Chapter 458

"Draw."

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu reached out to the top of the deck, and the card turned into data and appeared in his hand. He picked up the card, took a look, and then looked at the field.

The monster on his field is XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon, and the Continuous Trap Card is XYZ-Hyper Cannon.

Tenjou's field has El Shaddoll Construct, and an unknown cover card.

When Construct battles a Special Summoned monster, it can destroy the monster directly without battling.

Not only that, Shaddoll is the embodiment of Tenjou's "alchemy," embodying his understanding of Fusion.

Very tricky.

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu looked at the card in his hand, thinking of a way.

No matter what, he must find a way to destroy Construct, even if he pays more resources, it doesn't matter, otherwise, when it reaches Tenjou's turn, he will only be forced by Construct.

It's just...

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu pondered. He instinctively looked to the side and noticed Seto Kaiba, but saw Seto Kaiba's face was calm and expressionless, as if he were a statue, a projection.

He hurriedly came to his senses and shook his head.

How could he be distracted in such an important duel?

A duel is a matter between both duelists; anything outside shouldn't affect us!

He took out the card he just drew.

"Normal Summon, Armed Dragon Thunder LV3!"

The orange little dragon wearing armor had yellow electric light flashing on its hands, roaring and falling to the ground.

Armed Dragon Thunder LV3, Level 3, Wind-Attribute, Dragon-Type, 1200 Attack Power.

He grabbed the card and pointed at the opponent:

"The monster effect of Armed Dragon Thunder LV3, send 1 monster from your hand to the graveyard to activate. Send this card on the field to the graveyard, and Special Summon 1 【Armed Dragon】 monster of Level 5 or lower from your hand/deck.

I send Ojama Black from my hand to the graveyard, and activate its effect—"

"Then, chain to your activation, open the cover card." Tenjou Hikari didn't be polite to Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu, "Continuous Trap Card, Shaddoll Schism!"

"Uh..." Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's movements were instantly disrupted by Tenjou Hikari, and he could only watch Tenjou Hikari operate helplessly.

"Activate during the Main Phase of either player. Banish 【Shaddoll】 Fusion monsters decided as materials from your field/graveyard, and Fusion Summon 1 Shaddoll Fusion monster from your Extra Deck!"

Tenjou Hikari slowly clenched his fists: "The Fusion condition is, 1 Shaddoll monster and 1 Dark-Attribute monster!"

"Dark..."

Tenjou Hikari spread his hands flat, and countless purple lines flew out from behind him, dragging two Shaddoll monsters from the graveyard to the field.

"Banish Shaddoll Dragon and Shaddoll Beast!"

Listen! The voice of God! The language of God! The command of God!

Fusion Summon!

Descend!

El Shaddoll Winda!"

Purple puppet lines slowly combined, slowly outlined, and slowly manufactured a green-haired beauty.

El Shaddoll Winda, Level 5, Dark-Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, 2200 Attack Power.

At the same time, in the thunder, the monster on Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's field had already completed its growth, becoming a larger, more shining thunder dragon.

Armed Dragon Thunder LV5, Level 5, Wind-Attribute, Dragon-Type, 2400 Attack Power.

Accompanied by its Special Summon, purple puppet lines entangled his newly arrived Duel Disk. Looking at the purple lines on the Duel Disk, he couldn't help but feel a stomachache.

"Really ruthless, Tenjou."

"This is also a part of the duel." Tenjou Hikari smiled lightly, and then took the opportunity to raise a finger and said, "When Winda is on the field, both players can only Special Summon monsters once per turn. Now, you can't Special Summon anymore."

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu scratched his head.

The current situation, it can only be said to be okay.

Because the current situation was exactly what he had expected to happen.

"No way, enter Battle Phase—" Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu could only helplessly give up the thought of defeating Tenjou Hikari this turn, pointing at Winda, "XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon attacks Winda!

Hyper Cannon!"

The three parts of the machine began to accumulate power at the same time, and thunder light sprayed out from its mouth, finally landing on Winda. Winda reached out to block it for a while, then gave up casually and dissipated on the field.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 4000→3200.

Although injured, Tenjou Hikari didn't feel excessive pain. In the storm and thunder, his body leaned back, and then he looked at the field.

"The monster effect of Winda, when this card is sent to the graveyard, you can recover a Shaddoll Magic/Trap card from the graveyard. I recover Shaddoll Fusion." Tenjou Hikari raised his hand, and a large pile of lines gathered in his hand, finally turning into Fusion with a snap.

"Beautiful! Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu caused damage first!" Misawa Daichi shouted softly.

"However, it only caused damage once." Kaiser shook his head gently, "This has just begun."

Jim also nodded.

Although the intensity was not as much as that duel between Tenjou Hikari and Kaiser, there was one thing that was more detailed than that duel, and that was that whether it was Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu or Tenjou Hikari, they had no way to completely do "what they wanted to do," nor could they completely stop "what the other party wanted to do."

For duelists, what they always hope to see most is "the situation is under their control," and now, both of them probably don't know what will happen next.

