Chapter 531: Kaiba, Your Card is Really Useful, But Now It's Mine
"Hayato?"
Looking up at Hayato in the sky, Yugi had a brief exchange with him and learned about the current situation.
Everyone outside was fine, and the missing Yugi Mutou had been found by Hayato, who had ventured deep into the "Pyramid of Light". Aside from the Kaiba Dome, a newly completed Building, having a large hole in it, and Kaiba himself being beaten up, no one else was injured.
Furthermore, Yugi also learned from Hayato the necessary conditions to defeat Anubis.
However, Anubis was unaware of all this. After watching Yugi look up for a moment, he showed him a confident expression.
"I see, I understand completely." With his finger on the top card of his Deck, Yugi reached for his Deck to draw, sighing slightly, "The shortcut I wanted to take turned out to be the longest path."
"My Turn, Draw!"
"Then I Activate the Spell Card, [Magical Stone Excavation]! By Discarding two cards from my Hand and Sending them to the Graveyard, I Recycle the Spell Card [Card of Demise] from my Graveyard and Activate it!"
"This card's Effect allows both Players to Draw cards from their Decks until their Hand contains six cards. Since I have no cards in my Hand, I can Draw six cards!"
Using [Magical Stone Excavation], Yugi benefited from the Effect of [Card of Demise] for the third time in this Duel, Drawing six cards from his Deck in one go. Seeing this, Anubis sneered. "Heh heh, useless struggle. What good are more cards when facing the invincible [Sphinx Andro Sphinx] on the Field?"
"Furthermore, I also have no cards in my Hand, so I can Draw six cards as well."
Matching Yugi's action, Anubis also Drew six cards. When he saw the cards he drew, the corner of his mouth curved up. It seemed he had Drawn quite good cards.
'Although I Drew four filler cards, [Dark Hole] and [Blast Sphere] finally made it into my Hand.'
'Next Turn, I just need to Normal Summon [Blast Sphere], use its Effect to Equip it to [Sphinx Andro Sphinx], and then Activate [Dark Hole] to Destroy all Monsters on the Field. This will clear all the Monsters that kid might Summon this Turn, while [Sphinx Andro Sphinx] can use [Blast Sphere] to protect itself from this Destruction.'
'After that, a Direct Attack will be my complete Victory!'
Anubis's plan was sound, but he didn't notice the smile that appeared on Yugi's face when he saw the cards he had Drawn.
'Hayato just told me that Kaiba has a new [Blue-Eyes] card with a very powerful Effect, comparable to a God Card. If I remember correctly, it seems to be the one Kaiba wanted to Summon by Tributing [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] earlier?'
Thinking this, Yugi pressed the button to Activate a Set Card. "Anubis, in this Duel, I'll fight for Kaiba's sake too. I Activate the last Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone, [Graverobber]! By Paying 1000 Life Points, I can choose one card from the Opponent's Graveyard to use."
[Yugi: 1600 → 600 LP]
"Hmm? A card from the Graveyard?" Anubis lifted his Duel Disk and said contemptuously, "It doesn't matter. [Sphinx Andro Sphinx]'s ATK won't decrease just because a Monster leaves the Graveyard."
"No, not your Graveyard."
Yugi shook his head, pointing to Kaiba nearby. "The Target I choose is Kaiba's Graveyard, whose Duel you interfered with. To be precise, it's the card Kaiba wanted to Summon earlier but was Interrupted by you!"
As he spoke, Yugi looked towards Kaiba.
And just at that moment, Kaiba, who had been unconscious for a long time due to suffocation, slightly regained consciousness. As soon as he woke up, he saw his cards scattered beside him, as well as Yugi and Anubis confronting each other, and his gaze happened to meet Yugi's.
"This is..."
"Kaiba, you're awake."
Kaiba's regaining consciousness was unexpected for Yugi. However, Yugi had already Paid Life Points to Activate the card. Although it felt a bit awkward taking Kaiba's card right in front of him, Yugi still extended his hand.
And the [Dark Magician] on the Field also cooperatively swung the Staff in its hand. Mystical Power was released onto the cards beside Kaiba, taking one of them and sending it flying into Yugi's Hand. Yugi reached out and precisely gripped it between his fingers.
"Yugi! Kisama!"
Although Yugi's action was cool, someone was very annoyed.
Kaiba glared at Yugi, "Although I don't know what just happened, Yugi, you dare to take that [Blue-Eyes] from my hand!"
'I've only ever used it on the simulator, and you dare to steal my card's precious first time!'
He didn't say the second half out loud, as even Kaiba was self-aware enough to know it was a bit embarrassing.
"Sorry, Kaiba, I can apologize later, but right now I must defeat the person opposite me." Yugi mentioned what Anubis had done, his teeth clenched slightly, "He actually dared to take Aibo away from me!"
In his wrath, Yugi looked down at the card he had taken from Kaiba's hand.
[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon][Level 10 / LIGHT]
[Dragon Type / Effect]
[3000 ATK / 2500 DEF]
[Effect: Cannot be Normal Summoned. Must be Special Summoned by Tributing one [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] you control. This card gains 300 ATK for each Dragon Type Monster in your Graveyard. The Player chooses whether to accept the Effects of Spell/Trap/Monster Effects used against their Monsters or themselves. Also, you can Tribute this card to Destroy any number of cards on the Field. This Effect cannot be Negated, and can be Activated during your Opponent's Turn.]
After reading the Effect of [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon], even Yugi, who had seen many things, was slightly silent. After all, the Effect of this card was a bit ridiculous. He somewhat understood where Kaiba's confidence in defeating him and Hayato came from.
What does "The Player chooses whether to accept" mean? What does "Destroy any number, cannot be Negated" mean?
Such a shameless Effect is so typical of Pegasus's style. When that guy gets an inspiration, he loves to just print cards with random effects, completely disregarding whether the card's strength is reasonable. Truly unforgivable, Pegasus!
After cursing Pegasus as usual, Yugi reread the Effect of [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]. This card is indeed strong, but Summoning it is truly troublesome. It cannot be Normal Summoned but can be Special Summoned by Tributing [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], and only Kaiba has [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. This means that even if dozens or hundreds more of this card were printed, it wouldn't affect the Duel Monsters meta.
If Yugi were to design it, first he would change "can be Special Summoned" to "can only be Special Summoned", then that confusing "Player chooses whether to accept" Effect must be removed, and finally, the card-destroying Effect that can even Destroy Gods must have "cannot be Negated" removed and only be able to Destroy one card. Then these cards would be slightly more reasonable.
Although Yugi was grumbling internally about the strength of [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon], in the current situation, the overly powerful [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] was most suitable. To defeat Anubis, having an even stronger effect wouldn't be a problem.
However, the problem currently facing Yugi was that he didn't have a card in his Hand that could Special Summon [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]. After all, his Deck didn't have many High-Level Dragon Type Monsters, nor had he Drawn [Monster Reborn] to Resurrect the [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] in Anubis's Graveyard.
But, Yugi did bring an [Autonomous Action Unit], and he also "just happened" to Draw a card that could Recover Life Points by Tributing a Monster, which would provide the Life Points needed to Activate [Autonomous Action Unit]: [Mystik Wok]...
Unaware that his [Dark Magician] behind him was being stared at with a subtle gaze by Yugi, it suddenly shivered, and then heard Yugi's voice: "Anubis, to defeat you, I'm willing to give up my old friend, [Dark Magician]. I Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, [Mystik Wok]."
"I Tribute [Dark Magician]! My Life Points recover by the amount of [Dark Magician]'s ATK, which is 2500 points!"
With [Dark Magician] wearing a confused expression, a large pot descended from the sky and covered it, Sending it to the Graveyard. Yugi's Life Points recovered accordingly.
[Yugi: 600 → 3100 LP]
"With enough Life Points, I can Activate this card, the Equip Spell Card [Autonomous Action Unit]! By paying 1500 Life Points, I can Special Summon one Monster from the Opponent's Graveyard to the Field in Attack Position and Equip it with [Autonomous Action Unit]! And the one I choose is the [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] in your Graveyard, Anubis!"
