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Chapter 1818 Jaden used Taunt, so Yubel can't use any transformation moves!

If a card draw imbued with hope and the light of miracles is called a "shining card draw," then Yubel's card draw, filled with the impulse of destruction and annihilation, is undoubtedly a "dark card draw."

The two are different in nature, but the final result is exactly the same - that is, a "destined draw" that can be described as cheating. At least Yubel got the card she wanted.

[Yubel: 15400LP, Hand: 1→2]

【Thunder Emperor - Hamon】【DEF4000】

[Fantasy Emperor-Rabiel][ATK3000]

Backcourt: [The Resurrection of the Demonic Realm]

However, at that moment, Jaden also flipped up his backcourt card.

"During my opponent's Standby Phase, I activate this Trap Card in my backrow, [Beloved Contact]!" Jaden pressed the button to open the face-down card, picked up the card, and said, "This card can return the Fusion Material Monsters determined by the Fusion Monster to the bottom of its owner's Deck in my hand, field, Graveyard, or even banished monsters, in any order I like. It can then Special Summon a Fusion Monster that requires a [Hero] monster as Fusion Material from my Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

"The materials I chose are [E-Hero Neos], [N-Dark Panther], [N-Radiant Moss], and [N-Water Dolphin], which I sent to the Graveyard using the effect of [Future Fusion]! If [E-Hero Neos] is returned to the Deck, neither player can return monsters Special Summoned by this effect to the Extra Deck!"

"The fusion material requirements are met by combining [E·hero Neocosmic Knight] with three [N] monsters of different attributes!"

This specific material requirement allowed John to immediately know what Jaden was going to Special Summon—it was the very card he originally planned to Fusion Summon in the "future" with his Future Fusion! However, Jaden now already had the necessary Fusion Material in his Graveyard, and with the power of Favorite Touch, he could even Special Summon it during Yubel's turn!

Its power lies in the fact that if [E·hero Cosmic Neos] is successfully Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, it prevents the opponent from activating any effects on the field for one turn. Furthermore, in response to this effect, the opponent cannot activate the effects of Spells, Trap Cards, or Monsters! In other words, it's a one-turn effect seal that cannot be chained and negated!

"Are you going to fuse and summon [E·Hero Cosmic Neos], Jaden!" Yubel, who had also guessed what monster Jaden was going to fuse and summon, was furious. "Even now, you still want to use the term 'beloved' to insult me ​​by calling another monster 'beloved'? Unforgivable!"

The card she had just drawn was immediately played. "[E·hero Cosmic Neos]'s effect does indeed have the characteristic of not being chained. Once he enters the field, everything will be over. So before he enters the field, I just need to negate [Beloved Contact], which doesn't have that characteristic!"

"I activate my second 'Spirit King's Wave' from my hand. Even though activating this card from my hand will prevent me from activating the effects of LIGHT, EARTH, and WIND monsters in this duel, I absolutely cannot let that damned 'E-Hero Neos' appear in front of me again!"

The card Yubel just drew was none other than her second "Spirit King's Wave". The last "Spirit King's Wave" was countered by Jaden using "Elemental Protection", which was also activated from his hand. But this time, he didn't have a second "Elemental Protection" to counter this card.

Behind Yubel, a blue phantom appeared, resembling both a human and a dragon. It suddenly released a white energy wave at the [Beloved Contact] card that had been opened on the field, erasing its effect. Then, it exploded and shattered, causing the summoning of [E·hero Cosmic Neos] to fail before it could be completed.

—Although Jaden had already decided which cards to return to the bottom of the deck, returning cards to the deck with "Beloved Contact" is not cost-effective. Therefore, when it is negated, monsters such as "E-Hero Neos" naturally remain dormant in Jaden's graveyard.

Despite failing to activate [Beloved Contact], Jaden remained calm and instead looked at Yubel, who only had one card left in his hand, and said, "You actually drew [Spirit King's Wave] this turn, Yubel. That's lucky. But now that [Spirit King's Wave] has been played, you only have one card left in your hand, [Demon God's Divine Realm Rank], which you had from last turn, right?"

Upon hearing Judai's words, John's eyes lit up: "So that's how it is! The side effects of the [Soul King's Wave] have finally manifested!"

