Chapter 264: The Coming Battle

After a week of rest, Tiancheng Guang slightly alleviated his mental fatigue and immediately prepared for teleportation on Sunday to test the Dimension Gate in the Fusion Department for the second time.

During this week, numerous events occurred; the Light Society had seemingly fully replaced the Fusion Department, beginning to clash with ordinary students of the Fusion Department and even Judai and others—even over card duels. Judai, adhering to his basic principle of "any card, any duel," and following Professor Cronos's request, continuously dueled students from the Light Society, hoping to pull them away from the Light Society.

In short, dueling is fun.

Tiancheng Guang, however, had it easy. Aside from the initial professional duelist X, the rest of the Light Society had no intention of dueling him at all. In most cases, they were merely preoccupied with issues between "Red Dorm" and the "Light Society," talking about tearing down Red Academy if they won or joining the White Society if they lost.

Along the way, Serena also joined the fray. Though she preferred wearing Red Academy's uniform, she herself lived in the Blue Academy girls' dorm, so she strongly resisted the dorms being painted white—and thus also dueled members of the Light Society.

Also, dueling is fun.

Perhaps because of Serena's involvement, Dennis—the student who had always pretended to be invisible and a bystander—began dueling the Light Society alongside some Fusion Department students. The Fusion Army and the Light Society already had old grudges; now, with an unknown duelist causing trouble, the clashes became even fiercer.

For some reason, the entire academy suddenly became extremely "warlike," as if students were dueling every moment, everywhere.

In short, the school's academic atmosphere was still quite good—at least, when Principal Principal Principal Jiaodao called Professor Cronos, he seemed to enjoy this atmosphere.

Also, he planned to return to campus soon.

At this, Professor Cronos looked regretful.

After all, he would soon be "Professor" again.

However, during the conversation, Tiancheng Guang learned that Principal Principal Principal Jiaodao also appeared deeply melancholic, never smiling.

Probably got beaten up by Marufuji Ryo?

Though he looked unimpressive and, at his age, still hadn't married Ms. Duo, he had once been a highly renowned duelist—he was a former mentor of the "Electronic Stream," the original teacher to all Electronic Stream duelist, and Marufuji Ryo was his protégé.

Beyond the "Electronic End Dragon," the Electronic Stream also had a "Reverse Electronic Stream." Though the anime version of Reverse Electronic Stream was somewhat useless, the OCG version actually had a pseudo-all-resistant boss card—still quite powerful in this world.

But that probably had nothing to do with Tiancheng Guang.

Tiancheng Guang gently landed on the ground.

On one side, Tierra followed him, flying into this dimension.

She glanced around, her eyes brightening.

"Whoa, this environment feels great."

Indeed.

It genuinely felt quite pleasant.

Tiancheng Guang surveyed the surroundings: trees, flowers, birds, and in the distance, several tall buildings—clearly not far from human habitation.

"All artificial," Tierra remarked casually.

Artificial?

So this is a modified Shattered Dimension?

Tiancheng Guang nodded and picked up the Emerald Book, just in case.

He attempted to walk through the flowerbeds, but Tierra extended a finger, blocking him and pointing remotely into the flowers.

Tiancheng Guang squinted carefully—and saw a small bird land among the blooms, seemingly resting. The next second, a blood-red mouth rose from the ground, snapped shut with a *plop*, instantly swallowing the bird, leaving only a green mouth, chewing slowly as it sank back into the plants.

Tiancheng Guang raised an eyebrow.

So it's a carnivorous plant.

Tiancheng Guang had previously created a carnivorous plant card, but had never managed to synthesize a Fusion Monster.

Yet…

Though it looked like a "Carnivorous Plant," it wasn't a "Carnivorous Plant Monster"—it was a genuine artificial man-eating plant, a technological horror.

In short, it was a defensive measure.

Tiancheng Guang paid it no mind, detoured around these things, followed the path, and soon spotted several hurried people beneath many buildings.

Beneath the buildings, people in purple uniforms were frantically transporting something.

Hey—

For days, everything outside had been white, blinding Tiancheng Guang's eyes; now, seeing these soldiers in purple uniforms, his mood instantly improved.

But why are they in such a hurry?

"Hurry up! The battle starts tomorrow—the time to serve the Professor is at hand!"

What!?

Tiancheng Guang was startled.

Tomorrow?

Is the bald guy launching a surprise attack on X Dimension tomorrow?

So soon?

According to Tiancheng Guang's time calculations, it should still be another year away.

