Ding ding——
Clang clang——
Returning to the Great Cosmic Workshop, Tenjo Hikari stands at the workshop's main gate, looking up.
The cosmos, the starry sky, everything exists above the workshop, each star flickering distantly, the moon gliding past the workshop's side, with a few spirits bustling through the moonlight.
Tenjo Hikari stretches lazily.
As more spirits are rescued by Tenjo Hikari, the Great Cosmic Workshop has gradually transformed into a small society of spirits, using the Great Cosmic Workshop as the core, with other "Near-Earth Planets" as residences, these spirits have now become part of this workshop.
Of course, they are merely residents of this sub-dimension, occasionally helping out, gathering some resources, and the rest is up to them, doing what they usually do here.
As long as they don't disturb Tenjo Hikari's alchemy endeavors, this world is big enough, and it doesn't matter where they choose to live.
However, some spirits recently sought to join Tenjo Hikari's team, and are now striving to unleash their power under Captain Crystal's training.
Tenjo Hikari greeted a few spirits helping in the workshop and then hurried into the large furnace room.
Putting Super Polymerization directly into the deck is something he definitely wouldn't do right now.
After all, he doesn't have enough confidence in his current power.
But considering that Yubel is undoubtedly the greatest enemy over the next year, using Super Polymerization is indeed necessary.
Over the past year, Tenjo Hikari's Spirit Adaptability increased from LV 4 to LV 6—yet in truth, his current adaptability is still "5," and the outward appearance of LV 6 adaptability is entirely due to Tierra's soul residing in his body, thus heightening his adaptability by one level.
Today, Tenjo Hikari further mastered Super Polymerization's power through alchemy, so with persistence, using Super Polymerization is no longer as difficult as before.
After all, Tenjo Hikari already managed to use Super Polymerization and alchemy to create low-level monster cards; now, Tenjo Hikari can slightly control Super Polymerization to absorb more duel energy and accelerate the birth of "Fusion Monster Cards."
Speaking of which.
Gem-Knight Dispersion, this brand-new "Fusion" card, is completely unfamiliar to Tenjo Hikari, yet after using it, Tierra exclaimed, "Ah! Oh oh oh! Wasn't this something from back then? It turned into such a card?"
This indicates that the events on this card evidently occurred in DT World, although Tierra doesn't know which specific events became a card.
Tenjo Hikari can only speculate that perhaps this card was released after his dimension travel.
That's pretty good, indicating that his Super Polymerization can continually offer him greater, more potent fusions as time passes.
Besides that, Tenjo Hikari is pondering the current "side quest."
The main quest, of course, is using Super Polymerization.
As for the side quest, it's the creation of "Fusion Monsters" and "Fusion Assist Cards" through Super Polymerization.
First are two cards with absolutely no activity.
Armityle the Chaos Phantasm and The Claw of Hermos.
The latter isn't much of a concern, as according to Tierra, to "charge" this card, Tenjo Hikari must duel a "Legendary Duelist," making completion of this card something he never anticipated.
After all, there's no growth possible.
On the other hand…
Armityle the Chaos Phantasm isn't moving either.
Not that the card's "completion" isn't progressing; in fact, it's been complete for quite a while now.
But—
Just like with Midrash's card before, Tenjo Hikari places the card in the Duel Disk with no effect whatsoever.
Tenjo Hikari isn't disappointed about this.
Because he immediately understood the situation.
When one day he encounters a user of the Three Phantasm, that'll be the moment this card becomes usable.
For now, he can only watch.
As for…
Tenjo Hikari pulls out the card he's most interested in.
Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!
Tenjo Hikari carefully dusts off the card—despite it being pristine with no dust at all.
Not too long ago, Tenjo Hikari, through repeated duels with Yugo, successfully obtained this card. Thereafter, he thought he couldn't "charge" the card and merely hoped for the Philosopher's Stone or that Yuri would suddenly appear before him. However, over the past month, Tenjo Hikari gradually noticed a change.
The card isn't as he imagined, requiring duels with "Four Fruits and Vegetables" to acquire it.
Since obtaining the card, Tenjo Hikari gradually noticed.
Actually, as long as "fusion" is used in each duel, this card will slowly receive a portion of energy from Super Polymerization!
Especially with the original effect of [Fusion] being optimal.
This growth is extremely faint, extremely slow, but the strength lies in always increasing with fusion.
Here lies the issue—Tenjo Hikari inevitably uses [Fusion] in every duel, as he only has cards like these. One day during a duel, he only used cards like Metamorphosis and Ancient Gear Hunting Hound without using Fusion Spell Cards, and saw no improvement in the card's synthesis. Tenjo Hikari realized its "requirement."
But—
Very reasonable!
A fusion dragon should indeed use fusion!
However, due to the slow growth, increasing only incrementally each time, quantification became even more "precise" for Tenjo Hikari.
In numerical terms, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon's completion stands at 32%.
A rather high figure!
Understandably, Tenjo Hikari obtained the card not too long ago!
Had it been last year, Tenjo Hikari wouldn't have filled Midrash's background color even with this time!
Tenjo Hikari strokes his chin.
This must be the rewards of his improved alchemy.
Tenjo Hikari stretches his limbs.
Next, he intends to slightly attempt modifying the Dimension Gate and thereby train some Spirit Power.
Since learning alchemy and gaining Tierra's support, Tenjo Hikari's Spirit Adaptability training frequency and time decreased, an inevitable circumstance, as the total time remains fixed.
Once his Spirit Adaptability improves by one level, the "main quest" of placing Super Polymerization into the deck will hold greater promise; meanwhile, if Tenjo Hikari manages to successfully modify the Dimension Gate, the Integration Department's "technical advantage" over the Fusion Department may be somewhat diminished in terms of a certain degree of success… though ordinary students might struggle to use his Dimension Gate.
After two days of tinkering, when Fengguang Company had already sent funds to the school for Fusion Department expansion, Serena found Tenjo Hikari.
"Master! Dimension exploration!"
Serena enthusiastically bangs on the doors of the department head's office, her voice resounding as if threatening to shatter the door.
Huh?
Tenjo Hikari sets down the Emerald Book.
Oh—
It's that time.
The first-year academy chiefs' opportunity for dimension travel.