect of [Weapon Hole], I add [Favorite Hero] from my deck to my hand and activate it."
"Furthermore, since the card placed in the Graveyard is the monster card [Gravekeeper's Guard], Flash Neos Wing's ATK increases by 300 points."
[Elemental HERO: Shiny Neo-HERO Winged Knight: Attack Power 4000 → 4300]
Chapter 195 Another Duel Fusion?
"The battle has begun!"
Without Judai, Judai immediately entered battle mode.
"At the very moment my battle begins, the effect of [Favorite Hero] activates, I activate a Field Spell Card from my Deck, and I activate the Field Spell [Neo Space]!"
Swish!
As he placed a Spell Card on the field, the surrounding scenery transformed once more, becoming a strange space filled with iridescent colors.
Then Judai explained to his opponent, "When you have Field Spell on your field, the ATK of the equipped monster increases by the amount of its original DEF. Also, when [Neo Space] is on the field, the ATK of Fusion Monster made from Neo-HERO Material increases by 500."
[Elemental Heroes Five Flash VII New Universe Winged Knight 6: Attack Power 4300→7300] [∴4♀{`,
"What?! Attack power 7300...?!" Ryo Marufuji gritted his teeth upon seeing this.
Fubuki Tenjo: "In this way, the attack power of the Flash Neos Wing will surpass that of the Cyber Dark Dragon..."
Asuka: "And if a monster equipped with [Favorite Hero] destroys the opponent's monster through battle, it can sacrifice this equipment card to add an attack. Judai is going to win this time!"
However, Judai knew it wasn't that simple and understood that now was a good opportunity to attack.
So he waved his hand and gave the order, "Go! Flash Neos Wing, attack Cyber Dark Dragon!"
Upon receiving the command, the Flash Neos Wing instantly unleashed a blinding flash of light.
"Uh...!"
[Ryo Marufuji: LP2100→800]
"It's so bright..."
Everyone instinctively reached out to shield their eyes from the bright light.
Only after the light faded did everyone open their eyes again to check the situation on the field.
"How could this be...?"
What's going on?
It's no wonder the Tenjo-in siblings were so surprised, because in their eyes, the Cyber Dark Dragon was completely unharmed and still existed on Ryo Marufuji's field.
Just then, Ryo Marufuji raised his Duel Disk and explained, "[Eternal Cyber]'s other effect is that when Machine-Type [Cyber] Fusion Monster is destroyed, you can banish this card from your Graveyard as a substitute to prevent Cyber Dark Dragon from destroying it."
Judai wasn't surprised and laughed, "Flash Neos Wing also has another effect: when it destroys a monster in battle, it deals damage equal to the monster's original attack power."
"I'll return what I just said. You've escaped with your life, Kaiser."
"Hidden card, turn ends."
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 1 → 0]
"Hmph, you really are worth defeating, Judai!"
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Ryo Marufuji's cue cards: 1→2]
"Hmm...?" Upon seeing the card in his hand, Ryo Marufuji paused for a moment, then sneered, "Is it fate? I didn't expect it to be this card..."
After a moment's hesitation, he placed the card into the Spell & Trap Zone of the Duel Disk without thinking.
"Bury a card, end the turn."
[Ryo Marufuji's hand cards: 2→1]
After he finished his announcement, he looked back at the other side and shouted at Judai, "Come on, Judai! Let's settle this once and for all, just like that day!"
"That day?" Judai thought for a moment, then quickly realized that the other person was referring to the graduation duel.
Amused, he replied, "Heh~, want to continue the fight? Oh, Moses Roy!"
"I accept this challenge!"
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 0→1]
Judai drew cards while quickly thinking.
'Last turn, Kaiser didn't choose to attack because I had [Gravekeeper's Guard] in my graveyard. So that face-down card was meant to be saved for my turn to counterattack. That card is most likely [Limiter Removal] or [Duel Fusion].'
'Each card possesses the power to turn the tide and defeat the opponent. Whether I can defeat Kaiser depends on which card I draw...'
Then Judai looked at the card in his hand, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips: 'It's here!'
Without hesitation, he slammed the card in his hand onto the Duel Disk: "I summon [Phantom HERO Dronesman] in Defense Position."
Buzz!
A flash of golden light appeared on the field, and a dark purple warrior appeared in front of him.
[Phantom HERO Dronesman: Defense 1200]
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 1 → 0]
"Due to the appearance of the Cyber Person, this card's monster effect is activated, sending one [HERO] monster from the Deck to the Graveyard."
"I place [the Destiny HERO Decisioner] in the grave."
"Hmm? Destiny HERO?" Ryo Marufuji frowned upon hearing this. "I didn't expect you to have cards from the same series as that man..."
However, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, as a user of the HERO Deck, it wasn't surprising that Judai collected heroes from other series.
The two audience members behind them seemed somewhat surprised.
Fubuki Tenjo: "A man of destiny? Never heard of Destiny HERO..."
Asuka: "Judai seems to have gotten stronger again."
Under the curious gazes of the two, Judai continued, "Then I activated another effect of the Cyber Person, banishing [Elemental HERO Burst Lady] from the graveyard and adding one [Polymerization] from the deck to my hand."
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 0→1]
Ryo Marufuji remained completely unmoved by Judai's search attempts.
'As expected, there's only one [Polymerization] card, which is indeed of no use. Since that's the case...'
The Judai waved his hand and shouted, "Let the battle begin!"
"And at the moment the battle begins, the effect of the Equip Spell [Favorite Hero] activates, and the Field Spell [Temple of the Mind's Eye] is activated from the Deck!"
This card's effect is to convert all combat damage for both sides to 1000 points. This card isn't particularly rare, and Ryo Marufuji was certainly aware of this effect.
Not wanting to miss the opportunity, he decisively swung his hand and shouted, "Activate Cyber Dark Dragon's monster effect at this moment!"
"Place the Equip Card [Cyber End Dragon] in the Graveyard, negate the effect of [Favorite Hero] and destroy it!"
Bang bang!!