Yūki grinned.
"I activate [Elemental HERO Stratos]'s other effect!"
"When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can destroy Spell and Trap Cards on the field, up to the number of other 'HERO' monsters I control!"
Yūki pointed at the other two HEROes standing side by side on his field.
"Besides Stratos, I have two HERO monsters on my field: [Elemental HERO Sunrise] and [Elemental HERO Brave Elemental HERO Neos]!"
"So I can destroy up to two Spell and Trap Cards on the field!"
Yūki thrust his finger forward, pointing straight at the Hooded Man's back row and field!
"The cards I'm destroying are your Field Spell, [Dark World], and your Equip Spell, [Power of the Guardians]!"
The vicious grin froze completely on the Hooded Man's face, and he let out a heart-rending scream of despair.
"Wh... what?!"
"Stratos, blow them away!"
The howling hurricane turned into two razor-sharp wind blades that tore through the seething dark swamp and the guardian aura!
Crack! Crack!
With crisp shattering sounds, the entire Dark World collapsed, and the Power of the Guardians dissolved into golden fragments in the air!
Stripped of the protection of the field and equipment, the black flames on Archfiend Soldier instantly went out, and his ATK dropped all the way back to its original value!
[Archfiend Soldier] ATK: 2400 → 1900
And because Stratos was WIND, there were now both LIGHT and WIND attributes on the field, strengthening Sunrise's attribute-boosting aura once again!
[Elemental HERO Sunrise] ATK: 2700 → 2900! [Elemental HERO Brave Elemental HERO Neos] ATK: 2700 → 2900!
The Hooded Man stared blankly at his empty back row. His legs went weak, and he completely lost the strength to resist.
"H-how could this happen..."
Yūki did not even bother looking at him