Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Watching Yusei display his prowess and leave his opponent speechless, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

"End of round..."

With a look of resentment and a hint of helplessness on his face, Gong Di raised his hand to end his turn.

From this point on, both sides can enter the combat phase.

"My turn, draw a card!"

(Yusei's hand: 4→5)

Looking at the blank hero he had just drawn—Winged Warrior—Yusei was somewhat speechless, but still chose to put it on the Duel Disk.

Every little bit helps; even 1000 points of damage is still damage!

"I summon [Elemental HERO Winged Warrior] (Attack Power 1000) in Attack Position!" Yusei, having summoned Winged Warrior in Attack Position, raised his hand and entered the battle phase: "Battle begins!"

"Natural Wood Dragon attacks Landmine Spider! Masked Hero Dark Claw attacks Emperor Seahorse! Then comes Elemental Hero Wingman's direct attack!"

Upon receiving the order, the three monsters simultaneously charged toward the location of the maze brothers.

The largest of the natural wood dragons crushed the landmine spider into pieces with a single stomp, while Friend Hero swung his claws in a cross-cutting attack on the seahorse man, tearing him to shreds.

Without the monster's protection, the two brothers became lambs to the slaughter, and were directly attacked by Winged Man.

(LP of the Maze Brothers: 8000→7400→6700→5700)

"Mamma Mia!"

Watching the two brothers being instantly wiped out by Yusei, Professor Chronos, who was standing at the edge of the dueling arena watching, bit his handkerchief hard, his face showing an expression of great worry.

When Yusei was in the card room, he had already vaguely sensed the danger, and sure enough, this terrible premonition became a reality right before his eyes.

"This is the moment I've been waiting for!" Seeing Yusei's attack end, Miko immediately activated the effect of the monster in his hand: "I activate the effect of [Demon Dragon Mahama] (Dragon/Light/Level 5/ATK 0/DEF 2500) in my hand. This effect can only be activated when either you or your opponent takes battle damage. Special Summon this card from your hand, and then you can either recover Life Points equal to the amount of battle damage you took, or inflict damage equal to the amount of battle damage on your opponent!"

As Mige finished speaking, a phoenix-tailed dragon with four wings and a platinum-colored body appeared, fluttering its wings to protect the labyrinth brothers.

Since this dragon has an attack power of 0, Mige naturally chose to Special Summon it to the field in Defense Position.

"Take this counterattack! Because of the effect of [Demon Dragon Mahamo], I choose to deal you 1000 points of damage!"

The special move of the demon dragon Maha Maha is triggered by chaining Winged Warrior's attacks. Therefore, Migo can choose to restore 1000 HP equal to Winged Warrior's attack power or inflict 1000 damage on Yusei and the others.

With a robust 5700 health points, they naturally chose the option that yielded the greater benefit—dealing with 1000 damage to their opponent.

"Holy crap! It's a hand trap with a special summoning effect..."

Yusei, who had overlooked one step, looked at the demonic dragon spreading its wings in their direction and sighed subconsciously.

Natural Wood Dragon can only negate and destroy the activation of Spell & Trap Cards, but not the activation of Monster effects.

The Gravesite sealing effect of Friend Hero is the nemesis of [Proliferate G], [Ghost Rabbit], and [Effect Veiler], but it cannot stop hand traps without the Gravesite sending effect.

"Take this! A counterattack of light rain!"

"Well……"

Amidst the exhilarating shouts of the fanboy, the winged dragon unleashed a rain of light upon Yusei and Jaden Yuki. Bathed in the light, the two clearly felt their life points draining away.

(LP of Yusei & Jaden Yuki: 4000 → 3000)

"Two cards are hidden here. End of turn!"

After tidying up his uniform, which was somewhat disheveled by the impact of the light rain, Yusei ended his turn after keeping two cards in his hand.

Having successfully countered Yusei, Miko grinned smugly and drew a card from his deck: "My turn, draw!"

