Chapter 289

Yata-Garasu, at first glance, is just a small fry with only 200 ATK. Newcomers who have just entered the game might nine times out of ten have the doubt, "Why is this kind of thing able to sit in the prison of the forbidden list where all gods gather?"

But that is mostly because they don't know about a terrifying combination called "Yata-LOCK."

In fact, what Fujiki You Xuan used this time was still a substitute. The original Yata-LOCK didn't use the combination of Demise and Sky Scourge, but the strongest killer of the Chaos deck family, "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End," which was one of the most vicious existences in Yu-Gi-Oh history before its effect text was castrated.

Chaos Emperor Dragon can be Special Summoned just by banishing one LIGHT and one DARK monster from the Graveyard, and its summoning conditions are simpler than Sky Scourge by more than one grade. And it also has the effect of paying 1000 Life Points to send all cards in both players' hands and on the field to the Graveyard.

That is to say, similar to what Fujiki You Xuan just demonstrated, as long as you gather the combination of "Chaos Emperor Dragon" and "Sangan," Chaos Emperor Dragon uses the table-flipping effect to send all cards in both players' hands and on the field to the Graveyard, and Sangan searches for Yata-Garasu.

Next, the opponent will fall into the nightmare cycle of being repeatedly attacked directly by Yata-Garasu, "the truth of never being able to reach their own Draw Phase."

The environment during the heyday of Chaos was basically ruled by Yata-LOCK. Once the COMBO was achieved, what awaited you was the hell of being pecked to death by Yata-Garasu.

Basically, when the opponent's Yata-Garasu effect passes, you can start warming up for boxing exercises.

The Gravekeeper's spirits and soldiers watched the duel end from the back row. Someone seemed to want to step forward to say something, but no one spoke for a long time.

The boss lost.

The Gravekeeper's Chief is undoubtedly the leader of their King's Valley and the strongest among them. So far, of all the people who have accepted the duel trial, only one has ever won.

And even that person seemed a bit different from today.

How should I put it?

There is a feeling of being unruffled. At first glance, it seems the clan leader had a chance, but after the whole fight, it feels like there wasn't really one.

More importantly, after the sacred ritual was fought, someone inexplicably felt that the opponent had occupied the high ground at some point, and what he said seemed to make some sense...

Look, even the clan leader defected to the other side halfway through, right?

The Gravekeeper's Chief stood up and let out a long breath.

"... Alright, I lost."

He stood up and looked at Fujiki You Xuan expressionlessly.

"According to the agreement, you can leave from here. This is also the part you won."

Same as in the original work, although this duel was a Shadow Game, the level was not high. Although the Gravekeeper's Chief said he would detain the loser in the King's Valley to make them into a mummy, the duel itself was not fatal.

In fact, compared to the big shots in DM or the villains in the late GX, the power of the spirits in this ruin is not very strong. Compared to the current dark duelists in the outside world, it is probably at a middle level.

So even if the Gravekeeper clan decided not to talk about card ethics and fight directly without playing cards, Fujiki You Xuan and his team could actually brute-force their way through.

The Gravekeeper's Chief actually realized this during the duel. And he lost the cards, so even if he wanted to make trouble now, it would just be asking for trouble.

However, after he gave the pass, he saw that the young man didn't leave, just kept that half-smiling expression, still looking at him like that.

The Gravekeeper's Chief was stunned, but quickly remembered something.

It seems there was indeed an agreement before the duel started...

The Gravekeeper's Chief took a deep breath, walked up with a gloomy face, and handed over a deck of cards.

A bet is a bet, and a ritual naturally has the rules of a ritual. He agreed to the conditions and was defeated in the ritual, so naturally, he had nothing to say.

Fujiki You Xuan took it and nodded with a smile: "It was a good duel. If there is a chance next time, let's exchange pointers and improve together."

The Gravekeeper's Chief's facial muscles twitched upon hearing this.

I beg you not to come again...

The moment he heard this, the clan leader even had the absurd thought of moving the entire valley away overnight to run away.

Because he quickly thought that if this person really came again, then according to the ancestors' rules, he would have to accept the challenge of the ritual and fight with his deck.

