Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

The monster zone in the front field has a total of 5 squares.

With the 2-star [Announcer of the Witch], the 6-star [Announcer of Divine Light], and the 3-star [Agent of Creation - Venus] occupying the monster slots, Asuka can only Special Summon a maximum of two [Holy Spheres] at this point.

300 is teetering on the brink of defeat.

"A Tier 2 Tuner monster... and this pile of materials, is it coming?... Synchro Summon!" Looking at the five monsters that appeared in front of Asuka, filling up the monster slots, Yusei couldn't help but sweat a bead on his forehead.

At this moment, Yusei felt as if he had returned to the time when he was competing in YGO.

That was often the case back then—

You throw away the gold, I'll throw away the ashes...

You point your finger at the grave, I'll point my sword...

You negate my effect, I negate your negation of my effect...

Let's improve each other's skills and learn from each other in a friendly and friendly way!

The joyful duels that brought Xiao Rong to life were happening all the time.

"Yusei, are you ready? I'm about to perform a Synchro Summon!"

After making this announcement, Asuka raised her arm and declared, "I will perform a Star Adjustment on my Level 2 Tuner monster, [Announcer's Shaman], along with two Level 2 [Holy Spheres] and the Level 3 [Agent of Creation Venus]!"

"O absolute overlord of the eternal frozen land, the triune ice dragon! Heed my call and descend!"

Yusei: "This summoning phrase, and this star rating... could it be Masaka (Could it be)?!"

Asuka calmly raised her finger towards the top of her head: "Summon! Appear! [Ice Barrier Dragon Trident] (Dragon/Water/9-Star/ATK 2700/DEF 2000)!"

Dense and cold, pure white and flawless.

The silvery-white snowflakes, dancing in the air, fell from the sky along with Asuka's voice.

A biting wind swept across the land, and reflected in Yusei's pupils, which widened in shock, was a silver-white dragon with three heads, its majestic form slowly revealing itself amidst frost and cold air.

Trident Dragon: Attack 2700 / Defense 2000

"So it really is a Tridentosaurus..."

Snowflakes drifted down in front of him. After the initial surprise, Yusei raised an eyebrow as he watched Asuka summon this limited card, the big brother of the [Ice Barrier Deck].

Although Asuka did use the "Ice White Night Deck" in the original work, which mainly consisted of water-attribute monsters, those monsters were nothing but weaklings in front of Trident Dragon!

It's completely incomparable!

"The effect of [Ice Barrier Dragon Trident Dragon] is activated! When this card is successfully Synchro Summoned, you can banish up to one card from your opponent's hand, field, or Graveyard!"

"I choose to banish your hidden monster cards and one card from your hand!"

Since there were no cards in Yusei's graveyard, the Trident Dragon's effect did not activate on the graveyard.

With [Divine Announcer] on the field, Asuka no longer needs to worry about Yusei's two backrow cards. So at this moment, she decisively placed the monster she wanted to banish onto the monster lurking behind Yusei.

Asuka firmly believes that no matter what kind of monster Yusei is hiding, it will definitely not be able to escape the impact of the Trident Dragon!

(Clayman: ...)

"You're going to randomly select a victim and send them to another dimension, right..."

Looking at his three cards, Yusei began to feel uneasy.

Because of the Continuous Trap Card – [Sacrificial Seal Mask], there's the [Turtle Kaiju Gamesis] stuck in my hand; the [Spherical Kuriboh] which can stall once; and the hard-working hero [Elemental HERO Skywalker]...

For Yusei at this moment, apart from Sky Warrior, all other cards are things that can be sacrificed.

"Take this, Yusei!"

Facing Yusei's direction, Asuka opened her palms and slowly uttered, "...The Deep Sea Snowfield Seal from the Trident Dragon!"

As Asuka finished speaking, two beams of silver light shot out from the Trident Dragon's mouth, striking Yusei's hand and the cards hidden on the field.

If he passes through this attack, Yusei will then face direct attacks from the [Ice Barrier Dragon Trident] (Attack Power 2700) and the [Divine Light Proclaimer] (Attack Power 1800) simultaneously, suffering a total of 4500 combat damage and losing!

Even if he activates the effect of [Spherical Kuriboh] in his hand (if it's still there...) and forcibly turns the Trident Dragon into a defensive stance, this effect will be negated by [Declarator of Divine Light]!

The current situation seems to indicate that... Yusei is in dire straits!

--boom!

A dazzling white light flashed, and the figure of Nendoroid and Yusei's card were sent to an unknown other dimension.

"Well done... Asuka!"

The victim chosen by the Trident Dragon was the Turtle Man, who was stuck in its hand.

Yusei sighed with some emotion as he put the [Kaizoku the Turtle] from his hand and the [Elemental HERO Nendoroid] face down on the field into his pocket.

Tomorrow, a representative selection battle will take place between him and Yosawa Tenku.

The best candidate will be chosen through a duel to represent the academy against its sister school, Northern Academy.

Originally, Yusei didn't take the duel with Gosawa Kaiyou very seriously.

After all, this guy had almost no presence in the original work, and his battle record was rather lackluster. He only showed off a bit in the early stages when he fought against Manjoume, and later on, he simply disappeared...

