Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

An effect that deals 0 damage this round is absolutely unacceptable.

Seizing this crucial moment, Yusei unhesitatingly discarded the [Phantom Hero - Solitary Good Man] from his hand and activated the effect of the Light Chariot, intending to negate and destroy the effect of [Chaos Core].

"Heh...do you think I'd let this effect pass?"

Based on the duel records passed down by his subordinates, Kagemaru, who was already prepared for Yusei's tactics, smirked and activated the face-down card behind him: "...Counter Trap Card [Divine Announcement] activated! Pay me 1500 Life Points to negate and destroy the effect of [Summoned Beast Merkaba]!"

(Kagemaru LP: 3500 → 2000)

"...What?! It's actually that old god!!!"

Seeing the card that Kagemaru opened, everyone couldn't help but show a look of shock on their faces.

As is well known, the invincible Counter Trap Card can only be chained by Counter Trap Cards of the same speed (3).

Having been baptized by the Divine Flame Emperor, and without the support of the wandering stars in the back row, they were naturally unable to counter the current situation. They could only watch as the old man raised his arm, summoning a vast expanse of light to send the light chariot to an unknown destination...

[Divine Announcement] → [Summoned Beast: Merkaba] → [Chaos Core]

Following the chain of reverse processing, the effects of the light car will be nullified and destroyed by the old man, thus allowing the effects of the chaos core to be successfully activated.

"I sent 'Thunder King Hamon' from my deck to the graveyard, thus giving 'Chaos Core' a Phantom Counter..."

The yellow marker representing the Thunder Emperor appeared around the Chaos Core as Shadow Maru moved.

After successfully burying the eyesore of the chariot, a rare smile of joy appeared on Kagemaru's wrinkled, aged face.

The Guangche is gone, and there will be no successor.

In this way, Kagemaru, freed from his constraints, could unleash his full potential without restraint!

The so-called all-resistant monster with an attack power of 3500—Ultimate Falcon, and the self-proclaimed incarnation of light, Hope Emperor Hope and Hope Sage…

It has resistance, but no interruption effect whatsoever.

Before the Phantom Demon, none of these monsters are worth fearing!

"My attack is not over yet... [Heat-Soul Servant - Sage of Hope] and [Hope Emperor Hope], continue your attack on the [Chaos Core]!"

As if he hadn't heard Kagemaru's words, Yusei continued to issue attack commands to the remaining monsters that hadn't yet fought.

"Hehehehehe... Useless! Your attack is nothing but a waste of effort!"

As the warriors of hope charged toward the Chaos Core from the left and right, raising their weapons to swing forward, Kagemaru couldn't help but scoff, "Didn't you hear what I just said? Now that the Chaos Core possesses the Phantom Demon's Marker, it can't be destroyed by battle at all!"

"That's why I had both monsters attack at the same time, wasn't it... There's only one Phantom Demon Counter, which means that once the Chaos Core loses its protection, it will no longer have any resistance to destruction!"

The crescent blade from Hope and the spear from the Sage of Hope charged toward the Chaos Core simultaneously from the left and right.

After shattering the phantom demon markers surrounding the Chaos Core, which represented "Thunder Emperor Hamon," the Chaos Core, now deprived of the phantom demon's protection, was directly destroyed by the subsequent attack and sent to the graveyard.

Jaden Yuki: "You bastard! Now Kagemaru is in an empty field!"

"...Hmph! So what... Even if all your monsters on the field have already launched their attacks, and you were to summon another stack of them now, they wouldn't be able to do any damage to me!"

Despite having zero cards in hand and all the monsters on the field being destroyed, Kagemaru's heart was still filled with confidence.

At least for this round, based on the effects previously applied by [Chaos Core], he will no longer suffer any combat damage.

As for the effect damage...

Yusei's deck is not a damage-dealing deck, so there's absolutely nothing to worry about in that regard.

"...Although I don't want to admit it, this is indeed the current situation."

Frowning, Yusei pondered the current situation and decided to save his chance of victory for the next round.

This round has given us a general understanding of the new Three Phantom Demons, which we were unfamiliar with before.

Thus, Yusei, entering Main Phase 2, activated a monster effect he hadn't used before: "...Activate the effect of [Heart of the Fellowship Servant - Sage of Hope]! Deliver two Xyz Materials from this card, then Special Summon 1 'Heart of the Fellowship Weapon' or 'Heart of the Fellowship Servant' monster from your Deck. After this effect is activated, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck except Xyz Monsters, and monsters other than 'Number' monsters cannot attack until the end of this turn."

Since the battle phase has ended, this negative effect is essentially gone.

After sending the two monsters used as Xyz Material to the Graveyard, Yusei immediately drew a card from his deck and slammed it into an empty spot on the Duel Disk: "Come on... [Heat-Heart Weapon - Pegasus Twin Wings Sword]!"

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【Heterogeneous Unity Weapon - Pegasus Twin-Winged Sword】

(Orc/Light/5-star/Attack: 1000/Defense: 2100)

effect:

①: "Heat-Heart Weapon - Pegasus Twin Swords" can only have 1 face-up card on your field.

②: If your Life Points are more than 2000 less than your opponent's, this card can be Special Summoned from your hand.

