Chapter 72

"My turn."

Tenjou Hikari drew a card, glanced at his hand, and then sized up his opponent.

"Do you know what it means for a small probability event to happen with high probability?"

"Hmm? What is that, human mathematics?"

"Activate the effect of Brilliant Fusion in the Graveyard, return this card from the Graveyard to the deck, shuffle, and draw one card."

Tenjou Hikari looked down.

Curse of Dragon.

"..." On the other side, the Light Emperor couldn't help but punch the air silently when he saw this scene.

5 hand cards.

Destroy 1 card.

Not only is it not a monster, but it's this kind of effect!

The Light Emperor couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Thestalos is useless, I'll take it out of the deck later, and I must scold it severely when I become the strongest.

Tenjou Hikari drew a card and scanned the cards in his hand.

"Activate Spell card, Instant Fusion." Tenjou Hikari took out a card from his hand, "Pay 1000 life points, Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster of Level 5 or lower from the Extra Deck!"

"The one I want to Fusion Summon is this—Level 1, Thousand-Eyes Restrict!"

Tenjou Hikari LP: 4000→3000

An eye opened on Tenjou Hikari's field, and immediately after, countless eyes combined to turn into a terrifying evil god.

Thousand-Eyes Restrict, Level 1, Dark attribute, Spellcaster-type, ATK 0.

"Heh, an evil god that can swallow monsters... although its attack power is low, it possesses extremely powerful effects—but! It's useless!"

The Light Emperor opened the Set card: "Open Set card, Continuous Trap card! The Monarchs Erupt!"

Flames suddenly ignited on the Fire Monarch, and rolling flames began to burn along the entire horse-racing arena, igniting the entire arena. Many spirits even instinctively began to sweat, fearful.

"This is a Continuous Trap card that can be activated when there are no cards in your Extra Deck and there is a Tribute Summoned monster on your field!"

"As long as this card exists in the Spell & Trap Zone, the effects of face-up monsters on the field other than Tribute Summoned monsters are negated!"

"Master!" Gaia whispered, "This is the card that defeated me—"

"What a powerful effect." Flame Swordsman also couldn't help but speak.

"Hmm hmm... negating monster effects on the field is indeed very powerful, Tenjou Hikari." Tierra touched her chin and kept nodding, "So that's it, as long as there is this effect, you don't need Fusion Monsters or Synchro Monsters, you can fight the same way, and it might even be more powerful."

She then looked at Tenjou Hikari's hand.

But actually, it didn't matter much.

"Indeed, one side has monster effects and the other doesn't, no matter how you look at it, it's a clear gap, but there is one thing that will not change." Tenjou Hikari put a card into the duel disk, "That is, attacking."

"Activate Continuous Spell, Flame Sword Domain!"

Like the Light Emperor's field, the same flames ignited around Tenjou Hikari, but unlike the flames that were about to melt people, this flame turned into a fire dragon in the air, driving away the surrounding flames and protecting the weak spirits.

"Ha, in this case, it's time for us brothers to work together!" Flame Sword shouted enthusiastically.

"The effect of Flame Sword Domain, once per turn, send a monster from your hand/field to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon a Flame Swordsman!"

"I will send Thousand-Eyes Restrict from the field to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon, Flame Swordsman!"

Flame Swordsman came riding a fire dragon, facing the Monarch who controlled the lava, without any fear.

Flame Swordsman, Level 5, Fire attribute, Warrior-type, ATK 1800.

"Heh, what's the big deal about that level of Fusion Monster appearing?" The Light Emperor didn't care.

"Then let's [Fuse] even more—Equip Spell card, Dragon Fire Fusion!" Tenjou Hikari continued to play a Fusion Spell card, "This card can be equipped to a Warrior-type/Fire-attribute monster, increasing that monster's attack power by 700 points!"

Flame Swordsman, ATK: 1800→2500.

"What, it actually exceeded Thestalos!?"

"Battle, Flame Swordsman, stop the lava!"

"Leave it to me!" Flame Swordsman jumped high, heading towards the Monarch with surging lava. The ruthless Monarch turned around to stop it, but was dodged by the skilled Flame Swordsman, who then stabbed it in the throat with a sword.

Boom—

The Fire Monarch was directly knocked down.

Light Emperor LP: 4000→3900.

"Wh-what? It actually hurt Lord Light Emperor!?"

"Wow! The attack was successful!! Defeated that terrifying Fire Monarch!"

"Hmph, what are you excited about, you guys, you paid 1000 life points just to cause a mere 100 points of damage, what's so powerful about that!"

The spirits argued, and Tenjou Hikari's side, because they were weaker and often bullied, their voices gradually became smaller.

Tenjou Hikari didn't speak, because there was no need.

As long as he won, they would naturally regain their confidence.

"End turn."

