Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"If 【E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire】 is Special Summoned, its effect is activated: add one 【Dark Fusion】 or a card with the 【Dark Fusion】 card name from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand, except for a Fusion Monster."

Just as Jaden was about to use the effect of the [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire] he had just Special Summoned to search for it, Yubel couldn't hold back any longer and immediately activated the effect of the monster on his field to interrupt Jaden's strategy.

"That won't do, Jaden. I was already being unusually magnanimous by letting you use that monster last time, which is rare for me as I'm not usually jealous. I won't let you use that monster again!"

Yubel, showing no discrimination in the subcategories of "Hero," and equally rejecting and despising all "Hero" series such as "Elemental," "Masked," "Evil Heart," "Extreme," and "Beloved," grinned wickedly at "E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire," and waved his hand, saying, "When the effect of an opponent's monster is activated, chain-activate the effect of this card on my field!"

"【Yubel Phantom】! When your opponent activates a monster effect, you can Tribute this card to activate this effect, changing that monster's effect to 'Your opponent destroys one 【Yubel】 from their hand, field, or Deck!'"

The effect of [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire], which was supposed to assist Jaden in searching for [Dark Fusion] and related cards, was forcibly modified by [Yubel Phantom]. As [Yubel Phantom] dissipated into a phantom, [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire] launched an attack on Yubel, hitting one of her cards.

"My card [Yubel] was destroyed, triggering its effect that can only be activated when destroyed, evolving it into [Yubel - The Hated Knight]!"

Yubel took a card from his deck and placed it on the Duel Disk, then continued, "At the same time, the counters on 'Chronicle of Maturity' increased due to the Special Summon of the monster 'Yubel'!"

[Chronology of Maturity] [Chronology Indicators: 4→5]

The effect of [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire], which was deliberately recycled and then fused to be summoned, was wasted and even helped Yubel to develop. However, Jaden of the Overlord had a completely unconcerned expression and calmly said, "Although the effect was altered, the fact that [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire] returned to my field can still be used."

"If the effect of [E-hero Death Prison Mirror] in my hand allows me to Special Summon a Fusion Monster that can only be Special Summoned by the effect of [Dark Fusion] on my field, I can Special Summon it directly from my hand."

[Tenth Generation Overlord: 1000LP, Hand: 8→7]

【E-hero Death Row Mirror Prisoner】【4☆/Light】

[Rock Faction/Effect]

[1700/1100]

Jaden played a card and continued, "Then I can activate the second effect of [E-hero Death Prison Mirror] by sending one [Hero] monster from my Deck to the Graveyard. If I Fusion Summon a [Hero] monster this turn, this face-up card can be used as a substitute for the Fusion Material Monster listed in the name of that Fusion Monster."

"I sent [M·hero Hearth] from my deck to the graveyard."

"I won't let you use that awful monster again, Jaden!" Hearing Jaden's words, Yubel relentlessly activated the effect of her second monster card, "[Revenge of the Demon Lotus]! During your opponent's turn, if I control a [Yubel] monster, or when a monster's effect is activated, you can Tribute this card on my field to activate its second effect!"

"Similarly, the monster's effect is modified, changing it to 'Destroy one [Yubel] monster on the field!'"

Although both [Rendezvous Demon Lotus] and [Yubel Phantom] have effects that modify the opponent's monsters, there are still some differences between them. The modified effect of [Rendezvous Demon Lotus] can only destroy one [Yubel] monster on both sides' fields, which is not as wide-ranging as the modified effect of [Yubel Phantom]. In addition, the modified effect of [Rendezvous Demon Lotus] chooses to destroy the monster Jaden, not Yubel.

However, there are only two [Yubel] monsters currently on the field: [Yubel - The Hated Knight] and [Yubel - The Guardian of Eternal Love]. Jaden seems to have a choice, but in reality, he doesn't have many options.

“So, Jaden, what is your choice?” Pointing to her field, Yubel chuckled and said seductively, “My love for you is ‘undying.’ Even if you inflict violence and destruction on me, I will still love you forever. So don’t hold back, just unleash your ‘love’ on ‘me’.”

"As 'I' as [Yubel - The Hated Knight], I transform into the even more advanced [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] when I leave the field, as you know; and as 'I' as [Yubel - The Guardian of Eternal Love], I gain not only the resistance to be destroyed by battle, but also the resistance to be destroyed by effects, which means that any damage inflicted on me is useless."

"So, choose—will you reject me with your indestructible violence, or will you let your power become a stepping stone for me to go further?"

