Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

The card in his hand was sent to the graveyard, and Judai, in place of Manjoume, commanded the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] to reduce its power.

[Dragon of Light and Darkness] [2300/2200→1800/1700]

“In this way, the attack power of [Light and Darkness Dragon] is now on par with [E·Hero Sky Warrior]. However, there is still room for it to decrease.” Jaden said, playing another card. “Equipping the Spell Card [Dragon Slayer] can effectively increase the attack power of the Warrior-type [E·Hero Sky Warrior]. However, it will still be negated by the effect of [Light and Darkness Dragon].

[Dragon of Light and Darkness] [1800/1700→1300/1200]

"The attack power of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] has decreased by a full 1500 points compared to the beginning!" Seeing that Judai was about to gain the upper hand, Marufuji Sho excitedly said, "Now [E·Hero Sky Warrior]'s attack power is higher!"

“Although I still have cards in my hand that can further reduce the attack power of [Light and Darkness Dragon], that’s enough.” Jaden said, waving his hand. “I’m entering the battle phase, and then, Manjoume, I’m going to attack your [Light and Darkness Dragon] with [E·Hero Sky Warrior]!”

"Breaking through the swift wind, stopping in an instant, piercing through the wind!"

Riding the whirlwind created by the repaired turbine aircraft, [E·hero Skyman] took off from the ground and launched an attack on [Dragon of Light and Darkness], whose momentum was visibly declining. The wind blew across [Dragon of Light and Darkness]'s body and also blew up Wan Zhangmu's hair, revealing the corner of his mouth that was curled up.

"So you attacked after all. You didn't think this old trick would still work on me, did you, Jaden Yuki?" Manjoume said smugly. "You think I wouldn't find a way to counter the forced activation of [Dragon of Light and Darkness]? I'll activate both of my face-down cards in the back row!"

"The Continuous Trap Card [God's Grace] activates, but the effect of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] chain-activates and negates it. However, what chaines the effect of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] is my second Continuous Trap Card, [Skill Drain]!"

"You need to pay 1000 Life Points to activate this card. As long as this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, all monster effects on both players' fields are negated, and the reduced power of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] is restored to its original value!"

"What?!"

Faced with the attack of [E·hero Sky Warrior], [Dragon of Light and Darkness], whose effect can only be applied once in a chain, was affected by [Skill Drain] after the effect of [God's Grace] was nullified. Instead of his attack power being further reduced, he regained his original powerful strength by giving up the effect!

[Dragon of Light and Darkness] [1300/1200→2800/2700]

Asuka Tenjouin, who was searching for an empty dueling arena in the corridor, was drawn by the sound and saw the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] retaliating with its breath, engulfing [E·hero Sky Warrior].

Chapter 1069 Elemental Dragon

"boom!"

The counterattack of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] instantly destroyed [E·hero Sky Warrior], which had just gained the upper hand. Not only did Jaden fail to destroy Manjoume's [Dragon of Light and Darkness] during this battle phase, he also destroyed his own normally summoned [E·hero Sky Warrior] and took 1000 battle damage.

"Well!"

[Tenth Generation: 4000 → 3000 LP]

Although the base score was lowered and the strategic goal was not achieved, Judai laughed when he saw the [Skill Draw] card on the back field of Manjoume: "On the surface, it seems that you intend to use the effect of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] multiple times to block my development. Manjoume, your real purpose is to preserve the combat power of [Dragon of Light and Darkness] to give me a surprise."

"The [Dragon of Light and Darkness] can actually synergize with [Skill Extraction] like this, that's amazing!"

Hearing Judai's praise, Manjoume became somewhat smug: "Hmph, didn't expect that, did you, Judai Yuki? This is my counterattack strategy. Although it requires sealing the power of the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], at the same time, your [E·hero] cards will no longer be able to activate their effects on the field, such as [E·hero Bubble Man].

"And without the effect, your monster can no longer defeat my invincible [Dragon of Light and Darkness]!"

Jaden scratched his head and didn't argue: "Indeed, I didn't expect you to have a [Skill Drain] card in your deck, Manjoume. It seems that I can only end the battle phase like this now."

As he spoke, Jaden drew another card from the three cards he had left and showed it to Manjoume, saying, "However, because of the [Skill Draw] which seals the effect of [Dragon of Light and Darkness], my card no longer has to worry about being nullified by it."

