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Chapter 1469: Left eye twitching for wealth, traditional culture, right eye twitching for disaster, feudal superstition
"Chain the effect of your [D·Hero Determined Man], and activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Wrath of the Sea Dragon God]!"

The sea surface, which was barely calm at first, suddenly surged with waves. The sudden wave instantly surrounded the three monsters on the field of Ed, as if it was going to swallow them all! ?
"【Sea Dragon God's Wrath】is a powerful card with a limit of only one per turn, and it can only be activated when I have 【Sea】 on my field." Kajiki Yuta began to explain the card's effect at this time, "It can only be activated against monsters on the opponent's field up to the number of Water attribute monsters on my field that originally have Level 5☆ or higher."

"Destroy those monsters, and until the end of the next round, the areas where those monsters were will be unusable!"

The moment when Ed's field had all three monsters, it indeed met the requirements for the appearance of [D·hero Blood Demon-D], but it also allowed Kajiki Yuta to maximize the effect of [Wrath of the Sea Dragon God] on his backfield.

The most terrifying thing about this card is not that it can destroy three monster cards at once, but that after destroying the monsters, it can also block the area where those monsters existed and prevent Ed from using them. This means that even if Ed has the ability to Special Summon three monsters again after this, he cannot bring [D·hero Blood Demon-D] back to the field, because there are only two empty slots on his field, and the number of sacrifices required for [D·hero Blood Demon-D] is three!

Unfortunately, although Ed still had four cards in his hand, none of them could chain with [Wrath of the Sea Dragon God] to invalidate it. However, Ed was unwilling to watch his monster being destroyed. Seeing this, he immediately pulled out a card from the backfield and said, "Then I will chain with the effect of [Wrath of the Sea Dragon God] and activate the second effect of [V·hero Poison Man] on my backfield!"

"During both Main Phases, you can activate this ability by Tributing a [Hero] monster on my field. This will Special Summon [V·Hero Poison Man] to my field!"

"I release the [E·hero Skyman] on my field and Special Summon [V·hero Poison Man] in Defense Position!"

As Ed gave the order, [E·hero Skyman], who was surrounded by the waves on his field, used his flying backpack to the maximum power under the cover of his other two companions, and sent a beam of energy out of the whirlpool, landing on Ed's backcourt.

"It's not over yet! I will also activate the effect of [V·hero Increment Man]." Taking the cards from the duel disk again, Ed took the cards of [E·hero Skyman] and [D·hero Determined Man], "Liberate the [D·hero Determined Man] on my field to activate its effect."

"However, the effect of [V·hero Increment Man] was negated by [Dolphin Seeker] in my last turn. Even if you use [D·hero Determined Man] as a Cost, you cannot Special Summon it." Kajiki Yuta reminded.

"That's enough." Ed raised the Duel Disk and showed Kajiki Yuta that there were only two cards in the monster area on his Duel Disk at the moment, [D·hero Drill Man] and [V·hero Poison Man]. "If I understand correctly, the effect of [Sea Dragon God's Fury] is to destroy the monster first, and then block the area where the destroyed monster existed, right?"

"In other words, you can't block the area where indestructible monsters and monsters that have not been destroyed exist. And because [Wrath of the Sea Dragon God] is a card that selects the target when it is activated, now that I have released [D·hero Determined Man] and [E·hero Skyman], the only monster you can destroy is [D·hero Drill Man]!"

"Compared to the three monster areas being blocked, it is obviously more acceptable for me to only block one monster area."

On the field of Ed, [V·hero Toxic Man] received the energy sent by [E·hero Skyman], and got out of the phantom state and gained entity, and walked to the front field. However, [V·hero Incremental Man] was still suppressed by the [Dream Shark] released by [Seeking Dolphins], and could only watch [D·hero Determined Man] fall into the air in waste.

The next moment, the chain began to deal with the effect of [Wrath of the Sea Dragon God], and the vortex had been reduced to only the monster [D·hero Drill Man], which was swallowed by the waves and dragged to the bottom of the sea. At the same time, the land under its feet was also submerged by the sea and could not be used temporarily.

[Ed Phoenix: 200LP, 4 cards in hand]

[V·hero Toxic Man][3☆/Dark]

【Warrior/Effect】

[900/700]

[D-Power][Mirage of Nightmare][V·Hero Increment]

"After the effect of [Wrath of the Sea Dragon] is resolved, it is the turn of the effect of [D-Hero Determined] that I Special Summoned earlier. Although he has been released and left the field, his effect will still be processed normally."

