"My turn."
Tenjo Hikari drew a card from his hand, glanced at what he had, and lightly raised his eyebrow.
After dueling Saiou, who controlled the Wave of Light, Tenjo Hikari's deck underwent a new iteration. Of course, it's still the same cards as before, but the power it contains is worlds apart.
Let's start with this one.
"Normal Summon, Elemental Hero Prisma." Tenjo Hikari casually summoned a Monster Card onto the field.
Elemental Hero Prisma, LV 4, Light Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1700.
"Prisma's effect, reveal a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck, send one Fusion Material named by that monster to the Graveyard, this monster's name is treated as that monster until the end of the turn."
"I'll send Thunder Dragon from the deck to the Graveyard. This turn, Prisma's card name is treated as Thunder Dragon."
Tenjo Hikari took out Thunder Dragon from the deck and showed it to the opponent, then activated another card: "Spell Card, Thunder Dragon Fusion, this card can return Fusion Material of Thunder-Type monsters from the field, Graveyard, or banished state to the deck for a Thunder-Type Fusion Summon.
I return Prisma on the field and Thunder Dragon in the Graveyard to the deck, Fusion Summon—Thunder Dragon Colossus!"
"Ghaoo!"
Having weathered various storms, the little Thunder Dragon roared thunderously towards the sky, confidently appearing on stage.
Thunder Dragon Colossus, LV 8, Dark Attribute, Thunder-Type, ATK 2600.
"Thunder Dragon Colossus? I've never heard of this monster before." Jane was a bit surprised.
Thunder-Type is also a collaborating world of their Realm of Light, but they've never heard of such a monster before.
"Haha, Senior Hikari is a Fusion Duelist who pursues Extreme Fusion, even attaining fusions unknown to the world, becoming the Ultimate Fusion Master!" someone explained to the Otherworldly Country Bumpkin Sprit.
"The Ultimate Fusion Master?" Some Lightsworn spirits exchanged glances.
They, the Lightsworn, integrate the powers of multiple dimensions, capable of using various forces. They are certainly familiar with fusion, but they don't limit themselves to one summoning method, rather they focus more on 'justice'.
But if there's such a duelist as their opponent, they're quite happy to face him.
"Set two cards, end turn." Tenjo Hikari assessed the situation, pondered a bit, then chuckled lightly and set two cards.
Tenjo Hikari is well-acquainted with the Lightsworn deck.
Lightsworn is a pioneer of Graveyard Decks; even now, it remains active among "Graveyard Mill" decks and teams with the dwindling Tearlaments Deck.
This deck has a variety of tactical directions: Synchro, Xyz, Link, and even Fusion—it's quite a comprehensive series.
Precisely because of this, he didn't need to plan too much in the first turn, better to see what faction of Lightsworn he's facing.
"Fusion... I've heard that recently, a war broke out in the human world, one side being Fusion." Jane drew her card, looking at the monsters on Tenjo Hikari's field with a not-so-good tone. Upon hearing it, the students felt a bit worried but didn't speak as negatively as they used to.
By this point, they were not the students they used to be, even if another world-threatening event occurred involving Tenjo Hikari, they likely wouldn't believe Hikari was involved.
Jane mumbled while inserting a card into the Duel Disk, only to surprisingly find that the card couldn't activate.
"Was it meant for searching? With Thunder Dragon Colossus on the field, the opponent can't add cards from the deck to their hand by means other than drawing."
"I see, a lockdown effect, then." Amidst duels, Jane maintained the strategy and intelligence of a general; after nodding, she immediately said, "Then, in other words, as long as it's drawing, Thunder Dragon Colossus can't restrict me.
I activate the Spell Card, Solar Recharge, discard a 'Lightsworn' monster from hand, draw two cards, then send the top two cards of my deck to the Graveyard."
"Eh eh eh?" some students exclaimed in surprise, "That works too?"
"Of course, Thunder Dragon Colossus restricts only searching, its strength lies in not being destroyed, right."
"But Brother Hikari doesn't have Thunder-Type monsters in the Graveyard?"
Indeed.
Many students were surprisingly puzzled.
Jane drew two cards from the deck, then sent the top two cards of the deck to the Graveyard.
"Destroying one's own deck, is there any point in this?"
Some other students had different points of doubt.
Jane glanced down; "Wulf's effect in the Graveyard, when this card is sent from the deck to the Graveyard. Special Summon."
"Oho!!!"
A silver-white wolf-warrior appeared on Jane's field.
Wulf, Lightsworn Beast, LV 4, Light Attribute, Beast Warrior-Type, ATK 2100.
"Huh?"
"Ah, I see."
Many understood immediately.
"Normal Summon, Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner."
Wow!
It's Teacher J!
Tenjo Hikari chuckled.
Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner, LV 3, Light Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 1000.
"Summoner's effect, discard a hand card, target one level four or lower Lightsworn monster in the Graveyard, Special Summon." It discarded Charge of the Light Brigade, then picked the monster first discarded from the Graveyard, "Special Summon from the Graveyard, Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn."
