Chapter 312
Upon hearing this, Judai gritted his teeth, "Was it specifically designed to complement the world's effects...?"
"That's right!"
The King of the West revealed a maniacal grin and flicked his hand. "Chariot, attack Sparkman!"
At his command, the mechanical tentacles with gun muzzles on the lower body of the vehicle aimed at Sparkman and opened fire in an instant, unleashing a barrage of bullets at the latter.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang...!
Sparkman, caught in the crossfire, was instantly blown to smithereens.
[Yusei Fudo: LP5400→5300]
Then, Saiou revealed a very healthy smile, "Hiahiahiahia! Thanks to the effect of the [Arcana Sanctuary], my life has been restored!"
[Takuma Saio: LP1100→2700]
"And Sparkman, whose tank was destroyed, Attack Position!"
Buzz!
A golden light flashed across Saiō's field, and Sparkman suddenly appeared on his field.
"Your monster has been taken away by me, how do you feel now?"
Judai watched as his monster was taken away by the bull. Although he was somewhat upset, this did not make him lose his composure.
Ignoring the opponent's taunts, he pointed to his feet, and a face-down card on his left flipped open. "Activate the Trap Card [Hero Signal] at this moment!"
"Based on this card's effect, when a monster you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower [Elemental HERO] monster from your Deck."
"Come on, Shadow Mist!"
Amidst flashing golden light, a woman clad in jet-black armor appeared in front of Judai in a defensive stance.
[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist: Defense 1500]
"Hmph! A desperate struggle. Use your monsters to shatter your defenses!"
King Jai sneered and commanded, "Sparkman, attack Shadow Mist! Lightning Strike!"
The next moment, Sparkman pushed forward with his right hand, and lightning shot out instantly, burning Shadow Mist to ashes in the blink of an eye.
Boom--!!
"Thanks to your monster's destruction, my health has been restored."
[Takuma Saio: LP2700→3700]
Daichi Misawa: "This is bad. The life points that Judai managed to lose have recovered."
Asuka: "It's alright, Judai's fighting spirit hasn't disappeared yet. As long as he can hold on, he still has a chance."
"Let's hope so, otherwise the world might be..."
All we can do is pray for the Judai.
Just then, the smoke from the battle had completely dissipated.
Judai began, "The moment Shadow Mist is sent to the Graveyard, her monster effect activates, allowing you to add one [HERO] monster from your Deck to your hand. This effect activates in the Graveyard, therefore it cannot be negated by the effect of [Arcana Sanctuary]."
"Hmph! It's meaningless. In the face of the world, no matter what cards you get, it's too late to use them!"
"Is that so?" Judai pursed his lips, not paying much attention, and then said, "Using the effect of the Shadow Mist, I'm adding [Destiny HERO Decisioner] from my deck to my hand."
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 2→3]
"Determined One? Another Destiny HERO I've never seen before!" Edo frowned, wondering where Judai had gotten so many hero cards he didn't even recognize.
At this moment, Saiou looked at Judai's calm demeanor and sneered disdainfully, "Ha, putting on an act..."
"Use the World to directly attack Judai, surpassing all calamities!"
Without further ado, Saiou launched a direct attack. The gem above the World's head suddenly emitted a beam of energy, hurtling towards Judai.
Boom--!!
"Ugh...!"
[Yusei Fudo: LP5300→2200]
"Judai!!"
While everyone was filled with worry, the King's smile grew increasingly arrogant.
"Cover up one card..."
[Takuma Saio's Hand Cards: 2→1]
"Now, it's time to end the turn. I send the Chariot and Sparkman to the Graveyard, activate the monster's effect, and skip one of my opponent's turns!"
Saiō, looking like DIO, shouted, "The World, stop time!!"
A strange fluctuation emanated from the world. Seeing this, Judai quickly pressed the cover button, "Open the cover!"
Then the distortion expanded instantly, and everyone's vision blurred. For a moment, they seemed to be in a daze, as if time had really stopped.
"Hahahaha! Before this power of time, you can do nothing..."
"Solvadocana!"
"What?"
Lost in his self-pity, Saiou paused for a moment before taking a closer look and noticing a cute creature on Judai's field.
Curry Curry~~
"Winged Kuriboh? What's going on? When did that weak monster appear...?"
"Have you forgotten? The instant you activated the effect of World, I activated this card: Quick-Play Spell [Next Generation]."
Judai pointed to the opened Spell Card beside him and explained, "This card's effect is: when your Life Points are less than your opponent's, you can add any one of the following monsters— Elemental HERO, Kuriboh, or Neo-Spacian —from your Deck or Graveyard with ATK less than or equal to the difference between your Life Points, to your hand or Special Summon it."
"And the monster I summoned was, of course, [Winged Kuriboh]."
[Winged Kuriboh: Defense 200]
Chapter 202 the Supreme King, Neo-Fusion
"During the turn [Next Generation] is activated, I cannot activate the effects of the selected card or cards with the same name. Unfortunately, I only need to use it in the next turn. During the turn [Winged Kuriboh] is destroyed, I will not take any battle damage."
