Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Unless Jaden Yuki indicates that he is summoning a monster, he will not be able to avoid this red pit.

The monsters shown on the inside can also be used as materials for fusion and release. As long as you keep this in mind, there shouldn't be any major problems.

After setting up more trap cards, Yusei now only has two monster cards left in his hand.

One card is [Summoner Aleister], which was just added to my hand using [Summoning Magic], and the other is [Elemental Hero Skywalker].

During the previous duel with Manjoume, I hadn't had a chance to set a trap for him yet.

This time, Yusei went first in his duel with Jaden Yuki, finally getting a chance to set up a card and trick someone.

"It's finally my turn!"

"My turn! Draw a card!"

Jaden Yuki on the other side couldn't wait to draw a card from his deck.

"I Normal Summon Elemental HERO Bubbleman from my hand. According to Bubbleman's effect, when this card is summoned, if I have no other cards on my field, I can draw two cards from my deck."

Jaden Yuki immediately summoned Greedy Knight and started earning cards.

It seems that after witnessing Yusei's fusion, he also realized the disadvantages of having fewer cards and began to think of ways to make up for it.

It's a good idea, but Yusei has a friend, Kamen Rider, on his field.

"I activate the effect of [Masked Hero Dark Claw] once per turn. If your opponent adds a card to their hand outside of their draw phase, banish 1 random card from their hand."

Yusei pointed at Yuki Judai and said the second effect of the friend chivalry.

It can not only block the opponent's graveyard, but also exclude the opponent's hand.

When it comes to disruptive capabilities, few monsters could rival Friend Hero.

"Uh..." Before Jaden Yuki could even feel happy, he had to choose one card to exclude from his hand.

He turned his hand face down and randomly selected a card to place in the banished zone.

After doing all that, Jaden Yuki checked his hand and looked relieved.

Thankfully, the [Fusion] spell card wasn't banished, so we can still win this round.

He glanced at the six cards in his hand: [Fusion], [Skyscraper], [Elemental HERO Wingman], [Elemental HERO Burst Girl], [Bubble Launcher], and [Sudden Mutation].

After calming himself down, Jaden Yuki decided to proceed with the familiarization process.

073 Is this the protagonist's luck?

"Here it comes! I activate the Spell Card [Fusion] from my hand!"

Jaden Yuki activated the spell card "Fusion" from his hand, intending to fuse Wingman and Burst Girl in his hand to summon his ace monster, "Elemental HERO Flame Wingman".

But Yusei won't give him that chance.

Jaden Yuki's current deck relies entirely on the Fusion Spell Card to unleash its power. If the Fusion Spell Card is negated, Jaden Yuki is very likely to have a dead hand.

With that in mind, Yusei decisively flipped open his backstage area.

"Wait! I'll chain your [Fusion] and activate the Trap Card [Divine Judgment]."

"Based on this card's effect, I can choose to pay half of my LP to negate and destroy my opponent's Spell/Trap Card activation!"

"The card I choose to negate and destroy is, of course, the Spell Card [Fusion]."

(Yusei's LP: 4000 → 2000)

"cut……"

Jaden Yuki's hand froze in mid-air. With a bitter expression, he reluctantly placed [Fusion] in the exclusion zone.

Because of the existence of Dark Claw, Jaden Yuki's grave was directly sealed off.

Therefore, all the cards he sends to the graveyard will be excluded from the game.

"Oh no!" Marufuji Sho couldn't help but worry about his older brother when he saw that the fusion had failed.

“If there’s no fusion, then you’re out of options.” Yusei raised an eyebrow and glanced at Jaden Yuki across from him, noticing that his expression wasn’t as downcast as he had imagined.

"Hehe! Yusei, you underestimate me!"

"Even without fusion, I have other ways to defeat Dark Claw!"

As he spoke, Jaden Yuki activated another spell card from his hand: [Sudden Mutation].

"Could it be that?"

Yusei looked towards Jaden Yuki's field, where the Elemental HERO Bubble Fighter was in attack position.

"I activate the Spell Card [Sudden Mutation]!"

"Tribute one of your monsters, then Special Summon one monster of the same Level from your Extra Deck."

"I will sacrifice the Bubble Man on the field to liberate him."

Special Summon! [Elemental HERO - New Bubble Fighter]!

Jaden Yuki placed Bubbleman in the extra lane on the right, then took out a [Elemental HERO - New Bubbleman] card from his waist pocket and placed it on the field.

"800 attack power..." Yusei glanced at the new Bubble Hero, then looked at the trap cards lurking in his back row.

