Chapter 132

Getting a Pot of Greed for free, Aster didn't seem very happy, but continued the duel.

"Activate Spell card, Polymerization."

He slowly placed a Spell card into his Duel Disk: "Fusion the two Destiny HEROes on the field."

"The Fusion condition is two Destiny HEROes."

"! Destiny HERO - Dystopia!"

Following Aster's operation, the two monsters on the field gradually merged into one, turning into a hero full of technology. He had golden shoulder pads, a golden mask, and on the very top of the mask, a big "D" was printed.

Subsequently, it rubbed its hands in the air, and two pitch-black energy balls emerged from its hands, as if it were holding two black holes.

Destiny HERO - Dystopia, Level 8, DARK, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800.

"Activate Dystopia's monster effect. When this card is Fusion Summoned, inflict damage to the opponent equal to the ATK of one Level 4 or lower Destiny HERO in my Graveyard! I choose Diamond Dude!"

"Oppressive Palm!"

Dystopia rushed to Tenjou Hikari, pressed its right hand toward Tenjou Hikari, and black energy landed on Tenjou Hikari's shoulder. At first, there was no anomaly, but in the next second, with a bang, Tenjou instinctively covered his shoulder and gasped.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 4000 -> 2600.

"He dealt damage before Hikari!"

"As expected of a professional player."

"It's not over yet. Activate the effect of the second Malicious in the Graveyard, banish it, and Special Summon the third Malicious from the deck!"

Wow...

Compared to losing life points, seeing Aster summon the third Pants-Man was even more interesting to Tenjou Hikari.

This was the "third" Malicious that you would never see in OCG for generations.

"Spell card, Force!"

"Target 2 face-up monsters on the field to activate. Until the end of the turn, the ATK of 1 target monster is halved, and the other monster's ATK increases by that amount!"

"I halve Dystopia's ATK, and increase Malicious's ATK!"

Dystopia, ATK: 2800 -> 1400.

Malicious, ATK: 800 -> 2200.

"Huh, the ATK didn't change, what's the point?"

Some students questioned.

"Perhaps Aster Phoenix wants to deal higher damage—"

No!

Serena suddenly recalled.

Dystopia's effect is!

"At this moment, activate Dystopia's monster effect!" Aster raised his right hand. "Once per turn, if this card's ATK is different from its original ATK, target 1 card on the field to activate. Destroy that card, and this card's ATK becomes its original value. This effect... can also be activated during the opponent's turn!"

"Ah!?"

"Oh no, if Flame Swordsman is destroyed at this time, then Tenjou won't have any monsters left on the field!"

"Aster Phoenix, he wants to end the battle this turn!"

The watching students marveled at Aster's power.

In just a few cards, without using many cards from his hand, he had already Fusion Summoned a powerful high-level monster, monsters appeared repeatedly, and besides increasing ATK, he could also destroy monsters.

If Aster's chain was completed, then Tenjou Hikari would lose this turn!

"Dystopia's effect, ATK restores, destroy 1 monster on the opponent's field!"

"Sublime Justice!"

Dystopia, ATK: 1400 -> 2800.

Dystopia rushed to Flame Swordsman. Flame Swordsman waved the great sword in its hand, doing its best to block the attack, but no matter how hard it tried, it was still absorbed by the power, and with a bang, it exploded into fragments.

"With this, the battle...!?" Just as Aster decided to attack directly and put an end to this duel that disappointed him, he suddenly discovered that the fire ring burning on the field had not dissipated.

Not only did it not dissipate, but the raging fire on the field was still burning!

The fire turned from red to black, and subsequently, that black spread to the surroundings of the field.

"What's the situation?"

"Huh, does Flame Swordsman have an effect?"

"No, I remember it being a blank card..."

The students looked left and right in shock, and no one could give an answer.

And just after the flames surrounded the entire duel field, the flames slowly turned from black to blue...

"Activate monster effect!"

"Monster effect?!" Aster was stunned. "Could it be that Flame Swordsman of some dimension has a monster effect?"

"No—what I want to activate is not Flame Swordsman's effect, but...

Activate the monster effect of Mirage Flame Swordsman in the Graveyard!"

Who is that!?

Aster was taken aback.

Graveyard?

It's the monster card sent to the Graveyard by Flame Sword Domain!

Boom!

Before he could think carefully, the black flames on the field completely transformed into blue flames. In the sky, two long swords rotated and appeared on the field, and subsequently, a black figure slowly appeared near the two great swords.

Under everyone's gaze, the armor on that pitch-black figure slowly shattered, and hidden beneath the black was shining, bright gold.

"Haa!"

The swordsman grabbed the two great swords, whirled in a dance, and slashed forward, completely dispelling the thoughts of the two Destiny HEROes who were attempting a direct attack.

Subsequently, it just stood quietly guarding Tenjou Hikari's side.

"If this card exists in the hand or Graveyard, and a FIRE Fusion Monster face-up on your field is destroyed by battle or effect, you can Special Summon it!"

"This is the brand-new form taken by the knight who has crossed countless hardships and cleared the way for me!

Mirage Flame Swordsman!"

Mirage Flame Swordsman, Level 8, FIRE, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800!

Having experienced countless things, Black Flame, who had been working hard for Tenjou Hikari, finally gave up the insistence on only being a "Fusion Monster" after being poked by Tierra about his inner thoughts, completing his evolution.

"Mirage Flame Swordsman... could it be... Mirage Knight?" Aster was naturally knowledgeable; he also knew that after Black Flame Knight was destroyed by battle, it could Special Summon Mirage Knight.

"Is that card an evolution of Black Flame Knight!"

"Turning from a Fusion Monster into a high-level monster?"

"But it's still a card related to Fusion."

"Tenjou Hikari, he even managed to do this kind of thing."

Some were surprised, some were respectful, some were puzzled, and some found it unbelievable.

Although everyone had heard stories of cards and duelists resonating and evolving, when it really appeared before them, they would have a dreamlike feeling.

Mirage Flame Swordsman's ATK was 2800, and the ATK of Dystopia, which had restored its ATK, was also 2800, so attacking directly was clearly inappropriate.

After all, even if the ATK collided, using Malicious couldn't end the duel. Since that was the case, for Aster, it was clearly more meaningful to retain Dystopia.

But compared to the events of this turn, Aster's heart, which was like stagnant water, suddenly had ripples at this moment.

Advancing together with the card, even evolving!

Such a legendary story appearing before his eyes was also a shock to him, someone who loved Duel Monsters.

But precisely because of this, when he had a glimmer of vitality again, when he started thinking about himself again... it was even more painful.

Compared to Tenjou Hikari, who pursued Fusion and grew together with his monsters, he was just using heroes to avenge his father.