"Come to the Field, [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!"
[Yugi: 3100 → 1600 LP]
After going in circles, Yugi's Life Points returned to the value Kaiba had set, but on the Field, a three-headed White Dragon appeared.
"This is the second time someone has used my [Blue-Eyes] in front of me. But, if it's used to defeat the guy who dared to interfere with my Duel, I can settle the score with you later." Kaiba's face turned sour because of the appearance of [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. However, perhaps because he had gotten used to seeing his [Blue-Eyes] change hands during his Duel with Hayato, most of Kaiba's wrath was directed at Anubis.
"However, if my [Blue-Eyes] loses to someone who looks like a fourth-rate Duelist using a third-rate Deck, you better be prepared to apologize, Yugi!"
"Don't worry, Kaiba, I want to defeat this guy in front of me even more than you do."
Replying to Kaiba, Yugi raised the [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] he had added to his Hand earlier high above his head. "Now, I will continue the Summon that Kaiba failed to complete earlier! I Tribute the [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] on the Field!"
"A Summon from beyond the Ultimate Monster, the Dragon of Light that erases everything!"
Following closely behind Yugi, Kaiba seemed to stand up, excited, perhaps because a new... a new [Blue-Eyes] was about to be Summoned. He exclaimed, "Let your radiance completely tear apart the filthy and impure darkness! Toughness, Invincible, Strongest! Crush! Destroy! Great Applause!"
"Descend!" X2
"[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]!!"
"Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon!!!"
The body of the three-headed Ultimate Dragon suddenly cracked open with countless fissures. As if infinite radiance burst forth from the fissures, accompanied by sounds of shattering, like breaking out of a cocoon to become a butterfly, [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] broke out of the body of [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!
Its slender body lit up with countless blue stripes like totems, and its sharp surface seemed to wear mechanical-textured armor. Called the Strongest Card that surpasses God Cards by Pegasus, the Father of Duel Monsters who created the Three Egyptian Gods, [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] made its grand entrance!
[Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon][ATK 3000]
The sacred and dazzling White Dragon descended onto the Field. Even Yugi was quite shocked looking at the White Dragon before him. "This is... the Strongest Evolutionary Form of [Blue-Eyes]?"
"Heh heh, this is the symbol of my power, [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon]." Kaiba said proudly, "If it weren't for that annoying guy earlier, I would have already defeated you, Yugi."
"Whatever about that," Yugi said somewhat helplessly, his sharp gaze sweeping towards Anubis. "Although I don't have enough Dragon Type Monsters in my Graveyard to provide power for [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon], my goal is just its strongest effect."
"I Tribute [Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon] to Activate its Effect! I choose to Destroy your [Sphinx Andro Sphinx] on the Field, the [Pyramid of Light], and that Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone, Anubis!"
"I've endured to my limit! Now is the time! I will destroy all your cards!"
Anubis heard Yugi's words but sneered disdainfully, "Useless, useless! The [Pyramid of Light] isn't an ordinary Duel Monsters Card like the ones you use! It houses a powerful energy capable of World Destruction! How could it possibly be affected by a mere Monster—"
"Puaah!?"
Mid-sentence, Anubis suddenly screamed in pain, clutching desperately at the Crystal Pyramid on his chest, his voice somewhat confused. "Wh-What happened?! What did you do!"
--- Inside the Pyramid of Light ---
"I see, that 'King of Destruction' actually wants to turn the world into ashes. He's a dangerous guy indeed." Yugi Mutou and Hayato sat on scattered empty coffins in a Room, learning many things from Hayato beside him.
Not far away, the wreckage of many mummies was scattered on the ground. Although their strong life force allowed them to still move even when in pieces, they were too weak and were easily suppressed by [Ojama Yellow] leading the [Ojama] Monsters.
"But, Hayato, why is Bakura here too?" Yugi's gaze glanced towards the end of the Room, where the White-Haired One with rabbit-ear styled hair was squatting beside a mummy, his hand pressed tightly against the Crystal Pyramid on its chest, continuously releasing the energy within. "And I feel like you're using Bakura."
"Don't just feel it, I am indeed using Bakura, but this Bakura isn't the Bakura you know, Yugi." Beside Yugi, Hayato looked at the Bakura who wore a look of pleasure. "That guy isn't a good person. It's mutual utilization, but compared to Anubis, I'd rather let that guy get some benefit."
"However, by my calculations, that guy still owes me a favor."
Feeling the thousand years' worth of accumulated power in the Crystal Pyramid being released, although a large portion of it was wasted and another portion returned to the Three Egyptian Gods cards, Bakura, or rather, the Great Evil God Zorc manifesting in Bakura's appearance, still absorbed quite a bit of power that left him quite satisfied.
"It's just like putting on fresh underwear to welcome the first morning of the new year! Thank you very much, Hayato Kobayashi."
"You're still thanking me?"
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 532: You Can't Possibly One-Turn Kill Me, Can You?
When Hayato first entered the "Pyramid of Light", he hadn't actually expected to encounter Bakura. However, upon seeing Bakura, Hayato understood exactly what the "Pyramid of Light" was.
Compared to Millennium Items, which stored immense power beforehand by sacrificing lives during their creation, the "Pyramid of Light" was more of a versatile conversion device. It could not only convert the power of destroyed monsters into life points, as seen in the duel against Hayato earlier, but also perform spatial substitution.
Hayato, having watched the anime in his previous life, had wondered why this labyrinth with distorted gravity, which appeared after the "Pyramid of Light" emerged, was so similar to Dark Yugi's Mind Room. Now it seemed it wasn't just a similarity; Anubis had used the "Pyramid of Light" to directly substitute Dark Yugi's Mind Room within the Millennium Puzzle.
Therefore, the connection between Yugi Mutou and Dark Yugi, which should have been a heart-to-heart connection through the Millennium Puzzle, was directly severed due to the substitution. Along with it, the residual soul of the Great Evil God hiding within the Millennium Puzzle, which was Bakura, was also transferred into the "Pyramid of Light".
Hayato, who knew Dark Yugi's, or rather, Pharaoh's true name and true identity, thus deduced a conclusion—Anubis planned to absorb the power of Kaiba and Yugi, utilizing the destiny of their intertwined struggle that had lasted for a thousand years. He even intended to go a step further and replace Dark Yugi's position to lord over the world and carry out the destruction of the world for the Light of Destruction behind him!
Since the opponent wasn't a good person, Hayato didn't need to pretend to be a gentleman. Striking an understanding with Bakura, he directly used the power of the Millennium Ring to locate Anubis—that guy had directly replaced Dark Yugi's Mind Room with his own room, even decorating it like a newly unearthed tomb. He had truly usurped the host's place.
Although the group of mummies acting as Guard in the Room were insurmountable for ordinary people and possessed the characteristic of being ageless and immortal, neither Hayato nor Bakura were ordinary people. They easily suppressed these mummies, which were useless except for their life force and numbers. If they were Tristan and Joey Wheeler, they could have gone on a rampage.
Considering that Anubis might tamper with the Crystal Pyramid, his true form, Hayato let Bakura handle it. Bakura was quite picky; he wasn't interested in the power converted by the Crystal Pyramid at all, but rather had a great need for the resentment and other negative emotions within it.
It was then that Hayato discovered that after the "Pyramid of Light" substituted the Millennium Puzzle, his Millennium Ring's counter ability against the Millennium Items was still somewhat retained. This was why Hayato was able to inform Dark Yugi of the situation earlier.
In the small world within the "Pyramid of Light", Bakura was feasting, while Hayato found the still-lost Yugi Mutou and kept him close. Outside the world of the "Pyramid of Light", Anubis, who was dueling Yugi, watched in disbelief as cracks gradually appeared on the Crystal Pyramid on his chest.
"No, impossible! Why is this happening?!"