"As a trap card that can be activated directly from the hand, [Spirit King's Wave] is still a very powerful card, even though it's not a Spell Speed ​​3 counter trap. The trade-off is that after activation, you can't use the effects of LIGHT, EARTH, or WIND monsters for the rest of the duel. The latter two are fine, but the effects of LIGHT monsters are very important—especially for Yubel, who is using the [Magic God] monster!" Asuka analyzed the situation.

After Asuka's explanation, Saotome Rei realized Yubel's current situation: "In other words, although the activation of [Demonic God Realm Rank] allows the opponent to accurately dump a [Demonic God] monster from their deck into the Graveyard, the effect of the LIGHT [Demonic God] cannot be activated now, and the opponent is instead trapped in a situation where they cannot play due to that [Spirit King's Wave]?!"

"To prevent Jaden from Special Summoning the monster related to [E·hero Neos] that you hate, you traded one turn of not being able to activate the effects of monsters on the field for the entire duel being restricted from using the effects of the LIGHT [Magical God]," John complained. "A complicated operation that's hard to describe."

Hearing their words, Yubel wasn't annoyed at all; instead, he sneered, "Heh, so that's how it is. You thought I was still fixated on the power of [Demon God]? But I never said I would activate [Demon God Realm Staircase] again or recreate the field belonging to [Demon God]. On the contrary, [Demon God] will become the ladder for me to ascend to a higher throne, just like the card name [Demon God Realm Staircase] itself!"

As he spoke, Yubel sent the card "Magic God Realm Rank" to the graveyard, pointed to the Continuous Spell Card "Magic God Realm Resurrection" on his back field, and said: "The effect of 'Magic God Realm Resurrection' is that once per turn, I can discard one 'Magic God' card from my hand and choose one of two effects to activate!"

"I previously used the power to Special Summon a single [Magic Bomb God] from a banished monster in my Graveyard. Now I'm going to use another effect—draw a card from my Deck."

"The card I drew is this [Planetary Transformation]. I'm going to add the Field Spell Card [Paradise Lost] from my deck to my hand again and activate it!"

The all-encompassing darkness descended once more, and this time Asuka and Rei, who were also present, were enveloped as well, and saw the withered apple tree twisting and growing grotesquely in the boundless darkness.

"【Thunder Emperor - Hamon】 and 【Phantom Emperor - Rabiel】 will once again gain resistance to being destroyed by card effects and becoming targets of your opponent's card effects under this card's effect! This means that Jaden, your preparations to destroy them are once again futile!" Yubel grinned maliciously as he drew a card from his deck. "And I'm going to use the effect of 【Paradise Lost】 to draw a card from my deck once per turn. Draw!"

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Burial from Another Dimension]! Target up to three banished monsters from both players and return those cards to the Graveyard. Here, I'm returning my banished cards [Uria the Divine Flame Emperor] and [Dark Summoning God] to the Graveyard."

Retrieving the card that Jaden had previously banished with [Miracle Banter], Yubel played another card from his hand. "Then comes the Continuous Spell Card [Seven Spirits Unlock]. As part of the effect that activates this card, I will add a monster with the name 'Phantom Demon' from my card to my hand. I choose [Phantom Demon Summoning God]!"

"Next is the second effect of [Seven Essences Unlock], which is to discard one card from my hand—that is, to activate this only [Phantom Summoning God]."

The card that had just been retrieved was immediately discarded. Yubel waved his hand and said, "I Special Summon a Fiend-Type monster with 0 ATK and 0 DEF from my Graveyard. I Special Summon the [Phantom Summoning God] that I just sent to the Graveyard!"

In the dark world, the seven obelisks that had barely disappeared before rose again and connected with blue energy. In the completed barrier spell, a demon with a clearly pieced-together structure, similar to the previous [Dark Summoning God] and [Dark Calling God], appeared from Yubel's graveyard.

【Summon God of Phantom Demon】【7☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Effect]

[0/0]

"Attack and defense are both 0!?" This was the first time Asuka and Rei had seen these monsters. They were surprised that Yubel had specially summoned such a "weak" monster by discarding cards from his hand when it was a Level 7☆ high-level monster.

"Don't underestimate these monsters, they're all support cards for those 'Phantom Demons'!" John warned. "This feeling... could it be that the final Phantom Demon is coming?"

