The effect of Mecha Ojama King is that once per turn, you can Special Summon one [Ojamachine Yellow], [Ojamachine Green], or [Ojamachine Black] from your hand or Deck.
Manjome chose the monster "Ojamachine Yellow."
The effect of Ojamachine Yellow is to Special Summon Ojamachine Yellow Tokens on the field. These Tokens share the same Attribute, Attack Points, and effect as it—battle damage you take from this card becomes 0, and if this card is destroyed, inflict 300 points of damage to your opponent.
Honestly speaking, looking at this effect by itself, it's actually quite powerful.
Before Tenjo Hikari traveled through time, such an effect was undeniably strong.
In his world, because of the existence of "Link Summon," Tokens could also be used as materials to Special Summon Link monsters. If maneuvered skillfully, these monsters could completely cover the field.
Not to mention the infamous utility card "Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon" before "Crystron Halqifibrax" was forbidden.
Even in this world, it's already at the level of "Scapegoat," with a formidable protective effect.
However...
Tenjo Hikari glanced at Manjome's opponent.
Although it's often joked that the card effects of "Crystal Beasts family members" are weak, Yu-Gi-Oh is a very interesting game.
Sometimes, the weaker cards turn out to be stronger.
Exactly, we're talking about "Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus" and "Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle." One allows you to select a Crystal Beast from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard and place it in your back row when Summoned, Special Summoned, or Flip Summoned, while the other can directly Special Summon all Crystal Beasts in your back row.
The card effects of these two cards deeply illustrate what "the older, the stronger" means. At a time when "this effect of this card's name can only be activated once per turn" was uncommon, and even restrictions were considered if "this card's effect can only be activated once per turn," these two cards had no such limitations.
Even before Tenjo Hikari traveled through time, relying on Sapphire Pegasus's powerful back row placement ability and Ruby Carbuncle's strong special summoning ability, Crystal Beasts could easily cover the field in a single turn, creating No.41 and summon of Apollo Bow along with powerful Three-color Barrier counter traps and a heap of resources.
The Spell and Trap Cards of Crystal Beasts are also exceptionally powerful, each offering superb returns.
Well... the only issue is, if too many family members end up in your hand, you can get stuck.
But then again...
It also depends on who is using them. John is definitely not one to suffer from a cluttered hand.
This is why John was able to make significant inroads before the quarterfinals.
Even relying purely on lower-level Crystal Beasts, he could utilize strategies with Spell and Trap synergy to defeat numerous opponents. Moreover, having encountered Judai in advance, he exuberantly excavated the "Rainbow Dragon" slab with Pegasus earlier.
Owning Rainbow Dragon puts John in a different league.
First of all, the Attack Power, at 4000, is substantially higher than most regular monsters.
Gradually, after a few more turns in the Duel, the situation became one where Manjome had a Pile Armed Dragon on the field with 1500 Life Points.
John, meanwhile, had a total of 7 different Crystal Beasts on the field and 1100 Life Points. During John's turn, he drew a card and excitedly shouted while looking at cards in his hand, "Here it is! If you have a total of seven different [Crystal Beasts] on the field and in the Graveyard, this card can be Special Summoned! Show yourself, Ultimate Crystal God Rainbow Dragon!"
Following John's summons, the clouds in the sky slowly parted, and a colorful rainbow light shone down from above. A gigantic multi-colored dragon slowly descended from the sky.
Ultimate Crystal God Rainbow Dragon, Level 10, Light Attribute, Dragon-Type, Attack Power 4000.
"Attack Power 4000?" Manjome was somewhat astonished.
An Attack Power of 4000 is indeed very high, even surpassing Caesar's Cyber End Dragon.
"Ha, it's not just that, you can send all the Crystal Beasts on the field to the Graveyard, each one grants 1000 Attack Power!"
"All of them?!" Manjome scanned John's field.
Three monsters in the front row and four Crystal Beasts in the back row.
A total of seven—
"Attack Power 11000?" Manjome felt some pressure, preparing to face the challenge.
If he doesn't respond well, it could mean defeat.
Currently, he only has a Pile Armed Dragon with Attack Power 2800, and if 11000 comes at him, he absolutely cannot withstand the attack.
"Haha, yes... but, er, but... this effect." John scratched his head, laughing, "Hahaha, the turn Rainbow Dragon is Special Summoned it cannot activate its effect!"
Manjome's surprised expression suddenly froze.
"Huh?" Judai watching the stream directly exclaimed.
"Uh..." The quarterfinalists looked at each other.
Attack Power 11000 sure is impressive, even for a Cyber End Dragon summoned with Power Bond, which only reaches an Attack Power of 8000.
But...
The effect can only be activated next turn?
"No worries, Rainbow Dragon's first effect can be activated during the opponent's turn!"
"Anyway, attack Armed Dragon LV7! Transcend the rainbow!"
Colorful lasers spewed from the mouth of the Rainbow Dragon, obliterating the Armed Dragon.
Manjome's LP dropped to 300 points.
He got up with effort, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Regardless, he wasn't defeated in this round.
If an Attack Power of 11000 had hit him, he would have been in trouble.
Tenjo Hikari watched from the sidelines.
It's no wonder previous Yu-Gi-Oh players liked to joke that the "Ultimate Crystal God" of Crystal Beasts is Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder; the effect of Rainbow Dragon itself is somewhat humorous.
The Crystal family members have their quirks to various extents.
Rainbow Dragon's effect is indeed strong, but if Manjome's Armed Dragon evolves to LV 10, he won't need to worry about the opponent's monster's Attack Power. He can simply discard a card from his hand and destroy everything.
Tenjo Hikari watched on.
John is likely to lose.
Though he obtained Rainbow Dragon earlier than in the original story, he only possesses the regular "Rainbow Dragon," and evidently doesn't have the fusion version of Ultimate Crystal God.
Next semester, representatives from the branch school like John, Jim, and O'Brien will come to the main school for exchange studies. At that time, with the chemistry between him and Judai, he's likely to acquire even stronger Crystal Gods.
For now, he neither really seeks victory nor has the cards to bridge the gap.
Sure enough, after Manjome revived LV7 and Special Summoned LV10, he destroyed Rainbow Dragon using its clean-up effect, then directly attacked.
"Sorry, Ruby, I still lost."
"John, cheer up! It's just a match."
"Hahaha, you're right, there are more exciting duels in the future. I'm already looking forward to next semester's exchange student period!"
After the duel ended, Manjome and John shook hands.
During the duel, he realized that John wasn't a conventional duelist pursuing greater strength, but rather one who joyfully bantered with Crystal Beasts.
Not a standard duelist nor an entertainment duelist, but a duelist who treats cards as family.
However, he doesn't dislike it.
Everyone has their choices, at least now he knows...
He looked at Tenjo Hikari, excitement sparking in his eyes.
He has only one goal, to become the strongest duelist!
Tenjo Hikari couldn't help but smile, giving him a thumbs-up.
The final duel!