Chapter 1021: What Is Gimmick HERO |
"The real battle has just begun!"
Jesse was excited when he heard this, and there seemed to be an invisible flame burning in his eyes: "Come on, Judai! You're welcome, use all your strength to attack!"
"Hey, are you a little too excited, Jesse?" Cobalt Eagle said on the side.
"It's okay, it's okay." Jesse waved his hand and smiled, "Yuki Judai… He is an opponent worthy of my burning everything and going all out!"
Although they had only known each other for a short time, Judai and Jesse had discovered the similarities between each other and themselves. Their personalities, ties with spirits, and love for duels were exactly the same.
Through this duel, the two of them have already felt a sense of mutual appreciation.
Judai waved his hand and drew a card: "Spell Card ‘Space Gift'! Draw 1 card for each different ‘Neo-Spacian' name on the monsters I control!
Because there are four types of Neo-Spacian on my side, I draw four cards!"
Jesse gasped.
"Then I'll go all out too!" Judai took a deep breath and raised his fist high, "Elemental HERO Neos! Neo-Spacian Grand Mole! Neo-Spacian Dark Panther!
Three monsters return from the field to the deck! Contact Fusion!!!"
Three beams of light shot up into the sky, and the two Neo-Spacians both merged into Neos, turning into beams of light that broke through the clouds and disappeared into the Milky Way, with colorful brilliance bursting out from the depths of the galaxy.
"Crush the galaxy, mysterious light——
——Elemental HERO Nebula Neos!!!"
The hero's burly body was surrounded by colorful light and descended, landing with a mighty force. The rainbow bridge seemed to be cut in two by the mysterious light that penetrated the galaxy, and the hero landed heavily, stirring up a thousand-foot dust tomb.
[Elemental HERO Nebula Neos, ATK 3000]
"It appears, Nebula Neos!" Jesse's eyes lit up, "Oh, it's even cooler than the legend!"
"Really?" Judai was very proud, "Nebula Neos' effect is activated! If this card is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, I can draw cards equal to the number of cards on the opponent's field!"
"The number of cards on my field… Oops!" Jesse immediately realized that something was wrong.
Jesse's field was really luxurious. He now had six Crystal Beasts, a Field Spell, and two set cards on the field, a total of nine cards!
"So, I draw nine cards from the deck!!!"
Seeing Judai on the opposite side draw such a large number of cards in one breath, Jesse was dumbfounded.
"So many cards in hand…"
"It's not over yet! Nebula Neos' follow-up effect! Negate the effects of 1 face-up card on the field until the end of this turn!" Judai raised his voice, "I negate ‘Ancient City – Rainbow Ruins'!"
Nebula Neos waved his hand, and a powerful force descended, covering the entire field with changing colorful lights. The rainbow on the horizon dimmed and disappeared, and the entire field lost its luster.
"Ah!" Jesse said, "You actually disable my Rainbow City…"
"I don't know what other effects this city has hidden, but now all of them can't be used!"
Judai then showed another card.
"Then activate the Spell Card ‘Hero Mask'! Send an ‘Elemental HERO' monster from the deck to the graveyard, and choose a face-up monster on the field. Until the end of the turn, that monster's name becomes the sent monster's name."
A card popped out of the deck and was drawn by Judai into his hand.
"I sent the ‘Elemental HERO Neos' that just returned to the deck to the graveyard again, and made the name of ‘Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin' on the field become ‘Elemental HERO Neos'!
Then I returned ‘Neo-Spacian Glow Moss' and ‘Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin' treated as Neos to the deck, and fused them!"
Jesse was surprised: "Another Contact Fusion!?"
"It's incredible." The Sapphire Pegasus on Jesse's field said, "Even if the first move was interrupted by us, he could still summon so many powerful Neos one after another immediately…
…This kid named Yuki Judai, and his outer space companions, are really extraordinary.
Be careful, Jesse!"
"I know!" Jesse responded.
At this time, Brother Dolphin, who had transformed into the state of Neos, and Glow Moss had both flown into the sky, miraculously contacted in the Milky Way, and transformed into a brand new posture and fell straight down from the starry sky, appearing from the light curtain!
[Elemental HERO Glow Neos, ATK 2500]
"The effect of Glow Neos!" Judai said, "Once per turn, destroy a face-up card on the opponent's field, and gain the corresponding effect according to the type of destroyed card!
