It is Tenjo Hikari's turn; he looked at his hand card and then glanced at his opponent.
That attire, that Duel Disk, it's likely that person.
Kurosaki Shun.
The most stylish man in the early stages of the "Yu-Gi-Oh! A5" series and the main figure in some of the coolest duels in the original work.
Tenjo Hikari had previously cataloged participating duelists and knew someone had used the Raidraptor Deck, so he wasn't surprised to see him in this dimension.
He shuffled through his hand cards and revealed one: "I set the Pendulum Scale with Metalfoes Volflame at Scale 8."
Boom, boom, a colossal red motorcycle emerged beside Tenjo Hikari. Then, enveloped in a column of soul light, an '8' imprint appeared upon the pillar.
The mysterious man—or rather, Kurosaki Shun—squinted as he watched this scene.
Knowing early on that Tenjo Hikari uses a Qliphort Deck, he wasn't surprised by the appearance of Pendulums, but he grew even more cautious inside.
A Duelist from the Fusion Dimension has so quickly integrated the power of other dimensions into their own system, what on earth are they trying to do!
Moreover.
Metalfoes Monster.
This is a card this man had never used before.
Indeed, this guy still harbors many secrets!
"No move, then fine—I'll set the Pendulum Scale with Raremetalfoes Bismugear at Scale 8."
This time, it is a small purple-haired figure riding a green motorcycle.
Both '8's simultaneously shimmer on Tenjo Hikari's field, illuminating the dark street.
"What?" Kurosaki Shun watched this scene, suddenly feeling somewhat bewildered.
Nesting cards with Pendulum Scales of 8 on both sides?
Even though he had never used Pendulums, he had seen many Pendulum Summons; he knew well that Pendulum Summoning allows Special Summons of Monsters whose levels are between the numbers of the scales on each side. If both scales are 8, what can be summoned?
Even LV 8 Monsters can't be Special Summoned!
Seeing his astonished look, Tenjo Hikari chuckled, pointing at Volflame beside him: "Activate Volflame's pendulum effect, once per turn, targeting 1 face-up card on your field other than this card. Destroy that card and set 1 Spell or Trap Card with 'Metalfoes' from your deck to your field.
I destroy Bismugear and set the Continuous Trap Card, Refining Union, from the deck."
Bang—
Bismugear shattered instantly into pure Alchemy material, flew to the top of Tenjo Hikari's Extra Deck, faintly shining, and a Trap Card was placed there.
"Bismugear's effect activates when the card on the field is destroyed by battle or effect. During the End Phase of this turn, add 1 Metalfoes Monster from the Deck to the hand card."
"...I see." Kurosaki Shun squinted his eyes, slightly understood.
He already understood Pendulum's strategy well, involving the Pendulum Scale, a method to Special Summon Monsters from the hand card and Extra Deck at once.
Conversely, as long as there are enough Monsters in the Extra Deck, it's possible to perform sustained operations and maintenance.
Although a Fusion Dimension Duelist, have they already thought of such a method of utilization so quickly?
"I set the Pendulum Scale on the field with Parametalfoes Melcaster at Scale 1—its pendulum effect is the same as other Metalfoes Monsters."
All the same!
Kurosaki Shun's pupils contracted sharply.
"Activate its effect—to destroy Volflame and set a second Refining Union from the deck."
Volflame shattered, turning into tungsten material, shining in Tenjo Hikari's Extra Deck.
"Effect of Magicians' Souls from the hand card," Tenjo Hikari revealed a card to Kurosaki Shun.
This card was previously given to Tenjo Hikari during a visit to the Mage Domain by the Dark Magician Girl, just matching the Metalfoes, and it was used for this deck by Tenjo Hikari.
"This card allows you to send 1 Spellcaster-Type Monster LV 6 or above from the deck to the graveyard for a Special Summon from the hand card. I send the Dark Magician from the deck to the graveyard for a special summon."
A duo of ghostly blue Magicians appeared on Tenjo Hikari's field.
"Dark Magician... the legendary monster?" Kurosaki Shun felt a slight pressure.
In their dimension, the Dark Magician also exists, not only that, in their dimension, it's also considered a legendary monster, so seeing this familiar card caused genuine pressure.
"Activate Magicians' Souls' effect. Send up to two Spell and Trap Cards from the hand card or field to the graveyard. Then, draw the same number of cards sent to the graveyard.
I send two Refining Unions to the graveyard, drawing two cards."
Hmm?
What does this mean?
Kurosaki Shun was a bit puzzled.
After struggling to search and set those cards, they were sent to the graveyard again?
Is it merely a method to supplement hand cards?
"At this moment, the effect of Refining Union activates. The effect can be activated when this card is sent from the field to the graveyard. One Metalfoes Monster can be added from the deck to the hand card. Given that two cards were sent to the graveyard, two Metalfoes Monsters can be added to hand.
Metalfoes Goldriver at Scale 1; Metalfoes Steelen at Scale 8!"
Kurosaki Shun's heart sank.
It was always the same strategy!
By destroying your card, conducting searches for a card, then destroying again, searching again, and stacking even more Extra Deck Monsters.
"That kind of Duel Disk, I once saw it during a Dimensional Exchange Duel, and back then, my opponent was a friend named Kunikawa Haruto. So... you are a human from the Xyz Dimension, right?"