"Hmph! I've already seen through your tricks!" Facing the composed Yusei, Miguel wagged his finger and said with a smile, "As long as I don't use any magic or trap cards, you can't do anything to me!"

"..." Yusei remained noncommittal in response to the fan's cryptic remarks.

"Only Spell & Trap Cards are blocked, not Monster Cards..." With that, Mige placed a monster from his hand onto the Duel Disk in place of the Demon Dragon Mahama: "In that case, I will Tribute [Demon Dragon Mahama] to Tribute Summon [Light Emperor Crys] (Warrior/Light/Level 6/ATK 2400/DEF 1000)!"

The four-winged demonic dragon roared to the sky, then vanished from the field as particles of light. A giant, radiating golden light, then appeared on Migo's field in place of the departing demonic dragon.

Because of the effect of Masked Hero Dark Claw, cards sent to the Graveyard will be banished from the game. Therefore, both the Spell Card activated by Miyabi earlier and the [Demon Dragon Mahama] which should have been sent to the Graveyard due to the Tribute Summon will be banished from the game.

"Hmm... an emperor, huh..."

Looking at the golden giant that appeared before him, Yusei glanced at the [Divine Declaration] lying in ambush in the back row. After hesitating for a while, he still resisted the urge to activate it.

【Divine Declaration】 can nullify the opponent's summoning action, but at the cost of half of their life points.

Yusei and his friends have 3000 life points. If the Labyrinth Brothers summon a monster with 2500 or more attack power next turn to attack Winged Warrior on their field, that would be very awkward...

"【Light Emperor Chris】's effect activated! When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can destroy up to two cards on your opponent's field! In exchange, your opponent can draw the same number of destroyed cards from their Deck!"

"...I choose to destroy [Natural Wood Dragon Beast] and [Masked Hero Dark Claw]!"

188 New Masked Heroes Arrive!

After hesitating for a moment, Migo chose the monsters on the Yusei field as the target for Kou Daishi's effect.

The image of his younger brother destroying the opponent's magic trap cards and frantically stepping on lightning to take off was still vivid in his mind. He didn't want to repeat the same mistake and cause himself trouble...

Compared to the unknown dangers in the backcourt, it's more important to take down the two visible monsters on the field that are this young man!

Upon receiving the attack order, the Light Emperor raised his hands towards the sky.

As he moved, two beams of light suddenly appeared in the void, shooting straight towards the Natural Wood Dragon Beast and Friend Hero respectively.

"Don't even think about succeeding! At this very moment, I'm targeting [Masked Hero Dark Claw] and activating the hidden Quick-Play Spell Card [Shape Change]!"

Seeing that Miguel was about to destroy his friend Hero on the field, Yusei decisively opened another face-down card in the back row and activated its effect: "You can target 1 [Hero] Fusion Monster you control. Return that monster to the Extra Deck, then Special Summon 1 [Masked HERO] Monster with the same Level as that monster but a different Name from its original Level from the Extra Deck as a [Masked Change] Special Summon."

Naturally, the massive body of the Wood Dragon Beast could not dodge this swift beam of light. Impacted, it fell straight down, turning into particles of light and disappearing from the field.

On the other side, Friend Hero was different. Facing the beam of light rushing towards him, Friend Hero showed a mocking smile. He slightly turned his body and easily dodged the attack from the Light Emperor in a very elegant posture. Then, his whole body was enveloped in the light of the Quick Attack Magic Card, and he planned to change his form.

"Nani?!"

Seeing his friend Xia dodge the Light Emperor's attack and prepare to transform again, Mi Ge couldn't help but show a serious expression on his face.

Special Summon in Attack Position! 【Masked Hero Mist】(Warrior/WATER/Level 6/ATK 2400/DEF 2000)!

As Yusei finished speaking, a new masked hero, dressed in blue armor and wielding a double-edged spear, stood in front of Yusei in place of Friend Hero.

