NovelOnline Chapter 707 - 707
Chapter 707 - 707
"—Mumyo Sandanzuki!!"Leaping through the air, Okita concentrated three strikes into a single point. With the Headband of Resolve doubling her ace-level stats, the blade in her hand tore through the raging wind, effortlessly cleaving apart Grand Neos's spinning drill.
[Elemental HERO Grand Neos] destroyed.
[Jaden LP: 8000 → 5500]
"That hurts! Sensei's attacks really hurt!"
Within the barrier, the sword-wind materialized into a real physical impact. After shattering Grand Neos, it slammed directly into Jaden.
At the very moment Jaden's Life Points dropped, the sins of 'Gluttony' and 'Pride' also appeared on his forehead and the back of his hand.
Clutching her stomach, Eve pointed at Jaden and burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, this is way too funny! Who has the word 'Gluttony' written right on their forehead?!"
["This useless shrine maiden is so dumb it's starting to become pitiful…"]
"When Elemental HERO Grand Neos is destroyed, I activate the effect of Equip Spell Card Instant Neo Space!"
[Equip Spell Effect: If the equipped monster leaves the field: You can Special Summon 1 "Elemental HERO Neos" from your hand, Deck, or GY.]
"The revived light of Neo Space! I Special Summon Elemental HERO Neos from my Graveyard in Defense Position!"
[Elemental HERO Neos DEF 2000]
Discarding the armor of Grand Neos, Neos returned in his original Ultraman-like form, crossing his arms before him in a defensive stance.
"So you revived Neos using your Equip Spell. But my attacks still aren't over yet!"
After Okita destroyed Grand Neos, Hoshino immediately commanded the strengthened Bride Nero Illya to attack Neos as well.
"—Take this!!!"
Silver-white primordial flames mixed with pure rose petals as Bride Illya unleashed scorching flames of love, trailing blazing light into the sky before exploding beneath Neos's feet.
[Elemental HERO Neos] destroyed.
"When a monster enhanced by Bride Nero destroys an opponent's card, I can draw one card through her effect."
Hoshino flicked a virtual card from her Duel Disk, replenishing her hand back to five cards.
"So strong… Headmistress isn't giving Jaden any room to breathe at all," Minazuki muttered in admiration.
"Is that really the case?" Mokuba tilted his head suspiciously. "She barely consumed any hand resources before going on the offensive. It almost feels like Hoshino isn't even taking this duel seriously."
"Heh. Why would an adult use their full strength while playing with a child?" Kaiba sneered.
"No, I think Hoshino is being cautious about something," Yugi added while observing the movements of the Seven Sins Barrier. "She may actually be trying to slowly figure out the Barrier's effects."
Before Yugi had even finished speaking, the 'Wrath' sigil glowing beneath Hoshino's feet suddenly twisted directions, pointing toward Jaden instead.
At the same time, the mark vanished from Hoshino's arm and reappeared on Jaden's.
"So that's how it works." Hoshino nodded in understanding. "If no one outside the duel possesses a specific sin mark, then within the barrier, the marks on the duelists transfer according to the battle damage dealt."
That left Jaden carrying three Sins, while Hoshino only had the 'Lust' mark remaining on her thigh.
"I'm not going to be suppressed this easily, Sensei!"
Perhaps it was just Hoshino's imagination, but after the Wrath mark transferred over, Jaden's aura seemed to surge dramatically.
"—I activate my face-down Trap Card Hero Signal! Inherit the power born from Neo Space and the Sword King!"
[Trap Card Effect: When a monster you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the GY: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Elemental HERO" monster from your hand or Deck.]
"After Neos was destroyed, I Special Summon Elemental HERO Shadow Mist from my Deck in Defense Position!"
The shining Hero Signal glowing above the barrier summoned a brand-new Elemental HERO onto the battlefield.
[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist ★★★★][DARK][Warrior/Effect][ATK 1000/DEF 1500]
"That Shadow Mist…!"
"The HERO used by King Frodi!"
Minazuki and Syrus exchanged shocked glances.
"Why does Jaden have that card?"
"Oh? Interesting… so that was Frodi's plan…" Harr noticed something and began calculating silently. "Did he leave his possibility behind in another world? But even if you and Mardel chose the same path, I still won't lose here!"
