Chapter 602

As the duel ended, some spirits couldn't help but start clapping.

Not only were they amazed by the resilience of the "Phoenix," but at the final moment, Amon gave up the power of the Archmage and chose to decide the outcome with his own monster, which also allowed them to see that this human named "Amon" truly possessed the belief in his heart to explore a solution.

It's just that he didn't know whether the path in his eyes was real, or whether it was correct.

Of course.

That was before—

Now, he already knew everything.

Amon quietly took out the cards. The five pieces of Exodia slowly flickered with light, and then slowly flew up.

The huge black Dark Magician raised its head and roared, its body tightly entangled by chains flying from nowhere, and then dragged back into that gate.

The five glowing cards gradually rose into the air, burning with flames, as if they had gathered the beliefs of countless people.

Tiancheng Guang could feel that within those flames, there was also the belief he had once burned with.

The flame ignited after the duel with the Light of Ruin finally spread under the trial use of another person, igniting someone else's soul.

And the power burned by these spirits and humans was also slowly burning this "Exodius" sealed here.

No—

Or rather, it wasn't burning.

It was slowly and gently purifying its resentment. Tiancheng Guang could feel that through the sealed gate, that kind of anger seemed to have decreased quite a bit.

"The Dark Magician's resentment seems to have been reduced a little."

Beside him, the Leotaur looked at the resentment of the Dark Magician gradually being sealed in the sky and couldn't help but say with a hint of amazement: "If there is no continuous resentment continuing to replenish it, one day, he might dissipate—"

It turned back to look at Tiancheng Guang: "At that time, perhaps, it will bloom with brand-new brilliance, transform into a brand-new form, and descend upon this world again!"

"You mean, perhaps a brand-new spirit and a brand-new card will be born, right?" Tiancheng Guang nodded, indicating that he understood the Leotaur's meaning.

Previously, he learned from the old man Yugi Mutou that the "body" of the Dark Magician in this world had already been taken away by it and transformed into "Exodia the Legendary Defender."

In other words, the fusion version of the Dark Magician should have already been born.

And the resentment left behind by the Dark Magician here will also start today, slowly being burned and purified by the eternally burning flames. Perhaps it won't be long before the "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord" here will also slowly transform and eventually become "Exodia the Legendary Defender," right?

"That's right—at that time, you won't need to sacrifice your beloved to obtain its power or even its blessing here." The Leotaur sighed incessantly.

Last time, Lord Hikari solved the "future" of this dimension and this world.

However, although all the futures were already completely different, and although the World of Forgetting had turned into this Underworld of Forgetting, it didn't mean that this world would be safe forever.

The resentment born from the "Original Forgotten One" existing in this world was something even it couldn't wear away.

If it weren't for the fact that the old human gentleman took away half of the Dark Magician last time, this world might not have even lasted until Hikari's arrival.

And now, Hikari's friend seems to have solved another difficult problem in this dimension.

"Can I obtain power without sacrifice—ha—" Amon looked at the closed gate in the sky and said softly, "I understand... Lord Leotaur, may I ask if you would allow me to come once a month?"

"As long as you don't come to cause destruction, our world welcomes any new things."

The Leotaur was very welcoming of fresh blood visiting this world: "Not just you, Lord Hikari, and Lord Aster, you can all come to this world every month to connect with the power of Exodia."

That's actually quite good—

Tiancheng Guang nodded with a chuckle on the side.

Coming to this dimension didn't actually consume much spirit power. The reason it was time-consuming and laborious last time was because the resentment and pressure of this dimension were too strong at that time.

And getting the Leotaur's nod meant that Tiancheng Guang could not only come here from time to time to see if there were any newly born "Forgetting" monsters, but also try to connect with Exodia's spirit in his spare time to obtain the "Forbidden" power.

Purely free-loading!

This is definitely something to be happy about.

It's just a pity that basically no one should be able to get the "Millennium Cross," which is highly likely to be a series of cards exclusive to Yugi Mutou.

Moreover, even using the "Dark Magician" would highly likely require starting from scratch and collecting them one by one, just like Amon.

