My anime-style card deck is fine!

At the same time, a golden sun rose from the sand hammer in the hand of the joyful dancing kappa, illuminating the area!

Basic attack damage is halved, and water-type minions' basic attack damage is halved again!

The crab, with its perfect 5500 points, was instantly reduced to just a shell – its actual attack power was reduced to only 1375 points, which couldn't even break through the weakest defense of the Swamp King!

Hmm? You said it's okay?

Indeed, a level 32 Swamp King has a defense of 2720, and the crab's attack just exceeds the Swamp King's 1360 defense immunity threshold, but...

Some things are not so easily calculated.

"……it's useless."

Amon watched as the imposing Bread Crab General struggled to swing its large claws, repeatedly striking the Swamp King, but the Swamp King showed no reaction whatsoever.

My defenses were immediately breached!

"Crab?!?" Why?! General Bread Crab couldn't understand at all.

"Because my Swamp King's characteristic is [simple and honest]."

Amon, who was not far away, sighed. Therefore, the attacks of General Bread Crab and Swamp King cannot be calculated using their 5500 stats, but can only be judged using their original stats.

That is, 1000 points of attack.

Of course it won't break through the defenses!

The Crab General collapsed, looking utterly defeated. He then summoned three Black Tiger Shrimp, which also fell, bringing with them fifteen smaller Green Dragons, who...

Okay, I'll stop padding the word count.

In short, the Crab General left unwillingly, and the Crab General who came out afterward also looked unwilling.

However, with the attack reduction from Reflect and Sunny Day, these crabs couldn't even break through the defense of Lapras, which is the second weakest of the three, even though Lapras doesn't have the Simple ability and is only level 30, lower than Quagsire's level 32.

but……

Laplace's Special Attitude stat is high, which just brings its Defense and Immunity threshold to 1425, only 50 points higher than the threshold.

In a duel with other players, given the convenience of the Shrimp and Crab Graveyard Special Summon, it would be a piece of cake to overcome this mere fifty points of attack!

But they encountered Amon.

These fifty points became an insurmountable barrier for the crabs, a wall they could never cross, even in their death!

Round 21.

The newly appeared monster is a pale blue jellyfish, or rather, the "Argentine court jellyfish prime minister".

The minions that appeared this time are finally doing something useful!

This thing can banish shrimp soldiers and crab generals from the graveyard. Depending on the number banished, it can gain various effects—and by banishing just ten [Red Shrimp Soldiers] or [Blue Shrimp Soldiers], it can gain the ability to clear the cards on the field!

And as long as Amon's Scorpion combination blockade is broken.

Shrimp and crab seafood decks can continuously roll around under the operation of the mechanism, forming waves like ocean waves, and overwhelm the opponent by sheer numbers!

—That's what the jellyfish originally thought.

"【A head-on blow】!"

After waiting for who knows how many rounds, Amon finally played another card, or rather, specially summoned a follower—[Pokémon Golem]!

A cold light flashed across the lake's surface.

By the time the audience and the other monsters reacted, the Jellyfish Prime Minister had already been cut in two, along with the pool water beneath him.

The matter remained unresolved for a long time.

"Bang!" The pool water closed up after a while, and the collision of the water splashed up a huge spray. At the forefront of the attack that seemed to cut the world in two, there was a purple-white figure covered in solid armor.

Armored warrior!

—Pokémon Move: Headbutt—

Attribute: Insect

Rating: ★

Type: Magic

Related terms: [Pokémon skills]

Effect 1: Priority Skill - This card can be activated at any time from your hand to summon the Pokémon equipped with this card to the field. When activated, unactivated card effects cannot affect the use of this card.

Effect 2: Head-on Strike - Select a target and attack it. If the target's defense is lower than the attack of the Pokémon using this card, destroy it.

Note: This card can only be used when a Pokémon is successfully summoned while being held.

—Instant kill!

A jellyfish with only 1000 points in strength is no match for an armored warrior's attack.

