"Just now, Chaos Neos's attack should've inflicted 3500 points of battle damage to me,"
Yubel said calmly.
"However, thanks to the effect of 'Sinister Seeds', 3000 of that damage is negated, and I get to Special Summon three 'Sinister Seed Token' to my field instead."
[Sinister Seed Token, DEF 0]x3
"So, the final battle damage I actually take is just 500 points."
[Yubel, LP 3000 → LP 2500]
Jaden couldn't help but shout, "Yubel!"
"It's useless, Jaden," Chaos Neos said. "She can't hear you anymore."
Jaden clenched his fist. "So, what you're saying is… we haven't hit hard enough yet?"
During their daily chats, Jaden had received some training from Kira regarding dark duels and already knew quite a bit. He understood that Yubel's LP was like armor possessed by an evil will; the lower it got, the closer he could get to her true consciousness.
"I set a card face-down and end my turn," Jaden declared.
Just like how Ultraman can only operate on Earth for three minutes, Chaos Neos is normally forced to return to the Deck at the end of the turn. But now, with the Field Spell 'Neo Space' in play, it's like he's bathing in a spring of infinite energy—he doesn't have to return to the Deck.
"My turn! Draw!" Yubel announced.
She immediately played the card she drew.
"I activate the Spell Card 'Card of Burial Magic.'
I banish three Spell Cards from my Graveyard to draw two cards from my Deck." (Anime card)
She revealed the three Spells in her Graveyard:
"'Pot of Greed', 'Graceful Charity', and 'Mausoleum of the Emperor'—I banish all three, then draw two cards."
Yubel drew two cards, her eyes scanning them. For a split second, her expression froze—clearly shaken by what she drew—but her gaze quickly sharpened again.
"I activate the Continuous Spell 'Precious Cards from Beyond.' If I Tribute Summon using two or more monsters, I can draw two cards from my Deck."
She slowly, almost ceremoniously, revealed another card in her hand.
Even before she summoned, dark clouds seemed to gather over the field, as if endless darkness was converging. Thunder cracked sharply, as if something utterly evil was brewing in the storm.
"I Tribute my three 'Sinister Seed Token'!
Devourer of worlds, obliterator of all, the god of destruction who returns everything to nothingness—
The Wicked Eraser, descend!!!"
Jaden's heart skipped a beat, his pupils shrinking. "E—Eraser!?"
The three Sinister Seed Token vanished as if swallowed and chewed into bits by the darkness. A pillar of dark energy pierced the thunderclouds. Like a demon from the abyss, it twisted and stretched, releasing silver claws and breathing lightning from its maw.
The Wicked Eraser, has arrived!
[The Wicked Eraser, ATK ?]
Jaden was no ordinary duelist now, but the more power and experience he had, the more he could sense how terrifying this Evil God's power was. Jaden, having witnessed the pressure of the Egyptian Gods, sensed that this Evil God's aura could rival those legendary beings at the pinnacle of the duel world. Its power was truly fearsome.
"So this is the true form of the evil will possessing Yubel?" Jaden muttered.
Chaos Neos crossed his arms in front of him. "Be careful, Jaden. This enemy is on a whole different level."
Jaden nodded. "Understood."
"Because I Tributed three monsters to Tribute Summon, 'Precious Cards from Beyond' triggers. I draw two cards from my Deck," Yubel declared.
She drew two more cards and continued.
"The Wicked Eraser's attack power depends on the number of cards you have on the field. Its ATK becomes 1000 times the number of your cards."
Jaden counted, "Right now, I have Chaos Neos, Neo Space, and a set card—three cards in total."
"Exactly. So Eraser's attack becomes 3000," Yubel confirmed.
[The Wicked Eraser, ATK ? → ATK 3000]
Jaden felt slightly relieved. Whatever other abilities it might have, at least for now, Eraser's ATK wasn't higher than Chaos Neos's.
"Do you think this much power isn't enough to defeat your Chaos Neos?"
Yubel sneered, seeing through Jaden's thoughts.
"Then what about this card?"
"I activate my set card—the Trap Card 'Ojama Trio'!"
Jaden gasped. "Kira's card!?"
The timeline had shifted; now, whenever Jaden saw "Ojama," his first thought wasn't his good pal Chazz, but Kira.
But right away, he understood the value of this card now.
Ojama Trio is a common street deck card that summons three useless tokens to the opponent's side, clogging three monster zones. If paired with Eraser, it's a combo that not only clogs Jaden's field, but also hands Eraser an extra 3000 ATK.
"'Ojama Trio' Special Summons three Ojama Tokens to your field in Defense Position!"
Three colored Ojama Tokens—yellow, green, and black—instantly filled Jaden's monster zones.
[Ojama Token, DEF 1000]x3
"Now that you have three more monsters, Eraser's ATK increases by another 3000!"
[The Wicked Eraser, ATK 3000 → ATK 6000]
Jaden's expression turned grim. "ATK 6000..."
"You're mine, and that's all that matters!" Yubel shouted. "Accept all of me, Jaden! We'll become one again!
The Wicked Eraser, attack 'Elemental HERO Chaos Neos'!"
The Evil God opened its mouth, spewing the deepest darkness in the world. Whatever was touched by this darkness seemed to be erased from existence.
"Give up resisting. Give up struggling, Jaden!" Yubel cried. "We'll be whole once more!"
"No. Not like this. Not this way."
Jaden stood his ground.
"I activate my set card—the Trap Card 'Damage Diet'!"
This was another card he'd recently gotten from Kira, a new Trap just designed two months ago in Kira's lab.
"During the turn this is activated, all damage I take is halved!"
The darkness swallowed Chaos Neos like a tsunami, and the blast swept Jaden into the storm. He lost control, collapsing to the ground.
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