Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1341 Giving You a New Space
"The fusion is released?"

Taniguchi smiled.

"So this time the Volcanic Dinosaur's effect missed its target and fired blankly, managing to dodge it temporarily with a little trickery? But..."

In fact, during the previous round's battle phase, Jaden could have used "Contact Separation" to break the fusion of Flame Neos and launch an additional attack. However, numbered monsters cannot be destroyed by battle, and Volcano Dinosaur stood firmly on the field like an unyielding cockroach. Furthermore, the opponent also had a face-down defense monster on their field at the time, so breaking the fusion would have been pointless.

Therefore, it's better to keep the high-attack Flame Beetle on the field and use Contact Separate as a backup to neutralize attacks, just like we are now.

"But if I can get through this, I still have three more to go!" Taniguchi laughed heartily. "Just struggle as much as you can to make me happy during this time, Yuki Judai!"

The second Xyz Material for the Volcanic Dinosaur has been removed, triggering its effect again! Destroy 'Elemental HERO Neos'!

The New Universe's attack power is also 2500. If it is destroyed, Jaden will directly suffer 2500 points of damage, which will end the game immediately.

"Activate the face-down card!" Jaden said, "Trap Card 'Alchemy Cycle'!"
Until the end of the turn, the original ATK of all monsters on your field becomes 0!

"What?!" Taniguchi exclaimed in surprise.

Actively reduce your monster's attack power to 0.
By the way, the Volcanic Dinosaur deals damage based on the opponent's monster's attack power. If the attack power is 0, then even if it's destroyed, there will be no damage.

This guy actually managed to dodge the volcanic dinosaur's fatal attack once again by crippling himself.
Furthermore, if you don't use the contact separation method first and instead directly activate the alchemy cycle, Flame Neos' attack power cannot be reduced to 0. This is because the alchemy cycle reduces the original attack power to 0, while Flame Neos has additional attack power boosted by effects in addition to its original attack power. Therefore, if you don't dissolve the fusion first, you will still be instantly killed by a single hit from the Volcanic Dinosaur.

boom!
The new Yu Xia transformed into a fireball and burned to ashes, but was not harmed.

"Then activate the Frozen Dragon's effect again, remove one over-material, and revive both materials of the Volcanic Dinosaur," Taniguchi said coldly. "I want to see how long you can keep clinging to life."

The Volcanic Dinosaur removed another Xyz Material, destroying the 'Flame Beetle'!

Another fireball ignited the fire beetle, but of course, it still did no damage.

"That way, you'll have no obstacles on the field!" Taniguchi said. "Fight!"
First up, the volcanic dinosaurs—attack directly!

The volcano dinosaur once again charged up for a fatal blow, but Jaden's defenses remained unshaken: "Activate the effect of 'Necromancer' from the graveyard!"

Banish this card from the Graveyard. You have one chance this turn to negate an opponent's monster's attack!
The volcano dinosaur's attack was nullified!

The volcanic dinosaur's ultimate attack crashed into the transparent ghost barrier and missed once again.

"Aaaaaah, you stubborn thing!" Taniguchi roared. "Then let the Frozen Dragon attack directly!"

This time it's really over!

Jaden: "Activate the face-down card, Trap Card 'Offensive Defense'!"
When your opponent declares a direct attack, the attacking monster's ATK is halved until the end of the turn, then you draw one card from your Deck!

[NO.19. Frozen Dragon, Attack Power 2000 → Attack Power 1000]

boom!
A barrage of ice crystals rained down, bombarding Jaden's field. But Jaden, once again, stubbornly withstood it.

[10th generation, LP1300 → LP300]

Taniguchi is about to explode: "Aaaaaah!"

He felt completely unwell.

"Why won't you just obediently die!?"

He fucking removed five of the materials from the volcano dinosaur!
Five!

Five materials plus continuous attacks couldn't kill him, is this guy really as tough as a cockroach?
"Oh dear, that was close! I almost got killed." Judai chuckled.

Taniguchi: "."

"Since I wasn't killed, it's my turn next." Judai was still full of confidence.

Taniguchi: "Hmph, you've only survived one more turn. Now you've used up all your monsters and cards in your front and back rows, while I have two 'NO.' on my field!"

Without a 'NO.', what do you have to compete with me?

"this one"

The tenth generation gave a mysterious smile.

"It's probably the aura."

"What?" Taniguchi asked, puzzled.

"What I mean is, as long as duelists don't give up until the very last moment and maintain their momentum, they'll eventually find a way out."

Taniguchi: "???"

"Tch, I don't know where your confidence comes from. Just activate the Quick-Play Spell 'Mysterious Chinese Pot'. Release the monsters on your field to restore their ATK or DEF as life points."

He pointed to the frozen dragon on the field.

"The materials are all used up, and the Frozen Dragon is useless now, so let it become my HP. I restore the Frozen Dragon's defense to 2500 HP."

