Chapter 369: The Imposter

"Since when did you find out?"

"Yan Xiong" asked casually.

"For a while now." Fujiki You Xuan said lightly, "One of my spirits is very sensitive to the scent of 'Orichalcos'."

While speaking, the phantom of Chaos Soldier had already floated out beside him, hand on the hilt, vigilantly eyeing the other party.

"So that's it... Chaos Soldier, huh? Tch, I said back then that I shouldn't have let him get away, troublesome guy."

"Yan Xiong" muttered, then tore off the disguise on his body.

The image of the tall, strong man disappeared instantly; after removing the height increase, his bulk also shrank by a head, returning to the appearance of a thin man.

Luca, one of the Three Musketeers of New Xin Xin Duoma.

"Let me guess, it's been you since we first met, right." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Where is the real Yan Xiong?"

"What do you think?"

Luca shrugged.

"Since I wanted to replace him, naturally I couldn't leave the risk that he might come out and mess up my good deeds, right?"

He said with a smile, and fished a card out of his bosom.

That was the seal card of The Seal of Orichalcos. In a duel where the seal was activated, those who were defeated and had their souls extracted would be sealed on such a card.

And when he displayed it, the one sealed on that card was indeed the original Yan Xiong.

"So that's it." Fujiki You Xuan nodded, "But what is the purpose of a Xin Xin Duoma musketeer mixing into such a group of refugees?"

"Mainly, it was to find the guy you just finished off; I thought he might have possessed and mixed in among those survivors."

Luca said casually.

"The Tragoedia is indeed a monster with rare and powerful strength, and it will also be helpful to the organization.

Besides, I also wanted to find that legendary duelist on the way..."

"... Jonouchi Katsuya, is it?" Fujiki You Xuan said.

"Yeah." Luca shrugged, "It's a pity, I didn't find out anything in the end. He really is a hot commodity; there are quite a few people looking for him..."

Pausing, he smiled lightly.

"Of course, meeting you on this trip is really a pleasant surprise. I can feel that you are also very special, a unique dueling style, yet powerful enough not to lose to any top-tier expert. And that kind of inexplicable confidence at all times..."

He narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"You were so sure I was the enemy, and without hesitation, you locked me in with those zombies? You didn't think, even if there was only a one-in-ten chance, that your judgment was wrong?"

"No need." Fujiki You Xuan shrugged, glancing at the Chaos Soldier beside him, "A duelist just needs to trust their monsters. If you can't even do that, how can you step onto the battlefield?"

"Hahaha, makes sense. I'm starting to like you a little."

Luca licked his lips and simultaneously unfolded his Duel Disk.

"It's a pity, I still have to finish you off. Can't help it, who told us to be in different camps, and you happen to be holding the thing we want?"

Fujiki You Xuan didn't say anything more and also unfolded his Duel Disk.

"Duel!" x2

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP4000】

【Luca, LP4000】

"I'll take the first turn, draw."

Luca drew a card, then narrowed his eyes.

"Heh, the first thing that comes up is this card... It looks like even if I wanted to go easy, Lord God wouldn't allow it.

Activate Field Spell 'The Seal of Orichalcos'!"

The seal was activated, and green light shot into the sky. The hexagram mark opened under the feet of the two, and also appeared on his forehead. Luca let out a series of "Haaah" roars, his whole body seeming to burst with green fire, and his aura also rose by a large margin out of thin air.

"Only the winner can walk out of this seal; I don't think I need to say much about this point." Luca said, "Next, activate Spell Card 'Hand Destruction'!

Both players discard all cards in their hand, then draw the same number."

Fujiki You Xuan didn't speak, scanned his hand, sent it to the Graveyard quickly, and then drew again.

"Then, set a monster in face-down Defense Position on the field." Luca said, "After that, set a card in the back row, turn ends."

Fujiki You Xuan: "My turn, draw."

Thanks to the President exploring the way ahead, he already knew that this person used a Deck mainly consisting of Worms. Then he had to be wary of the possibility that the face-down monster on the field had a dangerous Flip effect.

But it didn't matter.

Fujiki You Xuan quickly scanned the newly drawn hand.

He had a countermeasure.

"Activate Spell Card 'Allure of Darkness'." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Draw two cards from the Deck, then banish one Dark monster from your hand."

He drew two cards, then displayed one from his hand.

"Banish the Dark monster 'D. D. Scout Plane' from the game."

The white spherical scout plane appeared above him, and the pitch-black interdimensional vortex opened, sucking the scout plane in and out of sight.

"Next, banish the Spell Card 'Shield Crush' discarded by your Hand Destruction last turn from the Graveyard."

The image of the Spell Card appeared and was also sucked into the other dimension.

"Special Summon 'The Tricky'!"

【The Tricky, ATK 600】

"The Tricky can be Special Summoned from the hand by banishing a Spell Card from the Graveyard." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Next, use 'The Tricky' as an Offering, Tribute Summon!

Shake the earth with that power, Earth Monarch, summon here—

—Granmarg the Rock Monarch!"

Golden light shot out from the ground, turning into a glowing giant crack. The dazzling golden body, as if forged from pure gold. The massive body was like a mountain growing out of the ground, with thick smoke rolling around it.

【Granmarg the Rock Monarch, ATK 2400】

Luca's face changed slightly: "Summoned a Monarch right away? This guy's effect is..."

"Granmarg the Rock Monarch, when successfully summoned, can directly destroy one face-down card on the field." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Destroy the face-down monster."

The Earth Monarch swung its fist and smashed down, and the crack in the ground spread to the opposite field along with the erupting air waves. The face-down monster in Luca's front row immediately revealed its true form.

Sure enough, as expected, Worm Agon.

When flipped, it chooses one monster on the opponent's field to return to the owner's hand. If the Monarch attacked directly and ate this bounce, it would immediately lose the resources of a Tribute monster.

However, in front of the power of the Earth Monarch, Worm Agon had no chance to flip and was directly blasted into powder.

"Direct attack from Granmarg the Rock Monarch." Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand.

The Earth Monarch's massive heavy fist slammed down like a landslide. The materialized impact hit Luca squarely in the face, and the latter let out a muffled groan, his back slamming heavily against the transparent barrier of the seal behind him, feeling his blood boil in his chest.

【Luca, LP4000 -> LP1600】

He knelt on the ground, clutching his chest for a long time before calming down the chaotic breath after eating the Monarch's heavy blow.

"Tch, it just happened to be the Earth Monarch that counters Flip abilities... No, that Spell Card 'Shield Crush' banished from the Graveyard just now, although discarded by Hand Destruction, is also a card that counters Flip abilities.

So that's it, did you make targeted adjustments after getting information about me from Seto Kaiba?"

He stood up, wiped the blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth, and smiled lightly, unconcerned.

"Seems like I still underestimated you a little."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 370 =====