Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1712 Restoring Glory
"The Attack Power of the Anti-Utopians has increased by 1000!"

[Destiny Hero - Anti-Utopia, Attack Power 2800 → Attack Power 3800]

Although it was only a temporary boost within a round, everyone on the field and watching immediately understood what it meant.

"At this moment, the effect of Destiny HERO Destiny HERO!" Edward shouted, "When Destiny HERO Destiny HERO's ATK changes, once per turn, it can destroy any card on the field!"

Edward pointed directly at Judai's backcourt.

"Even if a heavyweight ace like Lava Neos is destroyed, you don't panic at all. Your confidence probably comes from your backcourt defense, right? Then let me tear that face-down card and your last hope to shreds!"
"Dystopians, destroy that face card! The highest justice!"

The Detopia burst forth with radiance, its surging energy rushing toward the last face card in the back row of the Jaden.

"So you're after my face-down card," Jaden chuckled. "Then I'll activate my face-down card, Trap Card 'Chained Bomb'!"

His backcourt card was activated, and a bright red bomb was immediately launched onto the field, trailing a long silver chain.

"The Chained Bomb is a trap that can be used as an Equip Card. I equip this card to my Defense Position monster 'Neo-Spacian Sky Hummingbird' on the field, and the equipped monster gains 500 ATK!"

The chain landed on the hummingbird in a defensive stance. The hummingbird waved it symbolically a few times, and its movements were quite impressive.

"Equip traps?" Edward sneered. "But what's the point of increasing the attack power of defense-statted weaklings?"

"Don't rush, the Chained Bomb has a second effect." Jaden smiled. "The second effect is that when this card is used as an Equip Card and is destroyed by the effect of another card, you can choose to destroy any card on the field!"

Edward's expression changed drastically: "What?!"

It's a hidden ability that only triggers when your card is destroyed!

Does this mean that this guy had already anticipated that he would disrupt the backcourt?
Indeed. Edward has the ability to destroy cards on the field, and since Edward uses the Dictokay as the ace of his deck, it's only natural that he would include many cards in his deck that can change the attack power of monsters.

Edward thought that even if Jaden's ace, Lava Neos, was destroyed, he wouldn't panic, because there must be something planned in the back row. But even this prediction was anticipated by Jaden.

Therefore, Judai used a clever tactic, setting up a counter-strategy in the back row, but it was precisely the opponent's card-bombing action that triggered this counter-strategy, making it a scheme within a scheme.
Edward's pupils contracted: "You...are you deliberately pretending to be this stupid to lower my guard?"

At first glance, he looks like a fool, but he's actually a cunning old fox who pretends to be weak while actually being strong!
Yu Xuan, standing to the side, seemed to have noticed that Edward had some strange misunderstanding, and found it amusing.

Edward is really overthinking it. Judai doesn't think that much when he plays cards; he's simply blessed with incredible luck in drawing the cards most needed in the game.
At that moment, the bomb trap was struck by the Antitopian beam and destroyed. Simultaneously, the chain in Sky Hummingbird's hand snapped. Immediately afterward, the bomb, its chain broken, seemed to have its fuse lit, streaking towards Edward's territory with a dangerous trail of flame.

“However,” Edward quickly recovered and sneered, “your plan was good, but my strength is still superior!”
At this very moment, activate the effect of 'Destiny Hero: Twilight'!

The further integration of the Anti-Utopia, and the advancement to the ace Twilight Utopia, finally revealed its divine radiance!
The golden light acted like an indestructible protective shell, blocking the field of love. The bombs crashed into the golden barrier, but the explosions and shockwaves were completely blocked, unable to penetrate even a fraction. Yuma, watching from the sidelines, exclaimed, "What? Why didn't it work?"

"Hahaha, this is Twilight's power, 'Restore Radiance'!" Edward shouted. "When a monster on the field is about to be destroyed by a card effect, you can select that monster to prevent it from being destroyed by that effect!" (Animation effect)

If it were a physical card, Twilight Island would prevent the selected monster from being destroyed by battle or card effects for an entire turn, and any battle damage would be 0. However, in the anime, it can only prevent destruction by card effects once.

However, the anime separates Twilight's two abilities, "Immune to Battle Destruction" and "Immune to Effect Destruction." In the anime, Twilight can select a monster on the field, preventing it from being destroyed by battle for one turn and reducing its battle damage to the player to 0.

In other words, the anime version of Twilight Utopia can protect against one battle destruction and provide battle destruction resistance for an entire turn. These two effects can be applied to two different monsters, whereas the physical card can only protect one monster per turn.

"Huh, the bomb was blocked." Jaden scratched his head. "What a pity, I thought it was a brilliant counterattack."

“This level of skill is useless against me,” Edward said coldly. “I’ll finish you off this round. It’s time for battle!”

First up, the first 'Destiny Hero - Dystopian' attacks 'New Spaceman - Sky Hummingbird'!

This is the Antitopia, whose attack power was boosted by 2900 in the previous round by the "Death City" buff. Antitopia unleashed a punch from a distance, purple energy gathering on its fist, like a purple cannonball, piercing through the hummingbird in the sky.

“Next is the effect of the Equip Spell ‘Slow Armor’ equipped on Dystopia!” Edward said, “When a monster equipped with Slow Armor destroys an opponent’s monster in battle, it can target another monster on the opponent’s field that is at or below the level of the destroyed monster and destroy that monster!”

Edward continued to point to the last remaining new space on the field of the tenth generation.

"Destroy 'New Spaceman: Radiant Moss'!"

The barrage of attacks from the Depths caused beams of light to shoot out from his armor, crisscrossing and slicing through the moss, shattering Jaden's last line of defense.

[10th generation, LP2200 → LP1700]

At this point, Jaden's field was completely empty, with no monsters in the front row and no face-down cards in the back row.

Edgar only had one Detauren launch an attack!

"Die, you eyesore!" Edward showed no mercy. "Hero of Destiny - Mutopia, direct attack!"

The Mutopia man swung his fist, delivering a fatal blow!
But Jaden calmly said, "Then activate the effect of 'Necromancer' from the Graveyard! Banish this card from the Graveyard, and you have one chance to negate your opponent's attack!"

The Mutopia man threw a punch, but the domineering fist only landed on the ghostly shield, unable to advance any further.

(End of this chapter)