It was different from what the spirits around thought.

Tenjou Hikari not only understood the Monarch deck, but could even be called "especially knowledgeable."

It wasn't that he liked playing Floowandereeze, Monarchs, or True Draco decks that much. Tenjou Hikari was quite knowledgeable about this card entirely because he had indeed experienced playing doubles with someone using a Monarch deck before he crossed over.

The scene was very abstract.

He looked at The Monarchs Erupt.

"That card will be destroyed during the End Phase if you don't have a Tribute Summoned monster on your field, right."

The Light Emperor was stunned.

"You actually know!?"

Tenjou Hikari raised the corners of his mouth: "Dueling with friends, with opponents, and even with enemies, regardless of preference, understanding and knowing the opponent the same way, this is the true knowledge of [Fusion]. Whether it's Tribute Summoning or Fusion Summoning, it's just a means in essence—but, like you, no matter how powerful the means are, it's just a waste of effort!"

"Damn it!" The Light Emperor felt anger in his heart when he heard Tenjou Hikari's words, "Just destroying that useless Thestalos, you think you can defeat me!? Too naive! Don't underestimate my Monarch deck—

Draw!"

He glanced at it and immediately played: "Spell card, Pot of Greed, draw two cards."

Then, several golden stars appeared on his body. He looked very happy: "If the opponent has two or more cards in their Spell & Trap Zone, this card can be Special Summoned!"

He played a card directly.

"Erebus the Underworld Monarch!"

A white magician wearing a red cloak appeared on the field.

Erebus the Underworld Monarch, Level 4, Water attribute, Aqua-type, ATK 1000.

"Next, use the Ice Monarch Squire as a Tribute, Tribute Summon—Mobius the Frost Monarch!"

Following the rolling burning lava, it was ice that was cold to the bone. Countless ice cubes froze the surging magma into ice cubes, and then turned into giant ice pillars, freezing everything around.

One of the most practical Monarchs, the Frost Monarch!

Mobius the Frost Monarch, Level 6, Water attribute, Aqua-type, ATK 2400.

"When the Frost Monarch is Tribute Summoned, you can destroy two Spell/Trap cards on the field." The Light Emperor pointed at Tenjou Hikari's field, "Destroy your Dragon Fire Fusion and that Flame Sword Domain!"

Tenjou Hikari raised his eyebrows.

The flames were frozen by the ice, gradually extinguishing, and so, the entire field was completely turned into ice, making the spirits who felt hot and even sweated before have to hug each other to keep warm.

"This effect sounds much more powerful than the Fire Monarch." Tierra said.

"Just in case, I'll use this—"

"Continuous Spell card, Domain of the True Monarchs! As long as this card exists on the field, your Tribute Summoned monsters cannot be targeted by effects and cannot be destroyed by effects!"

"As a price, as long as this card exists on the field, I cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck—of course, I don't have that kind of card."

He laughed wildly while pointing forward. At the same time, his pure black coat actually started to change color out of thin air, gradually changing from the top down, and finally turned pure white.

"Battle, Mobius, freeze that provocative swordsman into an ice sculpture!"

The Frost Monarch put his hands together in front, blowing a violent gale. The ice and snow swept over, instantly freezing the Flame Swordsman who was trying to counterattack the Monarch as before, and then it exploded into fragments with a bang.

Then, countless ice pillars exploded from Flame Swordsman's body, stabbing Tenjou Hikari, leaving several wounds on him.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 3000→2400.

"Hehehehe... 2400, it's just a matter of a Monarch strike." The Light Emperor looked like this, "Hehehe, you should be glad that I can't attack on the turn I summon, otherwise you would be killed by me personally."

Breaking the Fusion Monster and seeing this life value, the Light Emperor's confidence suddenly exploded. His body glowed brighter, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

And the servants and followers under him also couldn't help but sneer.

"Master!" Gaia was a bit anxious, wishing he could perform hand-to-hand combat with the opposite side.

"Don't be anxious, Gaia. This is just the beginning." Tenjou Hikari shook his head, "You haven't seen new friends yet."

While speaking, Tenjou Hikari pointed to his side, and at the same time, several illusory figures also emerged, waving hello.

New friends—

Gaia was a bit confused, and then shifted his gaze over.

So many!?

"My turn—draw!"

Tenjou Hikari looked at the card he drew, and couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

It was actually this card.

He looked at his opponent: "Indeed, the existence of The Monarchs Erupt, Domain of the True Monarchs, plus the Domain of the True Monarchs, a duelist who uses fusion normally would probably be defeated by you easily. Even Gaia lost to you.

But—

It's a pity, this duel seems to be coming to an end."

"Ha, what kind of wishful thinking are you talking about? With my ultimate seal, the power of the Monarchs, how will you cross the heavy seals to defeat me!?"