Chapter 459: Champion! (Daily 12k Updates, Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

The monster symbolizing Wan Wan Zhangmu, performing the exact same movements, stood firm upon the earth.

"Lv10!" Sanze Sanze Dadi blocked his forehead with one hand, the gale and thunder forcing him to stagger backward; the energy of the duel had become tangible, compelling him to dodge.

No—

He noticed the plight of his companions.

Even Caesar had been forced to retreat!

Solidified!

Under Wan Wan Zhangmu's surging duel energy, the power of Armed Dragon Thunderbolt Lv10 had become physical.

"Armed Dragon Thunderbolt Lv10's effect! Due to being special summoned by an Armed Dragon monster effect, it gains the following effects!"

Wan Wan Zhangmu raised one finger: "One: When this card's ATK reaches 1, treat its name as Armed Dragon Lv10!"

Then, he clenched his fist: "Ten: When this card's ATK reaches 10, control cannot be changed!"

After stating this effect, he swept his robe with a smile: "Hundred: When this card's ATK reaches 100, it cannot be destroyed by battle!"

"And then—" he clapped his palms together before him: "Thousand: When this card's ATK reaches 1000! Once per opponent's turn, discard one card from hand to target and destroy one card on the field; your ATK rises by 1000!"

"Finally…" Wan Wan Zhangmu gently rubbed his hair: "Ten thousand: When this card's ATK exceeds 10,000, once per turn, destroy all other cards on the field!"

"This is… my Wan Wan Zhangmu Lightning Lord's brand-new Wangpai, my brand-new soul! Hahaha!"

After showing off, Wan Wan Zhangmu crossed his arms before his chest and laughed uproariously, while Armed Dragon Lv10 mimicked him, arms folded over its chest, summoning countless bolts of lightning.

He laughed for a long time, until the lightning faded and his companions stared at him blankly, then he coughed hastily and resumed the duel: "Armed Dragon Thunderbolt Lv5's effect: When this card is sent to the graveyard by a Dragon monster effect, add one Armed Dragon monster of Lv5 or higher from the deck to hand. Second Armed Dragon Thunderbolt Lv7."

"That's a lot, Lightning. Where did you get so many?" Sanze couldn't help asking.

Lv monsters are ultra-rare cards.

One full set of Lightning Lv monsters was already terrifying, yet Wan Wan Zhangmu had acquired two sets?

Hearing Sanze Sanze Dadi's question, Wan Wan Zhangmu paused, then turned to look at Armed Dragon Lv10; Lv10 let out a howl, and he laughed again: "Three, six—still not ten thousand."

Huh?

What did that mean?

The surrounding companions exchanged glances.

"Cover two cards. Your turn, Tenjo."

"Another two explosions." Tenjo Hikari drew a card, studying what he had drawn.

Two explosions every turn was worse than dueling Caesar—his single Divine Yingyi counterfeit scripture had failed to block anything, and now it was six hand cards against two explosions again.

But the good news was, the card he drew was decent.

"Normal summon this, haha—how should I say it—me."

"Huh?"

Tenjo Hikari casually placed a monster on the duel field: "Dragon Mage Guardian."

The masked monster, resembling Tenjo Hikari sevenfold and clad in the chief's uniform, reappeared on the field.

Dragon Mage Guardian, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Dragon Type, ATK 1800.

Wan Wan Zhangmu frowned.

The difference between explosion and Kang lay here: if Wan Wan Zhangmu were using Armor Yu Dragon, regardless of what was in Tenjo's hand, he would have immediately activated Armor Yu Dragon's effect to negate and destroy Dragon Mage Guardian.

"Send the Overlay Fusion in hand to the graveyard, activate Dragon Mage Guardian's effect: Add one Normal Magic Card with 'Fusion' in its name from the deck to hand."

"Fusion Troops probably can't be used; Fusion Strong Troops should only have one…" Wan Wan Zhangmu recalled, slowly exhaling.