Placing Shadow Mist horizontally onto his Duel Disk, Jaden searched his Deck for a Quick-Play Spell.
"When Elemental HERO Shadow Mist is successfully Special Summoned, I can add one 'Change' Quick-Play Spell from my Deck to my hand! The card I add is this — Mask Change!"
"So not only did you obtain Neo-Spacians, you've also gotten Masked HEROes now? This is getting interesting, Jaden!"
"My counterattack is going to become really powerful from here on out, Sensei! And according to the effect of Equip Spell Headband of Resolve, the equipped monster is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase, right?"
"That's correct. However…"
Ending her Battle Phase, Hoshino gently closed her eyes and raised her right hand upward, directly tossing the Xyz card of Heroic Spirit – Okita Souji into the Overlay Network above.
"I use Heroic Spirit – Okita Souji as Xyz Material for an Overlay Xyz Summon! — Conquest itself is agony spanning three thousand worlds! Xyz Summon in Attack Position — Heroic Spirit – Oda Nobunaga, Three Thousand Worlds!"
[Heroic Spirit – Oda Nobunaga, Three Thousand Worlds Rank 4 ☆☆☆☆][FIRE][Warrior/Xyz/Effect][ATK 3000/DEF 2500]
[This card can also be Xyz Summoned by overlaying it on top of a Rank 4 "Okita Souji" Xyz Monster you control.]
"HAHAHAHAHA——!"
Breaking through the gale-like momentum of Xyz Souji, Nobunaga appeared amidst an eruption of flames, laughing wildly as she swept back her cloak and filled the sky with three thousand matchlock guns.
"At last, the moment has come for me to appear using that Okita girl as material!"
["Didn't Okita just say the exact same line a moment ago?"]
"If you take it seriously, you lose… Those two have completely warped their minds just to increase their screen time."
That said, after overlaying Xyz Nobunaga's card on top of Xyz Okita, the Equip Spell Card Headband of Resolve was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, naturally avoiding its side effect as well.
However, the moment Heroic Spirit – Oda Nobunaga · Three Thousand Worlds from the Extra Deck was summoned onto the field, the fifth mark of the Seven Sins activated accordingly.
Alexis — 『Envy』
"M-Me? I'm Envy?" Alexis looked slightly embarrassed as she covered the mark that had appeared across her chest.
"Am I the only one bothered by why it appeared there?" Akasha glanced left and right at the Envy mark on Alexis's chest before adding, "Everyone feels envy sometimes, you know. Like right now, I'm jealous of why yours are so huge!"
"So it really is triggered by summoning monsters from the Extra Deck."
Confirming her suspicion, Hoshino removed the Okita card layered beneath the virtual card of Heroic Spirit – Oda Nobunaga · Three Thousand Worlds as Xyz Material and activated the effect of the three thousand Demon King muskets floating above her head, every barrel aiming toward Jaden's field.
"Effect of Oda Nobunaga · Three Thousand Worlds! Remove any number of Xyz Materials from this card and destroy the same number of monsters on the opponent's field!"
"Okita, you can stay quietly in the Graveyard for me~"
The muskets fired in a wild barrage, with Nobunaga using Xyz Souji as literal ammunition. The bombardment swept away the Shadow Mist that Jaden had summoned with Hero Signal.
[Elemental HERO Shadow Mist] Destroyed
"And now I activate the effect of Bride Nero Illya—"
[②: Target 1 monster you control; gain LP equal to that monster's DEF.]
"I target Oda Nobunaga and recover Life Points equal to her 2500 DEF!"
[Hoshino LP 7800 → 10300]
After raising her Life Points into the five-digit range, Hoshino dragged two cards from her neatly arranged virtual hand and Set them in her back row, ending her turn.
"Your move, Jaden!"
[Hoshino: 3 Hand Cards | 2 Set Cards]
"My turn, draw!"
Jaden had originally planned to use Shadow Mist immediately for Mask Change, but with Shadow Mist destroyed by Nobunaga's effect, he had no choice but to rely on this turn's draw.
"Alright! From my hand, I activate the Spell Card — Convert Contact!"
