Chapter 309: Phantom Shadows (9k for monthly votes!)

"My turn!" The veins on Akaba Reo's forehead refused to subside.

He was extremely furious.

It wasn't just because he hadn't yet gathered the data for his four daughter-clones, leaving his Pendulum incomplete.

It was more because Tenjou Hikari, with the support of his daughter, had obtained the power of Pendulum!

Unforgivable. This power was meant for him alone to enjoy!

Back then, amidst the swaying of souls, he had chosen to monopolize the power of [God] rather than share it with the world. In the end, his daughter and that duelist named Zarc saw through his actions, ultimately causing everything to fall apart.

And now, it was happening all over again, right before his eyes!

"I activate the Spell Card, Hand Destruction!" Akaba Reo decisively discarded the card he had just drawn.

"Both players send two cards from their hand to the Graveyard, then draw two cards. I send Raviel, Lord of Phantasms and Uria, Lord of Searing Flames to the Graveyard, and draw two cards!"

Tenjou Hikari let out a "Whoa," raised an eyebrow, and looked at the cards in his hand.

First of all, the Super Polymerization he drew at the start definitely couldn't be discarded, so...

"I send Edge Imp Chain and Gem-Knight Bai Jing to the Graveyard." Tenjou Hikari drew two cards as well, then continued, "When Chain is sent to the Graveyard from the hand or field, I activate its effect. I add one Fluffal card from my Deck to my hand. I add Fluffal Patchwork to my hand."

"Oh, right, and also Dream Mirror. Dream Mirror's effect: I draw one card."

Tenjou Hikari looked at the Earthbound monster and Vampire Fraulein he had drawn, feeling a slight premonition.

"Spell Card, Forbidden Chalice. I increase your Crystal God's ATK by 400 and negate its effects."

Tenjou Hikari frowned, feeling a bit regretful.

Akaba Reo remembered the effects of his own monsters very clearly.

"If there are no monsters on my field, I can Special Summon this card!"

"Come forth, Splitting Mother Spider."

A spider that seemed to have a demonic face appeared on the field, hanging upside down as it stared at Tenjou Hikari.

Splitting Mother Spider, Level 5, DARK, Insect, ATK 0.

Tenjou Hikari's brow furrowed deeply.

It was a spider!

"I activate the Spell Card, Card of Demise!"

???

Tenjou Hikari instantly looked up at Akaba Reo's card.

"This isn't Kaiba..."

"Heh, that's right. Whether it's Card of Sanctity or Card of Demise, they have stopped being manufactured in the F-Dimension. However, with my technology, I can recreate them."

While others were using Pot of Greed or Graceful Charity, Akaba Reo was using cards of a higher tier.

"Draw until you have 5 cards in your hand. During your 5th Standby Phase after activation, send all cards in your hand to the Graveyard."

Tenjou Hikari watched him draw until his hand was full.

"Then, I activate the effect of Splitting Mother Spider on the field. I tribute this card to Special Summon up to 3 [Little Spiders] from my Deck. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect become Level 5 and cannot be used as Xyz Material unless they are DARK Xyz Monsters. After this effect is activated, I cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck for the rest of the turn, except for Xyz Monsters."

The mother spider's body trembled, and then three small spiders burst out from within it.

"Xyz?"

"This is also part of the Professor's fusion! It doesn't matter!"

Some of the Fusion soldiers were still putting up a front.

They naturally knew that [No.] had absolutely nothing to do with Fusion.

But...

"I activate the effect of Little Spider. I tribute 1 DARK monster on my field to activate it. All [Little Spiders] on my field gain levels equal to the level of the monster tributed for this effect.

The current Little Spiders are Level 5, so the remaining two will become Level 10!"

A strange green number flashed above his forehead.

"I build the Overlay Network with two Level 10 spiders!"

A black vortex rolled across the ground, countless darkness began to churn, and a suffocating, desperate feeling emerged all around.

