Chapter 50: How Did I Not Know This?

Tiancheng Guang had no idea about the "entity invading the Spirit World" mentioned by Kaumura.

After all, in the Duel World, things capable of such feats are few, but those that are capable are all abstract nonsense.

For all he knew, what she called the "mysterious entity invading the Spirit World" might be Yu Beier.

After all, in this world, Judai never sent his cards into space—he sent them to another dimension.

It's possible Yu Beier received some new enhancement, aiming to reappear and stir up trouble in the Spirit World.

Tiancheng Guang believed Yu Beier was capable of such a thing.

But the problem is…

I can't imagine a scene where I defeat Yu Beier. jpg

Before his transmigration, the Fusion Monster "Yu Beier's Phantom," which required no Fusion Magic and no action at all—just showing Yu Beier and the 0 ATK/0 DEF Evil Demon card to summon it—left a deep shadow on Tiancheng Guang.

One can only say that Fusion is the noblest form of Summoning.

If he ever faced a Yu Beier who could pull off such a move, there'd be no point in dueling—better to just use Super Fusion and merge with him outright. In fact, in the original story, Judai was mostly on the defensive against Yu Beier and ultimately forced a Super Fusion to merge with him, resolving the crisis.

Although, judging by the level and card strength in this world, it shouldn't be this bad, he still felt uneasy—because Yu Beier's schemes were the absolute peak of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX!

After the duel with the Vampire Maiden ended, several students hurriedly took Marufuji Ryo and Tiancheng Guang back to the school clinic. Although Marufuji Ryo hadn't fought particularly hard, he was still injured and needed treatment.

Meanwhile, Tiancheng Guang's suicidal charge had also left him with serious injuries—though not as severe as his previous encounter with Darkness, he still needed proper treatment for his external wounds.

On the way, Tiancheng Guang also visited Professor Cronos. He looked fully recovered, proudly listening to students boasting about him, occasionally and subtly bragging to colleagues about how handsome he was…

Seeing him still so ridiculous and image-conscious, Tiancheng Guang felt reassured.

In his spare time, Tiancheng Guang checked his deck.

In the original story, after Wan Wan Zhangmu defeated the Black Scorpion Thieves, their Spirit began following him. But in this world, the Vampires would never let their empire's second-in-command follow him, so unfortunately, he only obtained the Witch and the "Maiden" cards—not the Vampire Maiden Spirit. Marufuji Ryo had no interest in these cards, so he gave them all to him.

Notably, the Maiden's card bore a strange 3D model. Tiancheng Guang speculated it might be a coordinate for the "Vampire" dimension.

To be honest, despite the Life Point cost, the Vampire Maiden was still very useful in this era.

But considering the abysmally small number of Fusion Monsters among the Undead, he couldn't include these two cards. He'd visit the Vampire dimension later, when he had the chance and confidence.

Although he wasn't particularly interested in female Spirits, he didn't want to see the Vampire Maiden turned into a Bone Dragon or Undead Warrior card.

He carefully inspected his deck and noticed several cards had changed.

"Uh… 'Seven Skyscrapers of the Golden Land'?" Tiancheng Guang roughly understood the logic of Super Fusion—it transformed cards based on the opponent's type and his own card types, so producing a card labeled "Undead-specific Fusion" made sense…

But…

In his time, there were only seven Fusion Monsters total among the Undead!

More importantly, he didn't even have a "Golden Lord"!

Still, having one more of these wouldn't hurt—it could help fill the gap in his back-row cards.

"Wow, Master, this Spirit on the card is so handsome—" the Alchemist, who normally lived inside the card, suddenly jumped out in excitement, pointing at the Golden Lord on the card, his eyes sparkling with gold.

"If you ever manage to refine gold, maybe you'll meet it. Keep going," Tiancheng Guang replied without hesitation, fully supporting him.

The Fusion Monster "Golden Madman, Golden Land Lich" was quite strong—if he could use it, he'd be delighted.

While Tiancheng Guang rubbed the card, sensing its energy, in the high-rise of the Fusion Department, some people were discussing him.

"Two Seven-Star failures already?"

In the Fusion Department head's office, Ma Chima Chima Lingwang sat at his desk, watching a projector—clearly in a video conference.

On the video call, two different screens were visible.

On the left, a massive growth chamber held an elderly man with closed eyes, tubes inserted, an oxygen mask on, occasionally exhaling bubbles; on the right, a masked figure wrapped in a cloak, his eyes flickering with strange golden light.

If Tiancheng Guang were here, he'd immediately recognize the masked figure as—Professor Dadesi Teacher!

"Apologies," the masked figure bowed slightly, "it seems the two Seven-Stars I selected did not meet your expectations. I didn't expect them to have grown this far."

"Armnile, it's not your fault," the old man's machine echoed his thoughts, emitting harsh electrical static, "the unknown Darkness is one thing, but that female Vampire? She's a powerful interdimensional Spirit—and she lost too. Even I'm surprised."

"More importantly, the same duelist appeared in both matches…" the old man looked pained.

In truth, the wins and losses of the Seven-Stars meant nothing to him.

The point was: the same person must not keep appearing in Seven-Star duels!

"May I say something?" Ma Chima Chima Lingwang clasped his hands on the desk and spoke.

"Oh? Dr. Ma, what's your insight?" Professor Dadesi asked curiously.

"In both duels against the Seven-Stars, the same duelist appeared: Tiancheng Guang," Ma Chima Chima Lingwang continued. "And beyond that, Marufuji Ryo—who also participated—has issues too."

"How so?" the old man asked.

"They're both students of Cronos."

"?????" Professor Dadesi tilted his head in disbelief.

"Marufuji Ryo is an outstanding student of Blue Academy. Tiancheng Guang is an expert in Ancient Gear cards and possesses the Ancient Gear Ultimate Giant, which only Cronos has. In reality, they're both agents sent out by Cronos."

"Is… is that true?" Professor Dadesi asked doubtfully.

How did I not know this?

"Armnile, you've had too little contact with Cronos, so you don't know—he appears meek on the surface, but he's full of schemes," Ma Chima Chima Lingwang continued.

"Huh?" Professor Dadesi leaned back.

What?

I've known him for years—how could I not know what kind of man he is?

I could take him on with one hand!

And besides, Guang is my student! Mine!

"In short, Cronos must have sensed something, so he sent his own students to duel—keeping everyone else out!"

"I never realized my school had such an outstanding professor?" the old man sighed. "Then, what's your suggestion?"

"Use legitimate methods they can't refuse to temporarily bar them from participating in the Seven-Star hunts!" Ma Chima Chima Lingwang had ulterior motives here, though he didn't reveal them.

"I see. No wonder you're Dr. Ma—I knew you were my most valued scientist." The old man exhaled a flood of bubbles, clearly satisfied.

One Armnile, his most trusted Alchemist; one Ma Chima Chima Lingwang, his most valued Scientist. With these two, how could he fail to achieve immortality?

"Let me think.

Got it. I'll arrange it immediately…

The Dimension Exchange Tournament—for outstanding students only."

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(End of Chapter)