"Hehe... Although I don't know the effect of this monster, now that Nature Wood Dragon Beast is gone, I can activate a Spell & Trap Card!" Looking at the new Masked Hero appearing in front of him, Migo was not flustered at all, but instead showed a confident and mysterious smile.

"Oops!"

As Jaden Yuki watched Nature Wood Dragonmon leave the field, he clenched his fists involuntarily.

Now that the blockade has been lifted, the Labyrinth Brothers can use Spell & Trap Cards freely!

"I activate the Spell Card [Sacrifice Doll] from my hand! I Tribute [Light Emperor Kreis] to Special Summon [Water Demon God - Ska] (Aqua/WATER/Level 7/ATK 2500/DEF 2400) from my hand!"

Just as Jaden Yuki had feared, after the seal was broken, Miko couldn't wait to use [Sacrifice Doll] to summon a powerful monster from his hand.

Light Emperor cannot attack during the turn it is Summoned or Special Summoned, so after activating its effect, it naturally becomes a tool that has lost its usefulness and is freed by Miguel as a sacrifice for Special Summoning.

A grotesque monster with only a lower body, a head growing from its crotch, and the character for "water" written on its forehead appeared before Mi Ge, its terrifying mouth wide open.

"Disgusting……"

Looking at the monster that appeared on the field, Yusei couldn't help but show a look of disgust on his face.

"Let us show you the true meaning of team duels!"

The fanboy who said this pointed in the direction of Gongdi and activated a magic card from his hand again, "【Called by Darkness】Activate! Declare a card name. If your opponent has that card in their deck, they can add that card to their hand."

"My declared card name is—【Wind Demon God - Shuga】!"

"Hmph... My deck naturally contains [Wind Demon God - Shuga], but because of the effect of the magic card, I added it from the deck to my hand."

"Thank you, brother."

"It's nothing, it's all what I should do."

Gong Di, who was being pointed at by Mi Ge, let out a smug laugh and then added the new demon god to his hand from the deck.

"The monsters Special Summoned by [Sacrifice Doll] cannot attack this turn, so I set a card in wait and end my turn like this."

After summoning a powerful monster, Migo placed his last card into the back row of the Duel Disk and ended his turn.

(Mige's hand: 5→0)

"Alright! It's finally my turn! Draw a card!" After enduring for so long, Jaden Yuki couldn't wait to draw a card from his deck.

"Yusei, can I borrow your Winged Warrior card?" Looking at the cards in his hand, Jaden Yuki suddenly suggested to Yusei.

"Oh! Feel free to take it and use it!"

Upon hearing Jaden Yuki's words, Yusei nodded and replied.

It seems that Jaden Yuki is planning to perform another fusion summon.

"Hehe... Thanks~~" Jaden Yuki touched his nose and then activated the spell card in his hand: "Spell Card [Fusion] activated! I fuse [Elemental HERO Wingman] on the field with [Elemental HERO Bubbleman] in my hand as materials!"

"Appear! [Elemental Hero - Sailor] (Attack Power 1400)!"

An anchor was tied to his hands, he had a wild hairstyle, and a half-mask covered his face. The hero appeared in front of Jaden Yuki as he shouted.

"Attack power 1400... What exactly do you want to do by summoning such a monster?"

Seeing Jaden Yuki's three-for-one exchange, the Labyrinth Brothers looked puzzled.

"...Damn it, it's that damned monster!"

From the stands, Manjoume stared intently at Sailor Man as he appeared on the field, his eyes filled with hatred.

It was this damned monster that caused him to taste defeat and lose Professor Kunonos's trust...

"Well... just watch and see!"

Facing the questioning gazes directed at him, Jaden Yuki calmly covered up his last card.

【Elemental HERO Sailor】, a fusion monster with only 1400 attack power. This hero, who was once ridiculed by Manjoume as trash and a disgrace to fusion monsters, has the ability to directly attack the opponent.

"I set a card to the ground and activate Sailor Man's monster effect! If there are set cards in my Spell & Trap Zone, this card can attack my opponent directly!"