Chapter 608: Breakthrough!! (6k, seeking monthly tickets!!!)

"... Continue processing Construct's effect."

Tenjou Hikari was somewhat helpless.

Because Construct being controlled to the opponent's field was actually quite terrible for him.

First, there was no way to use Construct's effect to destroy that Hell Gaia directly. Second, Tenjou Hikari had no way to use other Fusion cards to easily assist in using this card's send-to-Graveyard effect to recover Fusion materials.

However, although the monster was stolen, the effect was not negated, so Tenjou Hikari could still continue to activate Construct's landing effect.

Tenjou Hikari opened his deck, thinking carefully.

If Construct were still on his field, he would have sent "Shaddoll Schism" to the Graveyard directly, then coordinated with Shaddoll Schism next turn to fuse into Winda, send Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang to the Graveyard, and also restrict the Supreme King's Special Summoning.

But now it was a bit difficult.

He pondered for a while and took out one of the cards: "I send Shaddoll Lizard from the deck to the Graveyard."

"Then, Shaddoll Lizard's effect, send Shaddoll Hedgehog to the Graveyard. Chain again, Shaddoll Hedgehog's effect, add 1 Shaddoll monster from the deck to my hand. I add... Shaddoll Ruq to my hand."

"Bai Jing?" Although the appearance was different, the Supreme King recognized who this card was at a glance.

Tenjou Hikari nodded slightly and continued his operations.

If it's like this...

"Spell card, Frightfur Patchwork, add Fusion and Edge Imp Chain from the deck to my hand."

"..." The Supreme King watched Tenjou Hikari's operations, silent.

"What is he doing, Tenjou Hikari?" Tiera asked curiously from the side.

Tenjou Hikari's actions suddenly made her a little unable to understand.

With this hand, there should still be hope to handle this situation, right?

Why such frequent changing of cards in hand?

Jūdai was also thinking about this question.

But compared to them, the Supreme King saw it more clearly: "Compressing the deck, increasing possibilities."

"Ha, that's right." Tenjou Hikari heard this, raised his brows, and said happily.

"Activate the effect of Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon in my hand, discard this card, and add one 【Thunder Dragon】 other than Thunder Dragon from my Graveyard or banished state to my hand.

I add Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon from the Graveyard to my hand. Then—activate Thunder Dragon's effect.

Discard this card from my hand, Special Summon 1 Thunder Dragon monster other than Thunder Dragon from my Graveyard or banished state.

I Special Summon Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon!"

Blue lightning struck from the sky, and a black Thunder Dragon, one size smaller than Colossus-Thunder Dragon, appeared on the field. After appearing, it chirped happily twice, then wrapped itself around Tenjou Hikari, affectionately rubbing its head against Tenjou Hikari's.

After more than a year, the Thunder Source Dragon had finally grown up and reached adulthood. Not only had it completely stabilized its "Colossus-Thunder Dragon" state, but it had also transformed into the other three forms of Thunder Dragon that Tenjou Hikari had especially wanted.

Tenjou Hikari responded to it, then continued his operations, saying: "In a turn where I activated the effect of a Thunder-Type monster in my hand, I can release a Thunder-Type Effect Monster other than a Fusion Monster on the field to summon it directly—

Descend!

Colossus-Thunder Dragon!"

Boom!

Thunder struck down, Thunder Dragon's body expanded, turning into a giant dragon that called the wind and rain. The Colossus-Thunder Dragon, which had grown into an adult dragon, roared, wanting to show its power, but didn't expect the demon's power to sweep over it. Its 2600 ATK instantly turned to nothing, and it became a small dragon again.

Colossus-Thunder Dragon, Level 8, DARK, Thunder-Type, ATK 2600 → 0.

There's no future if I don't deal with Dark Gaia.

Tenjou Hikari observed the situation and continued: "Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon's effect, once per turn, when this card leaves the field or is banished. I can add 1 【Thunder Dragon】 card other than 【Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon】 from the deck to my hand. I add Thunder Dragon Fusion to my hand."

Further compression.

