"How could this be?" Ansueeru looked in shock as his Continuous Trap Card shattered into pieces, leaving him momentarily speechless.
"Why was Skill Drain destroyed?"
"What's going on? Wasn't it negated?"
The audience immediately started discussing animatedly.
"It's simple, because I used De-Fusion to evade the effect of Skill Drain." Tenjo Hikari raised a finger, speaking to both the audience and Tierra, "Different cards have different effects.
The effect of Skill Drain is that as long as this card is on the field, the effects of face-up monsters on the field are negated."
"I see..." As Ansueeru listened to Tenjo Hikari, he gradually understood.
"So, if you use other means to send a monster card with an active effect on the field to the graveyard, banish it, or return it to the deck or hand, you can ignore the effect of Skill Drain, chain it, and destroy the cards on your field—conversely, if Skill Drain's effect were [negating the effects activated by face-up monsters on the field], then even if Prismaura returned to the Extra Deck, it wouldn't be able to destroy your Skill Drain."
Ansueeru quickly grasped this point and couldn't help but applaud: "Brilliant! Truly brilliant! I've dueled with so many duelists, and they often rely on cards like Mystical Space Typhoon or Heavy Storm to deal with Skill Drain, but you're the first to directly use a Fusion Card to destroy my Skill Drain!
No wonder it's Tenjo Hikari!"
"So that's how it is." Tierra mused from the side.
If that's the case, then my Infernoid... I see, it can do such things.
In the preparation hall, duelists were discussing back and forth, quickly understanding how it all happened.
"Incredible." Some contestants couldn't help but marvel, "I always thought Tenjo duelists relied on stronger fusion and Fusion Monsters to duel, but now it seems that's not the case at all.
Tenjo Hikari's dueling, as he said, is about understanding and embracing.
He's never boasting, just stating facts!"
"But, in terms of ATK—it's still higher on my side!"
Ansueeru raised a finger, pointing to his huge Mechanical Dragon behind him: "Although Skill Drain is gone, the state of the Variable Mech Dragon has already changed, so its ATK is still 2800!
Your two monsters, their ATK is far too low!"
The massive Mechanical Dragon glanced at the two Gem Knights on standby on the field, letting out a low growl.
His words were quite valid, pulling the audience's attention back to the field from their amazement.
"No problem, because I'm about to fuse again—activate Normal Spell Card, Fusion Substitute." Tenjo Hikari smirked, slowly picking up a Spell Card, "This card, by rules, is treated as [Fusion], sending my Fusion Materials on the field to the graveyard to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster."
"Fusion—could it be!?"
"That's right, this turn I can only fusion summon [Gem-Knight] monsters, so I'm going to fuse the Tourmaline and Captain Crystal on the field to Fusion Summon!"
"Come on, once more, Captain, connect with your companions, fuse your powers—"
"Transform into Light Power, Fusion Summon!"
"LV 7, Gem-Knight Prismaura!"
The silver-white knight reappeared!
Gem-Knight Prismaura, LV 7, Earth Attribute, Thunder-Type, ATK 2450.
"Ugh..." Seeing this card, Ansueeru looked troubled.
Tenjo Hikari continued by raising another finger, saying: "Gem-Knight Prismaura's effect is that once per turn, by discarding a Gem-Knight card, it can destroy 1 face-up card on the field.
However—this effect is not restricted by card name, meaning every Prismaura can activate this effect once each turn."
"Ah!?"
"Wow, does that mean it can directly destroy Variable Mech Dragon?"
"Wow—so impressive. Not only did it destroy Skill Drain, but it can also come back out and destroy Variable Mech Dragon again!"
Seeing Prismaura, Ansueeru was clearly surprised, but he didn't panic too much: "But, for Prismaura to destroy a monster, it needs to discard a Gem-Knight from the hand—"
"No problem, because the fusion in my graveyard is still calling out to me!"
!?
"The effect of Gem-Knight Fusion exists in my graveyard, allowing me to banish 1 Gem-Knight monster from my graveyard to activate it. I add the card in my graveyard to my hand."
"Ugh..."
In this way, Prismaura now has ammunition!
"I banish the Gem-Knight Tourmaline in the graveyard to add Gem-Knight Fusion to my hand, then activate Prismaura's effect to destroy your Variable Mech Dragon!"
At this moment, Prismaura seemed significantly more powerful, flexing its arm and charging directly toward the Variable Mech Dragon without fear of the power difference between them.
Boom!
The Variable Mech Dragon shattered.
"Wow! Captain, that's so cool!"
"Amazing, Captain Crystal!"
A group of students from the Fusion Department cheered.
"Now, there's no monster on your field to stop my attack—"
"Battle Phase, with Prismaura, direct attack!"
"Wait, I activate my Trap Card!" Seeing Tenjo Hikari's attack approach, Ansueeru didn't hesitate and immediately activated his Set Card, "Continuous Trap Card, Gravity Bind!"
Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow.
"As long as this card is on the field, LV 4 or higher monsters cannot attack!"