"Activate the Spell Card [Mental Manipulation]. You can target one monster your opponent controls and gain control of that monster until the End Phase."

"What?!"

Manjoume never expected that Judai, that big-eyed guy with thick eyebrows, would start playing NTR tricks after not seeing him for a few years. He actually took advantage of the [Skill Extraction] being activated and chose the [Light and Dark Dragon], who would never be controlled under normal circumstances, as the target of [Mental Manipulation]!

Having lost its special power due to the [Skill Drain], the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] left Manjoume's field in a daze and flew to Jaden's field to face its former master. Seeing his monster appear on Jaden's field, Manjoume said with great displeasure, "Are you kidding me? What good is it if you take it from me!"

"[Mental Manipulation] Monsters under control cannot declare an attack, nor can they be released. Moreover, the previous [E·Hero Skyman] already consumed your normal summon once per turn."

[Dragon of Light and Darkness] [2800/2700→2800/2400]

Looking at the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], whose defense had decreased after being freed from the [Chaos Shield], Jaden waved the two remaining cards in his hand and said, "It's just a restriction that it can't be released. It's only useful for Triad Summoning or Ritual Summoning, but Manjoume, there's no rule saying that monsters obtained through [Mental Manipulation] can't be used for [Fusion]~"

"Masaka?!"

Under the watchful gaze of Wan Zhangmu, Jaden flipped over the last two cards in his hand, one of which was the [Fusion] Spell Card: "Fusion Summoning is the noblest form of summoning. I will activate the Spell Card [Fusion] and send [Light and Darkness Dragon] on my field and [E·Hero Liquid Man] in my hand as Fusion Materials to the Graveyard!"

"Is the sky's 'gas' state followed by 'liquid'? You really weren't as weak as you seemed during the assessment!" Seeing that Jaden had taken out his second [E·Hero] monster for this duel, instead of always struggling with those low-level monsters during the practical assessment, Manjoume asserted, "Not only did Professor Chronos not use his full strength, but you didn't either!"

"No, I always go all out in any duel. After all, a duel is only a fun duel if both sides can fully immerse themselves in it and enjoy it," Jaden denied. "It's just that I accidentally bumped into someone on my way here that day, and my deck, which I had prepared, was completely mixed up with my spare cards. The deck I used for the practical test was a last-minute adjustment."

"You've really had a lot of bad luck." Upon hearing this, Manjoume raised an eyebrow and sent the [Dragon of Light and Darkness], which Jaden hadn't taken from his Duel Disk, to the Graveyard. "Originally, when the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] was destroyed by conventional means, it had the ability to Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard. I didn't expect you to use this method to break it. It seems you still remember some of your past experiences."

"But what kind of weird stuff can my [Dragon of Light and Darkness] fuse with your [E·hero] monster to create?"

"【E·hero】is not some random nonsense. As warriors who wield elemental power, they all possess great adaptability and enormous potential waiting to be discovered."

"Unfortunately, due to the [Skill Drain] effect, [Light and Darkness Dragon], which could originally be both a Light and Darkness attribute monster, can now only have its Light attribute power extracted." Watching [Light and Darkness Dragon] return to Manjoume's graveyard, leaving behind a portion of its Light power that merged with [E·Hero Liquid Man] in his hand, Jaden raised his hand and exclaimed.

"Then, by fusing the materials of the [E·hero] monster and the light attribute monster, the light illuminating the starry sky will transform into holy wings that summon star showers, unleashing ultimate power and awakening the name of hope!"

"Fusion Summoning! [E·Hero Shining Hero]!"

The power of light gathered into a ring-shaped blade, supporting eight wings of hope, and floated in the air. In front of it was a pure white warrior with his arms crossed in front of his chest, who gave people a feeling of "symbol of hope" just by standing there, looking down at the empty field of Wan Zhangmu!

【E·hero Shining Warrior】【8☆/Light】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2600/2100]

However, despite its imposing presence, it doesn't change the fact that [E·hero Shining] appears while [Skill Drain] is active. Even those all-resistance heroes have to stand still in front of the pre-activated [Skill Drain], let alone [E·hero Shining] who has no resistance whatsoever.

The light emanating from him only lasted for a moment before dissipating instantly, forcing him to obediently land back on the field and preventing him from continuing to pose in the air.

