Chapter 47: Huh huh huh

"Before the turn ends, I will activate this card: Continuous Magic, Veil of Concealment."

A green-background magic card appeared on the Vampire Noble's field; the artwork showed her yawning, gently pulling the curtain amid a swarm of bats, blocking the moonlight from entering.

Elegant yet playful—that was the Vampire Noble.

"End my turn."

"How about that? Do you understand now? You and the Young Lady aren't even on the same dimension! She's from the Vampire Dimension..."

"Camula?" the Vampire Noble softly called.

"... Ah, I get it." Camula realized she had spoken out of turn and quickly fell silent.

Still, even without her saying it, some of the smarter people in the crowd could already guess part of it.

If a Duel Spirit is playing cards personally, there's a 99% chance it's a Duel Monster Spirit from another dimension!

"My turn, draw."

Tenjo Hikari drew a card from his hand, studied his hand, and fell into quiet thought.

"Oh no!" Three Ze Daichi, who had been thinking about the duel all along and never once considered the Vampire Noble's looks, suddenly shouted from the stands.

"Huh? Three Ze, what's wrong?" Judai and Wan Wan Zhangmu hurriedly asked for his opinion.

"Everyone knows Tenjo's deck is primarily built around Fusion Magic and Traps, with only a minimal number of Fusion Materials."

Those present nodded.

"To maximize the advantage of Fusion Materials, Tenjo Hikari's most commonly used Continuous Magic are Flame Sword Domain and Super Future Fusion. Flame Sword Domain aside, Super Future Fusion requires sending monsters from the deck to the graveyard. Moreover, the Dispersed Fusion that Tianyuan's classmate saw earlier was also..."

"So what?" Judai asked instinctively.

"Ah!" Wan Wan Zhangmu exclaimed loudly, "Vampire Empire!"

"Exactly! Because of Vampire Empire, Hikari's Fusion is severely restricted!"

"Then what do we do? Can Brother possibly beat two of them alone?!"

"Don't panic, Xiang. Hikari will find a way!"

After examining his hand, Tenjo Hikari already had a strategy forming in his mind.

"Activate Continuous Magic, Super Future Fusion!"

"Aaah! I already told you, you can't use Super Future Fusion!!" Xiang shouted from the stands.

"Huh?" Marufuji Ryo seemed slightly puzzled by Tenjo Hikari's action.

"I activate Super Future Fusion's effect: reveal Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Giant from the Extra Deck, and send Ancient Mechanical Giant from my deck to the graveyard."

!!

Marufuji Ryo's pupils shrank slightly.

Ancient Mechanical Giant...?

"Your friends are warning you, you know?" the Noble opened her deck, "Activate Vampire Empire's effect: send Vampire Dragon from my deck to the graveyard, and destroy your Super Future Fusion."

"Hah! Now that annoying Ultimate Giant can't come out!" Though Camula didn't fully understand Super Future Fusion, she still remembered being punched by Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Giant and remained bitter; seeing the machine giant sent to the graveyard and Super Future Fusion destroyed, she burst into giggles.

"Heh... then I activate Continuous Magic, Bright Fusion!"

"When this card is activated, send 【Gem Knight】 Fusion Materials from the deck to the graveyard, and Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster with 0 ATK and 0 DEF from the Extra Deck!"

"When this card leaves the field, that monster is destroyed."

"I send Gem Knight Bai Jing and Lei Long from my deck to the graveyard, and Fusion Summon Gem Knight Light Prism!"

Gem Knight Light Prism, Level 7, Earth Attribute, Thunder Type, DEF 0

"Eh?!" On the stands, Marufuji Xiang pointed at the field, speechless with confusion.

"Strange, why?" Wan Wan Zhangmu also looked puzzled. "There are two things I don't understand."

"Vampire Empire's effect can only be activated once per turn," Tenjo Hikari explained, stroking his chin. "Also, Vampire Empire's effect is mandatory: whenever I send a card from my deck to the graveyard, its effect triggers automatically and forcibly destroys one of our cards."

"If that's the case, then let her destroy it first."

The Vampire Noble lifted her head slightly, her eyes glowing faintly red as she scrutinized Tenjo Hikari.