Jaden Yuki's Elemental Heroes, Rei Saotome's Lightsworn, Kaiser's Cyber ​​Dragon, Asuka's AI Star, Manjoume's Crotch-Hidden Card, Titan's Hellish Demon. Android Soga's Trap Suppression...

After battling various duelists, Yusei had already surpassed Misawa Daichi in strength by a significant margin.

There was no equal duel between the two.

Yes, but it's just a one-sided crushing defeat.

Therefore, Yusei was completely nonchalant about tomorrow's duel with Misawa Daichi.

However, unexpectedly, during this uneventful period, Asuka, who had asked him out alone, would bring him such a huge surprise...

"Next, I will switch [Declarator of Divine Light] to attack stance."

Extending her palm, Asuka twisted the monster on the Duel Disk from horizontal to vertical, feeling a significant advantage. With the game firmly in her grasp, she smiled slightly and issued the attack command: "Battle begins! Trident Dragon and Divine Light Herald, attack Yusei directly!"

Upon receiving the order from Asuka, Trident and the Proclaimer of Divine Light immediately turned their gazes, locked onto Yusei's location, and began to gather energy for their attack.

"First, there's the direct attack from the [Ice Barrier Dragon Trident]—Heavenly Dragon Snow Prison!"

Faced with the impending onslaught of snow from the Trident Dragon, Yusei finally launched a counterattack: "Ambush Card activated! - Trap Card [Explosive Armor], destroy the monster that attacked you!"

Yusei activated his back row face-down card in front of the Trident Dragon attacking him!

It's that cursed card that everyone who uses it dies, and it's never been able to successfully detonate!

"Useless, Yusei! I activate the effect of [Announcer of Divine Light] to discard [Cyber ​​Angel - Benten-] from my hand, thereby negating and destroying the activation of your Trap Card!"

As if she had anticipated Yusei's actions, Asuka immediately waved her hand to activate the second brother's counter effect.

Then, the [Explosive Armor], which had never hit anyone before, was rendered ineffective and sent to the graveyard.

"Hehehehe... This is the moment I've been waiting for! Asuka!" Despite his trap card being negated, Yusei didn't show much disappointment on his face.

It was as if the scene before him was exactly what he had hoped for.

"Chain with your [Announcer of Divine Light], I activate my second Ambush Card—[Divine Punishment]! Discard one card from my hand to negate and destroy the effects of Effect Monsters!"

The second Trap Card was activated as Yusei extended his arm.

The image on the Trap Card depicts the [Cannon Soldier] being struck by lightning.

"It's no use! I'll activate [Announcer of Divine Light] again, and..."

Asuka paused suddenly, her raised arm freezing in mid-air.

Because, at this moment, the [Declarator of Divine Light] did not shine with seven colors again as she expected, nor did it activate its effect to negate and destroy Yusei's trap card. Instead, it just floated there blankly.

It was as if it hadn't heard Asuka's instructions at all.

"Why? Why didn't my monster effect activate... even though I have the Angel-Type monster 'Extraterrestrial Life' in my hand?"

Faced with this unbelievable situation, Asuka couldn't help but widen her eyes and exclaim in surprise.

Why did this seemingly unbeatable combination slip up at this crucial moment?

I was so close, just a tiny bit more and I would have won!

Can't understand...

"Hehehe... Asuka, you can't understand, can you? Well then, let me tell you!"

With a smug smile on his face, Yusei, who had been flirting with defeat and almost being taken down by Asuka in one combo, slowly explained, "The reason why the effect of [Divine Light Proclaimer] didn't activate is because... [Divine Punishment] is a noble three-speed counter-trap card!"

"According to the rules of the duel, the second-speed effect of [Divine Light Declarator] cannot be chained to a third-speed counter trap card to activate its effect! In other words, your [Divine Light Declarator] will be destroyed by the effect of [Divine Punishment]!"

"What?" Upon hearing Yusei's explanation, Asuka's beautiful eyes widened in surprise: "...It's a counter-trap card!"

"That's it!"

Sending a card from his hand to the Graveyard as a cost, and seeing the surprised expression on Asuka's face, Yusei's lips slowly curled into a smile: "Disappear! [Declarator of Divine Light]!"

Instantly, golden lightning ripped through the night, striking the [Announcer of Divine Light] from above and annihilating its form into golden particles of light.

And so, under Asuka's watchful gaze, the [Announcer of Divine Light] returned to Heaven once more.

"[The Proclaimer of Divine Light]..."

Asuka muttered the name of the departing monster under her breath, her eyes narrowing, but she quickly composed herself: "But... my attack isn't over yet."

Although the [Announcer of Divine Light] was destroyed, there is still a Trident Dragon with an attack power of 2700 on Asuka's field.

Once Asuka regained her senses, she gave Yusei another attack command: "Battle continues, Trident attack Yusei directly!"

Snowflakes, mixed with ice fragments, swept across the sky as the impact of the Trident Dragon's Heavenly Dragon Snow Prison took away 2700 of Yuxing's health points.

"……Well!"

(Yusei LP: 4000→1300)

After Turtleman was sent to another dimension by Trident Dragon's effect and Kuriboh was sent to the graveyard as the cost of Divine Punishment, Yusei now only had one card left in his hand.

Therefore, he had no effective countermeasures against the trident dragon's attack and could only take the blow head-on.

"What a pity... I'm ending my round like this."