So this should be fine…

He couldn't think of anything that could—

He suddenly froze, eyes widening.

"Lightning, the possibilities of Fusion are endless."

Tenjo Hikari extended his hand, and in the next instant, a full "wall" of Magic Cards appeared before him in data form.

He casually flicked his wrist; the data slid away like a dragged app window, descending to the bottom, and Tenjo spotted the card he wanted.

"I choose the Normal Magic Card, Simple Fusion." He lightly tapped the card image; the data solidified, slowly becoming a real card.

Tenjo Hikari held Simple Fusion in hand but didn't use it immediately; instead, he spoke: "Then, activate Dragon Mage Guardian's second effect!"

"Eh?" Everyone exchanged glances.

"Second effect…?" Wan Wan Zhangmu frowned.

Since this card was recently made and given to Tenjo by Mr. Bakura, no one knew its exact effect; they only knew Dragon Mage Guardian could search for a 'Fusion' Normal Magic Card from before, when Tenjo duelled Caesar.

But now…

"To activate: Show one Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck to your opponent. Then, special summon from your graveyard one Fusion Material Monster whose name is written on that Fusion Monster, in face-down defense position!"

Tenjo opened his Extra Deck; a card flew out and appeared on the field.

"It's him again!"

"Haha, showing off once more."

"Of course—"

Wan Wan Zhangmu sighed deeply.

He knew his defense this turn had failed again.

"Show Embedded Fortress Dragon, special summon it face-down!"

"Ah! I get it, I know this!" A student from the Fusion Society stood up in the arena, "The difference between Fusion and Xyz or Synchro is that even face-down monsters can be Fusion Materials!"

"Yes yes yes yes—"

"Ah, so even a face-down Cyber Dragon can become Embedded Fortress Dragon!?"

"Of course—that's our director's understanding—"

Because Tenjo Hikari had repeated this before, everyone instantly remembered.

Naturally, Wan Wan Zhangmu understood even better: "Activate Armed Dragon Lv10's monster effect! Send Armed Dragon Thunderbolt Lv7 from hand to graveyard to destroy your Cyber Dragon!"

Thunderbolt spread its wings, lightning gathering in its right hand; it aimed at the face-down monster and hurled its lightning—CRASH! The face-down monster shattered.

"Armed Dragon Thunderbolt Lv7's effect: Add a Pile Driver Armed Dragon from the deck to hand!"

"Meanwhile, Armed Dragon Thunderbolt's ATK rises by 1000!"

Armed Dragon Thunderbolt Lv10, ATK: 3000 → 4000.

"Then, pay 1000 LP to activate Simple Fusion: Fusion Summon, Thousand-Eyed Offering God!"

Tenjo Hikari LP: 3200 → 2200.

Thousand-Eyed Offering God, Level 1, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster Type, ATK 0.

"Then I activate the Continuous Trap Card, Hyper Cannon's effect: Discard Pile Driver Armed Dragon and Chaos Monster to destroy your Thousand-Eyed Offering God and Dragon Mage Guardian!"

The cannon fired again; since it wasn't a Dragon monster, even Thunderbolt Lv3 couldn't draw, so Wan Wan Zhangmu only took Pile Driver Armed Dragon.

And to be safe, Wan Wan Zhangmu also destroyed Dragon Mage Guardian.

"Impressive…" Sanze Sanze Dadi whispered in astonishment.

If it were him, he'd have been crushed after two explosions in the first turn and two more in the second; but Hikari not only withstood the attacks, he was even launching a counter—this was incredible.

"The effect of Overlay Fusion in the graveyard: Return Nephilim from the graveyard, exile this card, then draw one card."

"Then, Magic Card: Divine Yingyi Fusion—your field has XYZ-Draco Cannon, so I can send Fusion Materials from my deck to the graveyard. I choose Divine Yingyi Falcon and Flame-Sword Mage to send to the graveyard: Fusion Summon!"

Divine Divine Yingyi Divine Crystal!