Tiera noticed that Tenjou Hikari's deck had become much lighter.

"Spell card, Fusion!"

Tenjou Hikari played the Fusion he had searched earlier: "The Fusion conditions are a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck and a monster in my hand!"

"I fuse the Colossus-Thunder Dragon on the field with the Shaddoll Ruq in my hand!"

Light began to flicker beside Tenjou Hikari.

"Fusion Summon, Light of Circulation—

Level 8, Magnum the Reliever!"

Light shone, and a ram-horned demon appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field.

Magnum the Reliever, Level 8, LIGHT, Fiend-Type, ATK 2800 → 0.

"At this moment, the effect of Ruq activates! When this card is sent to the Graveyard by an effect. I can send cards from the top of my deck to the Graveyard based on the number of original attributes of the monsters on the field!"

Tenjou Hikari slowly clenched his fist, pointing at the Supreme King's field: "Now, you have the FIRE-attribute Hell Blast, the EARTH-attribute Hell Gaia, the DARK-attribute Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang, and my two LIGHT-attribute monsters on the field, so I can send 4 cards from the top of my deck to the Graveyard!"

The Supreme King calmly folded his arms, as if he didn't care what Tenjou Hikari was doing at all.

Or rather, before Tenjou Hikari tried to "counterattack," there was nothing he could do either.

Tenjou Hikari silently took the top four cards of his deck and looked at them.

He narrowed his eyes.

Got it—

Shaddoll Schism!

He looked at the other three.

Beautiful, they were milled quite well!

Subsequently, he sent the 4 cards to the Graveyard one by one.

"Activate Magnum the Reliever's effect, once per turn, return 1 Spell card with 【Fusion】 in its name from my Graveyard to the bottom of the deck, then draw one card."

"I return Fusion from the Graveyard to the deck, draw one card."

He drew the card with a swish and scanned it.

"Activate the effect of Lunalight Fusion in the Graveyard, return it to the deck, shuffle the deck, draw one card—

At this moment, chain Magnum the Reliever's effect. When another card's effect is activated, banish 1 Spell card with 【Fusion】 in its name from my Graveyard, target 1 card on the field. Destroy that card."

Tenjou Hikari looked at the Supreme King's field.

If Construct hadn't been controlled, Tenjou Hikari would have prioritized destroying that Hell Gaia, but now, it was better to prioritize Construct.

"Banish Instant Fusion from the Graveyard, target your El Shaddoll Construct."

Magnum the Reliever slowly charged up with his right hand. Although his body had shrunk to the size of a card, his ability hadn't diminished in the slightest. He aimed at the Construct on the Supreme King's field, then threw a golden ball of light directly. With a boom, Construct exploded.

"Construct's effect, when this card is sent to the Graveyard, I can recover one Shaddoll Spell/Trap card from the Graveyard."

"Good, at least Construct is dealt with!"

"Next is Hell Gaia!"

"Then, at this moment, the effect of Malicious Bane in my Graveyard will also activate." The Supreme King spoke suddenly while the two spectators were happy, making them realize clearly that he wasn't a machine that wouldn't act, "When a monster on my field is destroyed by battle or effect. Special Summon this card from the Graveyard. After that, if there is a 【Dark Fusion】 or a monster that lists that card name in my Graveyard, I can destroy 1 card on the field."

"Yeah—" A demon with a sharp claw on its right hand appeared from the Graveyard.

Evil HERO Malicious Bane, Level 7, DARK, Fiend-Type, ATK 2500.

He pointed at Magnum the Reliever: "Disappear under the offensive of my army!"

Malicious Bane grinned, suddenly appearing beside Magnum the Reliever, extending his claws, and grabbing Magnum the Reliever. With a boom, he tore him to pieces.

Tenjou Hikari blocked his face with his left hand. Magnum the Reliever's death created a terrifying explosion storm, forcing him to extend his left hand to block the gale.

"... I add Shaddoll Schism from the Graveyard to my hand."

