Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Wow, that's amazing! He activated three [Transformation Contact] cards in a row!" Marufuji Sho looked at Jaden with admiration from the sidelines. "Could it be that the next combo is that one?! And if there's also [New Space Gift], then big brother could—"

"Watch closely! The guy who attacked Manjoume and the others, this is the brand new hero from the new dimension!" Jaden shouted at Sera, revealing a red-bordered Trap Card from his hand and inserting it into his Spell & Trap Zone. "If I don't have any cards on my field, I activate the Trap Card 'New Dimension Expansion'!"

"Special Summon any number of [N] monsters and [E-hero] monsters from my hand and Graveyard to my field in Defense Position, but as a trade-off, the effects of the monsters Special Summoned by these effects are negated."

"The universe has arrived!!!"

With great energy, Judai raised his arms to the sky and shouted, and five beams of light flew out from Judai's grave and onto the field, a beautiful sight in all colors.

However, upon seeing this, Sera shook her head, sounding regretful for Jaden: "Special summoning so many monsters from the graveyard in one go is certainly spectacular, but it's such a pity."

"Unfortunately—you're about to say goodbye to your monster!"

Just as [N·Water Wave Dolphin] and his companions landed and were about to appear, a bright yellow electric current, visible to the naked eye, suddenly surged and intertwined on the seemingly empty ground, forming a dense electric grid. The rapidly spreading Razer snakes caught [N·Water Wave Dolphin] and his companions completely off guard.

Unlike Pokémon, Duel Monsters don't have type advantages or disadvantages. The damage taken by the "Flying" type [N-Sky Hummingbird] and the "Water" type [N-Water Wave Dolphin] is the same as that taken by the "Ground" type [N-Ground Mole] and the "Grass" type [N-Radiant Moss]. All five monsters on Jaden's field were instantly electrocuted and rendered immobile, quickly turning to dust and disappearing from the field. They weren't even banished from Jaden's graveyard!

"Trap Card, Chain to Special Summon Monsters from Deck and Graveyard. I activate this Trap Card, [Electric Pitfall].

Sera picked up the activated Trap Card from the Duel Disk and showed it to Jaden before sending it to the Graveyard, saying, "Under the effect of [Electric Net Trap Hole], all monsters Special Summoned by the opponent will be banished face down."

“This card was set by the effect of [Lisse's Trap Hole] beforehand. Knowing what the set card was but not knowing its effect is your own fault.” After a pause, Sera didn’t send it to the Graveyard, but banished it like Jaden’s five [N] monsters. “However, because it was set by the effect of [Lisse's Trap Hole], it will be banished if [Electric Pitfall] and another [Purgatory Pitfall] leave the field.”

"Even if I only use it this once, it's still a huge profit, since I can eliminate five of your cards in one go."

Hearing Sera's teasing, Jaden was quite annoyed: "Hmm... I was indeed a bit careless. I got too excited about winning against Mr. Keith with the new card. I'm sorry, [N. Water Wave Dolphin], my wrong decision caused you to be banished. Well then, you can take a break from this duel."

Sera has four face-down cards in her back row, so let's assume that all four of her face-down cards are also summoning traps like [Electric Net Trap Hole]. Even if she doesn't have a large-area clearing card like [Great Storm], Jaden can just use the cards in his hand to block the traps one by one and start playing!

"I activate the effect of [Cross Watchman] in my hand, send this card from my hand or field to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 [E-hero] monster or 1 [N-monster] monster from my hand or Graveyard, and negate the effects of the monster Special Summoned from the Graveyard."

Revealing a card in his hand, Jaden raised his Duel Disk, "In my Graveyard, there's one last card that wasn't Special Summoned by [N-Flame Beetle] before. I'll Special Summon it to the field!"

"You were the one who said you wouldn't stand by and watch someone sacrifice themselves, and now you're the one using the power of the graveyard. You really are a hypocrite." Sera watched Jaden discard his card and press the button to activate a face-down card, and she didn't hold back her words. "I won't allow Special Summoning monsters from the graveyard."

"Trap Card [Graveyard Hole] activated!"

Before the portal to the graveyard opened by the Cross Guardian in the Tenth Generation, a shovel suddenly swung down and shattered the portal, sending the N Flame Beetle, which was about to return to the field, back into the graveyard.

"When your opponent activates the effect of a monster in your hand, Graveyard, or banished monster, you can activate [Graveyard Hole] to negate that activation and inflict 2000 damage to your opponent's Duelist!"

