Chapter 530

Seeing a brand-new monster on the opponent's field, Tenjou Hikari showed no change in emotion.

He knew that Gate Guardian could "dismantle," and he knew how disgusting this monster was as a "wall," so he wasn't distressed that he hadn't completely dealt with Gate Guardian; instead, he continued his play.

"I activate the effect of Substitute Fusion in the Graveyard, banishing it to return one Fusion Monster from my Graveyard to the Extra Deck, then draw one card. I return Adoration to the Deck."

Tenjou Hikari returned Adoration to the Deck and then drew a card.

At first glance, it looked like he just drew a card, but most people understood that Tenjou Hikari's goal at this moment was simple—

That was to recover Adoration!

Tenjou Hikari hadn't even used the recovered 【Fusion】 yet!

Tenjou Hikari glanced at his hand: "Oh, first I Normal Summon Prisma, activate its effect, reveal Evil HERO Infernal Wing, and send Avian from the Deck to the Graveyard."

"Then, I activate the Spell Card Fusion. The fusion condition is two HERO monsters."

Since he hadn't used his Normal Summon yet, Tenjou Hikari thought he shouldn't waste it, so he activated this effect. Immediately after, Tenjou Hikari took another card from his hand and revealed it: "I fuse Elemental HERO Prisma on the field with Destiny HERO Drilldark in my hand!"

With a spin, all the lights shone on Tenjou Hikari once again, and the hero that had previously dissipated appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field once more.

As if the display that had been shattered by Gate Guardian earlier wasn't it at all, it stood calmly on the field with its arms crossed, perfectly composed.

Vision HERO Adoration, Level 8, DARK, Warrior, ATK 2800.

"Vision HEROes never show their true faces; every time they appear, it's just an image—because this is a re-Fusion Summoned Adoration, its effect can be activated again. I activate Adoration's effect, targeting my Masked HERO Acid and your Gate Guardian of Water and Thunder for the ATK reduction!"

"Beautiful! If this goes through, Jūdai and the others have basically won!" Chui Xue, finally feeling better, leaned over to the back row where Serena, Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu, and the others were sitting, cheering for the two of them as he watched the scene.

"Naive—" Mi laughed, "The effect of Sanga of the Thunder - Gate Guardian. During either player's turn, target 1 face-up monster on the opponent's field. That monster's ATK becomes 0 until the end of the turn!"

He held up two fingers in a 'V' sign in front of his face: "This effect can be used up to twice per turn!"

"What?"

"It can still defend!?"

"That's too powerful—"

Exclamations rose and fell in the audience.

Even Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu had to admit it.

Gate Guardian's defensive ability was truly terrifyingly strong!

Masked HERO Acid, ATK: 2600 → 0.

"Hehehe, because Acid's ATK became 0, Adoration lowering my ATK can only lower it by 0!" the Labyrinth Brothers said almost in unison.

Tenjou Hikari nodded, silently counting the number of attacks, and played his last "Fusion": "Spell Card, Dark Calling!

This card can banish the materials required for a Fusion Monster that must be Fusion Summoned with Dark Fusion from the hand or Graveyard, and treat it as a Dark Fusion Summon!

I banish Evil HERO Malicious Edge from my Graveyard and DD Evil Demon Typhon from my hand—

Dark Fusion!

Level 8, Evil HERO Malicious Fiend!"

The cold, demonic hero with claws on both hands wore a ferocious grin and slowly spread its wings.

Evil HERO Malicious Fiend, Level 8, FIRE, Fiend, ATK 3500.

With this, Tenjou Hikari had once again gathered over eight thousand total ATK on his field!

But...

"Hehehe, at this moment, the effect of Sanga of the Thunder activates!" In the sky, the giant guardian breathed out a cold wind again, aimed at the demon on the field.

"Reduce Malicious Fiend's ATK to 0!"

Seeing this, Tenjou Hikari wasn't too nervous and directed his monsters to attack.

"Enter the Battle Phase!"

"Wait—at this moment, the effect of Labyrinth Wall Shadow activates. When the opponent's Battle Phase begins, target 1 monster on the opponent's field with less than 1600 ATK. Destroy that monster—the one I'm destroying is your Evil HERO Malicious Fiend!"

"Get lost in the labyrinth!"

"Even the walls have effects?"

The onlookers had lost count of how many times they had sighed.

The defensive ability of the Labyrinth Brothers' monsters was simply too strong!

