Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

If a card draw imbued with hope and the light of miracles is called a "shining card draw," then Yubel's card draw, filled with the impulse of destruction and annihilation, is undoubtedly a "dark card draw."

The two are different in nature, but the final result is exactly the same - that is, a "destined draw" that can be described as cheating. At least Yubel got the card she wanted.

[Yubel: 15400LP, Hand: 1→2]

【Thunder Emperor - Hamon】【DEF4000】

[Fantasy Emperor-Rabiel][ATK3000]

Backcourt: [The Resurrection of the Demonic Realm]

However, at that moment, Jaden also flipped up his backcourt card.

"During my opponent's Standby Phase, I activate this Trap Card in my backrow, [Beloved Contact]!" Jaden pressed the button to open the face-down card, picked up the card, and said, "This card can return the Fusion Material Monsters determined by the Fusion Monster to the bottom of its owner's Deck in my hand, field, Graveyard, or even banished monsters, in any order I like. It can then Special Summon a Fusion Monster that requires a [Hero] monster as Fusion Material from my Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

"The materials I chose are [E-Hero Neos], [N-Dark Panther], [N-Radiant Moss], and [N-Water Dolphin], which I sent to the Graveyard using the effect of [Future Fusion]! If [E-Hero Neos] is returned to the Deck, neither player can return monsters Special Summoned by this effect to the Extra Deck!"

"The fusion material requirements are met by combining [E·hero Neocosmic Knight] with three [N] monsters of different attributes!"

This specific material requirement allowed John to immediately know what Jaden was going to Special Summon—it was the very card he originally planned to Fusion Summon in the "future" with his Future Fusion! However, Jaden now already had the necessary Fusion Material in his Graveyard, and with the power of Favorite Touch, he could even Special Summon it during Yubel's turn!
Its power lies in the fact that if [E·hero Cosmic Neos] is successfully Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, it prevents the opponent from activating any effects on the field for one turn. Furthermore, in response to this effect, the opponent cannot activate the effects of Spells, Trap Cards, or Monsters! In other words, it's a one-turn effect seal that cannot be chained and negated!

"Are you going to fuse and summon [E·Hero Cosmic Neos], Jaden!" Yubel, who had also guessed what monster Jaden was going to fuse and summon, was furious. "Even now, you still want to use the term 'beloved' to insult me ​​by calling another monster 'beloved'? Unforgivable!"

The card she had just drawn was immediately played. "[E·hero Cosmic Neos]'s effect does indeed have the characteristic of not being chained. Once he enters the field, everything will be over. So before he enters the field, I just need to negate [Beloved Contact], which doesn't have that characteristic!"

"I activate my second 'Spirit King's Wave' from my hand. Even though activating this card from my hand will prevent me from activating the effects of LIGHT, EARTH, and WIND monsters in this duel, I absolutely cannot let that damned 'E-Hero Neos' appear in front of me again!"

The card Yubel just drew was none other than her second "Spirit King's Wave". The last "Spirit King's Wave" was countered by Jaden using "Elemental Protection", which was also activated from his hand. But this time, he didn't have a second "Elemental Protection" to counter this card.

Behind Yubel, a blue phantom appeared, resembling both a human and a dragon. It suddenly released a white energy wave at the [Beloved Contact] card that had been opened on the field, erasing its effect. Then, it exploded and shattered, causing the summoning of [E·hero Cosmic Neos] to fail before it could be completed.

—Although Jaden had already decided which cards to return to the bottom of the deck, returning cards to the deck with "Beloved Contact" is not cost-effective. Therefore, when it is negated, monsters such as "E-Hero Neos" naturally remain dormant in Jaden's graveyard.

Despite failing to activate [Beloved Contact], Jaden remained calm and instead looked at Yubel, who only had one card left in his hand, and said, "You actually drew [Spirit King's Wave] this turn, Yubel. That's lucky. But now that [Spirit King's Wave] has been played, you only have one card left in your hand, [Demon God's Divine Realm Rank], which you had from last turn, right?"

