"Activate Field Magic - Fusion Gate!"
Youyu placed the Magic Card into the field area, and the Duel Disc immediately absorbed the card within.
A dark, enormous vortex opened in midair, transforming into a bottomless tunnel of space.
"When the Fusion Gate is on the field, a Fusion Magic Card isn't needed for a Fusion Summon." Youyu pointed towards the vortex in the air, "First, I will fuse the 'Elemental Hero Airman' on the field with the Earth Attribute 'Elemental Hero Solidman'!
Fusion Summon! Elemental Hero Gaia!"
The ground trembled, and cracks spread through the rocks like spider webs. Two beams of light criss-crossed and shot into the vortex of the Fusion Gate in midair, transforming into a ray of light that crashed straight into the ground.
Clad in dark heavy armor, the Elemental Hero rose from the earth, with rocks sliding off its body.
[Elemental Hero Gaia, Attack 2200]
"The effect of Gaia is, in the turn it's summoned, the attack of one monster on the opponent's field is halved, and that halved value is added to Gaia's attack!"
Noah clicked his tongue, "Does it have such an effect?"
[War God Ares, Attack 1800 → Attack 900]
[Elemental Hero Gaia, Attack 2200 → Attack 3100]
"It's not over yet! Fusion Gate effect is used again!" Youyu raised his hand, "This time, I'm fusing, on the field, Vision Hero Increase, and Vision Hero Vyon!
Fusion Summon! Vision Hero Adoration!"
Both heroes turned into phantoms, transforming into dark afterimages that shot into the vortex in the sky. A pillar of dark light descended, revealing a tall, charismatic black-clad hero. His attire fluttered gracefully, exuding extraordinary style.
[Vision Hero Adoration, Attack 2800]
Noah gritted his teeth, "Summoning monsters with attack points of 2800 and 3100 in one turn, you, this guy..."
"It's still not over! Fusion Gate, continue to activate effect!" Youyu pointed at the vortex once more, "This time, fusing from my hand, the Water Attribute 'Elemental Hero Bubbleman' and the field 'Elemental Hero Shadow Mist'!
Fusion Summon! Elemental Hero Absolute Zero!"
This time, it was truly the big brother-level Fusion Monster in the Elemental Hero series appearing.
Bubbleman transformed into a water column, and Shadow Mist into a black mist. Their forms intertwined, with water currents entwining the dark fog, soaring into the sky and vanishing into the vortex of the Fusion Gate.
Boundless chill descended, as if the air would freeze into ice. The white hero's form descended with arms crossed, his white cape fluttered gently, surrounded by dreamlike splashes of water.
[Elemental Hero Absolute Zero, Attack 2500]
Noah squinted his eyes, "But a monster summoned by fusion, in the turn it's fused..."
"Can attack!" Youyu played a Magic Card, "'Quick Play' activated! This turn, fusion monsters can battle in the turn they are summoned!
Directly enter the battle phase! Attack with Absolute Zero!"
"Hmph, a petty trick!" Noah waved his hand, exclaiming, "The moment you declare entering the battle phase, the effect of the 'Shinato's Ark' Deck Commander has already activated!
When the opposing player enters the battle phase, Shinato's Ark can, according to the number of monsters on the opponent's field, randomly special summon Defense Position Monsters on my side from the containment zone!"
Appearing was Noah's Deck Commander's game-breaking defensive effect.
This means that at the start of the battle phase, no matter how many powerful monsters the opponent summoned this turn, Noah here can always conjure an equal number of Defense Monsters out of thin air.
The most crucial thing is, the thing with so many abnormal abilities isn't a monster, or a Continuous Magic Trap, but a "Deck Commander" that Noah added to the rules himself.
This means you can neither attack it down nor blow it away with a wind of destruction, you can only pinch your nose and accept its disgusting effect.
Noah looked smug, "Didn't expect, right? Now there's only the monsters you sent to the graveyard in the containment zone, so naturally the ones appearing on my field as a wall are your monsters.
Come on, random summon!"
The enormous wooden ship behind him began to react. A few beams of golden light were unleashed from the gigantic hull, successively blasting to the ground in front of Noah.
Since Youyu had three monsters on the field, Noah here could summon up to three monsters as well.
However, most of Youyu's monsters were banished by the Fusion Gate so far, leaving only the Vision Hero Faris sacrificed and another "Elemental Hero Solidman" discarded when Vision Hero Faris was special summoned from the hand in containment.