“Although I no longer have the ‘Awakened Three Phantoms’ card to support me, now that I’ve recovered my body, there’s no point in absorbing more duel energy. However, I at least need to have all three ‘Phantoms’ on my field.” Yubel said, picking up the card ‘Summoning God of Phantoms’ from the field. “‘Summoning God of Phantoms’ releases itself to activate its effect!”

"From my Deck and Graveyard, add one 'Phantom Demon' to my hand. After that, I can Special Summon a Level 10 FIRE/ERROR/FIRE monster from my hand, ignoring its Summoning conditions. The monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack directly this turn."

As she sent [Summoning God of Illusions] to the graveyard, Yubel also retrieved the card [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria] that she had just recycled using the effect of [Burial from Another Dimension]. She revealed it, saying, "What I Special Summoned is this Level 10☆ Fire Monster from my hand—[Divine Flame Emperor - Uria]—which has 0 ATK and 0 DEF!"

【Divine Flame Emperor - Uria】【10☆/Flame】

[Flame Clan/Effect]

[0/0]

Due to the long-term sealing, the race of [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria] has degenerated into the incomplete state that was in the hands of Dark Bakura in the past, that is, the Flame race instead of the "Phantom Beast race" in the hands of Kagemaru. In layman's terms, it has changed from the anime version to the physical card version.

Its effects have also deteriorated.

"The effect of 【Divine Flame Emperor - Uria】 is Trap Destruction. Once per turn, destroy one face-down Spell/Trap Card on your opponent's field," Jaden said with a serious expression. "Although it destroys more cards than before, the simplification has given its effect the power of 'the opponent cannot activate a Spell/Trap Card in response to the activation of this effect'."

"So, to prevent my back row card from being destroyed before it can even be activated, I'm going to activate this card now in the chain of [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria]'s appearance!" As he spoke, another face-down card in Jaden's back row was also revealed.

Yubel frowned: "But Jaden, Paradise Lost grants my 'Phantoms' on the field resistance to your effects, preventing them from being destroyed or targeted. Neither Torrent Tribute nor any other card can affect them!"

"I never said the card I was going to activate would target your monster. On the contrary, this card requires targeting my monster." Jaden picked up the card and showed it off, saying, "Trap Card [Provoke]. This card can be activated during the opponent's Main Phase 1 by targeting one of my monsters!"

"I choose my character, [E·hero Foam Man]."

Under the effect of [Provocation], the [E·hero Bubble Man] on the Jaden field took out a banknote, wiped his hands, and dusted off non-existent dust from his body. He looked at the Trisolaran "Phantom Demon" on the Yubel field with a look of disgust, as if saying something like "You lowly poor bastard" or "Money really can buy anything." The effect was quite outstanding.

—Let alone [Phantom Demon Emperor - Rabiel] and [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria], even [Thunder Emperor - Hamon], who was originally on John and Jaden's side, glared at [E·hero Bubble Man] with disgust, wishing he could beat him up.

"Under the effect of [Taunt], the opponent can only use attack moves and cannot use change moves... cough cough, I mean that during this turn, while [E·hero Bubble Man] is on the field, the opponent can only select it as the target of attack."

Jaden, who had recently revealed that he had been playing Pokémon Origins, accidentally misspoke about the effect and quickly corrected himself, "Although it only lasts for one turn, you cannot attack John during this turn, Yubel!"

Chapter 1819 The Final Flight Across the Rainbow Bridge

"Ten generations..."

Not only were the monsters on Yubel's field affected by "Provocation," but the one who truly benefited from the outstanding effect of the "Provocation" card was Yubel herself. The way she looked at Jaden was like a helpless husband watching his beloved fall into another man's arms, unable to do anything about it.

"For the new card sprites you've met, for your companions behind you, for this John Anderson, you're willing to become my enemy. You stand in my way, hurt me, and even use your own cards as a shield for him!"

"You stole the love that should have been mine and ruthlessly gave it away to others! You trampled on my only treasure!"

"Do you really like these humans that much?!"

Jaden felt a pang of emotion when he saw Yubel's gaze, but after glancing at John, who was fighting alongside him, and then at Asuka and Rei behind him, he finally spoke up: "Because they are my friends!"

But upon hearing Judai's words, Yubel could only offer a bitter, sorrowful smile: "We were originally..."

