Chapter 367: The Root of Darkness

Boom!

A fireball descended, striking the black motorcycle. The entire vehicle seemed to transform into a burning ball of fire. After skidding and throwing off a long trail of sparks, it crashed into the end of the wall. The rider in black also seemed to turn into a fireball, rolling nearly half the length of the street before finally slamming headlong into the wall at the end.

Fujiki You Xuan pulled the brake tight; the bike slid sideways for a distance before coming to a stop in front of the person.

He got off the bike and walked toward the rider.

"What are you doing!?"

Yan Xiong only parked behind him at this moment and shouted.

"If we stop here, we'll be surrounded!"

Indeed, wandering zombies on the surrounding streets were already beginning to converge toward this side.

"It's fine, it won't take long."

Fujiki You Xuan walked toward the person who had fallen to the ground—or rather, toward his Deck.

Although, in terms of results, the tactics hadn't worked on Fujiki You Xuan, he felt that the combination of Painful Choice and King Tiger Wang Hu was still quite interesting. With a little development, there should be more room for it.

He absolutely could not miss out on this Deck.

However, just as he was a few steps away from the person, the body of the rider in black, who had seemingly breathed his last, suddenly twitched.

Fujiki You Xuan's footsteps paused, and he frowned slightly.

Having endured a hit of infinite firepower in a Shadow Duel, then falling off the bike while on fire, and rolling at least eight hundred meters to crash here—

if he still hadn't breathed his last, he was definitely a superhuman.

No, it should be said that the fact his body was still in one piece was already a miracle.

But even more bizarrely, after a spasm, the body in black actually struggled as if trying to stand up.

Or rather, it should be that something inside his body seemed to be breaking free from the shackles of this flesh cage, about to burst out of its shell.

Sure enough, when that dense black Qi erupted from the body and hovered in mid-air, the rider in black immediately went limp like a puppet with cut strings, falling back down and remaining completely motionless.

It was as if a trapped demon had finally broken its chains and was rushing wildly toward the night sky. The darkness churned and shifted in mid-air, as if being injected with life, constantly expanding and contracting like a giant black bubble.

Within seconds, it began to condense into a vague outline. Although it remained blurry within that mass of darkness, one could faintly see the image of what appeared to be some kind of massive monster.

This massive body, the ferocious image that seemed to have countless legs, and the fangs bared in a grin within the darkness—Fujiki You Xuan immediately associated it with a certain evil card that was once widely used in the environment, and also a powerful boss in the original work.

"Are you The Tragoedia?" Fujiki You Xuan frowned.

"Hmm?"

The shadow's movements also paused; it seemed quite surprised.

"Kid, you know me?"

It really was...

The Tragoedia, known in the community as "Little Lobster" because of its card art, was the final boss of the GX manga.

As a boss, The Tragoedia still had quite a bit of prestige. The final battle in the manga was a two-on-one with Yugi and Manzaimu, and in terms of strength, even if they teamed up, they shouldn't have been The Tragoedia's match.

In the end, Yugi used "Winged Kuriboh" and Manzaimu's spirit "Light and Darkness Dragon" to fuse, summoning "Maat," the avatar of the High Priest who held the power of the Millennium Rod among the seven Millennium Items three thousand years ago.

This card had also been released in the physical game, and one could see from the card art that what the priest held in his hand was indeed the same Millennium Rod as Ma Like's.

Maat lent his "power" to Yugi, allowing Yugi to briefly gain the same ability as the Pharaoh Atem during the Memory World arc—calling out whatever he needed. Yugi declared seven cards in one breath, drew all seven from the Deck, and they were all exactly the cards he wanted. A set of combos arranged the Little Lobster perfectly.

So, in a sense, the Little Lobster was a victim of plot armor; otherwise, among the characters who appeared in the GX manga, he was indeed the strongest, worthy of the title of boss.

"Interesting. Three thousand years have passed. After being sealed for such a long time without seeing the light of day, there is actually still a warrior in this world who has heard my name..."

A sharp glint surged in The Tragoedia's eyes.

"You are not bad, very not bad. You are the highest-quality duelist I have seen since I woke up in today's world. Therefore, I will grant you this opportunity.

You are different from those before; you will not just become food. I grant you the privilege of becoming my new agent...

right after I devour your soul!"

When that surging darkness lunged over, Fujiki You Xuan felt as if he heard the howling of hell. That mass of darkness seemed to open a ferocious giant mouth, carrying a strong fishy stench and the aura of death; the pitch-black storm churned and surged like an endless ocean wave.

Silent Magician and Chaos Soldier both rushed out, blocking its path of advance on the left and right.

"Spirits?"

The Tragoedia snorted disdainfully.

"Mere spirits... Aaaargh!"

The beam of Silent Burning exploded on its left side, and a large mass of darkness seemed to evaporate directly in the radiance. Chaos sword Qi slashed over from the other side; where the sword light flashed, another patch of darkness dissipated, and that massive body was even sliced apart.

The Tragoedia let out a scream like a slaughtered pig, its momentum of attack stopping abruptly. It hurriedly retreated, only then suddenly remembering something.

"Right, I lost the Shadow Duel..."

The Little Lobster roared in frustration and anger, its eyes like two burning dark flames.

"Damn it! The backlash of the Shadow Duel, I actually was..."

If it were a direct fight, it believed it wouldn't fear any opponent in the world.

This was also one of The Tragoedia's personal characteristics; it always felt very good about itself; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so brave back then to directly confront the several priests holding Millennium Items.

In its eyes, the so-called Millennium Items were nothing more than that, and the spirits of the world were all trash; only the legendary Egyptian Gods were worth a fight. But since the Egyptian Gods were no longer around, it believed it should also have the courage of the Egyptian Gods of that time.

It had been this brave since three thousand years ago. Although it was unlucky and was sealed and fell asleep, now that the Millennium Items were gone, the priests were gone, and the Pharaoh and the three Egyptian Gods were gone, it naturally became even braver than back then.

Of course, confidence wasn't blind; the Little Lobster did have strength, but it had one fatal flaw.

That was that its brain didn't work very well.

At this time, more of Fujiki You Xuan's spirits were also summoned one after another.

Chaos Soldier pulled to the left flank, Jinzo in the right, and Caius the Shadow Monarch took the center. Silent Magician stayed by Fujiki You Xuan's side, not moving an inch just in case, but at the same time, it kept bombing with Silent Burning.

A righteous gang-up!

And at the same time, a dazzling golden light suddenly bloomed from Fujiki You Xuan's chest, and it seemed that an endless warm current used this radiance as a medium to pour into the bodies of several spirits.

Fujiki You Xuan sensed something and took out that "Sealing Vessel" from the inside of his jacket, a mini version of the Millennium Puzzle derivative.

The artifact, which had had no movement since he picked it up, suddenly began to spontaneously bloom with dazzling radiance, as if it had added a strengthening buff to all his spirits.

"This is... you... you are..."

The Tragoedia's body twisted under the golden light, screaming in a shrill voice.

"The power of the abominable Pharaoh, why do you..."

But at this time, Chaos Soldier had already flashed in front of it, holding the long sword with both hands, and with a clear shout, the blade interwoven with light and darkness slashed down from above.

"Ugh, aaargh!"

The Tragoedia let out a roar of frustration and anger, its body slashed by the sword light and broken into two halves.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 368 =====