Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Aside from one being an Effect Monster and the other a Normal Monster, 【E·Hero Neos Elf】 and 【E·Hero Neos Knight】 are almost identical, since the spirit residing in both cards is 【E·Hero Neos Knight】.

With 2500 attack power, it's roughly on par with Paradox's [Sin-Stardust Dragon] on the field, barely enough to achieve a mutual kill, but if that's all, things will be bad next turn.

While the effect of 【Sin-World】 sounds weak, directly cutting off the upper limit of a lucky draw, it also ensures that the lower limit is a stable way to draw 【Sin】 cards. The characteristic of 【Sin】 monsters, which do not require any other basic elements and can be Special Summoned with just one card, is quite troublesome.

Jaden didn't want to leave his basic skill points, which had been reduced to a sliver, for Yugi and Hayato to control. That would make him look like a dull person after growing up for ten years.

Although the cards in his hand can continue to be played, this will also increase Paradox's hand size, thus enhancing his subsequent attack power.

Since being attacked is unavoidable, Jaden's choice is naturally to continue with the effects of [G Proliferation]!

"I activate the Spell Card [Thief]. This card's effect is to add one card from your opponent's Graveyard to my hand. I've chosen [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon] from your Graveyard." A thief carrying a shovel appeared before Jaden. "Before defeating [Sin - Stardust Dragon] and reclaiming [Stardust Dragon] for Yusei, pay some interest first, Paradox!"

"Give me a hand, John!"

A seven-colored rainbow light then bloomed, and the phantom of the [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon], which had been sent to the Graveyard by the effect of [Sin God - Rainbow Dragon], appeared behind Jaden and was added to Jaden's hand!

"Tch, you're taking [Rainbow Dragon] away? But [Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon] isn't like [Sin God - Rainbow Dragon]. To summon it, you need a matching [Gem Beast]. Or are you just trying to get that card back?" Paradox said with a sneer.

Upon hearing this, Judai drew a card from his hand without activating it immediately: "Sore wa to ka?"

"My bond with John transcends time and space. I'll show you right here how our powers are combined!"

"Activate the Spell Card [Fusion]! Use [E·Hero Neos] on my field and [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon] in my hand as Fusion Materials!"

"The light that draws the world forth leads to a brand new universe, and the power of unity summons the strongest warriors! Descend, born from the vortex of fusion!!"

"Fusion Summon! [Rainbow Neocosm Warrior]!!!"

The vortex of fusion that had engulfed the two monsters gradually subsided, and holy white feathers fell from the sky above Jaden's field.

With enormous angel wings unfurled, [E·hero Neo-Universe], in another form clad in divine armor, appeared like an angel saving the world, his aura overwhelmingly powerful.

【Rainbow Neocosmos】【10☆/Light】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[4500/3000]

"4500 attack power?! That's the same as the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Yugi exclaimed in amazement. "Is this the power of the future Jaden?"

Back in the KC Cup, Yugi had a duel with Judai, who was from this era. Although he saw Judai's future potential, even Yugi didn't expect that Judai's potential would be so great.

Paradox had no idea that Jaden Yuki would take the "Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon" from his graveyard as a special summon, and that the purpose of doing so was to fuse and summon such a monster, which was the first time he had ever seen such a monster, even though he was from the future.

After all, although the future has fallen into apocalypse, causing previously sealed confidential information to be completely exposed, the information that Paradox can find is only the cards used by people from the past, such as Jaden, in public. Some cards that were not publicly used were not recorded at all.

Jaden's [Rainbow Neos] is one of them. After all, the two materials required for this card are Jaden's [E·Hero Neos] and John Anderson's [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon]. Neither of them are professional duelists who show their faces in public. Even if they have dueled each other, it has always been in private. How could others know that their ace cards could be fused?

However, even with Rainbow Neos's attack power reaching 4500, Paradox remained unfazed. He currently had three cards in his hand, one of which was specifically designed to counter cards that activated effects on the field.

Chapter 498 This liberation is mostly a wonderful thing.

After summoning Rainbow Neos, Jaden looked down at his last three cards: E-Hero Lightning, E-Hero Bubble, and a spell card of unknown significance.

The effect of the [Rainbow Neos] he summons is that, once per turn, you can choose one type of card to send to the Graveyard, and then return the corresponding card to your Deck. These are: —

"A monster on your field" corresponds to "a monster on your opponent's field".

"One Spell/Trap Card on your field" corresponds to "One Spell/Trap Card on your opponent's field".

And the card in the opponent's graveyard corresponding to the top card of your deck.

Logically speaking, it seems that activating the second effect to return the Field Spell Card activated by Paradox to his deck would destroy the necessary condition for the existence of [Sin-Stardust Dragon], achieving two goals at once.

