"Roar!"
Like the cosmic thunder from the depths, the angry roar seemed to shatter the entire dark domain into pieces.
The space was shaken, and the giant shadow of the Evil God at the core of this domain began to collapse. Its body started to transform between tangible and intangible, with fragments peeling off and dispersing into black fog. The towering figure broke down into fine dust, scattering in the darkness with the wind.
"How could this happen..."
The voice of the Evil God sounded as if it was spitting blood in rage.
He was a god! A deity who could destroy everything and bring the world to its end!
Can you believe he was forcibly fused from the opposite side!? Fusing when failing to defeat... How could such shamelessness exist in the world? Moreover, the pressure emanating from this card was extremely strong, almost rivaling these Evil Gods.
Unreasonable, utterly unreasonable everywhere!
As an Evil God, he had existed for many years, and his experience far exceeded that of ordinary humans. Defeating, sealing, what storms had he not witnessed?
But damned if he had ever been fused before.
Finally, the shadow of the Evil God shattered. The human form that had appeared before Judai to duel could no longer be maintained and disintegrated completely. The duel disc used by the opponent was initially formed by black air in the heat of battle, and now the duel ended, the duel disc disintegrated and vanished as well.
However, the card deck used by the Evil God did not disappear but scattered all over the ground.
Judai stepped forward and quickly checked the card deck. He gently frowned.
Yubel said, "No Evil God?"
"No." Judai got up, pondered for a moment, and said, "But I feel like through the duel just now, it seems we should have completely defeated this fellow..."
Yubel replied, "After all, claiming to be a god, having some final tricks isn't surprising."
Judai asked, "Did we defeat just another avatar this time?"
Yubel shook her head, "No, it's probably the Evil God himself. Even if he escapes using some means, at least he should be unable to rise again. Initiating a Dark Duel as he did before is likely impossible."
Judai nodded, asking no more. He stood up but reconsidered and crouched down again, picking up all the cards scattered on the ground to collect them.
Yubel: "..."
She thought Judai didn't seem like this before.
It felt like he had been led astray by some unscrupulous fellow...
Judai packed all the cards into a card box, locked it, and gave it a pat, saying, "A duel is not a power that should be abused. If these cards are left unchecked, they might be used by evildoers someday to harm others.
That certainly isn't the cards' intention."
Yubel suddenly thought, this justifiable argument was most likely taught by someone, right?
The statement was valid, but if that guy was the one saying it, Yubel felt he himself might be considered an "evildoer"...
Moreover, speaking of which, they even taught Judai such things; how close was their relationship when she wasn't around?
It's infuriating...
The world line shifted; in the original, Yubel saw Judai and John being close, calling each other brothers, and she constantly got jealous of John, causing quite a stir while possessing him. But now, with John unknowingly losing most of his role, a certain unscrupulous Duel King filled his position in Yubel's heart.
"Well, it's time to continue forward," Judai said, "I wonder if Yugen and President Kaiba have already dealt with the other Evil Gods?"
His duel disc dissolved, and during the duel, the summoned "Evil Heart Hero: Neo Dominator" also turned transparent until it dissipated.
Yubel stared at the recently vanished Evil Heart Hero, feeling complicated.
Neo Dominator, a new mask created by fusing Neos and the Evil God, could be said to be imposing enough.
But she glanced at the card's description, noting the fusion condition didn't necessarily require the Evil God, just "an Effect Monster on the field."
That's reasonable, if every fusion required the Evil God, this card's summoning cost would be too high.
Indeed, seeing the Neo Dominator's stance for the first time, the black armor, red cloak, that bizarre image which was like an overlord, yet a mismatch with Neos' armor template, profoundly moved Yubel.
Neos was a power the Overlord in the past life could never have; it was Judai's Soul Card in this life, a beloved ace emblematic of his card deck. So, the birth of this card, in some ways, further proved a truth.
Although Judai was reincarnated, he was no longer equivalent to the resurrection of the deceased person from the past life.
He is now Yuki Judai, only Yuki Judai. A duelist full of passion for dueling, destined to become renowned worldwide.
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...
Dark Domain, in the deepest depths.
A swirl of black air quietly flew back into the domain.
It was just a ball of air, yet somehow it looked somewhat sneaky. As it approached the deep domain, it slowed its pace, hesitating a bit, as if cautiously peeking around.
Moments later, feeling unnoticed, it cautiously and slowly advanced, its careful movements akin to constantly whispering, "You can't see me, you can't see me"...
However, as they say, what you fear always comes. Things didn't go as desired.
A majestic voice echoed in the darkness, "You've returned too."
The black air froze.
Darkness surged in the domain, gathering and forming a giant round sphere. The pitch-black sphere, majestic like a black sun, emitted no light or heat, yet it hung quietly in the air, inducing a shiver from deep within one's soul.
That was the Evil God: Divine Incarnation.
And the ball of black air that had returned was the Eraser, who gritted his teeth and said, "I... I was careless, didn't expect that kid to be sneaky, catching me as fusion material..."
"Defeat is defeat," Divine Incarnation said.
The Eraser dared not speak further, "Y-yes..."
"Enough, turned into this sorry state, there's no other use now," Divine Incarnation said, "Come here."
Then the black air immediately transformed into a card, shooting forward and suspending in the air. At this moment, three cards hung in midair, with "Evil God: Divine Incarnation" in the center, "Evil God: Root of Fear" on the left. Eraser, now transformed into a card, suspended on the right.
Root of Fear and Eraser, with their bodies heavily damaged, could no longer fight independently and could only rely on their brother's presence.
But Divine Incarnation was the strongest of them all.
They still had a chance.
"Fujiki Yugen, to reach this point with a human body..."
Divine Incarnation gazed at the essence of the three Evil God cards, muttering.
"Will you be the ultimate end for us?"