Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

A small green horned dragon, its lower body dragging an eggshell, appeared in the arena in front of Jian Shan as he moved.

Despite being blown up countless times in different situations, the little horned dragon still has a pair of innocent and bewildered big eyes, despite being the biggest victim of the "Dragon God Formation".

"A monster with an attack power of 500? What are you thinking, dinosaur boy..."

Observing the small horned dragon in front of Jianshan, Jim patiently waited for his next move.

"Next, I activate the Field Spell Card from my hand—[Jurassic World]! According to this card's effect, all face-up Dinosaur-Type monsters on the field will gain 300 ATK and DEF!"

Explaining the effect of the Field Spell Card, Kenzan placed it in the side area of ​​the Duel Disk.

As he moved, the surrounding scenery changed in an instant, transforming from a tropical rainforest into the ancient landscape of the Jurassic era.

In the sky, one can see the silhouettes of birds and pterosaurs, while in the depths of the surrounding forest, the roars of dragons can be heard from time to time.

"Due to the effect of the Field Spell Card, [Little Horned Dragon]'s ATK will increase by 300 points!"

【Small Diablos】(Attack Power: 500→800)

"This level of improvement..."

"Don't rush! The best is yet to come!"

With a smug smirk, Kenzan flipped over the face-down card he had previously hidden in the back row: "Next, I'll activate my trap card—[Great Fireball]!"

Jim: "...What?!"

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[Major Fire Breathing]

(Trap Card)

Effect: If you control [Jurassic World], activate this effect during your End Phase and destroy all cards on the field.

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"This card's effect is that if you control a Field Spell Card called [Jurassic World], during my End Phase, you can destroy all cards on the field!"

With a rather smug tone, Kenzan explained the effects of the trap cards.

The artwork on the Trap Card depicts a scene of a volcanic eruption, resembling the end of the world.

As this card was activated, the volcano created by the Field Spell Card also erupted simultaneously, engulfing everything on both sides' fields.

Kenzan: "Let everything return to nothingness within this erupting lava!"

Jim: "...Grumble! I really didn't expect that..."

Jim's hidden card in the back row is a Continuous Trap Card that can revive monsters in the Graveyard—Call of the Living Dead. He anticipated that his monsters might be destroyed, so he prepared this as a backup plan.

However, Jianshan's self-destructive actions still took him by surprise.

Under the effect of the trap card "Great Fireball", Jim's back row cards were destroyed along with "Neo-Fossil Dragon - Skull Rock Wall Dragon" before they could activate their effects, and were sent to the graveyard.

Meanwhile, on Kenzan's side, the Field Spell Card "Jurassic World" and the Monster Card "Little Horned Dragon" also could not escape the fate of being destroyed.

"To destroy both players' cards at the same time? But... it's Jim's turn next..." Watching Kenzan's actions, Jaden Yuki frowned in confusion: "Could it be that Kenzan hasn't come to his senses from his berserk state yet?"

"No, that's not the case."

Shaking his head slightly, Yusei rejected Jaden Yuki's conjecture and said, "The Little Horned Dragon can only unleash its true power when it is destroying things. I think Kenzan must have anticipated this, which is why he did it on purpose."

"...That's right!"

With Yusei's words echoing in his ears, Kenzan smiled and replied, "If [Little Horned Dragon] is destroyed by a card effect, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Dinosaur-Type monster from my Deck!"

"Needless to say, the monster I chose to Special Summon is that one!"

Drawing a card from his deck, Kenzan immediately shouted, "...Come forth! [Soul Eater Oviraptor] (Dinosaur/DARK/Level 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 500)!!!"

The Oviraptor, its body ablaze with pale blue flames, crawled forward to his front field in response to Sword Mountain's call.

In its palm, one can see an egg-shaped, dark blue fireball.

With the appearance of this monster, Kenzan once again stretched out his arm and activated its effect: "[Soul Eater Oviraptor] First effect activated! If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add one Dinosaur-Type monster from my Deck to my hand, or send it to the Graveyard!"

"I choose to add my ace monster—[Ultimate Conduction Terrorbeast] (ATK: 3500)—from my deck to my hand!"

As he showed off the 10-star monster he had retrieved from his deck, a smug smile appeared on Kenzan's face.

Next round, just until the next round...

You can Special Summon this card to the field by banishing two Dinosaur-Type monsters from your Graveyard, dealing massive evil damage to Jim!

"...What? While destroying my monster, it Special Summoned a new dinosaur from my deck, and then used that monster's effect to perform a precise search..."

Watching Kenzan's fluid and effortless movements, Jim's eyes gleamed with a bright light: "It seems that Kenzan's duelist instincts haven't been affected by his confusion!"

"Well? This is proof that dinosaurs once lived!"

With a clenched fist extended towards Jim, a passionate flame ignited in Jianshan's eyes.

"Nice great combo~"

Jim clapped enthusiastically, expressing his sincere appreciation for Jianshan's move, and then reached out and drew a new card from his deck: "My turn, draw!"

"I activate the Spell Card from my hand—[Detection Blast]!"

