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

A powerful fusion force suddenly erupted on the field, instantly engulfing the two monsters that had appeared and forcibly merging them into one.

"Come on, [Paleozoic Fossil Dragon Skull Slayer Dragon]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground behind Jim suddenly split open, and a large number of bones flew out from underground and pieced together on the field to form the skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

[Paleozoic Fossil Dragon Skull Demon Slayer: Attack Power 3500]

"When you use the effect of Fossil Fusion to banish monsters from either player's Graveyard, that Special Summoned monster cannot be targeted by your opponent's monster effects."

John exclaimed in admiration, "Attack power of 3500... and he still can't be a target of a monster's effect? ​​That guy named Jim is quite something!"

“不仅仅是那样......”吉姆继续说明：“融合召唤的骷髅屠魔龙和对方怪兽的战斗所造成的伤害翻倍，且可以随时操中+转～”qｕＮ:94～≮8÷2∴￣4≈￣33〃♀05控对方怪兽的攻击力和守备力进行交换，给对方造成贯穿伤害。”

"The Skeleton Dragon Slayer has an attack power of 3500, while the Flame Warrior has an attack power of 1200, a difference of 2300. Therefore, the damage dealt in the battle is 4600 points!"

Then he waved his hand and roared, "One strike to finish you off! Skeleton Demon Slayer, attack Flame Warrior!"

Roar--! !

After letting out a roar, the Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil sprinted across the ground and charged towards Flame Warrior.

"How naive, Jim!"

Seeing this, Jaden calmly revealed a card from his hand: "I activate the monster effect of [Destiny HERO Dynamite] from my hand!"

"When a monster is battling, discard this card from your hand, and the damage it dealt to me in that battle becomes zero."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

"What?!"

Before Jim could react, the Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil tore Blaze to shreds in one bite.

boom--!

[Yujo Jaden: LP4000→3000]

Jim Claudel Cook: LP4000 → 3000

"Based on the effect of the dynamite, both players will take 1000 points of damage."

Jim gritted his teeth upon hearing this, "What a troublesome guy, but it's not over yet..."

He secretly placed a card in his hand in the back row.

"Finally, cover one more card, and the turn ends."

Jim Claudel Cook's handcards: 2 → 1

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 4]

As the Tenth Generation card was being drawn, Jim quickly pressed the button to set a card: "Let me show you the power of the Fossil deck! At this moment, the Continuous Trap [Fossil Rock Release]!"

"I Special Summon a Rock-type monster that was excluded from the game."

"Rise again, [Pachycephalosaurus fossil dinosaur]!"

The fossil of the Pachycephalosaurus has resurfaced and returned to its place.

[Pachycephalosaurus fossil dinosaur: Defense 1300]

"In that case, you can't perform a special summon anymore, Jaden!"

"They're back again... What a nuisance..." This newspaper thing has had a huge impact on Judai.

But it doesn't matter, he had already prepared a method to summon a high-level monster.

"The special effect of the Necromancer in the Graveyard is that when you summon a Level 5 or higher Elemental HERO monster, you do not need to offer tributes."

Jaden drew another card from his hand and placed it directly onto the Duel Disk.

"I summon [Elemental Hero True Neos] in an attack stance!"

In an instant, a white beam of light shot into the sky, and Ultraman with a pair of pure white wings appeared from the light.

【Elemental Heroes: Sincere New Universe Knight - Attack Power 2500】

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

Chapter 218 Restricted Fossil Fusion

"You can still summon a high-level monster under such unfavorable circumstances? As expected of you, Jaden! But the True Neos's defense is only 2000, which is still weak and powerless in front of the Skeleton Demon Slayer Dragon, which can control its attack and defense at will."

Jim remained calm as he observed the attack and defense capabilities of the True Universe Warrior.

However, Judai laughed and said, "That's hard to say!"

"What?"

Jaden inserted a Spell Card into the Spell & Trap Card slot on the Duel Disk, and announced, "I activate the Equip Spell [Rainbow Robe] from my hand!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 2]

Immediately, a layer of colorful energy enveloped the Sincere New Universe Warrior.

John exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! It's this card! I have this card too. Its effect is to negate the effects of a monster that battles with its equipped monster."

Asuka: "In that case, the ability of the Skull Slayer Dragon to control attack and defense is sealed. From now on, Jaden just needs to find a way to increase attack power."

But Judai had already planned it out: "I'll activate the special effect of the True Neos!"

You can activate this effect by discarding 1 HERO monster from your hand. This card gains ATK equal to the ATK of the discarded monster until the end of this turn.

"I placed [Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist Lady] in the graveyard, increasing her attack power by 1000 points."

[Elemental Heroes: Sincere New Universe Warrior - Attack Power 2500 → 3500]

"At this moment, Shadow Mist Lady's monster is Special Activated: When this card is sent to the Graveyard, add 1 other HERO monster from your Deck to your hand!"

"I chose [Elemental Hero Neos]."

Then Jaden pointed at his opponent and gave the order: "Take this! True Neos Hero against Skull Slayer Dragon, True Neos Spiral!"

Upon receiving his command, the sincere new heroes immediately launched a suicide charge.

"Because of the effect of [Rainbow Robe], the effect of Skeleton Demon Slayer Dragon is nullified!"

"But, the Skeleton Demon Slayer Dragon and the Sincere New Universe Warrior have the same attack power, this battle will only result in mutual destruction!"

Boom! Boom—!

The next second, the two monsters collided and instantly exploded into dust.

Seeing his fossil monster destroyed, Jim quickly shouted, "The moment the Skull Slayer Dragon is destroyed, activate the other effect of the Spell Card [Fossil Fusion] from the Graveyard!"

This effect can be activated if this card is in your Graveyard and a face-up Fossil Fusion Monster on your field is destroyed by battle or card effect. Add this card from your Graveyard to your hand.

Jim Claudel Cook's handcards: 1 → 2

The core [Fossil Fusion] has returned to Jim's hands.

However, Jaden laughed and said, "The ability to continuously recover [Fossil Fusion] is indeed very powerful, but because of the effect of [Fossil Dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus], you cannot perform a Special Summon. Your [Fossil Fusion] is restricted by your own monster."

This is also Jaden's goal: to fight fire with fire, unless the other party actively destroys the fossil dinosaur, but then Jim will fall into another trap set by Jaden.

"Bury a card, end the turn."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 1]

Indeed, Jim was feeling really frustrated. Jaden just wouldn't choose to destroy the fossil dinosaur. After Jaden removed the big monster he had prepared, the fossil dinosaur would become a useless piece of junk that was blocking him.

"Then we can only gamble on this card!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

Jim Claudel Cook's handcards: 2 → 3

Jim glanced at his hand, his left eye slightly agape, and a smirk involuntarily crept onto his lips: "Nice! The deck does respond to me after all..."

As he spoke, he directly showed the card in his hand.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Magic Flowerpot' from my hand, send my Continuous Trap 'Fossil Rock Liberation' to the Graveyard, and draw two cards from my Deck."

Jim Claudel Cook's handcards: 3 → 4

"At the same time, since [Fossil Rock Release] leaves the field, the monster Special Summoned by this card is destroyed."

In the blink of an eye, the fossilized dinosaur exploded into dust with a bang.

"Now, the [Pachycephalosaurus fossil] is no longer restricting me, and I can summon powerful monsters normally."

However, this was the moment Jaden had been waiting for: "You've been tricked! This is the moment I've been waiting for, open the card!"

He immediately flicked his left hand, and the face-down card on his left opened: "Trap Card, [Sage Alchemist]!"

"Remove four HERO monsters from the Graveyard: Element HERO Flameblade, Element HERO Necromancer, Element HERO Mist Lady, and Destiny HERO Dynamite. Special Summon one HERO monster from the Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning conditions."

"Awaken, [Elemental Heroes: Sincere Neo-Universe Warrior]!"

