Trap Card "Hellish Aggregation"!
The trap in his backfield flipped over, and the burning flames swept across like a tsunami. The Elemental Hero Shining Flame Wingman was yet to stand firm when it seemed to be caught by the fiery claws.
"The effect of Hellish Aggregation. When the opponent successfully performs a Fusion Summon, sacrifice your own monster to gain control of that Fusion Monster!"
Marufuji Shou was shocked: "Using Hellish Aggregation at this timing? Doesn't that mean big brother's Shining Flame Wingman..."
"I sacrifice the Chaos Warrior - Messenger of Creation!" Yugen said, "to gain control of Elemental Hero Shining Flame Wingman!"
The entire audience held their breath.
At such a crucial moment, once the trap succeeds, Judai's strongest ace will be turned to Yugen's side, leaving Judai possibly unable to fight back.
"Then I'll also activate my Cover Card!" Judai shouted, "Continuous Trap 'Gate of Dimensions'! Remove one monster on your field from the game.
I remove Elemental Hero Flash Flame Wingman from the game!"
A dimensional hole opened in mid-air, and Judai's Elemental Hero was quickly sucked in, avoiding the waves of flames.
Everyone: "!!!"
The same trap again!?
Could it be that these two are really fellow disciples countering each other?
"I see..." Yugen smiled slightly, "Meaning to say, we unknowingly influence each other more than we imagined..."
"Perhaps so."
Judai laughed heartily.
"Yugen, you're indeed interesting, and dueling with you is really fun too!"
Yugen smiled and said, "Let's say that after you win."
"Heh, naturally." Judai chuckled.
Both sides' aces escaped and disappeared from the field, leaving both fronts blank.
"Then I'll activate the Magic Card 'Trap Disassembly'!" Judai said, "Destroy one face-up Trap Card on the field.
I want to destroy my own card, the Continuous Trap 'Gate of Dimensions'!"
The magic took effect, and the Gate of Dimensions on Judai's field quickly shattered.
"The subsequent effect of Gate of Dimensions." Judai said, "When this card is sent to the graveyard, Special Summon the monster removed by this card's effect!"
Yugen raised an eyebrow.
He instinctively wanted to say, wait a minute, you're bluffing, as all of the Elemental Hero fusions can't be Special Summoned in any way other than Fusion Summon.
But then he quickly recalled that in the second episode of the anime, Judai attempted to revive Flame Wingman with Revive the Dead...
Thinking about it, there didn't seem to be that restriction in the anime; it was added when it became a physical card.
"Therefore, breaking my own 'Gate of Dimensions', come back to the field, Shining Flame Wingman!"
[Elemental Hero Shining Flame Wingman, Attack Power 5200]
"And now the battle begins!" Judai said, "Direct attack by Shining Flame Wingman!"
Shining Flame Wingman spread its metallic wings, soaring high in the air, carving a brilliant trail towards Yugen!
"Then I'll also use the subsequent effect of 'Gate of Dimensions'!" Yugen said, "When the opposing side declares a direct attack, send Gate of Dimensions to the graveyard.
Simultaneously, the monster removed by this card's effect returns to the field!
Return, Chaos Warrior!"
[Chaos Warrior, Attack Power 3000]
"But the situation hasn't changed." Judai smiled confidently, "Shining Flame Wingman's Attack Power is 5200, if it passes, then..."
"Activate Cover Card, Speed Attack Magic 'Duel Fusion'!" Yugen said, "During the battle between your controlled monster and an opponent's monster, your monster's Attack Power increases by the opponent's monster's Attack Power!" (Original card effect)
After becoming a physical card, it was modified so that it can only be activated when a Fusion Monster is battling, and added the restriction of "can only be activated during the attack declaration".
Although in the anime, both Judai and Caesar controlled Fusion Monsters during their duel, neither their description nor the card text in the anime stated that there was a Fusion Monster restriction, and the activation timing was noted as "activated during the battle". Therefore, this type of attack and defense modification effect should be usable until damage calculation.
