Chapter 335: A Chosen Opponent (4k, seeking monthly tickets)

"Long time no see, Miss Ishizu, Mr. Rishid."

Yugi Muto walked forward to greet the people emerging from the wind and sand.

It was clear that he was quite familiar with them; perhaps they had maintained contact after the end of "Battle City."

The other members of the Tomb Keepers, aside from the two, hurriedly bowed to Yugi.

Rishid returned the greeting first, then looked at Tenjou Hikari and asked Yugi with a puzzled expression, "Yugi, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Yugi gently tugged at his shoulder strap, raised his drawing board slightly, and said, "Mr. Rishid, Miss Ishizu, didn't I tell you already? I really hope you can leave this place and go out into the wider world, instead of..."

He chatted with the two of them.

In his view, dimensional travel technology was becoming increasingly mature, and the world was now filled with all sorts of brand-new cards, but at the same time, countless beings from other dimensions had entered this world.

In places unseen by the Tomb Keepers, many strange spirits had already harmed the humans of this world, and it was KaibaCorp that had secretly handled these matters.

Beyond that, exchanges with several other human dimensions were becoming increasingly close, with worlds influencing one another.

One day, this world would become completely different, but if the Tomb Keepers remained here, clinging to their old ways, they might vanish into history.

He really didn't want that to happen.

That was why he had previously tried his best to persuade the Tomb Keepers to send a newcomer to participate in the GX Tournament, hoping they would see what the current world was like.

The result was actually quite good.

The Tomb Keeper duelist finished the tournament early, and upon returning to the Tomb Keepers, spoke of some things seen at the GX Tournament.

Rishid looked at Tenjou Hikari.

The GX... champion?

A genius among geniuses, an absolute Fusion user...

Rishid had already learned about Tenjou Hikari from his newly adopted "younger brother," and had also taken the time to watch recordings and understand Tenjou Hikari's duels.

"Next, I'm going to a newly discovered human dimension... That world seems full of an entertainment atmosphere and has many brand-new gaming devices, which I am very interested in..." Yugi said while gesturing, "In short, I might be staying there for a long time. Since Tenjou-kun has started challenging 'Legendary Duelists,' I thought of you.

Now that there's finally this opportunity, I really hope Mr. Rishid can duel against a duelist born in the current new-generation dimensional dueling environment, to see what a duelist of the new era is like.

Otherwise, if we miss this chance, I don't know when the next opportunity will arise. And I don't know how long it would take to get in touch with you again."

So that was it.

Tenjou Hikari nodded gently from the side.

So he was persuading his friend to come out and take a look.

As the saying goes, timing is everything; hearing that Tenjou Hikari was dueling "Legendary Duelists," he used this opportunity to approach Rishid, a "Legendary Duelist."

Unlike "Legendary Duelists" like the Paradox Brothers who just muddled through, Rishid was a genuine legendary duelist who had once pushed Jonouchi into a desperate struggle. If not for the command of his "sworn brother" Marik, which led him to use a copied Winged Dragon of Ra card and suffer the punishment of the god's wrath, resulting in him falling unconscious, he would not have lost that duel.

In short, he was a legendary duelist of extremely high caliber.

Tenjou Hikari looked at the people behind him again.

He did not see that "Marik," but instead saw some unfamiliar faces.

Rishid himself was a child adopted by the Tomb Keepers, so the new recruits of the Tomb Keepers, such as the member who participated in the GX Tournament last time, as well as the unfamiliar faces behind him, were all children adopted by the Tomb Keepers.

Exploring a brand-new world?

Rishid pondered.

He looked at Tenjou Hikari.

Challenging "Legendary Duelists"?

Interesting.

Although not all legendary duelists were that excellent, many "Legendary Duelists" were actually just making up the numbers.

However, for a young man to have the courage to challenge a "legend" showed his courage and confidence.

Plus, having heard stories about Tenjou Hikari from his younger brothers, knowing he was a Fusion duelist who grew up in the "Fusion Army" but turned to oppose it, he actually had quite a favorable impression of Tenjou Hikari.

If it were just a pure duel against a junior, it wouldn't be a big deal.

And...

He could actually see that his younger brothers and sisters really wanted to go out and see the world.

He looked at Ishizu, and the woman was silent for a moment before nodding gently.

Alright—

Rishid looked at Tenjou Hikari: "Alright Yugi, this is indeed a good proposal."

He did not want Marik's tragedy to repeat itself, so if his younger siblings really wanted to see the outside world, he wouldn't deliberately stop them.

