That final punch was pretty cool.
Besides, if he weren't going to use it and just take the damage, Tenjo Hikari was planning to use the Aleister in his hand to sneakily finish him off.
Too bad, the little trick didn't come to fruition.
Tenjo Hikari pondered for a moment, confirmed there were no issues, and ended his turn.
"My turn! Draw!" Jim drew his card and glanced at it.
"Spell Card, Pot of Greed." He activated it immediately, then drew two cards.
The first card.
Monster Reborn.
His eyes lit up slightly.
The next card—
It's here!!
He stared at that impressive card, his pupils contracted sharply.
"Well, Tenjo, it seems it's about to end!"
"Oh? Did you draw that 'super-powerful card' you mentioned?"
"That's right!" Jim smiled lightly, "With this card, perhaps we can present something even more interesting—Polymerization is a duel of mutual understanding and becoming friends with your opponent!"
Really?
Tenjo Hikari didn't expect Jim to say something like this.
In the original story, Jim was a person who would go to great lengths for his friends. After seeing Judai fall into becoming The Supreme King and close his heart, he was even willing to risk his life, using the Eye of Orichalcos to awaken Judai.
Although he ultimately failed, he entrusted the Eye of Orichalcos to O'Brien before his death, hoping he could use it to save Judai, while he himself didn't mind dying.
So, for him to say such things wasn't unusual.
It was just surprising that even though he hadn't talked much with Jim or known him for long, because he had helped Judai, Jim trusted him so much.
"Activate the Spell Card, Burial from a Different Dimension, which can return up to three of my or my opponent's banished monsters to the graveyard. I'll return all three of my banished Fossil Monsters to the graveyard."
"Then, I'll activate Fossil Fusion!" Rising in Jim's field, a giant fossil tablet began to float slowly, while mechanical sounds filled Tenjo Hikari's field.
"If I recall, Ultimate Giant has an effect where if it is destroyed, the Mechanical Giant in the graveyard can be resurrected, right? Then I'll use Mechanical Giant as Fusion Material for the Fusion Summon!"
"Ha, this doesn't seem like a 'Fusion of Friendship'!"
"Friendship is friendship, but a duel is about winning and losing—Activating the effect of Fossil Fusion, I'll banish Flint Cragger from my graveyard and your Mechanical Giant with a level of seven or higher from your graveyard for a Fusion Summon!"
"Prehistoric Giant Dinosaur!"
"Transform into the power to guard the earth, appear!"
"Fossil Dragon Skullgios!"
A massive dinosaur fossil with a long fossil tail roared onto the field.
Fossil Dragon Skullgios, LV 8, Earth Attribute, Rock-Type, ATK 3500.
"3500 ATK?"
"It's indeed higher than Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but whether it's Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem or Thousand-Eyes Restrict, it can't deal with them, right?"
The audience was puzzled.
"Indeed, as they said, Fossil Dragon has no way to deal with Thousand-Eyes Restrict." Mitsuzawa Daichi nodded from the special seats, "Thousand-Eyes Restrict has the ability to lock the attack and position of all other monsters on the field."
"Yes, if there is no way to handle Thousand-Eyes Restrict, attacking isn't possible." Manjome nodded in agreement.
This Skullgios summon indeed left them scratching their heads.
"Then, Spell Card, Monster Reborn—"
"Eh?" "Monster Reborn?" "Does this… really work?"
At this point, not just the audience, but even those in the special seats were dumbfounded.
Who could Monster Reborn revive?
The Ancient Gear Monsters, but their attack points are just so-so. Not to mention that Ancient Gears can't be Special Summoned, and even if they could, they wouldn't be able to handle Thousand-Eyes Restrict.
"You're not thinking of reviving Ancient Gear Howitzer, are you?" Tenjo Hikari thought of a possibility and couldn't help but ask.
"Haha—correct, I'm going to revive your Ancient Gear Howitzer!"
Unlike the Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem which can only be Fusion Summoned, Ancient Gear Howitzer can be revived with cards like Monster Reborn.
"Oh! Indeed, Ancient Gear Howitzer is unaffected by other effects and can attack..." Mitsuzawa Daichi realized.
"But it only has 1000 ATK!" Manjome shook his head, "Even though Thousand-Eyes Restrict's ATK isn't high, it still has 2100."
Manjome hesitated and continued, "Perhaps… he has another plan we haven't figured out?"
"Tenjo Hikari, do you know what he's up to?" even Tierra couldn't resist her curiosity and asked Tenjo Hikari, full of wonder.
Tenjo Hikari stroked his chin, deep in thought, and then suddenly seemed to realize something: "Don't tell me it's that thing?"
"Now, everything is ready, Tenjo-san!" Jim's face was filled with excitement. He held a card in hand, looking at it intently with one eye, "To you, a duel is Polymerization, but to me, it's more than just fusion—so, I'm sorry, you may be the strongest Fusion Master, but I want to become an even stronger Duelist.
I want to use a more powerful card to embrace the even more beautiful earth—
I offer up the two monsters on the field as a sacrifice!"
Tenjo Hikari gasped.
"Huh?" "What's he doing?"
Everyone exclaimed in astonishment.
Suddenly, in the sky, a glimmer of starlight unexpectedly replaced the sunlight, even in this Spirit Realm, appearing extremely magnificent and mysterious.
"Awooo!!!" Crocodile Kallen howled with excitement upon seeing Jim finally summon this monster, visibly thrilled.