Chapter 448: Meeting Welcome

Rumble—

Hikari Tenjou climbed onto the stage slowly. Because it was too far from the ground, the wind blowing on his face felt like a knife, and it didn't take long for his body to feel a chill.

However, he didn't have the slightest fear, but instead appeared exceptionally excited.

Finally, he had climbed onto the highest stage in this world.

Just like the protagonists he once saw in anime who fought their way to the finals in competitions, he finally arrived at the "final venue."

The spaceship slowly started to rotate, and countless drones rose from all around, aiming at the two.

Hum—

"Come on, duelists who covet climbing to higher peaks, stand on your own stage, fight, dance, and then—win!"

Seto Kaiba's solid-vision image looked up and shouted.

Then, as his voice fell, the spaceship began to rotate slowly, flying, rushing out of the arena.

"When the spaceship leaves the space directly above the duel arena, the first duelist to shout 'first attack' will get the first attack!"

At the same time, the screen began to reverse slowly, and the numbers began to drop.

10... 9...

3, 2...

1!

"I go first!"

Having trained for a year and a half, Hikari Tenjou shouted this sentence instantly at this critical moment, and drew a card with a swoosh—

Absolute Fusionist, Hikari Tenjou, LP: 4000.

Hell Kaiser, Ryo Marufuji, LP: 4000.

"Interesting, Hikari, didn't expect you to be faster than me."

"As a duelist, every talent must reach the highest level, so that we can lead to a more distant future and reach the ultimate of Fusion—"

"Hahaha, good, come on, Hikari!"

"Duel!"

The spaceship passed through a layer of dark clouds, and the light shone on the two. Countless people also turned their attention here.

The audience inside the Critical Point and Serena, the spirits looking up at this scene, Jūdai watching the live broadcast, the audience in the human world, the teachers in the academy, the Fusion Sect hiding in other dimensions, almost everyone was paying attention to this duel.

"Come on! Hikari! Come on! Kaiser!" "Brother, come on!!"

"Ryo-kun or Hikari-kun, oh my god, how should I choose, who should I support!"

"Tsk, Kaiser Ryo and Hikari Tenjou..."

They each had their own thoughts, but at the same time, they also had their own needs.

Some wanted to see a more gorgeous and exciting duel, while others, because of camps and hatred, urgently wanted to see these two "fellow disciples" fight.

"Speaking of which, we are both students of Professor Cronos."

"Ah, he is the best professor." Ryo Marufuji nodded gently.

He was able to successfully enter the professional arena and successfully become a professional duelist, which couldn't be separated from Professor Cronos's help. When he was discovered by company people, Cronos followed him the whole time, handling some affairs for him to prevent him from being taken advantage of.

After that, it was also Professor Cronos who ran non-stop to help Hikari Tenjou sign the contract, and ran non-stop to help Hikari Tenjou query and calculate.

For both of them, Cronos was the most important professor in their academy learning career.

So they were both very happy to call themselves Cronos's disciples externally and would not specifically refute it.

"When graduating, not dueling you, Hikari, can be considered a regret." At that time, Ryo Marufuji realized that Jūdai's emotions were wrong and chose Jūdai as his graduation duel opponent, which resulted in him not dueling Hikari Tenjou at the end of school.

And now, they could finally cross hands.

"Ha, then, let's consider it a rare, second chance, Kaiser!"

As the two finished speaking, under the gaze of the audience, the spaceship had already carried them to the front of the 【Sun】.

The close-range audience, such as Jim, Misawa, and others, looked at this scene and swallowed their saliva gently.

Because... the duel was about to begin!

"My turn!" Hikari Tenjou took out a card with his backhand, held it beside his eyes, and said, "Activate Normal Spell Card, Fluffal Patchwork! This card can only be activated once per turn. Add one 【Edge Imp】 and one 【Fusion】 to your hand.

I add Edge Imp Chain and Fusion from my deck to my hand!"

The deck popped out two cards automatically, and in the violent wind, they shot into Hikari Tenjou's hand.

"Frightfur!" In the Fusion Sect's base, in a training camp full of children, a blue-haired child saw this card and was startled, stuffing a lollipop into his mouth.

"Then, I activate the Field Spell Card, Dream World!"

Hikari Tenjou held up a card and put it into the Field Zone with a swoosh.

Purple light shone on the spaceship, and then, faint white light spots appeared beside the spaceship. A huge floating island appeared beside the duel arena, slowly flying along with the spaceship.

"Oh? Not Fusion Recycling Plant?" Seeing the Field Spell appear, he thought Hikari Tenjou was going to use Fusion Recycling Plant, but didn't expect it to be a card he had never seen before.

"Activate Spell Card, Fusion!"

Hikari Tenjou picked up the Fusion, Edge Imp, and another monster in his hand, and said, "I fuse Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio and Edge Imp Chain in my hand, Fusion Summon!"

On the back of the White Dragon, soil seemed to churn, vines began to move, and a huge pink flower rose slowly.

Predaplant Chimerafflesia, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, ATK: 2500.

"Is it here? Chimerafflesia?" Seeing this monster, Kaiser also gradually felt his blood boiling.

A powerful monster that could search for 【Fusion】 Spell Cards, and it seemed to be the Fusion monster Hikari Tenjou liked to use most in the Critical Point.

In the Aroma Garden, the Aromage perfumers were in front of a light screen, watching this semifinal match with many beast-type spirits in the forest. After seeing this card appear, Marjoram sipped her black tea gently, and Rosemary jumped up and cheered.

"It's not over yet, Kaiser!" Hikari Tenjou suddenly opened his hands and said, "Activate the effects of the monsters and the field!

Ophrys Scorpio's monster effect, this effect of this card name can only be activated once per turn. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, activate. Add 1 Predaplant monster other than 【Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio】 from the deck to the hand. I choose Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra."

This card was a card Hikari Tenjou had made using the last materials and accumulated duel energy when he returned to the Great Universe Workshop before, and he had never used it before.

"Then, Edge Imp Chain's effect, once per turn, activate when this card is sent from the hand or field to the Graveyard. Add 1 【Frightfur】 card from the deck to the hand!"

"I choose, Fluffal Patchwork!"

"Oh!!" Jim couldn't help but exclaim when he heard this, "In this way, back and forth, it's equivalent to Fusion Summoning a Fusion monster for nothing, and there is still Fluffal Patchwork and Predaplant monster in hand, and next turn, Fusion and Edge Imp can be added to the hand to fuse again!"

"Wow, isn't Fusion very wasteful of hand cards? How come there are more and more!?" The audience also exclaimed.

"He actually used Edge Imp to fuse other monsters?"

"Master, too handsome!"

"It's not over yet—Dream World's effect!"

"This card gains specific effects based on the types of monsters on the field. When there is a 【Fusion】 monster, once per turn, activate when a monster in your hand or field is sent to the Graveyard by an effect. Draw a card from your deck."

He drew a card with a swoosh again.

In this way, not a single hand card was lost!

"So that's it, that field has this kind of effect..."

"Is it a field that assists Fusion in drawing cards? Very interesting."

Some audience members also roughly knew what kind of field this was.

"Ha... is this your 【Welcome】 ceremony? Hikari."

"Heh, this has just begun. Kaiser!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 449 =====