As a racial skill of the Armored Warrior, [Head-on Strike], which also has a priority speed of 2, has the ability to Special Summon from the hand, almost identical to High Five!

However, compared to the Blazing Roaring Tiger, which can completely interrupt the opponent's actions, the Armored Warrior's head-on strike has a stronger killing power!

Anything with lower defensive capabilities than a fully armored warrior is doomed to be destroyed!

after that……

"Come back, armored warrior."

Amidst the stunned silence of the other spectators, Amon took out a card and put the armored warrior back into his hand—the armored warrior's inherent characteristic, [Danger Avoidance], allows him to put the armored warrior back into his hand during combat.

That's what the audience finds unacceptable.

If it's a regular follower or other Pokémon, you just take it back from your hand, but Golem is different!

That head-on strike was incredibly fast and ruthless!

It's like Amon holds a deadly line; whenever he activates it, this armored warrior will appear directly in front of any person or follower.

Either you get hit hard, or your life is ruined!

The key point is that this kill threshold will continue to rise as the armored warrior's attack power increases!

This is already outrageous.

So you said this thing can be recycled, and you can make such a slash in one round!

"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"

The host couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Amon: "With a card like this, you always have to be careful that your core transit cards don't get stabbed by Amon."

"The armored warrior's attack is not low. Despite being only three stars, he has 3750 attack power. Bronze followers are no match for him."

"Not only that, in fact, many silver-level characters usually have significantly lower defense in order to achieve stronger effects and power."

"These followers were utterly powerless against Amon's armored warriors."

On stage, the host and commentator were having a lively discussion.

Here, Amon made a strange gesture.

—Amon has retrieved the Lucky Kappa!

A Pokémon can be summoned once per turn, and of course, you can also summon Pokémon from the field back to your hand. However, neither the host nor the commentator understood Amon's intention in doing so.

Until the twenty-second round begins.

Two jellyfish, leading a massive army of shrimp and crabs, make their appearance.

Then, the familiar slap and the cold glint of a blade, accompanied by two red lights unique to Pokémon summons, appeared on the field at the same time!

"High five surprise attack!" The host stood up abruptly, his voice filled with barely suppressed fervor: "It's a high five surprise attack!"

Having navigated through the levels, the Blazing Roaring Tiger and her high-five surprise attack have long become another symbol of Amon.

I thought this duel would be the last time I heard that resounding slap, but then...

Even the Lucky Kappa can do that!

"Kappa~" The lucky kappa spun around happily, then used a sand hammer to hit the dazed jellyfish that had been slapped, turning it into a mosaic.

The other one met the same fate as the previous jellyfish.

It was cut in half by the armored warrior.

Then, everyone watched as Amon happily put Lucky Kappa and Gokugoro back into his deck, and then stood quietly on the floating platform with the cards in his hand.

It looked perfectly ordinary, but everyone who looked at the cards in Amon's hand felt a sense of unease!

It was filled with the atmosphere of the underworld.

Level 23.

Of the three newly introduced jellyfish, one managed to escape. Since it could only choose one target, this jellyfish didn't hesitate to wash away the poison shards!

then……

"Swamp King, Supervillain—[Poison Spike]." Amon crossed his arms and casually gave the command.

Then Swamp King and Supervillain, who had been idle for a long time, started to act again.

Under the watchful eyes of the audience, the host, the examiners, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals beside them, and the jellyfish that died with its eyes wide open, the familiar purple crystals were scattered.

Then it disappeared into the air.

"Water, jellyfish, jellyfish!!!" The jellyfish prime minister was so angry that his face turned pale.

But the next moment, it was taken away by Laplace's Freeze-Dry. The jellyfish stared at Swamp King and Supervillain until it died—it was unwilling to accept its fate!

Then, wait for the final boss of level twenty-four.

When the golden king crab appeared, you could still faintly hear the jellyfish's unwilling cry before it died.

"?"

The golden king crab looked completely bewildered.

Chapter 114: Level Cleared!