As Sera finished speaking, a tombstone fell from the sky and hit Jaden on the head, instantly reducing his base score by half!

"Ouch!" Jaden clutched the bump on his head. "It hurts so much! And it actually caused a whopping 2000 points of damage!?"

[Yujo Judai: 4000→2000LP, Hand 5→4]

“If you’re scared, giving up is also an option,” Sera said calmly. “No one is forcing you to come and save people.”

"Never."

Upon hearing Sera's words, Jaden replied without hesitation, "It's just a little pain; you're far from making me give up."

"Besides, even though I lost some Life Points, Hayato-sensei said, 'Life Points are infinite as long as they don't reach zero.'" Jaden took out a card from his hand and inserted it into the Spell & Trap Zone, waving his hand and saying, "So what if you reduced my Life Points by 2000? I'll even intentionally reduce them a bit more!"

"Spell Card [Hero Arrival]! If I have no face-up monsters on my field, I can activate this effect by paying half of my Life Points—Special Summon one Level 4 or lower [E·hero] monster from my Deck!"

[Yujo Judai: 2000→1000LP, Hand 4→3]

Raising the Duel Disk and placing the automatically retrieved card horizontally on it, Jaden shouted, "When evil appears, I will vanquish its myriad techniques like flowing water, a warrior who quells evil!"

"Come out! [E·hero Foam Man]!"

Although heroes from the new space, such as [N-Water Wave Dolphin], were banished, Jaden wasn't incapable of fighting even before he acquired them. An elder of his deck—[E-Hero Bubble Man], known as "Greed Man"—made a dazzling appearance under the call of [Hero's Arrival]!

【E·hero Bubble Man】【4☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[800/1200]

"The effect of 【E·hero Bubble 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." Jaden said, drawing two cards from his Deck.

[Yujo Judai: 1000LP, hand size 3→5]

With five cards left in his hand, Jaden looked at Sera and said, "You've replenished your hand and can continue your strategy—so, does that guy over there have enough trap cards?"

"...You're really smug, Judai Yuki." Sera frowned as she looked at Judai. "Sera, my name is Sera."

“Sera, that sounds like a plant name. Is it a person’s name?” Jaden said subconsciously, then paused, as if suddenly realizing something. “Sera? Drosera?”

Thinking of the abundance of sundews on the [Garden of Insect Bewitching] earlier, Jaden looked at Sera with a shocked expression, as if he had seen a Duel Monster come to life. Noticing Jaden's rude gaze, Sera's face, hidden behind her mask, also showed displeasure. Too lazy to clarify, she simply glared back, forgetting that Jaden couldn't see her expression through the mask: "Do you still want to duel?"

"Oh, okay." Jaden responded twice, glanced at the cards in his hand, drew one, and said, "Then, if there is a [Hero] monster on my field, I activate the Spell Card [Hero Union] in my hand to Special Summon two Level 4 or lower [E·hero] monsters from my hand!"

"These are the two monsters I Special Summoned—Come forth, [E·hero Skywalker] and [E·hero Shadow Mist Lady]!"

Chapter 1499 is a substitute of the same type... Field Spell Card?

"These are the two monsters I Special Summoned—Come forth, [E·hero Skywalker] and [E·hero Shadow Mist Lady]!"

The true big brother and sister of the [E·hero] and even the [Hero] decks appeared together on the field of Jaden because of the "money power" of [E·hero Bubble Man] on the field of Jaden, which made connections. It has a feeling of Batman calling on Wonder Woman and Superman as his two big dads.

【E·hero Sky Warrior】【4☆/Wind】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[1800/300]

【E·hero Shadow Mist Girl】【4☆/Dark】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[1000/1500]

Seeing Jaden spend three cards to Special Summon two monsters on the field, Sera pressed the button to activate a face-down card at some point, revealing a face-down card in the back row and saying, "So what if you summon two monsters at once? When your opponent Special Summons a monster from their hand or Fusion Deck, I activate this face-down card in the back row—[Trap Hole]!"

As Jaden had predicted, there was indeed a Summoning Pit in Sera's back row. It was activated by chaining the Special Summon of [E. Hero Skywalker] and [E. Hero Mist Lady], turning the ground into a deep, spiraling pit. A powerful gravitational force spread out from it, precisely capturing [E. Hero Skywalker] and [E. Hero Mist Lady] who had just entered Jaden's field, without affecting [E. Hero Bubble Man] in the slightest.