The majority of attack and defense modification effects can be activated at the timing before damage calculation. Moreover, the timing before damage calculation allows a new chain to be opened, meaning you don't have to chain directly to the opponent's previous card effect, but can wait until the opponent's effect has been processed before opening a new chain to activate an effect.
"Therefore, Chaos Warrior gains an increase of 5200 points from Shining Flame Wingman's Attack Power!"
[Chaos Warrior, Attack Power 3000→Attack Power 8200]
"Attack Power... Eight Thousand Two Hundred!"
Marufuji Shou's mouth was wide enough to fit an apple.
This is even higher than the Five Emperors Dragon... no, even higher than his brother's doubled Electronic Ultimate Dragon with Power Bond!
"Heh, as expected of Yugen, really strong, truly strong." Judai laughed, "But I'm not at my limit yet.
Activate Speed Attack Magic 'Trap Propulsion', discard one card from your hand, you can activate one Trap in your hand at the correct timing as this card's effect!" (Original Card)
Judai discarded a card while revealing a trap card in his hand.
"Trap Card 'Monopolization'!
Select one face-up monster on the opponent's field, all monsters on the field except the targeted monster have their Attack Power and Defense Power become the same as the targeted monster until the end of the turn!
The target I choose, of course, is your 'Chaos Warrior', making Shining Flame Wingman's Attack Power become the same value!"
[Elemental Hero Shining Flame Wingman, Attack Power 5200→Attack Power 8200]
"Is the goal mutual destruction?"
"Not at all." Judai chuckled, "I said, in the end, I'm the one who's going to win.
From the graveyard, activate the Trap Card 'Skill Inheritance'!
During your own turn, remove this card from the graveyard, and one monster on your field gains 800 Attack Power until the end of the turn.
Increase the Attack Power of 'Elemental Hero Shining Flame Wingman' by 800!
[Elemental Hero Shining Flame Wingman, Attack Power 8200→Attack Power 9000]
"Attack Power Nine Thousand!!!"
The spectators were already dumbfounded.
"With this, combined with Shining Flame Wingman's effect, if the battle succeeds, Yugen will suffer 9000 points of damage." Judai smiled, "What an interesting duel."
"Indeed, what an interesting duel."
Yugen closed his eyes lightly.
"Thank you, Judai."
He paused, then slowly opened his eyes, smiling slightly.
"But even so... I'm not planning to give up victory so easily."
"Eh?"
"Activate the Trap - Indomitable Spirit!" Yugen said, "If there's only one monster on your field, that monster's Attack Power increases by the Attack Power of the lowest Attack Power monster on the opponent's field until the end of the turn!"
Judai's pupils contracted.
The monster with the lowest Attack Power on the opponent's field...
"That's right, your field only has Shining Flame Wingman." Yugen smiled, "Sorry Judai, but let me once again, gain the Attack Power of Shining Flame Wingman!"
[Chaos Warrior, Attack Power 8200→Attack Power 17200]
The students were in utter shock, practically dazed.
Attack Power... Seventeen Thousand...
Even Five Emperors Dragon seems like nothing compared to this power.
Gazing at the Chaos Warrior whose power soared to an even more outrageous level, Judai looked up, watching the beam of light and chaos sword qi that seemed to open up the cosmos, momentarily lost in thought.
"Indomitable Spirit, is this... what you've found through dueling, Yugen?"
Before the sword qi of light and darkness descended, Judai smiled once more.
"Then go, Shining Flame Wingman!" he shouted, "We must fully respond to Yugen's spirit!"
The two aces clashed fiercely!
Shining Flame Wingman's radiant attack and the Chaos Sword Qi of light and darkness roared and exploded in the arena, the energy storm of the holographic image seemed to want to break through the dome of the entire venue!
[Judai, LP 6300→LP 0]