So in this way, wouldn't he become a fixed daily NPC who gives people experience points every day?

Just thinking about it, the Gravekeeper's Chief suddenly felt cold in his heart, and his future was pitch black. Having to play cards with this guy every day, how can this life go on?

For the first time in his life, he suddenly felt that the Valley of the Kings he guarded had become his cage...

"By the way." Fujiki You Xuan patted his forehead as if remembering something. "Do you have any... um... special little toys or something here?

Just the kind that are used in a unique way and are a bit evil..."

Gravekeeper's Chief: "?"

His first reaction was that I am a serious Gravekeeper here, you must have come to the wrong place looking for that kind of thing...

But being reminded like this, he quickly remembered something.

Oh right, almost forgot the rules...

"Hmm, hmm."

The Gravekeeper's Chief took a pendant off himself. It looked like it was originally a golden circular object, but it was irregularly cracked from the middle, leaving only this incomplete half.

"Indeed. The person who wins the sacred battle ritual of the King's Valley can take this."

He said, handing the pendant to Fujiki You Xuan.

"This is a prop for the Shadow Game, containing extraordinary power. If one day you play a Shadow Game again, it should be able to help."

Of course, the clan leader was just following the rules. But honestly, if the target is the young man in yellow in front of him, even if it's a Shadow Duel, the Gravekeeper's Chief feels that the opponent might need help more than this person.

Just like himself a few minutes ago, he felt very helpless...

"Sigh, you guys are too polite. We are just strangers meeting by chance, making friends through cards, why be so polite, it's embarrassing."

Fujiki You Xuan said, stuffing the pendant into his travel backpack, while shaking his head with a serious face.

"Really unnecessary."

Gravekeeper's Chief: "..."

After a moment of silence, he coughed and laughed dryly.

"Cough, haha, you really are an interesting warrior. Aha... haha."

At the same time, he looked at Fujiki You Xuan a bit strangely.

It is true that the winner can take the other half of this fragment, but how did this young man know?

He felt more and more that this person was unfathomable. It was as if breaking into their King's Valley, winning the sacred battle ritual, was all in this person's plan from the beginning.

Although he didn't know if this feeling was accurate, there was one thing he could be sure of.

That is, they can't afford to provoke this person.

The Gravekeeper's Chief changed the subject, showing a look of recollection.

"Someone else won and left here before, and their clothing style was somewhat similar to yours, just a different color. That was indeed a powerful warrior, but even so, it was not quite the same as you..."

The Gravekeeper's Chief looked at him.

"That young man won the other half of the fragment in your hand. Only when the two parts are put together is the original appearance of this prop complete... Well, if there is fate, perhaps you will meet in the future.

When the two fragments are close to each other, the power between them should also attract each other. Maybe there will be a battle between you then."

Clothing style similar to ours, different color...

Asuka, who is particularly sensitive to such events, immediately stepped forward: "Um, may I ask... the name of that warrior?"

"Name?"

The Gravekeeper's Chief was stunned, then frowned and fell into thought.

"Let me think, it should probably be called something like Chui Chui..."

"Tenjoin Fubuki?" Asuka held her breath.

"Ah, it seems to be such a person." The Gravekeeper's Chief glanced at the blonde girl. "Why, do you know him?"

Asuka was almost excited to the point of crying.

Finally.

From the first day she entered the academy, she hadn't given up on gathering information for a moment, and today, in this unexpected place, she finally heard a clue about her brother for the first time.

"Then where is he? Where is he?"

"I said, he won, I was not his opponent." The Gravekeeper's Chief shook his head. "I lost the ritual, and according to the rules, I naturally let him go."

"Is that so..."

Asuka couldn't help but lose her focus.

A clue found with such difficulty...

"Don't worry." Fujiki You Xuan patted her shoulder and smiled. "We will find him."

"Hmm, hmm." Asuka nodded.

For some reason, when he said don't worry, it seemed like she really didn't have to worry anymore.

Because for some reason, this had become an unspoken consensus for everyone around them—

——You can always trust Fujiki You Xuan.

(End of chapter)