Chapter 224: The Scope of Fusion Is Infinite!

"Cover one card, end your turn."

Wan Wan Zhangmu had now completely used up all his hand cards.

But the way he played was truly dazzling.

He didn't go for direct damage, but his entire strategy was essentially flawless!

No wonder it's Wan Wan Zhangmu—he played beautifully.

But he blew it a bit too much.

Yet—

He didn't realize that, in the eyes of Wan Wan Zhangmu and many in the Fusion Department, what he'd just said wasn't "blowing smoke"—it was the truth!

The smoke gradually cleared, and the Taylor sisters' figures slowly emerged; Grace gently fanned away the dust, saying, "Hmm… so that's how it is…"

"I understand too," Gloria added.

"Because my sister and I have always been together, we've never truly understood fusion with others," the two sisters said nearly in unison.

"Looks like we need to join in some student socializing. What do you think, Grace?"

"Sister Gloria, if they're not too boring, I suppose it could work."

The two exchanged a few brief words.

"But the duel isn't over yet!" Grace swiftly drew a card, then gently flipped it face-down against her cheek, "Normal Summon, Amazoness Swordswoman."

The red-haired Amazoness Swordswoman swung her long sword, standing proudly on the field.

Amazoness Swordswoman, Level 4, Earth Attribute, Warrior Type, ATK: 1500.

"When the Amazoness attacks, the damage is dealt to your opponent!"

"And—activate the Equip Spell, Amazoness Secret Treasure." A emerald crystal appeared on the field, attaching itself to the Swordswoman.

"The Amazoness monster equipped with this card cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn, and any monster attacked by this equipped Amazoness is destroyed after damage calculation."

Thanks to Amazoness Secret Treasure, she had no need to worry about battle damage reduction—in fact, with over ten thousand Life Points left, she didn't even need to worry about this minor damage at all—this was precisely why Wan Wan Zhangmu chose not to destroy Amazoness Secret Treasure, but instead boosted the Gem Knight Light Prism's ATK to inflict greater damage.

Wan Wan Zhangmu frowned.

"If that's the case… then, Tenjo, get ready!"

Tenjo Hikari clicked his tongue.

"Trap Card! Destruction Wheel!"

"Huh???"

"Choose one monster on the field; destroy it, and both players take damage equal to its ATK!"

A flaming bomb-ring encircled the female swordsman, then contracted sharply, erupting in a terrifying roar.

Boom—

Tenjo Hikari raised a hand to shield himself from the flames.

Male team LP: 1700 → 200.

Taylor sisters LP: 10750 → 9250.

"Hmm, using self-destruction to avoid this attack?"

"Impressive. But now your Life Points are down to just 200."

"You're on the brink of collapse, Tenjo Hikari!"

"Though this duel with you was interesting, in any case—once my sister draws even one Amazoness direct-damage monster, or simply draws Soul Return, we win."

Grace declared this.

They still had a full 9250 Life Points—how could they possibly be defeated so easily!

Letting Tenjo Hikari attack—could he possibly drain them completely?

The two monsters on the field totaled only 4850 ATK. Even if another monster with 2400 ATK appeared, it still wouldn't be enough.

"It's a pity that, right to the end, we never saw any further fusion."

"You really want to see further fusion?" Tenjo Hikari asked.

"Of course."

"Isn't it obvious?"

The two sisters replied.

"Why?" Tenjo Hikari stroked his chin. "There must be a reason."

"A reason?"

"I never expected the famed Duel Fusionist to have such a boring side," Grace lightly twirled a strand of her hair.

"Fighting strong duelists and finding joy—that's the duelist's instinct!"

"Within the Fusion Army, opponents like this are never in short supply!"

"Exactly. Because of the Fusion Army, we got the chance to face you—it's incredibly interesting."

So that's how it was.

Tenjo Hikari recalled.

In the original story, the Taylor sisters were quite abstract.

As the Fusion Army's "special unit," they wiped out the resistance force of the Xyz Dimension Spades branch, then returned to school without staying behind.

Later, when they returned to the Xyz Dimension, it was only because they heard the "Spear Battalion" was using strange Pendulum Summoning—something fascinating—and came to watch. These two had an utterly ruthless duel style, mercilessly crushing ordinary Xyz Dimension duelists who were merely support, yet simultaneously displayed clear boredom and disdain.