Faced with the two choices given by Yubel, Jaden, who was not the type to hesitate, pointed directly at the one-piece monster and said, "Then, I choose to destroy [Yubel - The Hated Knight]."

“Perfect! So cold, so arrogant, so heartless!” Upon hearing Judai’s choice, Yubel clasped his hands together, revealing a devout expression. “Let me worship you! You truly are the best Judai I admire!”

Just like the previous [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire], the effect of [E-hero Mirror Prisoner] was also forcibly distorted into a destructive impulse. The shattered mirror surface, like thousands of sharp blades, rushed towards Yubel's field, destroying [Yubel - The Hated Knight].

As if the scene were being reenacted, the destroyed position of [Yubel - The Hated Knight] and the reappearance of [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] on the field were followed by the appearance of another monster next to it.

"What you taught me back then, Jaden, was indeed right. This so-called 'pain' is the true 'love'! Look, even under the destruction you inflicted, Jaden, I was reborn in 'love'!" Yubel picked up a card and showed it off, "The second effect of the Field Spell Card [Nightmare Throne]!"

"Once per turn, if a face-up [Yubel] monster on my field leaves the field due to an effect, I can add one [Yubel] monster whose original Level is 1 star higher or lower than that of any of the monsters in my deck, graveyard, or banished cards to my hand."

"The monster 【Yubel - The Hated Knight】 that left the field is a Level 11☆ monster. Here I will add another 【Yubel】 from my deck to my hand. This card is a Level 10☆."

"With the effect of [Nightmare Throne], I can add that monster to my hand and Special Summon it regardless of its Summoning conditions!"

"Two new chronology markers will be added to the 【Mature Chronology】 at once!"

【Yubel】【ATK0】

[Chronology of Maturity] [Chronology Indicators: 5→7]

During the unfolding of 【E-hero Poison Bubble】, Jaden of the Overlord failed to replenish his cards, while Yubel Special Summoned a new monster to the field.

"Because of my Special Summon to 'myself' - [Yubel], the [Giant Tortured by the Dead] in my Graveyard has met the conditions for resurrection." Yubel glanced at his Graveyard but showed no intention of taking the card out. "However, it's too early to throw it onto your field now, Jaden. Just in case, I'll save it for the next turn before Special Summoning it."

However, looking at the three different forms of the [Yubel] monster gathered on the field, Jaden said, "I see, so this is the effect of that Field Spell Card. But now that even our last resort has been tested, it's time to end this duel."

"Although the effect has been modified, the part of 【E-hero Death Prison Mirror】 that sends 【Hero】 monsters to the Graveyard is the cost of the effect, not the effect itself. This part has not been changed by you. And the card I just sent to the Graveyard with the effect of 【E-hero Death Prison Mirror】 was this 【M·hero Hearthfire】."

"Spell Card [Miracle Fusion] activated! Banish monsters from my field and Graveyard as Fusion Materials to Fusion Summon one [E·hero] monster. I banish [M·hero Diamond] from my field and [M·hero Hearth] from my Graveyard. The required materials are two [M·hero] monsters with different attributes!"

"Let the darkness that cannot escape light, and the light that cannot dispel darkness, unite as one under my domineering will!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 9☆!"

"Chaos Polarity - [C·hero Chaos Knight]!"

【C·hero Chaos Knight】【9☆/Dark】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[3000/2600]

[Tenth Generation Overlord: 1000LP, Hand: 7→6]

The black and white Kamen Rider appeared on Jaden's stage. Compared to his previous warriors who seemed to walk between light and darkness, the current [C·hero Chaos Hero], influenced by the dark power within Jaden, had become more inclined towards a violent villain. The blades on his body were much more menacing, and his white body was no longer as pure, showing a hint of gray. "[C·hero]? Tch, there are more and more guys I haven't seen while I was still by Jaden's side!" Because [M·hero] was a new series derived from the [Mask Transformation] that Jaden received from Hayato, Yubel's dislike for it was about the same as that for [E·hero Neos], who, despite going to heaven together, received completely different treatment and returned to Earth at different times.

—And what she hates most? Of course, it's the [E·hero Flame Winged Man] series. Not only [Beloved Hero], but it also spawned the [Flame Strike] form, even a [Winged Kuriboh LV6] dressed in a cosplay outfit, and even the advanced fusion form, [F·hero Flash Flame Winged Man], directly named "Beloved Hero." How could Yubel possibly tolerate this?
"The card name 【C·hero Chaos Knight】 is also treated as 【E·hero】 under the rules, so it can be Fusion Summoned by 【Miracle Fusion】. Furthermore, as long as this card is in the Monster Zone, its attribute is also treated as LIGHT."

