Chapter 113: The Cycle of Fusion

"My turn."

Tenjo Hikari effortlessly activated cards from his hand.

"Spell Card—Fusion!" Tenjo Hikari revealed the card; Sanzawa Daichi felt a chill run through him.

"The fusion requirement is... 【Black Magician Girl】 and a Dragon-type monster!"

"!"

"Huh?"

"What did he just say?"

If the Chaos Warrior had still been enough to make people take the duel seriously, the moment he uttered that name, many minds had already short-circuited.

"I fuse the Incantation Beast in my hand with Galaxy Serpent!"

Tenjo Hikari clapped his hands together: "Witness—the sorceress who wields the legendary dragon!"

Fusion Summon!

Long Qishi Black Magician Girl!

Boom!

Purple lightning crashed down, and a cute magician clad in silver-white armor appeared on Tenjo Hikari's field.

Huh?

Where's the dragon?

Tenjo Hikari froze for a moment.

Long Qishi Black Magician Girl, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster Type, ATK 2600.

"Eh... ehhhh?" Sanzawa Daichi was dumbfounded in the middle of the duel.

"Wow!! Black Magician Girl!!! And it's the Fusion form!"

"Wow, Tenjo, where did you get this card?! You never told us about it!"

"Tenjo, Tenjo! Can I leave the Fusion Department and join yours right now?! I want to see Black Magician Girl up close!"

Unfortunately, while Tenjo Hikari's Long Qishi did appear, it lacked the lively energy of the Black Magician Girl's spirit, standing rigidly on the field.

"The Fusion card for Black Magician Girl—apparently, without the right Fusion materials, it was completely unusable before," Sanzawa Daichi quickly calmed down after his initial shock.

Black Magician Girl was indeed the only one of its kind in the world, but beyond it, countless derivative works and cards existed. No one had ever expected that Tenjo Hikari, whose deck was always filled with bizarre, obscure cards, would possess such a cute monster.

"I activate the effect of Long Qishi Black Magician Girl. Once per turn, by sending one card from my hand to the graveyard, I can target one face-up monster on the field and destroy it."

"I discard my Substitute Fusion from hand and target your Dioxis Spirit!"

"No way! I activate the Counter Trap Card, Heavenly Punishment!" Sanzawa Daichi immediately flipped his face-down card. "I won't let you destroy my trump card so easily! I discard my Double Summon to negate and destroy your monster's effect!"

"Ah! Sanzawa Daichi!!!"

"Aaaaaah, Black Magician Girl—"

A group of students who couldn't tell who was who among the Black Magician Girls wailed in despair.

Tenjo Hikari didn't care. After watching Black Magician Girl go to the graveyard, he casually flipped open the graveyard: "Now, I activate the effect of Substitute Fusion in the graveyard: banish it from the graveyard, return Super Magical Warrior from the graveyard to the deck, then draw one card."

Tenjo Hikari smiled softly as he returned the card to the Extra Deck, making Sanzawa Daichi's brow twitch.

"Next, Spell Card—Fusion Recovery."

Sanzawa Daichi sucked in a sharp breath.

"Target one 【Fusion】 and one Fusion Summoned Fusion Material in my graveyard. Add those cards to my hand."

"I return Fusion and Incantation Beast to my hand."

The air grew slightly still.

On Judai's side, Wan Wan Zhangmu stared wide-eyed at the field.

"Impressive," Tenjou Kiyomi lightly plucked a string on her instrument. "Though Sanzawa has evolved from a simple compound into a brand-new Composite Beast, it seems to have exerted zero pressure on Tenjo Hikari right now."

After all, he was once the king of Blue Academy—his judgment was flawless: "That Incantation Beast truly unlocked Tenjo's potential. His alchemical talent—I feel as if I'm seeing the shadow of Master Professor Dadesi on him."

"So, you understand what comes next, right?" Tenjo Hikari flipped over three cards to show his opponent—same cards from last turn, same actions left unfinished.

"The fusion requirement is a Ritual Monster of 【Black Magician】 and 【Chaos】."