“Since you refuse to return my love, then I’ve changed my mind, Judai. Rather than watching John Anderson die before your eyes, ending my life with even greater resentment, it’s better for you to die in your current state, and then I’ll join you, taking the world with me.” Pointing to the ground, then to the sky, Yubel’s smile turned into a maniacal grin. “Here, and among humans!”

“What a madman!” John commented with a frown. “But you don’t have a single card in your hand right now. Although you have three monsters on the field, only one of them can be used to attack because of Jaden’s [M·Hero Kamikaze] effect. And then [Taunt] forces your monster to only attack [E·Hero Bubble Man].

"This means that even if you destroy [E·hero Bubble Man] and remove [Taunt], you still won't be able to use a second monster to attack because of the effect of [M·hero Kamikaze]!"

Using Jaden's combo of "you must attack the monster with Taunt first", John and Jaden can at least withstand Yubel's attack this turn. After all, John also said that Yubel doesn't have a single card in his hand right now, and the monsters on the field are just weakened versions of the physical card "Phantom Demon".

"Heh, I can't finish you off this turn, but at least I'm going to wipe out all those despicable monsters on the field, leaving none behind!"

Looking at the monsters of Jaden, Yubel took a card from the graveyard and said, "I don't have any cards in my hand, but you're not the only ones who can use the effects of monsters in the graveyard! I'll banish the [Summoning God of Phantoms] that I just sent to the graveyard to activate its other effect!"

"I'm adding this [Dimensional Fusion Kill] to my hand from my deck, and now! I'm activating [Dimensional Fusion Kill]!"

Of the three "Phantoms" present on Yubel's field, the first to be absorbed was "Divine Flame Emperor - Uriah," which was only increased to 1000 points by the fact that there was only one "Awakened Three Phantoms" continuous trap card in Yubel's graveyard. It turned into a ball of lava that burned the earth.

Secondly, the effect of [Thunder Emperor - Hamon] was nullified. He reached out to John but couldn't even make a sound before being removed from the game and unable to return to John's grave, turning into frost falling from the sky.

The [Phantom Emperor - Rabiel], existing between heaven and earth, ice and fire, was not absorbed but instead chosen by the power of [Dimensional Fusion Kill] as the cornerstone for its transformation. The power of the other two "Phantom Demons" surged into its body, causing its strong body to burst open. However, due to the abundant energy, it continuously healed itself to the point of deformity. Its self was also erased and overwritten by another awakened being.

"Under the effect of [Dimensional Fusion Kill], banish the Fusion Material Monsters specified by the [Phantom Demon] Fusion Monster Card from my hand, field, or Graveyard, and Special Summon the One-in-One Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions!" Yubel removes all three cards from the field. "Battle damage to me from battles involving monsters Special Summoned by this effect becomes 0. And if any number of 'Three Phantom Demons' are on my field, my opponent cannot activate the effect in response to this card's activation!"

"Come forth, darkness beyond chaos—[Chaos Phantom Demon - Amitair]!"

(Note: This refers to the anime version, since the original work is exclusive to Yubel. However, the anime didn't even show any of the character cards; the only way to confirm the anime version's cards is on the official website.)

[Chaos Phantom-Amitel] [12☆/Dark]

[Demon Race/Fusion/Effect]

[0/0]

"Tsk, even with my power, it can only be restored to this extent and cannot be transformed back into a 'Phantom Beast'?" Looking at the ultimate Phantom Demon on his field, which had the powerful self-healing lower body of [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria], the amazing defensive wings of [Thunder Emperor - Hamon], and the tough body of [Phantom Demon Emperor - Rabiel], Yubel still looked very dissatisfied.

She could sense that the power of the "Phantom Demons" had diminished due to years of sealing, so she even specially replenished some of the missing power for the three "Phantom Demons." However, she still couldn't make the three monsters revert to the "Three Phantom Demons" during fusion. Upon closer inspection... was it [Thunder Emperor - Hamon]? Was it deliberately causing trouble and reducing the overall output because it wasn't cooperating?

"Tch, you disgusted me again without me even noticing, John Anderson!" Glancing at John, Yubel introduced the monster, "Although [Chaos Phantom Demon - Amitel] couldn't revert to the 'Phantom Demon Beast Race,' it still retains the resistance to combat damage from me due to the effect of [Dimensional Fusion Kill]. At the same time, it also has the ability to be indestructible in battle, making it an existence that absolutely cannot be destroyed by brute force."