It is precisely because of this that they, the spectators on the scene, are even more looking forward to it.

"Battle Phase ends, enter Main Phase 2." Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu looked at the hand cards and took one out, "Activate the Magic Card, Pot of Avarice."

Pot of Avarice?

Tenjou Hikari raised his eyebrows.

"According to the effect of Pot of Avarice, I can select 5 monster cards in the graveyard and return them to the deck, and then draw two cards. What I want to choose is, of course, Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, Ojama Black, as well as XYZ-Dragon Cannon and Armed Dragon Thunder LV3!"

5 monsters flew out from the graveyard. The Ojama brothers cheered and returned to their beloved deck again, and XYZ was assembled and returned to the Extra Deck.

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu drew two cards, took a look, and didn't pay much attention to it.

"Activate the effect of XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon on the field!" Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu pointed to the Hyper Dragon Cannon on the field, "Banish this card on the field/graveyard. Show 1 Machine-Type/Light-Attribute/Level 8 Fusion monster from the Extra Deck to the opponent. Special Summon up to 3 Fusion Materials described on that monster from your graveyard/banished state!"

"What?" Misawa Daichi exclaimed.

"Actually want to discard Hyper Dragon Cannon and exchange for an old model monster?!" Kaiser was also stunned.

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's operation scared the audience, and further, those ordinary audience members who were watching the live stream were also dumbfounded by this operation of Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu.

Whether it is this world or other dimensions, whether it is ordinary humans or spirits, using newer, stronger, and more powerful monsters for battle is almost an instinctive thought. Not using newer and stronger monsters when they are available is no different from "match-fixing" to the audience who don't understand much.

However, in Tenjou Hikari's view, this choice was truly correct.

"Banish XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon, show XYZ-Dragon Cannon, Special Summon X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tank from the banished zone!"

X-Head Cannon, Level 4, Light-Attribute, Machine-Type, 1800 Attack Power.

Y-Dragon Head, Level 4, Light-Attribute, Machine-Type, 1500 Attack Power.

Z-Metal Tank, Level 4, Light-Attribute, Machine-Type, 1500 Attack Power.

"Then, banish the three monsters!" Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu waved his hand, and the three monsters assembled under his operation. Although they were older models, they were also his models, the models he used.

"Heh..." On the side, Seto Kaiba revealed a smile for the first time.

"Come, Level 8, XYZ-Dragon Cannon!"

Boom!

The old robot descended in the electric light!

XYZ-Dragon Cannon, Level 8, Light-Attribute, Machine-Type, 2800 Attack Power.

"Actually really discarded the stronger monster and chose the old monster?" Misawa Daichi looked surprised.

"Oh! Want to win with your old friends?" Kaiser thought so from his own perspective.

"No—" At this moment, Tenjou Hikari, who was dueling, suddenly interrupted, "He just made the decision he thought was correct."

"That's right, hahaha—Tenjou!" Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu laughed loudly, "As expected of you, Tenjou. You are the most mature, excellent, smart, cautious, and goal-oriented person among all of us. I once took you and Jūdai as my goals. I once thought that only by defeating you could I gain true respect and honor.

But after spending a long time with you, investigating the Fusion Army with you, cooperating in the other dimension with you, and dueling in a team with you, I gradually felt confused."

He shook his head gently: "It's a pity that I didn't figure out my own thoughts on my own, and still needed Master to point it out. However, you also have Professor Dadesi to teach you alchemy, so it's a tie."

This is really true. Professor Dadesi's alchemy was too valuable to Tenjou Hikari, saving him a lot of unnecessary trouble and waste of time.

"The current me only wants to move forward toward the goal that all duelists should have initially—I want to become the most excellent duelist. So, the only thing I want to do is to win through wisdom and cards!"

He pointed his finger at the XYZ-Dragon Cannon on the field: "Indeed, Dragon Cannon doesn't have the attack power and interference ability of Hyper Dragon Cannon, but it also has its own excellence!

That is cooperation!

XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon can cooperate with it, V-to-Z Dragon Catapult Cannon needs it, perhaps in the future, the A-to-Z we are looking for will also need it—and now, to me, it is the card I need most!

Activate the effect of the Continuous Trap Card XYZ-Hyper Cannon on the field! Your own turn, target 1 of your banished Union monsters to activate. Return that monster to the bottom of the deck, and draw one card."

"I return Z-Metal Tank to the deck, draw card!"

He looked at the card he drew: "Good—"

He pointed at Armed Dragon Thunder LV5 with the card in his left hand: "The effect of LV5, send 1 monster from the hand to the graveyard to activate. Special Summon 1 【Armed Dragon】 monster of Level 7 or lower from the deck.

I send the Armed Dragon LV3 I just redrew to the graveyard—come on, evolve!"

"Evolve toward a more distant future!"

The body of Armed Dragon LV5 was already a whole circle larger than LV3. Looking at the spirit alone, it was already equivalent to XYZ Cannon, and accompanied by the bombardment of thunder on its body, its body became stronger and stronger. Before long, a huge armored dragon wearing silver-white armor, swinging a thick metal tail, fell down holding thunder.