Tenjou Hikari felt it; it was as if some existence had caught sight of him.

"No. 35: Ravenous Tarantula!"

No. 35: Ravenous Tarantula, Rank 10, DARK, Insect, ATK 0, 2 Xyz Materials.

"The effect of Ravenous Tarantula: monsters on my field gain ATK equal to the difference in our Life Points."

Ravenous Tarantula, ATK: 0 → 2300.

"It's not over yet. I pay 2000 Life Points to activate the Spell Card, Dimension Fusion!" Akaba Reo finally played a card befitting his status, identity, and ambition. "Pay 2000 Life Points; both players Special Summon as many banished monsters as possible.

I Special Summon Earthbound God Wiraqocha Rasca!"

"Then I Special Summon Shaddoll Beast."

Tenjou Hikari didn't hold back either, Special Summoning the monster he had previously banished with "Shaddoll Selection" onto the field.

"Hahahaha, what fresh air! Akaba Reo, do well. Once you win, I can give you everything else in this world!" Wiraqocha Rasca appeared, laughing wildly.

Its obsession was to defeat the Crimson Dragon; as for anything else, it didn't care.

Earthbound God Wiraqocha Rasca, Level 12, DARK, Fiend, ATK 3500.

Akaba Reo LP: 3500 → 1500.

Ravenous Tarantula, ATK: 2300 → 4300.

Wiraqocha Rasca, ATK: 3500 → 7800.

"Seven thousand eight hundred!"

"Is this the power of an Earthbound God!" Some nobles had already begun to exclaim at the god's might, but before that, the Earthbound God casually grabbed a noble and swallowed them whole.

"Uh... ugh—"

"God, this isn't what we agreed upon!"

"Hahahaha, who cares about that!"

Crimson-red geoglyphs spread across the sky. Those nobles who finally realized they were nothing more than fodder for the Earthbound God finally knew to run, but these old, out-of-shape men—how could they possibly outrun a god standing tall in the heavens?!

And so, Tenjou Hikari watched as a giant red snake-man, like a creature at a buffet, ate a noble in one bite, occasionally even grabbing Fusion soldiers to eat. The nobles scrambled to escape, while the Fusion soldiers and elites screamed, accusing Akaba Reo of betraying their trust.

But.

Akaba Reo had never once said he trusted them.

Why would they think that Akaba Reo, who was even better at betrayal than they were, would let them go after they had committed so many acts of dueling betrayal?

"The effect of Ravenous Tarantula: every time you Special Summon, you take 600 points of damage!"

A spider silk thread shot toward Tenjou Hikari, piercing his body and making him unable to help but bow his head and clutch his chest.

Tsk...

This feeling of "despair"...

As the damage pierced through him, he actually felt that he was doomed to lose, that he could never win.

The power of the Goddess of Despair?

It seems Akaba Reo was seen by the Goddess of Despair while he was in the depths of despair.

The Goddess of Despair could appear before those in extreme despair and grant them power.

He couldn't help but mutter a few words of complaint and patted his body.

We're barely anywhere yet; what's there to be desperate about!

Tenjou Hikari LP: 5800 → 5200.

Because he lost Life Points, the effect of the Tarantula would also decrease, and the ATK of his monsters would drop, but this attack was already enough.

"The monster effect of Ravenous Tarantula: detach one Xyz Material to destroy all monsters on the opponent's field with lower ATK than it!"

The spider spat out silk threads, binding all the monsters, and then opened its bloody maw, preparing to eat its fill.

But before that, blue flames had already ignited, burning the monsters to ash.

"Then, I activate the effect of Shaddoll Beast to draw a card, and the effect of Crystal God to return Shaddoll Fusion from the Graveyard to my hand."

Tenjou Hikari watched the monsters being sent to the Graveyard, thought for a moment, and picked up Starving Venom Fusion Dragon.

When Starving Venom Fusion Dragon is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, its effect can be activated. It can be placed in the Pendulum Zone.

But...

