Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Of course I choose to activate both effects - I want them all!"

While John was saying this, Lishid said, "Instead of activating [Dark Serpent - Apib], you're chaining it to its Special Summon? You picked the wrong timing! Even if your card has the ability to grant resistance, it's too late now!"

"The effect of [Bitter Pattern Earth Statue] is activated again due to the Special Summon of [Dark Serpent - Apip], I target [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon] on the opponent's field and destroy it!"

"C1 [Gem God Awakens] C2 [Earth Statue with Bitter Pattern]!"

A beam of light shot out from the spider-like clay doll and pierced through the [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon] on John's field. John's trump card, which had just appeared, was killed without any success and was undoubtedly destroyed and sent to the graveyard.

If John has three or more [Gemmon] monsters in his backfield, he can still use the effects of Field Magic Cards to negate and destroy Lishid's Magic and Trap, but in order to leave room for the activation of Magic Cards, John's [Gemmon] has been transformed into [Thunder King - Harmon].

There was only a lonely [Jade Beast - Jade Tiger] and the [Golden Jade Strip] equipped on [Jade Beast - Jade Pegasus] on his backfield, making the field magic card [Ancient City of Rainbow - Rainbow Ruins] only have the ability to not be destroyed by effects.

But John sighed helplessly after the destruction of [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon]: "Is it still like this? In the previous mock duels with Judai, there were more than one case where [Rainbow Dragon] was destroyed by Trap Cards such as [Pitfall]. After all, it actually has no resistance."

"But at least I was able to successfully activate the card [Awakening of the Gem God]."

Looking at Lishid, John said, "Although [Ultimate Gem God-Rainbow Dragon] was destroyed by you, the [Gem God Awakening] that has already been successfully activated will not be affected. I can still choose to make both of its effects take effect."

"The first ability is that I can add a [Bridge] card or [Flying Over the Rainbow Bridge] from my deck to my hand or send it to the graveyard. I choose to add the second [Rainbow Bridge] in my deck to my hand."

After retrieving a card and adding it to his hand, John pointed to the graveyard and said, "Then, the second effect of [Gem God Awakening] is to select a [Gem Beast] monster from my hand, deck, graveyard, or my Magic Trap Zone and Special Summon it!"

"I Special Summon [Jewel Beast - Jade Turtle] from my Graveyard!"

"The nap is over, Emerald!"

[Jade Beast-Jade Turtle] [3☆/Water]

【Aquatic/Effect】

[600/2000]

On John's stage, a turtle curled up in a shell covered with emerald stones appeared leisurely: "You are really good at ordering people around, Johnny. There are obviously other people to choose from, right?"

"But relatively speaking, I still need your strength more now, Emerald, so please show some strength?"

John sincerely begged his monster for help, and Judai beside him followed suit: "Yes, old man, John is relying on you."

“Haha, now that we’ve come to this.” The [Jade Beast - Jade Turtle] poked its head out from its shell, “If you need me, feel free to use me.”

"Ji Li!" On the side, [Jade Beast-Ruby Beast] saw that [Jade Beast-Jade Turtle] actually needed John to say nice things before he was willing to work lazily, so he took the opportunity when John came out of the shell and elbowed him on the head in dissatisfaction.

[John Anderson: 4000LP, hand 1→1]

[Gemmon-Rubymon][DEF300]

[Jade Beast-Jade Turtle] [DEF2000]

[Gem Beast - Jade Pegasus] (Golden Jade Bar) [ATK1800]

[Gem Beast-Amber Mammoth] [DEF1600]

【Thunder Emperor-Harmon】【ATK4000】

Backcourt: [Jade Beast-Jade Tiger]

Venue: [Ancient Rainbow City-Rainbow Ruins]

"I activate the magic card [Rainbow Bridge] and add a [Gem] magic/trap card from my deck to my hand. I choose this [Gem's Favor]."

After retrieving the card, John played it directly and said, "Next, I will activate [Gem's Favor]."

"Target up to two [Gemmon] monsters in my Graveyard, and use them as Continuous Magic Cards and place them face-up in my Magic and Trap Zone. I chose the remaining [Gemmon - Amethyst Cat] and [Gemmon - Cobalt Spike Eagle] in my Graveyard."

After playing the last card, John had two more floating ores on his backfield, and his [Gem Beasts] were finally gathered on the field again. The effect of the Field Magic Card [Ancient City of Rainbow - Rainbow Ruins] was also upgraded and released because he now had three [Gem Beasts] on his backfield.

