Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"I'll take care of things here..."

Clenching his fists, Kenzan immediately decided to fight alongside Yuki Jaden.

However, at that moment, a hand gently rested on his shoulder, stopping him from taking a step.

"Then, I, as a fellow hero, will take the lead here!"

After attaching the Duel Disk to his arm, Yusei stepped over the mountain of swords, stood up, and walked to Jaden Yuki's side, nodding slightly to him: "This is a rare opportunity, Jaden... let's fight side by side once again!"

"Ah... Yusei! That's exactly what I was thinking!"

Jaden Yuki gave Yusei an approving look, and then together they unfolded their Duel Disks: "Well then, let's go...Duel!"

Raimaru & Hyomaru: "Hmph...Duel!!!" x2

(Yusei & Yuki Jaden LP: 8000)

(Raimaru & Hyomaru LP: 8000)

And so, with both sides simultaneously shouting "DUEL," this duel, risking lives and hostages, officially began.

According to the rules of team duels, the duelists will share the health points and the arena with their teammates, and the order of duels will be arranged according to a rotation system (i.e., our side, the opponent, our side, the opponent).

After one side's turn ends, the initiative will be handed over to the other side.

In the first round, everyone can only deploy and set cards, and cannot declare an attack against their opponent.

Therefore, the second round is when it can be considered the real beginning.

"Since this is our home turf, I'll go first!"

"...My turn, draw a card!"

Seizing the initiative in the duel, Hyomaru, who bears a striking resemblance to Honda, smirked and drew a new card from his deck, shoving it into the back row of the Duel Disk: "I activate the Continuous Spell Card from my hand—[Side Attack]! This card is a Team Duel exclusive Spell Card. According to its effect, the opponent can only attack the duelist directly opposite them. However, if there are no monsters on the field when we activate this card, we can directly attack the opponent!"

Opposite Yuki Jaden and Yusei stood Hyomaru and Raimaru, respectively.

According to the effect of the Spell Card [Side Attack], which is used for team duels, when they have no monster cards on their field, they will be attacked directly by the duelist directly opposite them!

Marufuji Sho: "...A special magic card for team duels?"

Kenzan: "Using cards that change the rules of the game for a duel is utterly despicable!!!"

"Heh... despicable? You can refuse this duel, right?" Tilting his head and picking at his ear with a disdainful look, Hyomaru then spoke towards Yusei and his group, "But then the bombs and hostages would also..."

Everyone: "Gurgle...!"

"Hehehe~~~~ If there are no objections, then I will continue!" Seeing that everyone had given in to his threats, a look of pleasure flashed across Bingwan's face.

With a slightly relaxed expression, he proudly raised his arm and slammed one of his cards onto the duel disk: "...I summon [Emperor's Rider - Adria] (Warrior/Light/Level 1/ATK: 800/DEF: 1000) in Attack Position!"

With a flash of golden light, the Heavenly Emperor's knight appeared in the radiance at the call of the Ice Orb. As the knight of the King of Kings, she also bore the most important responsibility of guidance.

"At this very moment, the effect of [Emperor's Knight - Adria] activates! This effect can only be activated if this card is Normal or Special Summoned; Special Summon 1 monster from your Deck with 800 ATK/1000 DEF, except [Emperor's Knight - Adria], in Defense Position. However, after activating this effect, I cannot Special Summon any monsters from my Extra Deck this turn… Hehehehe, since I don't have any monsters in my Extra Deck, this negative effect is essentially nonexistent!"

Explaining the effect of the Heavenly Emperor's Servant, Hyomaru then searched for a new Servant monster from his deck and, repeating his previous action, slammed it next to Edia: "...Come on! [Emperor of the Underworld's Servant, Aidos] (Spellcaster/DARK/Level 2/ATK: 800/DEF: 1000)!"

Black and white mist surged around him, and with the call of [Heavenly Emperor's Servant - Adia], [Underworld Emperor's Servant - Aidos], clad in black armor, also appeared from the underworld and came to the front of Bingwan.

