Chapter 317
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 4 → 3]
"What did you say?!"
John wiped away the cold sweat with lingering fear; thankfully, his intuition was right.
Asuka frowned and muttered, "If that person hadn't activated the effect of [Crystal Beasts' Exquisite], this duel would probably already be over."
At the same time, the Polymerization state of Sky Neo-HERO on the field of the Judai was released, and he transformed back into two figures: Ultraman and Bloodbird.
[Elemental HERO Neos: Attack Power 2500]
[Neo-Spacian - Sky Hummingbird: Defense 600]
Then Judai pointed at John and shouted, "Go! Neo-HERO, counterattack John directly! Neo-Spiral!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Neo-HERO lunged forward and delivered a karate chop to his opponent's body.
"Ugh...!"
"Because of the effect of [Crystal Beasts' Exquisite], the damage I take is still halved. Then, I activate the effect of the Field Spell [Rainbow Ancient City], which, once per turn, halves the damage taken in that battle when there are two or more Crystal Beasts in the Spell & Trap Zone."
"In this way, the damage that Neo-HERO inflicted on me is only a quarter of what it used to do."
[John Anderson: LP2400→1775]
"You're really tenacious..." Judai clicked his tongue in admiration, "But my round isn't over yet!"
He pointed to the birdman beside him and shouted, "Sky Hummingbird activates its effect: For each card the opponent has in their hand, restore 500 health points."
In an instant, two huge red flowers sprouted from the two cards in John's hand, and the Bloodbird immediately flew up to absorb the energy from them.
[Yusei Fudo: LP2800→3800]
"Finally, I'll place two more cards in a trap, then the turn ends."
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3 → 1]
John breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his opponent had finally declared the end of his turn.
Without hesitation, he immediately grabbed a card from the deck.
"My turn, draw a card!"
"Then, activate the other effect of [Rainbow Ancient City]: when you have four or more Crystal Beasts in your Spell & Trap Zone, you may draw one more card once per turn."
[John Anderson's cue cards: 2→4]
John glanced at his hand and grinned, "Hey, let me show you the bond between me and the Crystal Beasts!"
Without hesitation, he threw out one of his cards. "I activate the Spell Card [Crystal Overflow] from my hand!"
You can activate this effect by sending 4 face-up [Crystal Beasts] cards from your Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard. Send all cards on the field to the Graveyard. Then, Special Summon as many [Crystal Beasts] monsters from your Graveyard as possible, up to the number of cards that this effect sends from your opponent's field to the Graveyard.
[John Anderson's hand cards: 4→3]
John's four Infinity Stones in the backcourt suddenly disappeared from the field in a burst of light.
"I've been waiting for you here!" Judai quickly waved his hand and shouted, "Activate the face-down card, counter-trap [Elemental's Blessing]!"
"One [Elemental HERO] card on your field is banished this Yugi, negating the activation of Spell and Trap Card and destroying them."
"Oh no!"
Suddenly, Neo-HERO's figure twisted and vanished from the field, while John's newly activated Spell Card exploded into fragments with a bang.
In this way, John's hard-earned collection of Crystal Beasts was completely depleted.
"Is this the only option left...?"
Without hesitation, he played another Spell Card: "I activate the Spell Card [Crystal Blessing] from my hand, and select two [Crystal Beasts] monsters from my Graveyard to set as Continuous Spell on the field."
"Come back, Topaz Tiger, Amber Mammoth!"
The next moment, two more raw stones, one amber and one yellow, reappeared at his feet.
"Then, I'll activate the Spell Card [Rare Value]."
You can activate this effect if you have 2 or more [Crystal Beasts] cards in your Spell & Trap Zone. Your opponent chooses 1 [Crystal Beasts] card from your Spell & Trap Zone. Send the chosen card to the Graveyard, and draw 2 cards from your Deck.
"Change your hand..." Judai nodded and said, "Then let's send the Amber Mammoth to the graveyard."
Upon hearing this, John put the card back in the graveyard and then drew two more cards from the top of his deck.
"Here it comes!" He glanced at his hand, his eyes lighting up instantly. He immediately placed one of the cards into the Spell & Trap Zone: "Now I activate the Equip Spell [Golden Rule]!"
Choose 2 [Crystal Beasts] monsters from your Deck and place them face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone as Continuous Spell Cards. Then, Special Summon 1 [Crystal Beasts] from your hand or Graveyard with a different name than the placed card, and equip it with this card.
[John Anderson's hand cards: 3→2]
"I've included [Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus] and [Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat] in my deck as Continuous Spell."
A flash of blue light and a flash of purple light appeared at his feet, followed by the appearance of two raw stones, one blue and one purple.
"And according to the effect of [Golden Rule], Special Summon [Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle] from the Graveyard."
A beam of red light shot out from the graveyard opening on John's Duel Disk, and a small beast with two pairs of long ears and a red jewel embedded in its tail appeared from the light.
[Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle: Defense 300]
Chapter 210 Storm Neos
"Has it arrived...? The ace monster of the Crystal Beasts deck..."
Looking at the four-eared beast opposite him, Judai's eyes narrowed. John would definitely be able to gather seven Crystal Beasts this round to summon the Superdimensional Robot Galaxy Destroyer.
However, he didn't notice that John's expression was rather strange at that moment.
'If I had already obtained the Rainbow Dragon, I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble.'
John quickly composed himself and waved his hand, "At this moment, Ruby Beast's monster effect activates!"