Fortunately, Tiancheng Guang didn't mind, nor did he pursue "certain victory." What Tiancheng Guang cared about was always only one thing, and that was "Fusion."

As his understanding of Fusion deepened, as he stayed in this world longer, and as he used Fusion more sincerely, the power Fusion fed back to him became stronger. Therefore, his pursuit of Fusion became more extreme.

This is a standard positive feedback loop.

And Tiancheng Guang remembered the Fusion conditions for "Exodia the Legendary Defender" very clearly—5 Forbidden monsters.

At first glance, it seems like nothing, very normal.

However, there is a detail.

It is not "5 types of Forbidden monsters," but 【5 monsters】.

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a competition that pays great attention to textual details.

It is not a "multiple types" trigger effect like Tiera's, but as long as "5 monsters" can trigger it, it means that Tiancheng Guang can actually use 3 left hands and 2 right hands to fuse into one "Exodia the Legendary Defender"—

This is much simpler than collecting 5 parts!!

In this world, collecting "5 types" of Exodia in order is a very difficult thing. For a long time, only "Yugi Mutou" succeeded in collecting them.

Even if Tiancheng Guang were asked to collect the full set of the Dark Magician, he wouldn't have that confidence, but collecting 5 cards is too simple; the difficulty is not on the same order of magnitude.

After hearing the Leotaur's words, Amon nodded gently, looked at Eko, and then began to sigh.

He really almost made an irreversible wrong choice.

Perhaps, indeed, neither Aster nor Tiancheng Guang could give him a real answer, nor could they solve all the difficult problems immediately.

However, at least Aster proved one thing, and that is that even the power of the Dark Magician is far from "invincible."

And—

If one could obtain the power of the Dark Magician without sacrifice, then his actions were wrong from the very beginning.

Aster didn't say much, nor did he blame anything. In the duel, he had already said enough. With his personality, he wouldn't say anything more.

Compared to this, Aster was actually more glad that, at least in this way, he saved the tragedy that was about to happen.

As for Tiancheng Guang, he was even more satisfied.

Not only did he get a free summoning ground for "Exodia the Legendary Defender," but he also thoroughly activated "Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer," which is definitely something to be happy about, "leveling up while lying down." If nothing else, with Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer, the strength of Tiancheng Guang's deck has skyrocketed once again.

Yes.

Skyrocketed!

Although there is no other card that "changed Fusion," "Predaplant Verte Anaconda," Tiancheng Guang also has many other choices. If nothing else, he can stuff three copies of "Fusion Destiny" into his deck, and the draw rate is much higher than in the world before he transmigrated.

However, these are things to consider only when dueling.

Now, Tiancheng Guang still has many other things to consider and ask.

First, he needs to confirm the situation outside.

Eko herself is not on the Duel Academy island, but is handling official business in Amon's family company. She only comes to this world every time it is the hour of the demon, hoping to run into Amon who comes here.

So she didn't actually come to find Amon, but to help Amon walk on the "Path of the King."

Although now, in the duel with Aster, Amon gave up the way of sacrificing Eko to obtain power, Eko herself still hopes to be able to help Amon, let him become a merciful king, a king who does not need to be suppressed.

However, Tiancheng Guang and Aster don't care why she came; they care more about what the situation is outside.

The "World of Forgetting" is a quite special world. Some cards that have been forgotten and abandoned are not paid attention to for a long time, and under resentment, it is possible to enter this dimension.

And it is not just the world where Tiancheng Guang and the others are. In fact, except for this world, all other worlds, whether it is the Spirit World or the Human World, as long as it is a forgotten card, it is possible to appear in this dimension.

In other words, this dimension is actually a dimension that is "directly connected" to all dimensions.

It is a pity that this dimension has no way to "go to" a specific dimension, only "return to the position where one came from," otherwise Tiancheng Guang would have to find a way to use this as a transit station to find foreign aid and pull for help.

But, even if there is no way to do this, they still have other choices.

The first is the information provided by Eko—the situation outside.

During the duel, Tiancheng Guang and the others already knew that in places outside the Duel Academy, people there thought that the Duel Academy was doing fine now and there was nothing strange.

