Chapter 146: The Reappearance of the Legend

"Won? Won?!"

"Lost—this, Mr. Dinosaur—"

If staff and event coordinators had merely been worried during the duel, after its conclusion, their minds were utterly stunned.

But the audience couldn't think that far.

Under the lead of Long Long Qi's applause, loud clapping soon erupted, quickly filling the entire venue, accompanied by cheers from many spectators for the two duelists.

"So cool! Fusion!!"

"He actually pulled it off!"

"Mr. Dinosaur, we'll support you forever!!"

Long Long Qi, hands in his pockets, walked up to Tiancheng Guang after the duel footage ended, smiling, extended both hands—his right hand reaching out, Tiancheng Guang returned the gesture, their hands clasped tightly together, then Long Long Qi turned sideways and raised Tiancheng Guang's hand high.

"Everyone, cheer! Our new companion!"

"Absolute fusion, pure fusion, ultimate fusion—"

"Tiancheng Guang!"

He had always been someone who could accept defeat; at the start of this duel, he hadn't expected to lose, but Tiancheng Guang's performance genuinely delighted him—having such a newcomer as a company partner made him genuinely happy.

After the duel with Long Long Qi, Tiancheng Guang felt a strange, eerie force—different from the warm energy generated in his previous duels—seeping into his body, an odd, chilling power.

"Huh? What's this?" Yiela, who had been clapping along with the crowd, noticed this and glanced at Long Long Qi, then suddenly understood.

Alchemy.

Crush, recycle, then elevate.

Long Long Qi's soul is utterly rotten—he's currently in a recycling state.

After the duel ended, Tiancheng Guang, Long Long Qi, and a group of others went to the conference room, where the manufacturer had prepared a batch of "Simple Fusion" instant noodles, heated water, and served them up.

Long Long Qi rested his head on the table, staring at the instant noodle packaging, and couldn't help saying, "Kid, you really love fusion, huh?"

"Hahaha…" Tiancheng Guang chuckled twice, offering no explanation or comment.

After the noodles were ready, everyone ate. Long Long Qi's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Tastes great—"

"Yes, yes!"

"Really delicious!"

Indeed it was.

Yiela nodded vigorously beside him.

This is something I personally endorsed—it's naturally extraordinary.

"Tiancheng Guang, what do you think?"

"It's about nine-tenths like the ones Master Master Moke gave us."

The several boxes of instant noodles Master Master Moke provided likely contained unique ingredients only found in the Spirit World; perfectly replicating them on the human side remains difficult.

Still, nine-tenths should be close enough.

"Pfft, that's not even close!" Yiela was clearly dissatisfied.

What followed was very simple.

Originally, Fengguang Company had only planned to have one of their duelists test Tiancheng Guang. But now that Tiancheng Guang had defeated their very "face," Long Long Qi, they had no reason to refuse.

Yet precisely because Tiancheng Guang defeated Long Long Qi, they felt securing him as a partner would require far more money.

But Tiancheng Guang was merely a student—and he had defeated a legendary duelist! His future was truly limitless!

To be honest, even if he'd lost, it wouldn't have mattered much to their company—they weren't some giant corporation or conglomerate. As long as Tiancheng Guang kept championing fusion, his identity as the "Absolute Fusionist" would ensure people bought their "Simple Fusion" instant noodles anyway. It was already a new path opened.

During the meeting, Long Long Qi occasionally chimed in—he was thoroughly satisfied with Tiancheng Guang's personality and behavior. When Tiancheng Guang spoke up for him before the duel, Long Long Qi had already thought this kid was worth keeping; during the duel, he could clearly feel Tiancheng Guang's conviction.

For a super "classical" duelist like him, technique, ability, and talent didn't matter at all—what mattered most was conviction.

Without firm conviction, he might one day, like his past self, be corrupted by overwhelming power and fall down a dark path.

In the end, Tiancheng Guang's collaboration with Fengguang Company ended happily for all. Tiancheng Guang would become one of the "spokespersons" for Fengguang instant noodles, participating in various spokesperson duels, and occasionally appearing in company advertisements.

But since Tiancheng Guang was a student and frequently traveled to the Other Dimension, these obligations could be relaxed—if possible, filming more footage of his Other Dimension travels would be acceptable.

Fengguang Company hadn't even managed to hitch a ride on the Other Dimension travel trend—they didn't even have a Dimension Gate. They were as frantic as ants on a hot pan over missing out on this "great gold rush" themselves.

Tiancheng Guang understood the general responsibilities and duties, but when it came to financial terms, he quickly grew dizzy.

First came salary, then shares, then profit-sharing from Simple Fusion, then…

Beyond all that, there was an additional agreement to regularly donate instant noodles to the Fusion Department.

Fortunately, he'd only come today for a visit—he hadn't yet decided on signing any concrete contract.

On one hand, he was just a student and needed a "guardian" to sign; on the other, he had no knowledge in this area and needed professional help.

He had contacted Professor Cronos, who had patted his chest and assured him he understood this well—he had many professional friends, so Tiancheng Guang didn't need to worry.

Professor Cronos was already extremely diligent; moreover, with a first-year student successfully partnering with a corporation and even securing a "spokesperson" role during the exchange event, this was excellent progress for the school. Even if he and Tiancheng Guang had a poor relationship, the principal would have urged him to help—let alone that their bond was excellent.

"I guess I can't skip giving Professor Cronos an ancient mechanical support card next time." Tiancheng Guang sat on the boat back to Dengdao, muttering as if to himself.

"That strange-looking human? Hmm, though his appearance isn't great, he's genuinely a good person," Yiela added, "Besides, he uses a mechanical deck—I think that's truly impressive."

After saying that, Yiela immediately added, "Oh, by the way, I recall that human seems to value reputation more than money?"

"Oh—that makes sense." Tiancheng Guang nodded quickly.

He'd almost forgotten—he'd always publicly claimed to be Professor Cronos's disciple.

"Forget these mundane affairs—my advice is, open your deck right now and check your Magic Cards."

Magic Cards?

Tiancheng Guang pulled out his deck and quickly, habitually shuffled through the cards, examining each one.

He hadn't included any Fusion or material cards in his deck today—how could there be any change?

After shuffling once, he froze—something was off.

An extra card?

He hurriedly flipped through from the first card, and when he reached the middle, he suddenly stopped.

A 【Magic Card】.

But it wasn't an ordinary Magic Card—it had no name, no artwork, no effect, no category.

He picked up the card—it was insubstantial, as if it might vanish into air at any moment, flickering between existence and nonexistence, which explained why he hadn't noticed it at first.

As he stared at it, a vivid crimson dragon shadow flashed across the card's surface—

"Holy—"

Tiancheng Guang took a deep breath.

Legendary Dragon!

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