His Deck currently didn't have a Pendulum Zone.

Could it be placed next to the Field Spell?

He tried.

It couldn't.

Could it be placed in the back row? To the far left—

That didn't work either.

This...

"Unknown card detected, calculating." The Duel Disk suddenly made a sound.

Whoa.

"New unknown summoning method discovered, judging, temporary zone construction—please report to Kaiba Corp later, please report to..." The Duel Disk began to repeat this sentence incessantly.

Tenjou Hikari was surprised again and finally placed it next to the Monster Zone.

A new slot had actually opened up on the Duel Disk!

"Hmph... does that Fusion monster have a Pendulum effect? I doubt you understand it anyway. Attack with Ravenous Tarantula!"

"I activate the effect when a monster declares an attack: Special Summon Vampire Fraulein!"

"Then continue to take the damage!"

Tenjou Hikari LP: 5200 → 4600.

Tenjou Hikari was once again pierced through the body by a spider silk thread.

"With this, everything is over, Tenjou Hikari! Attack directly with Wiraqocha Rasca!"

Wiraqocha Rasca looked excited. If it could take away the power of this person, Tenjou Hikari—no, no, Tenjou Hikari looked much stronger than this Akaba Reo; it would control his mind and make him serve it.

Now that its power had recovered, it possessed new strength, and it had devoured countless souls, it should choose a more excellent agent to help it become the only god!

This time, it would definitely be able to defeat that damn red snake!

But just when they all thought they would succeed, a black dragon appeared before them, blocking the Earthbound God's attack.

"When Starving Venom Fusion Dragon is in the Pendulum Zone, once per turn, I can make battle damage 0."

"Damn it!" Akaba Reo roared.

"Oh oh, truly excellent!" Wiraqocha Rasca exclaimed.

"I set one card... end my turn. At the end of the turn, the effect of Crimson Barrier: pay 1000 Life Points to maintain its existence."

Akaba Reo, LP: 1500 → 500.

Tenjou Hikari rubbed his forehead.

"They're so strong—these cards." Tenjou Hikari sighed.

The cards were truly strong.

As for the person—

"My turn, draw. Normal Summon, Earthbound Servant, Land Keeper. Activate its effect to Special Summon Earthbound Servant Stone Sweeper from the Deck."

"Then you lose 600 Life Points!"

Tenjou Hikari LP: 4600 → 4000.

"It doesn't matter. I activate the Spell Card, Otherworld Resonance - Synchro Fusion." Tenjou Hikari picked up a card. "This card can simultaneously fuse and synchro summon using Tuner and non-Tuner monsters on the field.

I will fuse and synchro summon using the two monsters on the field!"

Tenjou Hikari raised his left hand: "I warned you, Akaba Reo!"

"I will swing all your self-righteousness and all your power over to my side!"

"I Synchro Summon, Level 6, Earthbound Servant Geoglyph Spirit; I Fusion Summon, Level 6, Earthbound Servant Geoglyph Female Spirit!"

Earthbound Servant Geoglyph Spirit, Level 6, DARK, Fiend, ATK 2000.

Earthbound Servant Geoglyph Female Spirit, Level 6, DARK, Fiend, ATK 2000.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 4000 → 3400.

"The effect of Geoglyph Spirit: choose your Earthbound God Wiraqocha Rasca. You must either let me recover Life Points equal to its ATK, or destroy this monster!"

"...Recover Life Points." Akaba Reo sneered, "Don't forget, the higher your Life Points, the higher my ATK will be."

Not to mention that Wiraqocha Rasca was shouting beside him not to let it be destroyed, even if he had a choice, he would definitely choose to increase Life Points.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 3400 → 9800.

"Hmph, with this, my monster's ATK will be even higher!"

"That's why I said, you've been doing useless work, Akaba Reo."

Tenjou Hikari laughed softly. Beside him, Tierra was still asking, "Tenjou Hikari, aren't you going to use that?"