"In that Millennium Rod, shouldn't there only be the weak soul of the King of Darkness's real world vessel? I clearly observed for a long time before deciding to substitute the 'Pyramid of Light' with the 'Millennium Rod'!"
"What's with that evil soul, and that guy who broke in, it's Hayato Kobayashi!"
"Ono-re!"
"My perfect plan is actually being defeated by a guy more vulgar than frog's urine!"
"Killing you a thousand times wouldn't be enough! Hayato Kobayashi!"
It wasn't that Anubis was selectively holding a grudge; he actually held great resentment towards Bakura, who was tampering with his Crystal Pyramid. However, he had no idea what Bakura's name was, and he hadn't paid any attention to Yugi's name either, only remembering Hayato. So, he simply directed all his wrath towards Hayato all at once.
However, Anubis's anger at this moment was ultimately just powerless wrath.
On the Field, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon ascended into the air, radiating countless thin beams of light from the patterns on its body.
When these beams swept over Yugi and Kaiba, they seemed like ordinary light sources, merely passing over them without leaving any trace. But when the beams touched the blue light walls surrounding them, they reacted violently, like quicklime meeting boiling water, causing the ground to shake intensely.
And Anubis's Sphinx Andro Sphinx on the Field, although its ATK had increased to an incredibly exaggerated 13500 points due to its own effect, enough to defeat four and a half Blue-Eyes White Dragons, it was ultimately a weakling with no resistance. Under the holy light released by Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, its body, touched by the beams of light, began to swell as if it could explode at any moment.
"Before you think about taking revenge on others, you should worry about yourself, Anubis."
Yugi's voice came through, followed immediately by Kaiba's voice:
"As punishment for interfering with my sacred duel, all your hope will be extinguished by the power of my invincible Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon."
"Take this, Anubis!" X2
"Shining Nova!!" X2
As Yugi and Kaiba shouted the same attack name in perfect understanding, the power of Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon erupted to its peak. For a moment, it was as if a supernova had truly exploded within the "Pyramid of Light", and the holy white radiance enveloped everything!
Pyramid of Light, destroyed!
"Uwaaahhhh!!!"
Within the light, Anubis screamed.
And the "Pyramid of Light" that had trapped Yugi and Kaiba completely disintegrated under the might of Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, returning the two to the Kaiba Dome, this "open-air" venue.
Mid-air, countless particles drifted from Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's body, gradually entering a transparent state. However, before she vanished, she turned her head to look at Kaiba.
Kaiba, meeting Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's gaze, saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes. A sudden sadness and heartache welled up in his heart, though he didn't know why.
"Ki..." Kaiba inexplicably wanted to say a name, but couldn't remember what it was. Taking the card of Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon back from Yugi's Hand, Kaiba silently looked at the White Dragon on the card.
In the Spectator Area, everyone naturally saw Yugi and Kaiba return to the Field the moment the "Pyramid of Light" disappeared.
"Yugi!" "Brother!"
The shouts of Joey Wheeler, Keipei, and others attracted the attention of both Yugi and Kaiba. Looking in the direction of the voices, Yugi hadn't even had time to greet Joey Wheeler and the others when he noticed the position above their heads, and his face changed drastically: "Everyone, get away from there quickly!"
The confused crowd looked up, and their faces all changed.
Earlier, after absorbing the power of the Three Egyptian Gods, the "Pyramid of Light" had released a towering column of light, creating a scene of doomsday descending upon the world, while also punching a large hole through the Rooftop of the Kaiba Dome that was in its way.
Now, with the disappearance of the "Pyramid of Light", there was no column of light, and the already unstable Dome further disintegrated. A large piece of wreckage was falling towards the Spectator Area directly below under the effect of gravity!
"Boom!"
"Keipei!" "Téa, Joey Wheeler, Tristan!"
Even though they were warned by Yugi and knew about the danger above, there was simply too little time. The people in the Spectator Area had no time to escape and were covered by the dust kicked up when the wreckage fell.
And Yugi and Kaiba's anxious shouts received no response.
However, in the smoke, Joey Wheeler, who had nervously hugged Tristan beside him out of fear, felt no pain even after a long time.
"It's over, it's over, I couldn't have been crushed to death directly, could I?" Joey Wheeler muttered nervously to himself. Because he was close, he also saw Tristan, who had made almost the exact same movement as him and also hugged him in the moment of crisis. "And I was crushed to death with this idiot Tristan, I haven't even been in love yet!"
"The one calling others an idiot is the idiot, and I haven't been in love either! Compared to you and Mai's ambiguous relationship, I haven't made any progress with Shizuka because of you." Tristan ranted at Joey Wheeler. "If you have a conscience, at least let me go on a date with Shizuka once."
"Even in this situation where we're both dead, you shouldn't even think about that."
Honda looked at Joey Wheeler's foolish appearance and pried away the hand he had wrapped around his shoulder. "So you're the idiot, we're not dead at all, okay?"
"Huh?" Joey Wheeler was a little slow to react. He looked up and saw that the wreckage that should have fallen was now stopped a distance above their heads, not continuing to descend. "Could it be that there really is a God in the world?"
At this moment, a voice came from behind Joey Wheeler and Tristan:
"Hmph, do I look like God to you?"
The two turned around and saw that the speaker was Marik, who was holding up the Millennium Rod and sweating profusely.
"It's just a mere piece of wreckage. Lava Golem isn't just for show. Watch me push it back!"
Following Marik's arm holding the Millennium Rod, Joey Wheeler and Tristan finally realized that a giant lava arm had extended from the ground, holding up the falling wreckage. It was none other than the card spirit of the materialized Lava Golem.
The fire light of Lava Golem illuminated the smoke, and the unharmed crowd appeared in the eyes of the two on the Duel Field, making Yugi sigh in relief.
Kaiba, worried about Keipei, immediately ran towards the Spectator Area. Yugi also wanted to follow, but at this moment, he heard a voice from behind him: "Where do you think you're going, you guy?"
"!"
Turning his head, Yugi remembered that he had only just destroyed the cards of the "Pyramid of Light"; he and Anubis were not finished yet. Turning back to look at where Anubis had been, he indeed saw Anubis struggling to climb up from the ground.
As the "Pyramid of Light" cards were destroyed, Anubis's Crystal Pyramid was also covered in countless cracks, looking as if it could shatter at any touch.
However, in stark contrast to the state of the Crystal Pyramid, Anubis's body was currently filled with a large amount of energy that could be observed directly with the naked eye. Although his expression showed annoyance, it was more filled with relief.
"The most important part of Yours Truly's plan, the 'Pyramid of Light' used to destroy this world and create despair, was actually destroyed by you. Tsk, with this, my plan cannot proceed at all."
"However, it doesn't matter. That 'Pyramid of Light' itself was just a tool I created with the knowledge I obtained. As long as I have enough time, I can still create another one. It will just take a very long time, which is completely irrelevant to me, who is ageless and immortal after my revival."
"But, this feeling of humiliation from my plan being thwarted, I can't rest easy if I don't vent it!"
Anubis sneered as he looked at Yugi: "So what if you destroyed all my cards? With my remaining life points, you can't possibly clear them this turn, and next turn will be the time of your death descent!"
Yugi was a little confused: "Your life points are only—!!!"
[Anubis: 14500 LP]
"Hehehe, I'll return the same words to you, arrogant kid. This is the struggle I made for victory." Anubis proudly displayed a card. "Before you destroyed Sphinx Andro Sphinx, I activated the set card in my Spell/Trap Zone, Mysterious Chinese Pot."
"Thanks to you mortals for teaching me this useful strategy. Instead of letting Sphinx Andro Sphinx be destroyed, I might as well stir-fry it and eat it."
"Now my life points are over ten thousand. Can you possibly deal 14500 points of damage with only four cards in your Hand and one-turn kill me?"
The proud Anubis anticipated the look of despair that would soon appear on Yugi's face, but to his surprise, Yugi laughed: "Really, that's a big help. I was just worried that the punishment I dealt you earlier might not have been enough."
