"Mamma Mia, fusing Cyber Dragon and Ancient Gear Golem—absolutely perfect, Tenjo-san."
Tenjo Hikari chuckled and continued his play, "Flip Summon, Shaddoll Falco, activating its effect to Special Summon Shaddoll Beast from the Graveyard in Face-down Position."
"Then, enter the Battle Phase."
"?"
A brief confusion swept over Dark Reign.
"Since I cannot attack, I'll end the Battle Phase right away. At this moment... your 'Extinction on Schedule' will be processed."
"Wait—Activate Quick-Play Spell Card, Shared Ride!"
"This turn, every time the opponent adds a card to their Hand Card from the Deck or Graveyard using methods other than drawing, I draw 1 card from my Deck." Dark Reign timely flipped his Set Card.
"All cards on the field are sent to the Graveyard!"
Meteors descended from the sky, and even the invincible Crimson God Beast vanished under the falling heavenly fire. The Cyber Eternity Dragon fused by Tenjo Hikari also disappeared at this moment.
"This is..."
The field became as clean as new.
Both sides of the field lost all their cards!
"The effect of Shaddoll Beast, I draw 1 card."
Tenjo Hikari reached out to draw a card from his Deck, since it wasn't a search, Dark Reign couldn't draw a card.
"That... the hard-fought fused Monster just disappeared directly, why do this?" Serena was puzzled.
"That... I don't know either." Manjome responded blankly.
"Bubble Protection," Tenjo Hikari casually remarked.
He was quite willing to answer his disciple's queries.
Bubble Protection?
What does it mean?
Several didn't understand. Tenjo Hikari directly opened the Graveyard to show them, "The effect of Cyber Eternity Dragon in the Graveyard, you can banish this card from the Graveyard to activate it. This turn, Fusion Monsters on your field will not be targetable by your opponent's effects!"
"Ooohhhhh—" Though shattered, the mechanical light still illuminated Tenjo Hikari's field, unwavering. Just like Caesar, who continues to support them despite absence.
"Spell Card, Earthbound Fusion! I banish Earthbound Prisoner Line Walker and Earthbound Prisoner Ground Keeper from the Deck. Fusion Summon! LV 8, Earthbound Servant Geo Kraken!"
A gigantic squid figure emerged in the air, followed by the Earthbound God of the squid, slowly appearing from the figure, unbound, looking refreshed and full of vitality!
"The effect of Geo Kraken—this card can only activate when Special Summoned. Add 1 Field Spell Card from your Deck or Graveyard to your Hand Card."
"I add Fusion Gate from my Deck to my Hand Card."
Dark Reign drew a card from his Deck.
"Anyway, activate the Field Spell Card—Fusion Gate!"
Tenjo Hikari lifted his left hand, a slot popped out from the Duel Disk, and he promptly placed the Field Spell Card inside.
Indeed, whether Tenjo Hikari or Judai, both had realized the core issue of this duel.
That is—they want to battle, but Dark Reign only wants to avoid combat.
Under such circumstances, the two tacitly came up with a duel strategy.
Judai is responsible for trial and error, Tenjo Hikari for resolution.
Judai tests his opponent's cards one by one through his own, preparing for Tenjo Hikari's counterattack.
The reason is simple.
This is a duel with unlimited Extra Deck!
Though Judai's Extra Deck is substantial with options, it's nowhere near the diversity of Tenjo Hikari's Deck.
It's precisely why Tenjo Hikari is the second-round player!
Dark Reign's initial claim of unlimited Extra Deck wasn't with good intentions, Judai and Tenjo Hikari aren't fools, of course, they ponder about the underlying issue.
These are issues that require no communication to resolve.
And following the completed trials and errors, Dark Reign used 'Extinction on Schedule,' a field-clear card.
Though a robust field-clear card that even No.86 would vanish under its power, it turns out to be Dark Reign's failing point!
"Field Spell Card, Fusion Gate's effect!"
Tenjo Hikari wasn't worried about his activation being obstructed, because—Dark Reign can't activate Light Attribute card effects anymore, even if he had 'Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit,' he couldn't use it.
"From the Deck, I will banish these cards to perform Fusion Summon!"
"Worm King, Worm Queen, Worm Victory, Worm Erokin... Worm Ugly, Worm Apocalypse, Worm Hope, total 26 Worms, banish them all for Fusion Summon!"
"Wh—What?"
"26!?"
"Descend, birthplace of Worms—" Tenjo Hikari paid no mind to the voices around him, "Worm Zero!"
Worm Zero, LV 10, Light Attribute, Reptile-Type, ATK?→13000.
"Whoa, ATK 13000!"
"So strong, it has such high ATK."
"What's the point, it still can be destroyed, can't attack, just watching."
"Quiet—do not interrupt my Fusion!" Tenjo Hikari angrily shouted.
The voices surrounding him instantly dispersed mostly.
"Worm Zero's effect, once per turn, I draw a card."
Tenjo Hikari swiftly drew.
Looking at the drawn card, Tenjo Hikari smirked—he drew the pivotal Counter Trap.
"Banish Destiny Hero - Plasma and Destiny Hero - Dasher from the Deck, Fusion Summon—"