Chapter 498: Illuminating the Darkness

Supreme King: "!"

What is this kid saying?

He is trying to let him—the overlord who dominates the twelve dimensions, the incarnation of darkness—see a bright future?

Was his brain damaged by the impact just now?

But Judai's voice had already interrupted his thoughts.

"My turn, draw!"

Judai said.

"Activate Spell Card 'Contact Gate'! Banish two different 'Neo-Spacian' monsters from my Graveyard, and Special Summon two 'Neo-Spacian' monsters from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard."

Judai removed two cards from his Graveyard.

"Banish 'Neo-Spacian Dark Panther' and 'Neo-Spacian Glow Moss' from my Graveyard, and Special Summon 'Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab' from my Deck!

And 'Neo-Spacian Grand Mole' which returned to the Deck last turn!"

【Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab, ATK 500】

【Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, ATK 900】

The Supreme King narrowed his eyes.

Mole, it's the mole again...

But it's not a big problem.

He now has a full 5400 Life Points; even if Malicious Edge is bounced...

"I return 'Elemental HERO Neos', 'Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab', and 'Neo-Spacian Grand Mole' to the Deck, Triple Contact Fusion!"

Supreme King: "Triple Contact?"

"The power of fire and earth combined into one, scorching power, burn—"

"—Elemental HERO Magma Neos!!!"

One of the trump cards often used by Judai in the late anime, the artifact with the strongest finishing ability, the Triple Fusion Magma Neos!

Magma Neos has a base ATK of 3000, and its ATK increases by 400 for each card on both fields.

With the Neo-Space field on the field, the field adds 500 ATK, and Magma Neos gains 400 from the field card itself. And he himself counts as one card, so the minimum is 1300 ATK.

Plus other cards on both fields, it can easily reach 6000 or 7000 ATK.

Although the Supreme King didn't know Magma Neos's effect, he knew it was no small matter from the Triple Fusion and the grand special effects when it appeared.

So the Supreme King didn't hesitate: "Counter Trap 'Solemn Judgment'."

"When the opponent Special Summons a monster during their Main Phase, negate that Special Summon, and destroy those monsters.

After that, the opponent can draw one card from their Deck, but... the opponent's Main Phase ends directly!"

Judai: "!"

Not only was Magma Neos blown away and retreated before it even landed, but the Main Phase was forcibly ended. Judai looked at his Duel Disk, which had already forcibly jumped into the Battle Phase, and his field was still empty; the operations he could perform this turn were obviously very limited.

This meant either he had to find a way to summon monsters during the Battle Phase, or end the Battle Phase directly and enter Main Phase 2 to operate—but that would mean giving up the right to attack this turn.

"... Then I draw one card, and enter Main Phase 2," Judai said.

"Do you understand now? Your struggles are all in vain," the Supreme King said. "You, who can't even conduct a battle..."

"I will win," Judai said.

The Supreme King stiffened rigidly.

"What?"

"I said, I will win," Judai looked up and gave him a brilliant smile. "Within this turn."

Supreme King: "!"

This guy, even his right to battle had been stripped away, yet he could still talk big, saying he would win within this turn?

What kind of joke is that?

"A duel doesn't have to rely on attacks to win; this is also something I learned from an irreplaceable friend."

Judai smiled even more brilliantly, so brilliantly that even the Supreme King who ruled the twelve dimensions began to feel a hint of something bad.

"Now I'll share it with you and see.

Activate Quick-Play Spell 'Burial from a Different Dimension', I can return up to three banished monsters to the Graveyard.

I return 'Elemental HERO Avian' and 'Elemental HERO Burstinatrix', which were banished by 'Fusion Gate', to the Graveyard."

"Then activate Spell Card 'Spider Web', to obtain one card sent to the opponent's Graveyard a turn ago," Judai said. "What I want to obtain from your Graveyard is the Quick-Play Spell 'Trap Booster'!"

"Then activate Trap Booster! Discard one card from my hand, and activate a Trap Card directly from my hand."

"I activate Trap Card 'Chain Material'!

The turn this card is activated, when I perform a Fusion Summon, I can choose any monsters from my hand, field, Graveyard, or Deck to banish as Fusion Materials."

"Choose Fusion Materials at will," the Supreme King said coldly. "But you cannot attack the turn Chain Material is activated, and the Fusion Summoned monster will be destroyed at the end of the turn.

Not to mention your Battle Phase has long passed; even if you perform a Fusion, what's the use?"

"Whether it's useful or not, you'll know soon," Judai said. "Activate Field Spell 'Terraforming', add one Field Spell from my Deck to my hand.

I add the second 'Fusion Gate' from my Deck to my hand."

"Then activate 'Fusion Gate' again! I can perform a Fusion Summon by banishing monsters from the game."

"Then activate Continuous Spell 'Dimensional Fissure'! As long as this card is on the field, monsters sent to the Graveyard by both of us will not go to the Graveyard, but will be banished directly from the game."

The Supreme King continued to frown, still unable to understand what this was for.

"With this, the preparation is complete."

Judai closed his eyes gently.

It was as if a scene from some time ago appeared before him: on the lawn of the Duel Academy, under the warm sunshine, exchanging decks and practicing research with Fujiki You Xuan.

It was at that time that Fujiki You Xuan showed him this unimagined path.

"So amazing!"

