Fusion is the noblest form of summoning!.

Chapter 674 Even Death Is Not an Option! (4K, Please Vote for Monthly Tickets~)

There's no time to be moved by the duel between Hikaru Amagi and Serena; next up is Yusei Fudo versus Rin.

When the audience saw an identical person driving back onto the track, many questioned their existence. But seeing the completely different name and Serena leaving the track on the other side, they weren't too bothered.

Sigh—they're just the same kind of people, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

They look like twins, since they look exactly alike.

As for whether one is a fusion user, the other a synchronization user, or even twins, that's not within the scope of the audience's consideration.

Rin was also very excited about the duel with Yusei Fudo.

On one hand, as a duelist, she certainly wants to duel with better duelists. On the other hand, for Rin and Yugo, Fudo Yusei is basically the same person Amagi Hikaru is to Serena.

However, Serena truly regarded Amagi Hikaru as her master, while Yugo and Rin merely respected Fudo Yusei.

But in reality, Yusei Fudo is indeed the "teacher" of the boys and girls.

Yugo and Rin are both very intelligent, especially Yugo. Although he is a bit simple-minded, he is exceptionally brilliant in scientific matters. In the original work, he and Rin once created a D-Wheel using garbage. In this world, with Yusei Fudo by his side, he can ask questions whenever he doesn't understand something. It can be said that he has grown even faster than in the original work.

Of course, this only refers to "technological level".

Yugo himself admires Jack Atlas more and prefers Jack Atlas's dueling style. Therefore, Rin is actually more serious about dueling.

In short, the opportunity to duel with Yusei was both exciting and motivating for Rin—especially after seeing Serena just duel her teacher and achieve a "breakthrough," which made her even more thrilled.

When Hikaru Amagi and Serena returned to the starting point, Yusei and Rin were already prepared. Hikaru and Yusei high-fived, then slowly slowed down and stopped in front of the base.

Only at this point in time can the teams in the competition communicate with each other, so Hikaru Amagi specifically wanted to talk to Serena here.

In fact, Hikaru Amagi was particularly satisfied with Serena's performance today.

Additional fusion is not actually that difficult. In fact, Serena's "Moonlight Fusion" can do this, but she just didn't have a good opportunity to use it before.

However, the "multi-layer fusion" that Serena uses today is a completely different concept.

At first glance, they are all fusions, all additional fusions, and seem to be no different, but in reality, they are completely different concepts of understanding fusion.

Moonlight Fusion is Serena's innate ability to "moon," a special ability she possesses from birth.

Multi-layer fusion, on the other hand, is a completely pure fusion!

Through learning and hard work, Serena created a Fusion Spell Card of her own using alchemy. This card can be used to fuse cards in the Extra Deck, and it can also be given to anyone else to use.

This is actually quite remarkable.

Hikaru Amagi and Serena chatted for a long time. Serena also asked some questions about difficult points in alchemy that she had recently been struggling with, and Hikaru Amagi answered them one by one. When she had asked enough questions, Hikaru Amagi took out a spare card.

"Master, what is this?"

Serena looked at the card that Amagi Hikaru handed her, and her breathing became slightly rapid.

This is a card, a monster card.

Pendulum Monster Cards!
Moonlight Tiger!
Moonlight Wolf!
Pendulum Monster

Moreover, the effect is very strong!
She stared at the card, paused for a moment, and then gradually understood.

With the birth of Pendulum Monsters, a brand new "fusion" will gradually emerge, allowing you to actually control and use more and more monsters, and to have more variations in duels, accumulating more fusion materials!

"Pendulum Monsters, you should know that too." Hikaru Amagi said, holding two monster cards as he thought.

Serena already knew about the Pendulum Monster when Hikaru Amagi and Zero Akaba were dueling, but because the Pendulum Summon "did not exist," even Hikaru Amagi couldn't use it.

Until recently, when the pendulum truly existed in the world, pendulum monsters began to emerge like an geyser.

Hikaru Amagi had actually prepared these two cards long ago. After all, the Pendulum Monster used by Zero Akaba was created by combining the power data of Serena, Rin, and Ruri, relying on his identity as "father".

Therefore, whether it's Serena, Rin, or Ruri, they have long been accustomed to the power of the "pendulum." However, Hikaru Amagi herself doesn't know what kind of pendulum monsters they can use, so Hikaru Amagi can't help them.

In contrast, Hikaru Amagi knows about the pendulum monster that Serena uses, so he can try to forge it.

"I was originally planning to give you these two cards as a gift at a better time, such as your birthday, the beginning of the next school year, or some holiday, but now that my duel is over, I think... today is the best time."