"It's not time yet—"

Tenjou Hikari said casually: "Then, enter the Battle Phase. During the Battle Phase, I activate the effect of Geoglyph Spirit! During either player's Battle Phase, I can banish monsters from my hand, field, or Graveyard to Fusion Summon 1 [Earthbound] Fusion Monster! I fuse the two monsters on the field!"

He pulled up the sleeve of his left arm, and a dog-shaped Dark Signer mark on his left forearm emitted a blood-like light.

"I've been wondering why, even though you chose me as a Dark Signer, you never responded to me!

So, you were here, you were all here!"

"Now, the duel has reached this point, you should all be able to see! If you can see that I am capable of changing all of this, then let's resist together! Resist the [Nobles among Gods] who are oppressing you!"

Awoo—

Behind Tenjou Hikari, the giant orca that had been slacking off suddenly swam out of the air, letting out a huge whistle.

Along with its call, the octopus and the griffin also let out their own calls.

In the distance, Crow, who had already resolved his own affairs, suddenly felt a stir in his heart. He glanced behind him and saw the giant bird-shaped Dark Signer mark lighting up again.

A massive Earthbound God appeared behind the other Earthbound Gods behind Tenjou Hikari, as if protecting its young. Its massive body was even enough to rival Wiraqocha Rasca.

"What? You, how dare you! Do you want to rebel!?" Wiraqocha Rasca waved its hands, wanting to grab those existences, but as Wiraqocha Rasca appeared, more "animals" emerged all around.

Hummingbirds, monkeys, spiders...

Those Earthbound Gods broke free from their shackles and finally returned to this world, able to do what they wanted and make their own choices.

And in the end—

Snap...

The crimson humanoid dog broke free from its restraints, spread its wings, and flew once more!

"The Fusion materials are an Earthbound Synchro Monster and an Earthbound Fusion Monster!

Fusion Summon! Level 10, Earthbound Servant Geoglyph Winged Dog Demon!"

"Awooooo~~~~"

It cheered and sighed.

Damn, this place is really not for gods to stay. I can't stay in this Synchro world for even a second!

It wanted to leave this sad place right now!

However...

The duel wasn't over yet.

Earthbound Servant Geoglyph Winged Dog Demon, Level 10, DARK, Fiend, ATK 3000.

And with the appearance of this monster, those Earthbound Gods left one by one, leaving only Ccapac Apu behind to watch.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 9800 → 9200.

"Oh no." Wiraqocha Rasca explained to Akaba Reo, "When Geoglyph Winged Dog Demon battles a monster, the opponent's monster's ATK becomes 0!"

Akaba Reo's expression changed instantly upon hearing this.

That meant that even if it had 100,000 ATK, it couldn't beat this Winged Dog?

"But... you can't attack right now," Akaba Reo said.

"That is indeed true. However..." Tenjou Hikari crossed his arms and said, "End turn."

What?

"At this moment, the effect of Dream Mirror activates."

"When there is an Xyz Monster on the field, activate during your End Phase. Destroy the monster with the highest Level on the field!"

"Ha, I thought it was something else. Earthbound Gods are unaffected by Spell/Trap card effects..." As he spoke, he suddenly saw Wiraqocha Rasca's already flushed face turn even redder.

"No way, could it be?"

"My power was all used to create dragons and snatch the Duel Dragons of the Crimson Dragon..." It muttered, "If I still had the power of those Earthbound Gods I snatched earlier, I might have been able to forcibly resist the destruction."

Of course, the outcome of that would be "although it's not written on this card, it can attack directly."

Wiraqocha Rasca's figure slowly crumbled, and then came the voice that made Akaba Reo's face look even worse: "Akaba Reo, my power disappeared because of your duel. If you can't take it back, then just wait!"

While speaking, it swallowed the last few people who were watching nearby, leaving only Tenjou Hikari and Akaba Reo here.

It was quiet now.

Tenjou Hikari felt much more peaceful all of a sudden.