Ed showed the card of [D·Hero Determined Man] that had just been released but not yet entered the graveyard, and said, "[D·Hero Determined Man]'s first and third effects can only be used once per Duel. When [D·Hero Determined Man] is successfully Summoned or Special Summoned, at the End Phase of this turn, I select a [Hero] monster in my graveyard and add it to my hand."

"Is it just the [Hero] field? That's quite lenient." Kajiki Yutai raised an eyebrow, "You can choose [E·hero Skyman] to search for other monsters or destroy my magic and trap cards, or you can search for [V·hero Solitary Man] to expand, or maybe the [D·hero Bloodthirster-D] that you've been dreaming of?"

"Why, you just can't let go of that card? You have to fight around it, or else there will be no duel?"

Hearing Kajiki Yuta's ridicule, Ed closed his eyes and recalled. Although it was a bit inappropriate, he suddenly wanted to think about what "fate" was like a philosopher.

Is it the fate of my father's "blood"? Is it the fate of DD's "hero"? Is it the fate of Saiou's "absolute"? Is it the fate of Caesar's "strong"?

A heavy burden, a sense of justice, destiny, and invincibility. Everyone's "destiny" seems to have its own reasons. Each answer is somewhat close to Ed's thoughts, but Ed can't confirm which one is the correct answer, or maybe none of them is the correct answer?
"[V·Hero Poison Man] can only activate its third effect when it is successfully Special Summoned from the Magic Trap Zone." Ed had no way to answer Kajiki Yuta without an answer. He chose to throw the question back to Kajiki Yuta to see what his answer would be. "Choose a monster on the field and cut its attack power in half. The monster I chose is [Spiral Dragon] on the opponent's field!"

"Tsk, pretending not to hear?" Kajiki Yuta said dissatisfiedly, looking at the snake-like hand cannon on Ed's field, which was aimed at the [Spiral Dragon] on his field and looked exactly like a snake's head. "But the [Fortress Whale] on my field has the ability to once per turn, and when the opponent activates a magic, trap, or monster effect that only targets a single Water monster on my field, it can be chained and destroyed!"

"It's useless. [V·hero Toxic Man] doesn't have a target effect. Your [City Whale] can't chain to invalidate and destroy my [V·hero Toxic Man]. It will only reduce the attack power of your [Spiral Dragon] by half." Ed glanced at the [Spiral Dragon] and said, "Although the attack power of the [Spiral Dragon] is still 3100 points, it will soon be reduced to only 1550 points!"

"No matter how strong their bodies are, fish living in the sea cannot avoid being regarded as prey and hunted!"

But upon hearing what Ed said, Kajiki Yuta sneered: "Huh? Destiny? First 'hero' and then 'destiny'? Kids this age really have heads full of hard-to-understand words. I understand why you're so popular with the audience. Being a little bit second-year does give people a cool look during a duel."

"But I'm sorry, I'm already past that age, and even at the same age, I've never been someone who believes in something like 'fate'. Otherwise, what are we doing as fishermen, going out to sea to fight storms and catch fish?"

Kajiki Yuta, who never tries to be fashionable or flashy in duels and always speaks with strength, said as he pressed the button to start the cover, "If your left eyelid twitches, it's destiny, but if your right eyelid twitches, it's disaster. I just treat it as feudal superstition. If fate wants you to, just obey it, but if you don't like it, then fight against it!" "Listen carefully, Ed boy. Things like fate have always had only one use - that is to be broken!"

"Open the face-up card, the Continuous Trap Card [Underwater Assault]! When [Underwater] exists on my field, this face-up card gains an additional effect!"

As he spoke, Kajiki Yuta picked up the [Spiral Dragon] card on the Duel Board and said, "Effect 1! Once per turn, I banish one face-up Water monster on my field until the End Phase to activate this effect. During this turn, my face-up Spell and Trap Cards on my field cannot be destroyed by your opponent's effects!"

"I'm releasing the Spiral Dragon! It will avoid the effects of V-Hero Poison Man and grant the Magic and Trap Cards on my field resistance to destruction!"

The whirlpool wrapped around the body of [Spiral Dragon] and carried it into the deep sea, temporarily disappearing, causing the corrosive venom shot by [V·hero Toxic Man] to miss its target and was soon diluted by the endless sea water. The whirlpool suddenly exploded and turned into water splashes that fell on the field magic cards on Kajiki Yuta's field and the only remaining [Underwater Assault] in the backfield. The water splash plating flowed calmly, making them unable to be cleared by Ed at least in this round.

And Ed, rather than the changes in the cards on the field, was more concerned about Kajiki Yuta's previous answer.