Tenjou Hikari's field was empty again, but he wasn't discouraged; instead, he accepted the status quo and silently put the cards from the Graveyard back into his hand.

"Sigh—"

Jūdai, who was watching the battle, saw this scene and had a headache-inducing expression on his face.

It was too comprehensive.

Negation, control theft, card destruction, ATK restriction, and it was a mixed scene of Traps, monster effects on the field, and Graveyard effects. Not to mention being perfect in every way, but to have such a scene appear without spending many cards was indeed very powerful.

Hikari had performed multiple Fusions so far, but it hadn't had any effect, and even the "Magnum the Reliever" that symbolized Tenjou Hikari's Fusion circulation concept, which he had finally summoned, had been destroyed!

Tiera also looked troubled.

Tenjou Hikari had already used several Fusion Monsters so far, but he hadn't cleared the Supreme King's field at all. Instead, his own cards had almost all been dealt with, and after going around in circles, it returned to the situation at the start of this turn.

"Rest assured, this is exactly what I wanted to see—" Tenjou Hikari smiled brightly.

Although it seemed that everything in the current situation hadn't changed, and the Supreme King's field even had an extra monster with 2500 ATK out of thin air, the Supreme King's negation seemed to have been used up—

The only one that might still have an effect was that Hell Blast, but Hell Blast looked more like a transition, so the possibility of having powerful negation wasn't high.

That meant he could truly start his "counterattack."

He looked at the card in his hand.

"Normal Summon, Aleister the Invoker!"

A magic book descended from the sky, and a young man wearing glasses appeared abruptly on Tenjou Hikari's field, pushing his glasses casually.

Aleister the Invoker, Level 4, DARK, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 1000 → 0.

"Aleister? Are you trying to perform an Invoked Fusion?" The Supreme King looked at Tenjou Hikari's search and was rarely interested enough to speak.

He also knew Aleister, the top spirit in "Fusion." Seeing this monster and knowing the possibilities behind it, the Supreme King was also slightly expectant.

"However, if it's Invoked, there should be no way to handle this situation." Tiera looked at Tenjou Hikari's field and shook her head.

"Indeed, Invoked cannot handle this situation—but, don't forget the most basic thing about Fusion!" He laughed.

?

Tiera looked at Tenjou Hikari in confusion. "Aleister's effect, add one 【Invocation】 from the deck to my hand."

He added Invocation to his hand, then activated it: "Normal Spell card, Invocation! This card can fuse monsters in my hand!"

Eh!

Direct Fusion!

Tiera suddenly realized.

The most basic, most common, and most core, fundamental Fusion!

"I fuse the Edge Imp Chain in my hand with the Fluffal Penguin in my hand!"

"Giant demon wearing a plush doll suit, now, appear before me and bring me victory!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 8!"

"Frightfur Kraken!"

Countless tentacles rose from the ground, and a ridiculous-looking doll was born from the "Sea of Darkness," watching the field gloomily.

"Oh... a disguised god?" The Supreme King recognized the essence of this card at a glance, "Interesting."

This monster clearly made him genuinely interested.

Frightfur Kraken, Level 8, WATER, Fiend-Type, ATK 2200 → 0.

"Penguin's effect, when this card is used as a Fusion Material for a Frightfur, draw two cards, discard one card; Chain's effect, I add one Frightfur card from the deck to my hand, I add the second Frightfur Patchwork to my hand."

"Is it similar to Liquid Soldier's effect?" Jūdai watched the two duel, only feeling an impulse burning in his heart.

Tenjou Hikari first added Frightfur Patchwork from the deck to his hand to prevent drawing it when drawing cards. Subsequently, he drew two cards, then casually sent the Thunder Dragon Fusion he had searched earlier to the Graveyard.

Unfortunately, he didn't have Thunder Dragon Colossus, and the deck space wasn't enough for him to put in Prismatic, so Thunder Dragon Fusion was actually used for searching.

"Frightfur Kraken's monster effect, once per turn, target 1 monster on the opponent's field. Send that monster to the Graveyard. The turn this effect is activated, this card cannot attack directly."