"Having summoned two Imperial Knights... then the next monster to appear will be an Imperial-level monster, right? Since this guy is called Hyomaru, then the next one to appear should be his counterpart, Hyotei..."

As Yusei analyzed his opponent's strategy, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

The effect of the 6-star 【Ice Emperor Mebius】 is to destroy 2 Spell/Trap Cards on the field when it is successfully Tribute Summoned.

Even its advanced form—the 8-star [Frozen Emperor Mebius]—only adds one more chance to destroy a Spell & Trap Card on top of this effect, and breaks the opponent's chain against this effect.

With no face-down cards on Yusei and his team's field, Hyomaru's actions were a complete waste of time. Even if he summoned Hyotei, he could only destroy his own spell card, making it a futile effort...

After losing the effect that could only be activated when summoned by a higher-level summon, [Frozen Ice Emperor Mebius] is nothing more than a blank slate with an attack power of 2800!

Whether it's Yusei or Jaden Yuki, they each have a million ways to defeat him.

"If [Emperor of the Underworld, Rider Aidos] is successfully Summoned or Special Summoned, this effect activates. This turn, in addition to your Normal Summon, you may Tribute Summon once during your Main Phase! I Tribute Summon [Emperor of the Underworld, Rider Aidos]... Tribute Summon from my hand—[Void Demon]!!!"

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【The Void Demon】

(Demon/Dark/6-star/Attack: 2400/Defense: 1200)

Effect: As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, neither player can Special Summon monsters.

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Yusei: "...???"

No, your name is Bingwan, shouldn't you be summoning [Hyotei Mebius] at this time? What the hell is [Void Demon]?

What the hell are you doing?!

"Hehehehehe... You thought I'd summon Hyotei at this moment?" Hyotei chuckled smugly, letting out a mocking sound: "...Too green! You bunch of brats! I deliberately seized the first turn for this moment! As long as [Void Demon] is on the field, neither side can perform a Special Summon! Even if you have a Level 12 Ultimate Monster lying in your Extra Deck, you won't be able to pull it out!"

"But... the effect of [Void Demon] applies to both sides simultaneously. Doesn't this guy realize he's already sabotaged his own teammate?"

Listening to Bingwan's account, Jianshan couldn't help but ask a question in confusion.

Kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred of your own... Is Iceball planning to use the effect of [Void Demon] to block the behavior of Special Summoning and drag this duel back to the chaotic era of Axe Kings fighting each other?

"Heh... a trap?" Beside Bingwan, Leiwan, arms crossed, straightened his body disdainfully: "...Our Emperor Monster relies on a superior summon, which doesn't fall under the category of special summons! In other words, only you will be affected!"

Kenzan & Sho: "...What?! Is that even possible???"

Yusei & Jaden Yuki: "..."

It was clear that this wasn't the first time Lei Wan and Bing Wan had teamed up for a duel. Although they didn't say it outright, there was an obvious sense of tacit understanding between them.

Even without speaking directly, the two can roughly deduce what the other is thinking.

"I'll just lay one card in the air and end my turn like that."

Feeling quite pleased with the surprised reaction of the opposing Jianshan and his team, Bingwan covered one of his cards in the back row and then waved his hand to end his turn.

Next up is Yusei and Jaden Yuki's turn.

"My turn... My turn, draw a card!"

Under the oppressive aura of the Void Demon, Jaden Yuki reached into his deck and drew a new card.

After realizing that the Special Summoning was blocked, he looked at the Fusion Spell Card in his hand and couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression: "I can't Special Summon, huh? In that case... then I'll Summon this card."

As he said this, Jaden Yuki placed a monster card from his hand onto the Duel Disk: "I Normal Summon a new partner from my hand - [Neo-Spacian Raibou - Radiant Moss] (Plant/LIGHT/Level 3/ATK: 300/DEF: 900), then I Set Two Cards to Trap, and end my turn."

A luminous moss, shimmering with a bluish-green light and in a liquid form like a slime, appeared before him, accompanied by Jaden Yuki's call.

Although its attack power is relatively low, only 300 points, which is not even enough to defeat [Proliferation G] (Attack Power: 500), it still bravely stood in front of Jaden Yuki, blocking the direct attack from the team magic [Flanking Attack] for him.