Upon hearing Judai's words, John's eyes lit up: "So that's how it is! The side effects of the [Soul King's Wave] have finally manifested!"

"As a trap card that can be activated directly from the hand, [Spirit King's Wave] is still a very powerful card, even though it's not a Spell Speed ​​3 counter trap. The trade-off is that after activation, you can't use the effects of LIGHT, EARTH, or WIND monsters for the rest of the duel. The latter two are fine, but the effects of LIGHT monsters are very important—especially for Yubel, who is using the [Magic God] monster!" Asuka analyzed the situation.

After Asuka's explanation, Saotome Rei realized Yubel's current situation: "In other words, although the activation of [Demonic God Realm Rank] allows the opponent to accurately dump a [Demonic God] monster from their deck into the Graveyard, the effect of the LIGHT [Demonic God] cannot be activated now, and the opponent is instead trapped in a situation where they cannot play due to that [Spirit King's Wave]?!"

"To prevent Jaden from Special Summoning the monster related to [E·hero Neos] that you hate, you traded one turn of not being able to activate the effects of monsters on the field for the entire duel being restricted from using the effects of the LIGHT [Magical God]," John complained. "A complicated operation that's hard to describe."

Hearing their words, Yubel wasn't annoyed at all; instead, he sneered, "Heh, so that's how it is. You thought I was still fixated on the power of [Demon God]? But I never said I would activate [Demon God Realm Staircase] again or recreate the field belonging to [Demon God]. On the contrary, [Demon God] will become the ladder for me to ascend to a higher throne, just like the card name [Demon God Realm Staircase] itself!"

As he spoke, Yubel sent the card "Magic God Realm Rank" to the graveyard, pointed to the Continuous Spell Card "Magic God Realm Resurrection" on his back field, and said: "The effect of 'Magic God Realm Resurrection' is that once per turn, I can discard one 'Magic God' card from my hand and choose one of two effects to activate!"

"I previously used the power to Special Summon a single [Magic Bomb God] from a banished monster in my Graveyard. Now I'm going to use another effect—draw a card from my Deck."

"The card I drew is this [Planetary Transformation]. I'm going to add the Field Spell Card [Paradise Lost] from my deck to my hand again and activate it!"

The all-encompassing darkness descended once more, and this time Asuka and Rei, who were also present, were enveloped as well, and saw the withered apple tree twisting and growing grotesquely in the boundless darkness.

"【Thunder Emperor - Hamon】 and 【Phantom Emperor - Rabiel】 will once again gain resistance to being destroyed by card effects and becoming targets of your opponent's card effects under this card's effect! This means that Jaden, your preparations to destroy them are once again futile!" Yubel grinned maliciously as he drew a card from his deck. "And I'm going to use the effect of 【Paradise Lost】 to draw a card from my deck once per turn. Draw!"

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Burial from Another Dimension]! Target up to three banished monsters from both players and return those cards to the Graveyard. Here, I'm returning my banished cards [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria] and [Dark Summoning God] to the Graveyard." Retrieving the cards previously banished by Jaden's [Miracle Banisher], Yubel plays another card from his hand. "Then, the Continuous Spell Card [Seven Spirits Unlock]. As part of this card's effect, I add one monster with the name 'Phantom Demon' from my deck to my hand. I choose [Phantom Demon Summoning God]!"

"Next is the second effect of [Seven Essences Unlock], which is to discard one card from my hand—that is, to activate this only [Phantom Summoning God]."

The card that had just been retrieved was immediately discarded. Yubel waved his hand and said, "I Special Summon a Fiend-Type monster with 0 ATK and 0 DEF from my Graveyard. I Special Summon the [Phantom Summoning God] that I just sent to the Graveyard!"

In the dark world, the seven obelisks that had barely disappeared before rose again and connected with blue energy. In the completed barrier spell, a demon with a clearly pieced-together structure, similar to the previous [Dark Summoning God] and [Dark Calling God], appeared from Yubel's graveyard.