The three of them almost thought of that possibility: humans in the outside world have actually been affected by the power of Darkness, and to some extent, they have ignored the Duel Academy.

And here at the Duel Academy, it should be the place with the most prosperous "spirit power" known to humans now.

After all, not only the Duel Academy headquarters, but the top students of the global Duel Academy branches, as well as those most excellent professors in the world, are all gathered at the Duel Academy at this time.

They are now isolated and helpless. As long as they are slowly eaten away, it is possible to defeat the "future" of these humans.

Tiancheng Guang knows much more than the other two classmates. He clearly knows the existence of "Darkness," so he can actually better understand the actions of Darkness.

In the original work, as long as one possesses a spirit, one can more or less resist the power of Darkness.

Although—obviously, the Darkness of this world is far stronger than in the original work, so what it can do is also more than in the original work. For example, now, even those who possess spirits have no way to strongly resist the influence.

At the beginning, Tiancheng Guang speculated that Darkness would blockade the Duel Academy, thinking it was because the Duel Academy taught students to use spirit power, which might change the "future" that Darkness wanted to reach, so it came for a targeted strike.

Now it seems that it is highly likely to be true.

Because it was not that it didn't target the outside world, but that it wanted to "suffocate" the people in the Duel Academy first.

Using methods to send all the students in the Duel Academy out, or calling people from the outside world to save the Duel Academy, were indeed both impossible.

Darkness obviously made full preparations, and even did things before Yubel made a move. It seems that it really has to rely on humans themselves to face Darkness directly.

Fortunately—

It is not waiting for humans to perish on their own, but has started to take action personally, which also means that it will slowly descend in the future.

Compared to an ethereal enemy, knowing that the enemy will descend is at least some good news.

Even so, Amon still tried to make an attempt. He wrote down some things as much as possible and let Eko take them away, hoping that Eko could remember everything that happened in this Underworld of Forgetting after returning to the human world, and then find a way to come and save the Duel Academy.

Although Aster didn't hold out hope for this, as long as he tried, then there was no reason to refute it.

Soon, the three returned to the Duel Academy.

Feeling the heavy pressure in the Duel Academy and the bursts of stinging pain attacking his head, Tiancheng Guang shook his head.

He took the time to check the situation in the infirmary. Amon was currently helping the teachers in full swing, looking like he had rekindled his fighting spirit.

Tiancheng Guang twitched his eyebrows, turned back into a classroom, and opened his deck to check it.

Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer—

A sufficiently powerful, almost "undying and indestructible" monster, after the duel with the "Light of Ruin," because it was forcibly urged to be born, it had always been in a shattered state, divided between his and Aster's hands.

Now, under Aster's efforts, Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer was finally thoroughly born, and the one in his hand was also shining brightly under the induction.

As a "terminal," this card was already powerful enough.

Since that's the case...

Tiancheng Guang looked at other small axes again.

He looked at Thunder Dragon and hung up a smile.

It had been a long time since he let it on the field, and it just happened to be useful now.

He shuffled the deck slightly, prepared a set again, and then took a deep breath.

In the afternoon, he studied the "Apocalypse Records" for a while, and he was prepared to go to the school's volcano later.

To be precise, the crater.

Last time, Tiancheng Guang was there, dueling with Chazz Princeton in the state of being possessed by Darkness.

And in the Apocalypse Records, it was also clearly stated that this place was very suitable for high-level spirits to survive.

Tiancheng Guang calculated for a long time and felt that among the positions that everyone wouldn't explore or patrol on weekdays, this was the place most likely to be holding Chazz Princeton and Alexis Rhodes.

At night, he still had to help Jūdai try to call out the other self in his heart, so he went to explore first.

Night was about to fall. Tiancheng Guang prepared things, greeted Jūdai in advance, and then silently headed to the volcano.

But, just as he was about to climb the mountain, suddenly, in front of him, a mass of black slime rose from the ground. Then, this mass of slime began to change, and finally rose, turning into a strange man wearing sunglasses—

Tiancheng Guang was both surprised and happy in his heart—

The train of thought was correct!

(End of chapter)