Chapter 453: The Duel of the Soul

Neo Domino City, this sacred ground of dueling; some young people gathered in front of the large street screen, watching this duel and cheering excitedly.

"One person uses Xyz, one person uses Synchro, but in the end, they are both striving for their goals!"

"Yeah, one wants to make Cyber Dragon even more glorious, while the other is obsessed with 【Fusion】."

"Too... cool—"

"My friend used to love dueling, but after hearing about more advanced summoning methods, he felt his dozen years of life had been wasted and gave up dueling directly... This match will surely awaken his heart. You guys keep watching, I'm going to find him!"

Such things are not isolated cases. In the human world, almost everywhere, regardless of day or night, regardless of race, every duelist who saw this duel could understand and realize this fact.

Although their world cannot currently use the powers of Synchro and Xyz, this is absolutely not a problem.

Since the geniuses standing at the forefront of dueling have already mastered Xyz and Synchro, then one day, this world will gradually master these powers as well.

And more importantly.

Whether it is Xyz or Synchro.

No matter how powerful the new summoning method is, it is actually not a problem.

What matters is the heart.

Just like Kaiser, no matter what summoning method it is, he only wants victory, only wants to move forward with Cyber Dragon.

Just like Tenjou Hikari, just as he said himself.

Xyz, Tuner, Synchro, it's all the same. Fusion is inclusive; even if they are different types of monsters, it doesn't matter.

The slogan he has always insisted on is not an empty slogan, but something he firmly believes in!

There is no need to doubt this time.

Because they have seen the facts!

Performing a Fusion Summon using a Synchro monster...

"Really, it's all real." Suddenly, in the audience, a member of the Fusion Sect could not control their emotions, suddenly lowered their head, and began to cry.

The Fusion Sect member next to them hurriedly leaned over and patted their back.

Before, Tenjou Hikari had said in front of them that Fusion could contain anything, that Fusion could accept anything, and that even a Synchro monster could be Fusion.

But without facts, no matter how much Tenjou Hikari insisted, they would still hesitate.

What's more, the extreme event of the Fusion Army attacking the X Dimension happened later, making them even more suspicious and fearful in their hearts.

And now—everything is over.

No need to doubt, no need to worry.

Because, the 【Fact】 has appeared, 【Fusion】 has appeared.

Serena watched this scene, feeling as if she had grasped something, but the feeling was fleeting, and that strange sensation vanished in an instant.

She touched the prototype mirror in her arms, and a sense of heroism seemed to arise in her heart as well.

Be firm in oneself!

The humans were fine, as they could only stay on the ground no matter how excited they were, but the spirits were different. Among those spirits who were already flying along and watching the fun, many cheered for Tenjou Hikari and Kaiser, and beyond that, many spirits even volunteered to cheer for the two of them.

After chatting and discussing for a long time, Tenjou Hikari finally pulled himself away from the group of spirits.

"Phew—" Tenjou Hikari let out a sigh of relief.

And outside the airship, the spirits were still following the airship in flight.

The next duel would not start for a while; Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu and Johan had already gone to adjust their respective decks in a flurry. On the deck, only duelists like Tenjou Hikari and a few staff members acting as referees for Kaiba Corporation remained.

"Haha, you're really popular, Tenjou." Misawa Daichi laughed heartily.

Then, after laughing for a while, he looked at Tenjou Hikari seriously and said: "Although the place is different, it seems like we've returned to the first semester back then."

Misawa was talking about the "Academy Representative Battle" that happened not long after the freshmen enrolled.

At that time, Misawa lost to Jūdai and then cheered for Tenjou Hikari, who was also in the Slifer Red dormitory.

And now, Misawa has lost to Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu, yet he still stands here, cheering for Tenjou Hikari.

Perhaps he doesn't have many unique features, but in their study life, he is Tenjou Hikari's best study partner; in cultural courses, he can always discuss things with Tenjou Hikari.

"Ha..." Tenjou Hikari shook his head gently.

"Tenjou, the pinnacle of the school... the top of the grade, don't lose it—" He smiled and raised his fist at Tenjou Hikari.

"Don't worry, Daichi, I said it before, I'm determined to get the school's top scholarship."

