Chapter 558: A Selected Opponent (4k, seeking monthly votes)

"Long time no see, Ms. Ishizu, Mr. Rishid."

Yugi Mutou walked forward to greet those emerging from the wind and sand.

It was evident that he was quite familiar with these people; perhaps they had maintained other contacts after the "Battle City" tournament concluded.

The other members of the Tomb Keepers, aside from the two, hurriedly bowed to Yugi.

Rishid returned the gesture first, then looked toward Tenjou Hikari and asked Yugi with a puzzled expression: "Yugi, what exactly do you still want to say?"

Yugi gently tugged at his shoulder strap, raised his drawing board slightly, and then said: "Mr. Rishid, Ms. Ishizu, haven't I told you already? I really hope you can leave this place and head toward a wider world, instead of..."

He chatted with the two of them.

According to his thinking, dimensional travel technology was becoming increasingly mature, and the world was already filled with all sorts of brand-new cards, but at the same time, countless beings from other dimensions had entered this world.

In places where the Tomb Keepers could not see, many strange spirits had already harmed humans in this world, and it was Kaiba Corp that had secretly handled these matters.

Beyond this, exchanges with several other human dimensions were becoming increasingly close, with world influencing world.

One day, this world would become completely different, but if the Tomb Keepers remained here sticking to their old ways by then, they might vanish into history.

He really did not want that to happen.

That was why he had previously tried his best to persuade the Tomb Keepers to send a newcomer to participate in the GX Tournament, hoping they could see what the current world was like.

The result was actually quite good.

The Tomb Keeper duelist finished the tournament early, and upon returning to the Tomb Keepers, also spoke of some things seen at the GX Tournament.

Rishid looked at Tenjou Hikari.

The GX... champion?

A genius among geniuses, an absolute Fusion user...

Rishid had already learned about Tenjou Hikari from his newly adopted "younger brother," and had also taken the time to watch recordings to understand Tenjou Hikari's duels.

"Next, I am going to a certain newly discovered human dimension... That world seems filled with an atmosphere of entertainment and has many brand-new gaming devices, which I am very interested in..." Yugi said while gesturing, "In short, I might stay there for a long time. It just so happens that Tenjou-kun has started challenging 'Legendary Duelists,' so I thought of you.

Now that there is finally this opportunity, I really hope Mr. Rishid can duel with a duelist born in the current new-generation, dimensional duel environment, to see what duelists of the new era are like.

Otherwise, if we miss this chance, I don't know when there will be another opportunity. I don't know how long it would take to get in touch with you again."

So that was it.

Tenjou Hikari nodded gently from the side.

So he was persuading his friend to come out and take a look.

As the saying goes, better early than late; having just heard that Tenjou Hikari was dueling "Legendary Duelists," he took advantage of this opportunity to seek out Rishid, this "Legendary Duelist."

Unlike the Labyrinth Brothers, who were "Legendary Duelists" of the opportunist level, Rishid was the real deal who had once forced Jonouchi into a bitter struggle. If it hadn't been for the command of his "sworn brother" Marik, which led him to use a copied Winged Dragon of Ra card and be punished by the god's wrath, resulting in him falling into a coma, he wouldn't have lost that duel.

In short, he was a Legendary Duelist of extremely high strength.

Tenjou Hikari looked again at the people behind him.

He did not see that "Marik," but instead saw some unfamiliar faces.

Rishid himself was a child adopted by the Tomb Keepers, so the new recruits of the Tomb Keepers, such as the Tomb Keeper member who participated in the GX Tournament last time, and the unfamiliar faces behind him, were all children adopted by the Tomb Keepers.

Exploring a brand-new world?

Rishid pondered.

He looked at Tenjou Hikari.

Challenging "Legendary Duelists"?

Interesting.

Although not all Legendary Duelists were that excellent, quite a few "Legendary Duelists" were actually just making up the numbers.

However, for a young man to have the courage to challenge a "Legend," it showed his courage and confidence.

Plus, having heard his younger brothers tell stories about Tenjou Hikari, knowing he was a Fusion duelist who grew up in the "Fusion Army" but turned around to oppose the "Fusion Army," he actually had quite a good impression of Tenjou Hikari.

If it was just purely dueling a junior, it really wasn't a big deal for him.

And...

He actually noticed that his several younger brothers really wanted to go out and see.

He looked at Ishizu; the woman was silent for a moment, then nodded gently.

Good—

Rishid looked at Tenjou Hikari: "Alright Yugi, this is indeed a good proposal."

He did not want Marik's tragedy to happen again, so if his younger brothers really wanted to go to the outside world to see, he actually wouldn't deliberately stop them.

