Chapter 95: Uria, Lord of Searing Flames! (Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Late night.

Tenjou Hikari walked along the path back to the dormitory; behind him, a figure in yellow clothes hid secretly within the woods, stalking him.

Shen Shen Leban, who had lost to Tenjou Hikari just a few days prior, had begun plotting to imitate him again. Feeling his previous attempts at imitation were insufficient, he had now decided to simply tail Tenjou Hikari directly and copy him down to the finest details.

Tierra glanced at him but did not turn back to follow.

She had no interest in such a mortal.

She was far more curious about another person.

"You've been following for so long; isn't it time you showed yourself?" Tenjou Hikari suddenly turned around, startling Shen Shen Leban in the shadows so badly he nearly jumped out to apologize immediately.

But just as he prepared to crawl out of the woods, he suddenly noticed a figure slowly materializing from the air, accompanied by scarlet light and dim black qi, emerging gradually.

Only then did Shen Shen Leban come to his senses—so he wasn't the one being addressed.

Immediately after, he was struck by immense terror.

What is this?

What is happening?

He felt as though this was the first time he truly understood this world.

"Tenjou Hikari, you have always been the great enemy obstructing our Ronghejun Sect," the figure said, emitting thick black qi from his body, so dense it appeared even worse than Bai Jing's previous display. "Today, I wonder if you have the courage to accept my duel?"

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow. "Although I knew you were coming for me, I didn't expect you to be so direct."

"How about it? You've always insisted on orthodox duel concepts, haven't you?" The Ronghejun Sect student wearing a mask sneered at the corner of his mouth. "Do you have the courage to accept this simplest, most direct duel from me!"

Tenjou Hikari wasted no words, directly opening his duel disk.

"If you lose, then tell me what you people have been up to recently."

"Heh heh, naturally."

Coming to such a remote place devoid of human traces was obviously for the sake of a duel, wasn't it?

Compared to investigation and exploration, a direct duel was the simplest and most straightforward method in this world. He wasn't even worried that the opponent might cheat and refuse to reveal the truth after losing, because he always had the ability to force the opponent to abide by the duel's agreement.

"Duel!" ×2.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 4000.

Masked Man LP: 4000.

Accompanying the shouts of both parties, scorching red-black gas erupted from the body of the Ronghejun Sect student opposite. Centered on him, the surrounding woods were entirely enveloped by this layer of red-black qi, coated with a thin mist, as if they had suddenly entered another world. The entire world turned gray and hazy, resembling a scene from after the apocalypse.

Watching this, Tenjou Hikari felt a strange sense of familiarity.

"Tenjou Hikari," Tierra glanced over casually and remarked, "It looks like something similar to a barrier, isolating the people within its range from real space, so even if it's a Dark Duel, it shouldn't harm innocent bystanders."

Tenjou Hikari nodded.

He hadn't expected this masked man to be quite so concerned with secrecy.

"My turn!" The masked man drew a card, glanced at it, and let out a laugh. "I set three cards. End turn."

Setting three cards?

Tenjou Hikari seemed to realize something but still found it hard to believe. He drew a card and said, "Draw. Hmm..."

"At this moment, I activate the Continuous Trap Card, Magic Jammer!"

Beside the masked man, a massive cauldron appeared, emitting a faint, ethereal fragrance.

"As long as this card remains on the field, neither player can activate Spell Cards unless they are Set! They cannot be activated until the next turn of the player who Set them arrives!"

Shen Shen Leban, watching from the side, saw this Trap Card and his face instantly turned pale with shock.

Oh no! The vast majority of Fusions are Spell Cards!

If there's no way to use Spell Cards—or even if they can only be used on the next turn—it would be a huge suppression against Student Tiancheng!

"Interesting," Tierra glanced over, pointed at his hand, and said, "So you can't use that card anymore?"

Tenjou Hikari nodded.

"However, I chain to the activation of your Continuous Trap and activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, Scapegoat!" Tenjou Hikari immediately revealed the card in his hand. "According to its effect, I Special Summon four Sheep Tokens to the field in Defense Position."

According to the rules of dueling, the later activation takes precedence; cards activated later do not need to concern themselves with the effects of previously activated cards, so Quick-Play Spells could be used normally.

"Next, I Set one more card. End turn."

"Heh heh heh, as expected, even you are powerless against this card!" The Ronghejun Sect member laughed loudly. "You can only rely on such cards to barely survive."

"Shut up!" On the other side, although he appeared to be suppressed, Tenjou Hikari showed absolutely no respect, shouting back instead. "As a user of Fusion, you usually shout slogans that Fusion is the noblest summoning method, yet when it comes to dueling, your priority is restricting your opponent's Fusion!