Red puppet threads connected from all directions; a Gem Knight slowly rose before Tenjo Hikari, then endless crimson threads swelled it into greater bulk.

Divine Divine Yingyi Divine Crystal, Level 7, Fire Attribute, Rock Type, ATK 2450.

"Divine Yingyi Falcon's effect: When this card is sent to the graveyard by an effect, special summon it face-down."

Several purple puppet threads dragged a mechanical Falcon and placed it on the field, face-down, emitting a faint blue glow.

"Huh? You retrieved Nephilim, so why didn't you Fusion Nephilim, but instead Fusion Divine Crystal?" John exclaimed.

Both in stats and effect, Nephilim was clearly stronger.

"Indeed, purely by effect, Nephilim is superior," Sanze Sanze Dadi nodded, "but the Flame-Sword Mage Tenjo sent to the graveyard has a similar effect: during the Damage Step of battle with an opponent's monster, destroy both battling monsters."

"Also, Flame-Sword Mage can be special summoned directly whenever a Fire Attribute Fusion Monster on the field is destroyed by battle or effect."

"Strengthening defense?"

"No—understood. Hikari did this intentionally," Caesar suddenly laughed.

"Intentionally?" The companions exchanged glances.

"Flame-Sword and Nephilim have similar effects, but if you think Hikari only did this to protect himself next turn, you're wrong—he intends to use Divine Crystal in battle, let it be destroyed, then recover Divine Yingyi Counterfeit Scripture."

Oh!

Several people suddenly understood.

Rather than risk facing a potential collision next turn with only Nephilim standing, better to use Divine Yingyi Counterfeit Scripture to special summon Midrash next turn and block Wan Wan Zhangmu's consecutive summons, preventing him from gaining battle advantage.

"Then… activate Magic Card Spiral Fusion!"

"Spiral?"

"Never heard of this Fusion…"

Again, everyone exchanged glances.

"Spiral Fusion is a Dragon-exclusive Fusion Magic Card," Tenjo Hikari smiled. "It allows you to send Dragon monsters from hand or field as Fusion Materials to the graveyard to Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster!"

Tenjo Hikari held up two cards: "I will Fusion: the Dark Knight Gaia, whose name is treated as 'Dark Knight Gaia,' and the Cursed Dragon!"

Tenjo raised the two cards; they transformed into a whirlwind, spinning upward into the sky, then a furious vortex crashed onto the field.

"Fusion Summon, Skyborne Long Qishi Gaia!"

A plain knight, riding an ancient dragon, descended amid the storm. Compared to ordinary Dragon Knights, the dragon was red, and the knight appeared even more heroic.

Sky-Soaring Long Qishi Gaia, Level 7, Wind Attribute, Dragon Type, ATK 2600.

"Sky-Soaring Long Qishi Gaia?"

"Ah! That's one of the legendary Duel King's Wangpai monsters!"

"It's Gaia? I haven't seen this card appear in ages."

The audience began chattering excitedly.

The teammates beside them looked at each other, all sensing mutual confusion.

At this point, what use is a fusion monster with only 2600 ATK?

Kaiba, standing nearby, watched the sudden appearance of this spirit; his calm expression slowly shifted to bewilderment.

This monster…

"The effect of Spiral Fusion!" Tiancheng Guang suddenly clenched his fist, grinning, "When Spiral Fusion's effect special summons 【Long Qishi Gaia】, that monster's ATK rises by 2600, and during the same battle, it can attack twice! And while Sky-Soaring Long Qishi Gaia remains on the field, it is treated as Long Qishi Gaia!"

"What!?"

"Rise by 2600!?"

"It can attack twice!?"

The gale howled as Gaia's body grew larger, gradually reaching the size of Armed Dragon Thunder, then surpassing it even further—

Long Qishi Gaia, ATK: 2600 → 5200.

"It exceeds the Five Divine Dragons by 200 ATK!"

"Oh! 5200 ATK and it can attack twice!"

