Chapter 322
A powerful Polymerization force suddenly erupted on the field, instantly engulfing the two monsters that had appeared and forcibly merging them into one.
"Come on, [Fossil Dragon Tyrant Dragon]!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ground behind Jim suddenly split open, and a large number of bones flew out from underground and pieced together on the field to form the skeleton of an Overlord.
[Fossil Dragon Tyrant Dragon: Attack Power 3500]
"When the effect of [Fossil Fusion] banishes a monster from either player's Graveyard, that Special Summoned monster cannot be targeted by your opponent's monster effects."
John exclaimed in admiration, "Attack power of 3500... and he still can't be a target of a monster's effect? That Jim guy is pretty good!"
"It's not just that..." Jim continued, "The damage dealt by the Fusion Summon Skeleton Demon Slayer in battle against the opponent's monster is doubled, and you can control the opponent's monster's ATK and DEF at any time to exchange them, dealing Piercing Damage to the opponent."
"The Skeleton Dragon Slayer has an attack power of 3500, while the Flame Warrior has an attack power of 1200, a difference of 2300. Therefore, the damage dealt in the battle is 4600 points!"
Then, with a sweeping gesture, he roared, "One strike to finish you off! Skeleton Dragon Slayer, attack Flamebringer!"
Roar--!!
After letting out a roar, the Overlord Rex fossil sprinted across the ground and charged towards Blaze.
"How naive, Jim!"
Seeing this, Judai calmly revealed a card from his hand. "I activate the monster effect of [Destiny HERO Dynamite] from my hand!"
"When a monster battles, discard this card from your hand, and the damage it dealt to me in that battle becomes zero."
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 4 → 3]
"What?!"
Before Jim could react, the Overlord fossil tore Blaze to shreds in one bite.
Bang--!
[Yusei Fudo: LP4000→3000]
[Jim Claudel Cook: LP4000→3000]
"Based on the effect of the dynamite, both players will take 1000 points of damage."
Jim gritted his teeth upon hearing this, "What a troublesome guy, but it's not over yet..."
He secretly placed a card in his hand in the back row.
"Finally, set one card face down to end the turn."
[Jim Claudel Cook's hand cards: 2→1]
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 3→4]
As Judai drew his card, Jim quickly pressed the button to set a face-down card. "Let me show you the power of the Fossil deck! At this moment, Continuous Trap [Fossil Dyna Pachyrocarlos]!"
"I Special Summon a Rock-type monster that was excluded from the Yugi."
"Rise again, [Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]!"
The fossil of the Pachycephalosaurus has resurfaced and returned to its place.
[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo: Defense 1300]
"In that case, you can't perform a special summon anymore, Judai!"
"They're back again... What a nuisance..." This newspaper thing has had a huge impact on Judai.
But it doesn't matter, he had already prepared a method to summon a higher-level monster.
"The special effect of the Necromancer of the Graveyard is that when you summon a Level 5 or higher [Elemental HERO] monster, you can do so without tributes."
Judai drew another card from his hand and placed it directly onto the Duel Disk.
"I summon [Elemental HERO Terra Firma] in Attack Position!"
In an instant, a white beam of light shot into the sky, and Ultraman with a pair of pure white wings appeared from the light.
[Elemental HERO Terra Firma - Attack Power 2500]
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 4 → 3]
Chapter 218 Restricted Fossil Fusion
"You can still summon a high-level monster under such unfavorable circumstances? As expected of you, Judai! But the True Neo-HERO's defense is only 2000, which is still weak and powerless against the Skeleton Demon Slayer Dragon, which can control its attack and defense at will."
Jim remained calm as he observed the True Neo-HERO's offensive and defensive capabilities.
However, Judai laughed and said, "That's hard to say!"
What?
Judai inserted a Spell Card into the Spell & Trap Zone on the Duel Disk, and announced, "I activate the Equip Spell [Rainbow Cloak] from my hand!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3→2]
Immediately, a layer of colorful energy enveloped the Sincere Neo-HERO.
John exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! It's this card! I have this card too. Its effect is to negate the effects of a monster that battles with its equipped monster!"
Asuka: "In that case, the Skull Demon Slayer's ability to control attack and defense is sealed. From now on, Judai just needs to find a way to increase attack power."
But Judai had already planned it out. "I'll activate the special effect of True Neo-HERO!"
You can activate this effect by discarding 1 [HERO] monster from your hand. This card gains ATK equal to the discarded monster's ATK until the end of this turn.
"I placed [Elemental HERO Shadow Mist] in the graveyard, increasing her attack power by 1000 points."
[Elemental HERO Terra Firma: Attack Power 2500 → 3500]
"At this moment, Shadow Mist's monster is Special Activated: When this card is sent to the Graveyard, add 1 [HERO] monster other than yourself from your Deck to your hand!"
"I've chosen [Elemental HERO Neos]."
Then Judai pointed at his opponent and gave the order, "Take this! Sincere Neo-HERO against Skull Slayer Dragon, Terra Firma Spiral!"
Upon receiving his command, the sincere Neo-HERO immediately launched a suicide charge.
"Because of the [Rainbow Cloak] effect, the Skeleton Demon Slayer's effect is nullified!"
"But, the Skeleton Demon Slayer and the Sincere Neo-HERO have the same attack power, this battle will only result in mutual destruction!"
Boom! Boom--!
The next second, the two monsters collided and instantly exploded into dust.
Seeing his fossil monster destroyed, Jim quickly shouted, "The moment the Skull Slayer Dragon is destroyed, activate the other effect of the Spell Card [Fossil Fusion] from the Graveyard!"
This effect can be activated if this card is in your Graveyard and a face-up [Fossil] Fusion Monster on your field is destroyed by battle or card effect. Add this card from your Graveyard to your hand.
[Jim Claudel Cook's cue cards: 1→2]
The core [Fossil Fusion] has returned to Jim's hands.
However, Judai laughed and said, "The ability to continuously recover [Fossil Fusion] is indeed very powerful, but because of the effect of [Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo], you can't perform a Special Summon. Your [Fossil Fusion] is being restricted by your own monster."
This is also Judai's goal: to fight fire with fire, unless the other party actively destroys the fossil dinosaur, but then Jim will fall into another trap set by Judai.
"Hidden card, turn ends."
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 2 → 1]
Indeed, Jim was feeling really frustrated. Judai hadn't chosen to destroy the fossil dinosaur. After Jaden removed the giant monster he had prepared, the fossil dinosaur would have become a useless piece of junk that was getting stuck in his way.
"Then we can only gamble on this card!"
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Jim Claudel Cook's hand cards: 2→3]
Jim glanced at his hand, Jim left eye slightly agape, and a smirk involuntarily crept onto his lips. "Nice! The deck does respond to me after all..."
As he spoke, he directly showed the card in his hand.
"I activate the Spell Card [Magical Mallet] from my hand, send my Continuous Trap [Fossil Dyna Pachyrocarlos] to the Graveyard, and draw two cards from my Deck."
[Jim Claudel Cook's hand cards: 3→4]
"At the same time, since [Fossil Dyna Pachyrocarlos] leaves the field, the monster Special Summoned by this card is destroyed."
In the blink of an eye, the fossilized dinosaur exploded into dust with a bang.
"Now, the [Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo] is no longer binding me, and I can summon powerful monsters normally."
However, this was the moment Judai had been waiting for. "You've been tricked! This is the instant I've been waiting for, open the card!"
He immediately flicked his left hand, and the face-down card on his left opened. "Trap Card, [Sage Alchemist]!"
"Remove four HERO monsters from your Graveyard: [Elemental HERO Flame Man], [Elemental HERO Necroid Shaman], [Elemental HERO Shadow Mist], and [Destiny HERO Dynamite]. Special Summon one HERO monster from your Yugi, ignoring its Summoning conditions."
"Awaken, [Elemental HERO Terra Firma]!"