Showing the magic card in his hand, Jim smiled and explained the card's effect: "...remove 1 monster card from your opponent's graveyard, then destroy 1 monster on the field whose Level is lower than the banished monster's and whose Type is the same."

As the magic card was activated, a pair of transparent hands, holding a detection device, appeared before the Sword Mountain arena.

"Found it! The fossil of the Dark Triceratops hidden underground! It's now planning to send your dinosaurs to their doom!"

"...What?!"

With a soft chirping sound, the skeleton of the Dark Triceratops, now devoid of its physical body, burst from the ground in the next instant, dragging the Soul Eater Oviraptor from the Sword Mountain field into the graveyard.

"Hmm... [Soul-Eating Oviraptor]?!"

"Hey, hey... now's not the time for lamenting!"

Immediately following the activation of the spell card, Jim placed a new card on the Duel Disk deck: "...Next, I summon [Specimen Fossil] in Attack Position (ATK: ?)!"

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[Specimen Fossils]

(Rock/Earth/2-star/Attack: ?/Defense: ?)

effect:

When this card is successfully summoned, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your opponent's Graveyard to your field.

Monsters Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack or be Tributed. This card's ATK becomes the same as the ATK of the monster Special Summoned by this effect.

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Like a walking chariot, the stone golem burst from the ground with Jim's movement, appearing on his field accompanied by light.

"[Specimen Fossils]...GO! Let's excavate the dinosaurs sleeping in the graveyard!"

Jim gave further instructions to the monster in front of him, pointing to the large hole that had been dug when the Dark Triceratops broke through the ground on the Sword Mountain field.

As his voice faded, [Specimen Fossil] aimed the grappling hook on its arm at the target and fired it, shooting it deeper into the pit.

681 The probability of me selecting that card is... 100%!

"The monster I summoned—[Specimen Fossil]—can search for dinosaurs in the cemetery and turn them into fossil skeleton specimens!"

Pointing his finger towards the direction of Sword Mountain, Jim continued in a rather smug tone, "Based on the effect of [Specimen Fossil], dinosaur boy~~~ I Special Summon [Soul Eater Oviraptor] from your graveyard to my field!"

"Furthermore, once this effect is activated, the attack power of the [Specimen Fossil] will become exactly the same as that of the [Soul-Eating Oviraptor]!"

The rock golem in its chariot form used the grappling hook on its arm to dig out the Soul Eater Oviraptor, which had been dragged into the graveyard by the Dark Triceratops.

When it reappeared, it had transformed from its original dinosaur form into a skeleton devoid of flesh.

And once all this is done, the [specimen fossil] will receive a corresponding boost in its attributes.

(【Specimen Fossil】Attack Power: ? → 1800)

"...Beautiful~ Isn't the [Oviraptor] specimen incredibly beautiful?"

"...What?!"

Upon hearing the words from Jim and seeing the dinosaur skeleton unearthed from the cemetery and displayed on Jim's field, Jian Shan, who was momentarily stunned, stood frozen in place.

He has a 3500 ATK "Ultimate Transmission Terror" in his hand that cannot be Normal Summoned, but can be Special Summoned from his hand by banishing two Dinosaur-Type monsters from his Graveyard.

Originally, his graveyard contained two dinosaur-type monsters: the Small Triceratops and the destroyed Dark Triceratops, which was enough to meet the conditions for the appearance of the Ultimate Transmission Terrormon.

In Jianshan's mind, when it's his turn next, he will use this card to give Jim a huge surprise.

but……

To his surprise, following the previous "Fossil Fusion" which banished monsters from both sides' graveyards, Jim pulled out a series of cards from his hand that were even more targeted at the graveyard.

As a result of Jim's series of actions, the Dark Triceratops in the Sword Mountain Graveyard was banished, and the Soul Eater Oviraptor on his field was destroyed and, in the form of a dinosaur specimen, was brought to Jim's front, becoming the power source for his monsters.

As a result, Kenzan, having lost its resources, lost the right to perform a special summon.

"Battle has begun! [Specimen Fossil] is launching a direct attack on Kenzan!"

Jim pointed his finger toward the direction of Sword Mountain, giving the order to attack.

Having received the command, the [Specimen Fossil] then shot the grappling hook on its arm toward the location of the sword mountain.

Having lost the protection of a monster and with no monsters on the field, Kenzan unsurprisingly took the hit squarely, losing nearly half of his life points.

(Kenzan LP: 3400→1600)

"End of round."

Having successfully defeated the monster of Sword Mountain and dealt a significant blow to him, Jim smiled slightly and waved to end his turn.

"Sword Mountain?!"

Seeing Kenzan's health points drop to 1600, his older brother, Jaden Yuki, couldn't help but let out a worried cry.

"Gurgle! For the sake of the dinosaurs, I absolutely cannot lose!"

Enduring the damage from the attack, Kenzan swung his arm and drew a new card from his deck: "My turn, draw!"

Looking at the card he had just drawn, Kenzan inserted it into the back row of his Duel Disk and activated it: "...I activate the Spell Card 'Circling Treasure Card' from my hand! Based on this card's effect, I draw two cards from my Deck!"