[Vision Hero Faris, Defense 1800]
[Elemental Hero Solidman, Defense 1100]
Noah waved his hand, "All the monsters you sent to the graveyard will become my shields! This way, no matter how many monsters you summon, no matter how many attacks you launch, you can't harm me!"
To be honest, using the deck from DM to win against Noah under such harsh conditions is indeed unlikely.
However, in the animation, during the duel with Noah, Kaiba was defeated down to just a sliver of LP, empty-handed and with no field. As a result, Dark Yugi took over from the unable-to-continue Kaiba under these conditions and forcibly turned the table to counter-attack Noah's LP 10,000, leaving a famous tale in Yu-Gi-Oh! history of "LP 100 VS LP 10,000".
From this, it seems Yugi is truly a walking cheat in the card game world, incomprehensible and unlearnable...
He, Youyu, is not a king and doesn't have those cheat-level duelist qualities. But it doesn't matter; he has already prepared a countermeasure for Noah's rogue tactics!
"The moment you summon the monster, Noah, I will activate the Quick-Play Magic - Mask Change from my hand!"
Noah was surprised: "The Quick-Play Magic that was added to your hand through the monster effect just now?"
"Mask Change allows me to send a monster with 'Hero' in its name from my field to the graveyard, and Special Summon a Masked Hero Fusion Monster with the same attribute!
I will use Mask Change to transform the 'Elemental Hero Absolute Zero' on the field!"
The dazzling light briefly enveloped the entire field, swallowing the frozen hero's figure. Within the light, the silhouette of a figure in armor appeared, surrounded by swirling water.
"Transform, Absolute Zero!" Youyu declared, "Masked Hero Acid, summon!"
The Elemental Hero who governed the frozen domain vanished, replaced by a Masked Warrior in exoskeleton armor, crouching on the ground.
[Masked Hero Acid, ATK 2600]
"But doing so is meaningless!" Noah said coldly, "Even so, your field still only has three monsters, you can't break through Ark's Absolute Defense..."
"That's not necessarily true." Youyu chuckled, "Take a look at your own field."
"My field...What!?"
Noah was shocked to discover that ice had unknowingly spread from his feet.
The pervasive cold dominated the entire half of Noah's field. His Vision Hero Faris, Elemental Hero Solidman, and the War God Ares he summoned earlier had all been completely frozen into sculptures.
It was as if a world dominated by cold, an Absolute Zero domain, where even air could be frozen.
"What is this...!?"
"The effect of 'Elemental Hero Absolute Zero'," Youyu said calmly, "When this monster leaves the field, all monsters on the opponent's field will be destroyed."
"Tch, such an effect exists?"
Though surprised, Noah didn't consider this effect to be overly excessive.
After all, Absolute Zero is a Fusion Monster and must "leave the field" to activate its effect. It pales compared to the randomly destructive cards printed in his own deck that can even destroy the opponent's hand...
But Noah wasn't flustered, instead he turned his head towards the face-down card at his feet.
He had a "Negate Attack" face-down here as a double insurance, which is regarded as one of the strongest defensive traps. As long as this card remains, he can safely pass this turn...
However, just as he thought of this, a surge of water roared in, sweeping over the face-down "Negate Attack," lifting it high in the air, like acid corrosion accompanied by sizzling smoke, burning his card to ashes.
"Wha...What!?" Noah was now greatly shocked.
"The special ability of 'Masked Hero Acid,'" Youyu pointed at the armored hero in front of him, "Upon successful summon, destruction of all opponent's Magic Trap Cards on the field!"
Only then did Noah suddenly come to his senses.
When Absolute Zero leaves the field, it destroys all monsters, and when transformed into Acid, it destroys all Magic Trap Cards...
...Such a powerful chain reaction!
Youyu chuckled lightly.
Blame your own rule of "no restrictions on usable cards."
Besides, you were the one who printed fake cards first, deservedly getting crushed by the righteous heroes.
[Elemental Hero Gaia, ATK 3100]
[Vision Hero Adoration, ATK 2800]
[Masked Hero Acid, ATK 2600]
[Noah, LP 4000]
"Continue the battle!" Youyu commanded, "Elemental Hero, Vision Hero, Masked Hero, launch a full attack on Noah!"