"In this situation, this card is probably better. I'll perform a normal summon this turn, summoning Mystical Elf with 1400 ATK in attack position, and then enter my battle phase!"
"A monster with 1400 ATK? Aren't monsters with less than 1500 ATK all weak monsters?"
Anubis said contemptuously, and Yugi made an attack declaration: "Then let me show you the power of a 'weak monster'. Mystical Elf's direct attack!"
The sharp sword carved a wound on Anubis's chest, but due to the immense life force on Anubis's body at the moment, his wound healed instantly.
[Anubis: 14500 → 13100 LP]
"Muda da, what a painless attack! And then you have no way—"
"Sore wa dou kana!" Looking at Anubis's proud expression, Yugi played a card from his Hand. "By discarding all the cards in my Hand, I activate a Quick-Play Spell Card targeting Mystical Elf with 1500 or less ATK!"
"Berserker Soul!"
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 533: Degradation, Monster Card
"Activate **Berserker Soul**!"
After activating the card in his Hand, Yugi saw that Anubis still wore an indifferent expression, and knew that he wasn't aware of the effect of the card **Berserker Soul**.
So he "kindly" explained: "Because of **Berserker Soul**'s effect, I draw a card from the top of my Deck. If it's a Monster Card, I send it to the Graveyard, and then my **Mystical Elf** on the Field can attack you again."
"Dorō! (Draw!)"
Placing his finger on the Deck, Yugi drew the card from the top like a samurai drawing his sword. Without even looking at what card he drew, he shouted loudly,
"Monster Card! (Monster Card!)"
The **Mystical Elf**, which hadn't returned to the Field in front of Anubis, swung the long sword in its Hand again with this shout. The sharp blade once again slashed through Anubis's body. Although his body healed again, a portion of his Life Points was taken away once more.
[Anubis: 13100→11700 LP]
"Tsk, troublesome kid." Anubis frowned and said, annoyed, "But it's still just minor, insignificant injuries, not worth mentioning—"
"Dorō!"
After sending the previously drawn **Mammoth Graveyard** to the Graveyard, Yugi drew a card again, interrupting Anubis's unfinished words, "Monster Card!"
[Anubis: 11700→10300 LP]
"Ugh!" Anubis was choked by the **Mystical Elf**'s attack. Besides the pain, a confused expression appeared on his face. "Why... why did it attack again!?"
"The continuous attacks performed by **Berserker Soul**'s effect don't have a once per turn restriction. It can continue until I draw a card other than a Monster Card!" Yugi sent **Giant Soldier of Stone** from his Hand to the Graveyard. "Even if your Life Points are cleared, **Berserker Soul**'s effect can still continue to resolve."
"Here I come, Anubis. Do you have enough Life Point reserves?"
"Third Dorō!"
As he spoke, Yugi drew another card.
Seeing Yugi so proud, Anubis was also extremely angry: "You kid, you just got lucky and drew two Monster Cards in a row. How many Monster Cards can possibly be left in the Deck, and how many more can you draw?"
"As for how many Monster Cards are in the Deck, I haven't really checked, but for a True Duelist, every draw is destined. You can even create your own future."
Yugi said, showing the drawn card to Anubis again, **Guardian Winged Dragon**, "Monster Card!"
"Pfft!"
[Anubis: 10300→9900 LP]
"Ugh!" His heart pierced by a sharp blade again, even though the wound on Anubis's body healed rapidly once more, the speed of recovery was noticeably slower to the naked eye. "You bastard!"
"You actually made me make such a humiliating sound!"
"I won't let you off!"
Yugi looked at Anubis and said coldly: "Hmph, suit yourself. You can even tell the Jailers of the Underworld about that obsession after you die."
"But there's one thing I won't leave to the Jailers of hell to do."
Yugi pointed his finger at Anubis, "Interfering with others' sacred duels, attempting to destroy the World, and harming Aibo, you've completely angered me, Anubis!"
"Upon you, I shall bring down the punishment of ten thousand swords piercing the body!"
"Dorō! Monster Card!"
"Dorō! Monster Card!"
"Dorō! Monster Card!"
"Dorō! Monster Card!"
"Dorō! Monster Card!"
"Dorō! Monster Card!"
"Dorō! Monster Card!"
[Anubis: 9900→8500→7100→5700→4300→2900→1500→100 LP]
Drawing seven cards consecutively, Yugi drew seven more Monster Cards. By sending these seven cards to the Graveyard, **Mystical Elf** delivered seven relentless attacks. Swords pierced like rain, reducing Anubis's Life Points in one go to only the last 100 points.
"Ya, Yarou! My Life Points were originally a full fourteen thousand five hundred points, and yet, and yet I, Anubis, have been reduced to this state!"
Anubis's gaze filled with hatred was fixed on Yugi, but Yugi merely placed his finger on the Deck again.
"Dorō!" With another draw, Yugi drew a **Kuriboh**, sending it to the Graveyard. "This is the final blow, Anubis."
"Monster Card!"
Although not comparable to the MVP **Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon** which turned the tide in this Duel, **Mystical Elf**, which dealt the most damage, raised the long sword in its Hand one last time and swung it down forcefully!
"Ugh!!"
[Anubis: 100 LP→0]
"Dorō!"
Although Anubis's Life Points had been cleared and his body had even begun to gradually turn into dust and disperse, Yugi still drew a card because of **Berserker Soul**. However, this time, he drew **Monster Reborn**, which was a Spell Card, not a Monster Card.
After achieving its goal, **Berserker Soul** precisely ended its effect at the right time, without continuing to "whip the corpse" of Anubis, although attacking Anubis, who had died a thousand years ago, was broadly speaking "whip the corpse" anyway.
Yugi wouldn't do something as despicable as shouting "Monster Card" when he clearly drew a Spell Card. If he did, even **Dark Magician Girl** might be scared into losing a star (level). He ended this Duel, looking at Anubis, whose body was gradually turning back into a decaying mummy, with the sole scarlet eyeball on his half-transformed face glaring at him.
"Your ambition is over, Anubis."
Anubis seemed like he wanted to say something, but the dispersal of his body had completely spread. Before he could open his mouth to say anything, his body completely collapsed, falling to the ground, even crushing the already shattered Crystal Pyramid on his chest.
The scarlet eyeball from the Eye of Wjat/Udjat rolled onto the ground.
Joey Wheeler and the others, who had moved from the Spectator Area to the Field, also witnessed Yugi's victory in the Duel.
"He did it!" "Yugi won!" "Alright, Yugi!"
No matter how you looked at it, this Duel was Yugi's victory, as Anubis himself had been defeated with his Life Points cleared by Yugi's continuous attacks from **Berserker Soul**.
It was at the same time the Crystal Pyramid shattered that Yugi and Hayato, who were in the Pyramid of Light World, felt everything around them begin to vibrate violently.
"It looks like the Duel outside is over," Hayato said, looking at the ancient walls and floor tiles around them shattering, revealing the void World, knowing that Dark Yugi must have defeated Anubis.
"Yeah, because The Other Me is very strong," Yugi smiled and nodded, noticing his body gradually becoming transparent, seemed like returning to the soul state he would appear in within the normal **Millennium Puzzle** before.
Almost in one go, accompanied by the cracking of the surrounding space, Yugi's figure disappeared, seemed like returning to the normal World.
Hayato smiled as he watched Yugi leave: "Not just The Other Yugi, you, Yugi, are also very strong."
However, this sentence wasn't heard by Yugi, but it was heard by the other "person" sitting slumped in this Room. But that was someone completely uninterested in Duel Monsters.
"Heh heh, what a feast I had. I never thought that ugly guy had such a rich foundation."
Bakura, looking relaxed, sat casually on the Stairs like a pregnant woman in a very undignified manner. Although the space cracks around him were gradually approaching him, he didn't care at all, letting them spread.