The card I want to destroy, of course… is ‘Ancient City – Rainbow Ruins'!"
Originally, as long as there was more than one "Crystal Beast" in the Spell & Trap Zone, the rainbow city could not be destroyed by card effects. But now its effect has been negated by Nebula Neos, so naturally it could only helplessly collapse under the impact of the power of light.
"Glow Neos obtained an effect when destroyed a Spell Card," Judai smiled, "Glow Neos can attack directly this round!"
Jesse was surprised: "It's actually a direct attack effect?"
"Fight!" Judai shouted, "First, ‘Elemental HERO Nebula Neos', attack ‘Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger'!"
[Elemental HERO Nebula Neos, ATK 3000]
[Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger, ATK 1600]
This attack would cause 1400 points of combat damage, plus the fact that Glow Neos could attack directly, Judai could cause a total of 3900 points of damage this round.
And Jesse's remaining LP was 3500.
It was a checkmate!
But of course, things will not be that easy.
"Open the set card: Continuous Trap – Crystal Conclave!" Jesse shouted, "Send this face-up card to the graveyard, then target 1 ‘Crystal Beast' card I control and 1 card on the field; return them to the hand!"
"Ah!?" Judai was surprised, "Bounce back to hand?"
Jesse waved his hand and said, "I will return your ‘Nebula Neos' and my own ‘Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus' to hand!"
Of course, Sapphire Pegasus was returned to hand. But Nebula Neos, as a fusion monster, would be returned the Extra Deck instead.
Well, bouncing back to hand was not destruction, so it was completely fine.
Watching Nebula Neos fly back to the deck, Yubel next to Judai floated out again.
"What a useless alien." She muttered.
To be honest, there has been a "Neos Fusion" sleeping in Judai's graveyard. When a Neos fusion monster would be destroyed by battle or effect, this card could replace one destruction.
But Jesse used "Crystal Abundance" the last turn to skip the "destruction" process and sent Neos directly to the graveyard. This time, it was directly bounced back to the hand, and there was no chance for Neos Fusion to play a role.
So it seemed that what Jesse said about not having a "destroy monster" card in the deck was still true. The "Neos Fusion" in the graveyard could prove this.
"And if ‘Sapphire Pegasus' returns to the hand, it can place another ‘Crystal Beast' on the field when it is summoned next turn." Yubel analyzed, "Not only Nebula Neos' attack is canceled, but the opponent also avoids the powerful effect of Nebula Neos's ‘removing all cards on the field face-down' at the end of the turn."
After all, there were only seven Crystal Beasts in Jesse's deck, and now most of the Crystal Beasts in his deck were gathered on his field. If the effect of "Nebula Neos" removed all the cards on the field, then he could surrender on the spot.
"Amazing, you calculated so much!" Judai admired.
"That's not the case." Yubel said, "The opponent should be a duelist of the same type as you. Rather than thinking about tactics with his brain, he prefers to play cards based on intuition.
It's just that this boy's intuition… may be very accurate."
"Still amazing!" Judai smiled, "But I can't back down! Then ‘Elemental HERO Glow Neos', attack directly!"
Glow Neos, who destroyed the Field Spell, had the right to attack directly this round! He flew high, raised his hand, and a beam javelin stabbed across the field towards Jesse!
"Jesse, be careful!" This time it was the Jade Turtle who spoke.
"I know!" Jesse turned over another backfield card, "Trap Card ‘Crystal Pair'! Place 1 ‘Crystal Beast' monster from my Deck face-up in my Spell & Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell, and I take no battle damage for the rest of this turn! I place ‘Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise' and make the damage from your monsters this turn becomes 0!" (Animation effect)
The gems in the backfield burst out with purple, green and red brilliance, forming a barrier in front of Jesse.
It was as if he was protecting his family with his body.
Shining Neos's attack hit the barrier hard, and the energy disappeared immediately after hitting the wall.
"Even this was blocked!" Judai praised, "Jesse is so powerful."
In this way, Judai's battle phase ended. Neos Fusion Monsters could only exist on the field for one round, and they could no longer cause further combat damage. In the next round, Judai would have to face Jesse's Crystal Beast's all-out attack with an empty field.
Jesse clenched his fist.
I won!
"So strong, Jesse, really strong!" Judai's eyes lit up.
Unable to cause combat damage, Judai would naturally end the Battle Phase and enter the Main Phase 2 of this turn.
