"My turn!"
Morishima drew a card, veins bulging on his face.
"Activate the effect of the first Archfiend's Oath, I pay 500 Life Points, declare... A-Assault Core!"
Morishima LP: 2800→2300.
He shouted, the first card lit up, and violent electric light sparked from his body.
"Ugh..."
He felt a slight pain in his body.
He glanced at his hand cards and the field.
On the opposite side, El Shaddoll Winda has the special ability to forbid special summoning, allowing him to special summon only one monster each turn.
He looked at the Frontline Base on the field and continued to think.
If at this moment, using the effect of Frontline Base to special summon another Union Monster, even if he gathers the "material" on his field, he cannot merge them.
Furthermore, the A in his hand cannot combine with W.
However...
He looked at the card in his hand.
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!
If he uses it, there's a chance to win directly in one turn!
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder has 4000 ATK and the ability to inflict 1000 damage when destroying a monster, but as a price, three Continuous Spell Cards must be sent to the Graveyard.
If the attack succeeds, that's 1800+1000, plus the 1900 ATK of Assault Core, victory can be achieved directly!
But, since only one special summon is allowed, if Tenjo Hikari's Set Card can protect him, he'll need to prepare for the next turn.
He gazed at the top of his Deck.
He felt his vision blur a bit.
He didn't really want to use Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, as it wasn't originally his card but one replicated by Akaba Leo's technology. Using it once brings him closer to destruction; moreover, he feels his body crumbling more each time he uses Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, slowly disintegrating, leading him to be devoured by its power.
However, it seemed that a decision had to be made at this moment!
He took a deep breath.
Though not entirely clear, the situation calls for it...
"Activate Archfiend's Oath effect again, paying 500 Life Points!"
Morishima LP: 2300→1800
He placed his hand on the Deck, continuously meditating, and after observing for a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes, "I see it! The next card is, W-Wing Catapult!"
He quickly revealed the card, exactly as he declared!
Good!
He secretly rejoiced.
With this, even if destruction fails, he has a card to sustain!
Since that's the case—
He turned his eyes to the Frontline Base.
The decision for the cards to be kept was made!
"Tenjo Hikari, for forcing me to use this card, feel remorse and fear!" He raised a card high from his hand, "I send to the Graveyard two Archfiend's Oath and one Magic Absorption!"
Descend!
Thunder Demon of the Three Phantasm!
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!"
Accompanied by his loud shout, a powerful storm swept through the entire space, Tenjo Hikari could feel a strange consciousness being drawn over from another dimension, chunks of ice flying out from the card, causing the temperature in the lab to plummet, numerous ice blocks piling up in the airspace above the lab. Amidst an eerie shrieking sound, a terrifying Archfiend began to howl.
"Screeeeee!!!!"
Its entire body gleaming golden, composed of frightful skeletal structures, with massive wings trembling slightly, shattering the ice blocks around it, blasting them in all directions. Simultaneously, the spirits' life force was devoured by it, transformed into nourishment, and absorbed into its body!
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, LV 10, Light Attribute, Thunder-Type, ATK 4000!
"Ugh..." Threads of thunder permeated Morishima's body, unsure whether this was the nature of the Phantasm or intentional, but at any rate, in his already quite deteriorated condition, Morishima staggered again.
"Awesome! Tenjo Hikari!" On the side, Tierra exclaimed as the Lord of Striking Thunder finally descended, "The next step is to defeat it!"
Tenjo Hikari nodded too.
Along the way, he and Tierra weren't simply journeying.
In fact, Tenjo Hikari had pondered during this period about the extent of his "struggle" with Akaba Leo, contemplating for a long time, he arrived at an answer.
That it's muscle injury, not skeletal damage.
It's a simple truth, although Tenjo Hikari disrupted the Fusion Department's existence, even turning it into the Integration Department, and with the situation involving Serena, the Integration Department might not recruit many new students in the future, does this affect Akaba Leo?
In truth, it doesn't affect him, Yamaguchi also reminded him, Akaba Leo has plenty of Fusion Army graduates, besides, he has research institutes working for him.
Simply waiting in the academy is too passive.
If he truly wants to oppose Akaba Leo, then striking him at a more vulnerable spot is necessary.
And the entire difficulty lies in—how to strike, and where?
Manjome presented Tenjo Hikari with an actionable plan!
Travel through Other Dimension, locate and eliminate factions under Akaba Leo's command.
The bald egg couldn't be found, and considering the strength of the egg's Deck as depicted in the original work, he figured going to fight now might be suicidal, but his subordinates couldn't run from the temple!
Since the Integration Department was already practically paralyzed, it's time to set sights further ahead!
Now, the descent of Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder is exactly what Tenjo Hikari anticipated.