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The smiles on the faces of the Paradox Brothers suddenly froze.
They seemed to hang for a few seconds before realizing the gravity of the situation.
Then, their expressions contorted in one second from stunned to shocked, followed by exaggerated facial contortions, both displaying grotesque "face art."
"N-n-n-nani!!??"
Cosmic Shrinkage!?
What did that mean?
Their opponent summoned five disgusting tokens on their field, and then told them that the maximum number of cards that could be on either player's field was five?
Didn't that mean they couldn't play any cards at all?
This wasn't just about not being able to summon monsters; it included spell and trap cards, which also fell under the category of "playing cards."
Whether it was the spell card "Dark Hole" for field clearing, or the spell cards "Mystical Space Typhoon" or "Heavy Storm" for backrow removal, they had to be placed on the field to activate their effects.
And being unable to play more than five cards meant they couldn't summon monsters, couldn't activate spells, and couldn't set traps. They could only watch helplessly as these five cheap, ugly monsters snored, ate snacks, and read newspapers on their field.
Moreover, these five tokens also had the restriction "cannot be tributed," meaning they couldn't even reduce the number of monsters by Tribute Summoning.
Unsolvable.
The onlookers couldn't help but gasp at this scene. Even those students who should have already been familiar with Yu Xuan's style were greatly shocked.
Even by the standards of that dog-thing, the disgusting level of this lock-down combo had reached a new level!
The Paradox Brothers' expressions were already glazed over as they realized the cruel reality.
They even wanted to tell Yu Xuan that their way of dueling was wrong.
Then the Ojama Tokens even had animation effects.
The yellow Ojama leisurely took a sip of tea, sighed contentedly, and smiled: "It's really comfortable to stay here~"
Ojama Green: "Oh dear, I'm so sorry for taking up your space?"
Ojama Yellow: "Haha, the feng shui here is good, it's comfortable to stay."
Ojama Black: "Snore~ Snore~"
Paradox Brothers: "..."
Thanks for asking, I'm at Duel Academy, and I already have high blood pressure.
"Alright, then it's my turn!"
Jaden, having discovered a new continent of dueling, was now especially enjoying the thrill of the duel.
"First, I also activate a spell card, 'Ojama Trio's Price'. I will sacrifice the normal monster 'Ojama Green' that Yu Xuan left me, and draw two cards from my deck!"
Ojama Green also disappeared as a sacrifice, and Jaden drew cards from his deck again.
"Next, I activate the spell card 'Polymerization'!
I'll fuse 'Elemental HERO Burstinatrix' and 'Elemental HERO Clayman' from my hand!
With this Fusion Summon, I bring forth the defender of the barrier—
——Elemental HERO Wildedge!"
A female gunner in heavy armor knelt down on Jaden's field. She held a shield in her left hand, and her rocket launcher was mounted behind the shield in her right.
[Elemental HERO Wildedge, DEF 2500]
"Elemental HERO Wildedge's effect! If this card is in Defense Position, it can attack your opponent directly by halving its own ATK!"
Paradox Brothers: "Nani (What)!!?"
"Therefore, I'll halve 'Wildedge's' ATK and attack directly!"
[Elemental HERO Wildedge, ATK 2000 → ATK 1000]
Rocket missiles flew whoosh whoosh, exploding on the Paradox Brothers' field with a series of blasts.
Paradox Brothers: "Ughhhh!!!"
[Paradox Brothers, LP 6000 → LP 5000]
The legendary brothers were already trembling at this point.
Wildedge was indeed a relatively rare Elemental HERO with a peculiar effect. Being able to attack the opponent directly while remaining in Defense Position and bypassing the front row was quite uncommon in the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! card pool back then.
But it was only peculiar; the effect itself wasn't very strong. In normal circumstances, the Paradox Brothers certainly wouldn't have paid any attention to such a level of ability.
However, in this situation, it was extremely terrifying!
Under the restriction of Cosmic Shrinkage, they couldn't play cards or summon monsters. Their only chance was to wait for the opponent to summon monsters, then actively ram their own tokens into them to commit suicide.
Although the tokens had 0 ATK, committing suicide would inflict a lot of damage on themselves, but it was the only way to break the deadlock and free up monster zones to play cards.
As long as they could ram into one token and destroy it, the total number of tokens on their field would become four, allowing them to play at least one card. Then, they could play "Heavy Storm" to blow away the opponent's "Cosmic Shrinkage" that was retaliating against society, or play "Dark Hole" to destroy all tokens on the field, which would break the situation.
However, who would have thought that the opponent would play such a bizarre Elemental HERO that could attack directly while remaining in Defense Position!
Using tokens to ram into a monster in Defense Position would only inflict damage to themselves without being able to self-destruct.
The brothers' expressions grew more pained and distorted. Even looking at the Elemental HERO on Jaden's field made them feel like underworld warriors.
No, shouldn't you HERO players be all about high ATK and direct attacks, focusing on fair and square face-to-face duels?
Why the hell can even an Elemental HERO be so disgusting?!
The Paradox Brothers, completely unable to play cards, could only glare, helplessly passing their turns. Then it was Yu Xuan's turn again.
Yu Xuan: "I Normal Summon 'Inaba White Rabbit'."
[Inaba White Rabbit, ATK 700]
"Inaba White Rabbit's effect allows it to attack directly even if there are monsters on your opponent's field," Yu Xuan smiled. "I'll use Jaden's 'Elemental HERO Wildedge' and my own 'Inaba White Rabbit' to attack directly together."
"Ugh!"
Another round of face-rushing output.
[Paradox Brothers, LP 5000 → LP 4300 → LP 3300]
"Damn brats," the elder Paradox brother gritted his teeth.
But at least the opponent summoned a new monster.
Although that "Inaba White Rabbit" only had 700 ATK, it was enough. The Ojama tokens only had 0 ATK. As long as in the next turn, they used an Ojama token to ram into the White Rabbit and commit suicide—
"'Inaba White Rabbit' is a Spirit Monster. Its effect is that it returns to the owner's hand during the End Phase of the turn it was Normal Summoned or Flip Summoned."
Yu Xuan calmly returned the newly summoned White Rabbit to his hand.
"Therefore, I return White Rabbit to my hand. Turn end."
Elder Paradox: "."
Younger Paradox: "."
So they had nothing left to do. They could only stare wide-eyed as it became Yu Xuan's and Jaden's turns, with Wildedge and White Rabbit relentlessly attacking their Life Points.
Such a bizarre duel was the first that the academy's students, professors, and leading experts had ever witnessed.
No, this couldn't even be called a duel anymore.
Because the outcome had already been decided the moment "Cosmic Shrinkage" was activated and resolved.
What remained was called death by a thousand cuts.
The Paradox Brothers probably felt for the first time in their lives how agonizing it was for a tag duel to have 8000 Life Points.
This was simply too tormenting.
"."
Finally.
[Paradox Brothers, LP 0]
After the last face-rushing bombardment, the Paradox Brothers both lay on the ground, their eyes vacant, but their expressions showed a trace of relief.
It's finally over.
Today's fourth update, I finished it all in one go.
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