"But my turn is not over yet." Judai said, "Activate the Spell Card ‘Sacred Sword of Seven Stars' from my hand! Banish the level 7 ‘Elemental HERO Glow Neos' from the field, and draw two cards!"
Anyway, Glow Neos must return to the deck at the end of the phase, so it is better to speed up the card drawing as a price.
Judai now had a lot of cards in his hand. Although the Battle Phase of this turn has passed and he was still protected by the effect of "Crystal Pair", Jesse still felt a little uneasy when looking at his big hand of cards.
At the same time, he even had a little expectation.
"Activate Spell Card – Polymerization!" Judai shouted.
Jesse: "Are you still going to fuse at this juncture!?"
"I fuse the ‘Elemental HERO Necroshade' with ‘Storm Caller' in my hand!
The fusion condition is 1 ‘Elemental HERO' monster + 1 WIND monster! Fusion Summon—
–Elemental HERO Great Tornado!!!"
[Elemental HERO Great Tornado, ATK 2800]
"When the Great Tornado is Fusion Summoned, and the attack power of all monsters on the opponent's field is halved!"
[Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger, ATK 1600 → ATK 800]
[Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth, ATK 1700 → ATK 850]
Jesse frowned: "But even if it is halved, your Battle Phase for this turn has already passed."
"I know." Judai smiled, "But I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn."
Jesse: "…"
He was getting more and more confused.
It's obvious that there's no way to fight, so what's the point of summoning more monsters?
"The effect of ‘Elemental HERO Necroshade' that I just sent to the graveyard as a fusion material! Once, while this card is in the GY, I can Normal Summon 1 Level 5 or higher ‘Elemental HERO' monster without Tributing.
I Normal Summon ‘Elemental HERO Bladege' from my hand!"
[Elemental HERO Bladege, ATK 2600]
Judai took a deep breath.
Okay, now the preparations are complete.
Let me show you another super interesting tactic that Yuei Vu-sensei taught me!
"Set two cards, I end my turn." Judai said.
Jesse looked at his operation in confusion.
End… turn?
That's it?
"… Then it's my turn, draw."
Jesse drew a card, but before he could enter the Main Phase to operate, he heard Judai suddenly interrupt.
"At your Standby Phase, open the set card: Trap Card – Give and Take!"
Jesse: "!"
This card again!?
He frowned: "Are you going to summon Ra's Disciple again…"
"No." Judai smiled, "This time, I'm going to Special Summon the Storm Caller that I just sent to the graveyard as the fusion material for the Great Tornado onto your field!"
[Storm Caller, ATK 2300]
Jesse: "???"
What is this thing again?
He was getting more and more confused. This time, Judai sent him a high-level monster with 2300 attack power, which was higher than all the Crystal Beasts in his entire deck…
"Here, here, here!"
Judai's face was full of excitement.
Of course, the joy of the gimmick combo about to succeed was something that ordinary duelists could not understand.
"Open the set card: Trap Card – Edge Hammer! Tribute 1 ‘Elemental HERO Bladedge' to target 1 monster the opponent controls; destroy that target."
Judai pointed to Jesse's field: "I'll destroy your Storm Caller!!!"
"Huh!?" Jesse was shocked.
You sent me the monster yourself, and then you want to blow it up right away?
"The subsequent effect of ‘Edge Hammer' inflicts damage to the opponent equal to that target's original ATK – that is, 2300 points of damage."
Judai showed a sunny and happy smile.
"Then there is the effect of ‘Storm Caller' itself. When it is destroyed, the controller of the Storm Caller takes damage equal to its original ATK.
In other words, it's still 2300 points!"
Jesse was stunned for a long time.
"The controller of the Storm Caller means…"
He was shocked instantly.
"Ah! Are you talking about me! ?"
He looked at the summoner who was forced in front of him, and he was dumbfounded.
"What the hell!! ? ?"
Almost everyone in the audience jumped up in shock.
Two consecutive 2300 points of damage, that is to say…
…… This hammer will directly take away 4600 LP!?
Damn, there is such a thing!?
You give the opponent a big monster, then blow it up yourself, and you directly OTK in one go?
"Go, Bladege!" Judai smiled.
The Bladege flew forward, raised the huge metal hammer without hesitation, and smashed it down with endless golden light…
Boom!!!
[Jesse, LP 3500 →LP 1200→ LP 0]