Chapter 449: Trade-off Tactics (5k for monthly tickets!)

"The turn continues. Before the turn ends, I still have to activate this card.

Equip Spell Card, Future Fusion."

Hikari Tenjou didn't end the turn directly, but continued to operate: "Send the Fusion Materials from the deck to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon a Fusion monster. That monster cannot attack during the turn it is Special Summoned."

"Oh..." This card?

Ryo Marufuji also had this card, so he knew how powerful it was.

For Hikari Tenjou, who used all Fusion, there was no Fusion more convenient than this card.

Compared to this card, even "Ancient Gear Fusion" and "Shaddoll Fusion" paled in comparison.

"I want to send the Fusion Materials, Shaddoll Beast and Shaddoll Lizard, from the deck to the Graveyard, and perform a Fusion Summon!"

Hearing these two words, many people immediately knew what he was going to do.

Hikari Tenjou clenched his fist slowly, then raised his hand and said: "It's time!"

Purple light rays extended crazily from behind him. Hikari Tenjou's eyes seemed to flash with a trace of purple light. Tiera stood beside him, lifting her hand gently, pulling out countless puppet strings.

"Listen!" Hikari Tenjou slowly placed a card on the field from his Extra Deck, "Voice of God, Word of God, understand and analyze, this order of God!

Fusion Summon!

Descend!

El Shaddoll Midrash!"

Purple smoke appeared, and a puppet was pulled up by puppet strings from Dream World, flying onto the spaceship.

El Shaddoll Midrash, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK: 2200.

"It's Midrash!"

"That monster that locks—"

"Hikari Tenjou's partner..."

Many people were already very familiar with this monster. Although Hikari Tenjou didn't use this card many times, all of Hikari Tenjou's acquaintances knew that she was the "partner" Hikari Tenjou trusted most.

Even his enemies knew very well that Midrash was a spirit that appeared beside Hikari Tenjou almost every day.

"Then, Shaddoll monster's effect, you shouldn't have forgotten it." Hikari Tenjou said, "Shaddoll monsters have the ability to activate monster effects when entering the Graveyard. Shaddoll Beast draws a card, Shaddoll Lizard's effect sends a Shaddoll card from the deck to the Graveyard."

"I choose to send Shaddoll Fusion to the Graveyard, and then draw a card."

"Cover one card, end turn."

In front of the TV, Jūdai sat cross-legged, supporting the ground with both hands, swaying left and right: "Hikari, so serious, actually played this combo right from the start."

"Eh?" The two little brothers were instinctively surprised.

Although the opening was good, 2500 and 2200 were actually not that powerful among the finalists.

Everyone could find a way to deal with this scene.

"Such a strong scene." Jim saw this and couldn't help but mutter, "Midrash has the ability to lock Special Summons. As long as Midrash is on the field, both sides can only Special Summon 1 monster per turn.

Chimerafflesia has the effect of lowering the opponent's ATK and increasing its own ATK. Unless it reaches 4500 ATK, it cannot be destroyed by battle through conventional means.

The Dream World on the field can assist the scene. Even if Kaiser uses cards to deal with the monsters on Hikari's field, he can draw a card.

Not only that, Midrash has the ability to recover Shaddoll Fusion after being sent to the Graveyard, leaving it to be activated directly in the next turn."

Daichi Misawa also nodded repeatedly: "Even without considering Hikari's covered card, just these two cards, the field, and the Graveyard are very troublesome. If you want to fuse a monster with ATK greater than 2200, you must deal with Midrash, and then you can operate again. This way, you lose the Battle Phase, which can be said to be the biggest limitation of Cyber Dragons."

Of course, in the eyes of some audience members who didn't know the truth, if Kaiser directly used Power Bond on Cyber End Dragon and then attacked Midrash, wouldn't he win?

But as I said before, in Daichi Misawa's view, there was another very serious problem, and that was—Hikari Tenjou still had covered cards.

Simply put, in their view, Hikari Tenjou's scene was very "three-dimensional."

"Starting with this kind of situation, as expected of you, Hikari." Kaiser had a smile on his face, "However, that's good too. In this way, it makes it even more exciting."