Who would've thought the egghead would launch his offensive now?

Then what's so important here? Why is the Illusionary Demon Emperor stationed here?

As Tiancheng Guang pondered this, Tierra beside him curiously asked: "Hey, Tiancheng Guang, isn't that machine similar to the physical imaging device the Noodle Company gave you?"

Physical imaging device—

Ah!

Tiancheng Guang suddenly remembered.

Akuma Reo is not a normal person!

In the original story, his invasion of the Xyz Dimension wasn't about going over to duel people.

He directly teleported in, materialized dozens of ancient mechanical Chaos Giants, then bombarded the entire city!

Dueling?

He doesn't duel!

If this happens, even if X Dimension has Dr. Fica, Mr. Shin'en, or the Digital Family, they'd be stunned immediately, unable to react, suffering heavy losses.

It might not kill Kaito's entire family like in A5's original story—after all, these villains aren't "ordinary people"—but X Dimension would still suffer catastrophic damage!

No wonder this is one of the most critical defense points!

But this is also an opportunity!

Because their dimension's research into "physical imaging" is far behind the original story—they focus more on dimensional teleportation technology—so physical imaging devices are extremely rare and nowhere near as advanced as in the original story; they can't even be directly installed into duel disks!

Meaning they can only install and use them on the spot!

Ha, Lord Lord Zhai Wang Zhumo.

Tiancheng Guang understood.

So it's because of some incident that made him clash with Akuma Reo—this is just "dogs fighting dogs," right?

The timing of my arrival is too perfect—it must have been Lord Lord Zhai Wang's doing!

But it doesn't matter!

"Hey, you."

Tiancheng Guang no longer hid—he leapt out, flicked his left hand, and his Duel Disk automatically opened. A card he had already placed—the Divine Child Crystal—glowed brightly. Then, a colossal giant appeared in the sky, slowly extending its hand and grabbing the machine!

"Intruder!!"

Wuuuum—

The entire dimension erupted in terrifying red light. Instantly, a massive deep-blue demon appeared in the sky, reaching out to seize the Divine Child Crystal and halt his action.

At the same time—

The soldiers also spotted Tiancheng Guang.

"It's Tiancheng Guang!"

"He's finally here!"

And regarding Tiancheng Guang's appearance, these soldiers displayed far superior basic qualities compared to the Fusion Army soldiers he'd previously encountered!

"We've been waiting for you, Tiancheng Guang!" From above, a figure leapt down from a building, landing on the machine, gazing across at Tiancheng Guang.

His attire differed drastically from ordinary soldiers—he wore a cloak, with medals pinned beneath it. Though also in purple uniform, his was looser, even featuring "tails"…

He's a teacher!?

Tiancheng Guang raised an eyebrow.

"I've heard rumors of a mysterious person constantly opposing us. Back then, I guessed it would be you," he said, standing on the machine, controlling the Illusionary Demon Emperor to pull the Divine Child Crystal's arm away, while flexing his wrists and ankles. "After all, you're the only one the Professor has publicly offered a bounty for. To survive, striking first is the best choice."

At this moment, Tiancheng Guang finally looked at his face—dark skin, thick lips—he was Black.

Moreover, though controlling the Illusionary Demon Emperor, he didn't seem strained—he moved with remarkable agility.

"I'm the instructor from the North American branch, Jichuan Jichuan Boge. You've never met me, right?"

"Come on, come on," he gestured to Tiancheng Guang. "This is your final duel—give a glorious finale."

He waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to step aside. He would duel Tiancheng Guang personally. The soldiers saluted, then slowly dispersed, surrounding the machine behind him, smirking at Tiancheng Guang.

He waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to step aside, then stepped forward himself to face Tenjo Kou; the soldiers saluted and slowly dispersed, gathering behind the machine and sneering at Tenjo Kou.

Tiancheng Guang paid no mind and pressed his Duel Disk.

Tenjo Kou paid it no mind and pressed his Duel Disk.

The towering Illusionary Demon and the massive Fallen Angel images slowly faded. The two raised their Duel Disks, stepped onto the open ground, locked eyes, and shouted:

The towering illusionary demon and the massive fallen angel images slowly faded; both men raised their Duel Disks, stepped onto the open ground, exchanged a glance, and shouted:

Tiancheng Guang LP: 4000.

Jichuan Jichuan Boge LP: 4000.

Chapter Two, Chapter Two

Chapter Two, Chapter Two

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