"Monsters captured by [Trap Hole] will return to their owner's deck, and in return, I will lose 1000 Life Points for each monster that returned." Sera waved her hand and said, "Gravity-bound souls, depart!"

[Sera: 4000→2000LP, 0 cards in hand]

Unable to resist the energy of gravity, Jaden's [E·hero Skywalker] and [E·hero Shadow Mist Lady], which had only been on the field for a few seconds, were immediately absorbed by the [Time Trap Hole] on the ground and forcibly returned to Jaden's deck. However, as they disappeared, two streaks of light remained on the field.

"They're willing to sacrifice their own Life Points to hinder my combo. But, [E·Hero Skywalker] and [E·Hero Shadow Mist Lady] were successfully Special Summoned after all, and they activated their respective effects before leaving." Jaden raised his Duel Disk, receiving two streams of light into his Deck. Then, the Duel Disk automatically retrieved two cards, which Jaden drew. "First is the effect of [E·Hero Skywalker]. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can add one [Hero] monster card from my Deck to your hand."

"And the effect of [E·hero Shadow Mist Lady]: If this card is Special Summoned, add one [Change] Quick-Play Spell Card from my Deck to my hand."

[Yujo Judai: 1000LP, hand cards 5→2→4]

Just moments ago, Jaden had used up half of his hand due to the "Heroes Alliance" card, but in the blink of an eye, he had replenished three cards. In total, Jaden only used up one card, but he successfully probed out another face-down card in Sera's back row and also wasted 2000 of her life points.

Now, only two face-down cards remain in Sera's back row. One of them is the face-up "Purgatory Trap Hole," but Jaden doesn't remember any cards with that name. The "Purgatory" field only reminds Jaden of their principal Hayato Kobayashi's "Inferno Machine" deck, which also has the "Purgatory" field in its Spell Trap cards.

However, the key point isn't [Purgatory] but [Trap Hole], so it's probably still a summoning trap. On another note, the opponent's face-down cards are all [Trap Hole] or [Hole], that's really sneaky!

"What kind of look is that?" Sensing Jaden's gaze, Sera, as if she could read his mind, explained before Jaden could even complain, "Setting up bait in the open and constantly restricting prey to hunt around [holes] and [pitfalls], that's the fighting style of the [Trap Demons], their 'Enchanting Paradise'."

Sera raised her Duel Disk and ran her fingers across the backcourt. "Come on, try to break through my 'Enchanting Demon-Slaying Cave - Forest of Insect Bewitchment' again!"

"Although she speaks with great force, isn't the dialogue a bit too awful? And what an ominous name!" Upon hearing Sera's introduction, Marufuji Sho couldn't help but complain, "Am I still watching Duel Monsters? Did I switch to the wrong channel and find a late-night channel?"

In contrast, Jaden didn't think that far ahead and responded with high spirits, "Oh my god! But my 'Masked Elemental Universe - MEN Alliance' is not to be underestimated either!"

"What kind of name did you just make up on the spot?! Dude, don't just copy someone else's long name just because they say it!" Marufuji Sho from the sidelines spread his hands, looking like he was saying, "Men, what can I say?"

Regardless, the duel continued. Jaden, having retrieved two cards and added them to his hand, played one of them, saying, "I'm using the effect of 'Swamp Demon King' in my hand to discard it to the Graveyard and activate it. I'm also retrieving a 'Fusion' card from my Deck and adding it to my hand. Then I activate the 'Fusion' Spell Card, using 'E-Hero Liquid Man' (which I just retrieved using the effect of 'E-Hero Sky Man') and 'E-Hero Bubble Man' on my field as Fusion Material!"

"The fusion of water attribute and water attribute [E·hero]! Plus the [transformation] I just retrieved!" Marufuji Sho exclaimed excitedly, "It's coming! Big Brother's classic combo!"

"The fusion material requirement is a [Hero] monster plus a Water-type monster. Let your pure and pristine form embody the majesty of justice! The supreme hero of the Ice and Snow type!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 8☆!" Jaden held up a card. "Sit atop the frosty heavens—[E·hero Absolute Zero]!"

【E·hero Absolute Zero】【8☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/2000]

"At the same time that [E·hero Absolute Zero] was successfully Fusion Summoned, the effect of [E·hero Liquid Man], which was sent to the Graveyard as Fusion Material for [Hero] Fusion Monster, was activated." Jaden said, drawing two cards from his deck. "I draw two cards from my deck, and then choose one card from my hand to discard."