"That's it, entering my battle phase!"

Because he had previously used the power of [Bridge of Heart] to bounce [Mark Holder] back into Lishid's hand, the monsters on his field had now lost their resistance to being destroyed by battle or effects. Naturally, John immediately targeted [Apib, the Holy Snake] on Lishid's field, which had endurance.

"That monster has the ability to collect Apib Trap Cards from the Graveyard once per turn and place them on the backfield, right? It's a pretty troublesome effect, so let's get rid of it first!" John waved his hand, "Thunderbolt of Lost Joy!"

The lightning mixed with ice crystals flew out from the hand of [Thunder King - Hamon] and instantly hit [Holy Snake Apib] who was in defense mode on the field of Lishid. Although its defense was as high as 2600 points, it was obviously no match for [Thunder King - Hamon] and was instantly pierced and destroyed and sent to the graveyard.

However, because [Holy Snake Apib] was in defense mode, Lishid did not suffer any battle damage.

"Well!"

Just as Lishid was thinking that, he felt someone punched him in the chest. Although it didn't hurt much, the sudden injury still shocked him.

"As for the effect of [Thunder King - Harmon], if a monster is destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard, it will inflict 1000 points of effect damage to the opponent?" Malik remembered the effect of [Thunder King - Harmon] and reminded Lishid, "That means even if you put the monster in Defense Position, you can't completely block its attack."

"Unless it's my Trap Monster." Lishid also thought of a way to deal with it from Malik's reminder. The answer is to make [Thunder King - Harmon]'s "destroy monsters in battle and send them to the Graveyard" invalid. For example, the destroyed monsters will not enter the Graveyard but will be banished, or use Trap Monsters, which are monsters on the field but can be destroyed but sent to the Graveyard but are Trap Cards. These methods can prevent the damage effect of [Thunder King - Harmon] from being triggered.

[Richd Ishdar: 4000→3000 LP, 2 cards in hand] [Dark Snake - Apib] [DEF1800]

【Yodokami-Apibu】【DEF2200】

[Holy Scorpion Beast - Celerket] [ATK3250]

[Bitter Pattern Earthen Statue][DEF2500]

Backcourt: [Royal Temple] [Gai Ka (Yodo God - Apibu)]

Although there were still monsters on John's field that had not yet attacked, it was obvious that the highest attack power among them was only 1800 points of [Gem Beast - Jade Pegasus], which was barely equal to the defense of Lishid's [Dark Snake - Apib] and could not destroy it at all. Without the decisive attack power of [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon], John's [Gem Beast] deck was still lacking in strength.

However, although John didn't seem to intend to continue attacking, Lishid didn't let him go. John just chose to destroy the [Sacred Snake - Apib] that could provide endurance, so his [Clay Statue with Bitter Pattern] survived, and the destroyed [Sacred Snake - Apib] also left a space.

"Well, that ends my battle phase."

Just as John declared the end of the battle phase and was about to go straight to the end phase, Lishid suddenly said, "Then I will activate this [Yodo God - Apib] on my backfield during the opponent's Main Phase 2!"

"Special Summon this card as a Normal Monster, and choose a face-up card on your opponent's field based on the number of Continuous Trap Cards on my field other than this card to negate its effects until the end of the turn!"

Although the [Apib] series of monsters have very strong deployment capabilities, except for [Dark Snake - Apip], [Apib's Transformation] and [Apib - Yodagami] are cards that can only be activated during the main phase of both parties, so Lishid must wait until John's battle phase is over before choosing to activate it.

Although it doesn't make much sense to use the null effect now, at least through the special summon of [Apib], [Earth Statue with Bitter Pattern] can blow up any card on John's field - for example, [Hammon the Thunder King], which has strong attack power but no resistance and is exactly the same as [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon].

But obviously, John would not watch Lishid succeed. He had three [Gem Beasts] in his backfield at the moment, and at the moment when Lishid activated the face-up card, a beam of light suddenly shot out from the [Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins] with seven colors of rainbow in the sky, and exploded the trap card that Lishid had opened! ?
"If there are three [Gemmon] in my Magic and Trap Zone, when a Magic and Trap Card is activated, send [Gemmon-Rubymon] on my field to the Graveyard to activate the effect of the Field Magic Card [Rainbow Ancient City-Rainbow Ruins]!"

