Chapter 178: Adjusting the Fusion Monster

"Eh?" After hearing those words, Youwu stared blankly for a moment.

Whether it was the locals of the Satellite Zone present at the scene, or those in the Upper District currently holding red wine and watching this duel, everyone was baffled by Tenjou Hikari's declaration that "Fusion is the noblest summoning method."

The reason was simple.

In this world, "Fusion Summoning" also existed?

That wasn't anything rare.

Where did this madman come from, or are all people from other dimensions like this?

In fact—

let alone them.

Even the Taylor sisters, or even the Fusion Army duelist standing beside them, would frown upon hearing Tenjou Hikari's words.

After all, the opponent had summoned a Level 5 monster with 2200 ATK using only two cards; although it didn't look particularly strong, such a portable summoning method was truly quite impressive.

Tenjou Hikari's extreme pursuit of Fusion left even them feeling puzzled.

Why did he trust Fusion so much?

Tenjou Hikari rubbed his hand of cards.

His hand wasn't as good as he had imagined; it seemed the opponent's "strength" was actually quite high, or rather, the opponent's luck was truly very high.

However, that only meant "not as good as imagined."

"First, as expected, I still need this," Tenjou Hikari said with a chuckle as he looked at his hand.

"I activate the Continuous Magic Card, Field of Flame."

The last time he used this card was during his battle against the Phantom Demons; Tenjou Hikari recalled the moment, feeling quite nostalgic.

"Once per turn, by sending a monster from my hand or a face-up monster on the field to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon one 'Flame Swordsman' as a Fusion Summon."

"I send Elemental Hero Avian from my hand to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon onto the field—Flame Swordsman!"

Boom~

Raging flames erupted violently; the armor grew larger and thicker, and the swordsman, whose great sword was already taking shape, swung the massive blade and stood beside Tenjou Hikari.

Flame Swordsman, Level 5, FIRE Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1800.

"Haha, my Lord, leave it to me!"

Upon seeing the opponent's monster had only 2200 ATK, Flame Sword immediately became excited; moreover, the opponent had no set cards—wasn't this the perfect moment for him to shine?!

"Flame Swordsman, huh..." Yugi Muto looked at the card and recalled the past briefly.

This card had once been Jonouchi's ace.

On the other side, Judai and the others began to cheer.

As expected, the one who must appear at such a time is none other than Flame Swordsman!

Truly worthy of being one of Hikari's favorite cards!

"He successfully Fusion Summoned using only one card?" Youwu blinked his eyes.

"Eh, that's amazing?" No matter how you looked at it, he had systematically studied dueling alongside Yusei Fudo for a long time, so he had a very clear understanding of dueling; he also understood perfectly well why summoning methods like "Fusion," which required consuming Fusion Materials and a Fusion Magic Card, were no longer popular in this world.

Compared to Synchro Summoning, which was portable and only required sufficient Levels paired with a "Tuner" monster to emerge from the Extra Deck at any time, Fusion, which required specific materials and a magic card, was simply too weak.

But conversely, if one could compensate for such flaws, then there was no essential difference between Fusion and Synchro; it simply came down to the raw strength of the Synchro Monster versus the Fusion Monster.

After figuring this out, he immediately declared: "Bring it on! I will crush all your monsters!"

"Oh! As expected of a duelist from our world; faced with the opponent's astonishing declaration, he calmed down so quickly! So then, why is player Youwu so confident? Let us wait and see—" the MC hyped up the atmosphere.

Seeing such confidence from his opponent, Tenjou Hikari shrugged.

He glanced at the cards in his hand and spoke without courtesy: "I activate the Magic Card, Junk Fusion; this card allows me to banish monsters from the opponent's Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon, and in that case, I can even Fusion Summon the opponent's own Fusion Monsters."

"Eh, eh, eh?" Seeing Tenjou Hikari use such a card, Youwu cried out in surprise, "What kind of thing is that, using my monsters—wait, I don't have any Fusion Monsters either?"

Youwu instinctively checked his Extra Deck.

Various toys, and then the Synchro Dragons; there were no Fusion Monsters either?

"It doesn't matter—I have them!"

"What, what?"

At this point, even Rin couldn't help but lean her head forward to peek out.

She was more familiar with Youwu's cards than Youwu himself; she used Youwu's deck better than he did, so how could she not know which of those cards could perform a Fusion?

"I banish Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice and Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke from your Graveyard!"

"Huh? Those two?" Youwu was dumbfounded.

Those two cards were crucial components for his subsequent tactics!!

"The Fusion Condition is—two Tuner monsters!"

Tenjou Hikari raised both hands, clenched them into fists, and then swung them before him: "Fusion Summon—

Tuner Fusion Monster!

Theseus Dreadnought!"

Amidst his loud shout, an old, dilapidated sunken ship rose from the ground; at first glance, it was merely a wrecked boat, but upon closer inspection, one discovered that the hull of the ship, many of its constituent parts, seemed to have transformed into some unknown octopus-like demon!

Theseus Dreadnought, Level 5, WATER Attribute, Zombie-Type, ATK 2200.

Youwu's jaw dropped.

"Wow... Hikari, he even managed to get hold of such a card?" Judai stared blankly at the card.

"Judai, this classmate of yours is truly interesting!" Johan also felt somewhat excited, "I really want to duel him properly once!"

"Tenjou, after using Tuner monsters for Fusion last time, has he already ascended to a higher layer of Fusion? The materials are actually two Tuners? And furthermore—that Fusion Monster is actually a Tuner Monster!?" Manjome cried out in shock.

"Un-un-un-unbelievable!!" Witnessing this scene unfold, the MC excitedly stretched his throat and screamed frantically into the microphone, "Player Tenjou, who declared Fusion to be the noblest, not only Fusion Summoned Flame Swordsman using a single card, but even used monsters from the opponent's Graveyard to Fusion Summon a Tuner Fusion Monster!!!"

"Oh no!" At this moment, Youwu finally came to his senses and couldn't help but take half a step backward, "Tri-Eyed Dice can block one attack while in the Graveyard, and Den-Den Daiko Duke can revive a Tuner monster—"

"Eh?" Hearing this, the MC first paused, then hurriedly shouted with professional dedication, "What, what did I just hear! So, this Fusion not only summoned a Fusion Monster, but even disrupted player Youwu's carefully prepared defense and subsequent tactics!?"

Truly excellent; is this what people from other dimensions are like?

Let us witness your Fusion, player Tenjou Hikari!"

This host brother was enthusiastic as always.

Tenjou Hikari shook his head.

"Battle, attack with Theseus Dreadnought—At this time, the effect of Field of Flame will also activate! When a monster on my field battles, I can decrease the ATK of one Warrior-Type monster on the field by 1000 points, and until the end of the turn, all monsters other than that one gain 1000 ATK!"

Flame Swordsman ATK: 1800 → 800.

Theseus Dreadnought ATK: 2200 → 3200.

"Battle, Theseus Dreadnought attacks Magic Sword Ball!"

"Waaah—" Watching the ship smash into the robot and then extend tentacles to reach over, Youwu's face underwent a startling transformation worthy of awe, twisting into various bizarre expressions like clay.

Youwu LP: 4000 → 3000.

"Next is Flame Swordsman's direct attack—"

Youwu LP: 3000 → 2200.

"Ugh, I feel a bit like vomiting..." The alternating attacks of cold and hot, life and death, made Youwu feel dizzy.

Tenjou Hikari glanced at his hand, set one card face-down, and smiled as he ended his turn: "I set one card and end my turn."

Chapter Two, something came up unexpectedly, so this is a bit late; I'll eat something and then post an extra update.

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(End of Chapter)