Chapter 124: Don

To be honest, if Tiancheng Guang were to choose for himself, he'd still prefer to keep the Universal Fusion Material, but having relied on Super Fusion to get this far, he's long accepted that Super Fusion will randomly fuse him a "stronger" card.

Even though, purely in terms of card strength, Tiancheng Guang believes Fusion Seal Creatures are far more meaningful to him than Chaos Phantom, if you consider other aspects—like "battle power"—Chaos Phantom is still quite good.

Not to mention, at least it'll keep Tierra from constantly nagging him to "do something big, do something big!"

And—

Tiancheng Guang had already contacted Professor Cronos.

Demonic Kings, Fusion Seal Creatures—those are definitely better the more you get; since you can draw them, that means you can acquire them, so he's been actively buying up these cards—they're far more meaningful to Tiancheng Guang!

Not to mention, this Universal Fusion Material is precisely the "raw ore" of Alchemy; Tiancheng Guang had long anticipated that Fusion Seal Creatures would be fused away by Super Fusion, so he'd already begun contacting people to acquire them.

Demonic Kings might be rare, but Fusion Seal Creatures aren't nearly that expensive—he can still afford them.

But then again…

"I still want Luo Sheng the most."

Chaos Phantom Amityel isn't just one "form"—it also has a form called "Chaos Phantom Amityel - Void Phantom Luo Sheng," which can transfer control of itself to its opponent, then, at the End Phase, banish all cards on the field belonging to that "self"—and "self" here refers to the opponent who received control!

Because this effect is activated by "itself," many one-way resistance monsters can't resist it and are directly banished; after banishing itself, it can also allow the original owner to Special Summon one "Chaos Phantom Amityel" from their deck, ignoring Summoning conditions!

Compared to Chaos Phantom, which only gains 10,000 ATK during its own turn, this is superior in every aspect.

Of course, Tiancheng Guang isn't in a hurry.

Just like Flame Sword and Black Flame have evolutionary tendencies, even Chaos Phantom should be similar, right?

Tiancheng Guang wearily put the cards away, then flipped through Sendao's deck.

"Ding-ding—"

"Zzz—"

As he flipped through the deck, the surrounding Spirits gathered around; some thanked Tiancheng Guang and left, and he didn't stop them.

Not all Duel Monster Spirits have the courage to "fight," and not all Duel Spirits have the "right" to duel; most are merely simple "inhabitants of the Spirit World"—earning the status of "warrior" isn't easy, yet many Spirits still stayed behind, hoping to lend Tiancheng Guang a hand.

Among them was "a-Accel Core."

Besides that, there were cards from VW and XYZ, but only the Y-Dragon Head Spirit was in the lab; Tiancheng Guang also saw Ancient Mechanical Hound and Ancient Mechanical Demon God!

The appearance of these two cards was a pleasant surprise.

Tiancheng Guang still hasn't obtained Hound or Double Hound, especially cards like Double Hound and Triple Hound—these Ancient Mechanical cards are exclusive to the Fusion Army; someone like him, an "heretic," could never acquire them through official channels.

On the other hand, the card "Ancient Mechanical Demon God" is no small matter!

He carefully read the effect of the Mechanical Demon God.

Hmm—it's the O-version—perfect!

The original Ancient Mechanical Demon God had an effect: once per turn, inflict damage to the opponent equal to 1000 times the number of face-up Spell Cards on your field.

But the O-version can only inflict 1000 damage per turn.

However, although the O-version's Ancient Mechanical Demon God weakened its damage output, it no longer requires an Equip Card—it's born with full immunity: "This card is unaffected by other card effects!"

Moreover, if this monster is destroyed by battle, it can ignore Summoning conditions and Special Summon an Ancient Mechanical Monster from the deck—what could that be?

Ancient Mechanical Giant!

"Not bad—this card's great!"

Tiancheng Guang was very satisfied.

Because his biggest advantage is its extremely lenient Fusion Material requirement—just any two Ancient Mechanical Monsters!

This lenient Fusion condition, excellent immunity, and the ability to Special Summon an Ancient Mechanical Giant upon battle destruction—on the first turn in this world, having this card drastically improves defensive safety; and if you overlay "Ancient Mechanical Duel," you can directly Fusion Summon "Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Giant" using the Ancient Mechanical Giant on the field and Fusion Materials in the graveyard!

The difficulty of summoning and sustaining has dropped dramatically!

This is really great!

After studying Sendao's cards for a while, Tiancheng Guang cheerfully packed everything up.

Then, Tiancheng Guang turned to the Spirits.

Leading the group, a-Accel Core rolled forward on its treads to Tiancheng Guang: "Greetings, human warrior."

"Hello, Accel Core," Tiancheng Guang greeted him.

