Chapter 122: A Liberating Strike (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

"My turn, draw!"

Tenjo Hikari drew a card and glanced at it.

"Completely crush?" Hearing Tenjo Hikari's words, Morishima couldn't help laughing, as if amused, "Do you even understand what that means?"

He raised his hand, pointing to the massive Lei Huang: "Lei Huang is one of the strongest card monsters; its power can force any spirit to submit. In this entire Alliance Storage dimension, no machine can stand against Lei Huang!"

"You mean to say you can do what this entire dimension cannot?"

Ha...

Tenjo Hikari laughed at that.

The Alliance Storage robots, right?

He could already picture how Morishima had fought off those robots, how he controlled Lei Huang to crush them.

As one of the top-tier cards, the Three Phantom Demons might seem weak among "top-tier monsters," but to ordinary spirits, they remain overwhelmingly powerful.

These dimension's robots simply cannot resist the Phantom Demons' power.

But that doesn't mean these dimension's robots will lose in a duel!

If Tenjo Hikari had cards like ABC, VW, XYZ, he felt he could beat Harmon into the ground.

Spirits are spirits; card strength is card strength!

"Besides, as far as I know, your strongest monster is just the Ancient Machine Ultimate Giant with 4400 attack points?" Morishima crossed his arms and laughed freely, "How are you going to defeat me?"

How to defeat?

Tenjo Hikari glanced at his hand and couldn't help smiling faintly.

"Tenjo Hikari, he's right!" Tierra looked troubled, "Your hand is all green cards—it looks pretty tough, doesn't it?"

"Tough? Heh, not at all!" Tenjo Hikari pointed to the graveyard and suddenly shouted, "I activate the effect of this card in my graveyard!"

"During your Main Phase, you can banish this card from your graveyard, targeting one Light-attribute and one Dark-attribute monster in your graveyard; return those two monsters to your deck and shuffle it, then draw one card."

Tenjo Hikari raised his Duel Disk; the cards in the graveyard rolled automatically, revealing themselves: "I return Elemental Hero Prism and Midrash from my graveyard to my deck. Draw one card."

Tenjo Hikari returned the cards to his deck and Extra Deck, then drew one card.

Here it comes!

Seeing the golden monster, Tenjo Hikari's eyes lit up.

His original goal could now be achieved!

"You brought back Midrash, huh? Hmph, as expected—not fusing was the right choice." Despite half his body being demonized, Morishima still retained considerable reason and calm.

Tenjo Hikari shrugged: "Then... I activate the Continuous Magic Card, Bright Fusion!"

"This card can only be activated once per turn; when activated, send from your deck to the graveyard the Fusion Materials specified by a 【Gem-Knight】 Fusion Monster, then Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck with 0 ATK and 0 DEF!"

"Wait, Tenjo Hikari, you don't have any Gem-Knight cards in your hand—how can you activate that effect if you want to summon Light Prism?"

"I don't need that!" Tenjo Hikari's gaze sharpened, suddenly contracting, "I will prove it—using the simplest, most direct, purest power from the front! I can crush my enemies head-on!"

"I send Gem-Knight Crystal from my deck and Lazuli to the graveyard!"

"Fusion requirement: a Gem-Knight monster and a Rock-type monster!"

"Gentle Jade of Serenity, Diamond of United Friendship!"

"Now, at this moment, unite as one, step into a new realm!"

Fusion Summon: Gem-Knight Diamond!

Captain Crystal appeared on the field, Lazuli swirling around him; countless rocks split from Crystal and flowed into Lazuli's body, finally forming a knight clad in Crystal's armor—larger, more muscular!

Gem-Knight Diamond, Level 8, Earth Attribute, Rock Type, ATK 2900.

Due to Bright Fusion's effect, ATK becomes 0.

"Hahaha! Summoning a monster with 0 ATK in Attack Position? Tenjo Hikari, you've truly gone mad!"

He flicked his hand and laughed loudly: "How can a monster with 0 ATK defeat the invincible Harmon!"

Tenjo Hikari chuckled.

He glanced to the side, staring at the wall—as if seeing through it to another duel happening elsewhere: "At the other end of the Storage, students from our academy and the Blue Academy of my year are being challenged: complete the Duel Spirit trial using only monsters with 500 ATK or less."

"Ha, maybe they don't even have 500—maybe they're all 0."

"Huh?" Morishima stared blankly, "That's impossible, it can't be done!"

"Heh, I think he can do it."

Morishima raised an eyebrow, thinking this was pure fantasy.

He'd fought those spirits before; though they couldn't defeat him, using only monsters with 500 ATK or less... no matter how you looked at it, it was impossible!

"Irrelevant. Either way, whether it's you or that guy, you'll both collapse miserably in this world!"