But perhaps because of his attitude, the younger siblings he adopted were very observant of the Tomb Keepers' rules, never violating them for so many years, until some time ago, when Yugi Muto personally came to the Tomb Keepers, and someone participated in the GX Tournament at his invitation, experiencing "dimensional travel" and the adventure in the "Critical Point" dimension.

That younger brother's adventure and competition in the other dimension were the stories the children loved to hear most recently, making them yearn for the outside world even more.

"Is that so? That's great." Yugi smiled genuinely, then turned back to look at Tenjou Hikari.

Tenjou Hikari was a bit confused.

"Hmm..." Yugi touched his card case, flipped through it, found a card, and handed it to Rishid, "Then, before the duel, please add this card to your deck."

"What?" Rishid took the card, not understanding, and then his eyes widened suddenly, "This... this is!?"

His hands felt a bit weak, and his whole body trembled slightly.

"I hope you can put this card into your deck for the duel."

"To duel this young man, I actually have to use this kind of card?" Rishid couldn't believe it.

Yugi Muto nodded slowly: "Not just that. I think that by using this card, this duel can become the best full stop and conclusion."

What kind of card is it?

Tenjou Hikari felt goosebumps hearing this.

Strengthening his opponent before the duel—does Mr. Yugi trust him that much?

Li Xide carefully took the card, then cautiously took out his own deck, inserted the card into it, and subsequently looked at Tenjou Hikari.

"Well then, young man, sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Not at all—"

The two stood on either side of a tall pillar, each taking out their own deck. Li Xide loaded his deck into an old-fashioned Duel Disk, while Tenjou Hikari's Duel Disk automatically began to spin. After a series of transformations, it converted the card in Tenjou Hikari's hand into data and integrated it into his deck.

Muto Yugi took out a coin and tossed it casually. The coin spun in the air before landing in front of the pillar.

"Ding—"

All the spectators looked at the ground.

Tails.

"In that case, Tenjou-kun goes second."

Tenjou Hikari nodded and met his gaze, then they both shouted together: "Duel!"

Li Xide, LP: 4000.

Tenjou Hikari, LP: 4000.

"My turn, draw—"

Li Xide drew a card into his hand, scanned the cards in his hand, and silently set two cards.

"Set two cards. Turn end."

Setting cards silently, then ending.

That was Li Xide's tactic.

Tenjou Hikari glanced at the cards in his hand and shrugged.

Fortunately—he had adjusted his deck in advance.

"My turn, draw." Tenjou Hikari raised his right hand, and a card turned into a purple stream of light, slowly appearing in his right hand.

"What kind of Fusion will he use?" "I don't know, but Big Brother Li Xide is very strong." A group of children whispered to each other.

They had all heard about Tenjou Hikari from the older brother who had previously gone to the GX Tournament, so they knew what Tenjou Hikari's duels were like.

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow when he saw the card he had drawn.

Drawing this card right off the bat?

"Phantasmagoria... It seems this duel's opponent is quite formidable; not someone who can be taken down in a short time. It looks like it will be a heated battle." Tiella appeared beside Tenjou Hikari and said to him.

Although the human named Yugi made her feel somewhat strange and uncomfortable, since the duel had already started—and it was against a "legendary duelist," and he seemed to have obtained some upgraded cards—she certainly wouldn't miss it, decisively rushing to the scene to watch the duel live.

This was definitely more interesting than watching a live stream in the Great Universe Workshop.

Tenjou Hikari nodded.

"Then, I activate the Field Spell Card, Phantasmagoria!"

The wind and sand gradually dissipated, and a blue sky, white clouds, and a dreamlike floating island appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Wow—"

"Oh!"

A group of Tombkeeper children cheered.

People all like beautiful scenery; being able to live in a tranquil world is certainly better than being in this wind and sand.

"Phantasmagoria is the one used at the GX Tournament, right?" "It should be."

It seemed they were all very familiar with Tenjou Hikari's deck.

A group of children watched the scene excitedly, looking forward to Tenjou Hikari's next "Fusion."

Tenjou Hikari smiled.

"Since that's the case, I'll summon this—Normal Summon, Nemeses Flag M-05!"

"Eh?" "Never heard of this card." "Big Brother Shuris, you never told us about this card!" "No, isn't it? This is my first time seeing this card too."

Tenjou Hikari smiled and said: "It's normal that he doesn't know—this card is one I obtained during my adventures while traveling in the S-Dimension, so people in this world should be seeing it for the first time!"

"Wow—another dimension!" "So that's possible." "That's right, Big Brother Shuris also brought back quite a few cards we didn't recognize."