Opening his narrowed eyes, he glanced at Hayato, who walked up the Stairs and picked up the red gem lying among the Crystal Pyramid fragments from Anubis's chest. Bakura said casually: "Are you interested in that thing? It's just a converter, although it also has the ability to transfer and store energy. The energy inside is completely cleared now; it has no usefulness whatsoever."
"Of course, if you're willing to slaughter humans using the method this thing was created with at that time, you can also gain power by converting human souls."
"I wouldn't go that far just for power. I'm still very interested in **Double Jump**." Hayato tossed the red gem in his Hand. "However, you seem like you know the origin of this thing?"
"Of course I do, who do you think I am?"
Bakura's face showed some pride: "When that ugly guy named Anubis got the method to make this thing from the existence behind him, I remembered some of it. And I also know the true form of this thing and how to use it."
"In terms you can understand, this thing is equivalent to a wish machine. It can almost make your wishes come true, the only cost is that you need to pay some equivalent things in advance to fulfill the wish. Because it's an equivalent exchange, it's somewhat useless, which is why I'm not very interested in that thing."
"Equivalent exchange?" Hayato's expression became a little strange upon hearing this, as he thought of something.
Bakura, who was paying attention to Hayato, naturally knew from Hayato's expression what he was thinking of: "That's right, 'Fifth Element'. I remember people outside called this thing that, also called 'Philosopher's Stone', 'Red Elixir', etc. I feel 'Red Elixir' is more appropriate, since they're both red."
"Of course, it seems like it's more commonly known as 'Sage's Stone'," Bakura said with a look of dark humor. "I can tell you how to make it. It's actually very simple, just use weapons made of Orichalcum to kill enough people, and you can reverse the attribute of the green Orichalcum. But unfortunately, even if you have the courage to murder, this World probably hasn't had Orichalcum for a long time, and there won't be a second..."
As he spoke, Bakura looked at a card Hayato took from his Waist and suddenly fell silent.
"Tsk, if you had **Sage's Stone**, you should have said so earlier. You wasted my time."
Taking out the **Philosopher's Stone - Sabatiel** card from the Warehouse, Hayato looked at the red gem in his Hand, which was identical to the one in the card art, smiled, and put them away together. He raised his gradually transparent Hand: "Actually, you wasted my time more, since it looks like I have to leave too."
Unlike Yugi, Hayato used his true form when entering the Pyramid of Light. Although he could stay a little longer than Yugi, who was directly kicked out, he would still be forced out if he stayed longer. And if he were forcibly kicked out, Hayato wasn't sure he could protect himself. He didn't want to become a spirit or a space ghost for now.
As for the information Bakura mentioned, it wasn't entirely wasted time. Through Bakura's words, Hayato finally knew the answer to a question that had puzzled him in his previous life.
Several years later, in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, during Judai's story, in Judai's third year of enrollment, he would meet transfer students from other Duel Academy branch schools. Among them was a student named Jim Crocodile Cook. When he was a child, he lost his right eye after being injured while saving his alligator friend named Karen, but he received a red eyeball called the **Eye of Orichalcum** from a man he didn't know.
Many events happened during that school year, causing Judai to awaken the dark power in his heart and transform into **Supreme King Judai**, almost becoming a completely different person. However, he later returned to being Judai because another mercenary companion named O'Brien used Jim's **Eye of Orichalcum**.
According to Bakura, **Sage's Stone** is essentially reversed Orichalcum, which is Orichalcos. This explains the operation where Jim's red **Eye of Orichalcum**, at the cost of his Life Points, turned Judai back.
However, a new question arose. Bakura said that this World no longer had Orichalcum, which is Orichalcos. Where did the person who gave the **Eye of Orichalcum** to Jim when he was a child get the Orichalcum, and how did they complete its creation?
Hayato temporarily suppressed this question in his heart. He took a deep look at Bakura, who outwardly had nothing to do with the Great Evil God or anything similar, and looked more like a lazy person hyped up after eating fried chicken. His figure disappeared from this World.
As Hayato left, Bakura yawned a little boredly: "Honestly, I'm the only one left again. But, he even has **Sage's Stone**. He's really an incredible guy, Hayato Kobayashi."
"However, I, who am left in the **Millennium Rod**, am just a backup soul fragment of the true form. It's the true form outside that needs to worry; it's not my turn at all."
Bakura, with his legs crossed, was destroyed along with everything around him, returning to the **Millennium Puzzle** where he had been hiding before.
After arriving outside at the Kaiba Dome, which had been destroyed into something like a "bird's nest", Hayato didn't rush to greet Ishizu and Yugi, who had noticed his appearance nearby. Instead, he immediately searched for something on the ground full of building wreckage.
His movements were fast, and within a few seconds, he found a red gem that was quite conspicuous even among the sundries. Its appearance was the same as the one Hayato had obtained before, but when he tried to pick up the red gem, he was ultimately a step too late.
Black flames ignited on the red gem ball that had fallen to the ground. The red radiance suddenly burst forth, and from within came the voice of Anubis, whom Yugi and the others thought should have been dead:
"I was sealed for a thousand years, and forced to leave my homeland."
"You dare to provoke me again and again? You are truly seeking your own death!"
Chapter 534: Let's Hit the Road Together, Anubis (6K)
"You are seeking your own death!"
The round orb that had rolled onto the ground suddenly flew up and hovered in the air. From within it surged a massive amount of black sludge, rising like a tide into the sky, converging into a giant monster. Its blood-red eyes looked down from above at Hayato, Yugi, and the others on the ground.
The form of the sludge gradually shifted. The head of the giant fiend slowly revealed itself as a dog's head. Seeing this, Yugi Mutou, who had only recently returned to the real world and hadn't had a chance to properly talk with Dark Yugi yet, suddenly remembered the illusion he had seen before: "Anubis!?"
"What? He's not dead yet? He's revived again!"
Having returned to the Millennium Puzzle because of Yugi Mutou's return, Dark Yugi was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, then his expression turned serious. "Since we didn't finish him off once, we'll do it again. We'll defeat him so he can't revive."
"Aibo!"
"Alright, I'll leave it to you, The Other Me!"
Flashing with golden radiance, the Millennium Puzzle swung back and forth a few times on Yugi's chest like a pendulum. Yugi's gaze changed from its original gentleness to extreme sharpness. Meeting Anubis's gaze, he drew the card from the top of his Duel Disk: "Come forth, my most loyal servant! Dark Magician—"
"Your lines are too long!" Just as Yugi was about to Summon Dark Magician, Anubis suddenly roared, completely disregarding any sense of fairness. A pitch-black storm blew out, slamming the Dark Magician, which was about to fly out of the card, back into the card. It even knocked away all the cards in Yugi's Deck that hadn't been drawn yet from his Duel Disk.
It wasn't just Yugi. Hayato, who had acted immediately and Summoned **Gaia the Fierce Knight**, also suffered the same fate as Dark Magician. It was knocked back into its card and sent flying, just like the **Rainbow Kuriboh** and **Ojama Yellow** that hadn't had time to be Summoned.
"Muda Muda Muda, weak monsters like that don't even have the qualification to appear before me!"
The black sludge on Anubis's body, which had transformed into a sludge wolf, gradually dried and became sharp, as if it had donned a hedgehog's quills. "The boring Ceremony of the Duel was just a game for me to pass time from the very beginning. Now, I don't have the patience to waste time on you ants!"
"Even if my body and the Pyramid of Light were destroyed, Yours Truly is Anubis!"
"I am the ghosts of the dead, the King of the Underworld! By killing the King of Light and the King of Darkness, I can still become the King of Destruction and destroy this World!"
Anubis's body seemed to be constantly evolving as time passed. The dog head that had looked quite pathetic just moments ago not only quickly grew a pair of fangs among its sharp teeth, but also sharp horns gradually grew from the top of his head. It looked less and less like a normal creature that could be found on Earth.
As he spoke, Anubis opened his gaping maw. Black and purple flames spilled from his mouth, completely ignoring Hayato and spraying towards Yugi and Kaiba!