What surprised Jaden was that, despite the fact that the back row was covered by [Purgatory Trap Hole], which seemed like a summoning trap, Sera did not activate it in conjunction with the appearance of [E·hero Absolute Zero]. Could it be that it was actually an offensive trap like [Explosive Armor]?

[Yujo Judai: 1000LP, hand cards 4→2→3]

“I don’t care if I destroy the other cards, but I know the effect of your [E·Hero Absolute Zero].” Sera wasn’t the kind of duelist who just clicked whatever lit up without thinking. She glanced at Jaden and answered in advance once again, “Banning it or destroying it and sending it to the graveyard is pointless. It will only help you activate its strongest power. Besides, you still have the Quick-Play Spell Card [Mask Change] in your hand. I can even destroy it.”

"You actually know so much about my deck?" Jaden scratched his head, somewhat disappointed that he hadn't been able to trick his opponent into revealing a face-down card. Helplessly, he showed a card in his hand and said, "Then I'll just do it myself—I'll unleash the power of [E·Hero Absolute Zero]!"

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Mask Change] activated! Send my [E·hero Absolute Zero] to the Graveyard, then Special Summon this [M·hero] monster of the same Attribute from my Fusion Deck!"

Jaden extended his palm towards [E·hero Absolute Zero]: "The solid ice will now transform into gentle flowing water. Awaken with the power of water!"

"【M·hero Acid Water】!"

【M·hero Acid Water】【8☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2600/2100]

The classic combo of Zero turning into acid water was showcased on the X-Generation stage. The silver-white armor on [E·hero Absolute Zero] melted back into liquid and reconstructed in the dazzling light of change, becoming a suit of armor with an embossed shape resembling the character "water". A pistol was held in the hands of the newly born hero, pointed at the sky, and he suddenly pulled the trigger.

As the monsters on the field changed in the Jaden series, although [E. Hero Absolute Zero] disappeared, the large patch of ice crystals it left on the ground upon its appearance did not melt away. Instead, it suddenly exploded upon the appearance of [M. Hero Acid], shooting towards the [Trapika] monsters on Sera's field. Meanwhile, the large amount of acid shot into the sky by [M. Hero Acid] accurately landed on the two remaining face-down cards on Sera's back field after a period of time!?

"When 【E·hero Absolute Zero】 leaves the field, it destroys all monsters on the opponent's field, and when 【M·hero Acid】 is successfully Special Summoned, it can destroy all Spell/Trap Cards on the opponent's field. The heroes have a tacit cooperation between them, and the combined effect of their abilities is to destroy all the cards on the opponent's field!"

"Whether it's the [Trapika] monsters or those unidentified face-down cards in the back row, they will all be destroyed in this combo!" Jaden excitedly pumped his fist and said, "This is the exhilarating combination technique of heroes!"

But seeing this, Serra flipped over a card in the backcourt: "How long can passion last? In the end, it's just a struggle that will be swallowed up by time and space. Even your performance right now is exactly what I expected!"

"Special Summon of the chain [M·hero Acid Water], I activate [Purgatory Pitfall]!"

Although the card's name is "Purgatory Pitfall," after its activation, it released a large amount of freezing air that spread across the field, even freezing the acid shot released by "M·Hero Acid" that was about to fall from the sky!?

"This card can only be activated when your opponent Special Summons a monster with 2000 or more ATK. It's a trap specifically designed to target powerful monsters. Its effect is: Select that monster with 2000 or more ATK, negate its effect, and destroy it!"

Just like the rampaging [Ice Barrier Dragon - Sky Spear Dragon] in the card art was sealed by [Ice Barrier God Spirit], [M·hero Acid Water], which changed from ice to water, was also frozen by the spreading freezing air. Unable to move, it was dragged into the card and sunk to the graveyard to enter a sealed state, failing to destroy the last card on Sera's back field.

"【M·Hero Acid Water】!" Jaden was powerless to stop his monster from being sealed away, but he still looked at Sera and said, "Even if the power of 【M·Hero Acid Water】 is blocked, there is still the power of 【E·Hero Absolute Zero】! It can destroy all three of your 【Trapika】 monsters!"

The ice crystals left behind by 【E·hero Absolute Zero】 were not affected by the effect of 【Pitfall】. Rather, their power was slightly amplified in the freezing environment. The rapidly freezing ice crystals cut and shredded the vines and leaves. Whether insect or plant, the 【Trapikas】 on the field were cleared away in an instant, leaving an empty field.

[Putica's Trap], [Tio's Trap], and [Gino's Trap] are all wiped out!