Yu-Gi-Oh! Heroes

Judging from the performance just now, it seems that I am at a disadvantage, but in fact it is not entirely true.

On Yusei's field, there is only one face-up card besides the [Evil Hero: Wild Wind Demon] (Attack Power: 1900) in attack position.

As for O'Brien, after replenishing his hand in the card drawing phase just now, he now has four cards in his hand.

Moreover, on his field, there is a continuous magic card that can destroy monsters on the opponent's field - [Flame Cannon]!

As long as you activate the effect of [Volcano Bomb] in the Graveyard, pay 500 LP points, and add a card of the same name from the deck to your hand, O'Brien can then use the effect of [Flame Cannon] to fire [Volcano Bomb] as ammunition and once again destroy the monsters on the wandering field.

Although in exchange, O'Brien will not be able to declare an attack this turn, but if he can destroy the high-star monsters on the star field, then this sacrifice is undoubtedly worth it.

"Hmm, Yusei... He was able to surpass my strategy..."

Reviewing the situation of the previous round, O'Brien still had some concerns in his mind.

In the last round, Yusei predicted the trap card he had prepared, and made corresponding preparations for the ambush trap card...

As a result, O'Brien was caught off guard by the Wild Wind Demon, and wasted his own cover card in vain when he was knocked away.

The hand holding the card was trembling slightly, and there was a hint of trance in his eyes as he looked towards Youxing opposite him.

At this moment, O'Brien couldn't help but recall the words his father had said to him in the past.

"…Daddy, do mercenaries have to obey the wishes of their employers? If we do that, wouldn't we be like a loyal dog, completely without our own will?"

This was the question O'Brien asked his father one night when he was young and was on the battlefield with his father.

In his opinion at that time, being a mercenary was almost like being a dog of the employer. The mercenary had no ideas of his own and was completely unable to do things the way he wanted.

There is no so-called freedom for them, only invisible constraints.

"...For mercenaries, as long as it is required by the mission, they must move forward bravely even on a dangerous battlefield."

Instead of directly refuting his son's words, O'Brien's father just shook his head slightly and gave this answer to his son who looked disappointed:

"You are right, but... even if it is a mission, we mercenaries have the right to protect our own lives... So, burn, my son!"

"...Yes, Daddy!"

As the memory killing came to an end, O'Brien's eyes suddenly widened at the same time.

Recalling his father's teachings, an inextinguishable flame of fighting spirit ignited in O'Brien's heart.

Although this duel was conducted under the order of Professor Cobra, it does not mean that he cannot fight based on his own will.

Just like now, a great opportunity is in front of him.

Then, there is no need for O'Brien to hide his strength.

Next, all you have to do is go all out and use your greatest strength!

This is not only out of respect for his opponent, but also the best choice he can make.

"I almost forgot my father's teachings... My father is not a dog who only follows his employer's orders and fights. In his heart, there is always a flame that never goes out. He is a warrior who burns with flames!"

"Volcano Deck, my Flame Deck... Yusei, I'll take this opportunity to show you... my true power!"

Looking at his own cards again, O'Brien's mentality had become completely different this time, and there was no longer even a trace of confusion in his eyes.

He stretched out his arm towards the void in front of his body, raised a new card high, and then used it to replace the [Flame Cannon] on the field and activated it: "...I will send the [Flame Cannon] on the field to the graveyard, and activate its upgraded version - [Flame Cannon-Trident]!"

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[Flame Cannon-Trident]

(Continuous Magic Card)

effect:

You can activate this card by sending 1 face-up "Flame Cannon" on your field to the Graveyard.

Also, during your Main Phase, you can activate this effect by selecting 1 monster on your opponent's field. Send 1 FIRE monster from your hand to the Graveyard, destroy the selected monster and inflict 500 damage to your opponent.

During the turn this effect is activated, your monsters cannot attack.

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The single-barreled [Flame Cannon], bathed in silver-white light, dissolved and dissipated in the light, and finally disappeared from the field.

After that, a three-barreled flame cannon with a silver-white body replaced the original flame cannon, fell from the sky and appeared in front of O'Brien.

Like a ferocious beast, the evolved [Flame Cannon] has a "trident" form that the original version did not have. Naturally, its power and effect have also been greatly enhanced.

"...Oh! Flame Cannon-Trident...Is its power already enhanced?"