"Bastard—"

"Don't be in such a hurry. There's still the next effect." Tenjou Hikari raised his hand and said, "The effect of Geoglyph Winged Dog Demon! When a card on the field is destroyed, destroy all cards on the opponent's field!"

The crimson dog demon howled, then took a deep breath and spat out a crazy torrent.

The spider was shattered in an instant, and the Continuous Trap card disappeared without a trace before he could even send it to the Graveyard himself.

In the crimson, hell-like flames, Tenjou Hikari's eyes were like jewels in the fire. He looked through the flames and met Akaba Reo's gaze: "Including the power of Xyz, the power you borrowed will also become the factor of your demise!"

"Damn it—"

Akaba Reo roared and drew a card.

He was unwilling.

He didn't believe it.

He couldn't accept it.

He had spent twenty years of painstaking effort to obtain the power of Pendulum, only for his opponent to obtain it in a single duel; he couldn't accept that the various support from evil gods, demon gods, and local gods he had painstakingly obtained were being torn away layer by layer by Tenjou Hikari like peeling cabbage.

He couldn't accept it!

"My turn, draw!! Spell Card, Pot of Avarice, return all spiders in the Graveyard to the Deck, draw two cards!"

He drew cards frantically, then gripped the card he had just drawn tightly.

Good!

There was still a chance!!!

"Normal Summon, Dark Summoning Beast! The effect of this card: I can add one card that mentions the name 'Sacred Beast' from my Deck to my hand. I add Dark Summoning Beast to my hand.

Then, the effect of Dark Summoning Beast on the field: as long as this card is in the Monster Zone, I can Normal Summon 1 Fiend-type monster with 0 ATK and DEF during my Main Phase, in addition to my Normal Summon.

I tribute it to Tribute Summon, Dark Summoning Beast!"

Tenjou Hikari looked at this card, nodded slightly, and said to Tierra, "It's coming."

Tierra finally understood why Tenjou Hikari had been waiting.

"This card can tribute itself to Special Summon the three Sacred Beasts from my Graveyard, ignoring their summoning conditions!"

As expected.

Tenjou Hikari had long anticipated this.

Sure enough, he had been sending the Sacred Beasts to the Graveyard all along for this very reason.

To make them easy to use, the cards Akaba Reo created were all manufactured in the direction of being "the highest quality." This card, which was incredibly powerful in the original work, was naturally within the scope of his creation.

"Descend!"

Thunder and lightning!

Dark clouds gathered!

Demonic fire burned everything around into a scorching hell!

The three giant demons that had appeared before Tenjou Hikari one by one finally appeared before him together.

They shouted, roared, screamed, were angry, and were also... looking forward to it.

Finally.

Tenjou Hikari saw these three monsters again.

Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, Level 10, FIRE, Pyro, ATK ?

Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, Level 10, LIGHT, Thunder, ATK 4000.

Raviel, Lord of Phantasms, Level 10, DARK, Fiend, ATK 4000!

"For every Trap card in the Graveyard, Uria's ATK increases by 1000." Akaba Reo waved his blood-colored cloak and said, "In addition, once per turn, Uria can destroy all Trap cards on your field!"

Tenjou Hikari's set card automatically flipped open, but it was actually a Quick-Play Fusion.

Akaba Reo snorted coldly.

The effect of the animated version of Uria could destroy all Trap cards on the opponent's field, but if it wasn't a Trap, it wouldn't be destroyed.

"Set 2 cards, end turn."

The cards he set were the Trap card Awakening of the Sacred Beasts. As long as this card was flipped open, with three Sacred Beasts present, the opponent would recover Life Points equal to the ATK of any monster they summoned/Special Summoned. The effects of monster effects activated on the opponent's field would be negated. Monsters sent to the Graveyard would be banished instead.

These three effects were almost all aimed at Tenjou Hikari, especially the second effect, which was aimed at Tenjou Hikari's previous words: "Your monsters only negate effects, but the effects can still be activated."

