The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

Jaden was right; the trap cards were indeed problematic.

Edward continued to explain: "The effect of [D-Shield] is that when [Destiny HERO] in Attack Position is attacked, it is changed to Defense Position, and this card is equipped to it as an Equip Card, becoming a shield that protects it from being destroyed by battle."

Destiny Heroes: Devilman - Defense 800

"You're really tenacious, aren't you? You truly deserve to be called a professional duelist, junior!"

"I'll honestly accept that statement..."

As he spoke, Edward immediately drew a card from the deck.

"My turn!"

Ed Phoenix's hand cards: 0 → 1

After glancing at his hand, Edward threw out the card without hesitation: "Activate the spell card [Angel's Charity], draw three cards from your deck, then discard two of them."

He grabbed three cards from the top of his deck, glanced at them briefly, and quickly threw two of them into the graveyard.

He then played his second spell card, "I activate another spell card, [Beyond Fate]!"

You can target 1 Destin HERO monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon 1 Destin HERO monster from your Deck with a Level that is half or less of that monster's Level. Destroy the monster Special Summoned by this effect during the End Phase of this turn.

Ed Phoenix's hand cards: 1 → 0

"By the effect of this card, I banish the Level 8 [Destiny HERO Fearman] from my Graveyard and Special Summon a Level 4 or lower [Destiny HERO] from my Deck."

"Come out, Diamond Man!"

Om-! !

A flash of golden light appeared on the field, and a dark hero wearing a dark green cloak and covered in diamonds suddenly appeared.

[Diamond Hero: Attack Power 1400]

"The Diamond Man's effect activated!"

Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can activate this effect. Reveal the top card of your Deck. If it is a Normal Spell Card, send that card to the Graveyard. Otherwise, return that card to the bottom of your Deck. If this effect sends a Normal Spell Card to the Graveyard, you can activate the activation effect of that Normal Spell Card in your Graveyard during your next Main Phase.

"Trying my luck with gacha pulls!? That's interesting...!"

Judai was looking forward to it.

Edward quickly drew the top card from his deck and looked at it, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Looks like fate is still on my side... The card I drew is a Normal Spell Card called [Misfortune]!"

"So I can activate this card's effect in the next turn, and the effect of this card is to inflict damage on one of the monsters on the opponent's field for half of its original ATK in exchange for forfeiting a turn of battle. It's an unfortunate future."

Upon hearing this effect, Asuka and Manjoume were immediately shocked.

"This is bad. Once the next round of that newborn arrives, Absolute Zero, who was previously excluded, will return to the field."

"Absolute Zero's attack power is 2500 points, half of that is 1250 points. Adding that to the damage from this round of combat, the damage just exceeds Jaden's HP. Is this guy finally going to lose...?"

'Hmph, that was an easy win. The legendary Jaden Yuki isn't all that impressive after all!'

Ed was already internally popping champagne.

He immediately swung his arm and roared, "Take this! Diamond Man attacks android, Diamond Crack!"

At his command, the diamond man rushed forward, swung his diamond-encrusted right arm, and punched the android, instantly shattering it into pieces.

boom!

“Uhhh…”

[Yujo Jaden: LP1600→1200]

Chapter 130 The Man Behind Edward

"This moment!"

Hearing Judai shout, Edward's eyelids twitched. "You're still not planning to give up, senpai?"

"Of course..."

With that, Judai took a card from the graveyard and placed it in the back row.

"When you are damaged, the Phantom Hero Glimmer in your graveyard is placed on the field as a Continuous Trap Card."

A monster card immediately appeared in his back row.

"Using a monster as a perpetual trap?! What kind of strange effect is that?"

"...Perhaps this is what makes Phantom Heroes unique?"

The two audience members were also seeing such a strange characteristic for the first time.

At the same time, Jaden quickly pressed the button to face down the card: "Then I'll activate the Trap Card, [Illusion]!"

"When a [Hero] monster is destroyed, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower [Phantom HERO] monster from your Deck."

"Come on, [Phantom Hero Gravity]!"

As he slammed the card onto the duel disk, a burst of light flashed across the field, projecting a bronze-armored warrior shielding his body with a shield.

【Phantom Hero Gravity Man: Defense 2000】

"After that, due to the effect of [Illusion], the original ATK and DEF of one of the opponent's monsters are each halved."

[Destiny Heroes: Devilman - Attack 600 → 300, Defense 800 → 400]

Upon seeing this, Edward scoffed, "It's useless, senior! No matter how much you reduce the Demon Man's attack power, as long as [D-Shield] is still on the field, this hero is invincible."

Ignoring his opponent's words, Jaden continued, "The effect of Gravity Man's monster is activated. When this card is played, recycle one banished HERO monster."

"I added [Elemental HERO Electro] to my hand."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 1 → 2]

Seeing this, Edward smirked, "No matter what you do, it's all in vain, senior!"

"That's the end of my turn."

"And in my final phase, the diamond beings summoned through the effect of [Beyond Fate] will destroy everything."

The next second, the diamond man exploded into pieces with a bang.