【Naraku's Trap Hole】can only be activated against monsters with an attack power of 1500 or higher, and New Bubble Man is clearly not in this range.

Could it be that Jaden Yuki saw through his back row and deliberately summoned a monster with low attack power?

No, no, no! Look at Jaden Yuki's completely honest expression, it was just pure luck...

Is this the protagonist's luck?

Subconsciously avoiding red pits is just too lazy...

"With an attack power of only 800, it's impossible to defeat Masked Hero Dark Claw, which has an attack power of 2400." Hayato-sensei didn't understand why Jaden Yuki chose to summon this monster.

"A hero deserves a stage to fight! I activate the Field Spell [Skyscraper] from my hand! As long as this card is on the field, any [Elemental HERO] monster you control that attacks a monster with higher ATK gains 1000 ATK only during the Damage Calculation Phase!"

"Even if the new Bubble Man gains 1000 attack power, it's still only 1800. How do you plan to defeat my friend Man on the field?" Yusei asked Jaden Yuki.

"It's not over yet! I'm activating the Equip Spell Card [Bubble Launcher] from my hand!"

"This card is a special magic card that only Bubble Man can equip. The monster equipped with this card gains 800 ATK."

"Furthermore, when the equipped monster is destroyed, this card can be used as its replacement. And the controller of the equipped monster receives battle damage."

All damage dealt is reduced to 0!

Jaden Yuki makes a punching motion in Yusei's direction, indicating that this will allow him to defeat the Masked Hero Dark Claw.

That 4-for-1 trade was truly impressive! You're the king of card losses, Yukichi Judai!

"The new Bubble Warrior's attack power is 800, which becomes 1600 with the [Bubble Launcher], and then there's the [Skyscraper] bonus..."

Marufuji Sho started counting on his fingers.

"That adds up to... 2600 points!"

"This brings the Masked Hero Dark Claw's power level to over 2400!"

Marufuji Sho looked enlightened and gave Yuki Jaden a thumbs up for his quick thinking.

Yuki Judai made a "V" sign at Marufuji Sho, a slightly smug expression on his face.

"Battle has begun! I'm attacking [Masked Hero Dark Claw] with [Elemental Hero: New Bubble Warrior]!"

"Take this! The new bubble shooting technique!"

Even without a virtual image, Jaden Yuki instinctively made a passionate attack move.

"At this moment, the effect of the field spell [Skyscraper] activates! New Bubble Warrior's attack power increases by 1000 points!"

(Elemental Hero - New Bubble Hero's Attack Power: 1600 → 2600)

"Ah."

Facing the familiar boost from the skyscraper impact, Yusei merely wore a faint smile.

Saint Seiya warriors will not be defeated twice by the same move!

Masked Heroes certainly wouldn't either!

Faced with the attack from the new Bubble Man, Yusei decisively activated the second effect of the [Summoner Aleister] card in his hand.

"I send Aleister from my hand to the graveyard to activate his special effect!"

"You can target one Fusion Monster you control. That monster gains 1000 ATK and DEF until the end of this turn! This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn!"

(Masked Hero Dark Claw Attack Power: 2400 → 3400!)

Yusei pointed at Yuki Jaden across from him and made a decisive response.

Despite the lack of virtual imagery, Marufuji Sho and Maeda Hayato, who were watching, could still feel the intensity of the battle between the two.

Jaden Yuki devises a series of plans to defeat the Masked Hero Dark Claw.

Yusei then takes action in response to the developments of Jaden Yuki.

He took this into consideration when he retrieved [Summoner Aleister] from his hand at the end of his turn.

"That's absolutely amazing!" Hayato couldn't help but express his true feelings.

If one possesses this level of dueling skill and strategic vision, then defeating the elites of Obelisk Blue is not impossible.

At this point, Jaden Yuki is in the battle damage calculation phase, so even though New Bubble Man's 2600 attack power is less than Masked Hero Dark Claw's 3400 attack power, Jaden Yuki cannot cancel the attack and can only let New Bubble Man bring about his own destruction.

"Well done, Yusei! But at this moment, I activate the effect of the Equip Spell Card [Bubble Launcher] on the field. When the equipped monster is destroyed by battle, this card can be used as a replacement."

"The new Bubble Man will not be destroyed, and the combat damage I took in this battle will be reduced to 0!"

074 When it comes to tactics, you're still a bit green! (4.6K long chapter)

Jaden Yuki moved the Equip Spell Card from the back row to the banished zone, meaning that because of Friend Hero's effect, this card was banished directly instead of being sent to the Graveyard.

"At this moment, the effect of the new Bubble Man activates!" Jaden Yuki's face did not show panic, but rather an expression of expectation.