"I see—it's like that!" Three Ze Daichi punched the air excitedly. "Great! I remember, Light Prism's effect lets you discard one Gem Knight card to the graveyard to destroy one face-up card on the field!"

"Whether it's Vampire Empire, Vampire's Domain, or even that most troublesome Vampire Noble herself, this effect can destroy them all!"

If only that were true.

Tenjo Hikari sighed helplessly.

"I activate Gem Knight Light Prism's effect: discard Gem Knight Fusion from my hand to destroy Vampire Empire!"

Captain Bai Jing raised his lance; energy gathered along its length, firing a white beam like a laser cannon.

"Not so fast!" The Vampire Noble extended her hand; countless bats swarmed forth, forming a massive curtain. "Veil of Concealment's effect: send it to the graveyard to substitute for the destruction of one card on my field."

The light beam struck the curtain, causing ripples—but could not pierce through.

"How could this be—" Marufuji Xiang, who had just felt a flicker of hope, sank into despair.

"Pity. I didn't expect there'd be a card Hikari didn't even know," Three Ze Daichi sighed helplessly. "If she had first absorbed the destruction effect, then Fusion Summoned Light Prism, and finally destroyed Vampire Empire, their situation would've improved greatly!"

Tenjo Hikari set two cards face-down, then glanced at Marufuji Ryo.

Marufuji Ryo paused again, momentarily stunned.

"End my turn!"

Marufuji Ryo vaguely felt Tenjo Hikari was hinting at something.

If Vampire Empire's effect was mandatory, why send Ancient Mechanical Giant to the graveyard at all? Wasn't there Cannon Soldier? As a Fusion Material for the ace monster Ancient Mechanical Ultimate Giant, sending it to the graveyard for no reason would be a net loss.

Could it be—

He grasped a possibility!

Tenjo Hikari was the representative of Fusion Department!

A smile curled at his lips.

"Can you actually laugh in a situation like this?" the Vampire Witch giggled. "My turn, Normal Summon: Bull Demon!"

The monster retrieved by Vampire Dragon last turn was directly summoned: "Next, activate Bull Demon's effect: send me from the deck to the graveyard, then activate the Spell Card, Monster Reborn, to revive myself."

Vampire Witch, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Zombie Type, ATK 2000.

She spread her wings, preparing to fly onto the field like the Young Lady—but at that moment, Tenjo Hikari flipped his face-down card: "Flip Summon: Flame Sword Dance. When a monster is Special Summoned, you may Special Summon one Flame Swordsman or one Fusion Monster with 'Flame Swordsman' in its name, Level 7 or lower, from the Extra Deck."

"I Special Summon Black Flame Knight in Defense Position!"

"Immediately, Flame Sword Dance's effect turns Vampire Witch into face-down Defense Position!"

The witch was startled and stopped flying; she simply flipped her card face-down and sat still.

She didn't want to be buried on the duel field.

"Tch. Pathetic struggle."

"Use Bull Demon to destroy Black Flame Knight, Vampire Lady to destroy Light Prism."

She did not turn the Vampire Noble to Attack Position—in fact, she dared not do such a thing.

Not only was the Noble's ATK only 600, but she wouldn't dare command the Noble to change its battle position.

"I'll set one more card, then end my turn."

"Your turn now. Stop struggling—time for the Young Lady to rest!"

"This is bad. Though we survived this turn, the number of Zombie monsters on the field keeps growing, and with the Vampire Noble present, each of their monsters is nearly impossible to defeat head-on..." Three Ze Daichi frowned deeply.

"Aaaah, Brother—" Marufuji Xiang frantically scratched his head.

"Keep going! Kai Sa, Hikari!!"

"Hmph—naive, ridiculous!" Yet on the field, Marufuji Ryo smiled. "Tenjo, thank you for protecting Cyber Long Sixing!"

"I understand what you were thinking—"

"Then I'll use the card you left behind."

"My turn, draw!"

"At this moment, activate Trap Card, Cyber Revolution!"

"Cyber Revolution?!"

"What kind of card is that?!"

"It seems to be the card Tenjo left behind!"

"To activate, you must release one 【Cyber Dragon】. From the Extra Deck, Special Summon one Fusion Monster that uses 【Cyber Dragon】 as a Fusion Material!"

"Got it!" He wore a healthy grin.

"My friend!"

"Cyber End Dragon!"

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