"If this attack succeeds, Wan Wan Zhangmu loses!"

"So the strongest is still Tiancheng?"

Several people began making judgments.

Wan Wan Zhangmu, far from surprised, smiled: "Of course—this card was made specifically to fuse with Long Qishi."

Tiancheng Guang glanced at Wan Wan Zhangmu's back row, prepared briefly, then spoke to the Long Qishi: "Gaia, this time, I'm counting on you."

"Rest assured, my lord—I will complete this mission!"

"Then, battle! Sky-Soaring Long Qishi Gaia, attack XYZ-Draco Cannon!"

"Spiral Gun Kill!"

The Long Qishi's body began spinning rapidly; soon, he transformed into a spiraling storm, stabbing toward the robot. After a wild whirl, he drilled through the fused machine like a drill bit, shattering it into fragments!

Wan Wan Zhangmu strained to hold his ground, but his body was still violently pushed backward by the gale.

Wan Wan Zhangmu LP, 4000 → 1600.

Wan Wan Zhangmu's first damage—right from the start, massive damage!

"Good! Not a trap meant for defense—" Sanze Sanze Dadi began cheering for Tiancheng Guang, "Now I realize, when A-Guang fused Summoned Crystal, he was preparing for cards like Mirror Force, right? But now it's clear—he wasn't!"

"Wan Wan Zhangmu's LP is 1600. Long Qishi can't win directly, but Summoned Crystal can still battle—Tiancheng wins!"

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Tiancheng Guang commanded the Knight: "Second attack! Long Qishi Gaia, attack Armed Dragon Thunder LV10!"

The gale spun again. The Long Qishi locked eyes with the equally powerful dragon. Two wind-attribute dragons stared at each other, then let out low roars.

"Not happening, Tiancheng!"

Suddenly—

Wan Wan Zhangmu shouted toward the sky.

"Armed Dragon is my dignity, my symbol—you won't cross it so easily!"

"Activate trap card!"

Here it comes!

Tiancheng Guang's expression hardened.

"Armed Dragon's Ten Thousand Thunder!"

BOOM!

Another lightning bolt struck the airship, causing its already shaky frame to shake violently.

"Target one Armed Dragon monster on your field. That monster's ATK increases by 1000 for each type of Armed Dragon in your graveyard with a level lower than that monster's."

"My graveyard contains: Armed Dragon Thunder LV7, Armed Dragon Thunder LV5, Armed Dragon Thunder LV3, and Pile Driver Armed Dragon—so ATK rises by 4000!"

"4000!?"

"Ah!?"

"Come on, Armed Dragon LV10! Gather the thunder!!"

BOOM!

Lightning struck again. The once-steady airship began truly rocking. Some crew members staggered. As more thunderbolts crashed down, the yellow lightning in Armed Dragon's hands grew larger and larger!

Armed Dragon Thunder LV10, ATK: 4000 → 8000.

"Eight thousand!?"

"It's far beyond the Five Divine Dragons!"

"Could this monster really reach ten thousand!?"

"My god…"

The audience in the arena was awestruck.

"This value matches the power of the Electronic End Dragon," Caesar said, gazing up at the Armed Dragon facing off against the Knight. "It's incredible."

"That's 8000 minus 5200—2800 points! So A-Guang lost!?" Sanze Sanze Dadi gasped in shock.

"No—" Tiancheng Guang shook his head. "The effect of Armed Dragon's Ten Thousand Thunder deals zero battle damage to the opponent during that turn."

Oh!

Several people suddenly understood.

"Lightning—is this your battle of dignity!?"

"Hahaha! I told you—I'm going to become the strongest!"

But unfortunately—

Only 8000.

Still not ten thousand!

"Then go, Gaia!"

"Counterattack, Armed Dragon!"

The two storm dragons surged above the airship. Armed Dragon swung a claw, hurling lightning forward; the Long Qishi retaliated with his lance.