Although Kaiba had moved a little distance away earlier due to worrying about Keipei, luckily avoiding Anubis's previous roar, seeing the fiend dare to attack him, he immediately drew three cards and slammed them onto his Duel Disk: "Unaccountably guy saying unaccountably things, but I won't just stand by and watch you defeat Yugi!"
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon!!"
Kaiba clearly hadn't realized that Yugi's Duel had actually ended earlier. The "giant wolf" Anubis before them now was not a virtual projection but a true form. However, even if the believing in science Kaiba were told the truth, he would most likely stubbornly stick to his idea and refuse to acknowledge the existence of the supernatural.
But even the Kaiba who denied the supernatural, as he slammed three cards onto his Duel Disk without any supernatural Millennium Items boosting him, three **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** actually appeared before him just like that, helping him block Anubis's attack! They were even in a state of materialization!
Watching the **Blue-Eyes** intercept Anubis's attack at such close range, Yugi also breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Kaiba, who had walked to his side from a distance: "Thank you, Kaiba."
"Hmph, don't misunderstand, Yugi. It's just that only I can defeat both you and Hayato Kobayashi," Kaiba said with a stern face and arrogant tone. "If someone else defeats you before I do, I won't be reconciled to some random third-rate Duelist getting above me."
Anubis, seeing his attack blocked by Kaiba and them chatting leisurely with Yugi, became very angry: "King of Light, I should have just killed you along the way just now. How dare you interfere with me, you're truly courting death. Do you think those weak flying dragons can stop me!"
Saying that, he let out another roar. The three materialized **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** also met the same fate as Dark Magician and **Gaia** under this roar, being bounced back into their cards.
Anubis's aura once again gained the upper hand. As his body evolved, the sharp quills on his back gradually transformed into countless cannon muzzles. Powerful dark power gathered within them, about to be unleashed. Clearly, he was going to use some wide-area destruction technique to kill Kaiba and Yugi in one go!
But just as the proud Anubis was about to say something arrogant to boost his image, he suddenly heard a voice: "Fly, my golden great wing!"
"!"
Anubis felt a scorching heat that seemed to burn the very air rapidly approaching from behind him. Completely unable to defend, he was knocked over onto the ground by a giant flaming flying bird, looking extremely pathetic!
Holding up **The Winged Dragon of Ra**'s card, Hayato commanded **Ra** to pursue the advantage: "You knew I was here but didn't attack me first. You really looked down on me, Anubis. **Ra**, use Super Extreme Blast Flames!"
The **Winged Dragon of Ra**, in its Immortal Phoenix form, had its flames surge violently. It charged again towards Anubis, who had fallen and couldn't get up, suppressing him on the ground once more.
"Yargh! Hayato Kobayashi! It's you again!"
Anubis certainly hadn't forgotten that Hayato had repeatedly caused him trouble. Hayato also had a hand in the destruction of the Pyramid of Light earlier. Now, settling both old and new scores together, he fiercely scrambled up from the ground in the gap of **Ra**'s attack. The spiked cannons on his back fired countless black energy blasts towards Hayato!
**Ra** did not intervene to stop them, but instead attacked Anubis again, limiting his subsequent attacks. As the barrage of energy blasts flew halfway, dense lightning cannonballs descended from the sky, intercepting every single energy blast and detonating them in the air.
"Boom!"
A red long dragon manifested in the clouds. With Hayato's demonstration, Yugi naturally realized immediately that ordinary monsters indeed couldn't participate in the subdue of Anubis, but a God Card was different.
"Hmph, Thunder Force, huh..." Kaiba glanced at **Slifer the Sky Dragon** Summoned by Yugi, and not to be outdone, drew a card. "Then you're up too, Obelisk! Divine Fist Smash Attack!"
Following **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, symbolizing heaven and earth, and **Slifer the Sky Dragon**, symbolizing good and evil, the blue giant god soldier—**Obelisk the Tormentor**—also appeared immediately after. All three Three Egyptian Gods were gathered, and **Obelisk**, upon appearing, immediately swung its giant fist at Anubis, who was being suppressed by **Ra**!
However, just as the giant fist, carrying a powerful shockwave, was about to hit, under the flames released by **Ra**, Anubis suddenly extended a hand that had evolved from a claw and took **Obelisk**'s punch!?
Gradually evolving a pair of giant wings behind him, Anubis's appearance became increasingly bizarre. Standing upright, he exerted power with his wrist, actually lifting **Obelisk the Tormentor** off the ground and flinging it into the air.
In mid-air, **Slifer the Sky Dragon** was brewing an attack to deliver a heavy blow to Anubis, the guy who had absorbed it earlier. The "Superconductive Wave Thunder Raigeki" attack was ready to fire, but unexpectedly, **Obelisk** was flung towards it by Anubis and was hit squarely!
And the attack from its mouth couldn't be controlled and fired, but because it was off target, it happened to hit **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, knocking it down from the air and almost destroying it!
The Three Egyptian Gods, all fall!
On the ground, Yugi covered his forehead helplessly. What Hayato said back then was indeed true, **Slifer the Sky Dragon** was confirmed to be an internal traitor, a sky pit dragon.
"Arrogant ants, do you think mere Divine-Beasts can contend with me? Weak, weak, weak! Yours Truly has extremely high resistance to these so-called 'Gods'. They are just ants before me, just like you!"
As Anubis spoke, he grinned and raised his hand. He clenched his five claws fiercely, and a phantom of a Pyramid actually appeared before him. It instantly expanded, capturing all three Three Egyptian Gods who couldn't escape in time and imprisoning them within!
"**Ra**!" Hayato watched **The Winged Dragon of Ra** being sealed inside the Pyramid of Light, glaring angrily at the proud giant fiend. "A↑nu↓bis↑!"
"Heh heh, that expression of impotent rage truly makes me feel good, Hayato Kobayashi." The sharp horns on his head gradually grew into a wild giant axe. Anubis looked down at Hayato on the ground. "Without your troublesome spirit, you must be out of options now, right? You can no longer interfere with me, so just die along with the King of Light and King of Darkness!"
The axe blade on his head smashed down. Anubis was extremely looking forward to the miserable state Hayato and Yugi would be in before this attack, because no matter how he thought about it, this attack absolutely could not be stopped again.
However, things did not go as planned.
"It's not impotent rage, it's invincible rage, Anubis!"
Anubis's chin, as he smashed his head towards the ground, was struck by a giant fist that suddenly appeared accompanied by Hayato's angry roar. The axe blade on his head failed to smash down, and he himself was sent flying back again!
"This, this is!" Anubis looked towards Hayato's direction. After seeing the existence that had attacked him, his pupils shrank. "**Raviel, Lord of Phantasms**!? Why is it in your hands!"
"Yeah, why indeed? I'm also looking for the answer to that question," Hayato took out two more cards and placed them on his Duel Disk, walking towards Anubis step by step. "However, it's not just **Raviel**. Since you know the Lord of Phantasms, you might as well meet these two monsters as well!"
"**Uria, Lord of Searing Flames**, and **Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder**!"
Lightning and lava surged. Beside the tall **Raviel, Lord of Phantasms**, the figures of **Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder** and **Uria, Lord of Searing Flames** manifested.
Since the Three Egyptian Gods couldn't resist Anubis, Hayato simply Summoned the Sacred Beasts!
The three spirit gods, with the same color scheme as the Three Egyptian Gods but completely opposite aura, stared at him menacingly. Anubis suddenly felt like backing down.
Thousands of years ago, the Three Egyptian Gods were created through dark alchemy at the stakes of a massacre, along with the Millennium Items. The Pyramid of Light, where Anubis resided, possessed power that surpassed the seven Millennium Items, and consequently had a strong counter ability against the Three Egyptian Gods.
But Anubis also knew that the Sacred Beasts were even older existences than the Three Egyptian Gods. Although their power was not as great as the Three Egyptian Gods, they possessed special power. Anubis had learned of their terrifying power from the Millennium Spellbook, which recorded dark alchemy.