The problem is that Jaden's Rainbow Neos is different from the other Rainbow Neos in the physical card version, which has a simpler effect. His Rainbow Neos has the prerequisite of "returning the target card to the deck", which is the evil target-removing!

Unfortunately, the [Sin-Domain] that Paradox had previously activated provided [Sin-World] with the resistance to be targeted, and this resistance even existed on [Sin-World] while it was active, so destroying [Sin-Domain] was of no use.

The third effect, which returns cards from the opponent's graveyard to the deck, doesn't make much sense right now, so Jaden chose to activate the second type of the [Rainbow Neos] effect.

"I haven't performed a normal summon this turn. I'll set one card face down, then perform a normal summon of [E·hero Flash] in attack position, and then use the effect of [E·hero Bubble Man] from my hand."

"If I only have the card 【E·hero Bubble Man】 in my hand, I can Special Summon it directly!"

E-Hero, who looks like a bootleg Batman, and E-Hero, whose English name is simply "Flash," appeared together on the stage of the Tenth Generation. Looking at those two ambiguous "Heroes," it's hard not to wonder if DC's Justice League has wandered onto the wrong set again.

【E·hero Lightning】】【4☆/Light

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[1100/1600]

【E·hero Bubble Man】【4☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[800/1200]

Despite having the nickname "Greed Hero", it's a pity that the necessary activation condition for the draw effect of [E·hero Bubble Hero] is "acting alone", which means that there cannot be other cards on your field when it is played. So this time, "Greed Hero" failed to help Jaden get a free card.

In response, the defender, standing on the field, said that [E·hero Bubbleman] imitated Batman's accent and whispered, "I'm Bubbleman."

However, Jaden didn't intend to use it to gain cards this time; instead, he wanted to use it as a necessary cost to activate the effect of [Rainbow Neos].

“Another Special Summon, huh? In that case, my hand will have four cards, while yours will be empty.” Paradox said, drawing a card. “And they’re all low-level monsters with less than 1500 ATK.”

Upon hearing this, Judai smiled and said, "Hmph, don't underestimate my [Hero], Paradox. Even the smallest heart of justice can shine with a dazzling light of hope."

Pointing his finger at the godlike [Rainbow Neos], Jaden declared loudly, "Once per turn, I will activate the effect of [Rainbow Neos] to send my [E·Hero Bubble Man] to the Graveyard!"

"Then, since the type sent to the Graveyard is my 'monster on the field,' Paradox, return all the monsters on your field to your Deck!"

"What!?" Upon hearing that Jaden was going to liberate himself, [E·hero Bubble Man] was completely dumbfounded.

It makes no sense! The one who always gets sacrificed when imitating "The Flash" is the one standing right next to me, [E·hero Flash], so why am I the one who imitates Batman suffering the consequences?!

Wait, this isn't right, is it? Who, who's trying to frame me today? Judai-san, are you trying to frame me?!

"Sorry, [Foamman], this is a necessary sacrifice!" Jaden said righteously, clenching his fist and throwing a punch. "Then, let [Stardust Dragon] be free, [Rainbow Neos]!"

"Beyond Rainbow Cave!"

As the unwilling [E·hero Bubble Man] rose up as a blue light, [Rainbow Neos Man] clasped his hands together in front of his chest, gripping the light that [Bubble Man] had transformed into, turning it into a giant seven-colored spear.

Spreading its rainbow wings, [Rainbow Neocosm Warrior] leaped high into the air, maintaining a throwing posture as it locked onto [Sin-Stardust Dragon] from above, before hurling its light spear!

With no face-down cards available to activate in the back row, Paradox could only watch helplessly as the spear of light landed, then transformed into a twisted, multicolored hole that continued to expand, instantly capturing [Sin-Stardust Dragon].

[Sin-Stardust Dragon] inherited the [Stardust Dragon]'s ability of "Sacrifice Sanctuary," which nullifies and destroys destructive effects. It could even withstand indiscriminate destructive forces like [Black Hole]. However, [Rainbow Neos]'s effect was not destruction, but rather a gentle power of redemption. Therefore, even [Sin-Stardust Dragon] could not escape this power, disappearing into the Rainbow Hole before the eyes of Jaden and the others.

However, before Judai could even relax for a moment, he saw a scythe, spinning wildly, shoot out from the gradually closing rainbow cave and pierce through the chest of the unsuspecting [Rainbow Neos]!

"What?!"

