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Chapter 624 Dilemma (4K, please vote with monthly tickets~)

The Predatory Planet, or the Plant-Predatory Dimension, is a giant planet. Besides plant-predatory creatures, there are other life forms and elves who accidentally fell into this dimension.

This is the ecology of the plant-eating dimension.

By preying on other life forms, they obtain energy and enhance themselves—of course, not by actually eating them. In most cases, they simply consume the dueling energy of their opponents; actually eating them would require time to eliminate a large amount of extra impurities.

Like a true carnivorous plant, the beauty of this planet's exterior is nothing but a disguise.

Notified by some predatory plants, Hikaru Amagi soon spotted the leader here—or rather, the leader of this territory.

Predatory plant Spikeleaf Vine Three-pointed Prison Flower Goddess.

This enormous plant dragon with three heads is the absolute ruler of the northern continent, sharing its hunting grounds with predatory plant spirits from other continents.

It's worth mentioning that Hikaru Amagi encountered a large number of predatory plant spirits here, including spirits like "Pineapple Insectivorous Valley Spirit Wandering Whale" and "Blue Lock Dragon Forest Anaconda," which should exist but theoretically do not exist in this era. There were also many plants that Hikaru Amagi couldn't even name.

Predator Planet is enormous. According to the predatory plant spirits, there are many ordinary spirits here who do not have the power to fight, but they still cooperate with the main force to hunt and are also part of the entire planet.

I see--

In this world, beings like anacondas and wandering whales are assumed to be "elf residents" from other dimensions—that is, they look like elves but don't actually have cards.

That's reasonable.

In those large dimensions, not all elves are qualified to participate in the Duel Ritual. For example, in the "Critical Point," there are many ordinary elves who simply live as ordinary residents, and some may not even see a few duels in their entire lives.

Conversely, elves who cooperate in "devouring" each other, such as Predatory Planets, have a much better understanding of the Duel Ritual than other elves.

“Hikari, I’ve heard of you before.”

The Three-Pointed Prison Flower Goddess lowered her head and carefully examined Amagi Hikaru.

"You are the most famous human fusion user, and you even used our Chimera Flower to fight against the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon..."

Among the many spectating Pokémon, several giant Chimera flowers stood tall and proud, looking incredibly excited.

"Hahaha, I had the same reaction when my lord used me to defeat the Chaos Warrior." For once, the Flame Swordsman revealed himself and spoke.

But what Hikaru Amagi didn't expect was where the news of Chimera's battle against Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon came from, and why the Pokémon in this dimension all knew about it.

"It is said that you are a duelist who pursues the ultimate fusion, so your appearance in our dimension must also be for some purpose, right?"

Hikaru Amagi smiled and nodded: "That's right."

The Flower Goddess of the Three-Pointed Prison murmured for a moment.

As the leader of the Northern Continent, it would be happy to duel with a famous Fusion Master like Hikaru Amagi, who is also a renowned user of Predator Plant Cards.

However, there are also some doubts.

Or rather, it's a sense of confusion.

"Hikari, can you answer a few questions for me?"

"What?" Amagi Hikaru was a little puzzled by its attitude.

What is it that makes you persist in integration?

Amagi Hikaru was taken aback when the Three-Pointed Prison Flower Goddess asked such a question. After a moment of thought, he said, "At first, it might have been out of necessity, but later, I found it more and more interesting, so I kept trying it."

An impartial answer.

Also normal.

No one is born liking or being required to do a certain way.

Duelists trust their own judgment more than the vague notion of "fate."
"So, what if your fusion is missing something?"

"Missing? What does that mean? What is its specific meaning?" Hikaru Amagi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"...Ha, that's true, alright, I understand. Then, let's begin the duel ceremony." The Flower Goddess of the Three-Pointed Hell Flower of the Spiny Leaf Vine gave a signal.

A beautiful red flower rose in the vast, empty basin. The flower spun around, and its five leaves transformed into five monster zones, which then nested into the left claw of the Three-Pointed Hell Flower God.

Hikaru Amagi flicked his left hand, and the Duel Disk activated, flashing with purple light.

“Hikari, you are a renowned fusion duelist from another dimension. Would you be willing to give me the first strike?” the Flower Goddess of the Three-Pointed Prison asked directly.