In an instant, a beam of white light shot out from the graveyard opening on the Tenth Generation Duel Disk, and Ultraman, with outstretched wings, reappeared.

【Elemental Heroes: Sincere New Universe Knight - Attack Power 2500】

Asuka suddenly realized, "So that's how it is! This way, the monsters from the Tenth Generation Graveyard can be avoided, and Jim can only use the monsters from his own graveyard as fusion materials."

Of course, that's not all there is to it. Jaden mainly wanted to exclude Elemental HERO Necromancer and Destiny HERO Dynamite because he knew that there were two Fusion Monsters in the Fossil deck called Mesozoic Fossil Knight Skeleton Knight and Mesozoic Fossil Motor Skeleton Touring Car, which had the effect of destroying one monster and one Spell/Trap Card respectively when in the Graveyard.

One of the conditions for summoning them is to use level 5 or level 6 monsters as materials. Necromancer and Dynamite are level 5 monsters, which is why Jaden specifically excluded them.

Furthermore, since the Skeleton Demon Slayer requires a Level 7 or higher monster from the opponent's graveyard as material, Jim's summonable monster pool becomes very limited.

“You’ve fallen into my rhythm, Jim.”

Jim's pupils contracted upon hearing this.

"You are indeed not to be underestimated. Then I will activate [Fossil Fusion] once again!"

Jim Claudel Cook's handcards: 4 → 3

"Break out of your Graveyard the Rock-type monster Shell Knight and the Level 7 or higher Paleozoic Fossil Dragon Skull Demon Slayer, and then perform a Fusion Summon using the effect of Fossil Fusion."

"Summoning the Paleozoic Fossil Knight Skeleton King!"

The next moment, amidst a flash of light, a skeleton knight with golden bones appeared on the field.

[Paleozoic Fossil Knight Skeleton King: Attack Power 2800]

Chapter 219 The Root of the Anomaly

Seeing the golden skeleton knight standing in front of Jim, he adjusted his hat and explained, "Although [Fossil Fusion] couldn't use monsters from the opponent's graveyard as materials and couldn't grant the Skeleton King the ability to not be targeted by the opponent's monsters, the Skeleton King's attack power is higher than that of the True Neos, and it can launch two attacks during battle."

'It's just a pity that this card can't be used for the time being...'

Jim looked at the [Time Stream] in his hand with some regret.

This card's effect is to Tribute one of your Fossil Fusion Monsters on the field, and Special Summon another Fossil Fusion Monster that is 2 Level higher than you as a Fossil Fusion Monster via Fusion Summon.

If Jaden hadn't removed Necromancer and Dynamite beforehand, Jim could have used Fossil Fusion to summon Mesozoic Fossil Knight Skeleton Knight or Mesozoic Fossil Motor Skeleton Touring Car, and then used Time Flow to clear the field.

“But it’s not over yet…” He snapped out of his thoughts, then revealed another card in his hand and said, “I’m removing the two Rock-type monsters, [Pachycephalosaurus Fossil] and [Weathered Warrior], from my graveyard.”

"Awaken from the scorching earth's crust, [Earth Giant]!"

In an instant, the earth split open, flames shot into the sky, and a rock giant rapidly took shape in the lava.

[Earth Giant: Attack Power 2800]

Jim Claudel Cook's handcards: 3 → 2

"When fighting against [Earth Giant], the opponent's ATK and DEF are halved during damage calculation."

"But before you use it, let me see what you're covering up..."

As Jim spoke, he waved his arm and gave the order: "Skull King, attack Sincere New Universe Warrior! King's Sword!"

Clang!

The golden skeleton knight immediately drew an ancient knight's sword and charged towards the opposite side.

"How naive, Jim! I told you long ago, you've already fallen into my trap!"

At the critical moment, Judai quickly threw the card in his hand into the graveyard.

"At this moment, I discard [Elemental HERO Neos] from my hand and put it into the Graveyard, and activate the special effect of [Elemental HERO True Neos] once again. This turn, its ATK increases by the ATK of the discarded [HERO] monster. This effect can also be activated during the opponent's turn."