Lightning and storm tore wildly above the airship, causing it to shake violently in midair. Many crew members began shouting for spectators on the deck to take cover—but no one moved.

To witness a battle like this—even death—

Was impossible. Everyone here was no rookie duelist; even at this height, spirits protected them.

BOOM—

In the end, the Long Qishi could not withstand Armed Dragon. He vanished into the sky like a falling star.

"Even 5200 ATK couldn't defeat Armed Dragon!"

"Yeah! Even the Five Divine Dragons would've lost 200 LP!"

At this moment, Sanze Sanze Dadi's math theory might be most useful—everyone could clearly see the difference between 5200 and 8000.

"Then—Summoned Crystal, attack Armed Dragon LV10!"

"Useless! Counterattack, Armed Dragon! Shatter it!"

Armed Dragon LV10 swung a reverse punch, instantly shattering Bai Jing, the captain.

"Then, at this moment, I special summon the Phantom Flame Swordsman from my graveyard! Simultaneously, by Summoned Crystal's effect, I return the Phantom Canon of Shadow from my graveyard to my hand!"

Black flame slowly appeared, then the armor Huanranyixin, turning golden, and the flames in its hands became blue.

Phantom Flame Swordsman, Level 8, Fire Attribute, Warrior Type, ATK 2800.

"Battle continues!"

"Phantom Flame Swordsman, attack Armed Dragon LV10!"

"Phantom·Battle Flame Slash!"

The Phantom Flame's silhouette kept appearing around Armed Dragon. Though it knew these were illusions, it still kept glancing around.

And at this moment, the Phantom Flame had locked its target!

It was the "wound" left by the combined attacks of the Long Qishi and Summoned Crystal!

"Phantom Flame Swordsman's effect: When this card battles an opponent's monster, at the start of the damage step, destroy both monsters!"

The Phantom Flame finally slashed its blade across Armed Dragon's jaw—but at the same time, Armed Dragon realized: it was the true one. It seized the illusion and unleashed thunder!

BOOM!

The powerful explosion darkened even the daylight.

"Then—I activate a trap card!"

"A trap card used in this situation?" Tiancheng Guang frowned, wondering what trap it could be.

"Thief's Mutual Theft!"

On the card art, two skilled thieves passed each other, each stealing an item from the other…

"When cards on both players' fields are destroyed by battle or effect, activate. Both players draw two cards!"

"Ha! More hand replenishment? Makes sense—your Disruptive Magic is already used up."

Tenjo Hikari looked at his hand cards.

"Vampire Princess, nice draw."

"Cover one card, end your turn!"

"Heh… heh…" Wan Wan Zhangmu wiped sweat from his forehead.

He felt the ground beneath his feet trembling—whether from excitement or something else, his heart pounded violently.

Is this the cost of Ma Gu?

He glanced at his side.

He was a duelist who filled his deck with many draw-support cards, because he himself rarely achieved what Yūsei Tenjō could.

"Activate the spell card Three White Bones Zone! Target three Level 2 or lower normal monsters in your graveyard; special summon them!"

"Then I chain your activation—activate the continuous trap card, Shadow-I's Pseudo-Canon, and banish from the graveyard Shadow-I Divine Child Jing and Shadow-I Midrash!"

"Come on, Midrash!"

Shadow-I Midrash, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster Type, ATK 2200.

Purple puppet strings once again wrapped around Wan Wan Zhangmu's dueling field; he showed no fear, letting the strings coil freely around the field.

Then, three bizarrely shaped Chaos Monsters stood firm, their faces resolute, guarding before Wan Wan Zhangmu.

Though each had only 0 ATK, Wan Wan Zhangmu's deep trust and skillful use of them made these creatures, already utterly devoted, yearn even more to aid him.

"Hikari is so strong!" "Why is he still holding on?" "Can you even keep going?"

Chaos Yellow, Level 2, Light Attribute, Beast Type, ATK 0.

Chaos Green, Level 2, Light Attribute, Beast Type, ATK 0.