"So amazing..." Serena couldn't help but worry, "What do we do now?"

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu couldn't help but grab his own arm, bunching up his suit jacket; he looked very nervous.

The Labyrinth Brothers couldn't help but chuckle.

As long as they used this move to destroy Tenjou Hikari's offense, even if Adoration defeated Sanga of the Thunder, they could subsequently use Sanga of the Thunder's effect to Special Summon Kazejin. At that point, no matter which monster Tenjou Hikari used to attack, the Water/Wind/Thunder gods could activate their effects to turn the attacking monster's ATK to 0!

By the next turn, using Labyrinth Wall Shadow's effect to place Kazejin on their field as a Continuous Spell, and then transforming into the Wind/Water god, they would possess the ability to negate Spell/Trap effects on the field twice per turn.

By then, using their other tactics, they could easily take down a mere seven or eight thousand Life Points.

"Heh—I've been waiting for this move for a long time!" Unexpectedly, Tenjou Hikari's tone suddenly changed.

"What?!" The Labyrinth Brothers were both shocked upon hearing this.

"What? Tenjou Hikari still has a move?" Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's second brother couldn't help but stretch his neck, wanting to get closer to see.

"Tenjou Hikari actually still has a strategy?" More people began to discuss it.

"The moment you targeted Malicious Fiend, I chained to the activation of your effect and activated the Quick-Play Spell Card—Form Change!"

"Form... Change?" the Labyrinth Brothers repeated, somewhat confused.

"Oh oh oh! It's Form Change! Is it coming!? Hikari!" Seeing Tenjou Hikari use this card, Jūdai immediately understood what Tenjou Hikari wanted to do.

"That's right—Quick-Play Spell Card, Form Change! Return 1 【HERO】 Fusion Monster on your field to the Deck, and Special Summon from your Extra Deck a Masked HERO monster with the same original Level but a different name, treating it as a Mask Change!"

"Masked HERO!?"

"That's right—"

Tenjou Hikari pointed to the sky: "The 【Masked HERO】 I possess!

Let the light descend!"

"Transform—"

"Masked HERO Koga!"

Clad in armor, the silver and gold hero had a blade on each hand. In an instant, it transformed from a demon into a warrior, as if the person inside had always been the same individual.

Masked HERO Koga, Level 8, LIGHT, Warrior, ATK 2500.

"Koga's ATK increases by 500 for each monster on the opponent's field."

Masked HERO Koga, ATK: 2500 → 3000.

"With this, everything is fine!" Tenjou Hikari pointed at Gate Guardian of Water and Thunder, "Adoration, attack!"

Adoration waved its sleeves, and countless lights shone on Gate Guardian, and then, the lights acted like flames, igniting the guardian.

Boom—

The monster was completely shattered.

Mi used his hand to slightly block the damage.

Labyrinth Brothers LP: 8000 → 7750.

"When the face-up Sanga of the Thunder - Gate Guardian that was Special Summoned leaves the field, activate. Special Summon your banished Suijin or Kazejin!"

Although their original plan was to Special Summon Suijin to achieve an invincible combo for the next turn, now forced by the situation, the Labyrinth Brothers naturally had to change their strategy.

"Special Summon, Kazejin!"

Kazejin, Level 7, LIGHT, Thunder, ATK 2600.

Gate Guardian dismantled again; Suijin voluntarily separated from Kazejin, making a sacrifice for its survival, followed by a loud explosion.

"As expected!"

"That dual-combined god can really continue to split!"

"This is just too troublesome—"

Many onlookers had extremely distressed expressions on their faces.

Tenjou Hikari had already performed multiple consecutive fusions, yet the Labyrinth Brothers were still holding on!

You have to know, the three gods also possessed the general ability to turn an attacking monster's ATK to 0!

"Activate Koga's effect, once per turn, banish one HERO monster from your Graveyard, target 1 face-up monster on the field. That monster's ATK decreases by the ATK of the monster banished for this effect until the end of the turn—"

Tenjou Hikari suddenly stopped his actions and silently picked up a Normal Monster from his Graveyard.

Jūdai was stunned.

"Banish Elemental HERO Neos, reduce your Kazejin's ATK by 2500!"

Kazejin, ATK: 2600 → 100.

"Evil HERO Infernal Gainer, attack!" Tenjou Hikari waved his finger, directing the demon to attack.