Upon hearing the explanation from the Judai, Saiou was furious. He hadn't expected that the Judai would escape death so easily.
In the next round, no matter how many monsters Saiou summoned, he couldn't deplete Judai's HP.
"Don't be too smug, Judai! You can't escape your fate; in the end, you will be purified by the light!"
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Takuma Saio's Hand Cards: 1→2]
"The effect of the Field Spell [Arcana Sanctuary] depends on my preparation process, so it's still upright, of course!"
After perfunctorily shuffling the cards around, Saiou unhesitatingly played the card he had drawn. "Heh heh heh! I activate the Spell Card [Scythe of Arcana] (not yet released as a physical card) from my hand!"
[Takuma Saio's Hand Cards: 2→1]
"According to this card's effect, select one monster from your Deck with '[Arcana Force]' in its name and place it in the Graveyard. This turn, when you destroy an opponent's monster by battle, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK."
"So you're choosing effect damage because it can't cause combat damage...? But even if you destroy [Winged Kuriboh], the damage dealt is only 300 points, which is practically negligible..."
Judai frowned, guessing, "So, your purpose is elsewhere?"
"That's right!"
With a cold laugh, Saiō opened his deck, picked out one of the cards, and threw it into the graveyard.
"I sent the level 7 [Arcana Force 18 - Moon] to the graveyard, and then..."
He pointed to the two face-down cards at his feet, and two Trap Cards were activated. "Activate [Material Path] and [Mental Path], and while there is a Level 7 or higher [Arcana Force] monster in my Graveyard, activate [Heavenly Path] from my hand!"
[Takuma Saio's Hand Card: 1→0]
As the three cards were opened, three beams of light—red, green, and blue—shot into the sky.
"I offer these three pillars of light as a sacrifice to invoke the Supreme King!"
"Appear, [Arcana Force EX - the Supreme King]!"
The three beams of light merged, suddenly bursting into a dazzling white light, from which a jet-black monster was born.
It was a creature with a single eye on its head, wielding a huge mechanical claw, and two ferocious dragon heads extending from its back, looking extremely eerie.
[Arcana Force EX - the Supreme King: Attack Power 4000]
"A monster with an attack power of 4000...?!"
Everyone was shocked.
"It's finally here... one of the ultimate trump cards of the Arcana Force deck..." Judai muttered to himself.
He had long suspected that Saiō would have this card, but he hadn't expected that summoning it would be so much more difficult than summoning the actual card.
It's worth mentioning that this thing is neither Fiend-type, nor Machine-Type, nor a dragon, but Angel-type that seems to have no connection to anything, which is quite bizarre.
However, that's not the main issue. The real problem is its effect: every time an effect targeting it is activated, it reduces attack power by 1000 points to negate the effect.
As Judai pondered, the cards floating above the dragon began to spin, but this time they only spun half a circle before stopping.
At this moment, the corners of Sai-o's mouth were practically turned to the sky. "Hehehehe, the Supreme King gains a reversed effect. When the Supreme King becomes the target of an effect, its attack power is reduced by 1000 points. Negate the effect on this card and destroy the card that activated it. Then your opponent draws a card."
"As expected..." Judai gritted his teeth; this thing was becoming a bit troublesome.
"Battle has begun! The Supreme King attacks Winged Kuriboh! The Final End of Light!"
Immediately, the two dragon mouths of the Supreme King opened wide, and a burst of white light filled with destructive power erupted, hurtling towards Judai on the field.
"Stop it, Winged Kuriboh!"
'Curry Curry~~!'
After responding, the adorable creature sacrificed itself to shield Judai, only to be instantly annihilated by the light of destruction.
Boom--!!
"Due to the effect of [Scythe of Arcana], you will take 300 points of damage."
"..."
[Yusei Fudo: LP2200→1900]
"Conversely, thanks to the effect of [Arcana Sanctuary], my health has been restored... End of turn."
[Takuma Saio: LP3700→4000]
"The Prince of Zhai's health has been restored to its initial state."
"But thankfully, the Judai has weathered the biggest crisis..."
"The next step is to figure out how to fight back."
Seeing that the King of the West had ended his turn, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 3→4]
Judai calmly drew a card and suddenly said, "Thanks to you sending my [Winged Kuriboh] to the Graveyard, I had a chance to fight back."
"What?"
Prince Zhai was taken aback, unsure of the other party's meaning.
At that moment, Judai drew a card from his left hand and played it. "Go! I activate the Spell Card [Philosopher's Stone - Sabashir] from my hand!"
"When you have a monster with 'Winged Kuriboh' in its name in your Graveyard, pay half your Life Points and add one 'Polymerization' Spell Card from your Deck to your hand."
[Yusei Fudo: LP1900→950]
Upon hearing Manjoume "Lightning" asked in confusion, "Hmm? Isn't this effect a bit off?"
Asuka: "It seems the effect is different from the card that Teacher Daidouji gave me."
Yes, because the original version was too over-the-top, Judai specially printed an O-version version to use.
"Using the effect of this card, I added [Neo-Fusion] to my hand from my deck."
After retrieving the card, Judai didn't hesitate and immediately threw it out. "Activate the Spell Card [Neo-Fusion]!"