The divine light descends.
For some reason, Tenjo Hikari feels that this time, the "Old God" phantom seems exceptionally real, even glancing at him.
Humans, LP: 9800→7800.
"Boom—"
"Hmph..." Darkness looks at his card being destroyed, a trace of annoyance appearing on his face.
If this card had been successfully activated, he could end his turn with peace of mind, watching his opponent struggle.
Tenjo Hikari breathes a sigh of relief.
Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad, this is an "Invincible" monster. With at least one Xyz Material, it won't be destroyed by battle; with at least two Xyz Materials, its Attack and Defense Power increase by 1500; with at least three materials, it is unaffected by other card effects; with four or more Xyz Materials, the opponent cannot summon or special summon monsters; and when it has five or more materials, once per turn, it can destroy all cards in the opponent's field.
Its only weakness is this: "Activate at the end of the opponent's turn. Remove one Xyz Material from this card."
But—having used Dominus Purge, Darkness can't activate the effects of Dark Attribute Monsters. This means if successfully special summoned, it becomes forever invincible, forever untouchable!
"Ha, it seems that the increase in Life Points Darkness gave Tenjo and them has turned into a weapon against Darkness's tactics!"
"Yes, yes—"
Manjome takes the lead, trying to ease the pressure on the two duelists.
When Tenjo Hikari saw that card, mere tension couldn't describe it. He's very concerned about the state of his two friends, hoping to help them as much as possible.
"Hmph... Since that's the case, let's settle for the second best option."
Darkness lets out a cold laugh: "Absolute Zero has the effect of destroying all monsters on the opponent's field upon leaving. Although Neosphere can't be destroyed by battle, it can't withstand being destroyed by effects.
If that's the case...
Normal Summon, LV 1, Tuner Monster, Brain Controller."
"Tuning?"
The group is once again taken aback.
"LV 11—" Tierra instantly recalls, "Tenjo Hikari, it's coming, it's that one!"
Tenjo Hikari nods.
Fortunately.
"Use the LV 1 Brain Controller and LV 10 Darkness Neosphere for tuning!"
He slightly lifts his left hand, white bones form a large circle, Neosphere walks over, its body begins to shatter and green lightning pierces through it.
"Synchro Summon!"
"The Artificial Archfiend I created, it is time to manifest once more and serve me."
"LV 11!"
"Psychic End Punisher!"
Crackling—
In the Spiritual World, an Archfiend shrieks as it emerges, its mouth ringing with countless human cries and screams, and among them, a voice Tenjo Hikari knows all too well.
Psychic End Punisher, LV 11, Light Attribute, Psychic-Type, Attack Power 3500.
"So it really is this guy." Tierra frowns and says, "What do we do, Tenjo Hikari?
That guy has the effect of being unaffected by the opponent's card effects when the controller's LP is lower than the opponent's."
"Think positively, at least its effect to increase attack power can't be activated."
Tierra and Tenjo Hikari halfheartedly grumble to themselves.
Yubel envied the atmosphere between the two a little, but at this time she sternly spoke up, "Did you hear that, Judai."
Judai nodded.
Is Mirror Force useless again?
"Battle, Psychic End Punisher attacks Absolute Zero."
Crackle—
Lightning tears through. The Artificial Demon God raises his right hand and brings down an iron fist against the Hero.
"Ah!!!" Judai is directly hit by this iron fist and is sent flying instantly.
"Judai!!" Yubel quickly flies over.
Humans, LP: 7800→6800.
"Judai, are you alright!" Tenjo Hikari is also very concerned about Judai's condition.
"I'm... I'm okay." Judai clutches his stomach, a large cut on his forehead.
Does it hurt?
Of course it hurts; the duel with Darkness far surpasses any abnormal Darkness Duel he has experienced before.
But it's actually not that big of a deal.
He can endure this pain.
What he can't accept is, at the moment of his injury, the echo in his ears: "Ah! Ah!" "Help!" "We're going to lose, we're going to lose!" "Why is our fate in the hands of such a useless guy!"
Judai coughs twice.
"Noisy brat!!" Yubel waves her hand violently next to Judai's ear, but no matter what she does, she can't dispel these sounds.
"Looks like you're gradually reaching your limit too. Man, human hatred, human pain, human stupidity, human selfishness, are all so amusing.
Activate Spell Card.
The Beginning of the End.
With seven or more Dark Attribute Monsters in your Graveyard, banish five of them to activate. Draw three cards.
I banish Tragoedia, Guardian of Armageddon, Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, Armageddon Knight, and Brain Controller from the Graveyard, and draw three cards."
His avatar finishes drawing cards, glancing at them.
Reckless greed.
He looks at the card he covered earlier, letting out a chuckle.
"I set all the cards I drew. End the turn."
Final Countdown: 7.
Ding—
"Wow—"
"Mom!"
"What, what should we do!"
Screams, anger, fear, and the chaos caused by those foolish people exploding—anyway, since the end is coming, why not indulge once!
These noises make it impossible for Judai to remain calm.
However.
"Draw—"
Tenjo Hikari calmly draws the card!
"No need to panic, no need to pay attention, no need to fear—just treat all this as a mirage in a nightmare. When we reach the end, the mirage will transform into a beautiful scene."