"I fuse the Incantation Beast with the Chaos Warrior in my hand!"

"Descend once more—The Magician who delivers judgment in Chaos, who commands Chaos!"

As Chaos Master reappeared, Sanzawa Daichi felt sweat pour down his forehead.

This is so frustrating!

His original plan was to catch Tenjo Hikari off guard with Composite Beasts. He knew Tenjo well enough—under the assumption that Tenjo didn't know about his new deck, he'd surely be thrown off balance, and his score would definitely be higher.

After all, with the help of just a few Composite Beasts, he could surely summon Dioxis Spirit in one turn—a powerful monster with resistance, the ability to destroy monsters, and 2800 ATK!

More importantly, he didn't need any Special Summoning at all, so he was completely unaffected by Tenjo's "Midrash."

When he switched decks, he'd considered using Water Dragon—but that would inevitably require one or two Special Summons per turn, making him vulnerable to immediate suppression by Midrash and preventing him from Special Summoning Water Dragon.

But Composite Beasts had no such risk.

This was his method of evading 【Shadow-Imitation Midrash】.

After all, though Midrash's ATK wasn't high, Tenjo had plenty of support cards to aid his Fusion Monsters. With Midrash constantly on the field, the pressure on other monsters was simply too great.

Even if Dioxis Spirit were destroyed, it didn't matter—as long as he wasn't defeated in one turn, he could use lower monsters in combination, linking them together to revive and Special Summon, ensuring he always had a Dioxis Spirit on his field during his turn—guaranteed to win.

But Tenjo Hikari had just revealed a "possibility" he'd never imagined.

Your cards are strong.

But I don't care.

Smash, recover, transcend—I only need to do what I do best.

With 【Fusion Incantation Beast - Dark】, Tenjo Hikari felt utterly unstoppable.

"At this moment, the effect of Super Magical Warrior activates."

"When this card is Fusion Summoned: revive one Light or Dark Attribute monster from the graveyard."

"I Special Summon the Galaxy Serpent previously used as Fusion Material."

Galaxy Serpent was a Level 2, 1000 ATK, Light Attribute Dragon-type monster. Though an ordinary monster, it was also a "Tuner," making its rarity unusually high—the rarest card Tenjo Hikari had ever drawn.

It barely compensated for Tenjo Hikari's lack of Light Attribute Dragon Fusion Materials.

"Next, I flip the face-down Shadow-Imitation Falcon."

"... One Light Attribute, one Dark Attribute..." Sanzawa Daichi took a deep breath.

"Two monsters—Light and Dark—are coming, Sanzawa. If you can just hold on—" he faintly heard the mathematician's voice, but he could only offer a helpless smile.

"Activate Super Magical Warrior's effect!"

"Send one Light Attribute and one Dark Attribute monster from my field to the graveyard. Exclude all monsters on your field!"

"Heaven and Earth Split!"

Super Magical Warrior slowly raised its weapon and swung it forward. In the next instant, the entire world seemed to split in two along the blade's path.

One more instant later.

As if it had never existed, Sanzawa Daichi's field became utterly clean.

To quickly perform Double Summon, Sanzawa Daichi had paid 2000 LP. After Super Magical Warrior's slash, he had no LP left.

"Sigh... I lost again." Sanzawa Daichi shook his head helplessly. "I still have a long way to go."

"Ha, Daichi, this is just temporary!"

He could see that Sanzawa Daichi had only just begun to define his future path—but even so, he was already far better than his memory of him.

More importantly, Tenjo Hikari could see too: Sanzawa Daichi's deck wasn't even complete!

The future of Composite Beasts was Xyz!

"I look forward to dueling you again!"

"Battle!"

"Super Magical Warrior—Chaos Master—direct attack!"

"Open Shadow Slash!"

Super Magical Warrior appeared before Sanzawa Daichi in a blink. The next moment, without feeling pain, Sanzawa Daichi found himself flying backward and crashing to the ground.

Sanzawa Daichi LP 2000 → 0

Fourth update, requesting monthly tickets and recommendations~

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