"Hmm!" Serena wasn't good with words, but looking at the card, she understood Amagi Hikaru's intentions. Since that was the case, there was no need for her to be coy—that wasn't her personality. She decisively took the card and continued to Amagi Hikaru, "Master, I will definitely try my best. Next time, please duel with me again!"

"No matter how many times, I'm willing, Serena." Hikaru Amagi smiled, waved, and parted ways with Serena.

Serena stood there watching Hikaru Amagi's retreating figure for a long while before finally shaking her head, looking at the two brand-new cards in her hand, excitedly shouting "Yay!" and pumping her fist in the air, extremely thrilled.

Hikaru Amagi returned to his team's support room, where Crow was temporarily acting as a support staff member, watching the match. Upon seeing Hikaru return, Crow first greeted him with a thank you for his hard work, and then invited him to come and watch the duel.

Team 5DS remained calm and relaxed throughout the duel with Team Tsukigami, as if the match wasn't a match at all.

But it's not that the 5DS team thinks the Fugetsu Bird team isn't strong enough; it's just that they know the other team too well.

Hikaru Amagi knows Serena very well, while Yusei and Crow know Rin and Yugo exceptionally well. Apart from Ruri, they know every single person in their team very well.

Putting aside everything else, Yugo and Rin practically grew up under Yusei's watchful eye, and Serena's dueling and alchemy skills were also taught by Amagi Kokyo.

Although Yugo is indeed very smart, an absolute genius from the perspective of invention and creation, comparisons must be made between people.

Yusei is older, more experienced, smarter, and started learning earlier than him. In every respect, he is a super-sized Yugo. Therefore, although Yugo respects Yusei, he never expects to duel with him.

After all, it was a duel with the same style, which was quite mentally taxing for Yugo, who was older and preferred to play. So he was more looking forward to dueling with a cool duelist like Jack.

The same reason.

Rin was well aware of this as well.

Fighting Yusei, a super-enhanced version of Yugo, who has undergone multiple upgrades, is something you can't win without using your brain.

Therefore, she went all out in the very first round, determined to reduce Yusei's health to zero in the first round through the Wind Witch's effect.

But at that very moment, Yusei performed a trick that many people had never seen before—the Effect Masker!
The card "Effect Veiler" allows you to sacrifice yourself to target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls during their Main Phase and negate that monster until the end of the turn.

Because of this card, Rin's tactics were ultimately stuck at a crucial point, unable to reduce Yusei's health, giving Yusei a chance to catch his breath and fight.

In the next round, Yusei made continuous adjustments to his star system, easily overcoming Rin's obstruction.

Similar scenarios occurred repeatedly, but this time, the opponents and operators changed.

In the third match, Jack was absent, and Crow volunteered to take the stage. Yugo was overjoyed and prepared to "avenge" Rin and win the duel. He then received a "warm welcome" from Crow.

Blackwing Assault Dragon!
One of the "ultimate combo" that once drove Shinji to despair, even gave Hikaru Amagi a tough time, and was considered invincible by many duelists!
Each time your opponent activates a monster effect, place 1 Blackwing Counter on this card and inflict 700 damage to your opponent.

However, Yugo was not nervous when he saw Kro attack the monster first; on the contrary, he was very confident.

He laughed and claimed that he had long ago found a way to defeat the Blackwing Strike Dragon. The monster's effect was only 700, which seemed powerful, but it was not as efficient as Rin's blood-burning method. Yugo had dueled with Rin many times, and although he lost more than he won, he had already gained experience.

"Idiot..." Kro was speechless when he heard Yuu's silly words. "Have you been spacing out a lot lately?"

Indeed, Blackwing Strike Dragon isn't invincible when it comes to reducing enemy health, but that doesn't mean it only has one effect—Blackwing Strike Dragon can activate this effect during your opponent's turn by Tributing this card if it has 4 or more Blackwing Counters. Destroy all cards on the field.

This is an effect that has never been successfully activated before, and it's an effect that Kro hasn't used much. Even in the qualifiers, he didn't use this effect and kept it hidden.

After all, in a normal qualifier, you only need to use Blackwing Monsters. You can't actually use Blackwing Strike Dragon or even Earthbound God, can you? It's not like you're going to kill anyone.

That's why he kept this effect very well hidden; almost no one knew about it.

When Yugo heard this, he was so startled that he almost lost control of the car.

Fortunately, Yugo's Synchro Dragon was strong enough to withstand the effect, but even so, it still made Yugo break out in a cold sweat.

I almost got wiped out by Kroco!