③: You can target 1 "Hope of the Rising Sun" monster you control. Equip this card on that monster as an Equip Card that increases its ATK by 1000.

④: If this card is equipped, once per turn, you can negate the effects activated by monsters on your opponent's field.

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The silver armor radiated a cold glow, and the four-legged warhorse, responding to the call of the wandering star, came from the Astral Realm, flapping its wings and landing beside Hope.

"Activate the effect of 【Heat-Bound Weapon - Pegasus Twin Swords】: Equip this card as an Equip Card that increases its ATK by 1000 to 【Hope of the Emperor】 on my field!"

Just as the words implied, after Yusei finished speaking, the silver Pegasus was enveloped in light and became a double-edged sword in the hands of Hope.

After equipping the Pegasus Sword, Hope's attack power also increased to 3500 points, on par with the Ultimate Falcon.

"Ambush two cards, end of turn."

By inserting his hand cards into the back row of the Duel Disk, Yusei finally ended his turn.

At this moment, there are three monsters in his frontcourt.

These are [Rapid Raptor - Ultimate Falcon] with 3500 attack power, [Hope Emperor] with 3500 attack power (Different Heat Convergence Weapon - Pegasus Twin Wings Sword) and [Different Heat Convergence Servant - Sage of Hope] with 2000 attack power.

In his backcourt, there were two cards that had just been placed face down.

This is Yusei's final moment.

"My turn, draw a card!"

With a casual remark, Kagemaru drew a new card from his deck. Without even glancing at it, he flipped over the remaining face-down card in the back row: "Ambush Card Open! Continuous Trap Card [Super Flame Wave] Activated!"

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[Super Flame Wave]

(Continuous Trap Card)

effect:

① When "Uria the Divine Flame Emperor" is Special Summoned by its own means, it can also send face-down Trap Cards on its field to the Graveyard.

②: Once when your "Uria the Divine Flame Emperor" declares an attack, you can send 1 Trap Card from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard to activate this effect. This turn, that monster's ATK and DEF become 1000 times the number of Trap Cards on both players' fields or in their Graveyards.

③: Once per turn, you can discard 1 card from your hand to activate this effect. Add 1 of the following cards from your Graveyard to your hand: "Uria the Divine Flame Emperor", "Hamon the Thunder Emperor", or "Rabiel the Phantom Demon Emperor", or Special Summon it regardless of its Summoning conditions.

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"...Super Flame Wave?"

"That's right! It's a trap card with the same name as the attack move of the Divine Flame Emperor!"

After regaining his composure, Kagemaru continued, "Based on the effect of this card, I can discard one of my cards to Special Summon a Phantom Monster from my Graveyard to the field, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

"Varied……"

"...It actually ignores the summoning conditions!!!"

To everyone's astonishment, Kagemaru retrieved a card from his graveyard and placed it face-up on the Duel Disk: "...Come forth! Second Phantom Demon—[Thunder Emperor Hamon]!!!"

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【Thunder Emperor Hamon】

(Thunder Clan/Light/10-Star/Attack: 4000/Defense: 4000)

effect:

This card cannot be Normal Summoned; it can only be Special Summoned by sending 3 Spell Cards from your field to the Graveyard.

①: This card is unaffected by Trap Card effects and unaffected by Spell Card effects that are not activated this turn.

②: When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent's Life Points.

③: If this card is in Defense Position on the field, your opponent cannot target monsters other than this card for attacks.

④: The turn this card in Defense Position is destroyed, all damage taken by the controller of this card becomes 0.

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Dark clouds gathered, and lightning flashed.

An unusually heavy atmosphere instantly enveloped the entire area of ​​Paradise Lost.

Just like the spectacular phenomenon of the heavenly fire eruption when the Divine Flame Emperor appeared, as Shadow Maru shouted, countless ice spikes burst from the ground, collided with each other, and finally formed a huge ice coffin.

After that, a giant golden bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking the earth and shattering the ice coffin into dust in the air!

The golden demon god sealed within slowly opened its eyes at this moment, stretching out its limbs wildly while continuously radiating wave after wave of unparalleled and intense power...

429 Do you dare to defy me, who possesses the power of the Illusionary Demon?

"The Thunder Emperor...the new phantom!!!"

"...He's appeared! This guy is the Second Phantom Demon—Hamon!"

As the monster, modeled after Amon, the seventh demon of the 72 demons of Solomon, made its grand entrance amidst the changing landscape, everyone couldn't help but show a look of utter shock.

Hamon, the Thunder Emperor, is a 10-star monster, just like the First Illusionary Demon God, Flame Emperor Uria.

However, unlike the Divine Flame Emperor, whose attack and defense values ​​change with the number of cards in the graveyard, the Thunder Emperor's attack and defense values ​​are both fixed at 4000.

However, judging from the stats, it has clearly surpassed the Ultimate Falcon's attack power of 3500, reaching the divine realm of 4000 points...

"Poor mortals! Fear to your heart's content... and then tremble helplessly before the great power of the Phantom Demon!!!"

With the appearance of the second phantom demon, the old and frail Kagemaru seemed to regain his vitality, his face filled with a fanatical expression.