This time, it's Brother Deng.
Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn, LV 4, Light Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1700.
"Raiden's monster effect, during your Main Phase, send the top two cards of your deck to the Graveyard, if there's a Lightsworn monster among them, this card's ATK increases by 200 until the end of the turn."
It again sent two cards to the Graveyard.
This is Lightsworn.
Constantly building up Graveyard resources to duel.
"One card, Felis, Lightsworn Archer, Raiden's attack increases by 200."
Raiden, ATK: 1700→1900.
"The effect of Felis, when this card is sent from the deck to the graveyard by a monster effect, Special Summon."
Felis, Lightsworn Archer, LV 4, Light Attribute, Beast Warrior-Type, Attack Power 1100.
Thus, Jun used only one hand card to summon a total of four monsters on his field.
"My god, how did four monsters appear in the blink of an eye?"
"Amazing, without using too many hand cards, the deck just keeps being reduced, and then this?"
"But, no matter how many monsters, their attack power isn't higher than Thunder Dragon Colossus..."
A Flying Dragon hovered over that student, chuckling: "It's not that simple, General Jun has trained for a long time for justice."
Jun picked up two monsters from his Duel Disk: "Use LV 4 Felis and LV 3 Lumina for Tuning!"
"Tuning!?"
"Wow——"
"Synchro Summon, LV 7, my leader, Michael, the Arch-Lightsworn!"
A great angel dressed in golden armor slowly descended from the sky, shaking his wings and observing everything around.
Michael, the Arch-Lightsworn, LV 7, Light Attribute, Dragon-Type, Attack Power 2600.
"Same attack power——"
"Are they going to collide?! If they do, using Lightsworn Beast and Hand of the Lightsworn for direct attacks can inflict over 4000 damage!"
"Justice does not die, it only defeats evil——Pay 1000 Life Points to activate the effect of the Archangel, targeting a card on the field to banish it."
Jun, LP: 4000→3000.
The Archangel pointed the Light Sword in his hand at Thunder Dragon Colossus.
Light shone on Thunder Dragon Colossus, fading its figure until it disappeared from this world.
"Ah——"
"Oh no."
They were still thinking about whether Tenjo Hikari could send a monster to the graveyard to let Thunder Dragon Colossus block the attack, but Thunder Dragon Colossus was directly banished!
"Is this all there is?" Jun's face was solemn, "If that's the case, let's hurry back to the human world! Battle————"
"Wait, at this moment, activate Trap Card, Chain Material!"
Huh?
"When this card is activated during a turn you Fusion Summon, you can remove from play Fusion Material Monsters from your hand, deck, field, or graveyard decided by the Fusion Monster Card. The monster Fusion Summoned with this effect is destroyed during the end phase."
Jun certainly knew this card, honestly, it's quite an old card, and didn't expect to see it at this time.
However, it seems quite normal for an opponent who pursues Extreme Fusion to have such a card.
"Then, immediately, I activate another Set Card, Quick-Play Spell Card, Instant Fusion. Send Fusion Materials decided by the Fusion Card from your field to the graveyard to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster. The monster Fusion Summoned with this effect is destroyed during the end phase."
Two "end phase destruction" results will become meaningless self-destructive effects.
"Because of Chain Material, I can banish Fusion Materials from the deck for Fusion." Tenjo Hikari opened his deck and found two cards, "I banish Predaplant Chlamydosundew from the deck, and D.D. Scout Plane from the deck."
"Fusion Summon!"
Tenjo Hikari clasped his hands together, and in the Dueling Arena, the soil began to churn, vines wrapped around the arena, and a giant corolla slowly emerged.
"LV 7, Predaplant Chimerafflesia!"
Predaplant Chimerafflesia, LV 7, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, Attack Power 2500.
"This time it's a Plant-Type Fusion Monster?" Jun frowned, "But, its attack power is only 2500!"
"The battle continues, Michael continues to attack!"
Seeing Jun hesitating not at all, directly commanding Michael with the higher attack power to attack Chimerafflesia, many students and staff showed expressions of interest in the drama.
This made some of the observing Lightsworn Spirits mutter.
What is going on?
"General Jun... For your pursuit of justice and protection of the weak among the Lightsworn, I personally really respect and admire you... But blindly rushing in the name of justice, can it still be considered [justice]!"
Being irrational, it can also potentially worsen the situation!!
Predaplant Chimerafflesia's monster effect!"
"What?" Jun was taken aback.
"This activates during the battle attack declaration with an opponent's monster in face-up position!
Until the turn ends, that monster's attack power decreases by 1000, and this card's attack power increases by 1000!"
Predaplant Chimerafflesia, ATK: 2500→3500.
Michael, ATK: 2600→1600.
Jun's pupils couldn't help but shrink, then opened his mouth wide in a shout:
"Oh no!!"