In an instant, a beam of white light shot out from the graveyard opening on the Judai Duel Disk, and Ultraman, with outstretched wings, reappeared.
[Elemental HERO Terra Firma - Attack Power 2500]
Asuka suddenly realized, "So that's how it is! This way, the monsters from the Judai Graveyard can't be used, Jim can only use the monsters from his own graveyard as Polymerization materials."
Of course, that's not all there is to it. Judai mainly wanted to exclude [Elemental HERO Necroid Shaman] and [Destiny HERO Dynamite] because he knew that there were two Fusion Monsters in the [Fossil] deck called [Mesozoic Fossil Knight Skull Knight] and [Mesozoic Fossil Motor Skeleton Touring Car], which had the effect of destroying one monster and one Spell/Trap Card respectively when in the Graveyard.
One of the conditions for summoning them is to use Level 5 or Level 6 monsters as materials. Necromancer and Dynamite are Level 5 monsters, which is why Judai specifically excluded them.
Furthermore, since the Skeleton Dragon Slayer requires level 7 or higher monsters from the opponent's graveyard as materials, Jim's summonable monster pool becomes very limited.
"You've fallen into my rhythm, Jim."
Jim's pupils contracted upon hearing this.
"You are indeed not to be underestimated. Then I will activate [Fossil Fusion] once again!"
[Jim Claudel Cook's hand cards: 4 → 3]
"Ban off the Rock-type monster [Shell Knight] and the Level 7 or higher [Fossil Dragon Tyrant Dragon] from your Yugi, and then perform Fusion Summon using the effect of [Fossil Fusion]."
"[Ancient Fossil Knight Skull King] Summoning!"
The next moment, amidst a flash of light, a skeleton knight with golden bones appeared on the field.
[Ancient Fossil Knight Skull King: Attack Power 2800]
Chapter 219 The Root of the Anomaly
Seeing the golden skeleton knight standing in front of Jim, he adjusted his hat and explained, "Although [Fossil Fusion] couldn't use monsters from the opponent's graveyard as materials, and therefore couldn't grant the Skull King the ability to be untargetable by the opponent's monsters, the Skull King's attack power is higher than that of the True Neo-HERO, and it can launch two attacks during battle."
'It's just a pity that this card can't be used for the time being...'
Jim looked at the [Time Stream] in his hand with some regret.
This card's effect is to Tribute one of your Fossil Fusion Monster on the field, and Special Summon another Fossil Fusion Monster that originally had a Level 2 higher as Fossil Fusion Summon.
If Judai hadn't removed Necromancer and Dynamite beforehand, Jim could have used [Fossil Fusion] to summon [Mesozoic Fossil Knight Skull Knight] or [Mesozoic Fossil Motor Skeleton Wagon], and then used [Time Stream] to clear the field.
"But it's not over yet..." He snapped out of his thoughts, then revealed another card in his hand, saying, "I'm removing the two Rock-type monsters, [Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo] and [Feral Imp], from my Yugi."
"Awaken from the scorching earth's crust, [Giant Earth]!"
In an instant, the earth split open, flames shot into the sky, and a rock giant rapidly took shape in the lava.
[Giant Earth: Attack Power 2800]
[Jim Claudel Cook's hand cards: 3 → 2]
"When fighting [Giant Earth], the opponent's ATK and DEF are halved only during damage calculation."
"But before you use it, let me see what you're covering up..."
As Jim spoke, he waved his arm and gave the order, "Skull King, attack Sincere Neo-HERO! King's Sword!"
Clang!
The golden skeleton knight immediately drew an ancient knight's sword and charged towards the opponent.
"How naive, Jim! I told you so, you've already fallen into my trap!"
At the critical moment, Judai quickly threw the card in his hand into the graveyard.
"At this moment, I discard [Elemental HERO Neos] from my hand and place it in the Graveyard, activating the special effect of [Elemental HERO Terra Firma] once more. This turn, its ATK increases by the ATK of the discarded [HERO] monster. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn."