Chapter 570

Rainbow Dragon!

The "Holy Dragon" hidden in some ancient ruins, which possesses ATK comparable to 【God】!

"ATK 4000!"

"It exceeds Master Diamond, and is even enough to compare with Obelisk the Tormentor!"

"Wow—it feels like holy light is descending from the sky!"

"And... no sacrifice needed, just need 7 different Crystal Beasts on the field or in the Graveyard, and it can be directly Special Summoned! So convenient."

It sounds very convenient at first glance.

In fact, it's still quite troublesome, and... it's not that powerful.

"Rainbow Dragon has the effect of sending all face-up Crystal Beasts on its field to the Graveyard, and then increasing its ATK by 1000 for each Crystal Beast sent to the Graveyard." Tenjou Hikari looked at the giant dragon and recited one of its effects.

"Ah?"

"So amazing?"

"Artorigus has 5 Crystal Beasts on his field—"

"Doesn't that mean it has 9000 ATK!?"

9000 ATK!

Normally, using battle to defeat it is already a bit unrealistic.

"Not only that—" Johan continued to smile, "Rainbow Dragon can also banish all Crystal Beast monsters in my Graveyard, returning all cards on the field to their owner's deck."

If this effect is activated, the clearing ability is still very powerful.

"However..." Johan shook his head regretfully, "Rainbow Dragon cannot activate its effect in the turn it is Special Summoned."

"Ah?"

"What... what a pity."

Someone sighed.

If this effect could be activated now, then Tenjou Hikari would lose the duel directly!

"However, the ATK is still higher on my side—use Rainbow Dragon to attack Master Diamond! Go, Rainbow Dragon, prove whose gems are more shining!"

"Counterattack, Captain!"

Crystal nodded, jumped up in the face of the huge dragon, swung his great sword, and fought with the dragon.

Clatter, close combat, dragon breath, dragon roar, countless strange gems shone with colors in the battle, and finally, Rainbow Dragon seized the opportunity, spat out another rainbow stream, and completely hit the knight's chest.

Bang—

Tenjou Hikari, LP: 4000→3300.

"Then, Pegasus attacks Nephrite."

Pegasus jumped up, rushed to Lapis's side, vibrated its wings, and blew it over.

In this way, only Gem-Knight Prism Aura remained on Tenjou Hikari's field.

"Oh no, Noble Knight!! Next turn, if Lancelot recovers Gem-Knight Fusion, Prism Aura will be able to activate its effect and destroy your Rainbow Dragon!"

"Oh my, should have attacked Prism Aura—"

"Fool, how could he attack Prism Aura? Master Diamond can copy Prism Aura's effect, and it will still be able to destroy Rainbow Dragon by then!"

Oh yeah—

High ATK is high!

Precisely because Rainbow Dragon's ATK is high, even if it cannot activate its effect, it can defeat the Gem-Knight Master Diamond that possesses "endless abilities," but similarly, precisely because Prism Aura's ATK is higher than the Crystal Beasts, even if Master Diamond is defeated, in the next turn, Prism Aura can still activate its effect to avenge its higher form.

"That's not necessarily true!"

Johan laughed: "I set a card and end my turn."

"It seems that card gave you confidence? Logically speaking, the card you set last turn should have been discarded by you and replaced with something else, right?"

Tenjou Hikari asked.

"That's for sure, this is the card replaced by the knight's martial prowess."

Johan clenched his fist: "I believe that my guards... my family, they are the best crystals and will never lose to your Gem-Knights!"

"Is that so..."

Tenjou Hikari raised his eyebrows: "Then, my turn, draw—Noble Knight, let's decide the winner in this turn!"

"At this moment!" Johan opened the Set card, "Trap Card, Crystal Prayer!"

"Send a card with 'Crystal Beast' in its name from my Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard and activate. Destroy 1 card on the opponent's field!" He picked up a Tortoise and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Emerald."

"It's okay! I also really want to prove who can represent the gems!" Tortoise replied to Johan.

"Ha—destroy Lancelot, what I want to destroy... is your Continuous Spell Card Scatter Fusion!"

The green emerald appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field and slammed into the bright diamond on Tenjou Hikari's field.

Click... crack.

Bang!

Accompanied by the disappearance of the diamond, Prism Aura's figure also began to slowly dissipate.