[Convert Contact Spell Card Effect: This card can only be activated if you control no monsters. Send 1 card with "Neo-Spacian" in its name from your hand and 1 from your Deck to the Graveyard. Draw 1 card, then draw cards equal to the number of monsters your opponent controls.]
"Because Sensei destroyed my Shadow Mist and left me with no monsters on the field, I can use the effect of Convert Contact now!"
Sending one Neo-Spacian monster from his hand and one from his Deck to the Graveyard, Jaden first drew one card, then gained additional draws equal to the two monsters on Hoshino's field.
"I send 'Neo-Spacian Dark Panther' and 'Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird' to the Graveyard, then draw three cards from my Deck!"
After replenishing his hand back to five cards, Jaden glanced at the sleeping Neo-Spacians in his Graveyard and smiled confidently.
"—I activate the Spell Card Miracle Contact!"
[Spell Card Effect: Shuffle into the Deck, from your hand, field, or GY, the Fusion Materials that are mentioned on an "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster that mentions "Elemental HERO Neos" as material, then Special Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions.]
As the Spell Card activated, the light of Neo Space shining from Jaden's Graveyard completed a miraculous Contact Fusion.
"I return Elemental HERO Neos and Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird from my Graveyard to the Deck! Come forth, Miracle Contact Fusion — Elemental HERO Sky Neos!"
[Elemental HERO Sky Neos ★★★★★★★ (Level 7)][WIND][Warrior/Fusion/Effect][ATK 2500/DEF 2000]
["Elemental HERO Neos" + "Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird"]
Inheriting the will of Neo Space from the earth, the crimson Neos born from this miraculous fusion of the skies spread his massive white wings and soared through the heavens.
At the same time, after the sixth monster summoned from the Extra Deck — Elemental HERO Sky Neos — descended onto the field, the sixth mark of the Seven Sins, 『Sloth』, appeared on Syrus's shoulder.
"So that means only the final mark remains now?" Hoshino said curiously. "'Greed,' huh? I wonder who'll earn that final precious opportunity."
["Aibo, shouldn't we be worrying about what happens once all Seven Sin marks are gathered?"]
"What's there to worry about? With the way Jaden and I duel, collecting all seven marks was inevitable sooner or later. As for the rest… we'll just let things take their natural course~"
After completing the Miracle Contact Fusion Summon, Jaden activated Sky Neos's effect.
"Effect of Elemental HERO Sky Neos — If my Life Points are lower than my opponent's, this card gains ATK equal to the difference!"
[Jaden LP 5500]
[Hoshino Chiyuki LP 10300]
Bastion quickly calculated the numbers.
"The difference between them is 4800 points! That massive Life Point gap has actually become the opening for Jaden's counterattack?!"
[Elemental HERO Sky Neos ATK 2500 → 7300]
"This is the power of my Neo Space that pierces the skies, Sensei!"
Jaden pointed toward the Sky Neos soaring overhead and entered the Battle Phase.
"Destroy Oda Nobunaga, Sky Neos! — Sky Rip Wing!!"
Its pure white wings split the heavens apart. Nimbly weaving through the three thousand muskets Nobunaga had summoned around herself, Sky Neos unleashed a decisive supersonic strike amplified by the 4800-point Life Point difference, piercing straight through its target.
"Puwaaah… Well, this can't really be helped~"
[Heroic Spirit – Oda Nobunaga · Three Thousand Worlds] Destroyed
[Hoshino LP 10300 → 6000]
[Sky Neos ATK 7300 → 3000]
The violent wind pressure formed into a tornado that engulfed Hoshino. Sky Neos's reversal strike instantly brought both duelists' Life Points to nearly equal levels.
"That was a pretty good hit, Jaden!"
As the battle damage resolved, the two Sin Marks that had previously remained outside the duel field — Alexis's 『Envy』 and Syrus's 『Sloth』 — also appeared on Hoshino's chest and shoulder respectively.
"They really are way different in size…"
Comparing the 『Envy』 mark imprinted across Alexis's chest with the one now appearing on Hoshino's chest, Akasha sighed.
"(￣ー￣) So this is what they call envy… I completely understand now."