Although Amagi Hikaru's fame was growing, and he could have taken the initiative to attack first, even the leaders of the spirits in the greater dimensions would ask him to attack first. However, after thinking about it, Amagi Hikaru did not refuse and nodded, saying, "Okay."

Boom boom boom.

The soil churned, and countless plant spirits rolled to all sides of this huge basin. Some clung to the walls, some took root next to the duelists, and some simply sat down beside them.

Among these many bizarre predatory plants, there are even flying dragon-shaped spirits that can see the perfect angle of a normal duel from the air.

The entire dueling arena was densely packed with all sorts of creatures: flying in the sky, darting on the ground, and swimming in the soil.

Almost all the Pokémon that could travel nearby and arrive quickly enough, and that possessed the qualifications of a "warrior," came. Perhaps it was precisely because there were so many Pokémon that some from other dimensions even mixed in. Some Pokémon that had escaped attacks from the predatory plants or defeated them were also watching the duel here.

That's the famous "Hikari"!

Among them, a sinister cobra, the Snake Bottle Grass Cobra, silently approached the vicinity of the dueling arena, its eyes wide open, watching the scene unfold.

The predatory plant Snake Bottle Grass Cobra is a creature that can be found almost anywhere on this predatory planet, so having one more or one less won't make the surrounding predatory plants suspicious.

but……

This cobra is no ordinary cobra; it is…

The cobra in [Yuri].

Its plant eyes narrowed several times as it watched the duel, recorded the information, and incidentally let its owner see what this place looked like.

It could imagine how excited its master would be to see the duel—wow, it's Hikari-senpai's duel, interesting, let me see more fusions!

"duel!"

Predatory Plant, Northern Leader, Three-Pointed Hellflower, LP: 4000.
Absolute Fusion, Hikaru Amagi, LP: 4000.
"My turn."

Several roots lashed out from the Three-Pointed Hellflower Goddess, dragging a card out of the ground. "Hikari, do you know what a real [Predatory Plant] looks like?"

"Um, you mean those actual carnivorous plants?"

"Yes."

Amagi Hikaru was a little confused as to why the Three-Pointed Prison Flower Goddess would suddenly bring this up.

However, the Flower Goddess of the Three-Pointed Prison soon began her narration.

"Carnivorous plants in nature are those plants that can capture and digest insects to obtain nutrients. These plants usually grow in environments with poor soil and lack of sufficient nutrients, such as swamps or wetlands. Therefore, these plants must capture insects to obtain enough nitrogen and other minerals."

"As you probably know, most elves actually have an original text or prototype, and we prey on plants because we are the elves and reflections of those plants."

The words spoken by the Flower Goddess of the Three-Pointed Prison, through her gaping maw, were filled with reason and concern.

“We are users of fusion summoning, but our fusion requires the help of other beings, or even the devouring of other beings, in order to facilitate the fusion... for example, like this.”

It gathers one card from among many cards using its roots and places it on the field: "Pay 1000 Life Points to activate the Spell Card, Easy Fusion."

Three-Pointed Prison Flower Goddess, LP: 4000→3000.
"You should know this card very well," it said. "Pay 1000 Life Points to activate this effect. Fusion Summon 1 Level 5 or lower Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck as a Fusion Summon. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack and are destroyed during the End Phase."

I pay 1000 health points to Special Summon a Level 3 Undead Warrior.

A trembling skeleton warrior crawled out of the cave, its body looking quite broken, its bones shattered.

Undead Warrior, Level 3, Dark Attribute, Undead Race, Attack Power 1200.
A fusion monster that had no effect.

"Usually summoned, preying on sundew-covered frilled lizards."

classic.

Tiera nodded to the side.

The sundew lizard, which preys on the true "soul" of plants.

She has seen Amagi Hikaru use the predatory plant sundew lizard to create the predatory plant chimera violet countless times.

but……

It seems like something different is going to happen today?
To this day, having witnessed so many duels and learned so much, Tiera has even participated in several duels herself, and occasionally plays cards with Serena to test what she has learned.

Therefore, Tiera is no longer the god who was completely blind and knew nothing.

