Chapter 147: How to Reproduce the Legend

The card of the Legendary Dragon.

Judging from the fleeting shadow just now, it should be "Hermes' Claw."

Hmm…

Tiancheng Guang pinched the bridge of his nose.

The card had never been produced by Super Fusion before—today, it appeared in his own deck in this form, catching him off guard.

And since he had obtained it—even if only as a phantom card—he still needed to ponder its "origin": how had this happened?

Could the appearance of the Legendary Dragon mean that the "Orichalcos God" had reappeared in the world?

But it didn't look like it.

Tiancheng Guang had never heard of any group suddenly emerging wielding the Guaranteed-Loss Barrier to duel.

Earlier, when he chatted with Dragon Long Qi, he had asked about some of Dragon Long Qi's past.

Although Dragon Long Qi was reluctant to speak of his past—especially the time before he became homeless—he, out of a "veteran's" mindset, still told him some things to keep him from "going astray" and to stay true to his own path.

He had experienced Orichalcos himself, and naturally mentioned it, but back then he was a supporting character among supporting characters, quickly defeated by Cheng Zhi Nei; after that, his memories were only vague, and afterward his body grew weaker, or rather, his spirit grew increasingly depleted.

Only after wandering the streets for a long time did he finally recognize himself again, and with the help of Fengguang Company, he became a "respectable" duelist.

As for the past decade or so, he could only sigh that Kaiba had become even more terrifying.

From this line of thought, it seems unrelated to "Doma" or "Orichalcos" at all.

It couldn't be that the Egghead's power was so earth-shattering that he even absorbed the Doma organization, and in attempting to replicate the Three Sacred Beasts, he also sought to lay claim to the Orichalcos God?

Never mind whether he could.

Tiancheng Guang had never seen any such tendency in his subordinates' research.

What Tiancheng Guang had seen so far was that his biggest project, aside from the Three Sacred Beasts he "inherited" from Shadow Councilor, was a conspiracy to create an artificial Dark Magician Spirit to deceive more people into joining the Fusion Army.

Still trying to ignite the Dimensional War—

So this card is probably not closely tied to those already-passed events.

Regardless.

This card must have emerged because of the energy shift generated from dueling Dragon Long Qi.

In other words, Dragon Long Qi must possess some specific trait.

Either the title of "Legendary Duelist."

Or the strange state of "Negative Adaptability."

Either way, it must be one of these two reasons.

To confirm his hypothesis, Tiancheng Guang pressed Tierra for details about what had happened; seeing his sincere attitude (from Tierra's perspective), she generously revealed the truth to her divine devotee.

Dragon Long Qi's condition was indeed severely fragmented—he was in a state of grave soul deficiency, and dueling against a Spirit would likely knock him unconscious in no time.

Of course, this didn't mean his soul had been consumed; rather, his energy and power had been absorbed.

To restore himself, he would need either to be reborn through powerful dueling energy, or resort to dark methods to steal others' power.

"If Mister Dragon is still like this, then he clearly hasn't done anything else in the past decade," Tiancheng Guang said, affirming her words.

Tierra had no interest in Dragon Long Qi as a human and gave a casual reply before explaining further to Tiancheng Guang.

His alchemy skills were already quite advanced—he had even successfully built a Dimensional Gate. Combined with the power of the card on his person, it had stirred "anticipation" and "hope" in the perpetually listless Dragon Long Qi during their duel, allowing his Spirit energy to be reabsorbed and purified; the impurities and unwanted elements thus purified were refined by Tiancheng Guang into this card, now flickering in and out, barely perceptible.

"So… I need to duel Mister Dragon several more times?"

"Not enough—just him alone won't suffice," Tierra said offhandedly. "But perhaps all the 【Legendary Duelists】 might work."

She tilted her head, re-examined the situation, then nodded firmly: "If those 【Legendary Duelists】 aren't just boasting, then they should all work."

As long as they're about the same level as that human Dragon."

Then…

Could it be…

That's exactly how it is.

He looked at "Hermes' Claw" in his hand.

In the original Yu-Gi-Oh! story, this card was once held by the third male lead, Jounouchi Katsuya—and among the duelists who attacked Jounouchi Katsuya was Dragon Long Qi.

So reverse-engineering this…

It wasn't Dragon Long Qi's energy that gave Tiancheng Guang this card; rather, he truly is "part of the legend."

Perhaps, simply by dueling those Legendary Duelists, he has a chance to obtain cards related to the Legendary Dragon?

Oh dear—

Thinking of this, Tiancheng Guang couldn't help but slam his hand on the table.

"What's wrong?" Tierra, bored and about to test the simple Fusion prototype sent by Fengguang Company, was startled by his outburst and asked.

Tiancheng Guang didn't tell her.

He felt a pang of regret.

If only he had transmigrated earlier!

If he had met Judai earlier, and gotten lucky enough to duel the Maze Brothers, he might have obtained the "Gate of the God" Fusion cards—and even activated the Legendary Dragon early, instead of wasting a year of alchemical materials on random experiments!

But this was only a momentary grumble.

Leaving aside the vast gap in authenticity between the Maze Brothers' 【Legendary Duelists】 and Dragon Long Qi's 【Legendary Duelists】, Tiancheng Guang's initial strategy upon arriving in this world was to blend in with the Fusion Department—back then, he had almost no chance to duel Judai alongside the Maze Brothers.

Moreover, Judai hadn't yet bonded with Tiancheng Guang through interdimensional travel; he would have favored his close friend Marufuji Ryo instead—he had no opportunity.

"Hmm… tastes fine," Tierra took a bite of the instant ramen. "This level is good enough. Selling it would let mortals see the gods' choices."

Tiancheng Guang couldn't help but chuckle.

Immediately, he coughed twice, pulled out the Legendary Dragon card alone, and stored it in his card box.

Regardless, he now had a new direction—under Fengguang Company's operations, he would surely have more chances to duel other 【Legendary Duelists】; then, Fusion would give him the answer.

Next, he needed to prepare for this semester's final interdimensional journey!

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