Anubis didn't dare to gamble on whether Hayato could use that power. He wanted to back down, but he felt he couldn't lose in terms of aura:
"I, I have to admit, you do have some strength worth taking seriously, Hayato Kobayashi," the fiend Anubis said stubbornly. "You suddenly make me feel that humans are truly interesting. I've decided not to destroy the World. I'll spare you today."
Saying this, Anubis was about to fly away and escape, but **Raviel, Lord of Phantasms** was even faster. With an "Ora!" roar, it grabbed the tail behind Anubis, dragging him back down to the ground just as his feet left the ground!
This made Anubis lose a lot of face, but he also realized that without the counter he had against the Three Egyptian Gods, he couldn't even beat the Sacred Beasts, which were weaker than the Three Egyptian Gods. He could only bluster at Hayato: "Hayato Kobayashi! Do you know what it means to fight me to the death!"
"Do you know that if I attack with full power, I can easily kill you!"
"No, I haven't thought about that question at all," Hayato commanded the other two Sacred Beasts, surrounding Anubis in a triangle formation. "But do you think you can just escape whenever you want? Ask yourself, is there really such a good thing in the World?"
"I'll use the Sacred Beasts to chop off your dog head! Go, **Raviel, Lord of Phantasms**, **Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder**, and **Uria, Lord of Searing Flames**!"
Having evolved for so long, Anubis's change was not just in his external shape; his size was also constantly increasing. He was gradually getting close to being taller than the Kaiba Dome, able to stick his head out and see outside.
However, even having evolved to this point, Anubis tragically discovered that he still couldn't beat any single one of the Sacred Beasts. Whether it was **Raviel, Lord of Phantasms**'s punch, **Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder**'s manipulation of ice and lightning, or **Uria, Lord of Searing Flames**'s lava, he was simply being beaten like a sandbag, completely unable to fight back!
Even more terrifying was that Anubis also discovered that the dark power making up his body was actually being gradually absorbed by the Sacred Beasts ganging up on him!
If this continued, he would be drained before being beaten to death. The ability of the Sacred Beasts recorded in that Millennium Spellbook, "absorb all spirit power in the World," was indeed true!
No, if this continues, I will die from mental derangement. Move, my flexible mind, quickly think of a way to escape!
He dodged a punch from **Raviel, Lord of Phantasms**, but a part of the sludge making up his body was cut off by an ice blade shot by **Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder**. Before he could recycle that part of his body, it was absorbed by **Uria, Lord of Searing Flames**'s lava. Anubis looked at the menacing Sacred Beasts before him and had a bold idea—if the record of absorbing power was true, perhaps the record of another ability was also true...
Recalling his memories from a thousand years ago, Anubis's gaze turned fierce. His already ferocious eyes stared intently at Hayato: "You forced me to do this, Hayato Kobayashi!"
As if to go down fighting, one of Anubis's claws made a self-mutilating movement, tearing open a large chunk of his chest. With the other claw, he fiercely grabbed inside and pulled out the core where his true form resided—that Sage's Stone!
Under Hayato's surprised gaze, after pulling out the Sage's Stone, Anubis actually threw it directly towards the location of one of the Sacred Beasts, **Raviel, Lord of Phantasms**, saying, "You only use the powerful Sacred Beasts as spirits, Hayato Kobayashi, you don't know the true nature of the Sacred Beasts!"
"With the power of the Eye of Udjat as a guide, open here, the gate leading to Infinite Dimensions! Gate of Phantasms!"
After being hit by Anubis's power, **Raviel, Lord of Phantasms**'s body instantly stiffened, turning into a blue orb of light. It collided with the yellow and red orbs of light that **Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder** and **Uria, Lord of Searing Flames** had transformed into, which were not far away. As if Polymerization had been used on them, the three Sacred Beasts gradually twisted and transformed into an ancient, evil energy-filled gate!
The moment the appearing gate slowly opened, Hayato's body suddenly became stiff and completely unable to move.
No, it wasn't a problem with his own body. Hayato noticed that not only himself, but also Yugi, Kaiba, Joey Wheeler, and the others behind him, and even Anubis in the distance, were all in an immobile state, as if space-time had been frozen!
Immediately after, as the Gate of Phantasms fully opened, revealing its pitch-black interior, Hayato felt a suction force coming from the gate, locking onto him, the closest person to the gate besides Anubis. The building wreckage of the Kaiba Dome on the ground was being pulled and dragged, and Hayato also found himself, unable to move, being pulled little by little towards the gate's direction!
At the same time, Anubis's proud voice echoed: "Hmphahaha, this is the punishment for being my enemy, Hayato Kobayashi!"
"If the Three Egyptian Gods are symbols of authority, the Sacred Beasts are symbols of power. They can not only bring ageless and immortal power to their user, but also be used to open the gate to a Different Dimension, bringing power that transcends dimensions to the user."
"However, if you are absorbed by the Gate of Phantasms, even I don't know the way back," Anubis said proudly. "I will watch you be absorbed by that gate here, and then close it. That way, there will be no one left in the World who can hinder me!"
"Struggle as much as you want, Hayato Kobayashi. I am looking forward to seeing how pathetic and ugly you struggle to escape the destiny of being sent to a Different Dimension. Anyway, before this level of dimensional power, nothing can change your destiny of disappearing from this World and me destroying everything!"
Hayato fell silent for a moment. Although he couldn't move his body at all and could only let himself get closer and closer to the Gate of Phantasms, with the speed increasing, his eyeballs moved, looking at the people not far from his side.
Unlike himself and Anubis, under the influence of the Gate of Phantasms, Yugi, Kaiba, Joey Wheeler, Marik, and Ishizu couldn't even maintain clear consciousness. Their eyes were vacant, their bodies stiff and unable to move, let alone Tristan, Téa, and Keipei.
As Anubis said, being locked onto by the Gate of Phantasms, Hayato couldn't use any cards to change the current situation and free himself. However, it was only that he couldn't free himself; not all cards were unusable. There was one card he could still use.
"That's not true at all, Anubis," Hayato's voice was very calm, attracting Anubis's attention. "You said the World's destiny is already decided? That hasn't gotten my permission."
To Anubis's considerable surprise, he clearly remembered Hayato's hand being empty just before, but now there was a green-bordered Spell Card. "What is that card?"
Before Anubis could even see clearly what card it was, he was surprised to find that Hayato, who had been completely unable to move, was now moving his arm to raise the card above his head, which made him extremely uneasy.
"Hey, what are you doing, Hayato Kobayashi!"
Hayato didn't answer Anubis, but instead shifted his gaze to look at everyone again, lingering on each person's face for a moment.
Although Joey Wheeler is very strict, everyone can basically see that he actually trusts you to take care of Shizuka, so keep it up, Tristan;
The feelings between Yugi and Pharaoh are so close, Téa, you seem like a third wheel, but Rebecca will be with you, so keep it up too;
Although Kaiba is indeed incredibly stubborn and arrogant, he's also the one who often suffers a setback. You've worked hard, Keipei;
Although you haven't changed the way you address me, you bastard, it doesn't matter. Just be a little more mindful of your body and don't always make Ishizu worry, Marik;
It's a pity I couldn't attend your wedding banquet with Kujaku Mai, but I worked so hard to set you two up, don't let anyone steal your corner again, Joey Wheeler;
Playing AI again, huh? Take a break, how about playing some PvP? Just kidding, it's a pity, I'm going to become the person you can never surpass, Kaiba;
It's a pity I can't take off the Millennium Ring, but the Three Egyptian Gods' cards are still here, try replacing it with other Millennium Items, Pharaoh. And Yugi, you need to have enough confidence in yourself, you're so strong.
Hayato's gaze finally rested on Ishizu.
If only I had known, I could have said what was on my mind earlier. Also, I'm a little sorry for breaking my promise...
