Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

'The combo of [Dark Magician] and [Baptism of Light and Darkness] helped me bait out Jaden's [Dull Weight], leaving Jaden with only one face-down card.'

'If it were an offensive trap, Jaden could have activated it directly instead of using [Dull Weight], which is more suitable for attacking. This means the card is unlikely to be an offensive trap; it might be a card like [Hero Mark] from before.'

"However, [Chaos Dark Magician] has the effect of banishing destroyed monsters, which can negate many cards that can only be activated after a monster is sent to the Graveyard, such as [Ally]. Using [Chaos Dark Magician] can reliably eliminate [Electromancer], followed by a direct attack from [Magician's Robe]."

'But my gut feeling tells me that doing that is dangerous!'

Yugi's gaze sharpened. Although Jaden was just a child, the strength he had shown so far made Yugi feel that it was not an exaggeration for him to take him seriously, because he deserved to be treated so seriously.

“Now, I’m going to activate the card I just retrieved, [Dark Magician Enhancement].” After inserting the card into the Spell & Trap Zone, Yugi pointed to his field, “Because I have a total of two [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl] cards in my Graveyard, I can increase the ATK of one Spellcaster monster on the field, and you cannot chain my Spell & Trap Cards to activate.”

However, the monster that the game points to, the one that boosts attack power, is not the newly arrived [Chaos Dark Magician], but rather the [Magician's Robe], which has been relatively unknown until now!?

"Although attacking with [Chaos Dark Magician] seems safer, and I don't have to worry about being countered by cards like [Rush], just to be on the safe side, Jaden, the monster whose attack power I need to boost is [Magician's Robe], and I'm going to use [Magician's Robe] to attack your [Electromancer]!"

As the player's finger pointed at the [Magician's Robe], phantoms of the [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl] appeared behind him, injecting a powerful surge of magic into the [Magician's Robe].

[The Magician's Robe] [ATK800→1800]

Jaden looked surprised: "It actually increased the attack power of the [Magician's Robe]?"

"Go, [Magician's Robe], attack Jaden's [E·Hero Electro]!" Yugi gave the attack command. "I can't be sure what your face-down card is in your back row, Jaden, so I won't use [Chaos Dark Magician] to get close until then."

The magician's robe, which moved automatically without anyone wearing it, billowed up and charged towards Jaden's character, E. Hero. Although it appeared to be made of cloth, the magician's robe made a whooshing sound as it moved, displaying tremendous power.

The Magician's Robe's base attack power is only 800 points, but due to the effect of Dark Magician's Enhancement, it is increased to 1800 points, giving it the ability to destroy Electro. Once Electro is destroyed, it will be followed by a direct attack from Chaos Dark Magician, whose attack power is 2800 points.

Left with no other option, Jaden finally opened his face-down card: "I activate the Trap Card, [Hero Barrier]!"

Yugi couldn't help but look at the [Hero Barrier] card that Jaden had activated. Judging from the card's name, it seemed to have some kind of protective effect. However, to Yugi's surprise, although Jaden activated the face-down card, nothing changed on his field. [Electromancer] was hit hard by the high-speed [Magician's Robe], destroyed, and sent to the Graveyard. Jaden's Life Points were also deducted.

"Ugh!"

[Tenth Generation: 3100 → 2900 LP]

Seeing that 200 points of battle damage had been deducted from the Tenth Generation's base score, the game seemed somewhat puzzled, but still issued the order:

"Although I don't know what the [Hero Barrier] has, it doesn't seem to have the ability to protect you?"

"I apologize, Judai-kun, but I will not hold back in this duel. So, let's attack the duelist directly, [Chaos Black Magician]!"

"Destruction Spell!"

As the game commanded, the [Chaos Black Mage] raised his staff and aimed it at Jaden, who only had the [Light Seal Sword] and the useless [Hero Barrier] left on the field. A beam of dark magic energy shot out from the tip of the staff and flew straight towards the unprotected Jaden.

If this attack hits, Jaden's base score will plummet to just 100 points in an instant!

Despite the extremely dangerous situation, Jaden seemed completely unfazed, instead laughing and saying, "Yosh, this is the moment I've been waiting for!"

"Go forth, [Heroic Barrier]!"

To the astonishment of the game, the [Hero Barrier] that he thought was useless suddenly started spinning and spontaneously blocked the attack between [Chaos Black Magician] and Jaden, completely absorbing the attack!

"boom!"

The Hero Barrier seemed to have absorbed the energy from the load limit and exploded, revealing the unharmed Jaden standing behind it.

