Tenjo Hikari's turn.
He placed the drawn card in his left hand, randomly shuffled through them while reevaluating the situation on the field.
His Life Points are at 4100, while the opponent's Life Points stand at 15600.
On the opponent's field, there are two Set Cards, a Continuous Trap Card, an Amazoness Hall, an Amazoness Empress, an Amazoness Pet Liger, and three Ojama Tokens.
Among them, as long as Amazoness Empress is on the field, the Amazoness Cards on the field cannot be destroyed by battle or effects and gain Piercing Defense. With Amazoness Pet Liger on the field, no other monsters can be attacked.
On his side, there's one LV 1 Flamvell Guard on the field.
"What's wrong, Tenjo Hikari? If you're thinking of giving up, now's your last chance," Gloria laughed twice with her arms crossed.
"Yeah, a LV 1 monster with 0 ATK, it seems your teammate hasn't provided you enough Fusion Materials."
"Your Deck has way more Fusion Cards than Fusion Material Cards. It won't be that easy to solve our current field, will it?"
Although the monster zones on the field are sealed, the Tyler Sisters' field is incredibly stable. Now facing so many cards, what can six empty cards do for Tenjo Hikari?
Tenjo Hikari stopped shuffling the cards.
"Give up? Too naive. Just one card can change the current situation."
"What did you just say?" The Tyler Sisters spoke simultaneously.
"Activate Spell Card—Metamorphosis."
"Whoa! It's Metamorphosis!"
"It's been ages since Brother Hikari used that."
"Yeah, yeah!"
Ever since acquiring the Shaddoll, Tenjo Hikari's Deck synergy has significantly improved. That said, Tenjo Hikari's Deck still is at the 'draw one, play one' level.
A card as versatile to him as Metamorphosis is something he wouldn't waste easily.
"Metamorphosis..." Gloria frowned, as if recalling something.
Meanwhile, Grace placed her right hand over her mouth, whispering softly, "This is bad, Sister Gloria, it's Thousand-Eyes Restrict!"
"Eh!" With her sister's reminder, Gloria also remembered.
"Tribute 1 monster on the field to Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster of the same level from the Extra Deck—I send the LV 1 Flamvell Guard to the Graveyard, Special Summon!"
"The legend among legends."
"The Evil God among Evil Gods."
"LV 1, Thousand-Eyes Restrict!"
The Evil God emerged from the darkness, one by one opening its eyes, gazing at the opponents, causing the two girls to shiver involuntarily and get goosebumps all over.
Thousand-Eyes Restrict, LV 1, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 0.
Even though it wasn't the first time seeing Tenjo Hikari use such a gloom card, many second-year students couldn't help but cheer.
Tenjo Hikari had used this card to defeat strong opponents in the past, becoming a shared memory among the second-year students. Furthermore, Thousand-Eyes Restrict alone could perfectly handle the entire field!
First, its ATK is 0, so it won't trigger the effect of Amazoness Hall to restore Life Points.
Second, this card can turn the opponent's monsters into Equip Cards with "Absorption," rendering the effects of both the Empress and the Pet Liger meaningless.
Third, as long as this card is on the field, no monsters besides this card can attack.
In other words, as long as this card remains, the Amazoness strategy of trading life for cards can't execute, no matter how much Life Points the Tyler Sisters have. Just by attacking bit by bit, victory can be achieved.
"This is bad..."
Grace Tyler involuntarily whispered.
As the Amazoness Empress has become an Equip Card, its effect cannot trigger—it would Special Summon Amazoness Queen if removed from the field due to the opponent.
However, as the Amazoness Empress became an Equip Card, it was no longer in a "Fusion Summon" state!
"Activate Thousand-Eyes Restrict's effect to equip one monster on your field as an Equip Card. My choice is...of course, Amazoness Empress!"
Thousand-Eyes Restrict's countless eyes focused on the Amazoness Empress, who, unnerved by the gaze, struggled to hold onto her sword. However, as the purple light enveloped her, she dissolved into nothingness, merging into Thousand-Eyes Restrict's body.
"Thousand-Eyes Restrict gains the ATK and DEF of the equipped card."