Looking at the changes happening in front of O'Brien, Judai Yuki, who was watching the battle on the side, couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

Not only did the appearance undergo a drastic change, the number of barrels of the [Flame Cannon] also increased from one to three.

Then, presumably, its power has also increased exponentially, becoming incomparable to what it was before!

"...Trident?"

Feeling that he was being locked by [Flame Cannon - Trident], Youxing narrowed his eyes and didn't say anything more.

At the same time, O'Brien also took corresponding new actions.

"...Next, I activate the effect of Volcano Bomb in the Graveyard. When this card is in the Graveyard, I can pay 500 LP to add a card with the same name from my deck to my hand."

"Come on! The third [Volcano Bomb]!"

(O'Brien LP: 1600 → 1100)

[Volcano Bomb] exists as ammunition for [Flame Cannon], so it is natural that it can also be used by its upgraded version - [Flame Cannon - Trident].

After paying 500 LP points and adding this monster card from the deck to the hand as ammunition, O'Brien repeated his old trick and planned to activate the effect of the continuous magic card to destroy the fusion monster on the wandering field.

"Yusei! I load [Volcano Bomb] onto [Flame Cannon - Trident], activating the effect of a Continuous Spell Card, destroying a monster on your field and inflicting 500 points of effect damage to you!"

Waving his arm and pointing in front of Youxing, towards the monster that had previously caused him great damage, a look of satisfaction flashed in O'Brien's eyes.

Compared to the original [Flame Cannon], the upgraded [Flame Cannon - Trident] not only removes the restriction that only "Fire attribute monsters with attack power less than 500" can be used as ammunition, but also adds an effect of inflicting 500 points of damage to the opponent when destroying the opponent's monster.

Since the effect of [Flame Cannon - Trident] is not restricted to being activated only once per turn, theoretically, as long as the opponent has enough monsters on the field, O'Brien can use the destructive effect of [Flame Cannon - Trident] to consume a large amount of the opponent's life in one go.

"This attack will be very strong! Go to hell! [Evil Hero: Wild Wind Demon]!!!"

Swinging his arms violently, O'Brien loaded the monster card in his hand into [Flame Cannon - Trident] towards the monster that caused him huge damage in the last round, and launched a flaming attack on it.

As the [Flame Cannon - Trident] erupted the [Volcano Bomb] that served as ammunition, it engulfed the entire body of [Evil Hero: Wild Wind Demon], and at the same time as the monster was destroyed, Yusei received 500 points of effect damage.

(Youxing LP: 4000 → 3500)

"..."

Feeling the pain of losing his health, Youxing frowned slightly and did not react too excitedly.

After turning on the overlord mode, his mentality seems to be more indifferent and calm.

Even if Mount Tai collapsed before his eyes, he probably wouldn't have much emotional fluctuation.

"I can't attack during the turn when [Flame Cannon - Trident] is activated, but... that doesn't mean the damage will end there!"

Watching the Wild Wind Demon being annihilated into ashes under the impact of the fire bomb, and Yusei being affected by the aftermath and suffering 500 points of effect damage, O'Brien nodded with satisfaction, and then placed a monster card in his hand horizontally on his Duel Board: "In Defense Position, I summon [Volcano Blade] (Defense: 1200) from my hand and activate the effect of this monster."

"Once per turn, inflict 500 points of effect damage to your opponent. During the turn this effect is activated, this card cannot attack."

The eyeless volcano beast, which looked like a carnivorous dinosaur, appeared on O'Brien's field following his movements.

This monster appeared in a crouching position, hugging its body. It opened its mouth and shot a fire bullet with a fire attribute impact towards Yusei who was no longer protected by the monster.

Affected by the fire bomb from [Volcano Blade], Youxing's health points were reduced once again, corresponding to a decrease of 500 points.

Originally, during the turn when the effect of [Flame Cannon - Trident] was activated, O'Brien could not have monsters attack Yusei.

Therefore, the negative effect of [Volcano Blade] is almost non-existent.

By the way, at this time, O'Brien still had two cards left in his hand.

(Youxing LP: 3500 → 3000)

"…Damn it! Why are you getting so excited! O'Brien!!!"

"You... have you misunderstood something? Have you misunderstood the purpose of this duel? To me, you are just a catalyst to trigger Yusei's power. Why are you so excited?"