If Tenjou Hikari dared to attack with Geoglyph Winged Dog Demon, he could make him lose his effect instantly and be destroyed by battle.

Not only that, as long as this card was on the field, he could add one Continuous Trap from his Graveyard to his hand once per turn, at which point he could recover Crimson Barrier.

In addition, he also set a Roar of the Boundless, to prevent Tenjou Hikari from attacking directly with Earthbound God-series cards again.

Finally, there was the strongest Trap card, the Counter Trap "Solemn Judgment" offered to him by the Fallen Angel's Selector!

Everything was perfect.

"I have waited too long for this moment."

?

Unexpectedly, such a sentence came out.

"I've said it several times already, I will swing everything you are self-righteous about to my side—now, it is that time."

"My turn, draw!" Tenjou Hikari drew a card and looked down at it.

Trap card, Chain Material.

Did it arrive too?

Tenjou Hikari didn't dwell on it: "Then, discard Fluffal Patchwork from my hand, activate—Quick-Play Spell Card, Super Polymerization!"

Super Polymerization?

What card is this?

And... it seems like it's been in his hand for a long time!?

"Super Polymerization?" Yuri looked at the card and couldn't help but be stunned, "So he has this card too... but... it looks different."

A difference in feeling.

His Super Polymerization was just an ordinary Spell Card, a derivative of his power "Transcendental Fusion."

But—

He remembered Tenjou Hikari's Transcendental Fusion he had seen before.

That Transcendental Fusion was far worse than his.

So that's it!

In Tenjou Hikari's place, Transcendental Fusion was the derivative of Super Polymerization!

"Super Polymerization is the ultimate Fusion Spell Card that can fuse any monster on the field." Tenjou Hikari held up the card in his hand, "It symbolizes the strongest Fusion Spell Card!"

As Tenjou Hikari's voice fell, the whole world began to boil, dark clouds covered the entire world, dimensional communication equipment began to crackle, Yuri was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took out his Transcendental Fusion to stabilize the screen. The four Yu-boys looked at the screen turning into static in exclamation.

Yusei, Crow, Jack, and Ushio, everyone who was helping Tenjou Hikari, suddenly looked up at the sky thoughtfully. Under the pitch-black clouds, they felt their hearts seem to be connected to something.

A dragon's roar suddenly sounded. The world was suddenly illuminated, and the crimson dragon finally appeared for the first time in this dimension and this battle of the only god, circling in the sky, echoing the power of another "limit."

Lightning fell, and the three Sacred Beasts finally revealed a very anthropomorphic smile. Akaba Reo looked at this situation and couldn't help but want to flip the card.

Because he could see that the card Tenjou Hikari was about to use was terrifyingly powerful.

Heaven and earth, the world, the universe! Everything was responding to him!

"What is that?" Wiraqocha Rasca didn't even pay attention to the appearance of the Crimson Dragon at first, but looked at Super Polymerization in shock.

The black Goddess of Despair was affected by the power of Super Polymerization amidst the crackling sound.

When Akaba wanted to activate the Trap, he found that no matter what he did, he couldn't change it; he couldn't activate the Trap!

"The activation of Super Polymerization cannot be stopped by any card! You cannot respond to the activation of Super Polymerization with Spell, Trap, or monster effects!"

Ah!?

"Release the ultimate power!"

"Witness it, the ultimate Fusion power!"

"The strongest Fusion!"

"Super Polymerization!"

The three Sacred Beasts began to jump spontaneously, their shapes began to change, from fighting on their own at the beginning, gradually to fusing together, and finally turned into a combined demon!

"The Fusion materials are Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, and Raviel, Lord of Phantasms!"

"What? It's actually a Fusion of the three Sacred Beasts themselves?" Akaba Reo thought Tenjou Hikari was going to fuse some strange Fusion monster with three materials, but he never expected that the Sacred Beasts he had studied for more than a year actually had hidden cards!