John picked up the card on the duel disk. "I'm sorry, Ruby, please be patient in the cemetery for a while. Then--"

"Neglect the activation of that Spell or Trap Card and destroy it!"

The card of [Yodo God - Apib] was shattered by the rainbow cannon as soon as it was revealed. There was no way to activate its effect to invalidate John's card, let alone trigger the effect of [Earth Statue with Bitter Pattern] to destroy John's card.

Lishid, who had anticipated this situation and was only consuming John's cards, looked at his own field and said helplessly to Malik: "I'm sorry, Malik. Malik, I didn't leave enough space for you to fight, and I couldn't deal with the opponent's cards."

"No, you've done well enough, Lishide. At least you've tested the opponent's tricks." Looking at the three remaining [Gem Beasts] on John's field, Malik said with a smile, "Leave it to me from now on. Since I'm a teacher now, I'll give these little brats an 'extracurricular lesson'."

[Richd Ishdar: 3000LP, 2 cards in hand] → [Malik Ishdar: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

Seeing that Lishid and Malik had already switched positions, John, who had no cards in hand and no effects to activate, had no room to develop in the second main phase. He looked at Malik and said, "Teacher Malik, even though I don't have any cover cards, it's not easy to break through my arrangement on the field."

"Before ending my turn, I will activate the effect of [Jewel Beast - Jade Turtle] on my field during Main Phase 2 to change the position of the monsters on my field that have attacked with one body." John waved his hand and pointed to the side, "Only [Ultimate Gem God - Ha... I mean [Thunder King - Hamon] has attacked on my field, so I changed it to Defense Position. Then, my turn officially ends."

[John Anderson: 4000LP, Hand 0]

[Gem Beast - Jade Pegasus] (Golden Jade Bar) [ATK1800]

[Jade Beast-Jade Turtle] [DEF2000]

[Gem Beast-Amber Mammoth] [DEF1600]

【Thunder Emperor-Harmon】【ATK4000→DEF4000】

Backcourt: [Gemmon - Cobalt Spike Eagle] [Gemmon - Amethyst Cat] [Gemmon - Topaz Tiger]

Venue: [Ancient Rainbow City-Rainbow Ruins]

"Both the attack and defense are 4000 points. Isn't that much stronger than the real [Ultimate Gem God]?" Malik said while watching [Thunder King - Harmon] on John's field change to defense position, fold its wings and land, turning into a high wall to block John. "And I remember that monster also has a special effect that takes effect when in defense position, right?"

"Yes, although it is not as powerful as the fully-powered Hamon in Hayato-sensei's hand, the Hamon in defense position still retains the effect of 'the opponent cannot select other monsters as attack targets'." Patting the Jade Turtle on his field, John smiled proudly, "Hahaha, this is the exciting combination skill between Emerald and Hamon!"

"Where's the excitement?" The [Jade Beast - Jade Turtle] who was being patted on the turtle's back complained, "Isn't this just a rogue tactic of punching someone and then only allowing the opponent to punch you in the same place."

"Whose side are you on, Emerald?" The [Jade Beast - Jade Pegasus] stepped on the [Jade Beast - Jade Turtle] with its hoof, and the latter closed its mouth and retracted into its shell.

"But, Mr. Malik, you seem to be familiar with the effects of this card?"

Hearing Judai's words, Malik raised his eyebrows: "I can't help it. In fact, I am the second person in the world to come into contact with the three cards including this one. I have seen them earlier than your teacher Hayato."

"So, I immediately figured out how to deal with them." Malik put his finger on the deck and pulled out a card. "It's my turn, draw a card!"

"Then, I will Special Summon this monster in my hand - but I will Special Summon it by releasing two monsters on the opponent's field!"

Seeing Judai's face change drastically when he heard the familiar special summoning conditions, Malik showed a happy and sunny smile: "I can see that your [Gemmon] deck is lacking in high-attack monsters, but it doesn't matter, let me, the teacher, give you this powerful monster!"

“Burst out—Lava Demon!”

On John's field, the [Gem Beast - Amber Mammoth] and [Thunder King - Harmon] with the ability to taunt were released together, and a cage suddenly rose up under John's feet and locked him in it. The gushing lava turned into a tangible giant who picked up the cage and hung it on his chest.

The ancestor of the foodie family, known as "Big Baby", was born into the hands of the ancestor of facial expressions!
[Lava Demon] [8☆/Flame]

[Demon/Special Summon/Effect]

【3000/2500】(End of this chapter)