Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1383 The Hero of the Defense
"The effect of Destiny Hero: Anti-Utopia has activated!"

Ed shouted.

"If the Anti-Utopia is successfully Fusion Summoned, you can select 1 monster in your Graveyard that was used as Fusion Material for this card to activate this effect. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK!" (Anime effect)

The physical card version of Depthonian no longer restricts the selection of Fusion Materials, but it does restrict the selection of a Level 4 or lower Fate HERO monster from the Graveyard to inflict damage equal to that monster's ATK.

While the original anime version doesn't offer the same freedom as the physical card, it undoubtedly raises the ceiling for damage output. After all, even the highest attack power of a Destiny Hero below four stars has a limit.

"I've chosen 'Destiny Hero - Doctrine Boy,' which was just used as a fusion material!"

The instant Ed finished speaking, the phantom of the Doctrine Boy appeared in mid-air, as if energy had been absorbed into the Antitopian's body. The Antitopian extended his right palm, fingers spread, and a jet-black sphere of magic energy brewed in his palm amidst swirling lightning. It first formed an unstable energy ball the size of a fist, then rapidly expanded under the entanglement of purple lightning. When the energy ball reached its critical point, the air within a three-meter radius distorted due to the intense heat.

With a sudden clenching of his fingers, the energy ball shot out like a meteor. A fine electric grid remained along its dark trajectory, and upon impact, it exploded into an energy storm five meters in diameter. Where the shockwave swept, the ground shattered radially, and flying debris was reduced to dust in mid-air by the aftershocks.

"The Doctrine Boy's attack power is 3400!" Ed said. "You'd better take 3400 damage!"

"3400 damage? Are you kidding me?"

IV shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Then activate the Trap Card 'Damage Slimming' from the Graveyard!"

Edward: "Set a trap from the graveyard?"

"Damage reduction, when removed from the game in the graveyard, halves all effect damage received this turn."

The moment IV uttered his last word, he was already thrown away by the blast wave. The shockwave spread out in a ring, and IV was thrown like a kite with a broken string, his boots lifting three inches off the ground before he was thrown backward into the air. His clothes fluttered in the blast wave, and after three consecutive backward rolls, he fell face-first to the ground, his breathing heavy like a broken bellows.

[IV, LP2200 → LP500]

"You barely escaped with your life," Edward said.

"Shut up." IV got up in a disheveled state, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Although you tricked me, your thing can't break through my Demon String."

【CNO.40 Mechanical Puppet - Demon's String, Attack Power 3300】

"It seems that's indeed the case. In that case, I'll show you this move again."

Ed waved another card in his hand.

"The effect of 'Destiny HERO - Dark Angel' in your hand. If you have 3 or more 'Destiny HERO' cards in your Graveyard, you can discard them from your hand."

Then Special Summon one 'Destiny HERO' monster from your Graveyard to your opponent's field in Defense Position.

IV: "?"

On my field, summon the hero of destiny?

"Therefore, Special Summon 'Destiny HERO Dark Angel' from your Graveyard to your field!"

[Destiny Hero - Dark Angel, Defense 0]

IV stared blankly at the hero of destiny who had jumped onto his field.

What does that mean? Sending a weak monster to yourself, hoping to use it as a breakthrough?
But a defensive gesture is meaningless.
“Set one card face down, and the turn is over,” Ed said.

I don't understand.

IV gave a low hum and stopped thinking about it.

"My turn, draw a card!"

He glanced at the card he had drawn after drawing it, and played it without hesitation.

"Activate the Spell Card 'Treasure Card of Magic Sealing'!"
This card draws two cards from your deck upon activation, but you cannot activate other Spell Cards or set any cards to the field during the turn it is activated.

Magic cards appeared on his field, and IV gripped his deck with his fingers.

"Therefore, I'll draw two cards from my deck. Uh oh!"

In that instant, the deck released an invisible current, like an unseen repulsive force that repelled his fingers.

"what?"

IV was startled and looked at his deck in astonishment.

Why won't I be allowed to draw cards?