Chaos Black, Level 2, Light Attribute, Beast Type, ATK 0.

"Activate spell card—Cost of Ma Gu: send all face-up monsters except effect monsters to the graveyard; then draw two cards!"

He chose Chaos Yellow.

"Go, little brother!" "Don't worry, big brothers!"

The Chaos Monsters cheered each other on.

"Draw!"

Wan Wan Zhangmu pulled hard.

Then he froze.

It was…

He stared at the card in his hand, lost in thought for a long time.

This was the spirit he'd encountered since childhood—the key card that let him win streaks in elementary school tournaments, and the soul-card he'd buried in the academy after losing to Yūsei Tenjō.

After returning to the Duel Academy, he secretly dug it up, solemnly apologized to it, re-added it to his deck, and then lived, grew, and reached this moment with his friends—

Yes!

How could I be without you!

He grinned.

Both he and Tenjo Hikari were at their last breath—drawing this card now was the perfect moment!

"First, activate the quick-play spell card, Cyclone, and destroy your Shadow-I's Pseudo-Canon!"

A gentle wind blew, shattering the Pseudo-Canon.

"Then, tribute the two monsters on the field!"

"Goodbye!" "Last one!"

"Synchro Summon!"

The sky, dimmed by the violent explosion, suddenly split cleanly in two—one half white, radiating light; the other black, Jingjing resting.

"Dragon of Light and Darkness!"

"Aooooo!"

The half-white, half-black Absolute Dragon flapped its evil yet holy wings and slowly descended.

Dragon of Light and Darkness, Level 8, Light Attribute, ATK 2800.

"The Dragon of Light and Darkness?" Kai Sa's expression turned grave.

"He drew the ultimate Wangpai at the final moment!"

"Damn it—Tenjo's cards are mostly fusion-based; in this endgame, he'll be utterly crushed by the Dragon of Light and Darkness!"

"Battle! Use Dragon of Light and Darkness to attack Midrash!"

The great dragon spread its wings and flew toward Midrash.

Tenjo Hikari glanced at his hand cards, frowned slightly, then raised one card from his hand:

"Wait—I activate the effect of Vampire Princess in my hand!"

"Useless! The effect of Dragon of Light and Darkness negates the activation of all effect monsters, spells, and traps as long as it remains face-up on the field!"

"Each time this effect negates a card's effect, this card's ATK and DEF decrease by 500!"

Dragon of Light and Darkness, ATK: 2800 → 2300.

Boom!

Midrash vanished again.

Tenjo Hikari LP: 2200 → 2100.

"Even reduced, its ATK is still higher than Midrash's!"

"This is bad."

But Tenjo Hikari didn't panic—he pointed to the graveyard: "Midrash's effect—"

"Dragon of Light and Darkness's effect!"

Light shone upon the graveyard, silencing Tenjo Hikari's words.

Dragon of Light and Darkness, ATK: 2300 → 1900 → 1400

"It can negate twice more…"

"A-Guang only has a few cards left—can even two fusions help now?"

Several people discussed.

"Even if its ATK is reduced to zero, if Dragon of Light and Darkness is destroyed in battle, it revives a monster from the graveyard—if A-Guang exhausts every means to nullify its ATK, it'll still revive Armored Dragon…"

Everyone doubted Tenjo Hikari.

Because his strengths and weaknesses were crystal clear.

"End phase!"

Tenjo Hikari glanced at his hand cards, then at Wan Wan Zhangmu.

"Looks like this is the final turn."

"So confident, Tenjo?"

"After all, Dragon of Light and Darkness is a card you only use when you're truly desperate…" Tenjo Hikari recalled, "Because its effect is mandatory—even your own spell cards get negated. Once you summon it, you can do nothing else."

True.

But correspondingly, Dragon of Light and Darkness's counter to spells was also obvious.

"Then—my turn, draw!"

He raised a monster: "Normal summon, Synchro Fusionist!"

A monster resembling both fusion and synchro symbols grinned onto the field.