Thousand-Eyes Restrict, ATK: 0 → 2800.
"Eh..." The Tyler Sisters gasped in unison.
"Battle, Thousand-Eyes Restrict attacks Amazoness Pet Liger."
The crimson glow from Thousand-Eyes Restrict's many eyes illuminated the fierce-lion liger, which immediately crouched and bristled, growling lowly.
"...It's not that simple!"
"Reveal Set Card! Amazoness Hot Spring!"
Along with its activation, a card of Amazoness warriors bathing in hot springs appeared before her.
"Once per turn, as long as there's an Amazoness Monster on our field...recover the battle damage taken!"
"But, the monster will still be destroyed."
Boom!
The Tyler Sisters' Pet Liger was destroyed immediately. But their Life Points remained unaffected.
"End of battle."
That's the trap, huh? One might have thought it to be Amazoness Archers level of cards.
Tenjo Hikari glanced at his hand: "I'll follow up by activating the Continuous Spell Card, Brilliant Fusion."
"Damn...since the Amazoness Monster was destroyed, this guy can Fusion Summon without worrying about being drained for life!" Gloria muttered to herself.
"Heh, don't think so lowly of me."
"!?!"
"When only one monster can attack, it's enough to use just that one." Tenjo Hikari slotted the Continuous Spell Card, "Brilliant Fusion, when this card is activated, it sends Fusion Material from the Deck to the Graveyard and Special Summons a Gem-Knight Fusion Monster with 0 ATK and DEF."
"Ah!" Grace was completely stunned.
They bypassed the effect of Amazoness Hall!
"I send Gem-Knight Lapis and Gem-Knight Tourmaline from the Deck to the Graveyard for a Fusion Summon!"
"LV 7, Thunder Crystal, Gem-Knight Prismaura!"
"Ugh..."
They were all too familiar with this card.
The thunder-type form of Crystal Knight, a key field clearer for Tenjo Hikari, though honestly, compared to XYZ-Dragon Cannon, this card pales in comparison. But...currently, they have no Amazoness Empress for defense.
"I discard Gem-Knight Fusion from my hand—" Tenjo Hikari reached for a Gem-Knight card and discarded it, "destroy Amazoness Hall."
Prismaura raised its shield, reflecting light that shattered the Trap Card.
"So powerful!"
"Unbelievable, right??"
Some first-year students, witnessing Tenjo Hikari dismantle the most challenging elements of the Tyler Sisters' setup with just two cards, couldn't help but gasp with awe.
Even though the opponents still have significant Life Points, observing the field, it seemed like a turnaround was imminent?
And this...
...was accomplished with just a single LV 1 monster provided by his teammate!
"Apologies, Sister Gloria; I shouldn't have attacked when Manjome revived the monster."
Without a LV 1 material, Tenjo Hikari couldn't have used Metamorphosis to Special Summon Thousand-Eyes Restrict.
"What are you talking about, Grace? This makes the duel more exciting!" Gloria said, looking at the opponent with excitement, "Come on, Tenjo Hikari, show me more of your Fusions!"
Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow, glanced at them, and leisurely set two cards into his Set Card zone.
"Set two cards, end turn."
"What? Ending so soon?" Grace seemed disappointed.
"Tch, do you think using such tactics will defeat us!?" Gloria revealed a hint of anger between her brows.
Manjome then checked out the cards Tenjo Hikari had Set.
"Cool... Tenjo, you actually have a card like that."
"It's specifically included for team play. If you want it, I might trade it for B-Buster Drake."
"Haha, Tenjo, you're such a joker—not trading!"
Tenjo Hikari possesses A-Assault Core while Manjome has B-Buster Drake, but neither of them have the C-Crush Wyvern.
Otherwise, Manjome would have merged ABC long ago instead of using XYZ.
Manjome laughed heartily, feeling much relieved.
"Darn, you're ignoring me—Draw Card!" As Gloria realized Tenjo Hikari wouldn't respond to her, she drew a card with an expression full of wrath, which changed to a cold smile upon viewing the drawn card, "Looks like luck is on my side."
What she drew was—
Amazoness Archer!