With a smug smile, Jaden scratched the back of his head and answered Yugi's question before Yugi even asked it: "The activation condition for [Hero Barrier] is that there must be an [E·hero] monster on my field. After activation, [Hero Barrier] can block one attack for me at any time during this turn. This effect can be activated even if there is no [E·hero] on my field."

The game revealed a knowing expression: "I see, so there are trap cards that can have a delayed effect."

"At the cost of taking 200 points of combat damage, you managed to defend against my attack. Not bad tactics, Jaden-kun." Yugi nodded approvingly. "Then, my turn ends here."

"However, if you only defend, you will not be able to win the duel."

[Game: 4200LP, 0 cards in hand]

【Chaos Dark Magician】【ATK2800】

[The Magician's Robe] [ATK1800→800]

Looking at the [Chaos Dark Magician] and the [Magician's Robe] floating back onto the game field, Jaden revealed a fierce fighting spirit in his eyes: "Yeah, that's what I thought too, Mr. Yugi."

"Having acknowledged so much damage, I feel it's time for heroes to show their courage." Jaden placed his fingers on his deck and drew a card. "Now, it's my turn to attack, Mr. Yugi!"

"Activate the effect of [E·hero Bubble Man] in my hand. When I have only one of him in my hand, I can Special Summon him to the field!"

The hero representing the element of water, [E·hero Foam Man], emerges from a dense cloud of foam. With a chin-revealing hood reminiscent of a certain instant noodle character, and a white cape symbolizing strength, [Foam Man] makes a stylish entrance with pipes attached to his arms!

【E·hero Bubble Man】【4☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[800/1200]

"Is this the Water Element [E·Hero]? Like [Gaia the Gale], it has the ability to 'Special Summon directly when there is only one card in your hand'." Yugi frowned as he looked at the newly summoned [Foamman]. "But even with such an effect to make up for it, as a Level 4 monster, [Foamman]'s ATK and DEF are far too low."

"Furthermore, Jaden, don't you have [Undead Samurai] in your graveyard? During your Standby Phase, you didn't have any monsters on your field, and so far, the only monsters sent to your graveyard have been Warrior-Type monsters. Have you forgotten to activate its effect?"

Yugi initially thought this was Jaden's poor play, but to his surprise, Jaden shook his head: "No, Yugi-san. Although [Undead Samurai] can come to my field because of its effect, I have to give up the idea of ​​Special Summoning [Foamman] if I want to activate its effect."

As Jaden spoke, he pointed to the [Foam Man] on the field: "The second effect of [Foam Man] is that when he is successfully Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned, I can draw two cards from my Deck, but this effect can only be activated if I have no other cards on my field."

The game seemed to have an epiphany: "I see. So, instead of summoning the [Undead Knight], do you think drawing more cards is more useful?"

Jaden drew a card and looked at his hand, activating one of the cards: "Next is the effect of [Pot of Greed]. I can draw two more cards from my deck, bringing my hand to three cards."

"Then I activated the Spell Card 'Sudden Mutation'!" Jaden played a forbidden card from his hand. "Because of this card's effect, I sent 'Foamman' to the Graveyard as a tribute, and then Special Summoned a Fusion Monster of the same Level as it."

"Come forth, [E·hero New Bubble Hero]!"

The muscular [Foam Man] leaped into the air, his body changing under the effect of [Sudden Mutation]. By the time he landed, he had transformed into a taller, slimmer, muscular man, [E·hero New Foam Man].

Although the card art for [Sudden Mutation] is ugly, the design of [E·hero New Bubble Man] summoned because of this effect is very cool. The originally somewhat rounded weapons and equipment have been given more detailed depictions and a more technological feel, and the white cape on his back has also been transformed into two pieces that look like fish fins.

【E·hero New Bubble Warrior】【4☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[800/1200]

Hayato frowned as he watched the new Bubble Man appear in the audience.

Because he clearly remembered that although he had drawn [New Bubble Man] in the [E·hero] field, he only had one copy and did not put it in the deck that he gave to Jaden.

Furthermore, the [New Bubble Monster] he drew was the OCG version, a Special Summon monster rather than a Fusion Monster.

In other words, Jaden, despite only having obtained the [E·hero] card a few months ago, has already started printing cards!?

On the duel field, the game became somewhat wary upon seeing the appearance of the new Bubble Man.

Despite undergoing a sudden mutation, the attack and defense stats of the new Bubble Man are completely identical to the original Bubble Man, with no changes in level or attributes. If Jaden isn't performing acrobatics, then this suggests that the new Bubble Man's abilities must differ from the previous version.

Jaden also drew his second card: "[E·hero New Bubble Man] can be used as [E·hero Bubble Man] as long as it is face-up on the field. Therefore, I can equip [Bubble Man]'s exclusive equipment spell card - [Bubble Launcher] on him."