However, just as [E·hero Shining] landed, the graveyard area of ​​Jaden's Duel Disk suddenly lit up, and a warrior wearing equipment containing liquid material appeared behind Jaden as a phantom, releasing a final splash of water with all his might, bringing new hope to Jaden.

"【Skill Drain】can only be applied to monsters on the field. It cannot be applied to 【E·Hero Liquid Man】, which is sent directly from my hand to the Graveyard." While explaining, Jaden drew two cards from his deck. "【E·Hero Liquid Man】can only be activated if it becomes Fusion Material for a 【Hero】 monster, is sent to the Graveyard, or is banished. I draw two cards from my deck and then discard one card from my hand."

"Next, I activated the spell card [Pot of Greed] and drew two cards from my deck."

Thanks to the effect of [E·hero Liquid Man], Jaden's hand grew from nothing to two cards. After glancing at the two cards in his hand, Jaden set them face down: "Next, I'll set two cards to the ground. End of turn."

[Junior: 3000LP, 0 cards in hand]

【E·hero Shining Warrior】【ATK2600】

[GaiK] X2

"Was that the child's true strength?" Tenjouin Asuka did not appear on her own initiative, but watched the duel from a corner. "Was it not only not a coincidence that he defeated Professor Chronos that day, but also because he did not use his full strength? Moreover, the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] that Manjoume Jun was so troublesome was so easily broken."

As fellow students of Duel Academy Middle School, Asuka had naturally dueled with Manjoume more than once and knew how troublesome Manjoume was, as he could always summon the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] in the first round.

Regardless of whether it will affect her, the ability to forcibly negate the effects of the first four times is undoubtedly extremely powerful. For Asuka, if she hadn't seized the initiative to set up traps and prevent Manjoume from summoning the "Dragon of Light and Darkness," she would have been unable to break through the "Dragon of Light and Darkness's" blockade nine times out of ten when she was going second.

But now, Jaden demonstrated in front of her how easily he could get past the "Dragon of Light and Darkness" and even had enough resources to prepare a set card in the back row.

"It seems that Manjoume, whose ace monster has been defeated, is likely to..."

"Although Manjoume has lost more often than Jaden in their battles, if you think that's Manjoume's limit, you're underestimating him too much."

A voice suddenly rang out next to Asuka, almost startling her. When she turned around, she saw that it was Kobayashi Hayato.

"Principal Kobayashi!? Aren't you—"

"Shh, keep your voice down. I'm watching the show, don't let those brats find out." Hayato put a finger to his lips, signaling Asuka to calm down. "You want to say I wasn't at school this morning? But who told you it was a live broadcast?"

"I just couldn't get up in the morning and wanted to sleep in, so I didn't go to give the speech. That video was recorded in Domino City last month."

Asuka wanted to complain a bit. Hayato, as the principal, was acting too arbitrarily. Did being the world's strongest duelist mean he could do whatever he wanted?

Considering that Hayato might actually reply with "Sorry, the strongest really can do whatever they want," and that she needed Hayato's help to grant her access to special locations to search for clues about her missing brother, Asuka ultimately said nothing and looked at the field just like Hayato.

"Manjou-tama has no cards in his hand right now, and only two useless spell and trap cards in his back row. Isn't it that Yuki Jaden who has the upper hand?"

As Asuka said, of the two cards in Manjoume's back row, [Chaos Shield] is basically useless without a monster in defense position. The existence of [Skill Drain] restricts the monsters on Jaden's field, but it also limits Manjoume's ability to use monsters to launch a combo. With Jaden having a [E·Hero Shining] with 2600 ATK on his field and two cards set in his back row, Manjoume's situation is not optimistic at all. His 3000 Elemental Points, which are equivalent to Jaden's, are almost as weak as a candle in the wind.

"That kid Manjoume has been with the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] for a long time, and the Panda Dragon is a bit too affectionate towards Manjoume, so much so that in the past, Manjoume often faced the situation of being stuck by the Panda Dragon."

Although Asuka had never heard the strange name "Panda Dragon" before, she immediately understood that it referred to the "Dragon of Light and Darkness" based on its appearance: "The Dragon of Light and Darkness cannot be Special Summoned and can only be summoned by a higher-level summoner. While it would be a great advantage to draw and summon it in the first turn, it would take up hand resources if it could not be summoned."