Not being able to decide a winner with Hikari Tenjou in Duel Academy could be considered a regret for Ryo Marufuji.

Now, half a year later, they met again and faced each other at the peak of dueling in this world. Kaiser was naturally incomparably excited in his heart.

The spaceship moved forward slowly. Kaiser looked at the cards in his hand and looked up slowly.

"There are monsters on the opponent's field, and no monsters on my field, this card can be Special Summoned—hehehe, come on, Cyber Dragon!"

Hum.

A silver-white mechanical dragon appeared on the field after a flash of strong light.

Cyber Dragon, Level 5, Light Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK: 2100.

And with the appearance of this monster, a string of purple puppet strings swept from around the spaceship to Kaiser's side, entangling Kaiser's duel disk, making him unable to Special Summon monsters again.

Many audience members knew that in this way, Kaiser had no way to Special Summon monsters.

"Then, Spell Card, Evolution Burst!"

"Evolution Burst..."

"I remember, it's a Spell Card that can destroy a card on the field, but it's useless, right? I remember Midrash cannot be destroyed by effects."

Kaiser's confident smile didn't fade: "No need to destroy Midrash—what I want to destroy is, Future Fusion!"

Revealed a smile.

"Future Fusion's effect, as long as it leaves the field, the monster you Fusion Summoned will be destroyed along with it. Even Midrash cannot escape this effect."

"Go, Cyber Dragon, Evolution Burst!"

The silver-white mechanical dragon twisted its body and sprayed a light stream at the Equip Spell Card on Hikari Tenjou's field. Before long, Future Fusion was destroyed and dissipated on the field.

"However, Midrash and Dream World's effects activate—I add Shaddoll Fusion from the Graveyard to my hand, and then draw a card."

Hikari Tenjou took a look at the drawn card.

Guardian of the Dragon-Magician.

Is it here?

Hikari Tenjou looked at the opposite side again.

Midrash was dealt with, so, how should Chimerafflesia be dealt with?

"There are monsters on the opponent's field, activate Cyber Eltanin's effect, Special Summon—Cyber Eltanin!"

Another strange Cyber Dragon card that Hikari Tenjou had never seen appeared on the field. It twisted its body, spinning in the air, accompanying the spaceship's operation.

Cyber Eltanin, Level 5, Light Attribute, Machine-Type, DEF: 2100.

"Based on this effect, Cyber Eltanin can Special Summon 1 【Cyber Dragon】 from the deck to equip. This turn, I cannot Special Summon monsters that are not Machine-Type."

Another Cyber Dragon was on the field.

"There are 3 Level 5 monsters!"

"Could it be, is it coming?"

Xyz Summon, that Xyz Summon that only Ryo Marufuji could do, could it be that it was about to appear at this time?

"Before that, Normal Summon, Cyber Dragon Core." Kaiser casually Normal Summoned a card.

A small purple mechanical dragon danced its body, landed on Cyber Eltanin, and danced in the sky following it.

Cyber Dragon Core, Level 2, Light Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK: 400.

"Cyber Dragon Core's effect, activate when this card is summoned. Add 1 【Cyber】 Spell/Trap card or 【Cybernetic】 Spell/Trap card from the deck to the hand."

He picked up his deck. The deck spread out in the air, and he himself didn't worry about the cards being blown out of the spaceship by the strong storm, accurately finding a card from the deck, and then taking it out instantly.

"I add Cyberdark Invasion to my hand!"

"Then, activate Cyber Eltanin's effect, return Cyber Dragon Core, which is treated as 【Cyber Dragon】 on the field, to the hand, and add a 【Fusion】 card from the deck to the hand."

"Finally..." Kaiser looked to his left, "Hikari, use this card to respond to your 【Fusion】—Equip Spell Card, Future Fusion!"

"It's the same card!"

"Sure enough, Kaiser must have this card in his hand."

Hikari Tenjou saw this card without the slightest surprise.

This was also too normal.

It was a matter of course for Kaiser to have this kind of card.

After all, this card was used by him in the original work.

"According to Future Fusion's effect, I send Cyberdark Claw, Cyberdark Cannon, Cyberdark Edge, Cyberdark Horn, and Cyberdark Keel from the deck to the Graveyard!"