"Anubis, I will decide the destiny of this World. Even if I can never return to this World, at least I will take your existence with me." The card Hayato held high above his head shone with radiance. "Release all ultimate power, and use Anubis and the Gate of Phantasms as Fusion Material!"
"I activate Super Polymerization!!"
"Let's hit the road together, Anubis!!!"
Thank you to "Jie Qing" for the 100 points tip. Thank you.
Thank you to "Yi Bu Shi Qing Ben" for the 500 points tip. Thank you very much.
Speaking of which, a very "reasonable" phenomenon from other works has actually appeared regarding the Millennium Items. That is, there are actually eight great Millennium Items, but there are two eighth ones: the Quantum Cube, which appeared in Dark Side of Dimensions, inheriting the manga worldview, which is "Cubic", and the Pyramid of Light in the anime worldview's movie, "Pyramid of Light".
In the official novelization, the Pyramid of Light was actually created by Aknadin, who was Priest Seto's father. It was a tool to allow Seto's reincarnation, Kaiba, to reign over the World again in the next life. To this end, he even turned his disciple into a mummy to inherit his will and assist the reincarnated Seto. That disciple was Anubis. One can only say it was quite the fatherly love.
However, Anubis himself didn't want to be a mummy at all. He had finally climbed from being an ordinary person to the position of a priest's disciple, and Aknadin completely disregarded whether his disciple was willing or not, forcibly turning him into a mummy. This caused him to hold onto this resentment, and a thousand years later, he planned to kill Yugi and Kaiba and become the Pharaoh himself.
This volume is now finished. The next volume is the Doma Arc, which has had many foreshadowings buried since the beginning of the book. Daily request for recommendations.
End of Chapter
Chapter 535: Transmigrated Again? Huh, why did I say "again"?
The feeling of coldness, shaking, and the like didn't appear.
Hayato closed and opened his eyes, finding himself in an unfamiliar Jungle.
Hayato's memory of the previous second was still very clear. He remembered activating **Super Polymerization** to fuse Anubis and the Gate of Phantasms formed by the Sacred Beasts. The unstoppable **Super Polymerization** gave Anubis no chance to struggle before being instantly squeezed into a card along with the Gate of Phantasms.
However, the disappearance of the gate did not mean Hayato could escape the attraction from the Different Dimension. He was swallowed into the Different Dimension along with the card fused from the Gate of Phantasms and Anubis.
Then, Hayato appeared in his current location. Looking at the lush forest and overgrown weeds around him, it might be some Primeval Forest.
Hayato glanced at the Duel Disk on his wrist. Fortunately, the cards that had been struck away by Anubis were recovered in time before Hayato was sent into the Different Dimension. **Gaia the Dragon Champion**, **Rainbow Kuriboh**, and the others were all there. The only regret was that Anubis's seal on the Three Egyptian Gods was not lifted before Hayato left, so **The Winged Dragon of Ra**'s card and the other two Three Egyptian Gods were left in the original World.
However, while **The Winged Dragon of Ra**'s true form card was left behind, Hayato did bring **The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode**, which Ra had actively split off at that time.
Although he could feel Ra's emotions from the card and know that its state was completely normal, because it was still just an egg, the current Ra couldn't make the "whimpering" sound like before.
Apart from this, Hayato didn't have any other major losses, except perhaps being separated from Yugi, Kaiba, Joey Wheeler , and Ishizu forever.
"Forget it, it's not the first time I've transmigrated anyway." Hayato forced himself to stay in a somewhat optimistic state of mind, picking up a card. "Let me see what that guy Anubis could fuse into..."
Looking at the Fusion Monster in his hand, which was baring its fangs and claws, Hayato raised an eyebrow and exclaimed in surprise, "**Starving Venom Fusion Dragon**!?"
On its slender, vine-like emerald green body, there were round jewels emitting a mysterious and dangerous radiance. At the tip of the vine, a giant dragon, majestic and fierce like a demon king, was baring its fangs and claws, clad in purple armor.
[**Starving Venom Fusion Dragon**] [8☆/DARK]
[Dragon Type/Fusion/Effect]
[2800/2000]
[Fusion Material: 2 DARK Attribute Monsters on the Field, except Tokens]
[Effect: ① If this Card is Fusion Summoned: You can Target 1 Special Summoned Monster your Opponent controls; this Card gains ATK equal to that Monster's ATK, until the End Phase.
② Once per Turn: You can Target 1 Level 5 or higher Monster your Opponent controls; until the End Phase, this Card's name becomes that Monster's original name, and gains the same Effect.
③ If this Fusion Summoned Card is Destroyed: You can Destroy all Special Summoned Monsters your Opponent controls.]
Anubis and the Gate of Phantasms, Hayato didn't know what kind of effects they would have if they were used as Duel Monsters cards, but their Attribute would most likely only be "Dark", and there wouldn't be any probability of them being "Light" or other Attributes.
In that case, it really fit the Fusion Material conditions for **Starving Venom Fusion Dragon**.
However, Hayato really didn't expect that he could use **Super Polymerization** to create and Fusion Summon this **Starving Venom Fusion Dragon**. At that time, he was just thinking that since **Super Polymerization** could create cards arbitrarily, it didn't matter if Anubis, who initially looked like mud, was created into a Monster like **Mudragon of the Swamp**, as long as it could drag Anubis down.
As a result, he created **Starving Venom Fusion Dragon**, such a powerful Monster. Although he had transmigrated to a Different Dimension, it was still quite a lucky thing.
But this also reminded Hayato that he should perhaps confirm something. Putting **Starving Venom Fusion Dragon** away for the time being, Hayato adjusted the Duel Disk on his wrist, then casually drew a card from the top of his Deck and placed it on the Duel Disk, ordering, "Come forth, **Rainbow Kuriboh**!"
"Kuriri~"
Unusually, not in the form of an Equip Card or revived from the Graveyard to block an attack, but Normally Summoned by Hayato, **Rainbow Kuriboh** lively jumped out from the card Hayato placed on the Duel Disk, spinning in the air on a seven-colored rainbow, then landed back next to Hayato, acting cute.
Although the surroundings were filled with towering trees with dense branches and leaves, sunlight could still accurately pass through the gaps between the leaves and fall onto the ground, casting circular light spots. Hayato also saw the same light spots on **Rainbow Kuriboh**'s body.
Looking down at **Rainbow Kuriboh**'s shadow on the ground, and then at the Duel Disk whose power source he had turned off and was not running at all, Hayato could give a very certain judgment: the current **Rainbow Kuriboh** had materialized on its own without any assistance from him.
Just like that time at the KC Cup.
At that time, due to the schemes of Bakura, Tenma Yexing, Zigfried, and the Doma organization, a rift was opened between the real World and the Spirit World, causing the spirits in most of the Duel Monsters cards within the Kaiba Dome Venue, which was affected at the time, to be able to manifest and even materialize directly without the aid of a Virtual Projection System or similar.
This made Hayato wonder, what kind of situation was the World he was currently in?
Was he in a place connected to the Spirit World, or was he currently in the Spirit World itself?
Hayato stroked and played with **Rainbow Kuriboh** while thinking, but he didn't have much time to think, because suddenly, a noisy sound reached his ears from far to near, making him become alert.
Letting **Rainbow Kuriboh** stand on his shoulder, Hayato casually took out three cards: **Gaia the Dragon Champion**, **Dragonmaid Sheou**, and **Cyber End Dragon**, three powerful Fusion Monsters. The Millennium Ring on his chest also emitted a golden radiance.
Once something happened, Hayato would not hesitate to place the cards in his hand onto the Duel Disk and materialize them.
The sound was getting closer and closer to him, seemingly moving towards his direction.
What could it be?
Hayato watched the grass in the distance shake with vigilance. Then, not far from him, the sound and the shaking of the grass stopped together.
Thanks to "Jie Qing" for the tip of 500 points, thank you.
It was unexpectedly uneventful before, so today I decided to split the update to drive traffic; there will be more updates later.
(End of Chapter)