"When the card is returned to your hand card from the Extra Deck, it will go directly back to your Extra Deck—return, mechanical monster."
Melkaba turned into a card and flew towards Tenjo Hikari's Extra Deck. Just then, Tierra beside Tenjo Hikari suddenly reached out and grabbed the card.
"What's the matter?" Tenjo Hikari, who had been looking for a solution, stopped immediately and asked Tierra in confusion upon seeing this scene.
"This card is strange—" Tierra frowned, holding the card, "filthy creature, daring to plot against Tenjo Hikari."
Tierra's face didn't look good, and blue void fire flared up in her hand. Under the continuous burning flames, a cloud of black smoke gradually rose from the card and then dissipated.
Tenjo Hikari narrowed his eyes and looked towards Mr. T.
"Just some simple visual deception." Mr. T shamelessly said.
It seemed to imply that the black smoke on the card was just visual deception.
But Tenjo Hikari figured it out—if he had always carried this card, he might regard another familiar person as Mr. T and have a life-and-death confrontation with that person thereafter.
[Simple Visual Deception]!
Despite how well-concealed it was, Tierra had been meticulously studying all the actions and abilities of darkness lately. Previously, darkness had silently allowed a spirit to imitate someone familiar to Tenjo Hikari in appearance and behavior, and she hadn't noticed it, which made her quite embarrassed in front of Tenjo Hikari. Later, even Tenjo Hikari's memory was modified right in front of her, stirring a difficult-to-describe malice within her heart.
Today, facing the followers of that Future God, Tierra didn't wish to have her [divine favor] be mentally affected by the opponent.
"Ha..." Tenjo Hikari laughed coldly.
"Then, the duel should continue. Tenjo Hikari. Let us witness what you call a human duel."
In the face of Skill Drain, 5000 ATK is like an insurmountable mountain.
Tenjo Hikari looked to his left.
He spoke: "Activate the effect of Metalfoes Fusion from the Graveyard, return this card to the Deck, shuffle, and then draw a card."
Tenjo Hikari looked at the drawn card, then looked at the cards in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and smiled.
"Oh, just drew an excellent card." Tierra, observing Tenjo Hikari's hand, felt that Tenjo Hikari was probably certain of his victory.
"I'm really sorry," Tenjo Hikari looked at the cards in his hand and couldn't help but laugh, "If it were yesterday, no, if it were a few hours earlier, facing your current scenario, I might have had to ponder."
"But now, it's different." Tenjo Hikari raised a card, "My current Deck... is incredibly strong."
"Normal Spell Card, Shaddoll Fusion."
Mr. T's eyebrows twitched.
It was Shaddoll Fusion.
Which was bad.
"In the situation where there is a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck on the opponent's field, Shaddoll Fusion can send the Fusion Material from the Deck to the Graveyard for Fusion.I send Shaddoll Dragon from the Deck and Thunder Dragonhawk from the Deck to the Graveyard."
"Thunder... Dragonhawk?"
This was a card Mr. T had not seen before.
But soon, he realized that this card was likely another form of the "Thunder Source Dragon"—that card and its fusion state were rare cards exclusively owned by Tenjo Hikari. If that Thunder Dragon had evolved without others knowing, and Tenjo Hikari had kept it hidden, then no one would know its effect!
"Fusion Summon, LV 8, El Shaddoll Construct!"
A halo rose in the sky, a purple halo hung above Tenjo Hikari's head, making him look like an Angel. Meanwhile, on the other side, a huge stone Angel formed of rocks slowly made its appearance.
El Shaddoll Construct, LV 8, Light Attribute, Fairy-Type, 2800 ATK.
"When Construct is Special Summoned, I can send one Shaddoll card from the Deck to the Graveyard."
"Ha, don't forget, Tenjo Hikari, that Skill Drain is still on the field—"
"Of course, I know..." Tenjo Hikari responded, the same smile still on his face, if not even brighter than before, "I understand the effect of Skill Drain better than you.
You won't forget, will you? At the GX Tournament, I properly experienced Skill Drain."
Mr. T did not refute.
"Indeed, as long as Skill Drain is on the field, the effects of the monsters on the field are negated. Even if you have a Full Resistance monster, if Skill Drain exists before it lands, the landing will turn it into a blank slate.
However—
There are countless ways to crack it!"
"The simplest is to chain themselves!"
Tenjo Hikari extended two fingers, saying: "Shaddoll Dragon's effect, when this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, allows you to destroy one Spell and Trap Card on the field.
If I were to activate this effect first, then activate Construct's effect, then, based on the first-in-last-out principle, Construct will resolve its effect first, which would be negated by Skill Drain.
However, no one would be so foolish—to first activate Construct's effect, then activate Shaddoll Dragon's effect.
Based on Shaddoll Dragon's effect, I destroy your Skill Drain on the field!"
A Mechanical Dragon flew out of the card, rushed in front of Skill Drain, frantically swung its claws, and then tore that card to pieces.
Meanwhile, the invisible golden light on the field slowly dissipated.
"When handling Construct's effect, Skill Drain no longer existed on the field, so Construct could normally activate the effect—I send Shaddoll Beast from the Deck to the Graveyard.