"Fusion Summon!"

His momentum changed abruptly. Accompanied by his movements, the sky seemed to darken, and countless visible blue electric currents surged and drummed in the sky.

"Wow—" Chifubuki, who was watching the live broadcast in a wheelchair in the hospital, saw the snowflakes flashing on the screen and couldn't help but hang a smile, "So good..."

"Witness it, this is my struggle, my dignity, my duel!"

"Integrate the front and back, become the absolute powerhouse!"

"Fusion Summon!"

A huge, ferocious mechanical monster descended slowly from the dark clouds, accompanied by the claws and cannons, and the monster let out a harsh and loud roar.

"Level 10!"

"Cyberdarkness Dragon!"

"Oh! It's Cyberdarkness Dragon!" Seeing this monster at close range, Daichi Misawa could finally feel the feeling Chifubuki had when facing this monster at close range before.

"Except for the duel with Senior Tenjou where this monster appeared, Kaiser didn't even use this monster in the last duel..." Manjoume looked at this manic monster and couldn't help but mutter, "In the duel with Senior Tenjou, I only knew that this monster could equip Machine-Type and Dragon-Type monsters from the Graveyard and gain ATK, but other than that, I knew nothing..."

He watched the duel intently.

Although he hadn't dueled yet, his goal was only one, and that was the championship. Therefore, he had to figure out the effects of the trump cards of both sides participating in the competition.

Cyberdarkness Dragon, Level 10. Dark Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK: 2000.

"Cyberdarkness Dragon's effect, activate when this card is Special Summoned. Select 1 Dragon-Type or Machine-Type monster from your Graveyard and equip it as an Equip Card.

I equip Cyberdark Cannon."

Kaiser's face had a confident smile: "Cyberdarkness Dragon's ATK increases by the ATK value of the monster equipped by its effect."

Cyberdarkness Dragon, ATK: 2000 -> 3600.

"3600?"

"Normally speaking, it has already exceeded Chimerafflesia, but... Chimerafflesia has the effect of lowering the opponent's monster's ATK and increasing its own ATK. Unless the ATK reaches 4500, it's useless, right?"

Some audience members didn't look favorably on this move.

"Heh, wasting Future Fusion for nothing." In the Fusion Sect, some soldiers saw this and couldn't help but sneer, "Hikari Tenjou won't be defeated by this kind of card."

"Oh, is that so?" Yuri heard the soldier's words and turned his head to look over. The soldier saw this and was suddenly like facing a great enemy, trembling and lowering his head.

"Hahaha, you're really interesting. Can you continue to analyze?" He joked with a smile.

Thus, he listened to the soldier's analysis of how Kaiser should do this and that with his understanding, just like a statue.

And Yuri was listening to his remarks, unchanging.

"It's about time—" Kaiser said, while white light lit up on his body.

His clothes began to change color slowly. The originally black coat turned into pure white before long, and even his eyes showed slight color changes.

"It appeared!"

"It's the photonization of the X-Dimension—"

Countless audience members became excited.

"Use the Level 5 Cyber Dragon and Level 5 Cyber Eltanin on the field to stack the Xyz Network!"

The two mechanical monsters turned into light balls, swooshing into the black vortex that suddenly appeared on the ground. With the influx of the two light balls, a huge metal dragon with black wings rose slowly from it.

"Xyz Summon!"

"Rank 5!"

"Cyber Dragon Nova!"

Another trump-level monster was Special Summoned by Kaiser.

And unlike the "Cyberdarkness Dragon" which had epoch-making significance for Kaiser and Cyber Dragons, in the eyes of more people, the Xyz Cyber Dragon was even more surprising and exciting.

Cyber Dragon Nova, Rank 5, Light Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK: 2100, Xyz Materials: 2.

"Cyber Dragon Nova's effect, banish Cyber Dragon on the field to increase its ATK by 2100!"

Cyber Dragon Nova, ATK: 2100 -> 4200.

He looked at Chimerafflesia, and the corners of his mouth raised: "Battle Phase—Cyber Dragon Nova attacks Chimerafflesia!"