After all, having watched Amagi Hikaru's duels for so long, I've gained quite a bit of insight.

If you simply want to fuse "Predatory Plant Chimera Flower", there's no need to pay 1000 life points to summon a monster that will definitely explode at the end of the turn.

In other words, the reason why the Three-Pointed Hell Flower Goddess fused with this monster was for a certain purpose, either for the sake of the race of the Undead Warriors or for the sake of attributes.

Considering that the Predator Plant deck consists entirely of DARK monsters, it likely has no shortage of DARK Fusion materials. Therefore, it's highly probable that the Three-Pointed Hellflower used Easy Fusion to create this monster, not for anything else, but for…

The Fusion Monster itself!
"Activate the effect of the Predatory Plant Sundew Lizard once per turn during your Main Phase. Choose any Predatory Plant monsters from your hand, field, or opponent's field whose Fusion Materials are listed under this card and send them to the Graveyard; Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck."

The fusion condition is that you need one Fusion Monster and one DARK monster.

It flicked its right claw lightly, and suddenly a large amount of vegetation rose up in the desolate basin arena. Then, a dragon-shaped plant with wings leaped out from it.

"Level 8, Herbivorous Rhinoceros Horned Dragon"

Plant-eating rhinoceros horn dragon, level 8, dark attribute, plant race, attack power 2700.
It's here.

Rhinoceros Horned Dragon!

As the familiar monster materialized into a spirit image and appeared before him, Amagi Kouichi was delighted.

Plant-eating Rhinoceros Horn Dragon is a common add-on and monster effect in DARK Fusion decks.

Of course, if that were all, Hikaru Amagi wouldn't have reacted so strongly to the Rhinoceros Horned Dragon.

As a card, its most famous feature is perhaps not its strength, but its role as a "predatory plant" card. Like another Blue Lock Dragon Anaconda, it became an add-on and entered a deck... that is the "Tears of Elegy" deck, which was released not long ago.

As an old card with low rarity, its price skyrocketed due to the existence of the "Tears of Elegy" card, which is a strange twist of fate.

In summary, this is a classic card in the "DARK Fusion" deck. Even before Amagi Hikaru came to this world, it was a very good general-purpose Fusion Monster.

Of course, Yu-Gi-Oh! is a constantly evolving competition, and the card effects and system will continue to improve. With examples like "Divine Judgment of the Spellbook" before us, Hikaru Amagi knows that there can never be an invincible deck, only invincible new cards. Therefore, he is not particularly afraid of the Rhinoceros Horn Dragon card.

Of course, the same logic applies.

At least at this stage, "Rhinoceros Horn Dragon" is quite useful for his deck.

However, after Amagi Hikaru finished looking at the Rhinoceros Horned Dragon, he began to think about what the Three-Pointed Hell Flower Goddess had said earlier.

"You need to prey on other creatures to fuse, could it be... that your elf bodies also have defects?" Hikaru Amagi asked curiously.

The Three-Pointed Prison Flower Goddess shook her three heads.

It's not that serious.

"We, the plant-eating Pokémon, survive by preying on other Pokémon to gain battle energy. Our fusion also occurs during battles, where we absorb the energy of our opponents to achieve fusion."

Under this powerful fusion, our planet has become increasingly prosperous, but now... the Elf dimension has split apart, and the Elves of similar dimensions to us have also become stronger under this cultivation, making it increasingly difficult to simply rely on duels to devour the energy of their opponents.

Our integration has reached its limit.

It turned out to be the case.

So that's why you asked that question before the duel?
"Lord Hikari, given the predicament of our planet and our impasse, I, as the leader of the Northern Continent, am very curious: under these circumstances, how do you intend to achieve integration and gain my approval?"

If you can answer my questions, resolve my confusion, and point me to a completely new path… then you may try to invite all the elves of the Northern Continent, including me!

"Cover two cards, end the turn!"

"I see, is that how it is?" Upon hearing this, Amagi Hikaru was neither discouraged nor nervous. Instead, he couldn't help but chuckle. "Then my luck, and yours, is quite good."

Hikaru Amagi draws a card from her deck and looks at it: "Coincidentally, I have also just happened to gain a little bit of new power."

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