Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

This phenomenon shows that he was not simply using brute force, but rather following the instincts of a predator and using his brain to think about how to defeat his opponent more effectively.

Do you know how to use tactics?

"But relying solely on instinct will always have its limits, won't it?"

With a jumble of thoughts churning within him, Jim glanced at his hand without batting an eye: "First, let me help you regain some of your rationality."

"My turn, draw a card!"

"I'm going to use this spell. I summon the [Firestone Rock Wall Dragon] from my hand in Attack Position (Rock/Earth/Level 3/ATK: 800/DEF: 1600)."

Jim placed a monster card on the Duel Disk and called out the card's name.

As he finished speaking, a fossilized skeleton of a Pachycephalosaurus emerged from the ground and swayed as it approached Jim.

Judging from its appearance, the monster was clearly the remains of a dinosaur that had been dead for a long time and had been weathered by time.

"...Activate the effect of [Firestone Rock Wall Dragon], send this card to the Graveyard, and inflict 500 effect damage to your opponent."

Jim activated the effect of the monster on the field by swinging his arm forward.

As he moved, the [Firestone Wall Dragon] opened its skeletal jaws, gathering a high-temperature fireball in its mouth, and shot it toward the location of Sword Mountain.

"Gurgle...?!"

(Kenzan LP: 4000→3500)

A sense of crisis quietly surfaced in his mind. Just as Jian Shan was stunned in place due to his instincts, the flame impact from the [Firestone Wall Dragon] arrived in front of him at the same moment, knocking his body to the ground behind him.

"Hmm... what's wrong? What was that flame just now?"

Having recovered from the shock and regained his senses, Kenzan, having temporarily regained his sanity, pushed himself up from the ground and looked around to assess his current situation.

At that moment, he was stunned to find himself, for some reason, engaged in a one-on-one duel with Jim, the champion of the branch school.

Meanwhile, Yusei and Jaden Yuki were playing the role of spectators, watching their duel from the sidelines.

Jaden Yuki: "...Hmm? Has Tsurugi Mountain returned to normal?"

Yusei: "That attack just now seems to have brought him back to his senses from his chaotic state."

Jim: "Hmm... I guess I haven't fully recovered yet?"

"This tiny spark is nothing at all?"

Watching the dinosaur skeleton on Jim's field automatically disintegrate and return to the ground, he realized that the attack just now came from that thing's sword mountain. He waved his hand sharply, expressing his disdain.

"However, even if we want to restore Kenzan to normal, it would be a huge failure if there were no monsters on the field in defense position."

After observing Jim's current situation, Judai Yuki shared his thoughts.

【Firestone Wall Dragon】 consumed Jim's Normal Summon this turn. With this monster sent to the Graveyard, Jim is now in a rather awkward situation with an empty field.

He no longer has any monsters left to protect him.

Next, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will face a direct attack from the Dark Triceratops.

"From the very beginning, I never intended to summon a monster in defense position."

"My real purpose is to send the Rock-type monster to the graveyard... so it can be used as material for the next Fusion Summon!"

Jim pulled down the brim of his cowboy hat and then showed everyone a new card from his hand: "Next, I'll activate the magic card from my hand—[Fossil Fusion]!"

"...Fossil fusion?! What's that?"

The unfamiliar card name echoed in his ears. Looking at the Fusion Magic Card in Jim's hand, a big question mark involuntarily appeared above Jian Shan's head.

Similar to the previous situation, after Jim showed the card, the sense of danger brought by his wild instincts also resonated in Jianshan's heart.

"...Excavating those fossils buried underground and fusing them together—that's the effect of [Fossil Fusion]. In other words, when performing a Fusion Summon, I can banish monsters from both players' graveyards and use them as materials to perform a Fusion Summon!"

Jim explained the effects of [Fossil Fusion] while smiling and waving the card in his hand.

What if you don't have any fusion materials in your hand or on the field?

It doesn't matter, you can just use the monsters in the graveyard as materials.

"Varied……?!"

To Jian Shan's astonishment, the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook violently.

As the ground automatically cracked open in several large gaps, two large stone slabs inlaid with dinosaur bones emerged from underground and appeared on the dueling ground.

What appeared on Jim's side was the [Firestone Wall Dragon] that had appeared earlier. At this moment, it was embedded in the stone wall, and there was no sign of any life.

On the other side of Sword Mountain, judging from the appearance of the skeleton, the original owner of the dinosaur fossil that appeared on his field should be the [Swift-footed Velociraptor] that was previously released as a sacrifice.

Like the Firestone Wall Dragon, the Velociraptor, which became a fossilized skeleton, was also made into a stone wall specimen, losing its former vitality.

"Based on the effect of [Fossil Fusion], I can excavate the Rock-type monster in my graveyard and fuse it with the monster sleeping in your graveyard..."

Jim, still holding that special fusion magic card in his hand, remained unmoved amidst the violent shaking of the earth, seemingly accustomed to such scenes.

Maintaining his composure, he continued, "...Let's go! I will remove the monsters [Firestone Wall Dragon] and [Swift Velociraptor] from both of their graveyards to perform a Fusion Summon!"

"Dinosaurs, sleeping deep underground! Now awaken as fossils!"