"As for the effect of [C·hero Chaos Knight], it can be used once per turn by both players. Target one card on the field and negate its effect—here I've chosen [Nightmare Pain] on the opponent's back field!"

In the blink of an eye, a beam of black and white light shot out from [C·hero Chaos Knight], piercing through the Continuous Spell Card on Yubel's back row. Although Yubel's powerful strength kept it from disappearing and it was even rapidly repairing itself, at least for this turn, the effect of [Nightmare Pain] was rendered useless by [C·hero Chaos Knight].

"Ugh, how could this be—" Seeing his most prized "ultimate form" treated this way by Jaden, Yubel gritted his teeth and said, "How cruel it is that you resist my 'love' so much!"

"However, my [Yubel] monsters still possess the ability to remain undamaged by battle and to prevent me from suffering battle damage. There are two other 'me's' on my field!"

"I don't need you to remind me of that." Jaden's voice was icy. "I haven't used any Normal Summon or monsters with self-restricting effects this turn, so I can Special Summon this monster card."

Elsewhere, Yubel didn't care much, but the fact that "he hadn't used a Normal Summon" made Yubel's eyes widen instantly. John's face twisted into a distorted expression: "Jūdai, what did you mean by that? In this duel between the two of us, how dare you take out that card, that disgusting, ugly, and twisted card of Kobayashi Hayato!"

"No, you can't do that!"

However, Yubel's resistance couldn't slow down Jaden's actions even slightly. Since the monsters in the [E-hero] series are mainly Fiend-type, it's obvious which monster card Jaden would include in his deck—a card he already frequently used.

(Classic Baby)

"I release [Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love] and [Yubel - Sorrowful Dragon] from my opponent's field, and Special Summon this [Lava Demon] to my opponent's field!"

【Lava Demon God】【8☆/Flame】

[Demon/Special Summon/Effect]

[3000/2500]

Although [Yubel] can evolve even if it is destroyed in the deck, it cannot react when it is released; although [Yubel - the Hated Knight] can become stronger no matter how it leaves the field, this characteristic was not retained by [Yubel - the Extremely Sad Dragon] and [Yubel - the Guardian of Eternal Love].

It's hard to say whether this so-called "third stage" and "complete form" is evolution or regression—it's quite "sad" to say the least.

Therefore, even though Jaden played the Lava Demon on Yubel's field, Yubel was completely helpless and could do nothing except grit his teeth and curse the ever-present "Onorei Hayato Kobayashi" who hadn't even come to this world yet.

“Even if you Special Summon [Lava Demon] to my field, so what!” Yubel added, as if remembering something, “I myself, [Yubel], am a monster that cannot be destroyed by battle, nor can I take battle damage. In fact, I can reflect the battle damage I take back to you. Even if [Nightmare Pain] is negated, it is an effect that I inherently possess.”

"At most, you can only use your [C·hero Chaos Knight] with an attack power of 3000 to take down [Lava Demon] together, but my base score is a full 7000 points, which can completely withstand the attack of your monster."

"Besides, I have a cover card in my backcourt—"

"The Spell Card [Night Strike] is activated." Jaden interrupted Yubel before he could finish speaking. A beam of light instantly locked onto and fired, destroying the face-down card Yubel had just mentioned in the back row. The Trap Card [Explosive Armor] was destroyed, and Yubel was thoroughly humiliated.

"The ability to target and destroy a face-down Spell/Trap Card set by the opponent, [Night Strike], was originally intended to prevent the opponent from activating the target card in response to this card's activation. But in the end, it's just a useless [Explosive Armor]?"

"I am Jaden," he said calmly, giving the impression that he was really looking forward to Yubel's Gaika launching something big, but she just delivered a huge mess instead, his tone full of disappointment.

Yubel's face flushed slightly, more from anger than embarrassment: "Even if you ruined my cover card, there's still [Yubel] on my field—"

"Stop being so long-winded. Do you have to repeat those two boring sentences again?" Finally showing his impatience, Haō Jūdai interrupted Yubel again, looking at her with cold eyes and said, "You're just a weakling without any power. You talk too much nonsense. Your obsession is meaningless in my eyes, your struggle is meaningless in front of me, and your delusions are meaningless in my hands."

"Muda, muda muda, all muda!"