Synchro Fusionist, Level 2, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster Type, ATK 800.

"Synchro Fusionist—wanting a Synchro?"

"But Level 2 and Level 2 can't Synchro Summon Mud Mud Dragon King!"

"Reverse summon, Shadow-I Falcon—activate its effect: when this card is reverse-summoned, special summon a Shadow-I from the graveyard!"

"Dragon of Light and Darkness!"

Light struck the falcon, snapping its puppet strings.

Dragon of Light and Darkness, ATK: 1800 → 1400 → 900

"One more reduction and it'll be equal!"

"But even then, it won't help—destroying Dragon of Light and Darkness still special-summons Armored Dragon. What then?"

Yes!

What then!?

Tenjo Hikari held a spell card, gently stroking it as he thought: "Lightning—you're truly an excellent duelist… but it seems I'm stronger."

"Fusion spell card—"

"Is it coming!?" someone anticipated.

"But fusion will be negated, right!"

"But it's the last chance!"

"Even if you use it, what then? Leaving two monsters won't help—"

All spectators—even the companions on-site—were baffled by Tenjo Hikari's move.

"Pay 2000 LP!"

"Activate spell card, Super Fusion!"

"Super Fusion!?" Yu Li, watching the livestream, leapt to his feet in shock, "Wait—why pay 2000?"

"Beyond Fusion? Hah—no matter what kind of fusion, light and darkness will... Light and Darkness Dragon?"

Wan Wan Zhangmu was just about to speak when he suddenly noticed that the Light and Darkness Dragon beside him remained utterly still.

"The effect of Beyond Fusion—cannot respond to the activation of this card to activate its effect!"

"What?" Wan Wan Zhangmu widened his eyes.

"It's non-chainable!?" Almost everyone in the arena repeated this simultaneously, even Kaiba Ma Lai Ren couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Pay 2000 Life Points to activate. Send two Fusion Materials specified by the Fusion Monster Card from your field to the graveyard, and Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster!"

Tenjo Hikari LP: 2100 → 100.

"Uh..."

"Fusion Condition—of course, two Dark Attribute monsters on the field!"

"O Wings that seek Fusion, now unleash everything, embrace all 【Fusion】!"

The two Dark Attribute monsters turned into purple streams of light and merged into Tenjo Hikari's Duel Disk.

The blue light began to shift and change at incredible speed, finally transforming entirely into purple.

"Fusion Summon—my wings!"

"Level 8—"

"Fierce Hunger Poison Fusion Dragon!"

A strange yet beautiful dragon unfolded its purple light-wings and slowly, elegantly materialized behind Tenjo Hikari.

Fierce Hunger Poison Fusion Dragon, Level 8, Dark Attribute, Dragon Type, ATK 2800!

"... " Wan Wan Zhangmu stared in shock at the scene.

"Ha, your Light and Darkness Dragon is a Normal Summoned monster, so the Fusion Dragon cannot absorb its ATK—but since it's a Level 5 or higher monster, the Fusion Dragon can copy its effect!"

"Of course, you'll negate it..." But being negated was exactly what Tenjo Hikari wanted!

Light and Darkness Dragon, ATK: 1300 → 900 → 400.

Although its DEF had dropped to the point where it could no longer activate its effect, it had perfectly fulfilled its partner's goal: blocking every possible action the opponent could take!

"Attack, Lightning!"

"... Heh, hahahaha—sorry, Light and Darkness Dragon, you lost your first duel!!" Wan Wan Zhangmu laughed loudly, "But don't fear—counterattack!"

Boom—

The purple light-wings erupted with countless projectiles; the Light and Darkness Dragon strained desperately to dodge, yet no matter how hard it tried, it could not change the rules of the duel—

Wan Wan Zhangmu was not hit, but his Life Points would reach zero!

Wan Wan Zhangmu Lightning, LP: 1600 → 0.

"Champion—Tenjo Hikari!"

(End of Chapter)