Chapter 287: End-of-the-World Divine Power

The Gravekeeper's Chief's jaw dropped.

He felt as if he were experiencing the most bizarre scene he had ever seen in his life, and playing the most bizarre duel he had ever fought.

If there was anything more soul-crushing than being betrayed by everyone, it could only be being betrayed by oneself.

Just like this.

The Gravekeeper's Chief watched helplessly as the other "himself" flew over to the opponent's side, his mind momentarily in chaos.

No.

I haven't even summoned myself yet. No, I haven't even drawn myself.

Can you even NTR someone while they're still in the Deck?

"Of course, whether the monster chosen from the opponent's Deck is added to the hand or summoned is decided by the opponent. So, choose one for yourself." Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

Gravekeeper's Chief: "..."

God damn it, choose one for myself... A bitter choice, isn't it?

"Then I choose to add it to my hand," the Gravekeeper's Chief said gloomily.

"Fine, then I'll add it to my hand." Fujiki You Xuan shrugged. "Then, I activate the Spell Card 'Fiend's Sanctuary'. I Special Summon a Metal Fiend Token to the field."

【Metal Fiend Token, ATK 0】

"Then, I use the 'Metal Fiend Token' as an Offering," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Gravekeeper's Chief, Tribute Summon!"

【Gravekeeper's Chief, ATK 1900】

Gravekeeper's Chief: "..."

Staring at his own doppelgänger, the Gravekeeper's Chief was speechless.

What was even more bizarre was that he seemed to see a trace of stern questioning in the eyes of the "himself" that had flown over to Fujiki You Xuan's field.

It was as if he were truly questioning him for desecrating the sacred Valley of the Kings.

The Gravekeeper's Chief was deeply shaken.

Could it be that he was truly feeling guilty, and the darkness born from his own conscience had manifested this scene?

He suddenly remembered hearing that the big shots who mastered the strongest dark powers were often adept at capturing the darkness in their opponent's heart, magnifying their inner shadows infinitely, and letting the opponent be consumed by their own inner darkness bit by bit.

Thinking of this, a trace of fear couldn't help but creep into the Gravekeeper's Chief's gaze as he looked at Fujiki You Xuan.

Could the person he encountered today be one of those big shots?

Even Fujiki You Xuan's fellow students couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

After a long while, Asuka said, "Hmm... forcibly snatching the original spirit from the opponent's Deck to one's own side..."

Not to mention seeing it, this was completely unheard of.

One could imagine the mental state of the spirit in question right now.

"I can only say, as expected of him." Misawa also had a complex expression.

Only this person could pull off such a thing.

Judai, however, was as excited as ever: "There's even this move? So amazing, Fujiki You Xuan. Fujiki You Xuan's duels always have surprises!"

Hayato wiped sweat from his brow: "Ahaha, I think for the opponent, he definitely doesn't feel like this is a surprise..."

"I believe there's no need for me to elaborate on the effect of Gravekeeper's Chief," Fujiki You Xuan smiled. "As long as this card exists on the field, my Graveyard is unaffected by the effect of 'Necrovalley'."

Gravekeeper's Chief: "..."

That's right, as the chief of the Gravekeeper clan, he had been granted the sacred power to enter and exit the royal tombs. In the past, he had always coordinated with the 'Necrovalley' Field Spell to achieve victory through one-sidedly sealing the opponent's Graveyard.

However, being one-sidedly sealed from his own Graveyard by his own Valley and his own effect was truly a first in history. He hadn't even dreamed of such a thing in his nightmares.

"With this, my Graveyard seal is lifted," Fujiki You Xuan said. "I activate the Spell Card 'Card of Demise' that I Set on the field at the start of this turn. I banish 'Serial Spell', 'Tribute Burial', and 'Fiend's Sanctuary' from the Graveyard, then draw two cards."

Fujiki You Xuan drew two more cards.

"Next, according to the effect of Summon Chain, I perform a Normal Summon once again. This time, I summon 'Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands'."

【Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, ATK 1400】

"When Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands is summoned, I add one Ritual Monster or Ritual Spell from my Deck to my hand," Fujiki You Xuan said, drawing a card searched from his Deck. "Therefore, I add a Ritual Monster from my Deck to my hand."

"The card I want to add to my hand is this one..."

He revealed the Ritual Monster he had searched from his Deck.

"Demise, King of Armageddon."

"Huh?" Judai was startled. "Is that guy's..."

This was naturally the trump card of the Doma swordsman Xie Er, whom Fujiki You Xuan and Judai had worked together to defeat.

However, considering that this card was a bit sinister and might contain unknown dark power that could corrupt a duelist, Fujiki You Xuan had never brought it out to use.

But after testing and researching it for so long in his own laboratory, Kaiba Corporation, and Industrial Illusions, he was certain that after Xie Er's death, the dark power originally hidden in this card seemed to have dissipated.

That was why he could now safely put it into actual combat.

Demise, King of Armageddon was also a quite powerful trump-level monster in the early environment, and even in the Synchro era, it had been restricted to only one copy per Deck.

If you wanted to find those powerhouses who had once been glorious in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the forbidden and limited lists of past generations were the most valuable Hall of Fame.

"I activate the Ritual Spell 'Advanced Ritual Art'," Fujiki You Xuan said. "I send Normal Monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard until their total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster, then perform a Ritual Summon of the Ritual Monster from my hand."

He drew the three cards he had searched from his Deck in one breath.

"I send two Level 3 Normal Monsters 'Abyss Flower' and one Level 2 Normal Monster 'The Statue of the Wicked' from my Deck to the Graveyard, for a total of Level 8."

"The Demon King of Ruin who appears at the end of the world, manifest your power of Armageddon and descend here!"

The figures of the three Normal Monsters vanished within the ritual magic circle, and ghostly blue flames soared into the sky. The Demon King of Ruin, who summoned the end of days, descended with a boom amidst the blue fire!

"Demise, King of Armageddon, Ritual Summon!!!"

【Demise, King of Armageddon, ATK 2400】

The Gravekeeper's Chief's expression changed drastically: "It's actually the Demon King who brings about the end of the world!?"

But he quickly said in a deep voice.

"But even so, in this domain of the Valley of the Kings, its attack power is still inferior to the power of the High Priest."

"Demise, King of Armageddon, effect activate," Fujiki You Xuan said. "I pay 2000 Life Points, and all other cards on the field are destroyed!"

"Armageddon!"

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 5300 -> LP 3300】

"Nani?"

The Gravekeeper's Chief was shocked.

Such a powerful ability!?

A blue light flashed in Demise's eyes, and his heavy battle axe swung down. Ghostly flames intertwined into a ghostly blue tornado! Accompanied by a deafening roar, the cold aura seemed to freeze all living things, as if to make the sky collapse and the earth crack. The rolling lava erupting from the fissures was dyed in the icy blue of the end of days, and the sacred Valley of the Kings fell apart.

"Damn it... then 'Gravekeeper's High Priest', secondary effect!" The Gravekeeper's Chief shouted against the storm of blue flames. "When the High Priest is destroyed, I can discard one 'Gravekeeper' monster from my hand as a substitute!"

He revealed a card in his hand.

"I discard 'Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier' from my hand to the Graveyard to substitute for the High Priest's destruction!"

(End of chapter)