Then Tiancheng Guang asked broadly what had happened; Accel Core gave him a brief summary—

Roughly speaking, one day, a group of humans suddenly appeared in this Spirit World. Originally, the Spirits didn't mind humans appearing in their dimension—they'd been separated from their Mechanical Clan's home dimension for a long time and were curious about what was happening in other dimensions, and when they might one day "return."

But one day, these humans suddenly attacked them, catching them off guard and swiftly crushing them, seizing many Spirits.

These Spirits were held captive in this research facility, used as food for Phantoms while also being studied by the human researchers.

Tiancheng Guang looked at Alliance Doctor.

"Uh…" Alliance Doctor lowered his head in fear.

"You know—if you want to live, you must confess what you've been doing," Tiancheng Guang pointed at the robots, "Confess now, contact Haima Corp, and you might still be arrested; refuse to speak, and you've only got one fate."

He pointed at the robot Spirits beside him.

They've got plenty of "catching up" they want to do with him!

Sweat poured down Alliance Doctor's face like a waterfall, but he gritted his teeth and refused to speak. Even if attacked by Spirits now, he didn't care—as long as that thing wasn't found, the Professor would eventually send someone to retrieve it.

"Don't you dare think—I owe the Professor my life…"

"When else have you ever shown such righteousness?"

Alliance Doctor lowered his head even further, tense.

Just as he stubbornly refused to speak, prepared to fight to the end and unwilling to reveal the institute's greatest secret, Tierra suddenly exclaimed, "Whoa!"

Tiancheng Guang's attention snapped to her.

"What is it?"

"Tiancheng Guang, this isn't something a couple of instant noodles can tell you."

"Then?"

"When we get back, I want you to make me a 【Infernal Machine】 Level 4 monster."

Tiancheng Guang frowned.

A 【Infernal Machine】?!

Are you serious?!

What secret could possibly make Tierra demand something like this?!

Tierra's resurrection, from a real-world perspective, came from the combined power of all Infernal Machines and their shells; from a card perspective, 【Tierra】 has a temporary revived form, 【Infernal Machine - Tierra】, which requires fusing over ten Infernal Machine monsters to fully summon. That means, one 【Infernal Machine】 Level 4 monster can serve as one of Tierra's fusion materials!

It's essentially one-tenth of her "resurrection."

This is the first time Tierra has ever demanded such a huge condition from him!

But conversely—

If the condition is this big, how massive must the institute's secret be?

Although Tierra has been getting along well with him lately, and their cooperation has been fine, he never forgot: Tierra is not a pure "good god"—she's an "unfeeling god" who wants to reset the ecosystem.

He weighed his options, hesitating.

After a long pause, he thought: he could try—after all, this is just "one" time, and Tierra needs at least ten materials!

Using one opportunity to gauge Tierra's "cooperative" attitude is worth it.

"Fine—if your secret is convincing enough, I'll help you."

Tierra chuckled softly: "Don't worry."

She raised her staff; countless puppet threads surged wildly, soon shattering some lab equipment. The threads surged beneath the lever the doctor had desperately tried to pull, then plunged downward, as if searching for something.

"Wait—no, this—can't we settle this?!" Realizing Tierra had truly found "【that】," Alliance Doctor's face turned pale; he turned to the robots and asked.

"Right now? Are you kidding?" Tiancheng Guang had already agreed to this "cost"—he had no patience for useless words.

As he waited for Tierra's action, she suddenly brightened, yanked the threads sharply, and soon, a card glowing crimson rose from the depths of the lab!

The card floated and landed before Tiancheng Guang; he stared at it, stunned, then widened his eyes and looked up at Alliance Doctor: "You actually got this card?! Where did you even find this?!"

Alliance Doctor's face was ashen—he had no courage to respond. The Professor's most important "experimental objective," entrusted to him, had been discovered!

"From the start, I noticed they wanted to create artificial Spirits," Tierra shrugged, "but I never imagined they were trying to create this?"

"Ha, don't forget our deal—if you do, without me personally stepping in, you'll dig three feet deep and still never find this card."

Tiancheng Guang stared at the card in his hand—the bright red magic armor, pitch-black skin, and long white hair—his mind held only one thought.

Don't contact me about Fusion Seal Creatures yet—I'll deal with them after I've had a few days of fun playing with this.

The reason is simple—

This is a legendary, no—mythical-level rare card!

Although not unique, almost no one would ever sell it—it's that ultra-rare!

Dark Magician!

Who even cares about Fusion Seal Creatures anymore?

Not to mention, he originally wanted Fusion Seal Creatures mainly to replace this card.

If he traded this card, others would probably offer hundreds of Fusion Seal Creatures to get it!!

Chapter Two, wait for the new card livestream, looking forward to it

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