Chapter 1168: Where did this bring me?

"The center of the multiverse... what a hassle."

Fujiki You Xuan rubbed his temples.

Mentioning dimension merging also reminded him of something.

The notorious "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V," the fifth generation of Yu-Gi-Oh! which was regarded as a fan work because it was so abstractly terrible—although its plot and character settings were quite abstract, it took an unprecedentedly major step for the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! series in terms of world-building.

Arc-V was the first work to attempt to connect all previous worldviews, introducing a dimension setting similar to the multiverse for the first time. The world was divided into Standard, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz Dimensions based on summoning methods, and the main villain's attempt to merge the four dimensions into one was the main plot of the story.

So when Fuka mentioned that a merger was destined to happen in the future, Fujiki You Xuan naturally and quickly associated it with the A5 villain, Akaba Leo.

Could it be that there was someone in the multiverse right now trying to merge all dimensions?

"Forget it, nothing to ask for now."

Fujiki You Xuan stood up and waved his hand to signal for others to take Fuka away.

"Continue preparing for the surgery."

The surgery was the "Number" extraction surgery. Fujiki You Xuan had already successfully completed multiple "Number" separations, and the technology could be considered relatively mature.

It was just that Fuka was the vanguard directly selected by the Barians, and the "Number" he held was of higher intensity, so separating it would probably be a bit more difficult than other "Numbers."

But Fujiki You Xuan felt that Fuka's Number was still very necessary. Whether it was the Heart-eartH that was unaffected by any card effects in the anime, or the Heart-eartH Dragon that could banish the opponent's summoned and placed cards every turn, both were artifacts very suitable for building a lockdown system.

The reason Fujiki You Xuan was able to deal with it relatively easily was also because of the information gap; he had long known Fuka's deck type and ace characteristics. If he had known nothing about Heart-eartH and happened to choose a deck with no means to deal with it, it wouldn't have been so easy.

After sending Fuka away, Fujiki You Xuan checked the Xyz development department again. The Xyz release conference of Kaiba Corporation was not far off, and the first batch of Xyz cards to be released was basically finished; this world was already prepared to welcome Xyz.

Among the debut cards, the "Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon" that Fujiki You Xuan was more concerned about, which was being tested for Cheng Daozi, was also almost finished with its second production.

It was also thanks to Red-Eyes not being a one-of-a-kind rare spirit like Blue-Eyes that the second one could be produced so quickly. The first one had basically confirmed the stability of self-made Xyz cards in this dimension after Cheng Daozi's testing during this period, and the second one was naturally reserved by Fujiki You Xuan, ready to be put into actual combat after simple testing.

Duel Academy Island.

The clear blue sky was torn apart, and dark clouds, like toxic breath spat out from the abyss by a brutal giant beast, piled up in layers, shrouding the entire island in oppressive shadows. The clouds churned, their edges tinged with a sickly leaden gray, as if they would pour down viscous darkness at any moment.

A bolt of lightning suddenly split the sky, its pale light blade piercing through the clouds. Thunder followed, the roar like the angry shout of a god, echoing over the island for a long time.

And in the center of that thickest black cloud, something was vaguely squirming—like a monster imprisoned, or perhaps some ancient will, waiting for the opportunity to be released.

But the students in the academy only thought today was an ordinary thunderstorm; no one knew what was really happening in those thunderclouds.

The thick black clouds churned like molten lead, and every thunderclap made the entire sea area tremble. In the center of the clouds, two figures, like mortal enemies in mythology, hovered in a cage woven of lightning.

One of them was shrouded in golden light, their face and appearance obscured by the overly dazzling light, but one could vaguely see what seemed to be a Super Saiyan-style explosion of hair within the golden glow. Their silhouette was outlined into flowing flames by the fierce electric light; every time thunder struck, the golden radiance around them would crush the divine punishment like a living thing, and the falling electric arcs splashed sulfur-scented sparks on the island's volcano.

The person fighting opposite was pitch black, like a shadow born from the abyss; the purple-black thunder bursting from their fingertips actually corroded the clouds, leaving scorched marks, as if even the lightning itself had become their weapon.

This was a duel.

A duel at a transcendent level; both sides were like stepping on the wind and riding the air, suspended in this thundercloud.

The golden figure summoned a warrior, a warrior bathed in golden light, holding dual blades, the golden light bursting from the blades as if to split heaven and earth.

And the chaotic figure was not to be outdone, also summoning a monster. The darkness-shrouded warrior met it fearlessly, charging straight toward that mass of light. The dark clouds were like boiling molten steel, and the sky was dyed iron gray. The two figures broke through the chaos, colliding with a bang in the cage woven of lightning.

At the moment of impact, the energy of light and darkness spiraled and strangled, burning a huge vacuum zone in the clouds. The figures of the two warriors gradually became transparent in the electric light, the golden radiance and black mist eroding each other, finally dissipating in the thunderstorm.

The island below.

Tenjoin Asuka looked at the sky from the dormitory window, hearing that thunderous explosion, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Her good friend Junko said from behind: "This weather really changes whenever it wants, such loud thunder."

"Mm."

Asuka nodded, but still hesitated as she looked out the window.

She just felt that it didn't seem as simple as just thunder.

From that thundercloud, she seemed to instinctively feel something. It was as if... as if it were the momentum one could only feel when facing certain powerful people.

However, she stared intently at the thundercloud in the sky for a moment, but then felt as if that momentum had disappeared.

"Must be an illusion," Asuka muttered.

Golden light fell from the depths of the black clouds like a meteor, dragging a long tail of flame. The light suddenly split in mid-air, turning into two light orbs, one red and one blue, both falling onto the academy island.

Boom—

With a loud bang, the ground of the island seemed to tremble. Dust rose high, the soil on the edge of the pit was scorched bright, stone debris sprayed outward, and it rattled as it hit the bushes.

Heat waves mixed with the smell of sulfur rushed over, so pungent that one couldn't open their eyes.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

The light dissipated, and a hand reached out from the pit, pressing on the edge of the deep crater.

Following closely, emerging from the pit, was a colorful lobster head.

"That really hurt like hell..."

A certain lobster-headed person, at most the height of a middle schooler, stood up in the pit, suddenly looking at their hands in surprise.

"Huh, I'm actually still alive after falling from such a height; ZEXAL is really something."

"Don't be too optimistic, Yuma."

Beside him floated a certain thin, long, blue humanoid ghost.

"Observe the current situation first."

"That's true."

The Child of Destiny from the Xyz plane, Tsukumo Yuma, looked left and right, peering around.

"No, where the hell did this bring me???" ===== CHAPTER 1169 =====