"'Fate is meant to be broken', is this your answer, Mr. Kajiki?" Looking at the four cards in his hand, Ed took a closer look at the one that said [Break Fate].

He also has two cards in his hand that allow Ed to retrieve [D·hero Blood Demon-D] from the graveyard and gather the other two required sacrifice monsters, so he can indeed summon [D·hero Blood Demon-D] again if he wants. With the support of [D-Power], he can still effectively suppress or even break through Kajiki Yuta's current lineup.

But it was not enough. At best, I could only "fight" but not "win". With everything I had, I was not able to defeat Kajiki Yuta.

Ed couldn't help but think of the opponent he had met before who changed his career status, Marufuji Ryo who called himself "Hell Caesar".

"Giving up all old friends and gaining new power, the so-called 'risking death to survive'? That kind of thing..." Looking at the last of the four cards in his hand, Ed pulled it out without hesitation and said, ".I can do it too!"

"Activate the magic card [Magic Hammer]! Return this card and any number of cards in my hand to the deck, shuffle them, and draw cards in the same number of cards as the returned cards. I choose to return all the cards in my hand to the deck!" Without leaving any room for himself, Ed chose to put back four cards in one breath, and then put his fingers on the deck, "So, respond to me! And then power! Give me more power!"

"The number of cards I returned to the deck is four, so I can draw four cards from the deck, Draw!"

By giving up the chance to revive [D. Hero Blood Demon-D] and breaking the fate called [Breaking Fate], the power that Ai De gained in return was——

"Magic Card, activate [Pot of Greed]! Return the five monster cards in my graveyard to the deck and shuffle them. Draw two cards. I choose three of [D·hero Demon Man], [D·hero Determined Man], and [D·hero Destruction Phoenix Man]!"

After returning the five cards to the deck and shuffling them, Ed drew a card. Without even looking at what card he had drawn, he waved his hand and said, "Then, send the Fusion Material Monsters determined by the Fusion Monster Cards in my hand and deck to the Graveyard—"

What Ed was using at this moment was not the trap card [D-Fusion] that he had used before, which could be translated as "Fusion of Fate", but a magic card with the two strongest superior cards in his deck [D·hero] printed on the card image, a card that impressed countless card players in another world and even played music in their minds automatically -

"Activate the magic card [Fusion of Fate]!" Ed held up the card and shouted, "I can't see the whole picture of fate. If that's the case, let me use this card to unify the answers given by everyone!"

"From my Fusion Deck, I will Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster that uses a [D·hero] monster as Fusion Material!"

"A deck fusion like [Red-Eyes Fusion]!?" Kajiki Yuta looked at the card image of [Fusion Destiny] and widened his eyes in shock. After all, although there are many fusion cards exclusive to each deck nowadays, there are really few that can achieve deck fusion. "And that card image, could it be a fusion of [D·hero Blood Demon-D] and [D·hero Doctrine]?"

"But that doesn't make sense. Aren't those two cards still in Ed's graveyard? Wait, did [D·hero Destruction Phoenix Man] just return to the fusion deck?!"

The next moment, just as Kajiki Yuta guessed, Ed showed the two cards he chose from his deck: "The monsters I want to send to the graveyard are these two! [D·hero Demon Man] and [D·hero Disc Man]. The material requirements are [Hero] monsters and [D·hero] monsters above level 6☆!"

"Heroes who have ravaged the world, heroes who bear the sins of the creatures of the disk, now unite as one, transform into heroes of the ultimate destiny who are immortal, and descend upon this land!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 8☆!"

"Come again, [D-hero destroys Phoenix Man]!!!"

[D·hero Destruction Phoenix Man] [8☆/Dark]

[Warrior/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/2100]

Although [D·hero Destroy Phoenix Man] had left the stage extremely casually before, it never meant that Ed's [D·hero Destroy Phoenix Man] was weak, it was just that [Forbidden Drop] was too powerful.

After a round of settling down, he returns again and welcomes the most beautiful new student for the second time - [D·hero Destruction Phoenix Man], who immediately releases the power accumulated during his time in the cemetery!
"Monsters Special Summoned by the effect of [Fusion Fate] will be destroyed at the end of the next turn, and after [Fusion Fate] is activated, I cannot Special Summon non-Dark attribute [Hero] monsters until the end of the turn." Ed waved his hand, "But now - the effect of [D·Hero Destruction Phoenix Man] reduces the attack power of monsters on the opponent's field by the number of [Hero] cards in my graveyard x 200 points!"

"Absolute justice suppression!"

The King of Understanding won the election, so I decided to take a day off (laugh)