"Ah?"

"Not right!"

"Even if the ATK is increased by 2100, it's impossible to exceed Chimerafflesia!"

That's right—

Many people knew that Chimerafflesia's effect was specifically for those monsters relying on ATK, and it could even crash into monsters with 4500 ATK.

Although Cyber Dragon Nova easily reached 4200 ATK, wanting to fight Chimerafflesia was still thinking too much, right?

"What is my brother thinking?" Sho Marufuji scratched his scalp, unable to figure it out no matter what.

How could his brother do this kind of suicidal thing.

Ryo Marufuji had a smile that never faded on his face, directing the monster to step forward. Hikari Tenjou frowned, pondered for a moment, and shook his head: "I won't activate Chimerafflesia's effect."

WHAT!!!

"Why!!" Even Manjoume and Daichi Misawa couldn't help but blurt out.

Whether it was the audience in this dimension, the audience on Earth, or even the spirits and the Fusion Sect, almost everyone burst out with this question at the same time.

Why!?

No matter how you look at it, you have the advantage!

"Hahaha—wise move!" Kaiser laughed out loud, "In a duel, not only must you gain an advantage, but you must also choose to give up some things at critical moments."

He praised Hikari Tenjou, sighing at the other party's excellence.

At the same time, he also thought in his heart.

Sure enough, Hikari had already thought of it.

As expected of Hikari Tenjou, who pursued the ultimate Fusion, he must know the effect of 【Cyberdarkness Dragon】.

Cyber Dragon Nova vibrated its wings, lowered its flight speed, and when the spaceship moved forward, it aimed a pair of wings at the flower, cutting it into two halves painlessly in an instant.

Hikari Tenjou LP: 4000 -> 2300.

"Cover two cards, end turn."

"My turn, draw—"

Hikari Tenjou finished drawing the card and immediately opened his mouth: "Preparation Phase, Chimerafflesia's effect, activate during the next Preparation Phase when this card is sent to the Graveyard. Add 1 Spell/Trap card with 【Fusion】 in its name from the deck to the hand.

I add Simple Fusion to my hand!"

"Then—when the opponent has a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, this card can use monsters from the deck as Fusion Materials—I activate Spell Card, Shaddoll Fusion!"

"Don't even think about it—activate Cyberdarkness Dragon's effect, activate when the opponent activates a Spell/Trap/monster effect, send an Equip Card on my field to the Graveyard to activate. Negate that activation and destroy it!"

"Ah!?"

"Hiss—"

"Good, what a terrifying effect!"

Cyberdarkness Dragon's cannon on its back aimed at the Spell Card on Hikari Tenjou's field, focused slightly, and then a black electric current rushed out, instantly blasting that card into fragments.

"Oh my..." Countless people looked at this scene in shock.

Even Daichi Misawa couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

What a terrifying effect!

At this time, when they looked back and thought about it, they were suddenly covered in cold sweat.

If they were the participants, if they were in Hikari Tenjou's position, and activated the effect foolishly, it seemed they had already lost!?

If Chimerafflesia's effect was activated at this time, it would be negated and destroyed by Cyberdarkness Dragon's effect. By that time, because the number of monsters on Hikari Tenjou's field changed, Cyber Dragon Nova's attack would be rolled back. By that time, Cyber Dragon Nova could directly attack!

That's right, when the number of monsters on the opponent's field changes during an attack, you can choose to roll back the attack and re-select the attack target. If 1 monster suddenly becomes 0, it can become a direct attack!

A direct attack of 4200 points was an unbearable loss! Because once you take it, you lose!

Hikari Tenjou was actually prepared for the effects of cards that were only born before!?

"As expected of, the Absolute Fusionist who pursues the ultimate Fusion..."

"Even, even this kind of thing can be prepared for!?"

The Fusion Sect soldier opened his mouth wide, only then realizing the power of Future Fusion Cyberdarkness and the wisdom and rationality of Hikari Tenjou's choice!

Many people realized belatedly that Hikari Tenjou's decision to give up activating the effect in the last turn was not stupid, but great wisdom!

This was the decision that should be made!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 450 =====