"Is that so..." Tenjo Hikari gave no reply.

"I activate the effect of my hand card, Evil Hero Dark Star Gold Demon: discard this card from hand to activate; add one card from your deck to your hand that is either 【Dark Fusion】 or has that card name."

Tenjo Hikari discarded a monster.

This card was given to him by Judai after their duel against the Qixing combo "Golden Spirit," but he'd never had a chance to use it or drawn it since, so it had lain dormant in his deck.

"I add Dark God's Call to my hand."

In the bright room illuminated by Lei Guang, a wisp of darkness surged forward, clinging to his hand.

"Huh... Dark God's Call—is that the Inferno Wing Demon? But the Fusion Materials for Inferno Wing Demon aren't in the graveyard... then..."

"Fusion requirement: a Demon-type monster and a Rock-type monster!" Tenjo Hikari's eyes snapped wide open; he raised Dark God's Call with a swift motion, "Activate Magic Card: Dark God's Call!"

"Banish from your hand or graveyard monsters as Fusion Materials to Special Summon one Fusion Monster that can be summoned by 【Dark Fusion】 as if it were a 【Dark Fusion】 Fusion Summon!"

"I banish Gem-Knight Bai Jing from my graveyard and Evil Hero Dark Star Gold Demon from my graveyard!"

"Fusion these two monsters!"

"Witness the anti-hero wielding a heart of darkness!"

"Shatter everything!"

"Fusion Summon!"

He clapped his hands forward.

Shattered rock, broken debris, spirit corpses—all seemed to lose gravity, flipping upside down!

"The hero born from evil within—"

"Evil Hero Dark Earth Demon!"

Dark Earth Demon was an evil hero clad in rock armor, growing bat-like wings; he floated in midair, facing Harmon directly, their gazes locked. Though their appearances differed, their structures were nearly identical.

Evil Hero Dark Earth Demon, Level 8, Earth Attribute, Demon Type, ATK?

"Dark Earth Demon's ATK equals the combined ATK of its Fusion Materials—that is... 4550 points!"

"F... 4550!?" Morishima staggered back half a step, "H-how? That ATK exceeds even the legendary Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

"Nothing is impossible—this is the power created by our academy's students, different from yours!"

"Hmm..." Morishima grimaced, "But even so, even if you restore Diamond's ATK to 2900, I still have LP..."

He quickly calculated, confirming his remaining LP.

"No!" Tenjo Hikari roared, "My goal from the very beginning was this moment!"

Red light suddenly flared behind him; a pair of eyes glowed: "I activate the Equip Magic Card, Phantom of the Necropolis!"

"Ahhhh!?" Morishima's eyes widened in horror, "You—you actually—no, you can't! How can you make the invincible Harmon—"

Phantom of the Necropolis can only be equipped to a Demon-type or Zombie-type Fusion Monster; besides enabling Fusion Summon, when this card attacks, it reduces the opponent's monster's ATK by the amount of your own monster's ATK!

That meant... 4550 points!

"It's too late!" Tenjo Hikari roared, "Battle! Dark Earth Demon, unleash it!"

He had been waiting for this moment!

Dark Earth Demon leapt forward with a flash, standing before Harmon; thick black mist erupted from its body, wrapping around Harmon; Lei Huang screamed in agony, its ATK plummeting rapidly!

As its ATK dropped, streams of white light burst from its body—some flew behind Tenjo Hikari, others merged into broken mechanical shells, still others fused into cards, accompanied by countless voices.

"Thank you," "Gratitude," "Deeply thankful"...

Some lights even flew out of this dimension, into some unknown world...

Meanwhile, the listless mechanical spirits in the lab gradually revived; their worn, damaged shells instantly renewed, glowing brightly like brand-new machines!

"No, you can't! You can't!" Morishima shrieked in madness, even sprinting toward Lei Huang Harmon!

These were the souls of interdimensional spirits he'd painstakingly collected!

"Too late for 'can't'!"

At this moment, Harmon's ATK had dropped to 0!

Yet instead of appearing furious, Harmon seemed ecstatic—it opened its mouth, cackling, shattering the ice on its body, and charged straight into Dark Earth Demon!

"Waaaaahhhhh!"

Countless ice shards slammed into Morishima; this rational duelist finally lost all composure, rushing toward Harmon—but this only worsened the outcome!

Because Lei Huang seemed to deliberately throw itself at him!

"Ahhhh!"

Morishima's LP: 1800 → 0!

Tenjo Hikari slammed his fist hard into the ground!

Perfect!

Victory was never his goal!

Saving all the spirits was!

Otherwise, why would he force Morishima to summon the Phantom Demons?

And now, he had not only perfected it, but exceeded expectations!

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