【Taniguchi, LP1500 → LP4000】

"My turn, draw!" Jaden said. "Activate the Spell Card 'Hero's Legacy'! If you have two or more Level 4 or higher Heroes in your Graveyard, draw three cards from your Deck!" Jaden drew three cards in one go.

"Then activate the quick-attack spell 'Next Generation'!"
If your Life Points are less than your opponent's, add any one of the following monsters to your hand or Special Summon it from your Deck or Graveyard, with an ATK equal to or less than the difference in Life Points between you and your opponent.

One card is ejected from the Tenth Generation Graveyard.

"The difference in our life points is 3700, so I added 'New Spaceman Flame Beetle' to my hand from the graveyard."

Jaden returned the Flame Beetle to his hands.

"Then activate the perpetual magic 'Shared Soul'!"
Choose a monster on the field, then Special Summon a 'Neo Slider' from your hand to that monster's controller's field. The Neo Slider's ATK is then transferred to the chosen monster.

Taniguchi was taken aback: "But you don't have any monsters on your field!"

Jaden laughed: "The effect of Soul Sharing is to choose one monster on the field, but it doesn't say that it has to be one of my monsters."

Taniguchi: "?"

“That’s right, I’m going to choose your Volcano Dinosaur!” Jaden said. “I’ll send the Flame Beetle to your field and then add the Flame Beetle’s attack power to the Volcano Dinosaur!”

Taniguchi: "???"

Send me the monster. Will its attack power also be added to my monster?

What does that mean? Why are you being so polite?

【New Space Warrior - Flame Beetle, Attack Power 500】

Seeing the Flame Beetle appear on his field, a huge question mark appeared on Taniguchi's forehead.

“Then activate the Equip Spell ‘Stonehenge’!” Jaden said. “This card can be Special Summoned in Attack Position by Special Summoning a monster with 0 ATK from your Graveyard and Equip it with this card.”

Taniguchi: "Your graveyard doesn't have anything with zero attack power."

“Yes, there is.” Jaden smiled. “One of the two monsters sent to the graveyard by the angel’s charity last round.”

Jaden glanced at the phantom beside him: "I'll have to rely on your power again."

Yubel's lips curled into a smug smile: "Heh, as expected, it still won't work without me."

Jaden: "I Special Summon 'Yubel' from the Graveyard!"

[Yuber, Attack Power 0]

"Yubel?"

When Taniguchi saw the monster, he froze for two seconds, then his heart pounded.

By the way, this heterochromatic-eyed bastard demon's effect is Thornmail!

So, the reason this guy gave me a new Spaceman and even free attack power is...
"The effect of New Spaceman Flame Beetle: This card gains ATK equal to the number of Spell & Trap cards on your opponent's field x400."

The tenth generation smile.

"I currently have the Continuous Spell 'Shared Soul', the Field Spell 'New Space', and the Equip Spell 'Stonehenge' on the field, therefore the Flame Beetle's attack power has increased by a total of 1200 points."

[New Space Warrior - Flame Beetle, Attack Power 500 → Attack Power 1700]

"Then the shared effect of Soul: the Flame Beetle's attack power is added to your Volcanic Dinosaur!"

[NO.61 Volcanic Dinosaur, Attack Power 2500 → Attack Power 4200]

With the support of the new space, the volcanic dinosaur's attack power instantly surpassed that of the legendary Obelisk the Titan. However, despite controlling such a powerful NO., Taniguchi, as the controller, felt no joy whatsoever; in fact, he felt like cursing.
What the hell kind of tactic is this?!

"Go, Yubel, attack the Volcano Dinosaur!" Jaden said. "Then, Yubel will negate all combat damage dealt to our side and inflict that amount of damage on the enemy!" (Original effect)

[Yuber, Attack Power 0]

Yubel's heterochromatic eyes suddenly emitted an eerie red light, and at the same time, the volcanic dinosaur's eyes were also stained with the same blood color.

It was bewitched.

It didn't want to hit, but it couldn't help itself; it couldn't stop its mouth from opening uncontrollably.

"No, no!" Taniguchi cried out urgently, "Don't attack! Don't!"

But it was no use; the bewitched volcanic dinosaur completely disobeyed his commands. The volcanic dinosaur raised its head and roared, the magma and flames accumulating in its mouth transforming into a crimson pillar of fire, carrying devastating heat as it charged straight at Yubel.

The flames vanished without a trace the instant they touched Yubel's body, as if swallowed by an invisible black hole. A cold smile curled at the corner of Yubel's lips, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked, from which several thorny vines, writhing in raging flames, burst forth. These vines writhed like living things, and within the flickering flames on their surface, the energy fluctuations from the volcanic dinosaur's attack could be faintly seen.

The vines shot straight towards the valley entrance with lightning speed, and at the moment of contact, all the previously absorbed fiery energy erupted. The scorching fire wave completely engulfed the valley entrance, the temperature on the ground rose sharply, and even the air distorted due to the high temperature.

Taniguchi: "Ahhh—"

【Taniguchi, LP4000 → LP0】

(End of this chapter)