Chapter 38

"Zzzzt..."

Electric currents flashed on One-Eyed Fighter's body as it drew cards with a clatter.

Tenjou Hikari observed his movements.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! world, there has always been a setting of "training to draw cards." For example, the GX Academy has specialized training for card-drawing techniques to ensure the ability to draw the cards one wants. Or things like Yuma's "Shining Draw" in Yu-Gi-Oh! Z4—"Everything is inevitable for a true duelist."

From the current situation, the spread of black energy, the movement of parasites, and the explosion of electric currents actually all have one purpose: to enhance One-Eyed Fighter's "spirit power."

Before, it could barely speak, but now, it couldn't even speak at all.

After drawing the card, it immediately performed a Normal Summon.

It was a green-skinned monster that looked like a large lizard, holding a net in one hand and a fork in the other.

Gladiator Beast Retiari, Level 3, Water Attribute, Aqua-Type, ATK 1200.

Immediately after, One-Eyed Bear took out an Equip Spell.

It was a shield decorated with skulls. As soon as it appeared, it replaced the fork and became Retiari's weapon.

"Roar—"

It waved its hand, commanding Retiari to charge forward.

Prismaura slashed backhand, easily knocking away the Retiari that had charged up to attack. In the process, the shield in Retiari's hand shattered upon impact.

Gladiator Beast One-Eyed Fighter LP: 4000 -> 2750.

"It looks like that shield allows the equipped monster to not be destroyed by battle," Kokukawa Haruto glanced and said.

Tenjou Hikari nodded.

As the battle ended, Retiari dropped the net and turned to run away. Then, a horse-headed man clad in armor flew out from its deck.

Gladiator Beast Equeste.

"When Equeste is successfully Special Summoned by the effect of [Gladiator Beast], it can Special Summon a [Gladiator Beast] monster from the Graveyard with its effects negated." Tenjou Hikari wasn't surprised to see Equeste.

Equeste appeared on the field, swinging the steel chain in its hand like a whip onto the ground, forcibly dragging a monster up from the Graveyard.

Want to die?

Get up and work!

Gladiator Beast Lanista.

"Roar roar roar!"

One-Eyed Fighter raised both palms, and the two monsters instantly began to twist and fuse, returning to the deck and turning into a handsome, mighty, giant winged beast.

Gladiator Beast Caesar, Level 6, Dark Attribute, ATK 2400.

Tenjou Hikari's eyes lit up.

Good, good, good.

The solid image version of Caesar is actually quite handsome.

"Wooo-roar—" One-Eyed Fighter hissed, commanding Caesar to activate its effect. Caesar flapped its wings, blowing the monsters and face-down cards on Tenjou Hikari's field into fragments.

Thick smoke engulfed the entire dueling arena, as if a powerful explosion had occurred.

"Beautiful!"

"Well done, One-Eyed Fighter!"

In the research institute, the many researchers saw One-Eyed Fighter finally use self-mutilation to blow away the opponent's cards and immediately showed excitement.

"Great! Tenjou Hikari only has two Thunder Dragons in his hand. Even if he draws a Fusion next turn, it's just a Two-Headed Thunder Dragon. It's no longer a threat!"

"Hahaha, this is the power of science!"

What power of science??

Off-stage, the purple-haired girl tilted her head. Didn't it just draw a shield by luck?

I can do that kind of thing too, right?

However...

If he gets defeated just like that, it feels like...

Huh!

Suddenly, the entire research institute went quiet, as if someone had grabbed their throats, lifting them up and making them unable to make a sound.

As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, Prismaura on Tenjou Hikari's field had indeed disappeared, but in its place was a more mighty, more handsome, and more powerful... two-headed dragon!

That mechanical aesthetic, that water-like plating, that fierce roar—

Cyber Twin Dragon, Level 8, Light Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK 2800.

"Cy, Cyber Twin Dragon!?"

"How is that possible!"

On the screen, Tenjou Hikari revealed the card in his Graveyard. "Trap Card, Trap Trick."

He showed it to his opponent: "If this face-down card leaves the field due to the opponent's effect and is sent to the Graveyard or banished, I can activate this. Special Summon 1 monster from my deck or Extra Deck."

"Didn't expect to be able to use this one day."

Tenjou Hikari shrugged.

He didn't have this thing in his deck at the beginning. Perhaps because there were a large number of low-level Fusions in the deck, Super Polymerization even fused this card out for him.

It's a pity that his Extra Deck only had Fusion monsters, and Super Polymerization only gave him Fusion monsters.

