[Anubis, LP 0]
Even after his Life Points had truly dropped to zero, Anubis seemed unable to recover from the shock he had just suffered.
The Pharaoh Xyz Summoned?
Before witnessing it with his own eyes, he could not believe those two words could even be placed together.
In truth, while Xyz was also a first for Atem, situations like this were nothing new to him.
Long before the Dueling Rules had been perfected, even before the concept of "Tribute Monsters require Tributes" had appeared, Atem had already demonstrated similar ideas in the anime.
Back then, Atem used a single Polymerization to fuse his own Black Luster Soldier with Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, transforming it into Dragon Master Knight and defeating the Five-Headed Dragon, which was then said to possess the highest ATK in history.
When Dragon Master Knight descended, even president Kaiba—the owner of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and the undisputed master of the card-printing world—was utterly stunned. He had never imagined they could be fused that way.
Afterward, president Kaiba asked Atem, "Did you know Dragon Master Knight existed from the very beginning?"
Atem had answered, "If you firmly believe in it, then it exists."
Though that had only been Polymerization and did not involve a transcendent Summoning Method like Xyz, it already reflected Atem's understanding and attitude toward Duel Monsters—Duelists should believe in their Monsters, and Monsters would repay their Duelists with infinite power.
A believing heart was the magic of evolution. It allowed both Monsters and Duelists themselves to continuously break through their limits and create miracles.
Well, of course, judging by the patterns of history, it seemed that only experts from the Yu generation possessed such confidence. If Kira were giving advice to newcomers, he would say, "Professional moves, do not imitate." If you