"That way, I'll only have the Devilman on my field that can't be destroyed by battle. When it's my next turn, I can activate the [Unfortunate] effect to deal 1250 damage to you and wipe out your remaining life points."

"Alright, now for your final round, senior!" Edward said with an expression that suggested he had already won.

Judai chuckled softly upon hearing this, "Heh~, it really is the last round..."

It seemed he was about to admit defeat, but then he suddenly changed his tone and shouted, "But the one who's going to lose isn't me!"

"Nani?!"

While Edward was in a daze, Jaden quickly grabbed a card from the deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 3]

Jaden didn't even look at what card he had drawn. Instead, he slammed the monster card he had prepared beforehand onto the Duel Disk: "Appear once again, Electroman!"

Om-! !

After a flash of golden light, Electro reappeared on the field.

[Elemental Heroes: Electro Warrior - Attack Power 1600]

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 2]

He then pointed to the monster card next to him and explained, "I activate the effect of 'Phantom HERO Glimmerman,' which is used as a Continuous Trap. During both players' Main Phases, I Special Summon this card from the Spell & Trap Zone by Tributing one of my HERO monsters."

"I offer up Gravity Man on the field..." Jaden waved his hand and shouted, "Come forth, Glimmer Man!"

A dazzling white light burst forth from the card, and a warrior clad in green armor appeared before him.

[Phantom Hero: Glimmering Man - Attack Power 1200]

As the Glimmer appeared, the Devilman on the field suddenly exploded.

boom!

Seeing the Devilman in front of him suddenly explode into dust, Edward's pupils contracted, his face full of confusion: "The Devilman was destroyed!? How could this be...?"

At this moment, Jaden pointed to Glimmer and continued to explain, "I'm sorry, junior! Glimmer has another ability: when this card is Special Summoned from the Spell & Trap Zone, you can choose to destroy one Level 4 or lower monster on your opponent's field."

"What did you say?!"

"Sorry, it's no longer your turn..." Jaden waved his hand and gave the order: "That's it! [Elemental Hero Electro] and [Phantom Hero Glimmer], attack the player directly!"

Upon receiving the command, Electro raised his right hand, and a beam of electricity shot out. At the same time, the light bulb on the mask of the Faint Man also emitted a faint beam of light.

In an instant, two attacks struck Edward simultaneously.

"Ugh...!"

In the blink of an eye, Edward's health points unsurprisingly reached zero.

Ed Phoenix: LP1700→0

"My proud [Hero of Destiny] has actually... lost... As expected of the Tenth Generation Senior. I won't bother you any longer, farewell!"

Afraid of being unable to suppress his anger, Edward didn't say any more polite words and ran away.

"They're leaving already...?" Judai frowned upon seeing this and muttered to himself, "Just who is this guy?"

He still had questions to ask the other person, but he just slunk away like that, shaking his head helplessly.

......

And the other side.

After calming down, Edward went to a secluded corner, turned on his phone, and made a call.

A voice called out from the other end, "DIO, how did the duel go?"

"I'm sorry, Lord Sai-wang, I've been defeated by that person..."

The man whom Edward called the King of the Abode pondered for a moment, then said, "Hmm... It's alright. I still can't see through that person either, and I can't predict his fate. It's normal that you lost to him."

"No, Lord Sai-o. I was careless this time; I didn't use my full strength from the start, which led to this result. Next time, as long as I unleash the true power of [Hero of Destiny], I will definitely not lose to that person!"

"Is that so...?" The person on the other end was silent for a moment, then agreed: "Alright, don't disappoint me again, Edward."

"Yes!"

After closing his phone case, Edward left, not intending to linger at the Duel Academy any longer.

Chapter 131 Battle Against Newcomers

Inside the room of the tenth generation.

"Ed... Phoenix... the young prodigy duelist who... broke the winning streak record in the Professional Duel World League?!"

Jaden read the information he found on the computer word by word, "So that's how it is, such a powerful duelist...?"

"But why would someone like that specifically come to challenge you to a duel?" Asuka subconsciously moved closer to Jaden.

"That's a bit strange... Why is that?"

The two of them couldn't understand why.

Ring ring...!

Suddenly, a cell phone ringing interrupted their thoughts.

"Hmm?"

Jaden picked up the phone on the table and saw, "Is this Chronos-sensei calling?"

Curious, he dialed the number. "Moshi Moshi? What's up, Acting Principal Chronos?"

Chronos's voice came from the other end very quickly, "A proxy is superfluous~ You're making a fuss!"

"Ahem, it's like this, Judai-kun. We've already chosen your duel opponent for your promotion to the Blue Dorm~ Nao-nai, but..."

"But?" Jaden seemed hesitant upon hearing this. "Is there some difficulty? I'll try my best to help if needed..."

"No, no, no, it's not a big problem~ It's just that we chose a first-year student as your opponent..." Chronos's voice trailed off at the end.

Upon hearing this, Judai's expression turned somewhat strange. "Does this mean I should bully my junior?"

No wonder the other side was so embarrassed to speak.

"You can't say that~ Nao Nai, we just want you to help us deal with the new students and teach them a lesson for their arrogance, especially the student who got into university first place this year. He's exactly like Manjoume back then~ Nao Nai!"