"Tribute Summon, The Tyrant Neptune!"
I'm super—
Accompanied by Jim's shout, starlight descends, and a humanoid crocodile slowly takes the stage.
He is clad in silver-white armor, wielding a terrifyingly sharp giant scythe, with eyes emitting a golden light, appearing like a demon in the darkness.
The Tyrant Neptune, LV 10, Water Attribute, Reptile-Type, ATK 0.
"The Tyrant Neptune?"
"Never heard of this card."
"And its ATK is 0..."
A group of spectators had never heard of this thing.
"Huh, Neptune?" Judai remarked in front of the big screen, "The Tyrant Neptune sounds quite similar to Earth Man."
Can this monster change the situation?
Tenjo Hikari was slightly sweating.
It really is [a powerful card].
And it truly is Jim's card—
"The ATK·DEF of The Tyrant Neptune is the combined values of the monster used as a tribute."
The Tyrant Neptune, ATK: 0→4500.
"Wow! It's comparable to Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon—"
"But still can't attack, right? What good is surpassing Ultimate Giant in ATK?"
"Roar—" Nearby, Kallen had already climbed onto Jim's body, on his back, raising his claws, roaring, shouting to the stage, looking very excited.
"Ah, no need to rush, Kallen, I'll explain right away."
Jim chuckled softly.
Kallen seems to really like this card—because Jim usually uses the Fossil Deck, mostly his personal favorite cards, but this Neptune, not only Jim likes it, even Kallen the crocodile likes it very much.
After all, The Tyrant Neptune is also a crocodile!
"The effect of The Tyrant Neptune, when this card is successfully tribute summoned, you can choose 1 released effect monster in the Graveyard to use as that monster's name card, obtaining the same effect!"
Jim pointed at Tenjo Hikari's Graveyard: "This effect can even choose from your Graveyard."
Tenjo Hikari frowned and nodded.
That's indeed the case.
"So, I will obtain the effect of Ancient Gear Howitzer!"
The Tyrant Neptune→Ancient Gear Howitzer.
"Wow!"
"Oh!!!"
The duelists in specific seats were now suddenly enlightened.
That means—
The Tyrant Neptune turned into an ultimate monster with 4500 ATK, unaffected by other card effects, and can deal 1000 damage to the opponent once per turn??
"More importantly—The Tyrant Neptune unaffected by other card effects can attack!" Manjome stood up in shock.
Jim had yet to finish his operation, opening the Graveyard: "Just in case, then activate the effect of Time Stream in the Graveyard, banish this and a Fossil Fusion Monster to Special Summon a Fossil Fusion Monster from the Graveyard. This effect cannot be activated in the turn this card is sent to the Graveyard.
I banish the New-Generation Fossil Knight from the Graveyard, and revive the Ancient Fossil Dragon!"
"Roar!!!"
"Battle!" Jim became excited and pointed at Thousand-Eyes Restrict on the field, "Attack with The Tyrant Neptune!
Thousand-Eyes Restrict may lock the attacks of monsters on the field, but—The Tyrant Neptune absorbs your monster's effect, so it can attack!"
"Damn!"
Manjome jumped up: "If the attack goes through, Tenjo loses!"
Although only 2400 Life Points of damage will occur, Tenjo Hikari's life is only 3000, and after the battle ends, as long as The Tyrant Neptune activates its effect, Tenjo Hikari loses immediately!
Because there is no way to stop The Tyrant Neptune—
"At this moment, I activate the effect of Aleister the Invoker from the hand card, discard it, and can increase the ATK and DEF of Fusion Monsters on the field by 1000 points!"
Tenjo Hikari hurriedly sent the card in hand to the Graveyard.
Thousand-Eyes Restrict, ATK: 2100→3100.
However—
It still isn't enough!
The Tyrant Neptune swung its gigantic scythe, and with a loud crash, shattered the Evil God into pieces!
Tenjo Hikari LP: 3000→1600.
"Ha, so it seems—" Jim's lips curled into a smile, "Luckily I revived the demon dragon; if you don't Fusion Summon, you can retrieve that Aleister next turn and battle to destroy Neptune with Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem.
But now, it won't work—The demon dragon attacks Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem!"
"What?"
"Ultimate Giant's ATK is clearly higher!"
"Naive!" Jim shouted, "The effect of the Skeleton Demon Dragon, this card activates before damage calculation when battling an opponent's monster. That monster's ATK and DEF swap until the end of the turn!"
"Ultimate Giant's DEF is 3400!" Mitsuzawa immediately reported the numbers.
"Which means, is it lower than the demon dragon?" Another observing contestant exclaimed.
Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, ATK: 4400→3400.
The demon dragon bit into the waist of Ultimate Giant, tearing it apart into two sections.
Tenjo Hikari LP: 1600→1500.
"Main Phase Two, activate The Tyrant Neptune's effect, dealing 1000 damage to the opponent!"
The Tyrant Neptune's eyes glowed with bloodlight, targeting Tenjo Hikari, Tenjo Hikari only felt his mind dizzy, that familiar sensation surprisingly appeared once more.
The power of Darkness!?
He clasped his waist, feeling slightly painful.
He raised his head and looked at The Tyrant Neptune and Jim.
No, it's merely some residual presence, this card seems to be sealed—and the sealing power is of Darkness.
He hadn't yet sorted out the causes and effects.
"End of turn." Jim sighed in relief.
Tenjo Hikari gently rubbed his brow, then stood up.
"Only 500 Life Points left."
"If there's no way to resolve Neptune this turn, next turn, Tenjo loses!"
"The Fusion Master losing to another user of Fusion?"