Saiou's plan fell through.
Although he had a Monster with Attack Power 4000, if he couldn't end the battle this turn, then in the next turn, even though Plasma couldn't devour his own Monsters due to the equipped Monster, and its Attack Power was less than The Light Ruler, his The Fool's Attack Power was 0!
Saiou's face gradually calmed down.
Tenjo Hikari was very surprised.
These two really were good brothers.
One thought to attack the Duelist directly, bypassing Plasma to engage in battle.
The other thought to bypass the duel altogether, using mind control to remind the Duelist.
It can only be said that they grew up together.
Under the surprised gaze of Ed and Tenjo Hikari, Saiou took a deep breath.
"Continue the battle, The Light Ruler attacks Plasma!"
"Activate the Monster Effect of Destiny Hero - Dreamer from my Graveyard. This effect can be activated during damage calculation when your Destiny Hero Monster battles. Special Summon this card from the Graveyard, that Monster of yours won't be destroyed by this battle! The damage from this battle becomes 0!
I Special Summon it in Defense Position and make the battle damage 0!"
Destiny Hero - Dreamer, LV 1, Dark Attribute, Warrior-Type, DEF 600.
"How's that, Saiou, you have no way out now, right?!"
"Naïve, so naïve, Ed! I'm going to activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, Mischief of the Time Goddess!" Saiou smiled broadly, "I won't lose that easily!"
"What?" Ed was stunned when he saw the card, "Isn't this Prince Aokim's card—"
"Prince Aokim, who is indeed a member of our Light Society, Ed!"
"Activate at the end of your Battle Phase, proceed directly to the start of your next Battle Phase!"
"This way, I can attack again, Ed!! It's all for the sake of defeating your Plasma!!"
Just like how Ed tried his best to deal with the world.
Because of Plasma's existence, Saiou must find a way to defeat it; otherwise, no matter how he battles, only defeat awaits.
Such is the terrifying deterrent of Plasma.
Whether it's direct attack or attacking Plasma, it's all for this moment!
Ed LP: 900→350.
"Saiou..."
Ed placed his hands in front, fierce winds howled, light invaded his body.
Because Plasma was destroyed, the Spirit Power protecting him returned to the card, his body was already extremely exhausted, at this moment, he almost collapsed.
But—
He still supported himself, not falling yet.
Is this not enough?
Then add another match!
Saiou only had two Hand Cards left, and the Set Card had not been activated; even if Plasma was destroyed, it doesn't matter at all!
Because, The Fool is still on the field!
"My turn! Destiny, World, help me, guide me—Draw!!" Ed drew with all his might, a purple trail passed through his hand.
"Wow." Tierra whispered softly.
Ed looked at the card he drew, and his eyes lit up.
This is the card Tenjo Hikari gave him before!
He was worried that his Hand Cards weren't enough to deal 2900 damage to The Fool, and at this time, he drew this card!
If he couldn't defeat Saiou this turn, dragging on would be very unfavorable to him, but now, with this card.
"It's here—Activate the Normal Spell Card, Fusion Destiny!"
He carefully placed the card into the Duel Disk: "Saiou, during this time, I also met many new friends, and learned new things.
That is, [Fusion]! Fusion of power, fusion between friends.
There's no need to be lonely!
I understand that supporting friends is never wrong, so I'm going to use this card to completely save you—Fusion Destiny's effect, send Fusion Materials from my Hand Cards or Deck to the Graveyard to conduct [Destiny] Hero Fusion!!"
"I'm going to send Dreadmaster and Malicious from the Deck to the Graveyard for Fusion!"
"This is the unique power of [Fusion] that I've learned!"
"Fusion Summon, Destiny Hero - Dangerous!"
Fight till the death!
Ed decides to bet this attack on this card!
This card bound by fate with Tenjo Hikari!
Destiny Hero - Dangerous, LV 6, Dark Attribute, Warrior-Type, Attack Power 2000.
"Dangerous's Monster Effect, discard one Hand Card, send a Destiny Hero from Hand Cards or Deck to the Graveyard, until the end of the turn, increase the Attack Power of all Destiny Hero Monsters on the field by the number of Destiny Hero Monsters in the Graveyard x200 points!"
"In my Graveyard now, there are Dystopia, God, Drill Guy, Diamond Guy, Dreadmaster, Malicious, Plasma plus D-Cubed discarded from the Deck, totaling 8 cards, so all Destiny Hero's Attack Power increases by 1600 points!"
However, there is only one Monster in Attack Position.
Dangerous, ATK: 2000→3600.
"This is the end!!"
Saiou watched as this Monster attacked him, in his eyes, he reflected the future.
Dangerous's attack successfully got through.
His Life Points dropped to zero.
And after the Duel ended, Saiou, with Ed's help, became friends with Tenjo Hikari, in front of this leader, Duelist, Absolute Fusion Master like the sun, it seems all pain will gradually dissipate.
That is a wonderful future.
Because Tenjo Hikari also possessed "Innate Ability," but he neither cared about the gaze of ordinary people nor was hostile to them, he even led ordinary people towards a better future.
Yes—it's wonderful.
Saiou LP: 2900→0.
Won!?
Tenjo Hikari's eyes widened.
Ed actually—won!???
He thoroughly broke through his destiny!
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly found that the world was rapidly distorting, the clouds in the sky were actually retreating!
Tenjo Hikari blinked, not reacting for a moment.