"Ha—luckily we Special Summoned Kazejin; otherwise, if Suijin's ATK had been reduced to 0, it wouldn't have been able to destroy your monster."

In Yu-Gi-Oh, when monsters with the same ATK collide, as long as they don't have the "this card cannot be destroyed by battle" resistance, both are destroyed.

But—

There is an "exception."

That is, even if monsters with 0 ATK attack each other, neither will be destroyed by battle.

After all, the ATK is "0"!

"Kazejin's effect! Only once while this card is face-up on the field, during damage calculation when this card is attacked, target 1 attacking monster. That attacking monster's ATK becomes 0!"

The Kazejin, which looked like a mechanical crab, began to leak electricity. The cool clawed hero began to convulse violently the moment it was about to attack its opponent, and its ATK finally became 0.

Evil HERO Infernal Gainer, ATK: 2500 → 0.

The opponent's ATK was 100, and Tenjou Hikari's was 0, so...

Pop—

The Gainer was directly electrocuted to the ground, convulsing in place, and finally exploded.

Tenjou Hikari & Jūdai, LP: 7350 → 7250.

"Koga, attack!"

Koga flashed behind Kazejin, then performed a beautiful sword swing, splitting the monster in two.

The monster's body fell to the ground, shattering the labyrinth and causing the Labyrinth Brothers to lose a large amount of Life Points.

Labyrinth Brothers, LP: 7750 → 4850.

Phew—

Tenjou Hikari breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Leaving any one of the gods behind was very troublesome; now they were finally all cleared away.

The friends and family of Tenjou Hikari and Jūdai watching from the sidelines also finally relaxed a little, following Tenjou Hikari's relief.

This Gate Guardian was too good at stalling; the onlookers all felt more or less disgusted by it. Now that they saw Tenjou Hikari successfully deal with all the monsters, they felt a bit more at ease.

Tenjou Hikari glanced at the remaining cards in his hand and silently set two: "Set two cards, end turn."

Just like Jūdai in the previous turn, Tenjou Hikari also set two cards.

"A magnificent combination."

"Truly impressive." The Labyrinth Brothers said, one after the other.

"Although we can't share information, the cards left behind prepared the way for our teammate; while expanding, you still left behind means of counterattack—"

"As a tag-team, you are truly excellent!"

"However, don't think that just because you solved Gate Guardian once, it's over!"

Gong drew a card with a swish, and seeing the card he drew, the corners of his mouth curled up: "After the last dormitory duel, we summarized many failures."

"Among them, the fact that there was only 【one set】 of Gate Guardian was the biggest problem!"

What—

It wasn't just Tenjou Hikari and Jūdai; the onlookers around them heard their words and knew the hidden meaning behind them!

"... During the Preparation Phase after you finish drawing your card. Drilldark's effect. If this card is sent to the Graveyard, during the next Preparation Phase, it can be Special Summoned. I Special Summon it in Defense Position, not activating its draw effect."

Destiny HERO Drilldark, Level 4, DARK, Warrior, DEF 800.

"Added a defensive wall? Haha..." Gong looked at the monsters on Tenjou Hikari's field.

Masked HERO Acid, Masked HERO Koga, Vision HERO Adoration, and Destiny HERO Drilldark.

"HEROes, huh..."

"Even the strongest HERO has their own inner confusion."

"When you are confused, you will fall into a vortex and be unable to extricate yourself."

"Falling into your own labyrinth, it's not so simple to walk out, kid—"

"I activate the Normal Spell Card, Dark Element!"

"Ugh..." Jūdai's expression changed when he saw this card, "It's the one used in the last duel—"

"That's right, this card is exactly the one we used when we lost the duel in the dormitory! However, after that, we also trained!" Gong laughed, "As legendary duelists, resting on our laurels and falling into the labyrinth of 【wealth and fame】, as gatekeepers and wanderers, is truly inappropriate."

"So, after that, we also tried countless changes!"

"Now, it is the moment of that 【evolution】!"

"Dark Element's effect! If there is a 【Gate Guardian】 monster in your Graveyard, halve your Life Points to activate. Special Summon 1 Gate Guardian monster of Level 11 or higher from your hand, Deck, or Extra Deck, ignoring its summoning conditions!"

"What are we going to summon."

"You should know very well, Jūdai kid—"

Hmm...

Jūdai looked troubled.

"That's right! Special Summon, Gate Guardian of Dark!"