Showing a magic card from his hand, Jaden of the High Overlord discarded two cards without hesitation, saying, "Even if you have witnessed my power, you still cling to that illusion and refuse to recognize the cruelty of reality, unable to comprehend the true pathetic weakness of the world, then—I will use this once again descending 'ultimate invincible power' to bestow upon you the annihilation you crave, called 'despair'!"

"The Normal Spell Card [Spellstone Mining] can be activated by discarding two cards from my hand and targeting one Spell Card in my Graveyard. I add that card to my hand, and the card I want to retrieve from the Graveyard is this one—[Super Polymerization]!"

In an instant, his abundant hand shrank by nearly half. To Yubel's utter surprise, Jaden added the invincible card with terrifying power from his graveyard back to his hand and activated it immediately: "Next, I discard one card from my hand as the cost to unleash ultimate power—"

【霸王十代：1000LP，手牌：6→5→2→3→1】

"【Hyperfusion】Activate!"

The unstoppable and irresistible ultimate power was retrieved from the graveyard by Jaden and released once again. A terrifying vortex unfolded in the sky, instantly locking onto the monsters on the field and suppressing all other cards except for the one on the field, preventing them from activating the chain of [Super Polymerization]!
"He actually activated [Hyperfusion] again in this situation!?"

Yubel, who had witnessed the duel between Jaden and Jim not long ago, immediately thought of the monster that Jaden had fused and summoned in that duel—[E-hero Dark Gaia].

The fusion materials required for that monster are a Fiend-Type monster and a Rock-Type monster. At this moment, Jaden's field happens to have [E-hero Death Prisoner], a Rock-Type monster, which can be freely combined with the two Fiend-Type monsters on Yubel's field for fusion summoning.

"Could it be that you're going to use Fusion Summon [E-hero Dark Gaia]!?" Yubel's suspicions were now aloud. "But... that card requires the effect of [Dark Fusion] to be Special Summoned. Without activating [Overlord Castle] or using monster effects like [E-hero Hellfire], you probably can't use [Super Fusion]—"

"—They are different. My [Super Polymerization] is completely different from the [Super Polymerization] in Kobayashi Hayato's hand that you remember," Jaden reminded Yubel. "Although both cannot be chained by other cards, require a card from the hand as cost, and can be fused using monsters on the opponent's field, there are still differences between [Super Polymerization]."

"Hayato Kobayashi's [Super Polymerization] can be used to Fusion Summon monsters only from the opponent's field, but my [Super Polymerization], perhaps because it's not yet complete, requires one of the Fusion Materials to be a monster I control," Jaden explained. "However, after that, my [Super Polymerization] can Fusion Summon monsters regardless of the Summoning conditions—therefore, even [E-hero] monsters can be Special Summoned using [Super Polymerization]!"

"This is the supreme, ultimate, and invincible power!"

At this moment, on the field of the Supreme King Jaden, there are [C·hero Chaos Knight] with an attack power of 3000 and [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire] with an attack power of 2100. Although Yubel spoke arrogantly before, she actually knew in her heart that the existence of [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire] was the greatest counter to her [Nightmare Pain].

Because the effect of [Nightmare Pain] has been nullified, Jaden's monsters will no longer be forced to attack [Yubel] monsters. Furthermore, if a [Hero] monster destroys an opponent's monster in battle, it can trigger the effect of [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire], dealing a full 2100 points of damage to the opponent.

In other words, if [C·hero Chaos Knight] fights [Lava Demon], although it won't deal as much damage as [E·hero Flame Wingman] in the [Skyscraper] environment, which is known as the "3000-killer," it can still deal 2100 damage even if they both perish, which is still quite a lot!

Thinking about it this way, in Yubel's eyes, the [E-hero Flame Winged Man] became even more despicable. The existence of a variant like [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire] was unforgivable! [E-hero Flame Winged Man]!
That's not all. If [Yubel] on your field is fused into [E-hero Dark Gaia], its ATK will become the fusion material monster's ATK. The sum of [Yubel] with 0 ATK and [E-hero Death Prisoner] with 1700 ATK, although still only a mere 1700 ATK, is increased by adding [E-hero Wings of Inferno - Hellfire] with 2100 ATK.
A total of 5900 points of damage!? That almost killed him instantly?!

Just as Yubel was filled with astonishment, the [Super Fusion], which was about to absorb the monsters on the field into its fusion material, suddenly lost the electric current wrapped around it, as if it had jammed!?

Even Yubel himself didn't activate any cards to counter it, right? Rather, how could the [Super Polymerization], which couldn't chain other cards to activate in response to its activation, suddenly malfunction? (End of Chapter)