"Beautiful!" Below the stage, Jūdai praised suddenly.

Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu also nodded repeatedly: "Indeed! Compared to destroying Prism Aura, Scatter Fusion is more important!"

He continued: "For that guy Ten... Lancelot, monsters are actually secondary; as long as Fusion is there, everything is uncertain.

That guy believes in Fusion more than gems. So even if Prism Aura is destroyed, that guy can use Scatter Fusion to fuse other Fusion Monsters, and by then, it will be Artorigus who is in danger."

Scatter Fusion can activate its effect once every turn!

Tenjou Hikari glanced at the card he drew in his hand.

Then, he looked at the projection screen next to him, and so, he smiled and said: "Amazing, Noble Knight."

The growth suddenly stalled.

"Speaking of 【Gems】 alone, it seems that you have mastered them better than I have."

On the projection screen, the number of supporters for the fallen knight began to decrease instead of increasing.

This is normal, because saying this sounds like he is about to admit defeat.

"Haha, that's right!" Amethyst Cat appeared beside Johan, looked up, and said, "Our Johan is the best Gem Duelist!"

"Amethyst—" Johan was a bit embarrassed, but he was quite happy to receive such praise from Tenjou Hikari.

But besides being happy, a problem arose.

Why would Tenjou Hikari say such things in this form of duel?

Doesn't this reduce his own support for no reason?

"However!"

The decrease paused!

"I am the 【Strongest】 Knight, gems are just one aspect of me—next, witness my reality, my strength, my... 【Fusion】!

Noble Knight!"

Eh!

The Crystal Beast spirits surrounding Johan leaned back in unison, and even Rainbow Dragon couldn't help but lower its head slightly to look at Tenjou Hikari.

And accompanied by this 【Fusion】, finally, everyone realized, everyone remembered—

The key point has arrived!

"Normal Summon... Ancient Gear Commander!"

"Eh?" Johan exclaimed in a low voice.

"Huh?"

"That monster—"

I saw a heroic Ancient Gear robot pointing forward, slowly rising from the mechanical factory.

In front of him, a command device like a sword looked exactly like something everyone was very familiar with.

Duel Disk!

The Duel Disk that only a professor would possess!

Professor Chronos's special Duel Disk!

"That monster looks like Professor Chronos!"

"Rea, really! Could it be that Mr. Pegasus not only designed cards based on Hikari, but even designed cards for the Professor?"

"Wow! Is the Professor that respected?"

Some professors were also extremely shocked when they saw this monster; after all, everyone was not blind, and everyone could see what Ancient Gear Commander looked like.

"It just happens to look like me, and Commander is also very surprised." Professor Chronos enjoyed the curiosity projected by the professors next to him and couldn't help but straighten his waist.

After all, this was genuine spirit recognition he obtained by himself, and he felt at ease accepting it.

Several professors looked at each other, seeing the shock in each other's hearts.

Even though they had already overestimated Chronos, they never expected that this person could even influence the Spirit World, letting the Spirit World create a card of him!

"When the opponent has more monsters on their field than I do, this card can be Special Summoned." Tenjou Hikari clapped and summoned a monster to the field.

"Ancient Gear Statue!"

A small mechanical giant statue stood quietly on Tenjou Hikari's field.

Johan was vaguely uneasy, and he said: "Rainbow Dragon can activate its effect during the opponent's turn to increase its ATK!"

"Can increase during the opponent's turn?"

"8000 ATK, almost impossible to overcome!"

Tenjou Hikari laughed, he swung his left hand, the armor on his body whistled, the heavy armor hit his body, making a crisp clattering sound, but he didn't care at all:

"Is that so? However, it doesn't matter!"

"Activate, Ancient Gear Commander's effect! Once per turn, send 1 【Ancient Gear Golem】 from your hand, field, or deck to the Graveyard and activate.

Perform an 【Ancient Gear Monster】 Summon!"

Eh?

Cost to send to the Graveyard?!

This is an effect that can be activated even if it is negated by an effect!

Tenjou Hikari lit up the card in his hand: "Normal Summon, Ancient Gear Wyvern."

A small green mechanical dragon appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field, circling him once.

"Ancient Gear Wyvern's effect, activate when this card is Summoned or Special Summoned. Add an Ancient Gear card other than Wyvern from your deck to your hand. After this effect is activated, I cannot Set cards until the end of the turn."