Only then did Edward reveal a smug smile, as if his wicked scheme had succeeded. "Sorry. But while 'Destiny HERO - Dark Angel' is on the field, all Spell Cards activated by the controller of this card are negated!"

IV: "!!!"

What the hell is this?!

He stared wide-eyed at his hero on the field, a player with zero offense and zero defense, and slowly opened his mouth in disbelief.
Can the controller of your own card not activate a magic card?

What kind of mole is this? So what was the purpose of creating this thing? To disgust the controllers?
In that instant, he suddenly understood why the other person had given him this thing. It wasn't about creating weaknesses or openings at all.

This is basically a mess of his defense!
"So I'm sorry, but for you, magic has been sealed away," Edward said calmly.

IV clenched his fist, his anger causing the veins on the back of his hand to bulge again.

"Damn it! But my attack power is still higher!" IV shouted. "Then, use the Demon's String to attack 'Hero of Destiny - Anti-Utopia'!"

【CNO.40 Mechanical Puppet - Demon's String, Attack Power 3300】

【Destiny Hero - Anti-Utopia, Attack Power 2800】

Edward: "Activate the Faceless Trap Card 'Chained Boomerang'! This card can be used as an Equip Card, increasing the ATK of the equipped monster by 500!"

[Destiny Hero - Anti-Utopia, Attack Power 2800 → Attack Power 3300]

"Equal attack power, trying to take each other down?" IV laughed heartily. "What a coincidence! NO. cannot be an exception to NO.."

"Total destruction? Sorry, I have no intention of doing that." Edward laughed. "At this moment, the second effect of the Dystopian activates!"

Once per turn, if this card's ATK or DEF changes, destroy any card on the field! This effect can be activated during your opponent's turn! (Animation effect)

This effect is stronger in the physical card version than in the anime. In the physical card version, "Dystopian" can activate once per turn at any time, destroying one card on the field, as long as its ATK is different from its original ATK. In the anime version, however, it can only be activated at the moment its ATK changes.

But in the current situation, it doesn't matter; it makes no difference.

IV's pupils contracted: "Is the goal really to change the attack power?!"

“Exactly!” Edward shouted, “The effect of the Dystopians has destroyed the Demon String!”

"Noble justice!!!"

The Antipodes were instantly engulfed in a blinding golden light, which engulfed the Heavenly Strings. The twisted mechanical puppet had no chance to resist; its body instantly disintegrated, its strings snapped, and the puppet exploded into countless fragments.

IV stared blankly up at the shattered puppet, its broken strings swaying amidst the storm and debris.

It's been deactivated.

His second CNO., his hidden trump card, was also...
"And because you activated 'The Magic Sealing Card'," Edward smiled, "you cannot activate any more spell cards or set any cards to the field during the turn 'The Magic Sealing Card' is activated."

The effect of Dark Angel is to negate the effects of Spell Cards activated by the controller, but it does not negate the activation itself. So although you can't use the effect of Spell Seal to draw cards, you still have to accept the side effects after activation.

You can no longer cast spells or set cards this turn.

IV: "."

"So, it's my turn, my final turn, draw a card!"

Eddo.

"Summon 'Destiny Hero - Devil Boy'!"

【Destiny Hero - Devil Boy, Attack Power 600】

"Battle! Demon Boy, defeat 'Hero of Destiny - Dark Angel'!"

With a flick of his cape, the Devil Boy unleashed his Demon Claw, shattering the Dark Angel who had completed its mission and leaving IV with an empty field.

"Then comes the final blow!" Edward said, "Hero of Destiny - Anti-Utopia, direct attack!"

"Oppositional Punch!!!"

The Dittoman's right arm armor erupted with a blinding blue light, and the mechanical joints emitted a sharp metallic scraping sound. He lowered his waist and exerted force, his iron fist covered with energy patterns slamming forward. Before the fist even arrived, the compressed air had already formed a visible shockwave.

IV felt as if she had been struck by an invisible giant hammer. Her feet left the ground and she flew backward, spinning like a top several times, as light as a feather in the wind.

[IV, LP500 → LP0]

(End of this chapter)