Gate Guardian of Dark is a similar type of card to "Substitute Fusion"; although it is named Gate Guardian of Dark, in terms of rules, this card's name is also treated as "Gate Guardian."

A guardian from hell riding a spider whistled and stood in the labyrinth, like a Minotaur in an endless maze, blocking everyone from rushing out of the labyrinth.

Gate Guardian of Dark, Level 12, DARK, Warrior, ATK 3800.

Labyrinth Brothers, LP: 4850 → 2425.

"Gate Guardian of Dark Special Summoned by Dark Element is unaffected by other monsters' effects, and is also unaffected by Spell Card effects activated by the opponent."

"Has that monster also evolved—" Jūdai exclaimed in admiration, "I remember that monster also couldn't be destroyed by battle..."

"That's right." Gong nodded.

"Not only that—I also activate the Spell Card, Gate Guardian's Force! If your Life Points are lower than the opponent's, target 1 monster on your field whose original name includes 【Gate Guardian】. Halve the opponent's Life Points. After that, the targeted monster's ATK increases by the amount of the opponent's Life Points!"

"What the hell!?"

"Halved!?"

Chui Xue was so shocked he stood up straight.

"And it also increases ATK by the amount of Life Points!?"

You might as well just say it's an instant kill!

"There's actually a card like this?"

Even if the onlookers didn't understand dueling, they knew how "terrifying" this card was in terms of numbers.

Tenjou Hikari & Jūdai, LP: 7250 → 3625.

Gate Guardian of Dark, ATK: 3800 → 7425.

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu couldn't help but swallow his saliva, a drop of cold sweat running down his forehead.

This is a bit too strong, isn't it?

"It's not over yet—" Gong continued his play, "Dark Element's effect, banish it from the Graveyard to add one banished god to your hand; I add Suijin to my hand; Labyrinth Wall Shadow's effect, place the banished Kazejin on the field as a Continuous Spell!"

The two-in-one god must have the gods on the field banished to be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, but...

"Banish Suijin from my hand, Kazejin from the field, and Sanga of the Thunder from the Graveyard, descend once again! Our gatekeeper!"

The two shouted in unison again: "Combined God - Gate Guardian!"

The yellow machine, the green wind god, and the blue weight-bearer—the three gods flew into the sky and combined once again, a brand-new guardian appearing with a rumble!

Combined God - Gate Guardian, Level 12, DARK, Warrior, ATK 3750.

"A Gate Guardian that we finally managed to deal with, and it's so simple to..." Hui Liu Li couldn't help but gasp.

Are "legendary duelists" such terrifying existences?

"............" Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's brother was a bit dumbfounded at first, but then he remembered that these were their people, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Looks like, Jun, we've won this time! How unlucky."

Lightning's expression changed when he heard his brother's words.

Although he wasn't good at arguing with his two brothers on a daily basis, and rarely dared to talk back to them since he was a child.

But now—

"Don't be so sure, second brother." Lightning snorted coldly, "Look at the screen. Hikari and Jūdai haven't given up yet."

"What's there to persist with? Tenjou Hikari has three monsters in Attack Position on his field! Gate Guardian of Dark could just attack one and it would be over—"

"That's right—looks like the GX champion is nothing much after all..."

"Quiet!" Suddenly, a roar sounded—no, although it felt like a roar in everyone's hearts, it was just a calm whisper.

They looked at a hunched figure in a corner and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Dinosaur Ryuzaki!

A legendary duelist!

He just had his hands in his pockets, watching the duel, not looking at any of them, but the voice he let out was like the roar of a dinosaur, making people fearful.

Serena's eyes were twinkling.

She felt like she wanted to learn this!

Hui Liu Li kept watching the image, eyes fixed, not daring to miss any details.

"Battle, Gate Guardian of Dark attacks... hmm, Koga!"

"Open Set Card!" Tenjou Hikari suddenly raised his hand, "Trap Card, Fusion Replication!"

The Labyrinth Brothers looked confusedly at this uncommon card.

On the card art, Moke was mass-producing Instant Fusion.

"Target 1 【Fusion】 Normal or Quick-Play Spell Card in your or your opponent's Graveyard. Banish that Spell Card, and apply the effect of that Spell Card when it was activated!"

"I banish the Normal Spell Card Fusion from my Graveyard—"

"Fusion at this time?"

"As expected of Tenjou Hikari, even at this time, he still wants to fuse."

