At first glance, the current situation didn't seem favorable for Hikaru.
Jaden's hand had four cards, and he had a monster on the field with 2400 ATK.
Hikaru had five cards in hand, but only so leftover derivatives and a face-down card on the field.
But all of this changed after Hikaru activated a Spell Card!
Blazing flas surrounded Hikaru, and everyone who knew this card and had seen Hikaru use it cheered.
It seed the long "wait" was finally over, and the counterattack mont had arrived!
"Continuous Spell Card, Fla Swordsrealm's effect allows to send a monster in face-up attack position from my hand or field to the Graveyard, then Special Summon one Fla Swordsman from my Extra Deck as Fusion Summon," Hikaru revealed a monster from his hand. "I'll send Giga-Tech Wolf to the Graveyard and perform Fusion Summon!"
Here it cos, Fla Swordsman!
Boom!
The fire intensified, and a heroic warrior stepped through the flas!
"Haha, finally my turn to appear!"
[Fla Swordsman] Level 5│FIRE│Warrior│1800 ATK
"No need for Fusion Materials, Fusion Summon can be perford directly... here it is—"
"Hikaru's Fusion Deck!"
The Fusion group began to cheer.
"It's not over yet. Next, I imdiately activate another Continuous Spell Card, Over Future Fusion!"
Hikaru quickly revealed another card from his hand.
"This card's two effects can each be used once per turn! Following its effect, I'll first show the Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck, Labyrinth Tank. Then, I'll send Cannon Soldier from my Deck to the Graveyard! This turn, I can't Special Summon Cannon Soldier or use its effect!"
"Then, I imdiately activate the second effect of Over Future Fusion!"
"Once per turn, I can banish monsters from my Graveyard as Fusion Materials to Fusion Summon a Dark Attribute Machine-type Fusion Monster!"
"I'll banish Cannon Soldier and Giga-Tech Wolf from the Graveyard and Fusion Summon, Labyrinth Tank!"
Back again!
A handy little tank!
[Labyrinth Tank] Level 7│DARK│Machine│2400 ATK
"Ohhhh!"
"Now its ATK is equal to Thunder Giant's!"
Hikaru looked at his face-down card.
The card he set last turn was the Salamandra with Chain, which if activated now, could boost the Fla Swordsman's ATK and deal more damage.
However, he didn't plan on doing that.
Dueling is an interactive strategy, and even though his hand didn't contain any monsters earlier, he wasn't in a rush to use his cards. Gradually dismantling the opponent's strategy, step by step, was what he thought was the best tactic in this world.
There was no other choice—if this were his deck in his world, he would have already gone through various Fusion Summons and used them all up, since there's no limit to the number of cards, he would simply overpower and win much more easily.
But there was a challenge in this world since Over Future Fusion only gave him "Fusion" and "Fusion Monsters," not Destiny Heroes or lower-level Fusion monsters. These powerful Fusions couldn't even be used.
So, slowly dismantling the opponent's field, using existing cards, and forcing the opponent to make moves was his best option against Jaden.
"Now, battle!"
"The ATK is the sa!" Jaden said fearlessly, "Are you going to activate your face-down?"
"No need! I attack with Labyrinth Tank, and simultaneously, I activate Fla Swordsrealm's first effect! Once per turn, when a monster declares an attack, I can activate it. I'll target one Warrior-type monster on my field; until the end of the turn, that monster's ATK decreases by 1000, while all other monsters on my field gain 1000 ATK!"
[Fla Swordsman, ATK: 1800 → 800]
[Labyrinth Tank, ATK: 2400 → 3400]
"Now it exceeds Thunder Giant's!"
Jaden braced himself with his hand, trying to block the barrage.
"Now, I attack with Fla Swordsman!"
[Jaden, LP: 5000 → 4000 → 3200]
"A steady counterattack." On the stands, Zane nodded gently after watching Hikaru's counterattack.
As the strongest duelist of the school year's storyline, and soone who had once defeated Jaden, Hikaru knew Jaden's dueling style very well. He was passionate and always went all in, yet he could chain together moves beautifully. At first glance, it might seem reckless, but in reality, every action was well thought out and prepared.
When dueling Jaden, you must never be deceived by his seemingly carefree deanor, thinking he will act impulsively or lose his cool.
The best strategy is to gradually pressure Jaden, forcing him to struggle with dismantling the opponent's field, and then strike decisively when the mont arrives, just like he was doing now!
Especially because it seed like Jaden had beco significantly stronger since then…
Hikaru wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He felt a long-lost excitent, the pure joy of playing cards again.
In his world, playing cards was truly just a pasti—either playing against an opponent with no hand traps, continuously making moves or surrendering imdiately when the opponent made their plays.
He hadn't experienced such a pure, straightforward battle in a long ti, particularly with images around him almost seeming tangible, making his heart race.