"...Fusion Summon! Appear! [Neogene Fossil Dragon - Skeleton Rock Wall Dragon]!"

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【Cenozoic Fossil Dragon - Skull Rock Wall Dragon】

(Rock/Earth/4-star/Attack: 2500/Defense: 0)

Effects/Blending:

Rock-type monsters + Level 4 or lower monsters from your opponent's Graveyard

This card can only be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck by the effect of "Fossil Fusion". You can only use the second effect of this card's name once per turn.

①: If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict battle damage equal to the difference between its ATK and its DEF.

②: You can activate this effect by banishing this card from your Graveyard. Add 1 "Fossil Fusion" from your Deck to your hand.

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680 The little horned dragon is dead again (sad)

"Dinosaurs, sleeping deep underground! Now awaken as fossils!"

"...Fusion Summon! Appear—[New Generation Fossil Dragon - Skeleton Rock Wall Dragon] (Rock/Earth/4-Star/ATK: 2500/DEF: 0)!"

At Jim's call, the two stone slabs, each inlaid with dinosaur fossils, automatically moved closer to each other and eventually merged into one.

After that, a giant dinosaur from the new generation, with steel-skinned creatures, burst out of the stone slab and appeared in the arena in front of Jim, accompanied by the light of fusion summoning.

This fusion monster's appearance combines the hardness of a fossil with the skeletal shape of a rock wall dragon, and it has been further enhanced to a certain extent.

Compared to the Dark Triceratops with an attack power of 2400 on the field, this monster undoubtedly has a much stronger attack power and greater pressure.

"What is this? A fossilized dinosaur? I've never seen a dinosaur like this before..."

As a dinosaur expert who had seen countless dinosaur fossils during his archaeological work, Jian Shan couldn't help but show an expression of shock when he saw the monster that had appeared on the Jim field.

Even for someone as experienced as him, this was the first time he had ever seen a dinosaur like this.

"In the past, when archaeology was not yet systematized, those who saw dinosaur fossils mistakenly thought the bones were dragon bones, which caused a series of disturbances..."

Seeing the look of surprise on Jianshan's face, Jim pulled down his hat brim and teased with a smile, "So... Jianshan, I don't dislike it when you have this idea."

"However, a duel is a duel, and there is no room for sentimentality in a fight!"

Changing the subject, Jim raised his arm and pointed to the location of Sword Mountain: "Enter the battle phase, go! I'll use [Cenozoic Fossil Dragon - Skull Rock Wall Dragon] (Attack Power: 2500) to attack [Dark Triceratops] (Attack Power: 2400)!"

With a majestic roar, the [Cenozoic Fossil Dragon - Skull Rock Wyvern] charged toward Sword Mountain, its massive body surging forward.

"Gurgle... How could a mighty and indomitable dinosaur possibly lose to a mere fossil dinosaur!"

Clenching his right fist, Kenzan fearlessly issued a counterattack command to the monster on his field: "Fight back! [Dark Triceratops]!"

"……Roar!!!"

Seemingly sensing its master's will and receiving the command, the Dark Triceratops immediately propelled itself forward, charging towards the monster opposite.

With the added force of the accelerated sprint, the Dark Triceratops charged like a missile into the arms of the Neogene Fossil Dragon Skull Rock Wyvern, knocking it to the ground behind it.

The two monsters' bodies overlapped, creating clouds of dust around them.

"Yada thief! My dinosaur is definitely stronger!"

Seeing that his monster's attack had worked, Kenzan couldn't help but let out an excited shout.

What a load of rubbish about fossil dinosaurs! In the end, our own original dinosaurs are still the best!

"Ha, commendable courage, but..."

Looking at the situation on the field, Jim whistled, then calmly looked at his monster.

At this moment, the [Cenozoic Fossil Dragon - Skull Rock Wall Dragon], which had just been knocked to the ground, got up again as if nothing had happened, and then tore the [Dark Triceratops], which was standing there stunned, to pieces in one bite.

"Ugh... So it really doesn't work?"

Simply having a strong fighting spirit cannot make up for a lack of offensive power.

Seeing the monster destroyed, Kenzan realized his counterattack had failed and covered his head, letting out a disappointed sigh.

(Kenzan LP: 3500→3400)

"...lay a card in ambush, end the turn."

Jim buried one of his cards in the back row, then waved his arm to end his turn.

"Gurgle! Dinosaurs that were sleeping peacefully in the graveyard are being used as materials for monster fusion... It's infuriating!"

Sword Mountain's eyes transformed back into the vertical pupils of a dinosaur, and with his teeth clenched, he let out a furious roar towards Jim: "Unforgivable! I am now beyond fury!!!"

"That was just a warm-up... From now on, the real battle begins!"

After making this announcement to Jim, who remained silent with a smile, Jianshan placed his palm on top of the deck: "...My turn, draw a card!"

"Let me show you! This is how powerful the dinosaur combination is!"

Having replenished his hand with a card, Kenzan looked at his hand and then placed a monster card from it onto the Duel Disk: "...I summon [Little Horned Dragon] in Attack Position (Dinosaur/EARTH/Level 2/ATK: 500/DEF: 500)!"