Seeing the body of the [Rainbow Neos Knight], whose chest was pierced by a scythe, visibly entangled with vengeful spirits, shrinking in size until it even entered a paper talisman, Jaden was quite surprised. He turned to Yusei, who was equally bewildered, and said, "Yusei-san, you never mentioned that [Stardust Dragon] has this effect!"

"Why can even the effect of bouncing it back into the deck destroy my [Rainbow Neos]?"

Yusei was also confused about what had happened: "The only effect of [Stardust Dragon] should be 'Sacrifice Sanctuary'. I couldn't be wrong. Paradox said that [Sin] monsters inherit all the power of the original monster, so the effect of 'Sacrifice Sanctuary' should not have changed."

"But what exactly is this—"

At that moment, Hayato spoke up: "I guess it's the Ghost Rabbit?"

"【Ghost Rabbit】?" Yusei was taken aback upon hearing this. After a moment's recollection, he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a card with that name, and its effect seemed to be...

"Huh? I didn't expect that Yusei Fudo, who lives in the future, couldn't guess what happened, but Hayato Kobayashi, who lives in an era without even Adjustment Monsters, guessed this card."

Standing on the "Truth", Paradox sent the "Ghost Rabbit" that had been added to his hand by "Growling G" to the graveyard. Meanwhile, on his field, the emotionless girl "Ghost Rabbit", who had retrieved the scythe and the paper talisman, completely ignored Paradox and disappeared.

However, before disappearing, the Ghost Rabbit glanced at Hayato. After their eyes met, the Ghost Rabbit nodded expressionlessly, as if to say hello, and then vanished as a rabbit-shaped will-o'-the-wisp.

"When the effect of a monster on the field or a face-up Spell/Trap Card is activated, I can discard a 'Ghost Rabbit' from my hand or the field to destroy that card."

Paradox said smugly, "Although I can't negate that effect, I can at least achieve mutual destruction. You can't defeat me, who has gathered the strongest cards from all eras!"

"Tch, miscalculated. That all-out attack just now gave the opponent a counter-attack opportunity." Jaden looked at his only remaining [E·hero] on the field with some distress, but he wasn't too disappointed by the destruction of [Rainbow Neos]. Instead, he said seriously, "Stop being so smug, Paradox!"

"Even if it's not your full strength, at least take this direct attack!"

"Enter the battle phase, and then [E·hero Flash] will directly attack the opponent's duelist!"

"Swift Storm!"

Chapter 499 Double Kuriboh Combo

"Swift Storm!"

As Jaden gave the attack command, his [E·hero Flash] was covered in lightning and turned into a phantom as it crashed into Paradox.

Paradox had three cards left in his hand, but he was not afraid at all when he saw the incoming [E·hero Lightning], and he straightened his chest to take the direct attack!

Paradox: 25700→24600LP

It was only 1100 points of attack power, which was nothing to Paradox, whose base score was over 20,000. The attack of [E·hero Lightning] hit him directly, and it felt like he was just scratching the surface.

"My turn is over."

Jaden finished his turn, turned to look at Hayato and Yugi, tilted his head and said cutely, "Hey, I got tricked by accident."

"You're really carefree, Jaden. There's nothing I can do with you." Hayato said, taking a step forward, but Yugi stopped him with a hand.

“Leave the next round to me, Hayato.” Yugi seemed eager to fight and said, “If I let you go, I’m worried that this duel will end before I even have a chance to do anything.”

"You have so much confidence in me, huh? Then I'll leave it to you, Game."

Upon hearing this, Hayato lowered his Duel Disk, stepped back, and stood in a row with Yusei and Jaden, while Yugi stood in front.

"Yugi Muto, a legendary duelist said to be accompanied by the spirit of an unnamed pharaoh, was once ranked as the Duel King alongside Hayato Kobayashi," Paradox recounted the information he knew about the game. "However, unfortunately, this game will end soon, and even you, Yugi Muto, cannot stop it."

"During my turn, during my draw phase, apply the effect of [Sin-World] to add a random [Sin] card from my deck to my hand."

Looking at the card he had drawn, Paradox added it to his hand with a cold smile and drew another card: "Your struggles in the previous turns were indeed quite impressive, and you defeated my [Sin] monsters one after another."

"However, the sins of Duel Monsters will not disappear just because they are temporarily concealed. I pay 2000 Life Points to activate the Spell Card Dimensional Fusion, so that both players can Special Summon as many banished monsters as possible on the field!"

The moment the roles of Jaden and the game were reversed, Paradox unleashed this powerful move.

Paradox: 24600→22600LP

As Paradox paid out his negligible 2000 base points, [Dimensional Fusion] took effect, opening up several twisted wormholes on his field.

From that wormhole, the [Sin] monsters that had been eliminated one by one appeared one by one.