But perhaps it was because of this attitude that the younger brothers and sisters he adopted were very observant of the Tomb Keepers' rules, never violating them for so many years, until some time ago, when Yugi Mutou personally came to the Tomb Keepers, and someone participated in the GX Tournament at his invitation, experienced "dimensional travel," and had an adventure in that other dimension at the "Threshold."

That younger brother's adventure and competition in the other dimension were the stories the children liked to hear most recently, making the children yearn for the outside world even more.

"Is that so? That's great." Yugi smiled genuinely, then turned back to look at Tenjou Hikari.

Tenjou Hikari was somewhat puzzled.

"Hmm..." Yugi touched his card case, rummaged through it, found a card, and handed it to Rishid, "Then, before the duel, please add this card to your deck."

"What?" Rishid took the card, not understanding, and then his eyes widened abruptly, "This... this is!?"

His hands felt a bit weak, and his whole body trembled slightly.

"I hope you can put this card into your deck for the duel."

"To duel with this young man, do I actually need to use this kind of card?" Rishid couldn't believe it.

Yugi Mutou nodded slowly: "Not only that. I think that by using this card, we can make this duel the best full stop and ending."

What kind of card is it?

Tenjou Hikari felt a bit of goosebumps listening to this.

Strengthening his opponent before the duel? Does Mr. Yugi trust him that much?

Rishid carefully took the card, then cautiously took out his deck, put the card in, and then looked at Tenjou Hikari.

"Then, young man, sorry to keep you waiting."

"Not at all—"

The two stood on either side of a tall pillar, each taking out their own deck. Li Xide loaded his deck into an old Duel Disk, while Tiancheng Guang's Duel Disk automatically began to rotate. After a series of transformations, it converted the cards in Tiancheng Guang's hand into data and integrated them into the deck.

Yugi Mutou took out a coin and tossed it casually. The coin spun in the air and then landed in front of the pillar.

"Ding—"

All the spectators looked at the ground.

Tails.

"Then, Tenjou-kun goes second."

Tenjou Hikari nodded and exchanged looks with his opponent, then they both shouted: "Duel!"

Rishid, LP: 4000.

Tenjou Hikari, LP: 4000.

"My turn, draw—"

Rishid drew a card into his hand, glanced at the card in his hand, and silently set two cards.

"Set two cards. End turn."

Silently setting cards, then ending.

This was Rishid's tactic.

Tenjou Hikari glanced at the card in his hand and shrugged.

Fortunately—he had adjusted his deck in advance.

"My turn, draw." Tenjou Hikari raised his right hand, and a card turned into purple flowing light, slowly appearing in his right hand.

"What kind of Fusion will he use?" "I don't know. Big Brother Rishid is very strong." A group of children whispered and discussed.

They had all heard about Tenjou Hikari from the older brother who went to the GX Tournament, so they knew what Tenjou Hikari's duels were like.

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow when he saw the card he drew.

Drawing this card right away?

"Dream Mirror... It seems this duel's opponent is quite strong, not someone who can be taken down in a short time. It looks like it will be very intense." Tiera appeared beside Tenjou Hikari and said to him.

Although that human named Yugi made her feel somewhat strange and uncomfortable, since the duel had started, and it was a duel against a "Legendary Duelist," and he seemed to have obtained some strengthening card, she certainly wouldn't miss it and decisively rushed to the scene to watch the live duel.

This was definitely more interesting than watching a live stream in the Great Universe Workshop.

Tenjou Hikari nodded.

"Then, activate the Field Spell Card, Dream Mirror!"

The wind and sand gradually dissipated, and blue skies, white clouds, and a dream-like floating island appeared before everyone.

"Wow—"

"Oh!"

A group of Tomb Keeper children cheered.

People liked beautiful scenes; being able to live in a quiet world was definitely better than being in this wind and sand.

"Is Dream Mirror the one used at the GX Tournament?" "It should be."

It seemed they were all very familiar with Tenjou Hikari's deck.

A group of children watched the scene excitedly, looking forward to Tenjou Hikari's next "Fusion."

Tenjou Hikari smiled.

"Since that's the case, I'll summon this—Normal Summon, Nemesis M-05!"

"Eh?" "I've never heard of this card." "Brother Shulis, you haven't told us about this card!" "No, isn't it? I'm seeing this card for the first time too."

Tenjou Hikari smiled and said: "It's normal that he doesn't know—this card is a card I obtained during an adventure while traveling in the S-dimension, so people in this world should be seeing this card for the first time!"

"Wow—another dimension!" "So it can be like this too." "That's right, Brother Shulis also brought back quite a few cards we didn't recognize."

