To be honest, if Tenjo Hikari had to choose, he would definitely prefer to keep the Universal Fusion Material. However, leveraging the power of Super Polymerization to get to where he is now, he has already accepted that Super Polymerization will randomly fuse "stronger" cards for him.
Although from a purely card strength perspective, Tenjo Hikari believes that Hex-Sealed Fusion is much more meaningful to him than the Chaos Phantasm. But, if considering other aspects, like "combat power", then the Chaos Phantasm is quite good.
If nothing else, at least it could keep Tierra, who often wants him to "do big things, do big things", a little bit more restrained.
Moreover——
Tenjo Hikari had long contacted Professor Cronos.
Whatever Demon Gods or Hex-Sealed creatures, more is always better. Since they can be drawn, it means they can be acquired, and surely it is worth the effort to buy them. These kinds of cards hold much more meaning for Tenjo Hikari!
If nothing else, this kind of Universal Fusion Material is exactly the "Primite" of alchemy. Tenjo Hikari had long anticipated that the Hex-Sealed creatures would be fused by Super Polymerization, and naturally started contacting people to procure them.
The Demon God may be rare, but Hex-Sealed creatures are definitely not that expensive, and he can still afford them.
But on the other hand...
"Still kind of want the Phantom of Fury, huh."
Armityle the Chaos Phantasm doesn't have just one "form". There's also a form known as "Armityle the Chaos Phantasm - Phantom of Fury", in which it can transfer control to the opponent, and then at the end of the turn, banish all cards on "your" side of the field — this "your" refers to the side granted to the opponent!
This effect, because it is activated by "yourself", cannot be blocked even by many monsters with one-way resistance, and they will be directly banished. After banishing itself, it also allows the original owner to Special Summon an Armityle the Chaos Phantasm from the Extra Deck, ignoring the Summoning Conditions!
Compared to the Chaos Phantasm that can only increase ATK by 10000 points during its own turn, it is an all-around powerhouse.
Of course, Tenjo Hikari is not in a hurry either.
Just like Flame Sword and Black Flame also have the potential for Evolution, even Chaos Phantasm should be about the same, right?
Tenjo Hikari somewhat reluctantly put away the cards and then flipped through Morishima's Deck.
"Beep Beep——"
"Buzz——"
While he was flipping through the Deck, the Spirits around him crowded over, some thanking Tenjo Hikari and then leaving, and Tenjo Hikari didn't stop them.
Not all Duel Monster Spirits have the courage to "fight", and furthermore, not all Duel Spirits have the qualifications to "duel". Most Duel Spirits are actually just plain "residents of the Spirit Realm", and it's not so easy to gain the qualifications to become a "Warrior". Still, outside of this, many Spirits stayed behind, hoping to contribute to Tenjo Hikari.
Among them was "A-Assault Core".
Additionally, there were cards from VW and XYZ, but only Y-Dragon Head's Spirit was in the lab. Moreover, Tenjo Hikari also saw the Ancient Gear Hunting Hound and Ancient Gear Howitzer!
The appearance of these two cards was quite a pleasant surprise.
Tenjo Hikari had yet to obtain the Hound and Two-headed Hound, especially these Ancient Mechanical cards like Two-headed Hound and Three-headed Hound. These cards were exclusive to the Fusion Army, and "heretics" like him couldn't possibly obtain them through regular channels.
On the other hand, the Ancient Gear Howitzer, this card, was quite something!
He carefully looked at the effects of the Mechanical Howitzer.
Hmm, it's the O-Ver. one——even better!
The original Ancient Gear Howitzer had an effect that could deal damage equal to the number of face-up Spell Cards in your own field × 1000 to the opponent once per turn.
However, the O-Ver. could only deal 1000 damage in one turn.
However, although the O-Ver. Ancient Gear Howitzer reduced its damage ability, conversely, it also didn't need an Equip Card, inherently possessing "this card is unaffected by other card effects" full resistance!
Not only that, but when this monster is destroyed by battle, it can Special Summon an Ancient Gear Monster from the Deck ignoring the Summoning Conditions——and what would that be?
The Ancient Gear Golem!
"Not bad, this card is pretty good!"
Tenjo Hikari was quite satisfied.
Because the best part about it is the extremely lenient Fusion Materials it requires—just any two Ancient Gear Monsters!
This lenient Fusion Condition, extremely excellent resistance, plus being able to Special Summon an Ancient Gear Golem from the Deck ignoring Conditions after being destroyed by battle, in this world, getting this out first turn significantly increased defensive security, and if you overlay "Ancient Gear Duel", you can directly use the Ancient Gear Golem on the field and the Fusion Materials in the Graveyard to fuse into the Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem!
The difficulty of drawing cards and maintaining sustain is greatly reduced all of a sudden!
This is really not bad!
After studying Morishima's cards for a while, Tenjo Hikari cheerfully put the items away.
Afterward, Tenjo Hikari again looked at the Spirits.
Led by A-Assault Core, who drove its tracks and came up to Tenjo Hikari: "Hello, human Warrior."