"The resistance of the Phantom Beast type to be unaffected by trap cards and to spell cards only being effective during their activation phase disappears. However, due to the existence of [Paradise Lost], [Chaos Phantom - Amitel], which evolved by absorbing the power of the 'Three Phantoms', also possesses the resistance to not being targeted by the opponent's card effects and to not being destroyed by the opponent's card effects!"

"0 attack power, but it can't be destroyed in battle, it doesn't take battle damage, it can't even be destroyed by effects, and it can't be targeted by effects!?" John frowned. "What a troublesome monster. If [Rainbow Dragon] were still around..."

"Not only that, John!" Although Jaden was completely focused on his duel with Daitokuji and had no time to pay attention to anything else when he defeated this card during Hayato and Kagemaru's duel, he still vaguely remembered that this card had two rather destructive effects. "That card... it's a card that can destroy everything!"

"Hmph, that's right. As for the specific power, Jaden, you should remember what the effect of [Obelisk the Tormentor] was, right? After all, it's the signature card of Seto Kaiba, who built the Duel Academy you attended." Yubel used one of the "Three Egyptian God Cards," the Divine Warrior... cough cough, [Obelisk the Tormentor], as an example. "Its strongest effect is that it can release two other monsters to unleash an ultimate, infinitely powerful attack on the target, right?"

"The effect of 【Chaos Illusion Demon - Amitel】 is similar. It is an ability that can be activated once per turn during my Battle Phase while this card is in Attack Position. It deals 10000 battle damage to one of your opponent's monsters. If your opponent has no monsters on their field, they will take 10000 damage directly!"

"10000 points!?" Saotome Rei's eyes widened. "Is this some kind of randomly filled-in number? What's the difference between a number this large and infinity?!"

Asuka analyzed, "But if we understand this power specifically, it should be understood as making a monster fight against a monster with 10000 ATK that doesn't actually exist, right? That means this effect can be 'taunted' by [Taunt], taken by a monster in defense position, have its damage absorbed by cards like [Winged Kuriboh], and can even have its target redirected or resisted by monsters that aren't affected by the effect."

"However, another advantage is that even if the target monster has more than 10000 ATK, it won't suffer counter-damage or be affected by cards like [Explosive Armor]." John paused, glancing at the [Chaos Phantom - Amitel] with its strong resistance, "Although [Explosive Armor] and the like can't work because of [Paradise Lost].

"In other words, although it looks intimidating, it's not much different from attacking directly with [Phantom Emperor - Labier] before, right? If that's the case, then it doesn't matter at all," Jaden concluded.

"Sorewadoka?" Yubel sneered, suddenly picking up the card [Chaos Phantom - Amitel] and throwing it at Jaden. The card forcibly adhered to an empty slot on Jaden's Duel Disk. "Did I say [Chaos Phantom - Amitel] only has one effect? ​​Seeing how hard you've struggled to resist my attacks, Jaden, I'll bestow this powerful monster upon you. Don't be shy, accept [Chaos Phantom - Amitel]!"

"During my Main Phase, I used another effect of [Chaos Phantom - Amitel] to directly transfer control of this card to my opponent's duelist. I chose to transfer it to Jaden's field—and then, end my turn immediately!"

Trading three monsters for one on his own field was already bizarre enough, but sending such a powerful monster that he had finally managed to summon onto Jaden's field was even more incomprehensible. What exactly was Yubel trying to do? However, Jaden himself, who was forcibly given the monster, clearly saw what Yubel was doing.

As Yubel tossed the card toward him, [Chaos Phantom Demon - Amitaire] moved like a shadow devouring everything. As it approached, the monsters on Jaden's field, including [Winged Kuriboh LV6], collectively felt unwell, entering a state even weaker than when [Awakened Three Phantom Demons] was activated. As a unified state of the "Phantom Demons," [Chaos Phantom Demon - Amitaire] clearly also had the effect of absorbing the power of spirits, and seemed to be even stronger than the "Three Phantom Demons"!

"Oh no! Everyone, get out of that monster!"

He shouted anxiously at the monsters on his field, but Jaden didn't have a card like "Monster Recall" set to face down, so he couldn't recall the monsters he had already summoned. The boundless shadow rose again, transforming into a towering giant demon god, and its transfer was like an abyss rising from the ground, knocking Jaden's spirits unconscious in an instant!