"Damn it... He anticipated from the very beginning that One-Eyed Fighter would destroy his cards! So he deliberately..."

"The Battle Phase is already over, what do we do!"

Amazing!

The purple-haired girl jumped onto the table, looking at this scene in surprise.

This type of trap is rarely used nine out of ten times it's set. Being able to trigger it once basically means the opponent cooperated. Did that duelist named Tenjou Hikari guess this scene?

"My turn, draw." Tenjou Hikari drew a card, didn't even look at it, and directly commanded the two-headed dragon, "Battle. Cyber Twin Dragon, crush my enemies!"

Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice in one turn. After shattering Caesar on the field into powder, its other head looked at One-Eyed Fighter, then gathered energy and fired an even more violent beam of light.

The insects and mechanical modifications on One-Eyed Fighter's body were blown into dust almost instantly. Immediately after, a large amount of black energy disappeared along with it.

"How is it possible? How could he defeat One-Eyed Fighter so easily! Impossible!"

"Why are the cards he used today all cards he has never used before!"

"It's completely different from the data. We should restart!"

"Damn it, he clearly always uses Flame Swordsman!"

A group of researchers were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

"No, we must stop Tenjou Hikari. This is an order from the Professor!"

"But he's already won!"

"Doesn't matter, charge!"

The director pressed the buttons like a madman, making the purple-haired girl on the side frown deeply.

On the other side, after Tenjou Hikari defeated One-Eyed Fighter, just as he was about to go up and take a look, suddenly, a disgusting insect jumped out. Tenjou Hikari's eyes widened, and in the next instant, Flame Swordsman and Black Flame, who had been preparing all along, rushed up without hesitation, exterminating all the flying insects.

"Bastard, you've already lost in the Ritual of Dueling, yet you still dare to play dirty tricks!?" At the same time, Captain Bai Jing suddenly appeared in front of Tenjou Hikari. White light erupted from his body, like the sun, suppressing the black energy and parasites on One-Eyed Fighter's body.

The winner of a Shadow Duel has almost "do-as-they-please" power over the loser. Seeing that the person controlling One-Eyed Fighter still dared to resist, Bai Jing couldn't tolerate it and prepared to take action directly.

"Captain."

"My lord?"

He looked at Tenjou Hikari, not understanding why he stopped him.

He wanted to make the guy controlling One-Eyed Fighter lose consciousness!

Tenjou Hikari had a dark face.

Having already lost, yet still trying to sneak attack him—this made him extremely furious.

But what made him even more furious was that long before he saw the parasite, long before he dueled One-Eyed Fighter, he had guessed that things might develop to this point.

And, it had truly developed to this moment!

Even if the opponent was completely "unworthy," he had to take action!

"Truly trash even more disgusting than the bugs in the sewer..." Tenjou Hikari said with a cold face. He looked at One-Eyed Fighter, looked at those rustling insects trying to move, and "looked" at the others as if he were looking at the research institute side.

"You insects actually dare to use Fusion with me!"

"I want to let you know what a Shadow Duel really is, what Fusion really is, and what... victory is!"

"Give you the ending you deserve as losers!"

He suddenly held up a card high and shouted: "Release the ultimate power!!"

Accompanied by his shout, Bai Jing, Flame Swordsman, and Black Flame clearly felt a large amount of energy radiating from their bodies. Not only that, but cards in Tenjou Hikari's deck like Alchemist, Elemental HERO Ice Edge, and Dragon Warrior were also flashing with light.

In the sky, a huge, lightning-flashing dark cloud was suddenly born. Countless insects and black energy were forcibly dragged from One-Eyed Fighter's body into the sky, like rain falling in reverse, turning into "food."

"Ahhhhhh—"

At the same time, in a research institute in a certain lower dimension, the researchers watching the screen suddenly found that the electrical appliances in the entire room began to flicker, followed by explosions, and then one explosion after another!

The purple-haired girl who had just come to watch the duel saw that the situation was bad and quickly slipped away. On the other side, the director, noticing the scene around him, finally spotted the running girl and shouted, "Miss Serena! Don't run!" Then he saw collapsing pillars and countless spirits they had imprisoned in this research institute being unsealed, smashing controllers and petri dishes, escaping one by one, and then looking at them with red eyes.

It could be clearly seen that the things controlling them... had failed!

Damn...

Damn it—

It's over!

He saw those spirits walking fiercely toward him, and his heart gradually turned cold.

Celebrating the new book list top ten, adding an extra chapter. Although I'm not sure what rank I'll have next week, I'll add it anyway.

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