Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

(Saiō Mijuchi LP: 1450)

(Ed Phoenix LP: 4000)

爱德

Forward area: Empty field

Backcourt: One face-down card

-

Mei Shouzhi

Frontline: [Soul Bird God - Hikokojaku] Attack: 3500, [Yata-chan] Attack: 700, [Ama-Iwato] Attack: 2400

Back row: Continuous Spell Card [Soul's Abode]

-

Judging from the situation on the surface, Edward is now in dire straits, while Misuzuchi on the other side has the ability to plunge him into the abyss of defeat in one fell swoop.

"Then, let's fight."

With a smug smirk, Misuzu waved her arm, issuing the attack command to her monsters: "First up... [Soul Bird God - Hiko Kongchu], launch a direct attack on Edward!"

Raising his longsword once more, [Soul Bird God - Yan Kongque] swung his arm, instantly locking onto Edward's location.

A powerful golden energy began to gather on the longsword in his hand.

After receiving the effect bonus from the Continuous Spell Card [Soul's Abode], the attack power of [Soul Bird God - Yan Kongque] has increased from 3000 points to 3500 points.

This attack will undoubtedly deal a massive 3500 damage to Edward, instantly reducing her health from full to zero.

Moreover, this attack was only the beginning; other monsters would continue to assault her with a relentless barrage of attacks, like raging waves.

"Hmph! At this very moment, I opened the backcourt cover!"

Faced with the attack of [Soul Bird God - Yan Kongque], Edward immediately flipped over the face-down card in the back row: "Trap Card [D-Lucky] activated! This card can only be activated when the opponent makes a direct attack. Banish 1 [Destiny HERO] monster from your Graveyard, then forcibly end this turn's Battle Phase!"

"Except for the [Hero of Destiny - Demonic Man] who was previously sent to the graveyard, Misuzu... I'm here to forcibly end your battle phase!"

The image on the Trap Card is of [Destiny Hero - Diamond Man] guarding Edward.

As the card's effect was activated, an irresistible pressure instantly enveloped the entire digital space.

The effect of 【天岩户】 can only block the activation of monster effects, but the activation of trap cards is not within its effect range.

Under the effect of the trap card, the golden sword light also dissipated into nothingness, and [Soul Bird God - Yan Kongque] was forced to put away the longsword in his hand and return to his original position.

In any case, the battle phase was forcibly ended, and at this moment, Misuzuchi has arrived at the main phase 2.

Unable to launch another offensive against Edward now, she can only pin her hopes on the next round.

"Tsk... Ed, damn it!"

A golden opportunity slipped through her fingers. Miyuki, who had originally planned to play tricks on Edward, clicked her tongue unconsciously at the current situation.

"Misuzu, it seems that even you... have things you haven't considered!"

Having narrowly escaped death, Edward crossed his arms and cast a disdainful glance at his childhood friend: "If I remember correctly, Soul Monsters return to the deck at the end of the turn, right?"

"...Next round, it will be my turn to counterattack!"

"Ha, Edward, stop pretending... Don't think I don't know that the previous events have already consumed a lot of your resources, and it's impossible to recreate the scene from before."

Miyuki narrowed her eyes, observing the situation on the field, and placed her last card face down on the field: "Ambush one card, end of turn."

--Ding!

As Misuzuchi announced the end of the round, a series of soft chimes began to ring in everyone's ears.

Under the watchful eyes of Yusei and the others, the three soul monsters on the field were enveloped in light and returned to Misuchi's hands.

As Edward said, most Soul Monsters have summoning restrictions and the effect of returning to the hand during the End Phase.

As a trade-off for having effects that surpass those of ordinary monsters, they cannot remain on the field for very long.

The higher-level soul monsters embody this characteristic even more.

Each time they appear, they consume a lot of resources, making it impossible for them to maintain long-term sustainability and dominance.

"...Activate during the End Phase of the turn [Soul Bird God - Yan Kongque] is Special Summoned. Return this card to its owner's hand, and Special Summon 2 'Soul Bird Tokens' (Winged Beast/WIND/Level 4/ATK 1500/DEF 1500) to your field."

"If the effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Soul's Abode] is activated, and a face-up WIND monster you control is returned to your hand, you can activate this effect. Add 1 Soul Monster or 1 Ritual Spell Card from your Deck to your hand."

After explaining the effects of the two cards, Misuzu then selected a Ritual Spell Card from her deck and added it to her hand.

At the same time, two light orb derivatives with feather patterns engraved on their body surfaces appeared in front of Misuchi in a defensive stance.

These two derivatives can be used as meat shields or as offerings for ritual summoning.

Misuzu used the chain effect to retrieve the card in her hand, which was the same Ritual Spell Card that had previously summoned [Soul Bird God - Hikokojaku] – [Soul Descent]!

Undoubtedly, when Misuzu's next turn arrives, she will repeat the same tactic, repelling Ed's monster while simultaneously expanding her own front line.

