White streams of light poured into the room from all directions, and a dragon far larger than the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, draped in silvery armor, flashed in this glorious sanctuary.
Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon, Rank 8, Light Attribute, Dragon-Type, Attack Power 4000, Xyz Material 2.
With the appearance of this gigantic dragon, the forms of the two warriors before Tenjo Hikari stiffened, and not only that, even the seemingly tangible and intangible, existent and nonexistent tentacles fully dissipated.
"Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon's effect activated upon successful Xyz Summon. All face-up cards on the opponent's field are negated!"
"This is the next step in the Blue-Eyes evolution, an entirely new power, the power of the Xyz rank!"
Kaibaman burst into maniacal laughter.
No need to say—
It's indeed very strong.
Tenjo Hikari gazed at the Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon, unable to resist pinching the bridge of his nose.
The moment he traversed time was right when this card's announcement was happening; hence, he still remembers this card's effect.
But because of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's LINK-1, at that time, this card did not really receive considerable attention.
After all, with the White Dragon having LINK-1, who cares about Rank 8, especially since the Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon as a Rank 8 actually feels inferior to some Rank 8 cards from the Galaxy-Eyes Family, such as Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord or Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy, the classic "negate" cards.
Yet this card still left an impression on Tenjo Hikari.
He looked at the Field Spell on his field and indeed, the Field Spell Zone card had become completely gray and lost its effect.
Similarly, Dark Paladin's effect was lost, with its attack power reverted to 2900 points. As for Ryu Senshi, it was originally in Defense Position, so that's alright.
But the biggest issue is the negation of Dreamland.
Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon's effect is a direct negation and doesn't contain the element of "until the end of the turn." Dreamland was an important component for Tenjo Hikari's current strategy sustainability, and the permanent loss of effect due to Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon is extremely unfavorable for Tenjo Hikari.
What he anticipated was continuous card replenishment from the field, not occupying a slot without purpose.
Tenjo Hikari didn't know the current world's Blue-Eyes White Dragon build, but he remembered before he traversed, the Blue-Eyes Drillbeam was quite interesting.
To Tenjo Hikari, Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon is the kind of card that makes sense whether to play it or not; if played, people wouldn't think it's useless, and deploying it might lead to an outright win. Similarly, not playing this card also makes sense because most situations might not necessarily call for its use.
But to say it's outright useless isn't fair, because the counterpart card "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" not only requires three monsters but also strictly needs Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon as Xyz Material, comparatively making Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon very good.
"Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon's Monster Effect, detach one Xyz Material to target one Normal Monster in the Graveyard or banished state. Special Summon that monster, and its attack power increases by 1000 points!"
"Awaken, my servant! Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
A silvery orb of light concluded its trajectory around Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon and collided directly into its body, prompting the dragon to loudly screech and beckon a comrade from the grave.
Moments later, a resurrected Blue-Eyes White Dragon released a dragon's roar.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon, LV 8, Light Attribute, Dragon-Type, Attack Power 3000→4000.
Tenjo Hikari placed his left hand in front of him, welcoming the gale brought by the dragon's roar, his face serious.
"Battle—Blue-Eyes White Dragon attacks that magician!"
"Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Kaibaman was also unceremonious; after summoning Blue-Eyes White Dragon, it was immediately set to attack.
Having lost its abilities, Dark Paladin was powerless to fend off the White Dragon's attack and ultimately could only exhaust itself and perish.
Boom—
The white light pierced through Tenjo Hikari, delivering a powerful impact that sent him flying until he struck the wall, only then stopping.
Tenjo Hikari LP: 2000→900.
"Then, Blue-Eyes, erase that warrior!"
Following Kaibaman's command, Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon swayed its tail and slapped the defending Ryu Senshi to death.
"Hmph, now your field is empty." The corner of Kaibaman's lips never stopped its upward curl, "Dictator of D. direct attack."
Though Dictator of D's attack power is only 1200, it's sufficient to completely deplete Tenjo Hikari's Life Points.
Moreover, what's more critical is that Dictator of D. possesses the ability to choose the attack target of an opponent's monster as long as a "Blue-Eyes" monster exists on the field. Thus, even if the attack fails, Kaibaman doesn't need to worry about losing the battle due to an attack on the weak Dictator of D.
"Wait—Quick-Play Spell Card, Scapegoat!"
"Oh?"
This card familiar to everyone held no surprises for him.
"Special Summon 4 Tokens on your field with both ATK and DEF equal to 0, Beast-Type, Earth Attribute."
The long-unused, lonely rock 'n' roll rainbow sheep suddenly appeared on Tenjo Hikari's field.
Token, LV 1, Earth Attribute, Beast-Type, DEF 0.
"Heh, merely a momentary respite. Dictator of D., attack that one on the left!"
The blue sheep was instantly smashed by Dictator of D.
"Set one card face-down, end turn."
Phew—
Tenjo Hikari let out a sigh of relief.
That was close.
Tenjo Hikari gazed at Scapegoat.
In the previous turn, Tenjo Hikari originally considered transforming Scapegoat into Thousand-Eyes Restrict to force Kaibaman to activate Mighty Invincible Strongest. Fortunately, he didn't pursue this tactic; otherwise, Indigo-Eyes Silver Dragon would have negated Thousand-Eyes Restrict's effect and directly attacked, resulting in a whopping 4000 damage.