Yugi, who was watching the duel from the side, couldn't help but smile gently.

Well done, Tenjou-kun, you are truly considerate, deliberately using cards that don't exist in this world to arouse their curiosity.

"Then, activate the effect of the summoned monster. Nemesis M-05 can only be activated when Normal or Special Summoned. Add a Nemesis monster other than 【Nemesis M-05】 from the deck to your hand."

Tenjou Hikari's duel disk on his left hand rotated automatically, emitting purple light. Before long, a card with flames flew out from the deck: "I add Nemesis Flag from the deck to my hand."

"Then... Spell Card, Fusion!"

"It's here!" "It's Fusion!"

Tenjou Hikari raised the corners of his mouth and said: "The Fusion condition is, Nemesis monsters with different attributes... two of them!"

Tenjou Hikari raised the card in his hand. On the field, the little tentacle monster trapped in the culture tank seemed to sense something and began to expand crazily. Countless tentacles grew from its body, growing wildly, and then turned into a giant object reaching the sky, emitting a terrifying sense of oppression.

"Fusion Summon!"

"Level 9, Nemesis Umbreon!"

"Hiss—"

Nemesis Umbreon, Level 9, Water Attribute, Psychic-Type, ATK 2500.

"ATK 2500..." "Psychic-Type?" "These are all things we haven't seen much."

A group of Tomb Keeper children discussed the brand-new, unseen things enthusiastically, appearing exceptionally excited.

"Activate the monster effect. When Nemesis Umbreon is Fusion Summoned, you can target 1 card on the field. Destroy that card. I will destroy your set card on the left, Mr. Rishid.

Then, the effect of Dream Mirror, when there is a Fusion monster on the field. Once per turn, you can activate this when a monster in your hand or on your field is sent to the Graveyard by an effect. I draw 1 card from the deck."

Countless tentacles twisted crazily, pointing directly at Rishid's set card, but Rishid was not nervous at all and directly opened the set card: "Naive, Trap Card, activate!

Bottomless Trap Hole!

Can only be activated when the opponent successfully Normal, Flip, or Special Summons a monster. Those monsters are changed to face-down Defense Position. Monsters changed to face-down Defense Position by this effect cannot change their battle position."

Without a doubt, a trap!

Seeing this, Tenjou Hikari was not nervous at all, but instead smiled calmly: "As expected, a Trap Card..."

Rishid frowned slightly.

"Then—chain activate, activate the effect of Nemesis Umbreon! Can only be activated when the opponent activates an effect. This turn, this face-up card is unaffected by that effect and the effects of opponent's cards of the same type... that is, 【Monster, Spell, Trap】!"

Rishid's eyes widened abruptly.

A huge pit appeared under Nemesis Umbreon, but such a huge pit could not bury its entire body. The tentacles whipped and lashed around crazily, completely unaffected!

"It directly avoided the effect—" "So strong, as expected of the GX Tournament champion, he was prepared long ago!"

"Battle, direct attack on the opponent—"

Huge tentacles stirred crazily, swinging toward Rishid.

"... It's not that simple. If the Trap Card is unaffected, then I'll use the Trap's monster to block it—activate the Continuous Trap Card, Metal Reflect Slime!"

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow slightly.

"After this card is activated, it becomes an Effect Monster (Aqua/Water/Level 10/ATK 0/DEF 3000) and is Special Summoned to your Monster Zone in Defense Position!"

Following Rishid's introduction, the card turned into a viscous metal monster, guarding his field.

"Because the number of monsters on the opponent's field has changed, I can perform a replay, re-choosing to attack, changing targets, or not attacking. I will not attack."

Tenjou Hikari had no choice now. In terms of effects, Nemesis Umbreon indeed had strong resistance to card types, but if the ATK wasn't enough, it just wasn't enough: "I set a card and end my turn."

"He held on!" "Brother Rishid, keep it up!"

Rishid heard the voices of his younger brothers and sisters, and the corners of his mouth curled up imperceptibly. He looked on: "Dimensional travel, brand-new cards and possibilities, and pure Fusion... As expected, you are indeed an excellent duelist. However... I will not easily hand over victory."

"My turn—draw."

He looked at the card he drew and couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

It's here—

He looked up at Tenjou Hikari, leaving Tenjou Hikari somewhat puzzled.

"Activate Spell Card... Ancient Chant!"

????

Tenjou Hikari was stunned upon hearing this.

The Sun God!?!???

He looked at Yugi, only to see Yugi smiling and nodding at him, looking like "How about that, a surprise, right?"

Indeed...

A trace of enthusiastic excitement appeared on Tenjou Hikari's face.

A huge surprise!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 559 =====