Yu-Gi-Oh!: Starting with a Hellish Deck, Depressing the World
Syrus Truesdale, the squinty-eyed Professor Banner, and the other two, all inside the stone coffin on the canyon floor below, suddenly cried out. "It seems that if Jaden Yuki's life force is down to a sliver, that stone coffin will be almost completely closed." Alexis Rhodes, seeing this, frowned and said, "Next, it's over!"
The Gravekeeper's Elder chuckled and raised his hand to issue the order, "[The Gravekeeper's Curse], launch a direct attack!"
"At the same time, due to the Field Spell [Necrovalley], the ATK and DEF of all [Gravekeeper's] monsters on the field have increased by 500 points!" As his words fell, the Gravekeeper Curse's ATK also increased to 1300 points.
Immediately, he released a beam of orange-yellow energy from the magic wand in his hand, which shot rapidly toward Jaden Yuki!
"Ugh!" Jaden Yuki felt another sharp pain in his chest, where he had been hit, and knelt down on the ground, clutching his chest.
His [1800LP] health points were also reduced again, down to a mere [500LP]!
"Big brother!"
Below Syrus Truesdale and Chumley immediately cried out in concern!
At the same time, the stone coffin in front of them closed up again, leaving only half a hand's width of space.
"There must be an even greater power dormant within you, Jaden- kun. Don't let me down."
The squinty-eyed Professor Banner thought to himself.
He rarely looked so serious, but he continued to squint and stare.
Then he was suddenly dumbfounded to find that because the stone coffin had closed up quite a bit, he could no longer see the dueling arena from his position!
"No way!"
Jiang He almost burst out laughing at the silly noise coming from the squinty-eyed Professor Banner.
However, at this moment, Jaden Yuki's hot-blooded idiot situation was indeed not very good.
Although he didn't think Jaden would lose.
"This one strike will finish you off! [Gravekeeper's Assailant], launch a direct attack! Shadow Backstab!"
Without pausing, the Gravekeeper's Elder raised his hand again and pointed to Jaden Yuki in the distance opposite him, giving an order.
Because of the [Necrovalley]'s Field Spell effect, the black-robed, masked female assassin's attack power, which was originally 1500, increased directly to 2000 points.
Holding a curved, serpentine short sword, he leaped into the air and vanished as a shadow.
When they reappeared, they were already behind Jaden Yuki!
He raised his serpentine short sword, ready to strike and deliver the final blow to that hot-blooded idiot Jaden Yuki!
"Activate the ambush card, trap [Draining Shield]!"
Just then, Jaden Yuki quickly pointed to the only ambush card on the field in front of him!
Soon, a trap was triggered, revealing an image of a monster attacking a warrior protected by a green shield.
As the light appeared, a green energy shield also materialized around Jaden Yuki.
The [Gravekeeper's Assailant] absorbed all the power of his serpent blade attack, rendering it ineffective!
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"What happened?!"
The attack of [The Gravekeeper's Assailant] was directly blocked by the trap set by Jaden Yuki, and the attack failed.
The Gravekeeper's Elder was immediately taken aback.
"The effect of the Trap [Draining Shield] is to Null and Void the attack of an opponent's monster and restore its Life Points equal to that monster's Attack Power!" As Jaden Yuki's cheerful words fell, his Life Points, which had previously been only [500 LP], instantly increased by 2000, becoming [2500 LP]!
"Hmph, all you're doing is playing petty tricks! Even if you recover 2000 LP of health, it's just buying me a little more time. I haven't even launched my own attack yet!" The Gravekeeper's Elder said angrily, and a dark red energy ball quickly appeared in his hand.
His original attack power of 1900 points also increased to ~2400 points due to the existence of [Necrovalley].
He instantly unleashed a dark red energy blast, directly attacking Jaden Yuki! "Ah!!"
As the dark red energy blast struck Jaden Yuki, he cried out in pain, his clothes instantly torn in several places.
I almost collapsed onto the stone pillar and couldn't get up!
His health, which had recovered to [2500LP], was once again reduced to a pitiful [100LP]! "Has it appeared...?"
In that instant, Jiang He vaguely sensed that a power seemed to emerge from Jaden Yuki, that hot-blooded idiot, slightly protecting him.
This prevented Jaden Yuki from immediately losing consciousness from the attack.
If he wasn't mistaken, that should be the hidden power from the past life within that hot-blooded idiot, Jaden!
However, the squinty-eyed Professor Banner was definitely not able to see it anymore, as the three stone coffins below were now almost completely closed.
Only a tiny crack remained.
"Oh, can you still stand up? Well, just to be on the safe side, let me add one last layer of insurance for this victory after the attack is over!" Seeing Jaden Yuki grimace and cry out in pain, he immediately stood up again.
The Gravekeeper's Elder was slightly surprised, then he immediately took out his last card and activated it. "Activate the Spell Card from my hand, [Royal Tribute]!"
"This card's effect can only be activated while [Necrovalley] is on your field. Discard all monsters from both players' hands to the Graveyard!"
"What?!" Jaden Yuki exclaimed in surprise.
His hand, which originally held four cards, vanished instantly under the effect of the Spell Card, accompanied by a faint glow.
He was sent to the graveyard on the Duel Disk!
"He actually sent all the monsters in Jaden Yuki's hand to the Graveyard at the very end of his turn!" Alexis Rhodes exclaimed in surprise.
First, send all the monsters in Jaden Yuki's hand to the Graveyard, then use the Field Spell [Necrovalley] to seal off the Graveyard.
This eliminates the possibility of the former taking cards from the graveyard back into their hand for continued use, or reviving Special Summon back to the field.
That Gravekeeper Elder's safety measure almost completely eliminated Jaden Yuki's chance of summoning a powerful monster in the next turn and turning the tide!