Just as he was thinking this, he saw that the cards of the three Sacred Beasts on his field actually turned into particles and dissipated on his field, and then instantly appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field.

"Heh—I am the Fusion that fuses everything, the Fusion that pursues the ultimate Fusion, I am Tenjou Hikari."

"The three of you, I know you have been waiting for me for a long time."

A sincere smile finally appeared on Tenjou Hikari's face: "It's time to liberate you! I won't miss it!"

"Fusion Summon!"

"Level 12!"

"Chaos Phantasm Armityle the Void Phantom!"

"Aooooo—"

The demon's roar was like laughter.

Chaos Phantasm Armityle the Void Phantom, Level 12, DARK, Fiend, ATK 0.

"Damn it, the Sacred Beasts can actually fuse?!" Akaba Reo clutched his face, his head full of question marks, "Damn it, how could it be, how is it possible? Why, why didn't any of them think of it!?"

He had clearly done so many experiments with the Sacred Beasts, and clearly was the Fusion Army, why didn't anyone discover Chaos Phantasm?!

"Sacred Beasts, the Sacred Beasts actually followed you so easily—it, they, what's going on, why? Why didn't they absorb your life!?"

"Still asking why?" Tenjou Hikari spread his hands.

"That's naturally because they never wanted to help you."

"However, since you want it so much—then let you feel it, the power of Chaos Phantasm!"

"The effect of Chaos Phantasm Armityle the Void Phantom, once per turn, activate during the Main Phase. Give control of this card to the opponent!"

What?

I saw that giant demon couldn't help but laugh hahahaha at the same time.

It flew directly in front of Akaba Reo and began to frantically drain Akaba Reo's life.

The resentment of the past year, which had been forcibly avoided by Akaba Reo using various methods and copied by Akaba Reo using science, erupted almost simultaneously.

"I activate the Trap card, Roar of the Boundless, you cannot attack this turn."

"Ha, I didn't intend to attack anyway. Set one card, end turn."

It's over just like that?

Akaba Reo was stunned.

Then, Tenjou Hikari said quietly: "You don't think the power of Super Polymerization and the Sacred Beasts is just like this, do you? Take a good look at the effect of Chaos Phantasm!"

Effect?

He hurriedly looked down, only to see it written on the card that this card's control transfer effect activates during the End Phase...

All cards on your field are banished!?

How could it be—

Akaba Reo was shocked.

He had already set all the cards he could use!

However, the Sacred Beasts would not have the slightest mercy.

The figure of the Sacred Beasts gradually dissipated. After eating and drinking enough, Akaba Reo's field was left empty. In the next second, it appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field again. This was the aftermath of Chaos Phantasm's banishment effect!

The original owner of the control transfer effect of Chaos Phantasm can Special Summon one Chaos Phantasm Armityle from their Extra Deck, ignoring the summoning conditions.

Chaos Phantasm Armityle, Level 12, DARK, Fiend, DEF 0.

"Draw, draw card..." Akaba Reo looked at the card he drew, which was actually a Slave Fusion.

It's just that he didn't have any other useful materials in his hand.

Seeing this, Tenjou Hikari didn't activate his set card.

He originally wanted to go further, directly fuse Tierra, and destroy all of Akaba Reo's hand cards.

But since Akaba Reo didn't seem to have drawn any useful cards, there was no need for Tierra to destroy them once.

On the other side, strange bubbles seemed to float around Akaba Reo.

Bubbles.

Akaba Reo seemed to feel the bubbles.

All his efforts, all his achievements, seemed to disappear completely like a phantom.

From the moment he borrowed the power of the Sacred Beasts, it seemed to be like this.

But—

But it doesn't matter.

He had the God factor, the power of God, even if the duel failed...

Just start over!

He could live for many, many years, and there were still plenty of opportunities—

"You said before the start that if you failed, you would give up the leadership of the Fusion Army."

"Do you think I can't hear your ridiculous wordplay!?" Tenjou Hikari roared, "Don't even think about it!"