"Cannot Set cards." Wan Wan Wan Zhangmu crossed his arms, staring at the field, "In other words, the winner will be decided at this moment!"

This is a very simple truth; this is a desperate charge!

Tenjou Hikari opened his deck, searched through it, and took out Ancient Gear Hunting Hound.

There were no more.

Because Tenjou Hikari had already removed the Knight, Beast, Fusion Monster, and Dragon, only Golem and a few other Ancient Gear cards remained in the deck.

In addition, there were actually Aleister and a few other Earth-Attribute related Fusion series in this deck, which could be considered a mixed Earth-Attribute Fusion deck.

Regardless, putting Aleister in is never wrong.

"Next... witness the brand-new method my mentor taught me!"

Tenjou Hikari pointed at Ancient Gear Statue on the field: "Ancient Gear Statue's effect, release itself, Special Summon 1 Ancient Gear Golem or a monster that mentions that card name other than Ancient Gear Statue from your hand or deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

!!

Ignoring Summoning conditions!

Many people who were familiar with Tenjou Hikari and familiar with Ancient Gear cards stood up.

Can this card actually Special Summon Golem directly?

This is even more convenient than Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem!

Boom boom boom...

Dust flew.

Ancient Gear Golem slowly replaced the Statue and appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field.

"It's not over yet, Ancient Gear Commander's effect!"

Tenjou Hikari clenched his fist, his momentum majestic, as if there were countless mechanical factories behind him, rushing to manufacture new equipment for him: "When you Summon or Special Summon 【Ancient Gear Golem】, activate. Special Summon 1 【Ancient Gear Golem】 from your hand or Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

Again!!

"Resurrect—my 【Knight】, my 【Golem】, my 【Need】, my 【Power】!"

Many people might have forgotten.

When Tenjou Hikari first joined Chima Lingwang's Fusion Department, it was for this Ancient Gear deck.

At that time, Tenjou Hikari didn't even have a spirit, and everything Tenjou Hikari "started" with, his recognition by Crystal, and his path to Gem-Knight...

It was precisely Ancient Gear Golem!

Ancient Gear Golem, Level 8, Earth, Machine, ATK 3000.

"Two Ancient Gear Golems..."

"Shocking, even the Professor hasn't had the experience of Special Summoning two Golems, right?"

"No no no, the Professor has done this kind of thing... but, it has indeed been a long time since I saw the Professor duel in person."

A group of students looked at Tenjou Hikari in surprise.

Or rather, looked at those Ancient Gear cards in surprise.

In their impression, let alone the Professor, even Tenjou Hikari hadn't used Ancient Gear cards for a long time.

But now—

"I will not betray, will not forget, and have not betrayed, have not forgotten; what I am loyal to is the Fusion I believe in, the Fusion I insist on!

Therefore—

Johan, you might be the strongest Gem user, but...

I am a 【Fusion】 Duelist!!"

Tenjou Hikari held up the last card in his left hand: "Spell Card, Power Bond!"

Power Bond, a Fusion Spell Card exclusively for Machine-Type monsters.

"Using that card will inflict damage equal to the Fusion Monster's ATK during the End Phase, right!"

"So, so desperate!"

"Actually Power Bond?" Maruto Sho also poked his head out, watching this scene.

Naturally, he wasn't surprised that Tenjou Hikari could have this secret technique passed down in their Maruto family; after all, there were many cards in the world, and he had seen Tenjou Hikari use it before; he just didn't expect Tenjou Hikari to be so desperate and use it directly.

"I am a fallen magic knight; using this kind of forbidden power is naturally no big deal!" Tenjou Hikari grinned, "Rather, for the sake of the duel, for the sake of Fusion, using this kind of power is even more correct!"

"The Fusion condition is—Ancient Gear monsters, 4!"

Huh?

"Four?"

"No, isn't it Ancient Gear Golem and two other Ancient Gear monsters?"

"Wait, wait—could it be!"

A brand-new Ancient Gear Fusion Monster!

"I fuse Ancient Gear Golem, Ancient Gear Wyvern, Ancient Gear Commander on the field, and Ancient Gear Hunting Hound in my hand!"

Tenjou Hikari took a deep breath, then opened his hands: "Ancient Gear Golem that has embraced chaos, cross over disaster and hostility, and wash away your grievances under the identity of a villain!

