Chapter 1430: The Evolution of the Beloved

Jaden: "Special Summon 'Elemental HERO Neos' from my Deck!"

【Elemental HERO Neos, ATK 2500】

Aster's prediction was indeed correct. Neos occupied a very important position in Jaden's Deck, and many subsequent Neos evolution forms and powerful Fusion monsters, all those upgrades and enhancements, had to start with Neos.

Just like Yugi's Dark Magician, Neos was also a monster with infinite possibilities in Jaden's hands. Even as Yu-Gi-Oh developed to this day, as long as Konami hadn't gone bankrupt and Yu-Gi-Oh hadn't stopped running, Neos still had the theoretical possibility of continuing to evolve.

"Activate set card!" Aster shouted. "Trap Card 'Power of the Guardians'!

This card can select one face-up monster on the field and equip all Equip Cards on the field to the selected target. If the equipment is incorrect for the opponent, all those Equip Cards are destroyed!"

Just seeing this card, Jaden seemed to immediately understand how to use it.

"Eh, Aster, you have two Dystopias on the field, if the equipment is transferred..."

"Exactly!" Aster shouted. "I will transfer all the equipment on the first Dystopia to the other 'Destiny HERO - Dystopia'!"

【Destiny HERO - Dystopia (Unit 1), ATK 3400 → ATK 2900】

【Destiny HERO - Dystopia (Unit 2), ATK 2800 → ATK 3300】

Only to see the D-Chain wrapped around Dystopia Unit 1 immediately transfer, dancing in the air like a steel silver snake, with the clatter of iron chain friction, flying into the hands of Dystopia Unit 2 as if pulled by magnetic force, winding and dancing around Dystopia Unit 2's body.

Of course, the moment the equipment was transferred, it triggered the prerequisite for Dystopia Unit 2's "ATK changes."

If it were the physical card version of Dystopia, although it had been strengthened significantly in terms of effect activation timing compared to the original, as a trade-off, the physical Dystopia added a "once per turn" restriction on the card name.

In other words, if it were the physical card, it would be impossible to use Dystopia to destroy cards twice in one turn. Whether you let Dystopia jump back and forth from the Graveyard to the field or summon multiple Dystopias, you couldn't reset the effect count.

But the anime version didn't have this constraint. The effect count of both Dystopias was only "once per turn," not including card name constraints. So if you had several Dystopias, you could destroy cards several times in one turn.

"At this moment, the effect of the second Dystopia also activates!" Aster stepped forward. "Destroy 'Elemental HERO Neos'!"

Dystopia threw out its right palm, and a golden energy vortex blasted out. The silver Ultraman was struck head-on, and before he could even stand steady, he was blown into fragments of light.

Jaden: "Ah, destroyed again..."

"How about that, your moves have been neutralized again." Aster was not without pride. "I said it, in front of the strongest power of my Destiny HEROes, you have no chance left."

His thinking was not without basis.

You've already eaten one negation and two destructions, how could you still turn this around?

If he could still turn this around, wouldn't that be ghostly...

Then Jaden revealed one of the cards he had just searched into his hand: "Activate Spell Card 'EN Shuffle' from my hand.

Return one 'Elemental HERO' or 'Neo-Spacian' monster on my field to the owner's Deck, then Special Summon a different 'Elemental HERO' or 'Neo-Spacian' from my Deck!"

He pointed to Stratos, who had already fulfilled his duty on the field.

"I return 'Elemental HERO Stratos' to the Deck, and Special Summon from my Deck again. Come on, Elemental HERO Neos!" Stratos turned into a stream of light and flew back into Jaden's Deck, soon transforming into Neos and flying out again!

【Elemental HERO Neos, ATK 2500】

Yes, Jaden now had a Neos Unit 2 in his Deck. Although the original Neos was a draft he drew based on Ultraman on TV when he was a child, unique and only one in the world, after a long period of scientific research on You Xuan's side, it had been successfully replicated.

Of course, the replicated Neos didn't receive the "dark fluctuations" of the universe like the original version, in other words, it wasn't that metaphysical. But it didn't matter. Jaden originally held the spirit of Neos, and the spirit could split or move back and forth between several of his cards.

"It actually appeared again." Aster's expression was very bad.

In other words, even with his perfect formation, such continuous powerful interference seemed to have failed to interrupt this jellyfish-head's development...

Can a HERO Deck really evolve to this extent?

Such resilience, such explosive power and speed... is this still the HERO he knew?

Failing to stop Neos, Jaden was still continuing.

"Activate Spell Card 'Polymerization' from my hand!" Jaden said. "Fuse 'Elemental HERO Neos' on the field and 'Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier' in my hand, and perform a Fusion Summon!

The Fusion condition is two 'Elemental HERO' monsters with different Attributes, Fusion Summon!"

Neos and Liquid Soldier turned into torrents of light and water, respectively, and were drawn into the Fusion vortex. The golden light and the deep blue water flow actually merged into a vortex of flames, turning into a familiar, nostalgic, and yet dazzling existence.

"Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes!"

Jaden looked even more excited than at any time before.

"The brand-new evolution of my beloved hero, the burning form—"

"—Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage!!!"

A gale rose on the field, and then the transparent storm seemed to be ignited by flames. The classic half-green, half-red look, a single clean white wing, the body standing on the peak of the skyscraper, stirred up a tornado of flames.

Almost identical to the original version, but it had received an unprecedented upgrade and enhancement, the strongest and newest form of the classic hero Flame Wingman!

【Elemental HERO Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage, ATK 2100】

"'Flame Wingman - Infernal Rage'?" Aster was dazed.

He knew Flame Wingman. This wasn't a strange monster; in their Academy dimension, HERO Decks weren't rare, and Aster had of course seen Flame Wingman.

But adding the suffix "Infernal Rage", he didn't know what that was.

"'Infernal Rage', when this card is successfully Special Summoned, I can add one 'Favorite' card from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand."

Jaden explained with a smile, while the bright red dragon head on Flame Wingman's arm had already been raised high. Flames gushed out, and the swirling vortex gathered into the shape of a card and flew into Jaden's hand.

Jaden's beloved hero, the brand-new power after evolution! ===== CHAPTER 1431 =====