Although Tenjou Hikari no longer needs the scholarship at all and can choose to eat whatever he likes every day, Tenjou Hikari still replied to Misawa Daichi this way.

Some things, once persisted in for a long time, become a habit, pushing people forward.

Afterward, he walked toward the rest cabin.

After dueling Kaiser, he felt he needed to eat something, drink some water, or something to replenish his fluids and energy; he felt that as the duel went on, his spirit became somewhat exhausted.

Bumping into the three-way battle in this world was indeed a bit exhausting.

Beside Tenjou Hikari, Tiera was holding a few cards, looking at them one by one.

These were a few spirits willing to join Tenjou Hikari. Among them, one card, "Synchro Fusionist," could be seen at a glance to be a card related to Fusion and Synchro. Apparently, it had rushed over to join Tenjou Hikari immediately after seeing him summon Muddy Mudragon. This spirit received a warm welcome from Muddy Mudragon, which exclaimed that it hadn't seen another monster of the same type as itself in so many years, which really excited it, and so on.

But actually, it was normal. For the vast majority of ordinary spirits, they are pure outsiders, each hiding in their own territory and never meeting, so naturally, they wouldn't encounter each other.

Now that there is this duel broadcast at the critical point, naturally, there will be spirits who recognize each other.

"The Critical Point Dimension is a node that can lead to all dimensions." Tiera flipped through two more cards, and while flying, she picked them up to show Tenjou Hikari. "And almost every race has a camp preserved in this dimension.

This duel will probably spread to all dimensions very soon; you are really going to become a super big celebrity, Tenjou Hikari."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but puff out her chest and raise her head, as if Tenjou Hikari's glory was her glory.

Tenjou Hikari took the cards from her hand and put them back into the card box—these were all spirits related to Fusion or purely related to Synchro. Among them, what surprised Tenjou Hikari the most was that there was actually a "Ghostrick Specter."

This is a card from the "Ghostrick" series, a Level 2 Dark-Attribute Zombie-Type Tuner monster, and its effect is quite good. Moreover, it is a monster from the "Ghostrick" family itself—according to what it said, it also accidentally drifted into this dimension and couldn't help but fly over after seeing Tenjou Hikari's duel.

After Tenjou Hikari greeted each spirit, he also introduced them to the Great Universe Workshop. With Wan Rong and Bai Jing, Tenjou Hikari believed they should be able to adapt to life there.

After all, compared to simply staying in a card, the activity space is much larger.

And besides that, Tenjou Hikari also checked his deck and was surprised to find that some Machine-Type cards had actually fused together, shining with a faint micro-light—Cyber Eternity Dragon.

Tenjou Hikari looked at this card.

"As expected..."

Tenjou Hikari was not surprised at all.

The card was not yet finished, but it was actually about a quarter of the way there; it just needed to be solidified.

It was a pity that Tenjou Hikari didn't have time to fuse it out completely.

After all, the final battle would probably be tomorrow.

The duel with the one between Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu and Johan.

Just as Tenjou Hikari was thinking about how to adjust his deck, Tiera on the side suddenly took out a card, and then, like a magic trick, slowly twisted it, turning the card from a single card into a fan. She held a full eight or nine cards and showed them to Tenjou Hikari: "By the way, Tenjou Hikari, should we put 【Me】 into the deck for the finals?"

She was very confident.

Although it was only a semi-finished product, it was definitely superior to ordinary spirits.

And Tenjou Hikari shook his head helplessly with a smile: "What are you saying? Even if we use Mudragon, we are still missing a Fusion Material with a specified card name."

"Tch, can't we just use Fusion Substitute to make do? Or just treat Nephthys as N'tss."

"Ha, what do you think?"

Tenjou Hikari was amused.

Tiera also knew it wouldn't work, so she put away her various parts, put her hands behind her head, shook her little head, and kept saying it was a pity.

I don't know if it was because she finished watching this duel that brought together Xyz, Synchro, and Fusion at such close range, but even Tiera was somewhat stirred, as if she felt Tenjou Hikari's persistence for Fusion and couldn't help but want to show off her "divine power."

(End of chapter)