Fusion Summon!"

Tenjou Hikari clapped his hands.

Countless students' hearts trembled.

Only when Ancient Gear was fusing would Tenjou Hikari be so meticulous, never missing a single operation.

"Level 10!"

"Ancient Gear Chaos Giant!"

Hum—hum—hum.

Boom boom boom.

A huge suspended mechanical giant hung in the sky; even to show it in this classroom, it shrank its figure like Rainbow Dragon, but its size was still incomparably huge, covering the entire ceiling.

"Ah—" Ruri covered her mouth with both hands in fear, her face panicked.

This monster...

This monster!

That day, the day she was attacked, the sky of Heartland was full of this kind of monster...

On the side, Serena noticed this scene and instinctively whispered: "Don't worry, Master is absolutely fine!

Master is the true 【Ancient Gear】, the true 【Fusion】."

True Ancient Gear, and true Fusion.

Ruri was lost for a moment, and at this time, Tenjou Hikari's support rate had already started to skyrocket!

Ancient Gear Chaos Giant, Level 10, Dark, Machine, ATK 4500→9000.

"Chaos Giant?"

"Above Ultimate Golem, there is an even further Golem?"

"ATK 4500, same as the legendary Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

"So, so big!!!"

Tenjou Hikari shook his slightly numb hand.

Tiera on the side couldn't help but laugh: "Serves you right, you idiot, you're clapping while wearing such heavy stage costumes and such heavy iron gauntlets."

She watched a duel, because she was really not interested in "acting," so Tiera hadn't spoken, but seeing Tenjou Hikari numb his hand from clapping, she finally couldn't help but laugh.

Tenjou Hikari coughed twice.

"Enter Battle Phase."

Tenjou Hikari said.

At this time, people familiar with the Ancient Gear deck should realize a problem—oh my, my opponent is Ancient Gear, be careful, pay attention not to let the opponent sneak into the Battle Phase.

Letting Ancient Gear monsters enter the Battle Phase is a very dangerous thing!

Especially... Chaos Giant!

"Ancient Gear Chaos Giant attacks Rainbow Dragon!"

ATK 9000!

Even if the current Rainbow Dragon tries its best, it cannot win—

After all, Johan's field only has 【4】 Crystal Beasts.

The current him, perhaps, has only reached the level of 【4】.

But regardless, the momentum cannot be lost!

"So amazing, Tenjou!" At this time, neither of them cared about what they were acting anymore, "Fusion—sure enough, should I try to learn it too—but, regardless, Tenjou, I will not admit defeat here!

Activate Rainbow Dragon's effect, send the other Crystal Beasts on my field to the Graveyard, for each one, increase its ATK by 1000!"

Tenjou Hikari heard this and couldn't help but sigh slightly, then said: "Johan, although I am also looking forward to clashing head-on with Rainbow Dragon... but—

Impossible!"

!?

"As long as Ancient Gear Chaos Giant exists in the Monster Zone, it is unaffected by Spell/Trap Card effects—in addition, the opponent cannot activate monster effects during the Battle Phase!"

It is actually—

Monster effect lockdown!?

Johan's eyes widened suddenly.

A group of onlookers didn't understand at first, but after thinking about it carefully.

That's not right, when Ancient Gear monsters attack, the opponent cannot use Spell/Trap Cards!

Isn't that—completely unable to activate cards!

"That's right, Johan—" Tenjou Hikari chuckled, "Originally, if it were a normal duel, I would have told you the effect before attacking. After all, we are all friends. But sorry, I am a 【Villain】 this time!"

"Hahaha, lost to you—it's really interesting—it doesn't matter, Rainbow Dragon! Go!"

On Rainbow Dragon, the seven-colored gems began to shine with colors, erupting with its divine power.

And Tenjou Hikari commanded Chaos Giant, shouting: "Chaos Giant, we go too!"

Initially, it was Ancient Gear that defeated Gem-Knight, which led to Tenjou Hikari's path of collecting Gem-Knights.

And now—

Under the thorns and thistles of Gem-Knight, Ancient Gear finally completed its finale!

"Ancient Gear Chaos Burst!"

The giant raised his right hand, aimed at the giant dragon, and slammed down with a boom—

Johan, LP: 2500→0.

(End of chapter)