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Trap Card – Karma Cut!

Today, no one was unfamiliar with this card. A super powerful trap that could remove any face-up monster on the field from the game at the cost of discarding a card in hand. Many students who have played cards with Judai were impressed by this card.

This was also one of his favorite and most frequently used cards among the many traps that Yu Yu gave him.

"But ‘Karma Cut' should be very useful to Aniki himself!" Marufuji Sho was surprised, "Why give such a strong card to the other party?"

After a brief silence, Aster said, "It's because Judai wants to express his determination."

"Cutting off the karma between him and the existence called ‘Supreme King'. That's what it means." Manjoume said.

"…Stupid."

Supreme King looked at the "Karma Cut" that appeared out of thin air in his hand and snorted disdainfully.

[Judai, LP 1600 → LP 3600]

The attack continued, and Judai's body was once again engulfed by the overwhelming darkness. The absolute darkness released by Malicious Bane made him almost unconscious for a short moment, and he didn't even feel the pain when he was knocked to the ground on his back and his body kept bumping during the continuous rolling.

[Judai, LP 3600 → LP 600]

Seeing him be knocked away again, all the onlookers were nervous, and everyone screamed again.

But soon Judai got up, and stood straight again. Although his body was shaky, he seemed particularly tenacious, and the golden flame in his eyes stubbornly refused to go out.

"Main Phase 2." Supreme King said nothing, ending his Battle Phase gloomily, and continued, "Activate the Spell Card ‘A Feather of the Phoenix' from my hand.

Discard a card to return a card in my graveyard to the top of my deck."

A card in the graveyard was ejected.

"The card I want to return to the deck, of course, is this one –

– Super Polymerization!"

Manjoume narrowed his eyes: "It's that troublesome card again."

"Must I use that card to decide the outcome anyway?" Aster said.

Indeed, in this battle between the two personalities inside and outside, no card was more suitable than "Super Polymerization" to put an end to this game.

Super Polymerization was a card that contained god-level power, the ultimate crystalization of the power called "Darkness of the Universe".

This card was also a symbol of Supreme King's power, and a reflection of the dark side of Judai's heart.

Watching Supreme King insert that card back into the deck, everyone held their breath as if the air was so heavy that it was difficult to breathe.

"Will it be drawn back to the hand next turn?" Misawa said.

"Set three cards, I end my turn."

Everyone's eyes were focused on the three extra face-down cards in the Supreme King's back row.

"One of the three cards is the ‘Karma Cut'," Misawa said.

No one spoke.

Although they understood Judai's determination through "Karma Cut", the burden of actively giving this powerful trump card to the opponent was self-evident.

As a trap card, Karma Cut could remove the opponent's monsters at will during the opponent's turn, forming an extremely powerful interference. Maybe you spent a lot of resources to make a big monster that could turn the tables, but just a trap can make all your efforts come to naught.

But Judai seemed to be confident.

"It's my turn, draw!"

Judai added the drawn card to his hand, and immediately showed the other hand: "Activate the Spell Card ‘Spell Books from the Pot'. Both players draw three cards from their decks."

"Huh!?" Kenzan said in surprise, "Both players draw cards at the same time, doesn't that mean…"

"You actually asked me to add ‘Super Polymerization' to my hand." Supreme King accepted this effect, drew three cards, and said coldly, "You will regret this stupid decision."

"That's not necessarily true." Judai smiled, "I will set three cards on the field, then activate this card next–

–Spell Card ‘Exchange'!"

"What?" Supreme King's face sank.

Others also showed a surprised expression of "I see".

Judai's target was also Super Polymerization!

"Each player picks a card from the other player's hand and adds it to their hand."

"Want my ‘Super Polymerization'?" said the Supreme King, "Not that easy. Open the set card: Quick-Play Spell – Hand Destruction! Both players discard two cards, and then each player draws two cards."

The effect activated later would be resolved first. In other words, before "Exchange" took effect, both players would have to discard two cards according to the effect of "Hand Destruction".