"But Gate Guardian of Dark is unaffected by monster effects? Even if you fuse, it's useless, right?"

"Heh... of course it's useful!" Tenjou Hikari took a deep breath, "Sorry, since I got it, this is the first time I've used you—and it's this kind of situation right from the start.

However—at a critical moment, I must use it!"

Tenjou Hikari narrowed his eyes and raised his right hand.

"The fusion condition is three monsters with different names on my field or in my hand!"

"Three spears of the judgment world, turn into the hell of ice, freeze the world!"

"Phew—"

As Tenjou Hikari spoke, he actually breathed out white cold air.

"Fusion Summon!"

"Level 9!"

"Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!"

"Graw—raw!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The dragon's roar exploded.

The three-headed ice dragon slowly appeared. It looked like it had just woken up, and also like it had breathed air for the first time in a long time. After the hesitation of its initial appearance, it immediately became irritable, excited, and crazy. Its three heads danced everywhere, not caring about anything around it, wantonly shattering everything it saw!

Destroy!

Battle!

No hesitation, no doubt—

As long as you summon me, I will help you!!

I will help you freeze everything!

Graw hahahahaha!!

Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, WATER, Level 9, Dragon, DEF 2000.

"What kind of monster is that?" The Labyrinth Brothers were a bit confused seeing this monster indiscriminately shattering the labyrinth.

"Forget it, never mind—attack continues, Gate Guardian of Dark attacks Trishula!"

Trishula was breathing air for the first time in a long time when it suddenly saw a reckless guy flying over. It roared, wanting to have a big battle, but found that it was in Defense Position, and the opponent's ATK was as high as seven thousand. After a roar, it was still no match for Gate Guardian of Dark, turning into ice shards and disappearing from the field.

"Looks like the consciousness of the spirit itself." Tiera, who was watching from the side, explained to Tenjou Hikari, "It should be the Trishula of the DT spirit world—it seems to be the type of spirit that will directly descend as a card, participate in the battle with its consciousness, and have a big fight whenever someone summons it in any dimension."

Uh...

A battle-crazed spirit, huh.

Tenjou Hikari nodded slightly. It was also his first time actually Fusion Summoning it, so he didn't know what the situation with Trishula was before—but it's worth mentioning that although this was Tenjou Hikari's first time summoning Trishula, in reality, no matter which duel it was, Trishula would always take up one of Tenjou Hikari's Extra Deck slots; it was a truly 100% attendance Fusion Monster.

"Gate Guardian attacks Drilldark."

Zzz—

Drilldark's figure dissipated.

Drilldark's effect Special Summons it, but if it leaves the field, it is banished directly.

"Set one card, end turn."

Gong looked at the set card and nodded slightly.

The card he set was the Trap Card Mirror Force.

A Trap Card that can destroy all attacking monsters.

Moreover, the Gate Guardian on his field still had the ability to negate targeting three times, and Gate Guardian of Dark had over seven thousand ATK. No matter how Jūdai wanted to attack, it wouldn't be easy to overcome their invincible combination.

You have to know, even if Gate Guardian was destroyed, they could combine again just like before.

Their advantage was huge!

"It's my turn now." Jūdai drew a card, looked at the card in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh twice.

When it was Jūdai's turn, the audience hurriedly concentrated, wanting to see what other moves Jūdai had.

If someone could carefully observe all the audience members, they might notice that one particular audience member seemed especially excited at this moment.

Although the previous duels could be considered ups and downs with very wonderful changes, this audience member didn't have any emotional fluctuations, and only seemed relatively excited when Jūdai made a move or when Jūdai's cards achieved some effect.

Now, it was Jūdai's turn again.

Jūdai looked at the card in his hand, sighing slightly.

"Thinking about it now, it seems like a year and a half has passed, but it feels like a lifetime." Although because of the labyrinth, he couldn't see Tenjou Hikari or hear Tenjou Hikari's voice, just looking at the card Tenjou Hikari set, he felt like it was still the past, still the same as when they were first in the Warrior's Realm.

As if he could hear the words "Use my card" that Tenjou Hikari said when they fought side by side.

Was confusion really too much of a luxury for him?

Jūdai looked at the card in his left hand.

Preface: He was super strong right now!

But, precisely because of this—

He was holding back a little; he actually hadn't taken it completely seriously.

He had dueled the Labyrinth Brothers before and felt that the Labyrinth Brothers in his memory were a bit too different from the current ones, so he held back.

