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Chapter 971 - Chapter 971: Chaos Strike

Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare descends!

The moment this card is summoned, the sky is split by black lightning. Thunder rumbles and dark dragons howl in the rain, like a mournful lament.

A huge, terrifying dragon appeared on the field, Yubel's body fused into its torso as if they were one.

When she spoke, her voice was deep and hoarse, the feminine tone nearly vanishing.

"No one understands. No one cares. Only endless, hollow darkness remains! This is what I've finally become—Jaden!"

Jaden sighed softly. "You've truly suffered these years, Yubel. But your lonely journey ends today. I promise."

He slid a card into his Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Foolish Burial.' I send any monster from my deck to the grave. I send 'Elemental HERO Neos'—returned to the deck by Contact Fusion—to the graveyard again."

Yubel snapped, "Neos again? How obsessed are you with that monster? I was here first!"

Jaden drew a card, raising it above his head. The card radiated rainbow light, resonating with Neo-Space.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Miracle Contact'!"

Jaden declared.

"I can return the Fusion Materials for a Neo-Spacian Fusion Monster from my field or graveyard to the deck, and perform a Fusion Summon!"

Yubel: "Contact Fusion from the graveyard!?"

"Exactly," Jaden said. "I return 'Elemental HERO Neos' from the field, 'Neo-Spacian Dark Panther' from the grave, and 'Neo-Spacian Glow Moss'—sent to the grave by Convert Contact at the start—back to the deck!

Triple Contact Fusion!"

Neos spread his arms, golden light bursting from the blue crystal on his chest, shrouding him completely.

Dark Panther and Glow Moss, one left and one right, became two colored auras that merged into Neos. Their three powers became one, Neos growing larger and cloaked in sacred stripes, his cape billowing behind him.

"Power of chaos, turn darkness into light—

—Elemental HERO Chaos Neos!"

Jaden thrust his fist skyward as Chaos Neos arrived in a storm of chaos.

[Elemental HERO Chaos Neos, ATK 3000]

Chaos Neos differs greatly between its card and anime versions. The card's effect depends on coin tosses, but in the anime, it's much simpler—no coin toss, just one effect.

"Chaos Neos's effect!" Jaden announced. "All face-up monsters your opponent controls have their effects negated this turn!"

Yubel: "NANI!?"

Another counter effect!

Yubel's final form inherited all prior abilities—battle destruction immunity, damage reflection, and sending battled monsters to the grave.

But if all those effects are negated, the so-called final form is just a blank 12-star monster.

"Next, I activate the Field Spell 'Neo Space'!"

Jaden inserted his field card, and a rainbow aurora spread across the field. Invisible energy poured into Chaos Neos, giving him a golden aura—his power surged.

"Neo Space increases the ATK of Neos or Neo-Spacian Fusion Monsters by 500!"

[Elemental HERO Chaos Neos, ATK 3000 → 3500]

"Battle phase!" Jaden shouted. "With this strike, I'll shatter all your darkness and loneliness!

Chaos Neos, attack 'Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare'!"

In the aurora-lit Neo Space, Chaos Neos soared, light and darkness swirling in his palm. The energy became a chaos sphere, hurled with unstoppable momentum at the dragon.

"Come, Yubel." Jaden's voice softened as he extended his hand. "It's enough. The lonely journey is over. There's no need to fight anymore."

Yubel was dazed, her eyes wavering. As the chaos sphere approached, she seemed to see the prince from her past life—the boy she once swore to protect at all costs—smiling and running toward her.

"Jaden..."

She subconsciously reached out.

But at that instant, pain like an electric shock tore through her. All the suffering she'd endured seemed to surge at once, overwhelming her reason and turning into pure destructive impulse.

"Ahhhhh—!"

Boom!

Chaos Neos's attack struck. The dragon was pierced, a gaping hole left in its core. Cracks spread, and in seconds, the dragon's body shattered like a broken statue.

The explosion forced Jaden to shield himself, fire and smoke swallowing Yubel's field.

But as Chaos Neos landed, he remained alert. "Be careful, Jaden. She's not defeated yet. Her aura is getting even more dangerous."

"Yubel..."

As the smoke cleared, the dragon was gone, and Yubel reverted to her first form, now standing as the Duelist again.

But her eyes were colder than ever.

Though the dragon was gone, three sinister flowers now bloomed on her field—like demonic pitcher plants.

"It's too late, Jaden. Far too late," Yubel said with sorrow.

"In the moment of battle just now, I activated the Trap Card 'Sinister Seeds.'

For every 1000 battle damage I take, I can negate that 1000 damage and Special Summon a 'Sinister Seed Token.'"

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