"When this card is Special Summoned, Special Summon as many [Crystal Beasts] monsters as possible from the Spell & Trap Zone! Ruby Fun!"
'Ruby!'
Immediately, the Ruby Beast raised its tail, and three beams of red light shot out from the red orb on it.
The three primordial stones activated by the beam of light exploded instantly, revealing the three Crystal Beasts sealed inside.
[Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger: Attack Power 1600]
[Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus: Attack Power 1800]
[Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat: Attack Power 1200]
Manjoume "Lightning": "To summon four monsters in one go, is this the power of the Crystal Beasts deck?"
Asuka grew worried. "This is bad, if this continues, Judai will be at a disadvantage..."
At that moment, John pointed to the white Pegasus with a single jade horn in front of him and shouted, "Activate the Jade Pegasus's effect, Sapphire Divine Summoning!"
"Leave it to me, John."
The Jade Pegasus immediately raised its head, and the single horn on its head emitted a beam of blue light.
John raised the Duel Disk and explained, "When the Jade Pegasus is brought into play, choose one [Crystal Beasts] from your hand, deck, and graveyard and place it in the Spell & Trap Zone."
"Come forth, [Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle]!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a deep blue crystal appeared at his feet.
'So, all seven Crystal Beasts have been collected. Is the Rainbow Dragon coming?'
Under the expectant gaze of the Judai, John indeed drew another card from his hand. Plop
However, just as Judai thought John was about to place the card on the Duel Disk, John instead placed the card into the Spell & Trap Zone.
"Hmm? Could I have guessed wrong?" Judai frowned slightly upon seeing this.
A Spell Card appeared beside John: "Activate the second Equip Spell [Crystal Release], the [Crystal Beasts] equipped with this card gains 800 ATK."
[Crystal Beasts, Azure Jade Pegasus: Attack Power 1800→2600]
[John Anderson's cue cards: 2→1]
He then pointed at the opposite side and roared, "Take this! Topaz Tiger attacks the Bladedge! Huang Yupoo!"
[Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger: Attack Power 1600 → 2000]
Suddenly, Topaz Tiger lunged forward again, instantly killing the Bladedge.
Bang!
[Yusei Fudo: LP3800→3400]
Judai calmly absorbed the damage and flicked his left hand, opening the face-down card on his left. "At this moment, activate the Trap Card [Affectionate Contact]!"
"Return Polymerization Materials from your hand, field, graveyard, and banished monsters to the bottom of your Deck; Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster made from [HERO] monster materials from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summon."
"I'm putting [Elemental HERO Neos] out of the banished deck, [Neo-Spacian Sky Hummingbird] on the field, and [Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin] from my hand back into the deck for a Triple Contact Fusion."
"Show yourself, [Elemental HERO Storm Neos]!"
A dazzling light flashed, and a blue figure appeared, with a pair of huge wings stretching out from its back and steel claws extending from its hands that seemed capable of tearing everything apart.
At the same time, it was enveloped in a fierce storm, like the master of the storm.
[Elemental HERO Storm Neos: Attack Power 3000]
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 1 → 0]
"Triple Contact Fusion? And an attack power of 3000...?"
John's eyes widened; this stumped him, after all, he didn't have any monsters with an attack power exceeding 3000 points.
"John, you look like you're having a tough time."
Hearing the pink cat's words, John couldn't help but smile wryly, "Haha, yes, I'm counting on you from now on."
"Watch me!"
"The Amethyst Cat can attack players directly, but the damage it deals is halved," John immediately commanded. "Go! Attack Judai directly! Amethyst Claw!"
'Meow!!' (Super fierce)
The Amethyst Cat pounced quickly, its claw aimed at Judai's face.
The latter instinctively raised its Duel Disk to catch the cat's paw.
Clang!
[Yusei Fudo: LP3400→2800]
"Last card is placed, turn ends."
[John Anderson's hand cards: 1→0]
'We've been playing for so long and still haven't seen Rainbow Dragon. Is John having really bad luck? Or is that face-down card Trap Card to summon the ace monster?'
Thinking this, Judai quickly drew a card.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 0→1]
Without checking the card in his hand, he said, "Originally Storm Neos would return to the Extra Deck during the End Phase, but according to the effect of [Love Contact], if [Elemental HERO Neos] is returned to the Deck as material, neither player can return the monster Special Summoned by this card to the Extra Deck."
"Avoiding negative abilities and leaving behind powerful monsters? That's quite a strategy..."
John then changed the subject, "But before you begin your turn, I'll activate the Trap Card [Counter Crystal]!"
You can activate this effect by sending all cards from your Spell & Trap Zone except this card to the Graveyard. Place as many [Crystal Beasts] monsters as possible from your Graveyard face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone as Continuous Spell Cards. During the End Phase of this turn, destroy all [Crystal Beasts] cards you control.
"What?"
Seeing that it wasn't a card to summon the Rainbow Dragon, Judai frowned even more.
After the Trap Card was activated, John's back row was cleared, and then three raw crystals—amber, dark blue, and green—appeared in his back row.
"At this moment, the Jade Pegasus's attack power returned to normal after losing its equipment card."
[Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus: Attack Power 2600 → 1800]
"By the way, when you have three or more Crystals in your Spell & Trap Zone, according to the effect of the Field Spell [Rainbow Ancient City], when a Spell or Trap Card is activated, you can negate and destroy it by sending one of your [Crystal Beasts] monsters to the Graveyard."
"In this way, your Spell Card is now sealed by me."