But now it seemed he was a bit too confident and a bit too disrespectful to "dueling."

Everyone grows, even the veterans, who won't rest on their laurels forever.

Deep in the vortex and the labyrinth, only by moving forward can one get the answer.

Fear... shouldn't be something he should do.

Just like Hikari, who always believes in Fusion.

He himself walked to this day because he believed in HEROes, so Elemental, Neo-Space, Masked, it doesn't matter, even... 【Evil】 is also a part of HERO!

He shook his head.

Before that, use all the cards in his hand first.

"Activate if there are no monsters on my field. Convert Contact, send one Neo-Spacian from my hand and one from my Deck to the Graveyard, draw two cards." Jūdai revealed the Grand Mole in his hand and the Aqua Dolphin in his Deck, sent them to the Graveyard, and then drew two cards.

"Then, next, activate the Spell Card, Evil Assault!"

Oh my—

Tenjou Hikari looked at this card and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

This exists too.

"Evil Assault's effect, discard 1 card from your hand to activate. Select 1 Level 4 or lower Evil HERO from your Deck and add it to your hand or Special Summon it. After this card is activated, you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck except 【HERO】 monsters until the end of the turn!"

"Heh, another HERO self-seal?"

"That's right—I discard Elemental HERO Solid Soldier from my hand. Special Summon from the Deck, Evil HERO Prison Prism!"

A Prisma with a large number of rivets and spikes nested on its body roared onto the field.

Evil HERO Prison Prism, Level 4, LIGHT, Rock, ATK 1700.

"Prison Prism's effect, send 1 【HERO】 monster from your Deck to the Graveyard to activate. This turn, if a 【HERO】 Fusion Monster is Fusion Summoned, this face-up card can be used as one of the fusion material monsters listed on that Fusion Monster card."

"I send the second Shadow Mist to the Graveyard; this turn, Prison Prism will become a universal fusion material."

"Oh oh oh! I know this, it's a monster like Fusion Conscription." Offstage, Serena nodded repeatedly, indicating she was good at this.

"In addition, the second Shadow Mist's effect, activate if this card is sent to the Graveyard. Add 1 HERO monster other than Shadow Mist from your Deck to your hand. I choose Sparkman."

He took a Normal Monster.

"Spell Card, Fusion." He played an ordinary Spell Card, "This card is the origin of Fusion, and also the starting point of friendship—

I fuse Prison Prism on the field with Sparkman in my hand!"

"Come, one of my favorite HEROes, Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman!"

Offstage, there was a clicking sound.

A hero wearing silver-white armor appeared brilliantly in the light!

Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman, Level 8, LIGHT, Warrior, ATK 2500.

"I see, Shining Flare Wingman, huh?" The Labyrinth Brothers recognized this card immediately, "This card can destroy the opponent's monster by battle and inflict damage to the opponent equal to that monster's ATK, and it also has an ATK increase of 300 for each Elemental HERO in the Graveyard. Although there aren't too many Elemental HEROes in your Graveyard, as long as it's higher than Gate Guardian, you can use its effect to win directly—

So, do you dare to attack?!"

In Tenjou Hikari and Jūdai's Graveyard, there were a total of 10 Elemental HEROes, so Shining Flare Wingman's ATK would reach 5500!

As long as the attack goes through, they win!

"Battle, Shining Flare Wingman attacks—"

"Naive, activate Trap Card, Holy Barrier - Mirror Force!" Gong laughed and opened his set card.

"Oh wow!" Shining Flare Wingman was instantly backlashed by its own power and exploded.

"Hahaha—looks like I won, Jun!"

"Everything is over, Gate Guardian of Dark and Gate Guardian are too strong!"

"Sigh, lost in the end? Looks like the GX champion is nothing much after all."

The audience discussed it.

However, on the stage, Jūdai couldn't help but smile.

"Hahaha."

"Hm? What's wrong, young man? Dueling wins and losses are very normal, don't drive yourself crazy." Mi saw Jūdai laughing and thought he couldn't accept the failure, so he began to persuade him.

"No—ha, thank you, seniors, you're right, I am indeed in the labyrinth of life." Jūdai laughed, "But I suddenly realized.

The 【exit】 wasn't hinted at from the very beginning!?"

?

Jūdai suddenly opened his set card.