【Summon God of Phantom Demon】【7☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Effect]

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"Attack and defense are both 0!?" This was the first time Asuka and Rei had seen these monsters. They were surprised that Yubel had specially summoned such a "weak" monster by discarding cards from his hand when it was a Level 7☆ high-level monster.

"Don't underestimate these monsters, they're all support cards for those 'Phantom Demons'!" John warned. "This feeling... could it be that the final Phantom Demon is coming?"

“Although I no longer have the ‘Awakened Three Phantoms’ card to support me, now that I’ve recovered my body, there’s no point in absorbing more duel energy. However, I at least need to have all three ‘Phantoms’ on my field.” Yubel said, picking up the card ‘Summoning God of Phantoms’ from the field. “‘Summoning God of Phantoms’ releases itself to activate its effect!”

"From my Deck and Graveyard, add one 'Phantom Demon' to my hand. After that, I can Special Summon a Level 10 FIRE/ERROR/FIRE monster from my hand, ignoring its Summoning conditions. The monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack directly this turn."

As she sent [Summoning God of Illusions] to the graveyard, Yubel also retrieved the card [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria] that she had just recycled using the effect of [Burial from Another Dimension]. She revealed it, saying, "What I Special Summoned is this Level 10☆ Fire Monster from my hand—[Divine Flame Emperor - Uria]—which has 0 ATK and 0 DEF!"

【Divine Flame Emperor - Uria】【10☆/Flame】

[Flame Clan/Effect]

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Due to the long-term sealing, the race of [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria] has degenerated into the incomplete state that was in the hands of Dark Bakura in the past, that is, the Flame race instead of the "Phantom Beast race" in the hands of Kagemaru. In layman's terms, it has changed from the anime version to the physical card version.

Its effects have also deteriorated.

"The effect of 【Divine Flame Emperor - Uria】 is Trap Destruction. Once per turn, destroy one face-down Spell/Trap Card on your opponent's field," Jaden said with a serious expression. "Although it destroys more cards than before, the simplification has given its effect the power of 'the opponent cannot activate a Spell/Trap Card in response to the activation of this effect'."

"So, to prevent my back row card from being destroyed before it can even be activated, I'm going to activate this card now in the chain of [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria]'s appearance!" As he spoke, another face-down card in Jaden's back row was also revealed.

Yubel frowned: "But Jaden, Paradise Lost grants my 'Phantoms' on the field resistance to your effects, preventing them from being destroyed or targeted. Neither Torrent Tribute nor any other card can affect them!"

"I never said the card I was going to activate would target your monster. On the contrary, this card requires targeting my monster." Jaden picked up the card and showed it off, saying, "Trap Card [Provoke]. This card can be activated during the opponent's Main Phase 1 by targeting one of my monsters!"

"I choose my character, [E·hero Foam Man]."

Under the effect of [Provocation], the [E·hero Bubble Man] on the Jaden field took out a banknote, wiped his hands, and dusted off non-existent dust from his body. He looked at the Trisolaran "Phantom Demon" on the Yubel field with a look of disgust, as if saying something like "You lowly poor bastard" or "Money really can buy anything." The effect was quite outstanding.

—Let alone [Phantom Demon Emperor - Rabiel] and [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria], even [Thunder Emperor - Hamon], who was originally on John and Jaden's side, glared at [E·hero Bubble Man] with disgust, wishing he could beat him up.

"Under the effect of [Taunt], the opponent can only use attack moves and cannot use change moves... cough cough, I mean that during this turn, while [E·hero Bubble Man] is on the field, the opponent can only select it as the target of attack."

Jaden, having revealed that he'd been playing Pokémon lately, accidentally misspoke about the effect and quickly corrected himself, "Although it only lasts for one turn, you can't attack John during this turn, Yubel!" (End of Chapter)