This time, she will pay extra attention to Edward's backcourt, and at that time, Edward will no longer have this good luck.

"It's my turn..."

There are currently no cards in my hand that can resolve the current situation in one go.

In a sense, Edward's hopes for victory rested entirely on this gacha pull.

Taking a deep breath and feeling the pressure, Edward swung his arm and drew a new card from his deck: "...My turn, draw!"

At this moment, she was also aware of the current situation.

Although her health points are still at full 4000, this will likely be her last chance to fight back, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

If she doesn't manage to defeat Misuchi this round, then in the next round, she will again be under the blockade of [Ama-Iwato] and suffer a full-scale attack from Misuchi's monsters...

"Heroes... answer my call!"

With these words silently in mind, Edward then turned his arm, pointing the card he had drawn in his direction.

Then, Yusei and the others saw a knowing smile appear on her face.

Clearly, Edward had already obtained the key cards at this moment.

Edward: "Mizutomo, I'll take the victory in this duel!"

Misuzu: "What...?!"

A look of surprise flashed across Misuzu's face as she listened to Edward's words. She subconsciously frowned and said, "Edward, are you saying that you can inflict fatal damage on me while clearing out the derivatives in one go?"

The card hidden in the back row by Misuzu is a quick-play spell card—[Scapegoat].

During your opponent's turn, you can Special Summon 4 Token Monsters to your field to take the hits of monsters instead of yourself.

In the era of Link Summoning, the tokens summoned by this card could even be used as Link Materials to achieve the amazing feat of summoning two Dome Orams in one card... which can be described as extremely cheating.

"Harm? Well, that's roughly what I mean."

Nodding noncommittally, Edward raised his arm and continued, "At this moment, I activate the effect of [Destiny Hero - Dashman], who was previously sent to the graveyard as material!"

"...Only once per day while this card is in the Graveyard, if you draw a card during your Draw Phase and that card is a monster, you can Special Summon that monster to both players' fields."

Explaining the monster's effect, Edward showed the card he had just drawn to everyone present: "The card I just drew is the monster card [Elemental HERO Sky Knight]! Therefore, this card can be Special Summoned from my hand!"

The hero who died from overwork spread his wings and appeared on the field by dashing.

And at the moment he enters the scene, his effect will be triggered.

"The effect of [Elemental HERO Sky Knight] is activated! When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add 1 [HERO] monster from my Deck to my hand!"

Misuzu: "It's... Sky Knight?"

As Misuzu saw the hero with the search function appear, a bad feeling suddenly flashed through her mind.

"The monster I selected to search for..."

After a brief moment of thought, Edward closed his eyes and chose the hero most suitable for this situation: "...It's [Destiny Hero - Dynamite]!"

-

【Destiny Hero: Dynamite Man】

(Warrior/Dark/5-star/Attack: 1000/Defense: 1000)

effect:

①: You can activate this effect by discarding this card from your hand during damage calculation when a monster battles. Any battle damage you take from that battle becomes 0, and both players take 1000 damage.

②: You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 "Destin HERO" monster you control; that monster gains 1000 ATK until the end of your next turn.

-

The effect of the Dynamite is to discard a monster from your hand while it deals combat damage, reduce your own combat damage to zero, and then inflict 1000 effect damage on both monsters.

At times, the existence of this card can even forcefully change the outcome of a duel that is at a disadvantage to a draw.

After all, if both sides take 1000 damage at the same time, and their health points are reduced to 0, then there is no winner or loser, and the game ends in a draw.

"I haven't made a normal summon this turn, so I summon [Destiny Hero - Divine Man] (ATK: 1600) from my hand, and then proceed to the battle phase!"

With two brand-new hero monsters appearing in front of him and the key card Edward in his hand, he could already see the dawn of victory.

"The effect of [Destiny HERO - Divine Man] is activated! When this card declares an attack, you can target 1 face-up Spell Card on your opponent's field; destroy that card and inflict 500 damage to your opponent."

On Misuzu's field, there happened to be the Continuous Spell Card that provides attribute bonuses to Soul Monsters—[Soul's Abode].

Therefore, at the moment the divine being attacked, the card was destroyed, and Misutomo herself suffered 500 points of effect damage.

At the same time, in the instant he commanded the monster to launch the attack, Edward also discarded the Dynamite from his hand without hesitation and activated its monster effect: "Next, the effect of [Destiny HERO Dynamite] is activated. At the moment the damage calculation for the monster's battle is performed, discard it from your hand. The battle damage to yourself from that battle becomes 0, and both sides will take 1000 damage!"

After Divine Man's effect was activated, Edward then activated Dynamite Man's effect in quick succession.

With the combined effects of both, Misuzu will suffer a total of 1500 points of damage!

Her current health points are 1450...

In other words, even though the battle had just begun and the divine being's attack had not yet touched the "Soul Bird Derivative's" body, Misuzu had already suffered damage exceeding her maximum health, leading to her defeat in the duel!

(Saiō Mijuchi LP: 1450→0)