Although it's nowhere near as sinister as Jiang He's previous Dark HERO Deck, which even blocked card draws.
But the current situation is clearly not very friendly to that Jaden Yuki! "Hmph, turn over, everything is ready now, I won't give you any chance!" The Gravekeeper's Elder said with a smile.
Jiang He's expression turned slightly strange.
He wondered if he should redefine what it meant to "not give you any chance at all."
Because, if he wasn't mistaken, he seemed to vaguely see that hot-blooded idiot, Jaden Yuki, being thrown into the graveyard by the effect of the opponent's Spell Card [Royal Tribute].
It seems there's one monster whose effect only activates after being sent to the Graveyard, allowing the summoning of a Hero Monster without using a tribute: [Elemental HERO Necroshade]... Jiang He thought, "Isn't this a huge help to that Jaden?"
Especially for someone who draws incredibly lucky numbers!
After glancing at the Gravekeeper's Elder [1300LP]'s life points, and considering that among the opponent's three monsters (including the opponent's own), the [Gravekeeper Curse] had the lowest attack power, even with the boost from the Field Spell [Necrovalley], it still only had 1300 attack points.
Jiang He could only say that the duel was almost over. "My turn, draw!" Just as Jiang He had predicted, after Jaden Yuki drew a card from his own Duel Disk deck with complete concentration, a confident smile of victory quickly appeared on his face!
A smile from a player who draws amazing numbers!
"Although your deck is a bit shady, it's still within a manageable range compared to the 'trial' I underwent with that guy Jiang He!" "I summon [Elemental HERO Bladedge] in Attack Position!"
As Jaden Yuki slammed the card he drew onto the Duel Disk, a faint light illuminated the field in front of him.
It transformed into a heroic monster figure with a body made entirely of golden metal and sharp golden wrist blades on its wrists!
Then it slowly landed on the field in front of Jaden Yuki!
[E·hero Bladedge]
[Star Rating: 7]
[Attribute: Earth]
[Attack Power: 2600]
[Defense Strength: 1800]
"How is that possible? A high-level monster with 2600 attack power, how can it be summoned without a sacrifice?!" The Gravekeeper's Elder frowned and exclaimed in surprise. "I must thank you for the effect of the [Elemental HERO Necroshade] you threw into the graveyard for me earlier, Uncle." Jaden Yuki said with a smile, clenching his fist.
"As long as this card is in the Graveyard, you have one chance to Summon a high-level E. Hero monster without using a Tribute!"
"Effects activated from the graveyard are not subject to the graveyard-locking effect of [Necrovalley]! This is a situation that someone demonstrated before!" Obviously, this is a method that Jiang He the Dark HERO Deck to reasonably avoid the negative effects of [Necrovalley].
However, the card he used at the time wasn't the less sinister [Elemental HERO Necroshade].
"I've secured this victory! [Elemental HERO Bladedge] attacks [Gravekeeper's Curse]! Bladedge Impact!"
At Jaden Yuki's signal, the Bladedge in front of him raised his golden blade and charged forward, leaping past the Gravekeeper's Curse!
The opponent's attack exploded into a burst of fire and smoke, then disappeared.
The aftershocks of the explosion, including the flames and smoke, quickly reached the Gravekeeper's Elder, who was also his dueling opponent.
This caused him to cry out in pain.
And his already meager health of [1300LP] was instantly reduced to zero!
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"Impossible! How could I lose!"
The Gravekeeper's Elder clutched his chest in disbelief, the shockwave from the explosion causing him pain.
As he fell, the brownish-brown Necrovalley vanished again with a thunderous roar.
It has been restored to its original earthen-yellow altar appearance.
This caused them to reappear on the high platform of the altar.
"Elder, are you alright?" The masked assassin in black robes hurriedly asked from the side.
She then glanced at Jiang He and Alexis Rhodes, and suggested to the Gravekeeper Elder, "Elder, should we cancel the next trial?" Clearly, this kind-hearted young lady intended to take the opportunity to save the people who had mistakenly wandered in again.
Jiang He felt a little embarrassed by what he saw.
It must be said that although her identity is that of Gravekeeper's Assailant, this young lady is actually quite kind-hearted.
"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious." However, the Gravekeeper Elder quickly waved his hand and stood up again.
Then he took out a pendant from in front of him and looked at Jaden Yuki, saying, "It was a very beautiful duel. You passed this trial that determined whether you would be buried alive. You are only the second person in a long time to pass it."
"Then, according to the rules of the Gravekeeper Clan, this half of the pendant will serve as your reward for passing the trial."
The Gravekeeper Elder, as he spoke, tossed the half of the pendant to Jaden Yuki was suspended high on the platform opposite him. "That pendant is...?!"
Alexis Rhodes saw the broken half of the pendant, her expression shifted, and she exclaimed in surprise as if she had remembered something, "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a perfect pair with the other half that your brother is wearing."
Jiang He glanced at the half-broken golden pendant prop that Jaden Yuki had just caught, and immediately recognized it, saying, "That Jaden Yuki and my brother are... you seem to be making another weird joke."
Upon hearing this, Alexis Rhodes couldn't help but imagine the scene, and immediately shuddered, rubbing her Jiang He!"
She could no longer look directly at the pendant or her brother.
"..." Jiang He really wanted to say that he didn't mean it that way at all.
Alexis just misunderstood.
"So the person who passed the trial last time was the brother of the girl next to you, young man?"
However, the Gravekeeper Elder looked at them in surprise after hearing the commotion.
"Before this, there was indeed a person calling himself Darkness who broke into this sacred place, challenged me to a trial, and successfully passed it, obtaining half of a dark artifact pendant from the Gravekeeper Clan as a reward."