Yugi, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but laugh softly.

Well done, Tenjou-kun, you're truly considerate, intentionally using cards that don't exist in this world to spark their curiosity.

"Then, I activate the effect of the summoned monster. Nemeses Flag M-05 can only be activated when Normal or Special Summoned. Add one Nemeses monster other than [Nemeses Flag M-05] from your deck to your hand."

Tenjou Hikari's left-hand Duel Disk rotated automatically, emitting a purple light. Before long, a card wreathed in flames flew out from the deck: "I add Nemeses Armorer from my deck to my hand."

"And then... Spell Card, Fusion!"

"Here it comes!" "It's Fusion!"

Tenjou Hikari's mouth curled up, and he said: "The Fusion condition is... two Nemeses monsters with different Attributes!"

Tenjou Hikari raised the card in his hand. On the field, the little tentacle creature trapped in the culture tank seemed to sense something and began to expand wildly. Countless tentacles grew from its body, growing crazily, and then transformed into a towering giant, emitting a terrifying sense of oppression.

"Fusion Summon!"

"Level 9, Nemeses Umbrella!"

"Sss-ha—"

Nemeses Umbrella, Level 9, Water Attribute, Psychic-Type, ATK 2500.

"ATK 2500..." "Psychic-Type?" "These are all things we haven't seen much of."

A group of Tombkeeper children discussed the brand-new, unseen things excitedly.

"Activate monster effect. When Nemeses Umbrella is Fusion Summoned, you can target 1 card on the field. Destroy that card. I destroy the face-down card on your left, Mr. Li Xide.

Then, the effect of Phantasmagoria: when a Fusion Monster is on the field, once per turn, if a monster in your hand or on your field is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, you can activate this. I draw 1 card from my deck."

Countless tentacles twisted wildly, stabbing directly at Li Xide's face-down card, but Li Xide wasn't the least bit nervous and directly flipped his face-down card: "Naive, Trap Card, activate!

Bottomless Trap Hole!

When the opponent Normal, Flip, or Special Summons a monster, activate this. Change those monsters to face-down Defense Position. Monsters changed to face-down Defense Position by this effect cannot change their battle position."

Without a doubt, a trap!

Seeing this, Tenjou Hikari wasn't nervous; instead, he couldn't help but laugh calmly: "As expected, it's a Trap Card..."

Li Xide frowned slightly.

"Then—chain activation, activate the effect of Nemeses Umbrella! When the opponent activates an effect, activate this. This turn, this face-up card is unaffected by that effect and other card effects of that same type... that is, [Monster, Spell, or Trap]!"

Li Xide's eyes widened sharply.

A huge pit appeared beneath Nemeses Umbrella, but such a massive pit couldn't bury its entire body. The tentacles whipped and lashed out at the surroundings, completely unaffected!

"It dodged the effect directly—" "So strong, as expected of the GX Tournament champion, he was prepared long ago!"

"Battle, direct attack on the opponent—"

The giant tentacles churned wildly, swinging toward Li Xide.

"...It's not that simple. If it's unaffected by Trap Cards, then I'll just use a Trap monster to block it—activate Continuous Trap Card, Metal Reflect Slime!"

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow slightly.

"After this card is activated, it is Special Summoned as an Effect Monster (Aqua/Water/Level 10/ATK 0/DEF 3000) in Defense Position!"

Following Li Xide's introduction, the card transformed into a viscous metal monster, guarding his field.

"Because the number of monsters on the opponent's field has changed, I can perform a replay, re-selecting an attack, changing targets, or not attacking. I will not attack."

Tenjou Hikari was out of options now. In terms of effects, Nemeses Umbrella indeed had powerful resistance, but its ATK just wasn't enough: "I set one card and end my turn."

"He held out!" "Big Brother Li Xide, keep it up!"

Hearing the voices of his younger siblings, Li Xide curled the corner of his mouth imperceptibly, then looked on: "Travels to other dimensions, brand-new cards and possibilities, and pure Fusion... Indeed, you are an excellent duelist. However... I will not hand over victory so easily."

"My turn—draw."

He looked at the card he drew and couldn't help but squint.

It's here—

He looked up at Tenjou Hikari, leaving Tenjou Hikari somewhat confused.

"Activate Spell Card... Ancient Chant!"

????

Tenjou Hikari was stunned upon hearing this.

The Sun God!?!???

He looked at Yugi, only to see Yugi smiling and nodding at him, looking like he was saying, "How about that, a surprise, right?"

Indeed...

A trace of intense excitement appeared on Tenjou Hikari's face.

A huge surprise!