"Armed Dragon Thunder LV7!"

Armed Dragon Thunder LV7, Level 7, Wind-Attribute, Dragon-Type, 2800 Attack Power.

"The effect of LV3, when this card is sent to the graveyard for the activation of a Dragon-Type monster's effect, draw one card from the deck."

"Draw card—"

Accompanied by drawing the card, his eyes lit up suddenly.

"It's here, Tenjou—the third Ojama Magic." He showed the card he drew directly to everyone.

"Hiss..." Misawa Daichi looked surprised. Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu performed what is called "compressing the deck" in this duel. In not much time, it seemed as if there wasn't much left in his deck.

"So powerful, this guy Lei Guang." Jūdai, who was watching the broadcast, exclaimed repeatedly.

Of course, there were also many people who didn't know what this meant at all.

Only the people in the duel understood this meaning.

"Dragon Cannon indeed doesn't have the power of Hyper Dragon Cannon to destroy cards during the opponent's turn, but the effect of XYZ-Dragon Cannon has no restrictions—it doesn't have a restriction like 【can only be activated once per turn】. So..."

He raised the Ojama Magic in his hand: "Activate the effect of Dragon Cannon, discard Ojama Magic in the hand, destroy El Shaddoll Construct on your field!"

Ojama Magic turned into a cannonball and filled into the body of Dragon Cannon. Then, a burst of cannon light shot out, Construct was hit in the chest, slowly shattered, and slowly fell.

"The effect of Ojama Magic, add 3 Ojama monsters from the deck to the hand."

"We're back again, Big Brother!" "Oh my oh my, I knew Big Brother loved us!" "Whoo, we must be the MVP this time, right!?"

"Hmm? Isn't Dragon Cannon powerful?" Johan on the side touched the back of his head in confusion. The spirit Ruby jumped out and kicked him on the forehead, making him hurry up and wake up. He came to his senses and laughed heartily, realizing he had thought wrong.

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu himself naturally knew the value of the Ojama brothers, but he didn't praise them directly, but continued: "It's not over yet, Tenjou. Now, I have three more monsters in my hand."

"Activate the effect of Dragon Cannon, discard Ojama Yellow and Ojama Green, destroy your Field Magic Card and Shaddoll Schism!"

Loading, aiming, preparing, bombarding, a beautiful bombardment, instantly blowing Tenjou Hikari's field clean.

"This... Hikari's field has nothing left all of a sudden." Misawa's face revealed worry.

"Not only that—because of the Continuous Trap, Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu can even bomb again during Tenjou Hikari's turn..." Jim was surprised, "Not only did it return to the starting point, Tenjou's Life Points are even lower than the previous turn!"

"Amazing... So that's it. Before, Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu wanted to win in one turn." Kaiser immediately understood why Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu was so uncomfortable before, "Because he wasn't sure what Tenjou's cover card was, he first Special Summoned LV5 to test it. If Tenjou couldn't Special Summon Winda, then he would directly dismantle Hyper Dragon Cannon, Special Summon Dragon Cannon, then destroy Tenjou's field, and attack directly to win..."

"But, Tenjou directly restricted Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's Special Summoning..." Johan pondered, "So that's it. Armed Dragon Thunder can evolve in different directions. By then, even without Dragon Cannon, he could use the effect of ordinary Armed Dragon to destroy Construct, and then cause higher battle damage."

"Uh... trade-offs and decisions?" Misawa Daichi's forehead dripped with cold sweat, "Instinct is the thing I'm least good at!"

"But it's not over yet." As if to deepen everyone's impression, Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu slowly clenched his fists, "This is not enough!"

The Duel Disk began to operate at high speed. Seto Kaiba on the side seemed to have been prepared, put on a pair of observation sunglasses, and looked at the data.

Orange-yellow current flashed in Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's hand. He raised his fist and shouted to the sky: "The monster effect of Armed Dragon Thunder LV7, send 1 monster from the hand to the graveyard to activate. Send this card on the field to the graveyard, and Special Summon 1 【Armed Dragon】 monster of Level 10 or lower from your hand/deck!"

"10!?"

"Can it still evolve?!"

Zzz—

The current pierced through Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's body, and the steel giant dragon on the field also expanded along with him.

The airship began to shake violently. Above the sky, in an unknown place in the Spirit World, a golden lightning bolt roared down from the sky.

"Send the second Armed Dragon Thunder LV5 in my hand to the graveyard!"

"Evolve!"

Boom!

Thunder roared.

An armored dragon that almost occupied half of the dueling field slowly flashed in the electric light.

It was doing the exact same movements as Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu. The thunder that was originally overflowing and needed power control was completely integrated into its body, turning into light wings and a tail hammer. Accompanied by its movements, it shone brightly.

"Armed Dragon Thunder LV10!"

Armed Dragon Thunder LV10, Level 10, Wind-Attribute, Dragon-Type, 3000 Attack Power.

(End of chapter)