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

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

"What did you say?!"

John wiped away his cold sweat, still shaken. Luckily, his intuition was right.

Asuka frowned and muttered, "If that person hadn't activated the effect of [Jade's Exquisite Beauty], this duel would probably already be over."

At the same time, the fusion state of Sky Neos on the field of the tenth generation was released, and he turned back into two figures: Ultraman and Bloodbird.

【Elemental Hero Neos: Attack Power 2500】

【New Space Knight - Sky Hummingbird: Defense 600】

Then Jaden pointed at John and shouted, "Go! Neosman, counterattack John directly! Neos Spiral!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xinyuxia lunged forward and delivered a chop to the other man's body.

"Uh-huh...!"

"Because of the effect of [Jade's Exquisite Beauty], the damage I take is still halved. Then I activate the effect of the field spell [Rainbow Ancient City] once per turn. When there are two or more Jade Beasts in the spell and trap area, the damage for that battle is halved."

"In this way, the damage that Xinyuxia caused me is only a quarter of what it used to do."

John Anderson: LP2400→1775

"You're really tenacious..." Jaden clicked his tongue in admiration, "But my round isn't over yet!"

He pointed to the birdman beside him and shouted, "Sky Hummingbird activates its effect: For each card the opponent has in their hand, restore 500 health points."

In an instant, two huge red flowers sprouted from the two cards in John's hand, and the Bloodbird immediately flew up to absorb the energy from them.

[Yujo Jaden: LP2800→3800]

"Finally, I'll place two more cards in ambush, and then the turn ends."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 1]

John breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his opponent had finally declared the end of his turn.

Without hesitation, he immediately grabbed a card from the deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

"Then, activate another effect of [Rainbow Ancient City]: when you have four or more Gem Beasts in your Spell & Trap Zone, you can draw one more card once per turn."

John Anderson's hand cards: 2 → 4

John glanced at his hand and grinned, "Hey, let me show you the bond between me and the Jewel Beasts!"

Without hesitation, he threw out one of his cards: "I activate the Spell Card [Gem Overflow] from my hand!"

You can activate this effect by sending 4 face-up Crystal Beast cards from your Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard. Send all cards on the field to the Graveyard. Then, Special Summon as many Crystal Beast monsters from your Graveyard as possible, up to the number of cards that this effect sends from your opponent's field to the Graveyard.

John Anderson's hand cards: 4 → 3

John's four Infinity Stones in the backcourt suddenly disappeared from the field in a burst of light.

"I've been waiting for you here!" Jaden quickly waved his hand and shouted, "Activate the face-down card, counter-trap [Elemental Protection]!"

"One Elemental HERO card on your field is banished from the game this turn, negating the activation of Spell and Trap Cards and destroying them."

"Oops!"

Suddenly, Neos's figure twisted and vanished from the field, while John's newly activated magic card exploded into fragments with a bang.

In this way, John's hard-earned collection of precious jade beasts was completely depleted.

"Is this the only option left...?"

Without hesitation, he played another spell card: "I activate the spell card 'Gem of Grace' from my hand, and set two 'Gem Beast' monsters from my Graveyard as Continuous Spells to the field."

"Come back, Jade Tiger, Amber Mammoth!"

The next moment, two more raw stones, one amber and one yellow, reappeared at his feet.

"Then, I will activate the spell card [Rare Value]."

You can activate this effect if you have 2 or more "Crystal Beast" cards in your Spell & Trap Zone. Your opponent chooses 1 "Crystal Beast" card from your Spell & Trap Zone. Send the chosen card to the Graveyard, and draw 2 cards from your Deck.

“Change your hand…” Jaden nodded and said, “Then let’s send the Amber Mammoth to the graveyard.”

Upon hearing this, John put the card back in the graveyard and then drew two more cards from the top of his deck.

"Here it comes!" He glanced at his hand, his eyes lighting up instantly. He immediately placed one of the cards into the Spell & Trap Card slot: "Then I activate the Equip Spell [Golden Jade Bar]!"

Choose 2 Crystal Beast monsters from your Deck and place them face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone as Continuous Spell Cards. Then, Special Summon 1 Crystal Beast from your hand or Graveyard with a different name than the placed card, and equip it with this card.

John Anderson's hand cards: 3 → 2

"I set up [Jade Pegasus] and [Jade Amethyst Cat] as continuous spells in my deck."

A flash of blue light and a flash of purple light appeared at his feet, and two raw stones, one blue and one purple, appeared.

"And according to the effect of [Golden Jade Bar], Special Summon [Sapphire Beast Ruby Beast] from the Graveyard."

A beam of red light shot out from the graveyard opening on John's Duel Disk, and a small beast with two pairs of long ears and a red jewel embedded in its tail appeared from the light.

【Jade Beast Crimson Beast: Defense 300】

Chapter 210 Storm Neocosm Knight

"Has it arrived...? The ace monster of the Crystal Beast deck..."

Looking at the four-eared beast opposite him, Jaden's eyes narrowed. John would definitely be able to gather seven Gem Beasts to summon the Ultimate Gem God this round.

However, he didn't notice that John's expression was a little off.

'If I had already obtained the Rainbow Dragon, I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble.'

John quickly composed himself and waved his hand, "At this moment, Rubymon's monster effect activates!"

"When this card is Special Summoned, Special Summon as many Crystal Beast monsters as possible from the Spell & Trap Zone! Ruby Fun!"

'Ruby!'

Immediately, the Crimson Jade Beast raised its tail, and three beams of red light shot out from the red orb on it.