To prove his ideas and tactics, he used almost all his cards. If he destroyed the entire field, Kro could easily use Blackwing's sustain ability to Synchro Summon a new row of monsters in the next turn.

"Wow, amazing..." Bradley exclaimed, watching Crow's duel. "They're incredible..."

Harald nodded.

Hikaru Amagi, Yusei Fudo, and Crohogan are all exceptionally talented, not only in dueling but also in other areas.

Braver hadn't paid much attention to anyone other than Yusei and Hikaru Amagi before, but now that he sees Crow being particularly popular during duels, and those who criticize and belittle Team 5DS online rarely mention Crow's flaws, it further shows that this man who "promotes renewed contact between upper and lower classes" is not just there to fill a spot.

"A hero who saved the children." Dragan meant no harm to Crow, especially since he knew that Crow was someone who had truly saved children.

Harald nodded in agreement.

The three Nordic groups share a consensus: "Children are the hope for the future."

Even someone as stubborn as Dragan wouldn't have any other ideas in this regard, and Braver specifically sought out the power of the Extreme God in order to raise his adopted children.

And on the other side...

Akama Reiji watched the match, his voice calm as he fell into deep thought.

Rin, Serena, and that Yugo.

They must be Zero and Zach's "avatars", right?

In other words, like Hiiragi Yuzu and Sakaki Yuya from his world, he is a special life form possessing the "Adam Factor".

Their ages should be similar, and in terms of "strength," they don't seem to be that different. Only Serena is noticeably taller than the others, while the others, whether it's Rin or Yugo, are at least slightly taller.

In other words, Yuya Sakaki and Yuzu Hiiragi in their world are barely at this level. Perhaps Yuya Sakaki is a little stronger, but not by much.

Their world started too late. After Yuya awakened his pendulum powers, he never experienced a proper duel. Although he was enlightened by a man named Yugi Muto, it was only his own enlightenment; his strength didn't increase much, it was purely a matter of mental growth. He knew nothing of the vastness of other worlds except himself.

"It seems... this match can only be about gaining experience," Akama Reiji said thoughtfully.

Behind him, in the window, in the reflection, Sofia's brows were slightly furrowed.

If it were last month, before she came to this world, she might have questioned Akama Reiji's judgment when she heard him say that, but now she can understand his thoughts.

not enough time.

too early.

This is not about diminishing our own prestige while boosting the arrogance of others; it is simply a fact.

The people of the Pendulum Dimension lack genuine battles, while people from other dimensions have already experienced all sorts of things, whether it's Synchro, Xyz, or Fusion. Their own worlds seem to have seen many events and even crises. However, under the protection of Lion Corporation, the Pendulum Dimension has never encountered any crises, which has led to its lagging behind.

Even if the Pendulum Team manages to make it into the WRGP main event, it will be extremely difficult for them to claim the title of "The One and Only God".

unless--

Unless the Pendulum Team's opponents are always just slightly stronger than them, enough to ignite their power without leaving them helpless.

But even Sophia, a god who doesn't understand human nature, could clearly see that the WRGP organizers intentionally assigned them two types of opponents: "opponents who are completely out of place at this time" and "opponents who are just here for a visit." They obviously felt their team was just joining in the fun, and considering the diplomatic relations of the Pendulum Dimension, that's why they weren't eliminated during the preliminaries.

Teams like Amagi and Team Despair are opponents that the Pendulum Team members can't beat at all right now; and apart from these people, their team's opponents are all duelists who are just there to make up the numbers, and in Sophia's opinion, they are not even as good as the Pokémon that passed by in DT Dimension.

Where is there any chance for growth, any chance for self-improvement, or for fighting to sustain oneself?
In other words, her team, her "chosen ones," is destined to struggle to catch up with Tiera's team.

Reiji Akaba himself could accept this. He knew that even if he tried his best, he couldn't possibly fight an entire team by himself. Instead, he used the time to think about how to use this duel to make the people of his world aware of the crisis, thereby helping them grow, strengthen their world's power, and cope with other dimensions.

Clearly, perpetual motion machines and physical imaging technology are the perfect combination. As for the risks involved... the current state of their world doesn't seem to allow him to hesitate any longer.

Of course, in a duel, one must give it one's all. Even if it's a 1 vs 3 fight, he will not back down. Otherwise, how can he call himself a duelist?
But Sofia couldn't accept that.

Although she is not a "duelist," there is one thing she absolutely cannot accept.

That is, she absolutely cannot accept that her choice was accepted without even being hit, and that it must not be as correct as Tiera's choice.

No, not even if it means death!
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