Chapter 1172: From Barian

Tsukumo Yuma had only spent half a day on the island before he was already getting along with the students, and people quickly started calling him brother—because this kid was really easy to talk to.

At lunch, he was quite excited when he ate fried shrimp, surprised that this thing was so delicious. This taste for fried shrimp further reminded people of the similarity between this person and a certain Red Dorm legend.

Speaking of which, Yuma and Judai did indeed have many similarities. Both were optimistic, often thick-headed, had considerable passion for food and dueling, and were full of love for life and dueling.

But if it was based on the premise that the passion of these two was of the same degree, then Yuma would definitely be more likable to the people around him than Judai.

First of all, although both had great passion for dueling, if you played cards with Judai Yuki, you would likely get beaten, and after being beaten to the ground, you would have to accept the face-slapping mockery of "that was a really interesting duel."

But Yuma was just the opposite. Playing cards with this person could quickly help you build confidence in dueling, and he was even braver the more he was beaten; failure couldn't reduce his passion for cards at all.

Ask yourself, who wouldn't like a good brother who was both bad at playing and loved playing, voluntarily acting as a sandbag for you to practice every day, and at the same time giving you infinite emotional value?

So it had to be said that the leader's popularity among his friends wasn't without reason. Usually, he didn't cheat, didn't explode, didn't even use a back-spirit, specifically getting beaten to boost your confidence. And once an evil villain or world-destroying BOSS appeared, he was the first to stand up, and his strength instantly went from bronze to the strongest king, giving you a full sense of security.

If a card player could get such a card friend in their life, what more could they ask for?

While he was laughing and talking with his newly met brothers in the cafeteria, Astral, who had been quietly watching the leader display his social talent, suddenly floated out again: "Yuma, Yuma."

Yuma noticed his back-spirit's serious tone and couldn't help but become serious: "What's wrong?"

"There's a problem, I can feel it, some kind of aura is approaching." Astral said solemnly, "It's similar to the aura we fought before."

Yuma was shocked: "Barian!?"

"Mm." Astral nodded, "Very likely, it's heading this way."

Yuma hurriedly stood up and walked out. At this moment, he saw that above the island, the sky had almost turned blood red. Red rays of light rose from the ground all around, flying over the island like meteors across the sky, all gathering toward this place.

When he looked closely, there were about a dozen people, all students.

There were Red Dorm uniforms, Yellow uniforms, and Blue uniforms, all students of Duel Academy. At this moment, their eyes were full of red light, their bodies were shrouded in eerie flames, and their movements were like walking corpses.

Astral: "Yuma! They are being manipulated, that's Barian!"

"Barian!" Yuma gritted his teeth, "Did they really chase us here after all?"

They had encountered similar situations before. Barians had the power to control humans, bestowing some humans with powerful strength and manipulating them as puppets after brainwashing them. Yuma had encountered such opponents before and had once fallen into a bitter battle with someone manipulated like this.

"Draw."

The manipulated students' movements were uniform, all drawing cards together, and then uniformly slapping the cards onto their duel disks.

"Monster Summon."

Those students each summoned various monsters. Although they were summoned through the duel disk's stereoscopic image system, every monster that should have been ordinary brought an astonishing momentum, giving people an unusual sense of oppression.

"Be careful, Yuma, those aren't just stereoscopic images!" Astral reminded.

"I know!"

Yuma said, quickly taking out a golden glowing card from the card box at his side, raising his hand and holding it high above his head.

"Number 39: Utopia!"

Radiance shrouded, golden light wrapped the warrior possessing the name of "Hope." The warrior swung the sword in his hand, slashing through the air, carrying a sky-high air wave, instantly forcing back the monsters that had approached.

The ordinary students around hadn't figured out the situation: "Whoa, what kind of monster is this, so cool."

"A card I've never heard of, a new rare card?"

Only a few people, including Asuka and Manjoume, noticed something wrong at the first opportunity.

"This isn't just a stereoscopic image, this is... materialized?" Asuka was shocked, "The power of a Shadow Duel?" Manjoume looked at the students approaching step by step: "What's wrong with them?"

"Don't get close, they're being manipulated!" Yuma said.

Manjoume: "Manipulated? By whom?"

Yuma didn't have time to answer. At this moment, a residual shadow fell like a meteor, landing straight between Yuma and the dozen or so students with a bang. One person landed in a superhero-style landing pose, and the moment they stood up, they seemed to automatically become the focus of the field.

The King of Games, the Lord of Yellow Clothes of Duel Academy, Fujiki You Xuan had returned.

"..."

Yuma was stunned: "You are..."

You Xuan glanced behind him, thinking that the Child of Destiny of Xyz had indeed come.

However, he didn't say much for the time being, only saying: "Don't be in a hurry. You are a guest from afar, and I am the host here; naturally, there's no reason to trouble the guest to make a move."

Saying this, he walked forward, looked around, and his gaze quickly locked onto one person in the middle of the students.

"Kagurazaka?"

You Xuan recognized him. This was Kagurazaka, the one who had stolen Yugi's deck, the famous imitation master in Duel Academy, best at imitating other people's decks, and could be considered a top expert in Duel Academy.

"The core is in you, right." You Xuan said lightly, "No need to pretend."

He saw at a glance that these dozen students were manipulated by the same will, and the core of this power was hidden in Kagurazaka.

In other words, defeating Kagurazaka would naturally lift the overall control.

Kagurazaka smiled upon hearing this: "As expected of the King of this dimension, your insight is indeed sharp."

Saying this, a black mark similar to a cross appeared on his forehead; that was the mark of Barian.

"I am Barian!" Kagurazaka said with empty eyes, "You have repeatedly frustrated the duelists I sent, and I have long wanted to try your quality."

"Is that so? But I'm still looking forward to you being able to arrive in person."

You Xuan shrugged and unfolded his duel disk.

"Duel!" x2

【You Xuan, LP 4000】

【Kagurazaka, LP 4000】

"Wait," Yuma tried to call out, "The opponent is Barian, it's very dangerous..."

"It's fine."

Misawa Daichi patted the shoulder of this friend he had recently met from behind and laughed.

"This one is our trump card."

Yuma was stunned: "Trump card?"

"Yeah, the man standing at the pinnacle of the dueling world. By the way, using your previous words..." Misawa laughed, "Probably a man like the 'Duel Champion' you mentioned."

Yuma's eyes lit up.

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Duel Champion? ===== CHAPTER 1173 =====