"Just now, Chaos Neos's attack should've dealt me 3500 battle damage."
Yubel said.
"So according to Demon Realm Impatiens Seed's effect, 3000 of that damage is negated, and in exchange, three 'Demon Realm Impatiens Derivatives' are Special Summoned to my field."
[Demon Realm Impatiens Derivative, Defense Power 0] x3
"And the remaining battle damage I take… becomes 500."
[Yubel, LP 3000 → LP 2500]
Judai couldn't help but shout, "Yubel…"
"It's useless, Judai." Chaos Neos said, "She can't hear your voice anymore."
Judai clenched his fist. "So that means… we haven't hit deep enough yet?"
During everyday chatter Judai had occasionally received some training from Yugen, and had already learned quite a bit about Dark Duels. He knew that Yubel's Life Points were like the armor in which the evil consciousness was imprisoning her; the lower those Life Points were beaten down, the closer they'd get to her true consciousness.
Judai said, "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Just like Ultraman can only act on Earth for three minutes, originally Chaos Neos could only remain on the field for one turn before being forcibly returned to the Card Deck. But now that the Field Spell New Universe Space was up, for Neos it was like soaking in a fountain, an area with infinite energy supporting him, so the mandatory return-to-deck effect didn't have to be activated.
Yubel said, "My turn, draw!"
She played the card she drew. "Activate Magic Card 'Burial Spell Treasure Scroll.'
Remove three Magic Cards in the Graveyard from the Game, and draw two cards from the Card Deck." (Original Card)
She revealed the three Magic cards in her Graveyard.
"I remove 'Pot of Greed,' 'Angel's Charity,' and 'Tomb of the Dead Emperor' from the Game, and draw two cards."
Yubel drew two cards. Her gaze swept over them; her expression froze for a moment, as if her mind had been shaken by what she'd drawn, but her eyes immediately sharpened again.
"Activate Continuous Magic 'Netherworld's Treasure Scroll.'" Yubel said. "When using two or more Monsters as tributes for an Upper-level Summon, I can draw two cards from my Card Deck."
Then she slowly, almost solemnly, drew another card from her hand.
Even before she made the summoning motion, dark clouds seemed to gather above the field, as if boundless Darkness was converging. Thunder detonated with a shrill crack, as though some extremely Evil thing was brewing within the storm.
"I offer up my three 'Impatiens Derivatives' as tributes!
A god of destruction that devours heaven and earth, erases all, returns everything to the Void—
—Evil God Eraser, descend!!!"
Judai's heart tightened, his pupils contracting. "A… an Evil God!?"
The three impatiens flowers vanished at once, as if devoured and chewed into fragments by Darkness. A pillar of dark energy pierced the clouds, even boring through the thunderheads. A Demon from the abyss slowly twisted its body, stretching its limbs, unleashing silver claws, lightning flickering between its jaws.
Evil God Eraser, descended!
[Evil God Eraser, Attack Power ?]
By now Judai was no ordinary Duelist, but the more power and experience one had, the more clearly one could sense how terrifying this Evil God's power was. Having once experienced the oppression of a Phantom God, he faintly felt that this Evil God's might actually rivaled that of the Phantom Gods, who supposedly stood at the pinnacle of the Duel World. Its strength was truly horrifying.
"An Evil God…" Judai said. "So this is the true form of the Evil intent attached to Yubel's body?"
Chaos Neos raised an arm before himself as well. "Stay sharp, Judai. This enemy is on a completely different level…"
Judai nodded. "I know."
Yubel said, "Because I used three Monsters as tributes for an Upper-level Summon, 'Netherworld's Treasure Scroll' activates. I draw two cards from my Card Deck."
Yubel drew two more cards, then continued.
"Evil God Eraser's Attack Power is determined by the number of cards on your field. Eraser's Attack Power becomes one thousand times the number of cards on your field."
Judai said, "On my field I have Chaos Neos, New Universe Space, and one Cover Card, that's three cards in total…"
Yubel: "Correct. Therefore, Eraser's Attack Power is three thousand."
[Evil God Eraser, Attack Power ? → Attack Power 3000]
Judai's heart settled a little. At least in terms of Attack Power, no matter what abilities Eraser had, for now it didn't seem to be stronger than Chaos Neos…
"You think power at this level isn't enough to defeat your Neos?"
As if seeing straight through his thoughts, Yubel let out a cold snort.
"Then how about when I add this card?
Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Ojama Trio'!"
Judai was shocked. "Yugen's card!?"
Because of the shifted worldline, Judai's first reaction upon seeing 'Ojama' was actually not his good buddy Chazz, but Yugen.
But he immediately understood the value of this card appearing right now.
Ojama is one of the most common stall Card Decks; Trio is itself extremely common and has no acquisition threshold. This card directly summons three basically useless Derivatives to the opponent's field, locking three of their Monster Zones. In combination with Eraser, this setup both clogs the opponent's zones and straight-up gifts Eraser a base 3000 Attack Power boost.
"Ojama Trio's effect: Special Summon three Ojama Derivatives in Defense position to your field!"
Three yellow, green, and black Ojama Derivatives immediately popped up in Judai's empty Monster Zones, forcibly occupying all three of them.
[Ojama Derivative, Defense Power 1000] x3
"Since the number of Monsters on your field increased by three, Eraser's Attack Power rises by another 3000!"
[Evil God Eraser, Attack Power 3000 → Attack Power 6000]
Judai's expression grew heavy. "Attack Power six thousand…"
"You're mine. As long as you belong to me, that's enough!" Yubel shouted. "Accept everything from me, Judai! We will once again become one!
Evil God Eraser, attack 'Elemental HERO Chaos Neos'!"
The Evil God opened its maw, spewing forth the deepest Darkness in the world, as if anything touched by that Darkness would instantly be reduced to Void.
"Give up resisting, give up struggling, Judai!" Yubel said. "We'll be whole again!"
"Not like this. Not in this way."
Judai said stubbornly.
"Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Damage Slimming'!"
This was also something he'd gotten from Yugen, a brand-new Trap designed just two months ago by some Trap development department in Yugen's lab.
"During the turn Damage Slimming is activated, all damage I take… is cut in half!"
The Darkness swallowed Chaos Neos like a tidal wave, and the resulting shockwave rolled Judai into the storm as well, sending his body crashing uncontrollably to the ground.