The three primordial stones activated by the beam of light exploded instantly, revealing the three precious jade beasts sealed inside.

[Jade Beast Yellow Tiger: Attack Power 1600]

【Jade Beast Pegasus: Attack Power 1800】

【Jade Beast Amethyst Cat: Attack Power 1200】

Manjoume Lightning: "To summon four monsters in one go, is this the power of the Crystal Beast deck?"

Asuka grew worried: "This is bad. If this continues, Judai will be at a disadvantage..."

At this moment, John pointed to the white Pegasus with a single jade horn in front of him and shouted, "Activate the effect of the Jade Pegasus, Sapphire Divine Summoning!"

“Leave it to me, John.”

The jade winged horse immediately raised its head, and the single horn on its head emitted a beam of blue light.

John lifted the Duel Disk and explained, "When the Jade Pegasus is brought into play, choose one [Crystal Beast] from your hand, deck, and graveyard and place it in the Spell & Trap Zone."

"Come forth, [Jade Beast Cobalt Spinel Eagle]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a deep blue crystal appeared at his feet.

'So, all seven Jade Beasts have been collected. Is the Rainbow Dragon coming?'

Under the expectant gaze of the Tenth Prince, John indeed drew another card from his hand. *Plop*

However, just as Jaden thought John was about to place the card on the Duel Disk, the latter instead placed the card into the Spell & Trap Slot.

"Hmm? Could I have guessed wrong?" Judai frowned slightly upon seeing this.

A spell card appeared beside John: "Activate the second Equip Spell [Crystal Liberation], the [Crystal Beast] equipped with this card gains 800 ATK." (Jiu)

[Jade Beast Celestial Horse: Attack Power 1800→2600]

John Anderson's hand cards: 2 → 1

He then pointed at the opposite side and roared, "Take this! Huang Yuhu attacks the man who drew his gun! Huang Yupoo!"

[Jade Tiger Beast: Attack Power 1600 → 2000]

Suddenly, Huang Yuhu lunged forward again, instantly killing the man who had drawn the gun.

boom!

[Yujo Jaden: LP3800→3400]

Jaden calmly took the hit and flicked his left hand, opening the face-down card on his left: "At this moment, activate the Trap Card [Affectionate Contact]!"

"Return Fusion Materials from your hand, field, graveyard, and banished monsters to the bottom of your Deck, and Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster using [HERO] monster materials from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summon."

"I put the [Elemental HERO Neos] from the banished deck, the [Neo Spacman Sky Hummingbird] from the field, and the [Neo Spacman Water Dolphin] from my hand back into the deck for a triple contact fusion."

"Show yourself, [Elemental Heroes: Storm Neos]!"

A dazzling light flashed, and a blue figure appeared, with a pair of huge wings stretching out from its back and steel claws extending from its hands that seemed capable of tearing everything apart.

At the same time, it was enveloped in a fierce storm, like the master of the storm.

【Elemental Heroes: Storm Neos: Attack Power 3000】

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 1 → 0]

"Triple contact fusion? And an attack power of 3000...?"

John's eyes widened; this stumped him, since he didn't have any monsters with an attack power exceeding 3000.

"John, you look like you're having a tough time."

Hearing the pink cat's words, John couldn't help but smile wryly and say, "Haha, yes, I'll leave the rest to you."

"Look at me!"

"The Amethyst Cat can attack players directly, but the damage it deals is halved." John immediately commanded, "Go! Attack Jaden directly! Amethyst Claw!"

Meow!! (Super fierce)

The amethyst cat pounced quickly, its claw aimed at Judai's face.

The latter instinctively raised the duel disk to catch the cat's paw.

Clang!

[Yujo Jaden: LP3400→2800]

"Place one last card in the trap, end the turn."

John Anderson's hand cards: 1 → 0

'We've been playing for so long and still haven't seen Rainbow Dragon. Is John's luck that bad? Or is that face-down card a trap card to summon the ace monster?'

Thinking this, Jaden quickly drew a card.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 0 → 1]

Without checking the card in his hand, he said, "Originally, Storm Neos would return to the Extra Deck during the End Phase, but according to the effect of [Love Contact], if [Elemental HERO Neos] is returned to the Deck as material, neither player can return the monster Special Summoned by this card to the Extra Deck."

"Avoiding negative abilities and leaving behind powerful monsters? That's quite a strategy..."

John then changed the subject, "But before you begin your action, I'll activate the trap card [Counter Jewel]!"

You can activate this effect by sending all cards from your Spell & Trap Zones except this card to the Graveyard. Place as many "Crystal Beast" monsters as possible face-up in your Spell & Trap Zones from your Graveyard as possible, treating them as Continuous Spell Cards. During the End Phase of this turn, destroy all "Crystal Beast" cards you control.

"what?"

Seeing that it wasn't a card to summon the Rainbow Dragon, Jaden frowned even more.

After the trap card takes effect, John's back row is cleared, and then three crystal ore stones—amber, dark blue, and green—appear in his back row.

"At this moment, the Jade Pegasus's attack power returned to normal after losing its equipment card."

[Jade Pegasus Beast: Attack Power 2600 → 1800]

"By the way, when you have three or more Crystals in your Spell & Trap Zone, according to the effect of the Field Spell [Ancient City of the Rainbow], when a Spell or Trap Card is activated, you can negate and destroy it by sending one of your [Crystal Beast] monsters to the Graveyard."

"In this way, your magic card is sealed by me."