"You were thinking, if you didn't enter the Shadow Duel from the beginning, then losing wouldn't matter, right!?

Despicable villain!

Only you use the power of demons and evil gods in the duel to attack my soul and attack the people around me?!

There's no such good thing!"

"If you don't take your turn, then it's my turn!"

He drew a card with a swish.

"On my turn, Chaos Phantasm's ATK becomes 10000!"

Chaos Phantasm Armityle, ATK: 0 → 10000.

"Ten thousand...!?"

More than Tenjou Hikari's current Life Points!

"If you hadn't summoned the Sacred Beasts at the end, if you hadn't used No., or if you really still had room for Serena and the others, and still loved them in your heart, it wouldn't be like this! And the Sacred Beasts you controlled, the No. you used, and your indifference to Serena and the others are the support for my progress, my battle, and my fusion.

Now, Sacred Beasts! It's time for revenge! Let's put an end to this duel that isn't exactly blood-boiling! It's great, my blood didn't boil at all in the duel with you—"

Tenjou Hikari raised his hand and pointed forward.

Let's use this, the Fusion monster born from Serena's guidance, to make the final attack!

"All-Land Destruction Reincarnation Wave!"

Chaos Phantasm spat out black mist, shrouding Akaba Reo's surroundings.

His physical fitness was very exaggerated, as if he had received the blessing of "God."

But—

No matter how good the physical fitness is, the soul will not change!

With the pulling of Chaos Phantasm, his soul left his body. Immediately after, his Life Points returned to zero. All the souls swallowed by Wiraqocha Rasca were spat out because of the duel failure. It became furious and began to tear his soul, shouting to give it a little, give it a little.

"Ai—"

A huge female figure appeared behind Akaba Reo, her beautiful face carefully examining Akaba Reo.

That was the legendary Goddess of Despair, who would appear before the most desperate person in the world, or appear before any desperate person at the same time.

At this moment, Akaba Reo seemed to be that most desperate person. He finally realized that from the middle of the duel, he actually couldn't win. He had actually lost long ago. He thought he could still control the situation, thought he could still stabilize the situation with powerful cards, but it was all just a bubble.

But she didn't help Akaba Reo.

Because the ritual of the duel had ended.

She just took away, took away the despair that belonged to her, the "No." that belonged to her.

But in the end.

None of them could take Akaba Reo away!!

Because Super Polymerization was still working!

The black vortex completely isolated everything that wanted to take away a trace of his soul, a trace of his consciousness, or even a trace of "despair"!

As the torrent of destruction struck, Akaba Reo stared blankly at the light that swallowed everything before him, muttering: "My army, my empire, my ambition, my master of all dimensions—"

He was in pain, screaming—he was begging, he wanted to do it again! Let me choose again, let me swing again! Let myself start from scratch, this time I will definitely do better!!! This time he will definitely swing in the reasonable direction and won't let Tenjou Hikari catch the opportunity!

At that moment. The moment he craved.

At that moment, Tenjou Hikari suddenly felt his eyes blur.

In the next second, he felt himself in an infinite world, with countless stars and galaxies appearing around him.

He looked forward, and a giant dragon was flying in the universe at will, just by dancing, it shattered the planets.

"Tenjou Hikari—" Tierra was also pulled into this [Universe].

Not the universe.

I am [End].

Tenjou Hikari—

It seemed like a voice was communicating with Tenjou Hikari.

In the next second—

"Cut the crap!"

"Armityle attacks directly!!"

"No one can stop me!!!"

He punched forward, and the whole world seemed to be shattered by his punch. As the image dissipated, the surroundings of this world were still the Elder Council of the S-Dimension!

"I won't—let you go—Cronos ahhhhh!!!!"

"Achoo?" In the Duel Academy, Professor Cronos, who was processing work, sneezed inexplicably, "Caught a cold, none?"

Akaba Reo, LP: 500 → 0.