A giant cannon appeared out of thin air on the shoulder of the new Foam Man, which he held up. Although it has a name that sounds like a children's toy, the game seems to think that it would be more appropriate to call it an RPG based on its design.

"【Foam Launcher】is an exclusive card that can only be equipped by 【Foam Man】. Its effect is to increase the ATK of the equipped monster by 800 points. In this way, the ATK of 【New Foam Man】 will be increased to 1600 points!"

【E·hero New Foam Warrior】【ATK800→1600】

Hearing Jaden's words, Yugi reminded him, "Are you trying to attack my [Magician's Robe]? But Jaden, don't forget about the existence of [Light-Sealing Sword]. Its effect won't be removed until the next turn. And as long as [Light-Sealing Sword] is still active, your monsters cannot declare an attack."

"In that case, wouldn't it be better to just destroy it?" Jaden flipped over the last card in his hand. "Quick-Play Spell Card [Whirlwind]! I choose to destroy one Spell/Trap Card on the field. I choose to destroy [Light of Protection Sword]."

"That way, the thing blocking the way will disappear!"

As a whirlwind swept across Jaden's field, the spell card [Light of the Sword] that had troubled him for two turns finally disappeared from the field, and Jaden could finally launch an attack.

"Yosh, finally free! It feels like welcoming the first morning of the new year in brand new panties!" Jaden excitedly pumped his fist and commanded, "Now, let's move on to my battle phase! I'm going to use [New Bubble Man] to launch an attack!"

The target of the attack is—

"【Dark Magician of Chaos】!"

"What?!" Game showed a surprised expression. "Using [New Bubble Man] with an attack power of 1600 to attack [Chaos Dark Magician]?"

Despite being puzzled by Jaden's intentions, Yugi still gave the order: "I don't know what you're up to, but let's fight back! [Chaos Dark Magician]!"

As [New Foam Man] pulled the trigger of the rocket launcher-shaped [Foam Launcher] on his shoulder, [Chaos Dark Mage] also unleashed a magic cannon. The black magic beam collided with the blue foam stream in mid-air, but to the game's surprise, [Chaos Dark Mage]'s attack was actually pushed back!?

"boom!"

Looking at the destroyed [Chaos Dark Magician], Hayato remarked, "If it were a kick-to-kick contest, we might have a chance, but in a beam-to-be contest, the game is right on the left side from this angle."

Chapter 436 The Death of Foam Man

"The Chaos Dark Magician has been destroyed?!"

Looking at the game's surprised expression, Jaden said smugly, "Hmph, [New Bubble Man] is more than just good-looking."

"His effect is that monsters fighting [New Bubble Man] are destroyed at the end of the damage step."

Yugi frowned, took the card "Chaos Dark Magician" off the Duel Disk, and instead of sending it to the Graveyard, put it in his pocket for temporary safekeeping.

[Chaos Dark Magician] is a new form of [Dark Magician] after mastering the power of chaos. While gaining greater power, it also bears heavier side effects. If [Chaos Dark Magician] leaves the field, it will be banished.

"So that's the effect. If that's the case, wouldn't even the strongest monster be able to perish together with it? That's really great."

"But Jaden, you will also suffer battle damage because of this battle, and the [New Bubble Man] that you finally managed to summon will also be destroyed as a result."

The game says this, and points its finger at the [New Bubble Man] on the field in the Jaden game.

Embarrassingly, the new Foam Man was still standing there perfectly fine, and even took off the foam launcher he was carrying on his shoulder and put it aside, striking a pose.

Are you dumbfounded? I'm fine~

"The second effect of the [Foam Launcher] is that if the equipped monster is destroyed, it can be destroyed instead," Jaden explained. "And the damage I took in this battle is considered 0."

"Then, my turn ends here."

Such a one-sided advantage is, in a sense, quite excessive. I can't kill you, I can't hurt you, and in the end, I'm the one who dies. The combination of [New Bubble Hero] and [Foam Launcher] is quite powerful.

But it is precisely this power that ignites the fighting spirit in the game.

[Junior: 2900LP, 0 cards in hand]

【New Foam Hero】【ATK800】

Looking at the lineup on Jaden's field, Yugi smiled. It wasn't the smile one gets when seeing a duelist with great potential, but rather the smile of someone who had encountered a duelist worthy of being an opponent.

"My turn, draw a card."

Although his tone wasn't particularly impassioned, as Yugi drew a card from the deck, Jaden saw a flash of golden light, whether it was an illusion or not.

"Such an intense battle, it's time to replenish our cards. Activate the Spell Card, [Heavenly General's Treasure Card]!"