There was no doubt that the card that Supreme King was about to discard was "Super Polymerization".

Watching Supreme King draw out two cards after discarding two cards, Marufuji Sho couldn't help muttering: "‘I'd rather discard it than give it to you', is that what he means?"

"Of course." Misawa hugged his arms, "Super Polymerization was the ultimate fusion card that has the final say and directly determines the power of victory or defeat. It naturally can't be handed over so easily."

While speaking, the cards of both players have turned into virtual projections floating in front of each other.

Judai saw that among the cards that appeared in front of him, there was indeed no "Super Polymerization", which had obviously been thrown to the graveyard by Supreme King.

"Then I will add the Spell Card ‘Silent Doom' in your hand to my hand," Judai said.

Supreme King silently glanced at the three cards Judai had just set in the backfield.

Have you set all the cards you need first?

But not all cards can be set on the field.

"Then I choose this card." Supreme King said, "Lava Golem!"

Lava Golem, an invincible field-clearing card that could clear any two monsters on the opponent's field. After being almost forced to put a Lava Golem into the deck by Yuei Vu at the beginning, Judai has realized the abnormality of this card more than once, and now it can be regarded as one of his deck's trump cards.

In this way, no matter how powerful the monster Judai summoned this turn, it would definitely become the nourishment of Lava Golem in the next turn.

Judai continued: "Activate the Spell Card ‘Silent Doom'! Special Summon 1 Normal Monster from my Graveyard in Defense Position.

I Special Summon ‘Elemental HERO Neos'!"

A huge beam of light pierced the sky, and Neos worked overtime again.

[Elemental HERO Neos, DEF 2000]

"It's this monster again." Supreme King said in a deep voice, "If this monster is the symbol of your deck, then I'll use this card of yours to cut it off!

Open the set card: Trap Card – Karma Cut!

Discard a card, and banish a face-up monster on the opponent's field.

Disappear, Neos!"

It was indeed that Karma Cut!

The power of the trap locked Neos, and the energy fluctuations spread like ripples, dragging him into the abyss of another dimension without any explanation.

"Damn it," Kenzan slapped his palm in annoyance, "Sure enough, it had the opposite effect."

"And the card that was just discarded by the effect of ‘Karma Cut' is ‘Skull-Mark Ladybug'." The Supreme King said, "When this card is sent to the Graveyard, restore 1000 life points."

[Supreme King, LP 700 → LP 1700]

"Then activate the Continuous Spell ‘Spell Economics'! As long as this card exists on my field, I do not need to pay Life Points to activate Spell Cards."

Judai pressed the button on the duel disk and waved his hand to open the set card.

"Activate the Spell Card ‘Dimension Fusion'! Pay 2000 LP, and both players Special Summon as many of their removed from play monsters as possible!"

The Supreme King said coldly: "Have you prepared a countermeasure against ‘Karma Cut'?"

"Because I have ‘Spell Economics', I don't need to pay life points. "Judai said, "I will special summon ‘Elemental HERO Neos', ‘Neo-Spacian Grand Mole', ‘Neo-Spacian Glow Moss', and ‘Elemental HERO Bladedge'!"

[Elemental HERO Neos, ATK 2500]

[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, ATK 900]

[Neo-Spacian Glow Moss, ATK 300]

[Elemental HERO Bladedge, ATK 2600]

Supreme King said: "Then I special summon the ‘Evil HERO Malicious Edge'."

[Evil HERO Malicious Edge, DEF 1800]

Although there were other Evil HEROes in the banishment zone, they were all fusion monsters that could only be summoned through "Dark Fusion", so they couldn't return from the different dimension.

The same was true for Brave Neos and Storm Neos in the banishment zone of Judai.

"Defense Position? "Judai smiled, "That's really not like Lord Supreme King's style."

Supreme King said nothing.

"In that case, I'm going to attack without hesitation!"