Tenjou Hikari took a deep breath and pointed at Hell Gaia.

"Send Hell Gaia to the Graveyard."

Hell Gaia was originally standing on the field, sneering and playing with the spear in his hand. Suddenly, the ground seemed to crack, and it also seemed as if the ground were "seawater" itself, from which countless tentacles emerged, dragging Hell Gaia down to the bottom of the water.

Frightfur Kraken, ATK: 0 → 2200.

"Good! That monster that reduces ATK is also dealt with!" Tiera felt excited for Tenjou Hikari.

As Tenjou Hikari's partner, as the person most familiar with Tenjou Hikari's deck composition, she could see that Tenjou Hikari's duel with the Supreme King was not just about Fusion, but also about maximizing every detail and advantage of his deck. Every step was carefully considered. Before this, perhaps only when dueling Dadesi was he this cautious.

"Hell Gaia's effect."

There's more?

Tenjou Hikari was stunned.

"When this card leaves the field due to the opponent's effect. Special Summon one Fiend-Type or Warrior-Type monster from my Graveyard."

That's fine, the Supreme King's Graveyard should...

"I Special Summon Elemental HERO Shadow Mist from the Graveyard in Defense Position—then, activate its effect!"

!!

Tenjou Hikari was suddenly stunned.

That's right—

There's also it!

Elemental HERO Shadow Mist, Level 4, DARK, Warrior-Type, DEF 1500.

"Add 1 Quick-Play Spell card with 【Change】 in its name from the deck to my hand." The Supreme King raised his hand slowly: "Quick-Play Spell card, Form Change."

Subsequently, a card jumped into his hand automatically amidst the crazy rotation of his duel disk.

"So cautious!" Jūdai in the inner world understood the Supreme King's thoughts in an instant.

Next turn, Tenjou Hikari would definitely use the effect of Shaddoll Schism to Fusion Summon Winda. By then, as long as the Supreme King chained Form Change, not only could he avoid the effect of Shaddoll Schism sending monsters of the same attribute to the Graveyard, but he could also take the opportunity to Special Summon another HERO!

While avoiding risks, he could also increase his own field presence!

So amazing, so careful—so serious!

Jūdai watched this scene excitedly.

He could feel it.

The Supreme King was more serious than ever before, more serious than when dueling himself in his heart, more serious than at any time before!

"... That's the last one—activate Spell card, Fusion Destiny!"

Tenjou Hikari finished looking at his hand and decisively played this card.

"Send Fusion Materials from the deck to the Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon of a Destiny HERO. After activating this card, I can only Special Summon DARK HERO monsters this turn."

"Oh?" The Supreme King was slightly surprised to see this card.

"Send Evil HERO Malicious Bane from the deck and Destiny HERO Drawhand from the deck to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon!"

"Destiny HERO Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer!"

Flames burned!

The immortal HERO was born burning in the flames!

Just as others felt—

Whether it was the Supreme King or Tenjou Hikari, both were in a state of genuine full-throttle—

Destiny HERO Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer, Level 8, DARK, Warrior-Type, ATK 2500.

"Oh oh oh oh!! It's the HERO of Destiny created by Hikari and Edo!" Jūdai became more excited the more he watched.

This ticket price was too worth it—

"Interesting... that monster is the brand-new monster born from your 【Fusion】, right?" The Supreme King saw at a glance the special power on this monster that shouldn't belong to it.

Tenjou Hikari nodded, then continued: "While Phoenix Enforcer is on the field, the ATK of monsters on the opponent's field decreases by the number of HERO monsters in my Graveyard x 200."

Evil HERO Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang, ATK: 2500 → 2100; Evil HERO Malicious Bane, ATK: 2500 → 2100; Evil HERO Inferno Wing-Hell Blast, ATK: 2100 → 1700.

Unfortunately, Shadow Mist was in Defense Position.

"Battle—Frightfur Kraken can attack twice per turn!"

Tenjou Hikari pointed at Hell Blast, and countless tentacles flew out, wrapping around this pitch-black female demon.