Just like when he and Tenjou Hikari first teamed up for a duel, it was also when his ace was destroyed that he used Tenjou Hikari's card to win.

Believing in teammates, believing in partners, this is the act of a HERO!

There is nothing purer or simpler than this!

"Then, I'm going to use your card, Hikari!"

Tenjou Hikari nodded silently: "Fight to your heart's content!"

"Activate Trap Card, Favorite Contact!"

"What?"

"That is... what?"

Although the Labyrinth Brothers couldn't see each other, they were sure that they must both be very confused at this moment.

"Return the fusion materials decided by the Fusion Monster from your hand, field, Graveyard, or banished state to the bottom of the Deck in any order, and Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster that uses 【HERO】 as fusion material from your Extra Deck, ignoring its conditions!"

On the card art, Neos and Shining Flare Wingman flashed together.

"What I'm fusing is Shining Flare Wingman and Neos!"

Two beloved HEROes, fuse here!

"Ignite my path forward! Neos, Flame Wingman!"

"Dah!"

"Good!"

The two monsters made contact in the air, and then, Shining Flare Wingman's armor equipped onto Neos. The two bodies merged, and finally, a Neos wielding a long sword and spreading silver-white wings descended from the sky!

Elemental HERO Shining Neos Wingman, Level 8, LIGHT, Warrior, ATK 3100.

"ATK 3100?"

"The opponent's ATK is over seven thousand."

"Haha—" Jūdai clenched his fists excitedly, "Shining Neos Wingman inherits all the effects of Shining Flare Wingman and is further strengthened!"

"Shining Flare Wingman—could it be!?" The Labyrinth Brothers were shocked.

"That's exactly it!" Jūdai was so excited that he seemed to be speaking much faster, "Shining Neos Wingman's ATK increases by 300 for each monster in the Graveyard!"

It only needs monsters!?

How many monsters do they have in their Graveyard?

"Now, in our Graveyard, there are a total of... a total of 21 monster cards!"

The Labyrinth Brothers opened their mouths wide.

Tw... twenty-one!?

Shining Neos Wingman, ATK: 3100 → 9400.

"Ni, nine thousand?"

"Thi, this this this—"

"Even Five-Headed Dragon can only look up to it and sigh!"

"With this, as long as Shining Neos Wingman attacks Gate Guardian, they win." The audience discussed it.

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu's brother immediately looked like he was mourning. On the other side, Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu wasn't very excited either; he just looked at this monster, feeling his blood boil, thinking that he must compete with Jūdai again next time.

Jūdai looked at his hand: "Although attacking Gate Guardian directly would be fine, but—senior, last time, my duel with you was won by using the Fusion Monster of Wingman to defeat your Gate Guardian of Dark through battle.

Now, we have both become stronger and have both moved forward, so—

I hope to show you two my determination to walk out of the labyrinth!

Quick-Play Spell Card Burial from a Different Dimension, target a total of up to 3 monsters from your and your opponent's banished monsters. Return those monsters to the owner's Graveyard. I choose Hikari's DD Evil Demon Typhon, Evil HERO Malicious Edge, and Edo's Destiny HERO Drilldark!"

Because there were three more monsters in the Graveyard, Shining Neos Wingman's ATK would increase further!

Shining Neos Wingman, ATK: 9400 → 10300.

"Te... ten thousand?"

Someone couldn't help but hurriedly take a picture.

Someone's jaw dropped because they were too surprised to see this number.

The Labyrinth Brothers just wanted to say, you didn't need to show such great determination!!

"So, such an exaggerated ATK..." Hui Liu Li couldn't help but look at the dueling arena. Even for the residents of the X dimension, who pursue high ATK in the world atmosphere, this value felt quite terrifying.

"Battle!" Jūdai pointed at Gate Guardian of Dark, "Shining Neos Wingman attacks Gate Guardian!"

Neos spun the long sword in its hand. It could fuse anything and use any weapon. As soon as it got the sword, it was as if it had practiced swordsmanship for decades. Dancing with sword flowers, it killed its way from one end of the labyrinth to the other.

The gatekeeper guarding the 【exit】 of the labyrinth dissipated in the explosion.

Labyrinth Brothers, LP: 2425 → 0.

The labyrinth began to collapse slowly. Jūdai finally saw Tenjou Hikari again, and the two looked at each other and smiled. They didn't say much, each stretched out a hand, slapped their palms together, and everything was understood without words.

(End of chapter)