Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1339 Ash Lava
"It's on fire?"

Upon hearing Judai's words, Taniguchi let out a mocking sneer.

"I think you don't understand at all."

Judai: "What?"

"The terrifying thing about not understanding 'NO' goes far beyond that!"

"It's Taniguchi!" Taniguchi shouted.

"Battle! 'NO. 61 Volcanic Dinosaur,' attack Jaden Yuki directly!"

A rumbling sound, like the tremors of the Earth's core, emanated from the depths of the volcanic dinosaur's throat, with lava boiling and churning between its teeth. With a deafening roar, it spewed out a spiral torrent of lava several meters in diameter, the vortex carrying obsidian fragments and boiling bubbles, scorching even the air in its wake.

Yubel said in a deep voice, "After being destroyed by the monster twice in a row, it can still launch an attack? It really is a monster."

Yes, this is another important difference between the Volcano Dinosaur anime and the physical card. In the physical card, the Volcano Dinosaur cannot attack directly the turn it has activated its effect, but there is no such restriction in the anime.

It doesn't happen every round; the bombs deal massive damage, and even after the bombs are detonated, the monsters can still attack.
It's no exaggeration to say that the volcanic dinosaurs in the 4,000-blood environment are absolutely top-tier OTK (One-Turn Kill) artifacts; if you're not careful for even a moment, you'll be roasted to a crisp by these things.

In fact, when the physical card Volcano Dinosaur was released, even after being weakened so many times, it still quickly gained a place in the competitive environment and became the most widely used Tier 5 Xyz in the Xyz era.

Not to mention the anime also features the universal "NO." resistance that "NO. cannot be destroyed by monsters other than NO.".

This further demonstrates how terrifying this dinosaur was.

“Yes, it’s getting more and more exciting,” Jaden laughed. “It would be such a shame if it ended so quickly with such an interesting monster as an opponent.”

As he spoke, he flipped over the backcourt card: "Counter Trap 'Neglect of Attack'!"
Nullify the opponent's monster's attack, then forcibly end the Battle Phase!

Pure white gas erupted from the center of the trap, forming a reverse tornado perfectly symmetrical to the magma vortex. The moment the two forces collided, the magma seemed to be disintegrated by an invisible hand. Crimson lava blocks solidified in the gas flow, boiling sulfurous steam was purified into transparent water mist, and the high-temperature parts were peeled away layer by layer by the gas vortex, eventually turning into grayish-white volcanic ash that fell from the sky.

As the last wisp of lava dissipated in the airflow, only a slowly swirling white vortex remained in the center of the once raging battlefield. The volcanic dinosaur seemed to growl with some resentment, its dripping lava etching restless claw marks on the ground.

"You managed to defend against the trap?" Taniguchi sneered. "After all, it's Yuki Judai. It wouldn't be interesting if it ended so easily."

Then I'll proceed with my inside defense command and set a monster to the field.

Taniguchi hasn't performed a Normal Summon this turn. He tapped a monster card, which appeared next to the Volcano Dinosaur.

"Then set a card face down, and the turn ends."

Jaden: "My turn, draw a card!"

He glanced at the card he had drawn and immediately showed it.

"Spell Card 'Angel's Charity'. Draw three cards from your deck, then discard two cards from your hand."

Jaden discards two cards from his hand to the graveyard, then plays another card from his hand, which is the spell he retrieved from his hand in the previous turn.

"Miracle Contact! This card allows you to Fusion Summon a Neos Fusion Monster by returning 'Elemental HERO Neos' and other Fusion Materials from your Graveyard to your Deck!"

Taniguchi frowned: "You fuse from the deck and then from the graveyard?" "Yeah." Jaden rubbed his nose and laughed, "Although I don't have a Synchro Summon like Yuugen or an Xyz power like you, even I am constantly evolving on the path of fusion."

I returned 'Elemental HERO Neos' and 'Neo-Tecton Firebeetle' from my graveyard to my deck using Contact Fusion!

Neocosmic Knight and Flame Beetle reappeared from the graveyard. Neocosmic Knight's silvery-white body seemed quantumized, as if the gravitational field around him was subtly distorted, and his silver body transformed into a nebula composed of billions of golden light particles. At the same time, Flame Beetle's carapace suddenly erupted with a supernova-like burst of intense light from the cracks, and its body contracted into a streamlined shape, trailing a long plasma tail like a true comet.

Jaden: "Blazing power, ignite! Fusion Summon—"

—Elemental Hero: Fire Neos!!!

At the instant the two beams of light converged high in the sky, the spiraling nebula of the Milky Way suddenly materialized above. Countless stars twinkled simultaneously, as if forming a giant fusion array from which a waterfall of light cascaded down.

The moment the beam of light struck the ground, the surrounding debris floated into the air. The new hero emerged as if from the epicenter of a nuclear explosion, his armor seams spewing forth stellar flames. His helmet bore the massive horns of a gnawing insect. Most awe-inspiring were the pair of half-folded insect wings on his back, their membranes shimmering with transparent flames.

【Elemental Hero - Flame Neos, Attack Power 2500】

"So another new Neo-Universe has been created through fusion," Taniguchi scoffed. "But it's all useless. No matter what kind of hero it is, they are all futile in the face of the power of 'NO.'."

"That's hard to say. The possibilities for heroes are endless."

The tenth generation smiled confidently.

"Activate the field spell 'New Space'!"

Jaden's Field Magic was thrust into the Duel Disk, and reality crumbled like a shattered mirror. From the cracks flowed a torrent of iridescent light with a liquid-like texture. This rainbow-colored spatial solution filled the entire Duel Disk, transforming it into a dimension dominated by light.

"The new space increases the attack power of the Neo-Fusion Monsters on my field by 500 points," Jaden said.

[Elemental Hero - Flame Neos, Attack Power 2500 → Attack Power 3000]

"Then I'll set three more cards face down in the back row."

Three more face-down cards suddenly appeared in the back row of the Tenth Generation deck.

"Then Flame Neos' effect activated," Jaden laughed. "Elemental HERO Flame Neos gains 400 ATK for every Spell/Trap Card on either player's field!"

Taniguchi's smug expression vanished abruptly: "What did you say?"

"You have one face-down card on your field, and I have three face-down cards (New Trick Room and three face-down cards) on mine, for a total of five Spell & Trap Cards!" Jaden said. "Therefore, Flame Neos' ATK increases by 2000 points!"

[Elemental Hero - Flame Neos, Attack Power 3000 → Attack Power 5000]

Taniguchi's composure vanished completely: "Attack power of five thousand!?"

"Yes, I said the possibilities for heroes are limitless!"

The tenth generation, brimming with energy, threw a punch from a distance.

"Go, Flame Neos, attack 'NO. 61 Volcano Dinosaur'!"
Ash Lava!!!

(End of this chapter)