In just a moment, he suddenly woke up.
"Wait, Ed—" Tenjo Hikari spoke, trying to stop Ed, but when he came to his senses, the scene had returned to Dangerous attacking Saiou!
"Tierra!?" Tenjo Hikari called out Tierra's name.
"Ah, I know!!!" Tierra immediately chimed in, but she could only be anxious, "But it's no good! My power hasn't recovered enough!"
At the same time, a deep, ancient voice echoed, "What a weak man. As expected, humans are affected by such emotions."
A strange voice emerged from within Saiou's body.
!!
"Activate Trap Card—"
"Beckoning Light."
A Trap Card slowly flipped open, showing angels flying towards heaven on the Card Image.
As the card opened, light from this dimension, no, countless dimensions converged here, illuminating the entire Critical Point thoroughly!
The light is gathering!!!
Light not belonging to humans, spirits, or even this dimension, light from the cosmos is gathering at the top of the tower!
"Discard all hand cards and add Light Attribute Monsters from the Graveyard to your hand." Originally calm, Saiou suddenly erupted into an expression scarier than Tenjo Hikari's memory, his face twisted beyond recognition, even horns sprouting from his head!
"Send two hand cards to the Graveyard and add Temperance and Hierophant to your hand!"
"Discard Temperance to make battle damage zero!"
"Ugh... Activate the effect of the Divine Person in the Graveyard, banish Dreadmaster, and draw two cards."
Even Ed didn't know what was happening, he just cursed himself quietly and continued the duel.
He took a look at the cards he drew.
A Draining Shield, plus two Defense Position Monsters still on the field. Should be fine.
"Set a card, end turn."
"My turn, draw!" [Saiou] drew a card.
"Normal Summon, Arcana Force V - The Hierophant!"
The Hierophant automatically spun, stopped, and appeared face-up: "From the Deck, Special Summon, Arcana Force IV - The Emperor!"
"When there's a coin-tossing Monster on your field, this card can be Special Summoned.
The 19th card of the Major Arcana, The Sun!"
Arcana Force XIX - The Sun, LV 7, Light Attribute, Fairy-Type, Attack Power 2900.
Saiou began using cards Tenjo Hikari had never seen before, and Tenjo Hikari just silently memorized these card names and effects.
Subsequently, Saiou raised his right hand, and the Hierophant, Emperor, and The Fool on the field emitted different colored lights, shooting skyward.
"Though the [Time] isn't correct, Fate has made a new judgment!"
He raised a blank card high.
Originally, this card was supposed to descend tomorrow!
But now, [He] will forcibly catalyze its birth!
"Transform into the power of destiny!"
"Contact Fusion of the three Arcana Force Monsters on the field!"
Contact Fusion!?
What!?
Ed couldn't believe his eyes wide open.
Arcana Force Fusion Monster!?
With Saiou's shout, within the endless white light, a massive angel with three Black Dragons on it descended slowly, its appearance seemingly heralding the end of everything, filled with the aura of death.
Ed felt a bit dazed, having spent so much effort to awaken Plasma, he now finds himself inexplicably targeted by this Monster, feeling mentally and physically drained.
"Descend, final fate, Arcana Force EX - The Chaos Ruler!"
Arcana Force EX - The Chaos Ruler, LV 10, Light Attribute, Fairy-Type, Attack Power 3300.
The card automatically spun.
"Of course, Upright Position!"
Clang!
The spinning card stopped. Quietly, it appeared upright.
"Upright Position of The Chaos Ruler ignores summon conditions, from hand or Deck, allows Special Summoning of a LV 10 Arcana Force Monster ignoring summon conditions!"
"Appear, Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler!"
Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler, LV 10, Light Attribute, Fairy-Type, Attack Power 4000.
Instantly gathering two trump cards from the original work!
Tenjo Hikari watched this scene and went completely silent.
Only Tierra beside him knew, at this moment in Tenjo Hikari's heart, how turbulent the 江海 was.
The Dark Ruler automatically spun, eventually stopping at Upright Position.
"Battle, this is the very last, Hierophant!" Saiou went completely mad, shouting [Hierophant] towards Ed's attack: "The Light Ruler attacks Decider!"
"Trap Card, Draining Shield, recover LP equal to your Monster's Attack Power!"
Ed LP: 350→4350.
"Use The Chaos Ruler to attack Dreamer!"
Crack, with just 600 DEF, Dreamer turned into particles and vanished from the world, because of its effect Special Summon, it can only be banished.
"Then, The Sun attacks Dreadmaster."
Similarly, Dreadmaster was also defeated because of its effect Special Summon, it can only be banished.
"The Dark Ruler attacks Dreadmaster."
"Discard a hand card, send Decider from the Deck to the Graveyard!" Ed struggled hard.
He still had LP, he could hold on—
"The Dark Ruler Upright Position, can attack twice!!!"
Ed paused in his place.
He opened his mouth, then turned it into a bitter smile, glancing at Tenjo Hikari: "Sorry, Boss, seems like I chose to be conservative at a time that calls for aggression."
If in the last turn, he turned all Monsters to Attack Position, then he would have won. After all, The Fool can't be destroyed in a battle, only withstand attacks.
The light swallowed Ed, fully enveloping his silhouette.
Ed, LP: 4350→0.
"No... Ed, you've already won."
You've [won back] your friend's heart.
It's just—
The Light of Destruction!
Too despicable!
"Next, I will end it all."