"Spell Card, Ready Fusion, pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon a non-effect Fusion Monster of LV 6 or lower from the Extra Deck."
Tenjo Hikari opened the Extra Deck, took out a card, and showed it to his opponent: "I Special Summon, Bracchio-raidus!"
Frost Dinosaur roared with a chilling wind, leaping directly out from the Extra Deck.
"Uh, Ready Fusion?" Although Kunikawa felt a bit intimidated after hearing the opponent's summon chant, he relaxed upon seeing the card they used.
He was actually quite afraid that the opponent would pull out some card from a dimension unknown to them, like the ones used by that duelist named Kaiba Seto he had seen in a video.
Drawing five cards from the Hand Card as if it costs nothing, it's terrifying.
By comparison, the card Ready Fusion is also used in their world, and many duelists use it to summon high-level Xyz Material.
"The monster summoned through Ready Fusion cannot attack and will be destroyed at the end of the turn. What's the point of that!?" He snapped back and shouted at his opponent.
"Not necessarily." Tenjo Hikari displayed the second card in his hand, "Spell Card, Metamorphosis."
What is that?
Kunikawa was stunned.
"Release one monster on the field as a sacrifice. Special Summon a Fusion Monster with the same level from the Extra Deck! I will release Bracchio-raidus to Special Summon Great Mammoth of Goldfine from the Extra Deck."
Great Mammoth of Goldfine, LV 6, Dark Attribute, Zombie-Type, ATK 2200.
"Hmm... With this, your Monster can attack, but as for attack power, mine is still higher!"
"Equip Spell, Spirit Illusion."
"This combo—"
The students watching the duel each broke into smiles when they saw these three cards, especially Judai, a duelist who had seen it firsthand, laughed out loud: "Isn't this the chain combo Hikari used during the Fusion Department test back then?"
Hmm, against a duelist from the Other Dimension, testing the waters with this is just right."
"Activate the effect of Spirit Illusion: once per turn, you can perform a Fusion or Special Summon of a LV 5 Doppelganger Token with the same race, attribute, and ATK as the equipped monster.
I Special Summon, Doppelganger Token."
Doppelganger Token, LV 5, Dark Attribute, Zombie-Type, ATK 2200.
"Battle, use Great Mammoth of Goldfine to attack Evilswarm Bahamut!"
"So I said, my attack power is still higher!"
"The monster equipped with Spirit Illusion can only activate this effect when declaring an attack against an opponent's monster. The opponent's monster's ATK decreases by the equipped monster's ATK!"
Bahamut ATK: 2350→150.
"What!"
Boom——
The two huge tusks of the mammoth pierced through the Flying Dragon.
Kunikawa LP: 4000→2050.
"Doppelganger Token attack——"
"Activate Set Card, Xyz Reborn, choose an Xyz Monster in the Graveyard to Special Summon, then attach this card under it as Xyz Material!"
The Dragon King just defeated immediately resurrected from the Graveyard, with an additional black star swirling around it.
"Attack rolled back, ending Battle Phase."
"Ah——what a pity!" Judai couldn't help but shake his head regretfully in the school hall.
"Well, it can't be helped." Mitsuzawa Daichi nodded lightly, "Although it's unknown what level Kunikawa is at in their world, he is still a first-year representative at a Duel Academy, so how could he be resolved so easily?"
"If it were that Yuryu from before, he would've already won by now, huh?" Marufuji Shou sighed.
Then he suddenly shuddered, getting the feeling that some vicious eyes were glaring at him from around.
Tenjo Hikari glanced at his hand, setting two cards face down.
"End turn, you're up next."
"Whoa, that gave me a fright." Kunikawa wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, turned back to face the camera from his world, posed for several shots, and enthusiastically waved his hands, shouting to his people at home, "Don't worry, that was just a warm-up, the real deal starts now!"
"My turn, draw——" He turned back, wiping the cold sweat again, "Ah, that was close, felt like I was about to be finished in an instant."
"Honestly, we have Fusion Summon in our world too, but you're the first one to yell about how noble Fusion is in front of us… let me make you understand, Fusion is ancient!
Our Xyz Summoning is far stronger than you'd imagine!"
"My turn, activate Evilswarm Bahamut's effect, remove one Xyz Material, target your Great Mammoth of Goldfine on the field, and activate. Discard an Evil-swarmed Bloodstone from my hand to gain control of your monster!"
"Buzz!!!"
The mammoth let out a struggling sound, but under the light of the Black Dragon, it couldn't struggle, and was bound, becoming Kunikawa's monster.
"Next, I Normal Summon the second Rescue Rabbit!"
"The second Rescue Rabbit?" Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow, "Does this mean your deck… is filled with Normal Monsters?"
"Of course." Kunikawa nodded confidently, "Activate Rescue Rabbit's effect, banish itself, Special Summon two monsters of the same name with LV 4 or lower. I Special Summon two Shining Abyss."
"So that's how it is..." Tenjo Hikari mused.
"What?"
"Sorry, I just realized something." Tenjo Hikari glanced at his opponent, the lingering sense of crisis he always had slightly eased.
It turns out the opponent hadn't deeply understood Xyz; he was simply relying on the strength of Xyz Monsters.
But this is understandable, just like how there are lots of students in the Duel Academy's Fusion Department who join just because they think Fusion is strong.
Clearly, Kunikawa from X Dimension, because he can more easily get his hands on Xyz Monsters, and because Xyz Monsters are generally stronger, came to underestimate the other worlds.
"Let me show you something."
"I open the Set Card, Flame Swordsdance."
Tenjo Hikari then opened a Set Card on the field: "This is a Trap Card I frequently use, it can be used when the opponent Special Summons to directly Special Summon a Fusion Monster from the Flame Swordsman series from the Extra Deck, because it's convenient and it has a disruptive effect, I have three in the deck."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kunikawa couldn't believe that while in the middle of the duel, his opponent actually started to explain his thought process!
"The reason I'm telling you this is simple, because I respect and revere Fusion, and I consider Fusion the most noble method of summoning in the world — but, I also hold Xyz in high regard. After all, the way of Special Summoning directly without a Fusion Card is really something powerful.
Yet, there is an insurmountable gap between Fusion and Xyz!"
"Flame Swordsdance's effect, Special Summon Flame Swordsman!" Tenjo Hikari confidently swung his arm, "Then, Flame Swordsdance effect, cover one of your Shining Abyss on the field!"
"Ah!" Kunikawa's face changed.
A covered monster cannot be used as Xyz Material!