"Hello, Assault Core." Tenjo Hikari greeted it.
Then, Tenjo Hikari roughly asked what had happened, and Assault Core briefly explained to him——
Generally speaking, one day, a group of humans suddenly appeared in this Spirit World. Originally, the Spirits didn't mind having humans appear in their Dimension, after all, they had been separated from the Mech Hero Dimension for a long time and were also curious about what was happening in other Dimensions, and when they could "return".
However, this group of humans suddenly attacked them one day, causing them to be caught off guard and defeated abruptly, losing a large number of Spirits.
These Spirits were controlled in this lab, serving as fodder for the Phantasm on one hand, and being provided to the human researchers for study on the other.
Tenjo Hikari looked at Dr. Union.
"Uh..." Dr. Union lowered his head fearfully.
"You should know that if you want to live, you must confess what you're up to." Tenjo Hikari pointed at the robots, "Now's your chance to come clean and contact Kaiba Company, and you might just get arrested; if you refuse, there's only one outcome left for you."
He pointed to the robots spirits nearby.
They had a lot they wanted to "reminisce" with him!
Cold sweat poured down Dr. Union's face like a waterfall, but he gritted his teeth, refusing to speak. Even if he was attacked by the spirits now, it didn't matter, as long as that wasn't found, the professor could always send someone to retrieve it later.
"Don't even think about it, the professor—his favor upon me..."
"When else have I seen people like you so righteous and moral?"
Dr. Union bowed his head even more nervously.
Just as he was stubbornly refusing to speak, ready to resist to the end, not wanting to reveal the biggest secret of this laboratory, Tierra suddenly exclaimed "Wow" from the side.
Tenjo Hikari's attention was drawn to her.
"What happened?"
"Tenjo Hikari, this isn't something a couple of boxes of instant noodles can resolve."
"Then?"
"After we return, I want you to help me create a [Infernoid] low-level monster."
Tenjo Hikari frowned.
A [Infernoid] card?
Playing this big?!
What kind of secret would make Tierra set such a condition?!
Tierra's revival, in reality, was due to the collective power of the Infernoid and Qliphort; if you looked at it from a card's perspective, [Tierra] besides her true form, also had a temporary revival form, [Infernoid Tierra], which required the fusion of at least 10 Infernoid monsters to fully manifest. Meaning a single [Infernoid] low-level monster could basically serve as one of Tierra's card materials!
It could be considered a tenth of a "revival."
This was the first time Tierra had ever set such a big condition for him!
But on the other hand—
With such a big condition, how big must the secret in this lab be?
Even though his interactions with Tierra had been decent during this time, and their cooperation was okay, he never forgot: Tierra was never purely a "benevolent deity"! She was a "ruthless god" intending to reset the ecosystem.
He deliberated for a while, hesitated.
After pondering for a long time, he thought, he could give it a try. After all, this was just "once", and Tierra's materials required at least ten cards!
It was worth using this opportunity to gauge and determine Tierra's "cooperative" attitude.
"Alright, if the secret you tell me is convincing enough, I can help you."
Tierra chuckled softly: "Don't worry."
She raised her magic staff in her right hand, countless puppet strings frantically entwined, and soon, the puppet strings crushed some of the equipment in the laboratory, the puppet strings surged frantically down from the lever the doctor always wanted to pull, and in no time, they extended down, seemingly looking for something.
"Wait—no, can this—a reconciliation be reached?" Upon realizing Tierra seemed to have really discovered [that], Dr. Union's face showed a panicked expression, looking at the robots, he asked.
"At this moment? You must be kidding," Tenjo Hikari, who had agreed to this "cost," wasn't in the mood to entertain such nonsense.
Just as he waited for Tierra to act, Tierra's eyes suddenly lit up, she abruptly pulled at the strings, and soon, a card glowing with red light was pulled up from the depths of the lab!
The card flew, landing in front of Tenjo Hikari, he saw the card, was momentarily stunned, then his eyes widened, looking up at Dr. Union: "You guys even managed to get this card!? Where did you find it?"
Dr. Union had turned completely ashen, having not the courage to reply. The most important "experiment target" entrusted to him by the professor had been discovered!
"I initially noticed they wanted to create an artificial spirit." Tierra shrugged, "But I didn't expect they wanted to create this?"
"Haha, don't forget our promise, otherwise, without my personal intervention, not even if you dug three feet into the ground would you find this card."
Tenjo Hikari looked at the card in his hand, the crimson magical armor, the jet-black skin, and long white hair, with only one thought left in his mind.
"Don't bother contacting me about the Hex-Sealed now, let me enjoy playing cards with this for a few days first."
The reason is simple—
This is a Legendary Level—no, Mythical Level Rare Card in this world!
Although not unique, it's the Super Rare Card that almost no one would trade away!
Dark Magician!
Who would still want the Hex-Sealed then?
Not to mention using the Hex-Sealed was originally meant to substitute this.
If this card was taken for a trade, others might be willing to exchange a few hundred Hex-Sealed with you!!