Someone like you, spouting all sorts of nonsense, just bring out whatever tricks you have!"

The mouth beneath the masked man's mask twitched violently; he angrily drew a card. "Hmph, I'll smash that mouth of yours right now!"

Looking at the cards in his hand, he suddenly burst into wild laughter. "Hu hu hu... Hahaha! Tenjou Hikari, let me show you the powerful strength I have obtained!

I activate my Set Card, the Continuous Trap Card, Waning Mist! I activate my Set Card, the Continuous Trap Card, Imperial Iron Wall!"

Ah, this... just as I thought.

Seeing these three items, Tenjou Hikari roughly understood what his opponent intended to do.

It's just... he found it somewhat incomprehensible.

"I send the three Continuous Trap Cards on my field to the Graveyard as Tributes! Special Summon!"

The three Trap Cards transformed into intense flames that burned fiercely; pillars of fire shot straight into the sky, and the scorching columns of fire illuminated the gray, hazy space until it glowed red.

Simultaneously, the masked man began to scream wildly. "Aaaaaaaah!!"

His body began to burn violently. In moments, he seemed to become a living corpse; his limbs hung limp, devoid of vitality. Immediately following this, a winged, clawed flying dragon, entirely crimson red, descended into this gray, hazy world.

Its entire body was covered in scarlet scales, its massive maw filled with sharp fangs. Its eyes slowly ignited with light, and that golden, ferocious glow was like a sharp blade, frightening Shen Shen Leban in the woods so much that he scrambled backward on hands and knees, fleeing a great distance.

The temperature of the entire world seemed to skyrocket by several magnitudes, causing Tenjou Hikari to frown tightly.

"Uria, Lord of Searing Flames!"

Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, Level 10, FIRE Attribute, Pyro Type, Attack Points?

"The Attack Points of Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, equal the number of Trap Cards in the Graveyard multiplied by 1000!" The masked man jerked his body stiffly; although he still appeared alive, he moved like a zombie, mechanically performing various actions.

Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, ATK: 3000!

"Hmm... interesting." Tierra suddenly tilted her head, speaking with great interest. "Tenjou Hikari, this thing's status isn't bad, is it?"

"It's just that, looking at it, hey, it seems even more pitiful than me." She couldn't help but raise her hand. "Not only has it been split off, but it seems the split-off portion isn't even complete?"

That marinated egg really knows how to stir up trouble, doesn't it?

Looking at Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, one of the Three Phantom Demons, Tenjou Hikari couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Now he could confirm it: Marik was definitely killed by Professor Chi Ma Ling Wang.

He glanced at the masked man; his body had already been burned until he was half his original size, becoming emaciated and skeletal.

Judging by this state, it was uncertain whether the person would even survive after finishing the duel.

"In that case, at this time, I activate the Trap Card, Flame Sword Dance! From my Extra Deck, I Special Summon Flame Swordsman in Defense Position and attempt to Set your Uria, Lord of Searing Flames."

"Haha. Useless. Uria, Lord of Searing Flames is unaffected by Trap Cards."

"Trap Destruction."

The masked man spoke stiffly, pausing between words.

Uria opened its mouth, emitting intense sound waves that were piercing and unpleasant.

The flame slashes cleaved by Flame Sword Dance struck Uria, yet they didn't even leave a single spark.

This actually surprised Tenjou Hikari.

The version Special Summoned using Continuous Trap Cards was the OCG version of Uria; in the original work, Uria only required any Trap Card. Similarly, the real-world OCG version did not possess Trap immunity or the effect of being affected by Spells for only one turn.

It was precisely for this reason that he had chosen to use Flame Sword Dance to try and Set it.

He hadn't expected it to have resistance. Looking at it this way, it was actually quite strange, wasn't it?

"Next, Uria attacks Flame Swordsman. High-Energy Absorption!"

Flame Swordsman had just been about to speak, but upon seeing the scorching inferno sweeping toward him, his face instantly changed drastically. He hurriedly raised his great sword to block, trying to prevent greater damage as he melted within the raging fire.

"Hahaha. Did you see that, Tenjou Hikari? This is the new power of our Ronghejun Sect." He stretched his throat lifelessly, producing a dry voice. "Today, I will definitely make you endure the pain that I have endured."

"New power, huh..."

"Hmph, as expected, I said it: you neither Fuse nor respect duels! Now, you don't even care about Duelists, do you!"

"Fine, then let me shatter this false and foolish notion of yours!"

Requesting monthly tickets, requesting monthly tickets~

More coming tonight!

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