Because he lost the ability to tell stories through special summons, Jaden Yuki's turn ended much faster than Hyomaru's.

"Hehehe... It's my turn next!"

After Jaden Yuki announced the end of the turn, Raimaru, who looked very much like Jonouchi, immediately seized the initiative and said, "My turn, draw a card!"

"I will Tribute on [Emperor's Rider - Adria] from the field and Tribute Summon this card from my hand!" Using the monster previously summoned by Hyomaru as a Tribute Summon, Raimaru then placed the monster cards from his hand onto his Duel Disk: "...Come forth! [Raiden Zaborgh]!!!"

Ice-blue arcs of electricity appeared out of thin air, accompanied by the light of a superior summoning. The Thunder Emperor, who had previously appeared in the border area of ​​the barrier, now appeared in front of Raimaru as a dueling monster.

Because the duel was taking place in a shared arena, the Thunder Emperor appeared right next to the Void Demon.

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【Leidi Zabolg】

(Thunder Clan/Light/5-Star/Attack: 2400/Defense: 1000/)

Effect: If this card is Tribute Summoned, you can target 1 monster on the field and destroy it.

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Fortunately, Lei Wan, who followed Bing Wan, didn't pull any fancy moves like summoning the [Void Demon].

Just as Yusei had predicted, the monster he summoned was none other than the Emperor-class monster corresponding to his name—[Thunder Emperor Zaborg]!

Unlike Hyotei, whose effect targets Spell/Trap Cards on the field, Raiden's effect targets Monsters on the field.

Since this effect doesn't restrict whether it's friendly or enemy, theoretically, the Thunder Emperor could even perform the bizarre feat of blowing himself up...

"【Thunder Emperor Zaborgh】's effect activated! If this card is Tribute Summoned, you can target 1 monster on the field and destroy it!"

Raising his arm, Raimaru pointed in the direction of Jaden Yuki: "Needless to say, the monster I'm going to destroy is naturally the one on your field, [Neo Space Ranger: Shining Moss]!"

Lei Wan, who had never seen these cards before, was unfamiliar with their effects.

Generally speaking, monsters with low attack power may have hidden effects or be used to confuse the opponent's judgment.

Out of caution, Raimaru ultimately chose to eliminate it by destroying its effects.

--boom! ! !

[Thunder Emperor Zaborg], receiving Thunder Ball's command, gathered the lightning that was wrapped around his body into the palms of his hands, and then condensed the lightning in his hands into the shape of a spear.

Aiming at the location of the Radiant Moss, the Thunder Emperor suddenly swung his hand, throwing the Thunder Spear he was holding tightly toward its location.

Carrying immense power, the lightning spear sliced ​​through the air, accurately striking the body of the Radiant Moss and creating a terrifying, visible hole in its flesh…

538 This is the sublime power of Hanno!

The Radiant Moss that came into contact with the spear formed from lightning was destroyed by the enormous impact, and at the same time, golden arcs of electricity began to leap across its disintegrated body surface.

Unable to activate its own effects or regenerate its body, the newly debuted [New Spaceman: Radiant Moss] was sent to the graveyard with deep regret by the impact of [Thunder Emperor Zaborgh]...

Jaden Yuki: "...Ugh! Radiant Moss!!!"

Although none of them could attack in the first round, Jaden Yuki instinctively let out a cry of surprise after seeing his monster destroyed.

"You're still a long way from being surprised!"

Nodding in satisfaction at Jaden Yuki's reaction, Raimaru continued to extend his arm, inserting a new card into the back row of the Duel Disk: "...Next, I activate the Spell Card [Emperor's Freezing Aura]. According to the effect of this card, when I have a monster with 2400 or more ATK and 1000 DEF on my field, I can choose one face-down card on the field and destroy it!"

Right in front of Raijin was the [Raiden Zaborgh], with an attack power of 2400 and a defense power of 1000, perfectly meeting the activation conditions of [Emperor's Freezing Aura].

"...Destroy the cover card?"