Chapter 1358

Boom—

The Earthbound Immortal's strike; visually, that palm looked as if it had slammed Bakura entirely into the ground.

When the Earthbound Immortal withdrew its hand, only a human-shaped depression remained in the ground, leaving a striking human-shaped dent. Bakura himself looked as if he had been embedded into the ground, appearing disheveled and somewhat comical.

At this point, the duel was over, and the winner was decided. Losing in such a duel, and taking the palm of an Earthbound Immortal as the final blow—although Earthbound Immortals certainly couldn't be compared to entities of the Egyptian God level, and at best could only be considered minor mountain gods, a minor god is still a god.

Even if it wasn't a Shadow Duel, a god's strike carries extraordinary impact on both mental and physical levels. Taking a palm from an Earthbound Immortal head-on, an ordinary person would never be able to stand up again.

Yet, Bakura not only didn't die immediately after being slapped down, but he was actually able to crawl up, which showed he was no ordinary person.

Bakura's body swayed, and his eyes, looking at You Xuan, carried a hint of sinister malice.

At this moment, a voice came from not far away: "You Xuan? And Bakura?"

You Xuan followed the sound and discovered that the person who had arrived was none other than the Pharaoh, Atem.

At this time, Atem had clearly already resolved his trouble with Anubis. With the Pharaoh's power, he naturally noticed the commotion of You Xuan's duel from afar. After all, You Xuan and Bakura were both high-level Shadow Duelists, and this duel had quite a bit of impact. After finishing his own business, Atem rushed over and saw the final scene.

"Bakura... no, are you the dark personality within Bakura?" Atem demanded.

At this time, the Base Dimension was in the timeline of the Doma arc, so Atem and Bakura's dark personality had already clashed twice before, in Duelist Kingdom and Battle City; they could already be considered old rivals.

Dark Bakura let out two cackling laughs: "Well done, Lord Pharaoh. It seems that thing Anubis was incompetent after all. No matter how much you give him, trash is still trash and can't be put to any use."

Atem's heart stirred: "The power of Xyz, the 'Zorc' that Anubis mentioned... is that you?"

"Yes, and no." Bakura shrugged and glanced at You Xuan beside him. "Well, there's no point in hiding it. You can ask this guy yourself later. Tch, I feel like you seem to know a lot about me, while I know basically nothing about you; it's really quite annoying."

Hearing this, Atem couldn't help but look at You Xuan with surprise. He had instinctively felt that this person was extraordinary before, and now that even this mysterious "Zorc" said so, it only confirmed his intuition.

"It wouldn't be interesting if the mystery were solved all at once," You Xuan laughed. "If you are really that interested in me, why not come in person? Then we can have a good chat face-to-face."

Bakura laughed: "A nice try. You're trying to lure me out of my hole so you can solve me once and for all, aren't you?"

"Or perhaps it could be that you might be able to finish me off completely?" You Xuan said lightly. "I thought an entity of Lord Zorc's level would be very confident in himself."

"I certainly am, but not today, not now. The time isn't ripe yet." Bakura said, his tense, gloomy expression relaxing slightly. "Don't be impatient, Fujiki You Xuan, and my nemesis, the Pharaoh, as well.

We will meet again, and there will eventually be an opportunity to settle everything from the past, but the time hasn't come yet. Before facing you, I have more important things to do..."

He paused, and his tone shifted.

"Well, although it wasn't my intention, I did leave a little clue behind. If you want to follow the clues to find me, feel free; whether you can find my location depends on your ability."

At this point, that mass of thick black energy detached from Bakura's body and dissipated into smoke in mid-air.

After the black energy left his body, Bakura's body immediately collapsed like a puppet with cut strings, losing consciousness.

But just before losing consciousness, Atem clearly saw that Bakura seemed to cast a look full of hatred toward him.

It was such a hateful gaze; those eyes seemed filled with absolute hatred, as if carrying boundless resentment, making one feel that they had probably never seen eyes as sinister as those in their entire life.

However, very quickly, those eyes lost their luster, and he collapsed softly, becoming motionless.

Atem felt strange in his heart.

Why did he suddenly feel like he had seen this person somewhere before?

Of course, he didn't mean Bakura, the classmate of Yugi Mutou, but the owner of that hateful gaze just now, the dark personality within Bakura, which made him vaguely feel as if it were someone he had known in his previous life.

Of course, the Pharaoh who had lost his memory only had such an intuition. Even if his friends and family from his previous life were standing in front of him, he would have no way of recognizing them.

You Xuan knew, however. Zorc's soul fragment had just left Bakura's body. As for what remained, the owner of this body was Bakura, and the dark personality within was the Thief King Bakura, who had resented the ancient Egyptian dynasty in years past.

After this battle, the fragment of the Great Evil God Zorc was dispersed, and the soul of the Thief King Bakura was completely annihilated. At this point, all that remained was the body and soul of the modern teenager Bakura.

Bakura was actually just an innocent modern teenager who had been dragged into this mess because he accidentally obtained the Millennium Ring. Now it seemed he could finally be free from this grudge that spanned three thousand years.

Thinking of this, You Xuan stepped forward and began to count the spoils of war.

First, of course, was the deck. This guy Zorc wasn't bad; he was much more generous than those guys at the academy who used cloud data to fight. His Zombie Synchro deck was left completely intact in this empty shell of a body.

You Xuan pulled the deck out of the Duel Disk, checked it, nodded with satisfaction, and put it away.

Zombie Synchro was once a top-tier deck that led the trend. Although it certainly couldn't be considered top-tier among the decks he currently possessed, it still had good combat power. The gift package Zorc left behind was quite good—plug-and-play, and especially skilled in "NTR" (stealing) tactics; he could try it out if he had the chance in the future.

You Xuan had built a Zombie-themed deck before, and now that he had obtained reinforcements, its strength had immediately risen to a higher level.

Moreover, the key item Zorc left behind this time was not just this deck. There was something even more important on the currently unconscious Bakura.

You Xuan took from the chest of the unconscious boy the artifact that looked as if it were made of pure gold, shining with a radiance that could not be ignored even in the dark of night.

The Millennium Ring.