“So you see, given the peculiar ‘characteristic’ of always being able to quickly draw the ‘Dragon of Light and Darkness’ in the first turn, after much practice, that kid Manjoume finally mastered the method of quickly summoning it, successfully turning the cards that were stuck in his hand into resources and power that he could actually control.” After a pause, Hayato continued, “However, that doesn’t mean that Manjoume’s previous fighting style, which revolved around ‘making use of the ‘Dragon of Light and Darkness’ that wasn’t on the field,’ has been abandoned.”

Just as Hayato finished speaking, Manjoume drew a card from his deck and declared, "My turn, draw!"

"Then I activate the Spell Card [Spell Flowerpot], sending my face-up Continuous Trap Card [Skill Drain] to the Graveyard and drawing two cards from my Deck!"

A card is considered sound only if its positive effects are used correctly and its negative effects are also utilized effectively. Only duelists who lack purity will be harmed by their own cards. How could a true duelist not consider how to counter the cards they leave on the field?

Since [Skill Drain] was included in the deck, Manjoume naturally also prepared cards that could utilize Continuous Trap Cards. Under the effect of [Magic Flower Pot], not only was [Skill Drain] removed precisely like [Whirlwind], which was temporarily unable to play a role, but it also gave Manjoume two new cards in his hand, just like [Pot of Greed].

Seeing the two brand-new cards he had drawn, Manjoume smiled smugly and said, "You've already shown how the newly acquired [Dragon Slayer Sword] helps your deck, so now it's my turn, Jaden Yuki. Let me show you my brand-new combo!"

"Activate the Continuous Spell Card [Relics of the Giant Dragon]! Once per turn, send one face-up card on my field other than this card—that is, this Continuous Spell Card [Chaos Shield] on the back field—to the Graveyard to activate this effect, and Special Summon one [Dragon Token] to my field!"

The card "Ruins of the Giant Dragon," which Manjoume obtained from a limited card pack provided by the card exchange event on the cruise ship to and from Duel Academy Island, came in handy at this moment. As the now useless "Chaos Shield" was sent to the graveyard, a ruin rose up in Manjoume's back row, containing a beautiful stone sculpture.

[Dragon Derivative] [1☆/Light]

[Dragon/Derivatives]

[0/0]

"The Dark Storm Dragon sent to the Graveyard by the [Discount Shopping], the Light and Darkness Dragon you just sent to the Graveyard, and the Nebula Dragon and Triceratops used when you summoned it, plus the Dragon Tokens I have on the field right now, I have now successfully collected five Dragon monsters on my field and in my Graveyard!"

Holding his last card above his head, Manjoume said triumphantly, "Activate the Spell Card [Dragon's Mirror]! Your [E-Hero] monsters are utterly no match for the Ultimate Demon Dragon, who truly wields the power of the elements!"

"Excluding the five Dragon-Type monsters on my field and in my Graveyard, I Fusion Summon this invincible monster from my Fusion Deck, whose power even surpasses that of the legendary Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

"[Five Divine Dragons], come forth!"

Chapter 1070 I am the approaching storm

"Come forth, [Five Divine Dragons]!"

An unparalleled aura descended upon the field with the appearance of a colossal dragon. Even E·hero Shining Man, who regained his abilities after the [Skill Drain] left, was nothing more than an ant before this terrifying dragon.

【E·hero Shining Warrior】【ATK2600】

【Five Dragons】【ATK5000】

"The only effect of the Five Divine Dragons is that it cannot be destroyed in battles against monsters of the five attributes: Dark, Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind. Compared to terminal monsters with stronger effects, it is practically just a blank monster."

Manjoume stood in front of the Five Divine Dragons, looking at Judai, and said, "However, it is also because of this that he became the most suitable partner of the Dragon of Light and Darkness, who possesses the ability to seal off enemies and allies at the same time. Without any effects, he only needs that unparalleled power to defeat any strong enemy from beginning to end!"

"Enter my battle phase! Use the [Five Divine Dragons] to attack [E·hero Shining Warrior]!"

"The Five Elemental Dragons are defeated!"

Using the name of the protagonist's special move from the popular tokusatsu series "The Promised Man," Banjou waved his hand and commanded the "Five Divine Dragons" to attack Jaden's only remaining character, "E·hero Shining Man."

The effect of [E·hero Shining] after being released by [Skill Draw] is that this card's ATK increases by 300 points for each of your [E·hero] monsters banished from the game. However, Jaden only banished 0 cards in total. Where are there any [E·hero] monsters that can increase the ATK of [E·hero Shining]?