Boom—

Supreme King, LP: 4000 → 3500.

"Kraken attacks Malicious Bane!"

The giant-clawed demon had successfully destroyed Magnum the Reliever earlier and was in high spirits, but seeing two huge sharp blades swing down, it panicked and hurriedly tried to defend, but was instantly defeated and chopped into pieces.

Supreme King, LP: 3500 → 3400.

"Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer attacks Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang!"

"Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang cannot be destroyed by battle or effects." The Supreme King didn't care about this loss of Life Points, "Counterattack, Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang!"

Although Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang's ATK was reduced, he didn't fear it at all. Facing the Phoenix Enforcer with higher ATK, he raised his hand and traded punches with it.

Supreme King, LP: 3400 → 3000.

Dual resistance to battle and effect destruction?

Tenjou Hikari frowned.

He had originally wanted to use Phoenix Enforcer's ability to deal with the Supreme King's field so he couldn't use Form Change.

It's a pity. If it were like this, he should have used Kraken's effect to send Neos Lord Lord Lord Ba Wang to the Graveyard, then used Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer to blow up his own Aleister and his Hell Gaia... Of course, if he did that, Shadow Mist probably wouldn't have searched for Form Change, right? Instead, it would have been placed on the field, waiting to search for monsters.

"Then, Phoenix Enforcer's effect, target 1 card on my field and 1 card on the opponent's field to destroy. I destroy Phoenix Enforcer itself and the Shadow Mist on your field."

The shining flames burned violently on Tenjou Hikari's field, burning the malicious Shadow Mist. Subsequently, the flames didn't dissipate, continuing to burn on Tenjou Hikari's field.

"Phoenix Enforcer's effect, when this card is destroyed by battle or effect, during the Standby Phase of the next turn, I can Special Summon a Destiny HERO from the Graveyard."

"Battle Phase ends, Kraken's effect, at the end of the Battle Phase in which this card battled, change it to Defense Position."

The Kraken slowly dived into the dark seawater.

Frightfur Kraken, ATK: 2200 → DEF: 3000.

"Set two cards... end my turn."

Tenjou Hikari looked at his hand for a few moments, let out a long sigh, and silently set two cards.

The situation gradually calmed down. Both of their Life Points had also become 3000. It could be said that they had almost returned to the same starting line. It was just that this time it was Tenjou Hikari's turn to build a field, and the Supreme King's turn to deal with Tenjou Hikari's cards.

In just two turns, in just the initial exchange, the two's duel had already exceeded the performance of the vast majority of people in the world. Even Jūdai and Tiera were dumbfounded, having to sigh at the two's strength.

Not only that.

Along with Tenjou Hikari declaring the end of his turn, this place, which seemed to be isolated from the human world, this place that seemed to be the pinnacle of darkness, also had countless 【gazes】 cast upon it!

Those were some powerful existences, those were some existences that ordinary people couldn't touch at all, those were some existences that either had great ambitions or terrifying wild desires.

And now, they all put down their work, put down the things they were preparing, put down the work they were doing, and almost instinctively cast their 【gaze】 to this universe, this world, this dimension, this...

Peak of 【Fusion】!

The strongest Fusion duelist of the past and the absolute Fusion duelist who is currently growing—the duel between the two, just the "opening" was enough to make them interested.

Not to mention—

That absolute invincible power hidden in their hearts, swallowing rivers, seas, and heaven and earth, swearing to 【fuse】 all things!

That ultimate power that was ready to go, waiting for the two to drive it!

Zzz, zzz...

Golden lightning splashed in this space. Because of the "observation" of countless existences, this high-rise building became increasingly dangerous. This isolated space also seemed to be gradually cracking, as if it were moving toward mutation because of the power of Fusion.

In the end, what would happen? I'm afraid even the two in the duel couldn't foresee it!

"My turn, draw!!"

The Supreme King's voice finally changed.

It was no longer that cold, ruthless, machine-like monotone, but finally, a trace of fiery emotion appeared!

Being able to experience such a duel after death, not bad!

(End of chapter)