If the opponent wasn't strong enough, they found it dull.

After losing to the original protagonist's "Entertainment Duel," though they didn't fully understand what happened, Grace quickly began to appreciate Entertainment Duels, and Gloria was dragged along by her sister—soon after, they defected.

At their core, they simply wanted to engage in higher, stronger duels.

Whether fusion, Xyz, or Pendulum—they didn't care.

To be honest, they were among the few Fusion Army duelists in A5's original story who, after losing, would say, "You're right."—that's the true duelist spirit.

"So that's how it is."

"9250 Life Points are indeed a lot… but that doesn't mean there's no way to finish you off."

The two sisters watched Tenjo Hikari with keen interest, as if awaiting his next move.

"Since you've always wanted to see it, then let me show you—my new power of fusion!"

"Draw card—"

Tenjo Hikari casually placed the drawn card beside him; a faint purple glow flickered in his eyes, then he said, "At this moment, the Light Prism's ATK becomes 0 due to Bright Fusion's effect."

"Ha, now it's even harder for you to defeat us this turn."

"As duelists, you're still quite pure," Tenjo Hikari drew a card from his hand, held it before him, and gently shook it. He glanced at the face-down card but chose not to repeat his previous tactic.

After all, these two opponents seemed genuinely worth winning over.

The sisters exchanged a glance, puzzled.

What was going on?

What card was that?

Tenjo Hikari gently shook the card.

This card was one he'd only recently obtained.

It was a "Fusion" Spell Card.

To be honest, when he first saw this card, Tenjo Hikari was stunned—he'd never seen this card before!

At least, before he crossed over into this world, he'd never heard of such a card.

But…

Super Fusion had granted him this card.

Not long ago, after awakening Xiao Liu, some of the Spell Cards she gave him had transformed under Super Fusion's power into a brand-new Fusion Spell Card.

And that was also when he had, through inspiration from You Xing, improved his Alchemy ability!

He could feel his control over Super Fusion had further strengthened—so he wanted to test today whether he could use Alchemy to increase the daily "duel energy" intake of Super Fusion!

This card was both the symbol and the experiment.

"Activate Fusion Spell Card, Gem Knight Dispersion!"

"Huh?"

"A new fusion?"

"What effect does this fusion card have?"

The Taylor sisters, seeing Tenjo Hikari pull out a brand-new Fusion card, couldn't help but become excited.

This was exactly what they'd been waiting for!

"This card is a Fusion Spell Card exclusive to Gem Knights. You can use Fusion Monsters in your hand or on the field as materials to Fusion Summon one 【Gem Knight】 Fusion Monster."

That's it?

Isn't that just regular fusion…

The audience, whose excitement had just been stirred, now felt confused.

That's all?

"But when a 【Gem Knight Fusion】 is in your graveyard, this card gains a new power!"

What?

Everyone leaned forward, curious.

"When a Gem Knight Fusion is in your graveyard, this card can use up to two Gem Knight cards from your Deck or Extra Deck—excluding Rock-Type—as Fusion materials to Fusion Summon a 【Gem Knight】 Fusion Monster!"

"What?!" Grace's eyes widened.

"Eh... extra deck?" Gloria lost her composure, her mouth hanging open.

"What the heck??" a student exclaimed.

Sanzawa Daichi stood up immediately: "What did Hikari say?"

"Wooo!! Such a powerful effect!" Judai jumped to his feet, "So cool! Hikari's 【Fusion】 has advanced even further!"

"I send the Gem-Knight Ruby from my deck, and the Gem-Knight Huang Yu from my extra deck, to the graveyard!"

"Fusion Summon!"

"Come forth, Gem-Knight Ruby!"

A crimson knight, his cloak swirling, stepped onto the field.

Gem-Knight Ruby, Level 6, Earth, Flame Tribe, ATK 2500

"Could it be... he used a monster from the extra deck for fusion?"

"Not only the field, hand, graveyard, and deck—he's even targeting monsters from the extra deck?"

"Fusion has no limits!" Hikari cut off the girls' exclamations, "So—"

The scope of fusion is infinite!

Every position, every possibility, is 【Fusion】!

It's not over yet!

My fusion!

Normal Summon, Gem-Knight Huang Yu, then the spell card, Granular Fusion!

This Gem-Knight Fusion can only fuse monsters on the field: fuse the Gem-Knight Prism, Gem-Knight Ruby, and Gem-Knight Huang Yu on the field!"

"O King of Dueling, radiant with light—absorb the power of all your companions, and manifest your truest form!"

"Fusion Summon!"

"The King of the Gem-Knights!"

"The absolute form of the Crystal Knight—"

"Level 9, Gem-Knight King, Radiant Diamond!"

Radiant light burst forth, the multicolored gems blazing with brilliance.

The valiant knight slowly raised his sword, which had struck down injustice, corruption, and tyranny, unleashing a brilliance brighter than light itself.

Gem-Knight King, Radiant Diamond, Level 9, Earth, Rock, ATK: 2900.

Bai Jing had never appeared in this form before; he felt deeply uncomfortable, for his rank within the knight order was still insufficient to be called "King of Knights," even though his spirit's strength was more than adequate—he just felt strange.

"The King's form of Bai Jing?" Judai exclaimed in astonishment.

"Huh... again, Captain Bai Jing?" Sanzawa Daichi rubbed his head, "Wait, does this monster have so many forms?"

"But his ATK is only 2900—"

"For each 【Gem-Knight】 monster in the graveyard, Radiant Diamond gains 100 ATK."

Gem-Knight King, Radiant Diamond, ATK: 2900 → 3500.

"Moreover, Granular Fusion's effect: when this card is successfully Fusion Summoned, you can banish it to choose one Fusion Material from the graveyard and increase that monster's ATK by that amount. I choose... of course, Ruby."

Gem-Knight King, Radiant Diamond, ATK: 3500 → 6000!

"Six thousand?!"

"It's over! It surpassed Electronic End Dragon, surpassed Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and even... even surpassed the legendary Five God Dragons!"

The two sisters gazed up at the radiant knight, awestruck—especially Grace, who was utterly enchanted by this beautiful monster. But Gloria, focused on the duel, spoke: "But his ATK is only 6000... even with XZ, it won't reduce our Life Points to zero!"

She punched the air excitedly: "You're strong! This is fascinating, Hikari! But it seems our sister duo is still truly invincible!"

"Heh... yes, you're right. If that's all, I can't win."

Was there a twist?

Gloria froze.

"But!"

"Radiant Diamond's effect: once per turn, banish one Gem-Knight Fusion Monster of Level 7 or lower from the graveyard to gain its effect!"

Could this effect even exist?!

"Too, too cool, Master!"

"Hikari's Alchemy has grown even stronger..." Sanzawa felt a pang of sorrow; his own progress had been blocked, and he still hadn't solved his problem.

"Using all companions, all Fusion power?" Judai marveled at the deeper meaning.

The two sisters quickly looked at Hikari's graveyard.

Prism, Ruby, Huang Yu...

Huang Yu!

The Huang Yu sent to the graveyard by dispersion!

"I banish Gem-Knight Huang Yu, granting Radiant Diamond its effect: attack twice per turn!"

Gem-Knight King, Radiant Diamond, ATK: 6000 → 5900.

Special ability acquired.

"No need for Lightning to strike again—he has already cleared the path for me, solved my difficulties, and created the perfect battlefield!" Hikari raised his hand, "And what remains? I'll use the advantage Lightning built up to make my final 【Fusion】!"

As he spoke, he clenched his fist, while Wan Wan Zhangmu laughed heartily and punched the air.

9250 Life Points?

200 Life Points?

Don't be mistaken—the one on the brink is you!

"Radiant Diamond attacks directly!"

Taylor Sisters: 9250 → 3350 → 0.

One sister took a single blow, knelt on the ground lost in thought; the other collapsed onto the floor, eyes glazed.

The invincible ones... lost?

"Oooooo!!!"

"We won!!"

"Fusion!!!"

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand!!"

"The answer to Fusion—Hikari!"

Chapter Three, completed in one go, 4k words

Tag duels are always a headache to write, but at least I've finished my original idea.

This duel, beyond exposing the Taylor sisters' treacherous motives, primarily aimed to depict what I had long wanted to write: that Hikari can now fuse not only the original Fusion cards but also those introduced by K-Company after his transmigration—though Hikari himself doesn't know which ones to use, since he has no idea what K-Company has planned next.

Fusion has no end. jpg

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