Is this the pure joy of the ga?
And to think, the current Jaden was still far from his "final form"!
"The turn is over, the two monsters' ATK return to normal."
Jaden seed to be affected as well. He drew a card, looking at the picture on it, his face lighted up with excitent: "As expected, when dueling you, I have to use this card!"
"Oh?"
"Back when we were dueling in the alternate dinsion, we won thanks to you pulling out this card. That's when I realized you think ahead more than I do." Jaden smiled brightly. "Now, I finally have the chance to face you head-on! I activate the Spell Card, Miracle Fusion!"
"Miracle Fusion?"
"Seems like he got the idea from Hikaru?"
Hikaru was surprised as well. "Where did you get that from?"
"I pulled it from a pack at To-san's shop, and just happened to get it."
'So rich, so lucky, so damn lucky…'
While Hikaru was about to run out of money for bread.
"Then, based on Miracle Fusion's effect, I'll banish Avian and Wildheart from the Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon!"
"Graveyard Fusion!"
"Seems like he learned it from Hikaru!"
"I Fusion Summon, Elental HERO Wild Wingman!"
[Elental HERO Wild Wingman] Level 8│EARTH│Warrior│1900 ATK
"Avian, that was the card discarded by Thunder Giant last turn," Hikaru had previously checked Jaden's Graveyard, so this didn't surprise him.
"According to Wild Wingman's effect, I discard one card from my hand and destroy one Spell or Trap Card on the field! I choose your face-down card!"
Hearing this, Hikaru imdiately flipped over his Trap: "Then, I activate my face-down, Salamandra with Chain, equipping it to Fla Swordsman. Based on its effect, it boosts Fla Swordsman's ATK, and then I'll change one of your Effect Monsters to face-down defense. I'll cover Wild Wingman!"
"No problem!" Jaden didn't mind at all, "Go, Wild Wingman!"
The chain covered in flas wrapped around Wild Wingman, and he howled as he shot countless feathers, colliding with the chains.
In the end, Wild Wingman was covered, the chain shattered by the feathers.
"So, it was that face-down card." Jaden was not at all surprised when he saw it. "You gave up on dealing more damage to because you didn't want to waste the powerful effect of your face-down card! Just like how you stopped from using Sakuretsu Armor before!"
"Heh, that's right, Jaden. You learn fast." Hikaru said with a smile.
"And now, you have no protective cards left on the field!" Jaden's eyes lit up, and next to him, the black-winged hero floating in the air nodded in agreent.
"Then, I activate the Field Spell, Fusion Gate!" Jaden placed the card into the duel disk's field slot, and imdiately, the entire duel arena began to change colors, gradually turning into a pure black sky, with only so green grids showing any color.
"The materials for the Fusion are Elental Hero and Wind Attribute monster. Even a face-down monster can be used as material! This is Fusion!"
Jaden shouted excitedly. "I activate the effect of Fusion Gate, and fuse the Elental Hero Wild Wingman on the field, and this... second Avian in my hand!"
The second Avian.
The dark-colored, fierce, and fully unheroic sprite flew out of the card under Hikaru's gaze and fused with the monster on the field.
"I Fusion Summon—Co forth, my old friend, Elental HERO Great Tornado!"
A roaring gale swept through!
A massive tornado engulfed the entire duel arena.
Many students started holding onto nearby objects to keep themselves grounded, while so standing girls struggled to shield their skirts, letting out surprised shrieks.
Within the howling wind, a battle-worn warrior slowly revealed himself, tossing his cloak aside and glaring coldly at his opponent.
[Elental HERO Great Tornado] Level 8│WIND│Warrior│2800 ATK!
"The effect of Great Tornado—when this card is Fusion Summoned, all monsters on the opponent's field have their ATK and DEF reduced by half!"
[Fla Swordsman, ATK: 1800 → 900]
[Labyrinth Tank, ATK: 2400 → 1200]
"Wow! What a powerful monster!"
"Goodness, even 5000 Life Points would have to bow down before him, right?"
"Battle, Great Tornado, attack Fla Swordsman!"
The gale sucked and blew. Fla Swordsman struggled for a mont, but was kicked to pieces by Great Tornado. However, afterward, Great Tornado glanced at Hikaru, casually waved his hand, and didn't direct the attack at him.
[Hikaru, LP: 4000 → 2100]
"Heh, end turn!"
Hikaru rubbed his shoulder. Avian had talked tough, but even so, it wasn't too bad. It hadn't really dealt any heavy blows, so it didn't hurt in the least.
In turn, Hikaru's competitive spirit had been thoroughly ignited!
He drew a card from his deck, glanced at it, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Jaden, I admit, you've beco even stronger since then!"
"But on the road of Fusion, I will never lose!"
"Final turn!"
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