"I let this guy pass another turn!"
"Ha, it's okay, this Skull-headed Goat is nothing to fear!"
Although Tenjo Hikari's attack didn't succeed this time, the students watching the duel couldn't help but cheer.
Because Tenjo Hikari broke the "fear" in their hearts!
Until just now, darkness's performance made them feel terrified!
Yes, even the best duelists of this era felt fear when they witnessed darkness's duel, even with Tenjo Hikari's slogan supporting them, they felt horror.
Firstly, the effect of each of darkness's single cards was deemed terrifying, whether it was the initial Mystic Mine or the later three "King" cards, they inspired fear.
Secondly, despite darkness abandoning one attribute of monster after another, causing them to lose effectiveness, darkness's monsters could synergize with these "self-restrictions" for greater power.
This was a rather frightening matter for them.
Because it represented that darkness not only had powerful cards but also had a superhuman understanding of dueling.
So, even though they consistently cheered for Tenjo Hikari and Yuki Judai, this pressure followed them like a shadow, making their hearts increasingly desperate.
But now—
Tenjo Hikari broke this "myth"!
Thus, even if this attack was unsuccessful, even if it achieved nothing, as long as it exposed darkness's weakness, it was a worth celebrating event for them.
Moreover, Tenjo Hikari not only pressured darkness into haste but also exposed a "flaw" in darkness.
At first glance, his understanding of dueling was transcendently terrifying, but in reality, he was not as fearsome as he appeared!
"End turn."
Due to the side effect of Mirage of Nightmare, Tenjo Hikari had no cards in his hand, so after the attack ended, he could only silently choose to end his turn.
Final Countdown: 8.
Darkness spread.
More humans were swallowed into this world, more humans realized the scene in the sky, more human voices echoed in Tenjo Hikari's ears.
But unlike before when fear and wailing occupied more, because of Tenjo Hikari's attack, more people saw "hope."
"Uh..."
Darkness clutched his chest.
Although he was not successfully attacked, feeling the humans' slowly rekindling "fire of hope," darkness felt extremely uneasy.
Indeed, this man, Tenjo Hikari...
If this continues, I'm afraid this duel will gradually move towards a situation worth celebrating for humans, under Tenjo Hikari's rally?
Then, it's time to enter the second phase of the plan.
"My turn, Draw." Darkness drew two cards from the deck again.
"At this moment, due to the Mirage of Nightmare effect, I draw 4 cards from the deck!!" Tenjo Hikari shouted especially loud, even appearing quite excited.
Some familiar with him were surprised, puzzled by his happiness.
Only Tenjo Hikari himself knew how ecstatic he was when drawing these four cards.
This is a full draw of 4!
In other times, drawing 4 was out of the question; even drawing one was a rare blessing, and he had only used Pot of Greed once.
Moreover, this is Mirage of Nightmare!
A card banned for eons!
Before coming to this world, Tenjo Hikari had never used this card, only watched Judai enjoy it in animation, and was certainly glad to have this chance today.
On the other side, Darkness didn't care about Tenjo Hikari's happiness; he looked at the cards he'd drawn and chuckled.
"Finally complete."
"?"
"Open the Set Card—Trap Card, Reckless Greed, two of them!"
"Eh?"
"It's actually Reckless Greed?"
Almost everyone recognized this card.
Draw two cards from your deck, but then skip your Draw Phase twice.
"Not only can Trap Cards not be activated directly, but it also has severe side effects, far inferior to cards like Pot of Greed. Yet he used this card? And even two of them?" Kenzan looked puzzled, "Then this guy has to skip four Draw Phases?"
"No—" beside him, Ed shook his head, "No matter how many Reckless Greed cards you activate, at the end, you'll only skip two Draw Phases, so activating two and drawing 4 cards is the best choice. It's just..."
"It's just that skipping two Draw Phases for those 4 cards is meaningless to Darkness who used Time-Tearing Morganite?" Amon followed his words, "Normal duelists use this strategy to compensate for hand card count, trading two Draw Phases for 4 hand cards is worthwhile. But Darkness can draw two cards per turn, skipping twice for 4 cards is something he could already do. This not only won't increase hand cards, but it will also harm his clones' ability to draw cards, is it truly worth it?"
"With that, it really is... Reckless Greed."
"Greed, war, these things form human desires, causing humans to conflict." Darkness spoke in a ghostly tone.
"Stop babbling nonsense." Manjome raised his voice.
"Still don't understand? Greed, conflict, destruction, these desires, will lead you humans to self-destruction, which is the reason for the downfall of those nations in human history—
Under time, all things will be from birth to death, it is an immutable eternal rule."