Seeing O'Brien continuously reducing Youxing's health points, as if he had entered a focused state of combat at this moment, Professor Cobra, who was observing the duel between the two in the abandoned research institute, suddenly became ugly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From the beginning, the duel energy transmitted to him was almost negligible.

Professor Cobra, whose thinking was limited, subconsciously ruled out the correct answer and the fact that Yusei might not be wearing the energy absorbing device.

According to Professor Cobra's observation, at this moment, the energy absorbed by the research institute is only the duel power of O'Brien, who has a fire in his heart and is excited.

As for Youxing, it was still as dull as stagnant water, with not much sign of ups and downs.

There is only one explanation for this phenomenon, that is, Youxing did not use his full strength and had no extra energy to absorb.

That guy O'Brien didn't act according to his ideas and didn't inspire Youxing's full strength!

"How dare you, a mere wild dog, disobey my orders! O'Brien... you are so brave!"

He clenched his fists and pounded the table in front of him hard.

In the reflection of the screen that was shaking due to the vibration, Professor Cobra's irritable face was fully displayed in this abandoned research institute where no one else was present.

Staring fiercely at O'Brien's face displayed on the monitor, Professor Cobra's eyes flickered with a look of "anger"...

676 The Scales of Judgment

Relying on the effects of [Flame Cannon - Trident] and [Volcano Blade], O'Brien not only destroyed [Evil Hero - Wild Wind Demon] on the planetary field, but also successfully gave him a total of 1000 points of effect damage.

Although it did not cause too much damage to Yusei's health, it only reduced his health from the original 4000 points to the current 3000 points, but for O'Brien, this was just the beginning...

Next, there will be an even bigger surprise. The fire burning in his heart is not just of this level!

"...O'Brien! You damned little bastard!!! Have you forgotten who adopted you when you were homeless?"

Different from O'Brien's own thoughts, Professor Cobra was unable to obtain the duel energy he wanted, and was filled with annoyance and anger at O'Brien's behavior of throwing the mission behind and just following his own ideas, burning himself to the fullest and throwing himself into the duel.

If it weren't for the need to maintain his serious teacher persona, Professor Cobra would have wanted to rush out immediately, rush to that brat O'Brien, strangle him by the neck, and slap him hard with love to wake this fool from his frenzy!

Asking you to stimulate the energy of the star does not mean asking you to show your strength with all your strength!

O'Brien, is your brain stuck in a door? Or do you not understand what people are saying?

How dare you disobey my orders!!!

Staring at O'Brien with extremely angry eyes through the monitor screen, Professor Cobra tried hard to suppress his inner anger, trying to force the surging anger back into his body.

"...Next, I'll ambush two cards."

During the turn when [Flame Cannon - Trident] is activated, O'Brien will not be able to issue battle orders to his monsters.

Therefore, after summoning [Volcano Blade] (Defense: 1200) in defense mode, O'Brien chose to ambush his remaining two cards in his backcourt.

Then, he planned to just wave his hand to end his turn.

The two cards ambushing in O'Brien's backfield are the Trap Card [Fire Force] and the Quick-Play Spell Card [Crazy Flame].

The effect of the Quick-Play Magic Card [Crazy Flame] is to pay 500 LP points, destroy a card with [Flame Cannon] in its name on your field, then destroy all monsters on the field, and then Special Summon a [Fire Token] with 1000 ATK on the field.

The effect of another Trap Card [Fire Force] is that it can send the face-up [Flame Cannon - Trident] on his field to the Graveyard, ignoring the summoning conditions and Special Summoning his trump card monster - "Volcano Demon" from the Deck, Hand, and Graveyard!

It is a monster with a taunting effect and extremely powerful destructive power. The way it appears is also completely different from ordinary monsters.

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【Volcano Demon】

(Flame Clan/Flame/8 Stars/Attack Power: 3000/Defense Power: 1800)

Special Summons/Effects:

This card cannot be Normal Summoned. You can Special Summon it by sending 1 face-up "Flame Cannon - Trident" on your field to the Graveyard.

During your opponent's Battle Phase, if your opponent controls a monster in Attack Position, your opponent must attack this card. When this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, all monsters on your opponent's field are destroyed, and your opponent inflicts damage equal to the number of monsters destroyed x 500.

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"Two face-up cards, a monster in defense position, and a continuous magic card [Flame Cannon - Trident]?"