Judai was so excited at the time he almost jumped up.

"Can Elemental HEROes be played like this?"

"Yeah."

Fujiki You Xuan put away the cards used for the demonstration, put them back into Judai's deck, shuffled them, handed them to him, and smiled.

"I'm just throwing a brick to attract jade, telling you that even Elemental HEROes can completely open up their thinking," he said, patting Judai on the shoulder earnestly.

"Your Elemental HEROes have infinite possibilities, Judai."

"You also have infinite possibilities."

"You just need to discover it yourself."

"..."

Judai opened his eyes again.

Yeah, his future has infinite possibilities; even the King of Games said so to him.

How could he stop in a place like this?

"I activate the effect of 'Fusion Gate', perform a Fusion Summon using Fusion Gate!" Judai said. "At this moment, using the effect of 'Chain Material', I can choose Fusion Materials from my Deck and Graveyard.

Therefore, I banish 'Elemental HERO Avian', 'Elemental HERO Burstinatrix', 'Elemental HERO Clayman', and 'Elemental HERO Bubbleman' from the game, quadruple fusion! Appear—"

"—Elemental HERO Electrum!"

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The four-fold combination of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind; under the blessing of four-fold energy, Judai Yuki's strongest trump card in the early stage, the hero who defeated the Sacred Beasts in the anime by equipping the Philosopher's Stone, Electrum!

【Elemental HERO Electrum, ATK 2900】

"When Electrum is successfully Fusion Summoned, all banished cards are returned to the owner's Deck," Judai said. "Therefore, the four great heroes banished as Fusion Materials just now all return to my Deck!"

Avian, Burstinatrix, Sparkman, and Bubbleman appeared in the air, turning into four-colored lights and flying back into Judai's Deck.

"Then I offer 'Elemental HERO Electrum' as a Tribute, Tribute Summon!"

Judai paused, looked at the card in his hand, and whispered softly.

"Fujiki You Xuan, lend me your power too..."

Then he looked up.

"Tribute Summon, Catapult Turtle!"

Supreme King: "?"

What the hell?

At the climax of the battle between the evil heroes, the art style changed abruptly, and a green-shelled turtle carrying an electromagnetic cannon on its back arrived on Judai's field.

【Catapult Turtle, ATK 1000】

Elemental HERO Catapult Turtle, summon!

"Because of the effect of 'Dimensional Fissure', Electrum, which was offered as a Tribute, does not go to the Graveyard, but is banished from the game," Judai said. "Then activate the Field Spell 'Fusion Gate' again!

And with the help of the effect of 'Chain Material', banish Avian, Burstinatrix, Clayman, and Bubbleman, which were just washed back into the Deck, from the game, Fusion Summon—"

"—Elemental HERO Electrum, number two!"

【Elemental HERO Electrum B, ATK 2900】

"Then Electrum is successfully Fusion Summoned, wash all four Fusion Materials banished by Fusion Gate just now, and Electrum A, which was banished after being sacrificed, back into the Deck!"

Judai waved his hand.

"Then Catapult Turtle's effect: offer a monster on the field as a Tribute, and inflict damage to the opponent equal to half of that monster's ATK.

I offer 'Elemental HERO Electrum B' as a Tribute, and inflict damage equal to half of its ATK to him!"

【Supreme King, LP 5400 → LP 3950】

This level of damage was still completely affordable with his HP. But even so, the Supreme King's expression had already begun to change.

"This is..."

"Electrum B, sacrificed by Catapult Turtle, is banished from the game because of the effect of 'Dimensional Fissure'!"

"Then activate 'Fusion Gate' again, according to the effect of 'Chain Material', fuse the Elemental HEROes of the four attributes of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind from the Deck! Fusion Summon—"

"—Elemental HERO Electrum A!"

"When Electrum A is successfully summoned, wash the four banished heroes and Electrum B back into the Deck."

"Then Catapult Turtle's effect, offer Electrum A as a Tribute, fire!"

【Supreme King, LP 3950 → LP 2500】

The Supreme King knelt on one knee, already starting to pant.

Infinite loop!

And this was the famous loop exclusive to Elemental HEROes in the physical card environment of that year, known as "Electrum Cannon". Two Electrums appear alternately, and their respective effects can infinitely cycle and recycle each other and the required Fusion Materials. Once formed, the opponent will fall into the hell of being infinitely fired upon by Electrum.

This is Elemental HERO, infinite possibilities.

Literally "infinite".

"Impossible..."

For the first time, a sense of near-fear appeared in the Supreme King's golden pupils.

He is the Supreme King.

He is the invincible Supreme King, dominating the ultimate darkness, the incarnation of power. With such power, he would never lose again, never lose again, never feel pain again.

It should have been like this.

How could he be... by his own weak shadow...

Then he looked up abruptly and saw Judai looking at himself.

Still that sunny smile, as warm as the spring sun.

"It's over," Judai said softly. "All those pains you sealed away, all the darkness, from now on... we will bear it together."

Supreme King: "..."

【Supreme King, LP 1050】

The final blow.

"Activate Catapult Turtle's effect again," Judai said. "Offer 'Elemental HERO Electrum' as a Tribute, and inflict damage equal to half of Electrum's ATK to the Supreme King."

【Supreme King, LP 1050 → LP 0】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 499 =====